UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 13, 2018

 

 

Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands   001-38343   98-1378631

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300

Los Angeles, CA 90067

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

 

(310) 209-7280

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

xWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

       

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

   

 

 

 

   

 

Item 1.01.Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Merger Agreements

 

On November 13, 2018, Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) entered into (i) an agreement and plan of merger (the “Target Merger Agreement”) with Topaz Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Holdco Acquiror,” and, together with the Company and Signor Merger Sub (defined below), the “Acquirors”), and Algeco Investments B.V., a Netherlands besloten vennotschap (“Algeco Seller”), pursuant to which the Holdco Acquiror will purchase all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Algeco US Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Target Parent”), the owner of Target Logistics Management, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (“Target”), from Algeco Seller, and (ii) an agreement and plan of merger (the “Signor Merger Agreement” and, together with the Target Merger Agreement, the “Merger Agreements”), with Signor Merger Sub Inc. (“Signor Merger Sub”), a Delaware corporation, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and sister company to Holdco Acquiror, and Arrow Holdings S.a. r.l., a Luxembourg société à responsabilité limitée (“Arrow Seller” and, together with Algeco Seller, the “Sellers”), pursuant to which the Holdco Acquiror will purchase all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Arrow Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Signor Parent”), the owner Arrow Bidco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Arrow Bidco”) and owner of RL Signor Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Signor”), from Arrow Seller (the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreements, the “Business Combination”). Upon consummation of the Business Combination, Holdco Acquiror will be the sole parent of Arrow Bidco, which will be the sole parent of each of Target and Signor and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In addition, prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company will change its jurisdiction of incorporation from the Cayman Islands to the State of Delaware (the “domestication”) and the continuing entity following the domestication will be renamed Target Hospitality Corp. (“Target Hospitality”).

 

The aggregate purchase price for the Business Combination is $1.311 billion (which amount is inclusive of the amounts required to pay third party and intercompany indebtedness at the closing of the Business Combination and net of transaction expenses), of which (A) $562 million will be paid in cash (the “Cash Consideration”) and (B) the remaining $749 million will be paid to the Sellers in the form of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, of Target Hospitality (the “Stock Consideration”), with (i) 25,800,000 such shares delivered to the Algeco Seller pursuant to the Target Merger Agreement and (ii) 49,100,000 such shares delivered to the Arrow Seller pursuant to the Signor Merger Agreement. The Cash Consideration will come from the following sources: (1) proceeds available from the Company’s trust account (“Trust Account”), after giving effect to any and all redemptions; (2) the gross proceeds from new debt financings of at least $340 million (the “Debt Financing”); and (3) at least $80 million of proceeds from private placements of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares (the “Equity Offering”) or other equity offerings to fund any shortfall of proceeds from the Trust Account after taking into account the Equity Offering (the “Backstop Offering”). The Cash Consideration payable to the Algeco Seller will be increased to the extent any cash on the balance sheet of the combined business of Target and Signor, after giving effect to the Business Combination, the redemptions from the Trust Account, the proceeds from the Equity Offering and the proceeds from the Backstop Offering, if any, exceeds $5.0 million. In the event the Cash Consideration is increased, the Stock Consideration paid to Algeco Seller will be decreased on a dollar for dollar basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Cash Consideration be less than $562.0 million, but depending upon the amount of redemptions and additional equity raised through the Equity Offering and Backstop Offering, if any, the Cash Consideration and Stock Consideration will be adjusted accordingly.

 

The parties to the Merger Agreements have made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Merger Agreements, including, among others, covenants with respect to the conduct of Target Parent and Signor Parent and their respective subsidiaries (the “Acquired Companies”) prior to the closing of the Business Combination. Each of the Acquirors and the Sellers has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Business Combination to be consummated. The Sellers have agreed to indemnify the Acquirors for losses arising from breaches of certain representations made by the Sellers under the Merger Agreements and for certain other liabilities, including environmental liabilities, subject to certain limitations.

 

The closing of the Business Combination is subject to certain conditions, including, among other things, (i) the Company (or its applicable subsidiaries) receiving gross proceeds of at least $340 million from the Debt Financing, (ii) approval by the Company’s shareholders of the Merger Agreements, the Business Combination and certain other actions related thereto, (iii) the availability of at least $225 million of cash in the Trust Account (and/or from other specified sources, if necessary), after giving effect to redemptions of public shares, if any (the “Minimum Proceeds”) and (iv) the receipt of consent from the existing lenders of Algeco Holding S.a r.l. (“Algeco”) and certain of its affiliates.

 

The Merger Agreements may be terminated by the applicable Seller and the Acquirors under certain circumstances, including, among others, (i) by mutual written consent of the applicable Seller and the Acquirors, (ii) by either the applicable Seller or the Acquirors if the closing of the Business Combination has not occurred on or before March 13, 2019, subject to extension by mutual agreement of the parties, and (iii) by the applicable Seller or the Acquirors if the Company has not obtained the required approval of its shareholders.

 

 

   

 

In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, Platinum Eagle Acquisition LLC (the “Sponsor”) and Harry E. Sloan (together with the Sponsor, the “Founders”) will deposit into escrow certain of the Class B ordinary shares of the Company held by them (the “Founder Shares”) pursuant to an earnout agreement (the “Earnout Agreement”) and an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) to be entered into at the closing of the Business Combination. Pursuant to the Earnout Agreement, the Founder Shares will be released from escrow to the Founders and/or transferred to Arrow Seller upon the achievement of certain earnout targets. Upon the expiration of the three year earnout period, any Founder Shares remaining in escrow that were not released in accordance with the Earnout Agreement will be transferred to the Company for cancellation. The Company, the Founders, Algeco Seller, Arrow Seller and certain other parties named therein will also enter into an amended and restated registration rights agreement providing the parties thereto with certain demand, shelf and piggyback registration rights covering all shares of Target Hospitality common stock owned by each holder.

  

 The foregoing description of the Merger Agreements and the Business Combination does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of each of the Merger Agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and 2.2 and are incorporated herein by reference. The Merger Agreements contain representations, warranties and covenants that the respective parties made to each other as of the date of such agreement or other specific dates. The assertions embodied in those representations, warranties and covenants were made for purposes of the contract among the respective parties and are subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed to by the parties in connection with negotiating such agreement. Each of the Merger Agreements has been attached to provide investors with information regarding its terms and is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, the Acquired Companies or any other party to the Merger Agreements. In particular, the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in the Merger Agreements, which were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such Merger Agreements, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties (including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Merger Agreements instead of establishing these matters as facts) and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors and reports and documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements, or any descriptions thereof, as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of any party to the Merger Agreements. In addition, the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements and other terms of the Merger Agreements may be subject to subsequent waiver or modification. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties and other terms may change after the date of the Merger Agreements, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures.

 

Subscription Agreements

 

In order to finance a portion of the Cash Consideration, the Company entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”), each dated as of November 13, 2018, with certain institutions and accredited investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company agreed to issue and sell, in private placements, an aggregate of up to 8,000,000 Class A ordinary shares to the Investors for $10.00 per share (the “Equity Offering”). The Equity Offering is expected to close immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination.

 

The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the form Subscription Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

  

Debt Commitment Letter

 

In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreements, on November 13, 2018, the Holdco Acquiror entered into a debt commitment letter (the “Debt Commitment Letter”) with Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (collectively, the “Commitment Parties”), pursuant to which the Commitment Parties agreed to provide (or to have certain of their affiliates provide), subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including the closing of the business combination, new credit facilities (the “New Credit Facilities”) for the purpose of financing a portion of the consideration payable, fees and expenses incurred by the Acquirors in connection with the Business Combination and for general corporate purposes. The New Credit Facilities provide for credit facilities in the aggregate principal amount of up to $425 million, consisting of: (i) a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of $125 million (the “New ABL Facility”), to be made available to Arrow Bidco and certain of its U.S. wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Borrowers”), and (ii) senior secured increasing rate loans in an aggregate principal amount of up to $300 million (the “Bridge Facility”), made available to Arrow Bidco, to the extent that Arrow Bidco issues less than $300 million in gross cash proceeds of second-lien senior secured notes (the “Notes”) in a Rule 144A offering or other private placement.

 

 

   

 

Item 3.02.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The disclosure set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the issuance of ordinary shares of the Company and common stock of Target Hospitality is incorporated by reference herein. The shares issuable in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

Important Information About the Business Combination and Where to Find It

 

In connection with the proposed Business Combination, the Company has filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-228363) (the “Registration Statement”) with the SEC, which includes a proxy statement/prospectus, that will be both the proxy statement to be distributed to holders of the Company’s ordinary shares in connection with the Company’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by the Company’s shareholders with respect to the Business Combination and other matters as may be described in the Registration Statement, as well as the prospectus relating to the offer and sale of the securities to be issued in the Business Combination. After the Registration Statement is declared effective, the Company will mail a definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents to its shareholders. The Company’s shareholders and other interested persons are advised to read, when available, the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement and the amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statement/prospectus, as these materials will contain important information about the parties to Merger Agreements, the Company and the Business Combination. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to shareholders of the Company as of a record date to be established for voting on the Business Combination. Shareholders will also be able to obtain copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC that will be incorporated by reference in the proxy statement/prospectus, without charge, once available, at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to: Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300, Los Angeles, California, Attention: Eli Baker, President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, (310) 209-7280. 

 

Participants in the Solicitation

 

The Company and its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Company’s shareholders with respect to the Business Combination. A list of the names of those directors and executive officers and a description of their interests in the Company is contained in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, which was filed with the SEC and is available free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300, Los Angeles, CA 90067, Attention: Secretary, (310) 209-7280. Additional information regarding the interests of such participants will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus for the Business Combination when available.

 

The Acquired Companies and their respective directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of the Company in connection with the Business Combination. A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the Business Combination are included in the Registration Statement.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company’s, Target Parent’s and Signor Parent’s actual results may differ from their expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not rely on these forward looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the Company’s and the Acquired Companies’ expectations with respect to future performance and anticipated financial impacts of the Business Combination, the satisfaction of the closing conditions to the Business Combination and the timing of the completion of the Business Combination. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results. Most of these factors are outside the Company’s and the Acquired Companies’ control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreements; (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company and the Acquired Companies following the announcement of the Merger Agreements and the transactions contemplated therein; (3) the inability to complete the Business Combination, including due to failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of the Company or other conditions to closing in the Merger Agreements; (4) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreements or could otherwise cause the transaction to fail to close; (5) the inability to obtain or maintain the listing of the post-acquisition company’s ordinary shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market following the Business Combination; (6) the risk that the Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the Business Combination; (7) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably and retain its key employees; (8) costs related to the Business Combination; (9) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (10) the possibility that the Acquired Companies or the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and (11) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the Business Combination, including those under “Risk Factors” therein, and in the Company’s other filings with the SEC. The Company cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

 

 

   

 

No Offer or Solicitation

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the Business Combination. This Current Report on Form 8-K shall also not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any states or jurisdictions in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of section 10 of the Securities Act.

 

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

  Description
2.1†   Merger Agreement among Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., Topaz Holdings Corp., Arrow Bidco, LLC and Algeco Investments B.V., dated as of November 13, 2018.
2.2†   Merger Agreement among Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., Topaz Holdings Corp., Signor Merger Sub Inc. and Arrow Holdings S.a. r.l., dated as of November 13, 2018.
10.1   Form of Subscription Agreement between Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. and certain institutions and accredited investors.

 

† Certain of the exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(2). The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request.

 

 

   

  

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  PLATINUM EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.
       
       
  By: /s/ Eli Baker  
  Name: Eli Baker  
  Title: President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Date: November 19, 2018      

 

 

 


 

EXHIBIT 2.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY.
NO LEGAL OBLIGATION OF ANY KIND WILL ARISE UNLESS AND UNTIL A DEFINITIVE
WRITTEN AGREEMENT IS EXECUTED AND DELIVERED.

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

dated as of November 13, 2018,

 

among

 

ALGECO INVESTMENTS B.V.,

 

PLATINUM EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.

 

ARROW BIDCO, LLC

 

and

 

TOPAZ HOLDINGS CORP.

 

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This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 13, 2018, is made by and among Algeco Investments B.V., a Netherlands besloten vennootschap (the “Seller”), Arrow Bidco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and, following the consummation of the Signor Mergers (as defined below), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco Acquiror (“Arrow Bidco”), Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (which shall domesticate as a Delaware corporation prior to the Closing) (the “Parent Acquiror”), and Topaz Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent Acquiror (the “Holdco Acquiror” and together with the Parent Acquiror, collectively, the “Acquirors”). The Seller and the Acquirors are referred to herein individually as a “Party” and, collectively, as the “Parties.”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Acquiror is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated to acquire one or more operating businesses through a business combination;

 

WHEREAS, prior to the Closing (as defined below) and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Parent Acquiror shall domesticate as a Delaware corporation in accordance with Section 388 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, and the Cayman Islands Companies Law (2018 Revision) (the “Domestication” and the entity surviving such domestication, “ListCo”);

 

WHEREAS, the Holdco Acquiror is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent Acquiror formed for purposes of effectuating the Transactions contemplated hereby;

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Seller owns of record all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Algeco U.S. Holdings, LLC (“Target Parent”), a Delaware limited liability company and owner of all of the issued and outstanding equity of Target Logistics Management, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (“Target” and together with Target Parent and the Acquired Subsidiaries, the “Acquired Companies” and each an “Acquired Company”);

 

WHEREAS, prior to the Closing, upon the prior written consent of the Seller (which may be granted or withheld in its sole discretion), Parent Acquiror may conduct a private placement equity offering (the “Equity Offering”), as an additional source of funding the Purchase Price (defined below);

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Acquirors are entering into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger in the form delivered to Seller on the date hereof (the “Signor Merger Agreement”), with Arrow Holdings S.a. r.l., a Luxembourg société à responsabilité limitée (“Arrow Holdings”), Arrow Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Arrow Parent”) and Signor Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent Acquiror (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which (a) Merger Sub shall merge with and into Arrow Parent, with Arrow Parent being the surviving corporation (the “First Signor Merger”) and (b) following the consummation of the First Signor Merger, Arrow Parent shall merge with and into Holdco Acquiror, with Holdco Acquiror being the surviving corporation (the “Second Signor Merger” and, together with the First Signor Merger, the “Signor Mergers”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Signor Mergers, Parent Acquiror shall acquire the business of RL Signor Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Signor”), from Arrow Holdings and, following completion thereof, Arrow Bidco, as sole parent of Signor, will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco Acquiror;

 

WHEREAS, in order to effectuate the acquisition of the business of the Acquired Companies by the Acquirors, the Parties desire that, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Target Parent will merge with and into Arrow Bidco, with Arrow Bidco being the surviving company (the “Merger”), in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. § 18-101, et. seq. (the “Delaware Act”);

 

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WHEREAS, the Merger and certain of the other Transactions are contingent upon, among other things, (i) the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Signor Merger Agreement and (ii) obtaining the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of each of the Parent Acquiror and Holdco Acquiror has unanimously determined that the Transactions are in the best interests of it and its shareholders and adopted resolutions approving the Transactions and Transaction Agreements and has resolved to recommend that its shareholders approve the same;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of each of Seller, Target Parent and Arrow Bidco has unanimously determined that the Transactions are in the best interests of it and the Acquired Companies and adopted resolutions approving the Transaction Agreements and the Transactions; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger, and to prescribe various conditions to the Merger.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration for the premises and mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements hereinafter set forth, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

Article I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01.         Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified in Exhibit A to, or elsewhere in, this Agreement.

 

Article II

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

Section 2.01.         Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the Delaware Act, at the Effective Time, Target Parent shall merge with and into Arrow Bidco, the separate existence of Target Parent shall cease and Arrow Bidco shall continue as the surviving company in the Merger. Arrow Bidco, in its capacity as the company surviving the Merger, is hereinafter sometime referred to as the “Surviving Company.”

 

Section 2.02.         Effective Time. On the Closing Date, Arrow Bidco shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a duly executed and delivered certificate of merger as required by the Delaware Act (the “Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form as required by, and executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of, the Delaware Act (the time of such filing, or such other time as Arrow Bidco shall specify in the Certificate of Merger, the “Effective Time”).

 

Section 2.03.         Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and the Certificate of Merger, and as specified in the Delaware Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time all of the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of Target Parent shall vest in the Surviving Company, and all debts, liabilities and duties of Target Parent shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Company.

 

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Section 2.04.         Certificate of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Surviving Company. At and after the Effective Time, the certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of Arrow Bidco, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Company, in each case, until amended in accordance with the Delaware Act.

 

Section 2.05.         Managers and Officers of the Surviving Company. From and after the Effective Time, the Persons serving as managers and/or officers of Arrow Bidco immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial managers and/or officers of the Surviving Company until their respective successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the certificate of formation and bylaws of the Surviving Company and applicable Law.

 

Section 2.06.         Effect on Membership Interests. At and after the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holders of any of the securities of any Party, all membership interests of Target Parent issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled, retired and shall cease to exist, and the Seller shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration.

 

Section 2.07.         Merger Consideration.

 

(a)          The Membership Interests outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into the right to receive aggregate consideration in an amount equal to $820.0 million (which amount is inclusive of amounts required to pay third party and intercompany Indebtedness as of Closing as contemplated by Section 2.08(a)(i)(A) and (B) below and net of Transaction Expenses), of which (i) $562.0 million shall be paid in cash (the “Cash Consideration”) and (ii) $258.0 million shall be paid in the form of 25,800,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, of ListCo in the same class as shares held by Founders (the “Stock Consideration” and together with the Cash Consideration, the “Merger Consideration”); provided that the Cash Consideration paid to Seller at Closing shall be increased by the amount of (i) any excess cash proceeds received from the Debt Financing, Trust Account and Equity Offering, if applicable, after taking into account the payments set forth in Section 2.09(a), and (ii) any Cash on the balance sheet of the combined businesses of Target and Signor, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Signor Merger Agreement, in excess of $5.0 million; provided further that the Stock Consideration shall be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis to the extent the Cash Consideration is increased pursuant to clause (ii) above.

 

(b)          The Cash Consideration will come from the following sources: (i) the gross proceeds of debt financing to be obtained by the Holdco Acquiror in an amount equal to at least $340.0 million (the “Debt Financing”); and (ii) the aggregate gross cash proceeds, less Transaction Expenses, from (A) the Trust Account, after giving effect to any and all redemptions, as of the Closing Date (the “Trust Account Proceeds”), (B) upon the prior written consent of the Seller, which may be granted or withheld in the Seller’s sole discretion, the proceeds from the Equity Offering (“Equity Offering Proceeds”), and (C) upon the prior written consent of the Seller, any additional equity capital outside the Trust Account through a private investment in public equity (PIPE) or other equity offering to fund any shortfall of Minimum Proceeds from the Trust Account, after taking into account the Equity Offering Proceeds (the “Backstop Offering”); provided, however, that the written consent of the Seller shall not be required under this clause (C) if the Backstop Offering consists solely of the sale of common shares of ListCo at a price per share of at least $10.00. For the avoidance of doubt, the gross cash proceeds from (x) distributions of the amounts held the Trust Account, after giving effect to redemptions of public shares of Parent Acquiror, and (y) any Equity Offering Proceeds, before paying Transaction Expenses, will equal at least $225.0 million (the “Minimum Proceeds”). Seller may waive the requirement to deliver the Minimum Proceeds and may cause ListCo to engage in Backstop Offering in which the Seller, Arrow Holdings or their respective Affiliates may participate in their sole discretion; provided that the Founders and their respective Affiliates and designees shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase up to 50% of the equity to be issued in connection with such Backstop Offering on the same terms and conditions as the Seller, Arrow Holdings and their Affiliates, as the case may be.

 

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Section 2.08.         Transactions to be Effected at Closing.

 

(a)          At the Closing, the Acquirors shall deliver:

 

(i)          the Cash Consideration to (A) the Administrative Agent under the Algeco Credit Facility to repay certain borrowings by the Acquired Companies thereunder, in the amount specified in a duly executed customary payoff letter from the Administrative Agent and delivered prior to the Closing Date; (B) certain Affiliates of the Acquired Companies in the amounts specified in a payoff letter to be delivered by Seller prior to the Closing Date to repay certain intercompany Indebtedness of the Acquired Companies, in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated in such payoff letter; and (C) to Seller the remaining amount of Cash Consideration after giving effect to the payments under clauses (A) and (B) above;

 

(ii)         stock certificate(s) evidencing the Stock Consideration in the names and denominations requested by the Seller, free and clear of all Liens;

 

(iii)        funds to pay the Transaction Expenses, estimated to be approximately $25.0 million, with the final amount thereof to be agreed to between the Seller and the Acquirors prior to the Closing, to the payees of the amounts owed thereto;

 

(iv)        the Certificate of Merger, duly executed by Arrow Bidco; and

 

(v)         the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by each of the Founders and Listco;

 

(vi)        all other agreements, documents, instruments or certificates required to be delivered by the Acquirors at or prior to the Closing pursuant to Section 8.02 of this Agreement.

 

(b)          At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to the Acquirors:

 

(i)          the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by Seller and each Person in whose name Stock Consideration is issued; and

 

(ii)         membership interest certificate(s) or book entry statements, as the case may be, evidencing Seller’s Membership Interests, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by instruments of transfer duly executed in blank, with all required transfer tax stamps affixed thereto, to the extent applicable; and

 

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(iii)        all other agreements, documents, instruments or certificates required to be delivered by the Seller at or prior to the Closing pursuant to Section 8.03 of this Agreement.

 

Section 2.09.         Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Transactions shall take place at a closing (the “Closing”) to be held at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time at the offices of Allen & Overy LLP, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 (i) two (2) Business Days after the date on which the conditions to Closing set forth in Article VIII have been satisfied or waived (other than the condition set forth in Section 8.01(c) and the other conditions that, by their nature, are required to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions) or (ii) on such other date or at such other place as the Parties mutually agree in writing. The day on which the Closing actually occurs is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”

 

Article III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ACQUIRED COMPANIES

 

Except as set forth in the Seller Disclosure Schedules (it being agreed that any disclosure of any item in any section of the Seller Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed disclosure with respect to each other section of this Agreement to which the relevance of such item is reasonably apparent), and subject to Section 4.16 hereof, Seller represents and warrants on behalf of itself and the Acquired Companies to the Acquirors as follows:

 

Section 3.01.         Qualification and Organization of Seller; Ownership of Membership Interests. (i) Seller is a besloten vennootschap duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Netherlands; (ii) Seller has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to carry out its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions; (iii) the execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement, the performance by Seller of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by Seller of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of Seller; (iv) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other Parties) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller, enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity); and (v) as of the date hereof Seller owns 100% of the Membership Interests free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

 

Section 3.02.         Qualification, Organization, Subsidiaries, etc. of the Acquired Companies.

 

(a)          Target Parent is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The certificate of formation and operating agreement of Target Parent as in effect as of the date hereof is in full force and effect and Target Parent is not in violation thereof.

 

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(b)          A list of all (i) Subsidiaries of Target Parent (collectively, the “Acquired Subsidiaries”) are respectively set forth in Section 3.02(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules. Each Acquired Subsidiary is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for dormant Subsidiary, Target Management Canada, Ltd., and where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The governing documents of each Acquired Subsidiary in effect as of the date hereof are customary to an entity of its type and in full force and effect and each Acquired Subsidiary is not in violation of its respective governing documents.

 

Section 3.03.         Capitalization of the Acquired Companies.

 

(a)          As of the date of this Agreement, 100% of the Membership Interests are, and on the Closing Date 100% of the Membership Interests will be, held of record by Seller. The Membership Interests have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are free of pre-emptive rights.

 

(b)          Except as set forth in Section 3.03(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, all the issued and outstanding equity interests in each Acquired Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned, directly or indirectly, by Target free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

 

(c)          Except as set forth in Section 3.03(a), (i) no Acquired Company has any membership interests issued or outstanding and (ii) there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, puts, calls, exchangeable or convertible securities or other similar rights, agreements or commitments relating to the issuance of capital stock to which any Acquired Company is a party obligating such Acquired Company to (A) issue, transfer or sell any shares or other equity interests of an Acquired Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such shares or equity interests (in each case other than to a wholly owned Acquired Subsidiary of such Acquired Company); (B) grant, extend or enter into any such subscription, option, warrant, put, call, exchangeable or convertible securities or other similar right, agreement or commitment; (C) redeem or otherwise acquire any such shares or other equity interests; or (D) provide a material amount of funds to, or make any material investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any Person that is not wholly owned by an Acquired Company.

 

(d)          No Acquired Company has outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other similar obligations with the right to vote (or that are convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the members of such Acquired Company on any matter.

 

(e)          There are no voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which any Acquired Company is a party with respect to the voting of the equity interests of an Acquired Company.

 

(f)          None of the Acquired Companies owns, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity interests of any Person, in each case, other than the capital stock or other equity interests of an Acquired Subsidiary.

 

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Section 3.04.         No Conflicts.

 

(a)          Except as set forth in Section 3.04 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, the execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement does not, and the consummation of the Transactions and compliance with the provisions hereof will not: (i) result in any violation or breach of, or default or change of control (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or result in or give rise to a right of termination, modification, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation or to the loss of a material benefit under any Contract, loan, guarantee of Indebtedness or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, Material Lease, permit, concession, franchise or right binding upon the Acquired Companies or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties, rights or assets of the Acquired Companies, other than Permitted Liens; (ii) conflict with or result in any violation of any provision of the organizational documents of any Acquired Company; or (iii) conflict with or violate any Laws applicable to the Acquired Companies or any of their respective properties or assets, other than in the case of clause (i), any such violation, breach, conflict, default, termination, modification, cancellation, acceleration, right, loss or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)          Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Acquirors contained in this Agreement, no consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required on the part of the Seller or any Acquired Company with respect to the Seller’s execution or delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.05.         Reports and Financial Statements.

 

(a)          The Seller has delivered (or, in the case of the September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements, shall deliver) to the Acquirors the following financial statements:

 

(i)          the audited consolidated balance sheets of Target as of, and related audited consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Target for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 (the “Audited Company Financial Statements”).

 

(ii)         the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of Target as of, and related unaudited consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Target for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2018 (the “2017 and 2018 Unaudited Financial Statements” and, together with the Audited Company Financial Statements, the “Company Financial Statements”); and

 

(iii)        in addition, the Registration Statement, at the time it is declared effective, shall include the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of Target as of and related unaudited consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Target for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2018 (the “September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements”).

 

(b)          The Company Financial Statements are, and the September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements will be, true and correct in all material respects and fairly present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Target as of and for the periods covered thereby (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited financial statements, for the absence of footnotes and, in the case of the September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements, to the extent they are subject to normally recurring year-end audit adjustments that are not material either individually or in the aggregate). The Company Financial Statements were, and the September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements will be, prepared from, are or will be in accordance with and accurately reflect in all material respects the books and records of the Target, which books and records have been maintained in accordance with sound business practices and all applicable Law and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“US GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved with respect to all financial transactions of Target. The Company Financial Statements have been, and the September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements will be, prepared with due care and attention, on a basis consistent with the Audited Company Financial Statements.

 

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(c)          Target maintains accurate books and records reflecting its assets and liabilities and maintains proper and adequate internal accounting controls that provide assurance that (i) transactions are executed with management’s authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements of Target in accordance with US GAAP and to maintain accountability for Target’s assets, (iii) access to the Acquired Companies’ assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization, (iv) the reporting of the Acquired Companies’ assets is compared with existing assets at regular intervals and (v) accounts and other receivables and inventory are recorded in good faith and reserves established against them based upon actual prior experience and in accordance with US GAAP, and proper procedures are implemented for the collection thereof on a commercially reasonable basis. To the Knowledge of Seller, there are no material weaknesses in the design or operation of Target’s internal control structure and procedures over financial reporting. The Seller has heretofore made available to the Acquirors, to the extent applicable, true, complete and correct copies of any disclosure (or, if unwritten, a summary thereof) by any Representative of Target to Target’s independent auditors relating to (x) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls that could adversely affect the ability of Target to record, process, summarize and report financial data and any material weaknesses in internal controls and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal control over financial reporting of Target. The Company Financial Statements, when delivered by the Seller for inclusion in the Registration Statement for filing with the SEC following the date of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.02, will comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC and the Securities Act in effect as of such date.

 

(d)          Target possesses books and records that contain all financial and other material information from its date of incorporation through the date hereof necessary for the preparation of financial statements.

 

(e)          Complete and correct copies of the organizational documents of the Acquired Companies have been made available to the Acquirors, prior to the date of this Agreement, in each case as currently in effect, and no subsequent action has been taken to amend or modify any of the organizational documents of the Acquired Companies. All such organizational documents are in full force and effect and no other organizational documents are applicable to or binding upon the Acquired Companies.

 

(f)          The minute books of the Acquired Companies contain accurate and, in all material respects, complete records of all meetings or written consents of, and corporate action taken by the stockholders (or other equity holders) and the boards of directors (or similar bodies) and any committee thereof of the Acquired Companies since the time of incorporation or formation of the applicable Acquired Company through the date of this Agreement. No meetings of any such stockholders (or other equity holders), boards of directors (or similar bodies) or committees have been held for which minutes have not been prepared and are not contained in such minute books. True and complete copies of all minute and record books, including any book entry statements of the respective equity interests, if any, of the Acquired Companies have heretofore been delivered to the Acquirors.

 

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Section 3.06.         No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except (a) as disclosed, reflected or reserved against in Target’s unaudited consolidated balance sheets (or the notes thereto) of Target as of June 30, 2018 (the “Balance Sheet Date”); (b) for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since the Balance Sheet Date; (c) as expressly permitted or contemplated by this Agreement; (d) for liabilities that have been discharged or paid in full in the ordinary course of business; and (e) as set forth in Section 3.06 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, no Acquired Company has any material liabilities of any nature, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise. For purposes of this Section 3.06, the term “liabilities” shall not include obligations of the Acquired Companies to perform under or comply with any applicable Law, action, judgment or Contract, but would include such liabilities and obligations if there has been a default or failure to perform or comply by the Acquired Companies with any such liability or obligation if such default or failure would, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, reasonably be expected to result in a monetary obligation or the imposition of injunctive or other equitable remedies.

 

Section 3.07.         Compliance with Laws; Permits; Regulatory Matters. Except as set forth in Section 3.07 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules:

 

(a)          The Acquired Companies are in compliance in all material respects with all Laws applicable to the Acquired Companies or any of their respective properties or assets.

 

(b)          The Acquired Companies are in possession of all material permits, licenses, authorizations and other approvals of any Governmental Authority necessary for the Acquired Companies to own, lease and operate their properties and assets or to carry on their businesses as they are now being conducted (the “Company Permits”) and all Company Permits are in full force and effect.

 

(c)          None of the Acquired Companies have been disqualified from participation in procurements by any Governmental Authority, nor have been suspended, debarred, excluded, or notified of any intent to seek to suspend, debar or exclude, any Acquired Company from participation in any such procurement.

 

(d)          The Acquired Companies are not party to any deferred prosecution agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders or similar agreements with, or imposed by, any Governmental Authority.

 

(e)          Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 3.07, no representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made in this Section 3.07 in respect of the matters referenced in Section 3.05, or in respect of environmental, Tax, employee benefits or labor Law matters.

 

Section 3.08.         Environmental Laws and Regulations. Except as set forth in Section 3.08 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules: (a) each of the Acquired Companies is in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; (b) each of the Acquired Companies possesses and is in compliance, in all material respects, with all Environmental Permits necessary for the conduct of its respective operations and all such Environmental Permits are valid and in good standing and, to the Knowledge of the Seller, there are no facts or circumstances that would result in any material Environmental Permit not being re-issued or renewed in the ordinary course of business; (c) there are no Environmental Claims pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened against or affecting any of the Acquired Companies or their respective properties or operations, and to the Knowledge of the Seller, there are no facts or circumstances that would be reasonably likely to result in a material Environmental Claim; (d) there have been no Releases of Hazardous Materials at any real property currently, or to the Knowledge of the Seller, formerly owned or operated by the Acquired Companies in amounts or concentrations requiring investigation or cleanup under Environmental Laws that have not been fully investigated and/or cleaned up consistent with all applicable Environmental Law requirements; and (e) the Acquired Companies have made available (either in the electronic data room or otherwise) all material environmental, health, or safety assessments, audits and sampling or similar reports in their possession or control, including any such documents relating to the Release of Hazardous Materials. This Section 3.08 contains the only representations or warranties in this Agreement concerning environmental matters.

 

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Section 3.09.         Employee Benefit Plans.

 

(a)          Section 3.09(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list of each material Company Benefit Plan for current or former employees, directors or consultants of the Acquired Companies.

 

(b)          With respect to each Company Benefit Plan set forth in Section 3.09(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, Seller has made available to the Acquirors correct and complete copies of, in each case, to the extent applicable: (i) all documents setting forth the material terms of such Company Benefit Plan including all amendments, modifications, supplements, insurance contract or trust agreements thereto; (ii) the most recent annual report on Form 5500 with schedules and financial statements attached; (iii) the most recent IRS determination letter or opinion letter; (iv) the most recent summary plan description, employee booklet and any material summaries of material modification; and (v) copies of material notices, letters or other correspondence from the IRS, U.S. Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or other Governmental Authority.

 

(c)          (i) Each Company Benefit Plan set forth in Section 3.09(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules has been operated, maintained, funded and administered in all material respects in compliance with the Code; (ii) each Company Benefit Plan intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable and current determination or opinion letter as to its qualification from the IRS and, to the Knowledge of Seller, there are no existing circumstances or any events that have occurred that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such plan; (iii) no Company Benefit Plan provides benefits, including death or medical benefits (whether or not insured), with respect to current or former employees or directors of the Acquired Companies beyond their retirement or other termination of service, other than coverage mandated by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, or comparable U.S. state Law; (iv) none of the Acquired Companies nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has or has had in the past six years an obligation to contribute to a “multiemployer pension plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) or an “employee pension benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA subject to Code Section 412 or Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or a “single-employer plan” (as such term is defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA); and (v) there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened Actions or audits (other than routine claims for benefits) by, on behalf of or against any of the Company Benefit Plans that would reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Acquired Companies.

 

(d)          Except as set forth in Section 3.09(d) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) will (i) result in any payment or benefit becoming due to any current or former employee, director or consultant of the Acquired Companies under any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise; (ii) increase any compensation or benefits otherwise payable or to be provided under any Company Benefit Plan; (iii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting of any severance, compensation or benefits; or (iv) result in the payment of any amount (whether in cash, property or the form of benefits) that could, individually or in combination with any other payment, constitute an “excess parachute payment,” as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code (determined without regard to the exceptions provided for in Section 280G(b)(5) of the Code).

 

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(e)          Each Company Benefit Plan has been maintained and operated in documentary and operational compliance with Section 409A of the Code or an available exemption therefrom. No Acquired Company has any obligation under any Company Benefit Plan to compensate any person for excise Taxes payable pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code or for Taxes payable pursuant to Section 409A or 457A of the Code.

 

(f)          (i) Each Company Benefit Plan that is not subject to U.S. Law (each, a “Company Foreign Benefit Plan”) has been established, maintained and administered in compliance with its terms and applicable Laws and, if intended to qualify for special tax treatment, meets all the requirements for such treatment; (ii) all employer and employee contributions to each Company Foreign Benefit Plan required by its terms or by applicable Law have been made or, if applicable, accrued in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices in the applicable jurisdiction applied to such matters; (iii) if they are intended to qualify for special tax treatment, meet all requirements for such treatment; (iv) if required, are registered and approved with any applicable Government Authority; and (v) the fair market value of the assets of each funded Company Foreign Benefit Plan, the liability of each insurer for any Company Foreign Benefit Plan funded through insurance or the book reserve established for any Company Foreign Benefit Plan, together with any accrued contributions, is sufficient to procure or provide for the accrued benefit obligations, as of the date of this Agreement, with respect to all current and former participants in such plan according to the actuarial assumptions and valuations most recently used to determine employer contributions to such Company Foreign Benefit Plan, and no Transaction shall cause such assets or insurance obligations to be less than such benefit obligations. No Company Foreign Benefit Plan is a defined benefit pension plan or provides post-employment health or life insurance benefits. No Company Foreign Benefit Plan is or is intended to be a “registered pension plan,” a “deferred profit sharing plan,” a “retirement compensation arrangement,” a “registered retirement savings plan,” a “pooled registered pension plan,” or a “tax-free savings account” as such terms are defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada) and the regulations thereunder, as amended. Each Company Foreign Plan has the level of insurance reserves that is reasonable and sufficient to provide for all incurred but unreported claims.

 

(g)          With respect to each Company Benefit Plan and Company Foreign Benefit Plan, all required, declared, or discretionary (in accordance with historical practices) payments, premiums, contributions, reimbursements or accruals for all periods ending prior to, or as of, the date hereof, have been properly paid or properly accrued on a balance sheet, or on the books and records of the Acquired Companies, in all material respects. No insurance policy or any other agreement affecting any Company Benefit Plan or Company Foreign Benefit Plan requires or permits a retroactive increase in contributions, premiums, or other payments due under such policy or agreement.

 

Section 3.10.         No Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Section 3.10 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, since December 31, 2017 through the date of this Agreement (a) there has been no event, development, occurrence, change or state of facts that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (b) the Acquired Companies have, in all material respects, conducted their business and operated their properties in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (c) none of the Acquired Companies has taken any action that would constitute a breach of clause (ii) of Section 5.01 had such action been taken after the execution of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or termination date of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.11.         Investigations; Litigation. As of the date hereof, and except for any matter that alleges claims or damages in an amount that is less than or equal to $250,000, there are no claims, actions, suits, arbitrations or proceedings pending (or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened) against any of the Acquired Companies or any of their respective properties, rights or assets, and there are no orders, judgments, injunctions, rulings or decrees imposed upon any of the Acquired Companies or any of their respective properties, rights or assets by or before any Governmental Authority. This Section 3.11 will not apply to Taxes, with respect to which exclusively the representations and warranties in Section 3.12 will apply.

 

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Section 3.12.         Tax Matters. Except as set forth in Section 3.12 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules:

 

(a)          All income and other material Tax Returns that are required to be filed by or with respect to the Acquired Companies have been timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file), and all such Tax Returns are true, complete and accurate in all material respects;

 

(b)          The Acquired Companies have paid all material Taxes due and owing by any of them, including any Taxes required to be withheld from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or third party (in each case, whether or not shown on any Tax Return), other than Taxes for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with US GAAP on the Company Financial Statements;

 

(c)          There is not pending or threatened in writing any audit, examination, investigation or other proceeding with respect to any Taxes of the Acquired Companies, other than for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with US GAAP on the Company Financial Statements;

 

(d)          None of the Acquired Companies has waived any statute of limitations with respect to material Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a material Tax assessment or deficiency;

 

(e)          There are no Liens for Taxes upon any property or assets of the Acquired Companies, except for Permitted Liens;

 

(f)          None of the Acquired Companies is a party to any Tax allocation, sharing, indemnity, or reimbursement agreement or arrangement (other than (i) such an agreement or arrangement exclusively between or among the Acquired Companies or (ii) any customary Tax indemnification provisions in ordinary course commercial agreements or arrangements that are not primarily related to Taxes), or has any material liability for Taxes of any Person (other than the Acquired Companies) under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or non-U.S. Law) or as transferee or successor;

 

(g)          None of the Acquired Companies has participated, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(c), in any “listed transaction” within the meaning of Sections 6011, 6662A and 6707A of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law);

 

(h)          None of the Acquired Companies (i) has engaged in any transaction or agreement (including an installment sale) prior to the Closing Date that could reasonably be expected to result in the recognition of a material amount of income or gain in any period ending after the Closing Date, (ii) has a material amount of deferred intercompany gain (as described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-13) or (iii) has a material “excess loss account” (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-19) in respect of the equity interests of any Subsidiary;

 

(i)          None of the Acquired Companies is, or has been within the period described in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, a “United States Real Property Holding Corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c) of the Code; and

 

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(j)          None of the Acquired Companies has (i) entered into or has currently pending any closing agreements, or other contracts or agreements relating to Taxes with a Governmental Authority or (ii) granted any Person a power of attorney with respect to Tax matters.

 

(k)          Target Parent has elected to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income Tax purposes and no election has been made to treat Target Parent as other than a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

(l)          Target Parent is properly classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income Tax purposes. The Seller’s tax basis in all of the membership interests of Target Parent (as determined for U.S. federal income Tax purposes) will, at the Closing, be equal to or greater than the aggregate Merger Consideration to be delivered to the Seller as determined pursuant to Article II hereof.

 

Section 3.13.         Labor and Employment Matters.

 

(a)          Except as set forth in Section 3.13(a)(i) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, within the last (3) three years (i) no Acquired Company has been a party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor union, works council or labor organization (a “Collective Bargaining Agreement”); (ii) no employee of the Acquired Companies has been represented by a union, works council or other collective bargaining representative (a “Labor Representative”) with respect to his or her employment at the Acquired Companies; (iii) no Acquired Company has been subject to a strike, lockout, slowdown, work stoppage, unfair labor practice, complaint, grievance, arbitration, proceeding or other material labor dispute and, to the Knowledge of the Seller, none is threatened; and (iv) no petition has been filed with the National Labor Relations Board or other Governmental Authority requesting certification of a Labor Representative or approval to conduct an election for a Labor Representative. To the Knowledge of Seller, there are no organizational efforts with respect to the formation of a collective bargaining unit or works council presently being made or threatened involving employees of the Acquired Companies. No trade union has applied to have the Acquired Companies declared a common or single employer pursuant to applicable Law in any jurisdiction in which the Acquired Companies carry on business.

 

(b)          The Transactions will not require the consent of, or advance notification to, any works councils, unions or similar labor organizations with respect to employees of the Acquired Companies.

 

(c)          Section 3.13(c)(i) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all active officers and employees of the Acquired Companies with annual base compensation of at least $350,000, redacted as necessary to comply with applicable privacy laws, specifying their position, employment status (active or a description of leave), annual rate of base compensation, 2017 and 2018 target bonus opportunities, 2017 bonus paid or payable, date of hire and employer work location, and other benefits provided to each employee, together with an appropriate notation next to the name of any officer or employee on such list who is subject to any written employment agreement, termination or severance agreement, retention agreement, change in control agreement, non-competition or non-solicitation agreement, or any other agreement. Except for the Excluded Employees, all employees and officers of the Acquired Companies listed in Section 3.13(c)(i) of the Disclosure Schedules are entirely dedicated to the business of the Acquired Companies and no employee who is not entirely dedicated to the business of the Acquired Companies will be employed by the Acquired Companies as of the Closing Date. Except as set forth in Section 3.13(c)(ii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, there are no employees of the Seller that are primarily dedicated to the business of the Acquired Companies who are not employed by the Acquired Companies. Section 3.13(c)(iii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth a list of all employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Acquired Companies who will be terminated by Target Parent on or before March 31, 2019 (collectively, the “Excluded Employees”) and such Excluded Employees are not primarily dedicated to the business of the Acquired Companies.

 

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(d)          Section 3.13(d) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules contains a true and complete list of all of the independent contractors and consultants of the Acquired Companies who provide services to the Acquired Companies regularly and on basis similar to employees and whose base fees in 2017 were at least $350,000 or whose anticipated base fees in 2018 will be at least $350,000, specifying their services, fee schedule and total amount of all fees paid or accrued for such services provided in 2017 and 2018.

 

(e)          Each Acquired Company is in material compliance, and within the last three (3) years has complied in all material respects, with all applicable Laws respecting employment and employment practices, labor, and terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to wages and hours, labor relations, employment discrimination, disability rights or benefits, human rights, civil rights, family and medical leave, the collection and payment of withholding or social security taxes, civil rights, pay equity, equal employment opportunity, plant closure and mass layoff, including the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (“WARN”) and similar state, local and foreign Laws, immigration, background checks, government contracting, affirmative action, leaves of absence, occupational health and safety, workers compensation and unemployment insurance. Each Acquired Company has properly classified in all respects in accordance with all applicable Laws all of its service providers as either employees or independent contractors and as exempt or non-exempt from overtime requirements. No Acquired Company has taken any action that could constitute a plant closure, mass layoff, or mass termination under WARN or otherwise trigger notice requirements or liability under federal, local, state, or foreign applicable Law, and have not incurred any material liability under WARN or any similar foreign, state, or local layoff notice Law that remains unsatisfied. Except as set forth in Section 3.13(e) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened Actions, audits or investigations relating to any employment or labor matter that individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to cause the Acquired Companies to incur any material liability, and no Acquired Company has been subject to any such Actions, audits or investigations during the last three years.

 

(f)          To the Knowledge of the Seller, no employee of any Acquired Company is in violation of any term of any employment, restrictive covenant or nondisclosure agreement or common law nondisclosure obligation or fiduciary duty to the Acquired Company or to a former employer of any such employee relating to the right of any such employee to be employed by the Acquired Company. The Acquired Companies have not sought to enforce any non-competition or customer non-solicitation Contract covering a former employee of the Acquired Companies in the past three (3) years.

 

(g)          Except as set forth in Section 3.13(g) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, (i) the Acquired Companies are not delinquent in payments to any of its employees for any wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, vacation time, incentive payments or other direct compensation for any services performed by them to date or amounts required to be reimbursed to such employees; and (ii) the Acquired Companies are not delinquent in the payment of fees for services to any independent contractor or consultant identified in Section 3.13(d) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules.

 

Section 3.14.         Intellectual Property.

 

(a)          Section 3.14(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth all patents, registered trademarks, registered copyrights, internet domain name registrations, and pending applications for any patents, Trademarks, or copyrights owned by the Acquired Companies as of the date hereof (“Registered Company IP”), together with all material unregistered Trademarks owned by any of the Acquired Companies as of the date hereof.

 

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(b)          Except as set forth in Section 3.14(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, the Acquired Companies are the sole and exclusive owners of all right, title and interest in and to the Registered Company IP and all other material Intellectual Property owned by any of the Acquired Companies as of the date hereof (“Company Owned IP”), free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) or any licenses other than non-exclusive licenses granted by an Acquired Company in the ordinary course of business. The Acquired Companies own, or are licensed or otherwise possess sufficient rights to use, all Intellectual Property that is material to the conduct of their respective businesses in the manner in which such businesses are currently being conducted. The Registered Company IP is subsisting and, to the Knowledge of Seller and excluding any pending applications included in the Registered Company IP, is valid and enforceable.

 

(c)          There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened claims against any of the Acquired Companies alleging infringement, misappropriation or other violation of the Intellectual Property of any Person by the Acquired Companies in the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, nor any written request that an Acquired Company obtain a license under any patent rights of such Person, and no such claim has been asserted or request has been made by any Person in the past three (3) years.

 

(d)          The Acquired Companies have taken commercially reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of all Trade Secrets material to the Acquired Companies’ business. All current and former employees and contractors who have developed any material Intellectual Property for any Acquired Company during the course of employment or engagement with the Acquired Company have executed valid written agreements assigning all right, title and interest in such Intellectual Property to an Acquired Company, to the extent such Intellectual Property does not constitute a “work made for hire” under applicable Law.

 

(e)          As of the date hereof, no Acquired Company has made any written claim asserting infringement, misappropriation or other violation by any Person of its rights to, or in connection with, any material Company Owned IP. To the Knowledge of Seller, no third party has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any material Company Owned IP.

 

(f)          As of the date hereof, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened claims against an Acquired Company by any Person challenging the ownership, registrability, enforceability or validity of any material Company Owned IP.

 

(g)          To the Knowledge of the Seller, the products, services and operations of the businesses of the Acquired Companies as currently conducted do not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property of any Person.

 

(h)          Except as set forth in Section 3.14(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, after consummation of the Transactions, neither Seller nor any current or former Seller Affiliate (other than the Acquired Companies) will own or have any right, title or interest in or to any Company Owned IP.

 

(i)          To the Knowledge of the Seller, as of the date hereof, the information technology systems used by the Acquired Companies in the ordinary course of business have not suffered any material security breach or material failure within the past three (3) years.

 

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(j)          The consummation of the Transactions will not, pursuant to any Contract to which an Acquired Company is a party, result in the loss or material impairment of any Acquired Company’s right to own or use any material Company Owned IP or any other material Intellectual Property.

 

(k)          Each Acquired Company is in compliance in all material respects with (i) all binding policies implemented by such Acquired Company relating to the collection, use, storage, processing, transfer, disclosure, and protection by such Acquired Company of personal information regulated or protected by applicable Laws, (ii) all applicable Laws relating to privacy, data, security, data use, data protection and destruction, data breach notification or data transfer and (iii) all applicable payment card industry data security standards. There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened claims against any of the Acquired Companies by any Person or Governmental Authority alleging a material violation of any such applicable Laws in the operation of the business as currently conducted.

 

Section 3.15.         Real Property.

 

(a)          Section 3.15(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each parcel of real property owned by the Acquired Companies which is material to the operations of the Acquired Companies being conducted as of the date hereof (such property collectively, the “Company Owned Real Property” and, together with the Company Owned Real Property, hereinafter collectively, the “Real Property”). Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Acquired Company has good and valid title to such Company Owned Real Property, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens. As of the date hereof, no Acquired Company has received written notice of any pending or threatened condemnation proceeding with respect to any Company Owned Real Property, except proceedings that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Section 3.15(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, with respect to each Company Owned Real Property, (i) there are no outstanding options or rights of first refusal to purchase the Company Owned Real Property, or any portion or interest therein, and (ii) no Acquired Company has leased or otherwise granted to any Person the right to use or occupy such Company Owned Real Property or any portion thereof, except for leases for occupancy in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

(b)          Section 3.15(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each lease of the Acquired Companies that is material to the operations of the Acquired Companies being conducted as of the date hereof (collectively, the “Material Leases” and each such property respectively leased pursuant thereto, the “Company Leased Real Property”). The Seller has delivered to the Acquirors true, complete and correct copies of each Material Lease, and there have been no amendments, modifications or extensions of such Material Leases other than those set forth in Section 3.15(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules. Each Material Lease is valid, binding and in full force and effect, and no default of a material nature on the part of an Acquired Company or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, the landlord thereunder is continuing beyond all applicable notice, cure or grace periods with respect thereto. Each Acquired Company has a good and valid leasehold interest in or contractual right to use or occupy, subject to the terms of the Material Lease applicable thereto to which such Acquired Company is a party, the Company Leased Real Property, free and clear of all Liens affecting the leasehold estate thereof, except for Permitted Liens. To the Knowledge of the Seller, no security deposit or portion thereof deposited with respect to any Material Lease has been applied in respect of a breach or default under such Material Lease which has not been redeposited in full. No Acquired Company owes any brokerage commission or finder’s fees with respect to any Material Lease. Except as set forth in Section 3.15(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules or except for leases for occupancy in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, there are no written or oral subleases, licenses, concessions or other contracts with respect to the Company Leased Real Property other than the Material Leases.

 

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(c)          To the Knowledge of the Seller, there are no physical, structural or mechanical defects in any of the buildings, building systems or improvements on any of the Real Property which are reasonably likely to materially impair the intended use of such Real Property by the Acquired Companies and the Real Property and all such buildings, building systems and improvements (including the roof, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, sprinklers and fire safety systems) are in good operating condition and repair and are adequate for the uses to which they are being put, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in Section 3.15(c) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, (i) within the last twelve (12) months, no Acquired Company has received written notice of any pending or threatened condemnation or eminent domain proceedings or their local equivalent affecting or relating to such Real Property and (ii) within the last twelve (12) months, no Acquired Company has received written notice from any Governmental Authority or other Person that the use and occupancy of any of the Owned Real Property, as currently used and occupied, and the conduct of the business thereon, as currently conducted, violates in any material respect any deed restrictions, applicable Law consisting of building codes, zoning, subdivision or other land use or similar laws or any other Lien affecting such Owned Real Property.

 

Section 3.16.         Material Contracts.

 

(a)          Except for this Agreement, Section 3.16(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each Contract described in this Section 3.16(a) to which an Acquired Company is a party and has any current or future rights, responsibilities, obligations or liabilities (in each case, whether contingent or otherwise) or to which any of their respective properties or assets is subject, in each case as of the date of this Agreement (all Contracts of the type described in this Section 3.16(a) being referred to herein as the “Material Contracts”):

 

(i)          any partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance or collaboration Contract that is material to the Acquired Companies taken as a whole;

 

(ii)         any Contract that (A) purports to materially limit either the type of business in which any of the Acquired Companies (or, after the Closing, ListCo) may engage, the geographic area in which any of them may engage in any business, the solicitation by any of them of the employment of any Person or the ability of any of them to sell or purchase from any person or (B) would require the disposition of any material assets or line of business of the Acquired Companies (or, after the Closing, ListCo);

 

(iii)        each acquisition or divestiture Contract that contains representations, covenants, indemnities or other obligations (including “earn-out” or other contingent payment obligations) that would reasonably be expected to result in the receipt or making of future payments in excess of $1,000,000 in the 12-month period following the date hereof (other than customer and vendor Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);

 

(iv)        each other Contract relating to outstanding Indebtedness of an Acquired Company for borrowed money or any financial guaranty thereof (whether incurred, assumed, guaranteed or secured by any asset) in an amount in excess of $2,500,000 other than (A) Contracts solely among an Acquired Company and any wholly owned Acquired Subsidiary or a guarantee by an Acquired Company or any wholly owned Acquired Subsidiary; (B) financial guarantees entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice not exceeding $2,500,000, individually or in the aggregate (other than surety or performance bonds, letters of credit or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in each case to the extent not drawn upon); and (C) any Contracts relating to Indebtedness explicitly included in the Company Financial Statements;

 

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(v)         each Contract pursuant to which an Acquired Company has an obligation to indemnify any officer, director or employee of such Acquired Company or another Acquired Company;

 

(vi)        any Contract (excluding licenses for commercially available technology that are generally available for fees of no more than $1,000,000 annually or in the aggregate) under which an Acquired Company is granted any license, option or other right or immunity (including a covenant not to be sued or right to enforce or prosecute any patents) with respect to any Intellectual Property rights of a third party, which Contract is material to any of the Acquired Companies’ businesses;

 

(vii)       any Contract under which an Acquired Company has granted to a third party any license, option or other right or immunity (including a covenant not to be sued or right to enforce or prosecute any patents) with respect to any Intellectual Property rights of an Acquired Company, which Contract is material to any of the Acquired Companies’ businesses, (other than any non-exclusive license granted by an Acquired Company in the ordinary course of business), or relating to the development, ownership, use, registration or enforcement of any material Company Owned IP;

 

(viii)      any shareholders, investors rights, registration rights or similar agreement or arrangement of an Acquired Company;

 

(ix)         any Contract that relates to any swap, forward, futures, or other similar derivative transaction with a notional value in excess of $1,000,000;

 

(x)          any Collective Bargaining Agreement;

 

(xi)         except for Excluded Employees, any Contract with any current employee of the Acquired Companies whose annual base compensation is at least $350,000;

 

(xii)        except for Excluded Employees, any Contract which provides for any severance, retention, or change in control payments, or fees in connection with a change in control or termination of service payable by the Acquired Companies or any Acquired Subsidiary to any director, officer, employee, or consultant;

 

(xiii)       any Contract with any independent contractor or consultant referred to in Section 3.13(d);

 

(xiv)      any Contract with any staffing agency, temporary labor agency, professional employer agency, or similar entity whose fees are at least $350,000 per year in the aggregate;

 

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(xv)       any Contract involving the settlement of any action or threatened action (or series of related actions) that will (A) involve payments after the date hereof of consideration in excess of $1,000,000 or (B) impose material monitoring or reporting obligations to any other Person outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(xvi)      any Contract that imposes a Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any material assets of one or more Acquired Companies;

 

(xvii)     each Material Lease;

 

(xviii)    each Affiliate Agreement;

 

(xix)      each current contract with a Governmental Authority, prime contractor, or subcontractor at any tier, pursuant to a contract with a Governmental Authority and any bid for a contract with a Governmental Authority, other than permits issued by a Governmental Authority; and

 

(xx)       any Contract, or group of Contracts with a Person (or group of affiliated Persons), the termination of which would be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and is not disclosed pursuant to the other clauses of this Section 3.16(a).

 

(b)          No Acquired Company is in material breach of, or material default under, the terms of any Material Contract. To the Knowledge of Seller, as of the date hereof, no other party to any Material Contract is in breach of, or default under, the terms of any Material Contract, no Acquired Company has received any written claim or notice of material breach of or material default under any Material Contract and no event has occurred that individually or together with other events would reasonably be expected to result in a material breach of or a material default under any Material Contract by any Acquired Company (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both). Each Material Contract is in full force and effect and is a valid and binding obligation of each Acquired Company that is party thereto and, to the Knowledge of Seller, of each other party thereto, except that (i) such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) equitable remedies of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. To the Knowledge of the Seller, except as set forth in Section 3.16(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, as of the date hereof, no party has indicated to any Acquired Company its intent to terminate or modify any Material Contract in a manner materially adverse to any Acquired Company.

 

Section 3.17.         Insurance. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, as of the date hereof, (a) all current insurance policies of the Acquired Companies are in full force and effect and are valid and enforceable and (b) no Acquired Company is in breach or default (including with respect to the payment of premiums or the giving of notice) under any such insurance policy. Such insurance policies are sufficient in all material respects in the aggregate for the operation of the business of the Acquired Companies for the industry in which they operate. No Acquired Company has received notice of cancellation or termination with respect to any such insurance policies (other than in connection with normal renewals of any such insurance policies) where such cancellation or termination would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 3.18.         Finders and Brokers. No Acquired Company has employed any investment banker, broker or finder in connection with the Transactions, other than as set forth in Section 3.18 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, who might be entitled to any fee or any commission in connection with, or upon consummation of, the Transactions.

 

Section 3.19.         FCPA and Anti-Corruption.

 

(a)          To the Knowledge of the Seller, since January 1, 2016, each of the Acquired Companies has complied with all applicable anti-bribery laws, including the FCPA;

 

(b)          None of the Acquired Companies nor, to the Knowledge of the Seller, any of the Acquired Companies’ directors, officers or management-level employees has, directly or indirectly, engaged in any Prohibited Act on behalf of any Acquired Company.

 

(c)          No Acquired Company has received written notice of any claims, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations alleging that such Acquired Company is in violation of the FCPA or any other applicable anti-bribery laws or made any written voluntary disclosures to any Governmental Authority involving an Acquired Company in any way relating to applicable anti-bribery laws, including the FCPA;

 

(d)          Each Acquired Company has instituted policies and procedures reasonably designed to help ensure compliance with the FCPA and other applicable anti-bribery laws; and

 

(e)          No officer, director or employee of an Acquired Company is a Government Official.

 

Section 3.20.         Takeover Statutes; No Rights Agreement. The board of directors or similar governing body or person of Target has taken all action necessary so that no “moratorium,” “control share acquisition,” “business combination,” “fair price” or other form of anti-takeover Laws or regulations is applicable to the Transactions.

 

Section 3.21.         Affiliate Transactions. Except as set forth in Section 3.21 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, for employment and benefit arrangements and Contracts and arrangements solely between or among Acquired Companies, no officer, director, equity holder, partner or member of any Acquired Company, or any of their Affiliates, is a party to any Contract or business arrangement with any Acquired Company (each such Contract or business arrangement, an “Affiliate Agreement”). Except as set forth on Section 3.21 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, no employee, officer, director, equity holder, partner, member, controlling person, agent or representative of any Acquired Company (each, an “Acquired Company Related Party”) or member of such Acquired Company Related Party’s immediate family, or any corporation, partnership or other entity of which such Acquired Company Related Party is an officer, director or partner, or in which such Acquired Company Related Party has an ownership interest or otherwise controls, is indebted to any Acquired Company, nor is any Acquired Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. None of the Acquired Company Related Parties, or any member of such Acquired Company Related Party’s immediate family, has any material commercial, industrial, banking, consulting, legal, accounting, charitable or familial relationship with any Acquired Company’s major business relationship partners, service providers, joint venture partners, licensees or competitors.

 

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Section 3.22.         Investment Purpose. The Seller is acquiring the shares of ListCo to be issued on the Closing Date solely for its own account for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof. The Seller acknowledges that such shares are not registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and that such shares may not be transferred or sold except pursuant to the registration provisions of the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption therefrom and subject to state securities laws and regulations, as applicable. The Seller is able to bear the economic risk of holding such shares for an indefinite period (including total loss of its investment), and has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment.

 

Section 3.23.         No Outside Reliance. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article III or any other provision hereof, the Seller acknowledges and agrees that neither the Acquirors nor any of their respective Affiliates, agents or Representatives is making any representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, beyond those expressly given in Article IV, and the Seller specifically disclaims that it is relying upon or has relied upon any representations or warranties beyond those expressly given in Article IV that may have been made by any Person, and acknowledges and agrees that the Acquirors have specifically disclaimed and do hereby specifically disclaim any such other representation or warranty made by any Person.

 

Section 3.24.         No Other Representations and Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Article III (including the related portions of the Seller Disclosure Schedules), neither the Seller, any Acquired Company nor their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, advisors, agents or Representatives has made or makes any other express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, to Acquirors or any other Person on behalf of the Seller or the Acquired Companies, including any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding the Acquired Companies furnished or made available to the Acquirors and their respective Representatives (including any confidential information memorandum and any information, documents or material made available to the Acquirors in certain “data rooms,” management presentations or in any other form in expectation of the Transactions) or as to the future revenue, profitability or success of the Acquired Companies, or any representation or warranty arising from statute or otherwise in Law.

 

Article IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIRORS

 

Except as set forth in the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, the Acquirors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Seller as follows:

 

Section 4.01.         Qualification and Organization of the Acquirors.

 

(a)          As of the date hereof, the Parent Acquiror is an exempted company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and will be, as of Closing, a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, in each case with all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to carry out its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery by the Parent Acquiror of this Agreement, the performance by the Parent Acquiror of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by the Parent Acquiror of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of the Parent Acquiror. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Parent Acquiror, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Seller) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Parent Acquiror, enforceable against the Parent Acquiror in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). Except for its ownership of the Holdco Acquiror, the Parent Acquiror does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity interests in any Person. Except for its ownership of the Holdco Acquiror, the Parent Acquiror does not have any Subsidiaries.

 

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(b)          As of the date hereof, the Holdco Acquiror is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, with all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to carry out its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery by the Holdco Acquiror of this Agreement, the performance by the Holdco Acquiror of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by the Holdco Acquiror of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of the Holdco Acquiror. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Holdco Acquiror, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Seller) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Holdco Acquiror, enforceable against the Holdco Acquiror in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). The Holdco Acquiror does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity interests in any Person and does not have any Subsidiaries.

 

Section 4.02.         Capitalization of the Acquirors.

 

(a)          The authorized share capital of the Parent Acquiror consists of 380 million Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 (the “Class A Shares”); 20 million Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 (the “Class B Shares” and, together with the Class A Shares, the “Parent Ordinary Shares”), and 1,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.0001 (the “Parent Preferred Shares”). None of the Parent Preferred Shares is issued and outstanding. As of the date of this Agreement, (i) 2,277,853 Class A Shares were issued and outstanding, excluding 47,722,147 shares subject to possible redemption, and (ii) 12,500,000 Class B Shares were issued and outstanding. The authorized capital stock of the Holdco Acquiror consists of 100 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Holdco Common Stock”), all of which is issued to and held by the Parent Acquiror. All the outstanding shares of the Parent Ordinary Shares and the Holdco Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are free of pre-emptive rights. No issued and outstanding shares of any of the capital stock of the Acquirors are held in treasury.

 

(b)          Except as set forth in Section 4.02(a) of this Agreement or Section 4.02(b) of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, (i) the Acquirors do not have any shares issued or outstanding and (ii) there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, puts, calls, exchangeable or convertible securities or other similar rights, agreements or commitments relating to the issuance of capital stock to which the Acquirors are a party obligating the Acquirors to (A) issue, transfer or sell any shares or other equity interests of the Acquirors or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such shares or equity interests; (B) grant, extend or enter into any such subscription, option, warrant, put, call, exchangeable or convertible securities or other similar right, agreement or commitment; (C) redeem or otherwise acquire any such shares or other equity interests; or (D) provide a material amount of funds to, or make any material investment in any Person other than in connection with this Transaction.

 

(c)          The Acquirors do not have outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other similar obligations with the right to vote (or that are convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the shareholders of the Acquirors on any matter.

 

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(d)          Except as set forth in Section 4.02(d) of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, there are no voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which the Acquirors are a party with respect to the voting of the capital stock or other equity interests of the Acquirors.

 

Section 4.03.         No Conflicts.

 

(a)          Other than the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals, the execution and delivery by the Acquirors of this Agreement do not, and the consummation of the Transactions and compliance with the provisions hereof will not (a) result in any violation or breach of, or default or change of control (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of, or result in, termination, modification, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation or to the loss of a material benefit under any Contract, loan, guarantee of Indebtedness or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, material lease, permit, concession, franchise or right binding upon the Acquirors, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties, rights or assets of the Acquirors, other than Permitted Liens; (b) conflict with or result in any violation of any provision of the Acquiror Governing Documents; or (c) conflict with or violate any Laws applicable to the Acquirors or any of their respective properties or assets, other than in the case of clause (a) any such violation, breach, conflict, default, termination, modification, cancellation, acceleration, right, loss or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)          Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Seller contained in this Agreement, no consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required on the part of the Acquirors with respect to the Acquirors’ execution or delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, except as otherwise disclosed in Section 4.03(b) of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules.

 

Section 4.04.         No Holdco Liabilities. Since its date of incorporation, the Holdco Acquiror has not carried on any business or conducted any operations other than the execution of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and matters ancillary thereto. Other than under the Transaction Documents or pursuant to the performance of its obligations thereunder, the Holdco Acquiror does not have any liabilities.

 

Section 4.05.         Investment Purpose. The Holdco Acquiror is acquiring the Membership Interests solely for its own account for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof. The Holdco Acquiror acknowledges that the Membership Interests are not registered under the Securities Act or any state securities Laws, and that the Membership Interests may not be transferred or sold except pursuant to the registration provisions of the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption therefrom and subject to state securities laws and regulations, as applicable. The Holdco Acquiror is able to bear the economic risk of holding the Membership Interests for an indefinite period (including total loss of its investment), and has sufficient knowledge and experience in its financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risk of its investment.

 

Section 4.06.         SEC Filings. The Parent Acquiror has since July 12, 2017 timely filed or furnished all statements, prospectuses, registration statements, forms, reports and documents required to be filed by it with the SEC, pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (collectively, and together with any exhibits and schedules thereto and other information incorporated therein, and as they have been supplemented, modified or amended since the time of filing, the “Acquiror SEC Reports”). Each of the Acquiror SEC Reports, as of the respective date of its filing or, if amended, as of the date of the most recent amendment, complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to the Acquiror SEC Reports. As of the respective date of its filing or most recent amendment, no Acquiror SEC Report contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC with respect to the Acquiror SEC Reports.

 

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Section 4.07.         Internal Controls; Listing; Financial Statements.

 

(a)          Except as not required in reliance on exemptions from various reporting requirements by virtue of the Parent Acquiror’s status as an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, (i) the Parent Acquiror has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act). Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Parent Acquiror, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, is made known to the Parent Acquiror’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared, and (ii) since July 12, 2017, the Parent Acquiror and its Subsidiaries have established and maintained a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Parent Acquiror’s financial reporting and the preparation of the Parent Acquiror’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with US GAAP.

 

(b)          Each director and executive officer of the Parent Acquiror has filed with the SEC on a timely basis all statements required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Acquirors have not taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(c)          Except as set forth in Section 4.07(c) of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, since July 12, 2017, the Parent Acquiror has complied in all material respects with the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of NASDAQ. The issued and outstanding shares of the Parent Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on NASDAQ. There is no legal proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Acquirors, threatened by NASDAQ or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the Parent Ordinary Shares or prohibit or terminate the listing of the Parent Ordinary Shares on NASDAQ. The Acquirors have taken no action that is designed to terminate the registration of the Parent Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act.

 

(d)          The Acquiror SEC Reports contain true and complete copies of the (i) audited balance sheet as of December 31, 2017, and the related statements of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity of the Parent Acquiror for the year ended December 31, 2017, together with the auditor’s reports thereon, and (ii) unaudited balance sheet as of June 30, 2018, and the related statements of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity of the Parent Acquiror for the six (6) month period ended June 30, 2018 ((i) and (ii) together, the “Acquiror Financial Statements”). Except as disclosed in the Acquiror SEC Reports, the Acquiror Financial Statements (i) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Parent Acquiror, as at the respective dates thereof, and its results of operations and cash flows for the respective periods then ended; (ii) were prepared in conformity with US GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto); and (iii) comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act in effect as of the respective dates thereof. The books and records of the Parent Acquiror and its Subsidiaries have been, and are being, maintained in all material respects in accordance with US GAAP and any other applicable legal and accounting requirements.

 

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Section 4.08.         Trust Account. As of the date hereof, the Parent Acquiror has $325.0 million in the account established by the Parent Acquiror for the benefit of its stockholders at Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trust Account”), such monies being invested in United States Government securities or money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and held in trust pursuant to that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of January 17, 2018, between the Parent Acquiror and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trust Agreement”). The Trust Agreement is valid and in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms and has not been amended or modified. There are no separate Contracts, side letters or other arrangements or understandings (whether written or unwritten, express or implied) that would cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the Acquiror SEC Reports to be inaccurate or that would entitle any Person (other than pursuant to an Acquiror Share Redemption) to any portion of the proceeds in the Trust Account. There are no proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent Acquiror, threatened with respect to the Trust Account.

 

Section 4.09.         No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except (a) as disclosed, reflected or reserved against in the Parent Acquiror’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto) as of June 30, 2018 (the “Acquiror Balance Sheet Date”), (b) for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since the Acquiror Balance Sheet Date, (c) as expressly permitted or contemplated by this Agreement and (d) for liabilities that have been discharged or paid in full in the ordinary course of business, as of the date hereof, the Acquirors do not have any material liabilities of any nature, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise. For purposes of this Section 4.09, the term “liabilities” shall not include obligations of the Acquired Companies to perform under or comply with any applicable Law, Action, judgment or Contract, but would include such liabilities and obligations if there has been a default or failure to perform or comply by the Acquired Companies with any such liability or obligation if such default or failure would, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, reasonably be expected to result in a monetary obligation or the imposition of injunctive or other equitable remedies.

 

Section 4.10.        Compliance with Laws. The Acquirors are in compliance in all material respects with all Laws applicable to the Acquirors or any of their respective properties or assets.

 

Section 4.11.         Absence of Changes.

 

(a)          Since December 31, 2017 through the date of this Agreement, there has not occurred any event, development, occurrence, change, or state of facts that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)          From the Acquiror Balance Sheet Date through the date of this Agreement, the Acquirors have not taken any action that would constitute a breach of clause (ii) of Section 6.01 had such action been taken after the execution of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or termination date of this Agreement.

 

Section 4.12.         Finders and Brokers. The Acquirors have not employed any investment banker, broker or finder in connection with the Transactions, other than as set forth in Section 4.12 of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, who might be entitled to any fee or any commission in connection with or upon consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares.

 

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Section 4.13.         Indebtedness. Other than advances from the Founders for expenses of the Acquirors incurred in the ordinary course of business, the Acquirors have no Indebtedness.

 

Section 4.14.         No Discussions. Other than discussions and negotiations relating to the Transactions and discussions with Arrow Holdings and its Affiliates and Representatives with respect to the acquisition of Signor, the Acquirors are not actively pursuing with any other Person (each a “Third Party Target”): (a) a sale or exclusive license of all or substantially all of any Third Party Target’s assets to the Parent Acquiror or the Holdco Acquiror; (b) any merger, consolidation or other business combination transaction with respect to any Third Party Target; or (c) the direct or indirect acquisition (including by way of a tender or exchange offer) by the Parent Acquiror or the Holdco Acquiror of beneficial ownership or a right to acquire beneficial ownership of shares representing a majority of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of any Third Party Target.

 

Section 4.15.         Acquiror Vote Required. An ordinary resolution being the affirmative vote of a majority of the holders of the shares of the Parent Ordinary Shares who are present at the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting and vote is required to (a) approve the Transaction Agreements, the Transactions and any related transactions contemplated hereby; (b) approve the adoption of the New Benefit Plans; (c) approve the issuance of Parent Ordinary Shares to the Seller in connection with the payment of Stock Consideration; (e) approve the other Transaction Proposals, other than those set forth in clauses (x) and (y) below and (f) adjourn the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting, if necessary, to permit further solicitation of proxies because there are not sufficient votes to approve and adopt any of the Transaction Proposals and a special resolution being the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (66⅔%) of the holders of the shares of the Parent Ordinary Shares who are present at the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting and vote is required to (x) approve the Domestication and (y) amend the Parent Acquiror Governing Documents in connection with the extension of the expiration date required thereunder for the consummation of the Transactions and adopt and approve the ListCo Governing Documents in connection with the Domestication of the Parent Acquiror in Delaware (collectively, the “Acquiror Shareholder Approvals”). Other than the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals, there are no other votes of the holders of the Parent Ordinary Shares or of any other class or series of the capital stock of the Parent Acquiror or Holdco Acquiror necessary with respect to the Transactions or any related matters.

 

Section 4.16.         No Outside Reliance. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article IV or any other provision hereof, the Acquirors acknowledge and agree that neither the Seller nor the Acquired Companies nor any of their respective Affiliates, agents or Representatives is making any representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, beyond those expressly given in Article III, including any implied representation or warranty as to condition, merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose or trade as to any of the assets of any Acquired Company, and the Acquirors specifically disclaim that they are relying upon or have relied upon any representations or warranties beyond those expressly given in Article III that may have been made by any Person, and acknowledge and agree that the Seller has specifically disclaimed and do hereby specifically disclaim any such other representation or warranty made by any Person. The Acquirors further acknowledge and agree that they have conducted their own independent review and analysis of the Acquired Companies and, based thereon, have formed an independent judgment concerning the business, operations, assets, condition and prospects of the Acquired Companies.

 

Section 4.17.         No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Article IV (including the related portions of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules), neither the Acquirors nor any other Person has made or makes any other express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, on behalf of the Acquirors, including any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding the Acquirors furnished or made available to the Seller or its Representatives.

 

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Article V

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF SELLER

 

Section 5.01.         Conduct of Business by the Acquired Companies Prior to the Closing. The Seller agrees that between the date of this Agreement and the Closing, or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01, except (a) as set forth in Section 5.01 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, (b) as specifically required by this Agreement and the Transactions contemplated hereby (including the Debt Financing and the transactions contemplated thereby), (c) as required by Law or (d) as consented to in writing by the Acquirors, (i) shall cause the Acquired Companies to conduct their business in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact their present business organization and to preserve their present relationships with customers, suppliers and other Persons with whom they have material business relationships and (ii)  shall not permit any Acquired Company to:

 

(a)          split, combine, reduce, reclassify, encumber, pledge or dispose of any of its equity interests, or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for its equity interests, except for any such transaction by an Acquired Subsidiary that is a wholly owned Acquired Subsidiary, and that remains a wholly owned Acquired Subsidiary, after consummation of such transaction;

 

(b)          with respect to Target exclusively, declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution;

 

(c)          except as required by applicable Law or any Company Benefit Plan and except for the termination of any Company Benefit Plans in connection with the adoption and effectiveness of any New Benefit Plans, (i) change the terms of its agreements or other arrangements with any director, officer, employee (other than any Excluded Employee), independent contractor or consultant; (ii) hire any employee or engage any independent contractor or consultant (other than any employee, independent contractor or consultant with compensation, including annual base salary and maximum bonus opportunity, or fees of less than $350,000 per annum); (iii) establish, adopt, enter into, amend or terminate any Collective Bargaining Agreement or Company Benefit Plan (or a plan or arrangement that would be a Company Benefit Plan if in existence as of the date hereof); (iv) transfer, without the advance written consent of the Acquirors, any employees currently employed by or providing services to the Acquired Companies in any capacity, other than any Excluded Employee; or (v) increase or accelerate the base compensation, bonus or benefits payable to any director, officer, or employee, except for salary increases that are in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and annual bonuses for completed performance periods that are in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; provided that for the avoidance of doubt Seller and its Affiliates may, at any time between the date hereof and Closing, take the following actions and incur the following expenses, which expenses shall not be included in the calculation of Transaction Expenses hereunder: (i) at Seller’s sole expense, terminate any existing arrangements that exist between the Acquired Companies and certain Affiliates under that certain Transition Services Agreement dated as of November 29, 2017 (the “Algeco TSA”) by and between Algeco Global S.a.r.l. (“Seller Parent”), Williams Scotsman International, Inc. and certain other parties thereto and (ii) issue bonuses to certain employees of the Acquired Companies solely at the expense of Seller or Seller Parent.

 

(d)          terminate the employment of any individual in a position of vice president or above (or equivalent thereof), other than due to such individual’s death or disability or for cause or non-performance of duties (each, as determined by Target, or the applicable Acquired Subsidiary, in its reasonable discretion in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), other than any Excluded Employee;

 

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(e)          make any material change in financial accounting policies or procedures or any of its methods of reporting income, deductions or other material items for financial accounting purposes, except as required by US GAAP or applicable Law;

 

(f)          authorize or announce an intention to authorize, or enter into agreements providing for, any acquisitions of an equity interest in any Person or any business or division of any Person (including by means of an asset purchase), or any mergers, consolidations or business combinations, except for (i) capital expenditures in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, (ii) acquisitions of assets related to the business of the Acquired Companies as being conducted as of the date hereof for which the purchase price for such assets, individually or in the aggregate, does not exceed $20,000,000 in cash, (iii) transactions between Target and its wholly owned Acquired Subsidiaries or between Target’s wholly owned Acquired Subsidiaries, or (iv)  the creation of new wholly owned Subsidiaries organized to conduct or continue activities otherwise permitted by this Agreement and that will be Acquired Subsidiaries;

 

(g)          amend the governing documents of any of the Acquired Company;

 

(h)          redeem, repurchase, prepay (other than prepayments of revolving loans), defease, incur, assume, endorse, guarantee or otherwise become liable for or modify in any material respects the terms of any Indebtedness or capital leases or issue or sell any debt securities or calls, options, warrants or other rights to acquire any debt securities (directly, contingently or otherwise), except for (i) any Indebtedness for borrowed money among Target, and its wholly owned Acquired Subsidiaries or among wholly owned Acquired Subsidiaries; (ii) guarantees by Target of Indebtedness for borrowed money of Acquired Subsidiaries or guarantees by Acquired Subsidiaries of Indebtedness for borrowed money of Target or any Acquired Subsidiary, which Indebtedness is incurred in compliance with this clause (h); (iii) transactions at the stated maturity of such Indebtedness and required amortization or mandatory prepayments; (iv) ordinary course working capital borrowings by Target under the Algeco Credit Facility consistent with past practice; (v) interest accrued on Indebtedness not prohibited hereunder; and (vi) Indebtedness or capital leases not to exceed $15,000,000 in aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time incurred by any Acquired Company other than in accordance with clauses (i) through (v); provided that nothing contained herein shall prohibit (x) any Acquired Company from making guarantees or obtaining letters of credit or surety bonds for the benefit of commercial counterparties in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (y) the Acquired Companies from consummating the Debt Financing, or (z) amendments contemplated by Section 5.02(b);

 

(i)          except for sales and leases of accommodations in the ordinary course of business, sell, lease, license, transfer, exchange, swap or otherwise dispose of, or subject to any Lien (other than (i) Permitted Liens and (ii) Liens with respect to assets or property acquired by any Acquired Company following the date hereof that are required to be granted pursuant to the Algeco Credit Facility and Algeco Indentures), any of its properties or assets (including shares in the capital of the Acquired Subsidiaries), except (v) pursuant to an existing agreement in effect prior to the execution of this Agreement that is listed in Section 5.01(i) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, (w) in the case of Liens, as required in connection with any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 5.01(h), (x) such transactions with neither a fair market value of the assets or properties nor an aggregate purchase price that exceeds $25,000,000 in the aggregate for all such transactions, (y) for transactions among Target and its wholly owned Acquired Subsidiaries or among Target’s wholly owned Acquired Subsidiaries, and (z) for transactions with Signor or any Subsidiary or direct parent entity thereof under the existing lease and services agreements disclosed on Section 3.16(a)(xviii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules; provided that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Acquired Companies from consummating the Debt Financing;

 

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(j)          transfer, assign, license, otherwise dispose of, or subject to any Lien (other than (i) Permitted Liens and (ii) Liens with respect to assets or property acquired by any Acquired Company following the date hereof that are required to be granted pursuant to the Algeco Credit Facility and Algeco Indentures), any material Company Owned IP, except in the ordinary course of business; provided that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Acquired Companies from consummating the Debt Financing;

 

(k)          adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization other than this Agreement;

 

(l)          except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, amend, modify, terminate or encumber (other than an encumbrance that is a Permitted Lien) any Material Lease;

 

(m)          enter into any agreement that restricts the ability of any of the Acquired Companies to engage or compete in any line of business in any respect material to the business of the Acquired Companies, or enter into any agreement that restricts the ability of any of the Acquired Companies to enter a new line of business;

 

(n)          enter into, renew or amend in any material respect any Affiliate Agreement;

 

(o)          waive, settle or satisfy any material claim against any Acquired Company, other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or that otherwise does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate (net of insurance recoveries);

 

(p)          make, change or revoke any material election relating to income Taxes, file any material amended Tax Return, surrender any right to claim a refund of a material amount of Taxes, consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any material Tax claim or assessment, enter into any material closing agreement or similar agreement relating to Taxes with any Governmental Authority, settle or compromise any material claim or assessment by any Governmental Authority relating to Taxes;

 

(q)          conduct any group reduction in force or plant closing that would trigger the notice requirements under WARN or any similar state, local, or foreign Laws; or

 

(r)          agree, in writing or otherwise, or commit to take any of the foregoing actions.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall give the Acquirors, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct any Acquired Company’s operations prior to the Closing. Prior to the Closing, each Acquired Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its operations.

 

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Section 5.02.         Certain Consents. On or prior to the Closing, the Seller shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to take (or caused to be taken) all actions, and done (or caused to be done) all things necessary to have:

 

(a)          obtained customary lien releases, instruments of termination and acknowledgments, in each case as reasonably required by the Acquirors or the Debt Financing Sources, in order to evidence the release of the Acquired Companies from their respective obligations (including guarantees) and the release of any related Liens on any property, assets or the equity interests of the Acquired Companies under the Algeco Indentures; and

 

(b)          obtained the consent of the requisite percentage of the lenders under the Algeco Credit Facility for Target to consummate the Transactions (the “Algeco Credit Facility Consent”), which consent shall include a release of the Target Entities from their obligations (including guarantees) under the Algeco Credit Facility and the release of all Liens and other security interests on any property or assets of the Acquired Companies and on any equity interests of the Acquired Companies in favor of any secured party or agent under the Algeco Credit Facility and Algeco Indentures (and, in connection therewith, obtained customary lien releases, instruments of termination and acknowledgements, in each case that are reasonably required by the Acquirors or the Debt Financing Sources).

 

Section 5.03.         Trust Account Waiver. Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Parent Acquiror is a blank check company with the power and privileges to effect a merger, asset acquisition, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Acquired Companies and one or more businesses or assets. Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Acquirors’ sole assets consist of the cash proceeds of the Parent Acquiror’s initial public offering and private placements of its securities, and that substantially all of these proceeds have been deposited in the Trust Account for the benefit of its public shareholders. For and in consideration of the Acquirors entering into this Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Seller, on behalf of itself and any of its managers, directors, officers, affiliates, members, stockholders and trustees, hereby irrevocably waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they have or may have in the future in or to any monies in the Trust Account, and agrees not to seek recourse against the Trust Account or any funds distributed therefrom as a result of, or arising out of, any claims against the Acquirors arising under this Agreement.

 

Section 5.04.         Exclusivity. Until the Closing occurs or this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, and except in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Signor Merger Agreement and the Transactions contemplated hereby, Seller will not (and Seller shall cause its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates and their respective Representatives to not), solicit, initiate, negotiate, agree to, engage in or renew any contact concerning any proposal or offer, or any contact that would reasonably be expected to result in a proposal or offer, from any Person (other than the Acquirors and their respective Affiliates) relating to any of the following involving the Acquired Companies: (a) a liquidation, dissolution or recapitalization, (b) a merger or consolidation, (c) an acquisition or purchase of any of the material assets (or any material portion of its assets) of, or any equity interest in, the Acquired Companies, except for the sale of assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (d) any similar transaction or business combination outside the ordinary course of business, or (e) any financing, investment, acquisition, purchase, merger, sale or any other similar transaction that would restrict, prohibit or inhibit the Seller’s ability to consummate the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Signor Merger Agreement (each, an “Acquisition Proposal”). Seller represents and warrants that all discussions and negotiations relating to any Acquisition Proposal (other than the transactions with the Acquirors contemplated by this Agreement) have been terminated. In the event Seller or the Target receives any unsolicited Acquisition Proposal, Seller shall promptly, and in any event, within forty-eight (48) hours, provide written notice and a copy of such Acquisition Proposal to the Acquirors.

 

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Article VI

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF ACQUIRORS

 

Section 6.01.         Acquiror Operations. The Acquirors agree that between the date of this Agreement and the Closing, or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01, except (a) as set forth in Section 6.01 of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, (b) as specifically required by this Agreement, (c) as required by Law or (d) as consented to in writing by the Seller, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, (i) the Acquirors shall conduct their business in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (ii) each of the Acquirors shall not:

 

(a)          declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of their capital stock, and/or repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any shares of its capital stock or other securities, other than in connection with the Acquiror Share Redemption;

 

(b)          except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or the Signor Merger Agreement, sell, issue or authorize the issuance of (i) any capital stock or other security; (ii) any option or right to acquire any capital stock or other security; or (iii) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security, in each case other than in connection with the Equity Offering or the Backstop Offering;

 

(c)          make any distribution of amounts held in the Trust Account, except as permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 hereof;

 

(d)          enter into, or permit any of the assets owned or used by it to become bound by, any Contract requiring the consent of any other party to such Contract in connection with the Transactions;

 

(e)          (i) lend money to any Person or (ii) incur or guarantee any Indebtedness other than advances from the Founders for expenses of the Acquirors incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(f)          change any of its methods of accounting or accounting practices in any material respect except as required by US GAAP or applicable Law;

 

(g)          adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization other than this Agreement;

 

(h)          amend the Signor Merger Agreement; or

 

(i)          agree, in writing or otherwise, or commit to take any of the actions described in clauses (a) through (i) above.

 

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Section 6.02.         Acquiror Shareholder Approvals. The Parent Acquiror shall, as promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act (a) give notice of and (b) convene and hold an extraordinary general meeting (the “Acquiror Shareholders Meeting”) in accordance with the Parent Acquiror Governing Documents, for the purposes of obtaining the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals and, if applicable, any approvals related thereto and providing its shareholders with the opportunity to elect to effect an Acquiror Share Redemption. The Parent Acquiror shall, through its board of directors, recommend to its shareholders the (i) approval of the Domestication; (ii) adoption and approval of the Transaction Agreements, the Transactions and any related transactions contemplated hereby, including the Signor Merger Agreement and transactions contemplated thereby; (iii) amendment of the Parent Acquiror Governing Documents in connection with the extension of the expiration date required thereunder for the consummation of the Transactions, either in the form of a stand-alone amendment or simultaneously with the approval of the ListCo Governing Documents (defined below); (iv) adoption and approval of the new Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of ListCo, in the respective forms attached hereto as Exhibit C and Exhibit D (collectively, the “ListCo Governing Documents”), in connection with the Domestication of the Parent Acquiror in Delaware; (v) adoption and approval of any other proposals as the SEC (or staff members thereof) may indicate are necessary in its comments to the Registration Statement or in correspondence related thereto, and of any other proposals reasonably agreed by the Acquirors and the Seller as necessary or appropriate in connection with the Transactions; (vi) adoption and approval of the New Benefit Plans; (vii) approval of the issuance of Parent Ordinary Shares to the Seller in connection with the payment of the Stock Consideration; and (viii) the adjournment of the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting, if necessary, to permit further solicitation of proxies because there are not sufficient votes to approve and adopt any of the foregoing (such proposals in (i) through (viii), together, the “Transaction Proposals”). The Parent Acquiror shall promptly notify the Seller in writing of any determination to make any withdrawal of such recommendation or amendment, qualification or modification of such recommendation in a manner adverse to the Seller (an “Adverse Recommendation”); provided, that the Parent Acquiror may only postpone or adjourn the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting (x) to solicit additional proxies for the purpose of obtaining the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals, (y) for the absence of a quorum and (z) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that the Parent Acquiror has determined after consultation with outside legal counsel is reasonably likely to be required under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by shareholders of the Parent Acquiror prior to the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting.

 

Section 6.03.         No Solicitation. From the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01, except in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Signor Merger Agreement, neither the Acquirors nor any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives shall, directly or indirectly:

 

(a)          commence, initiate or renew any discussion, proposal or offer to any Third Party Target, or make any proposal or offer related to a business combination (other than the Transactions);

 

(b)          commence or renew any due diligence investigation of any Third Party Target;

 

(c)          participate in any discussions or negotiations or enter into any term sheet, memorandum of understanding or other Contract with any Third Party Target;

 

(d)          present or respond substantively to any proposal or offer to any Third Party Target relating to a possible transaction of any kind; or

 

(e)          agree or commit to take any of the actions described in clauses (a) through (d) above.

 

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From and after the date hereof, the Acquirors and their respective officers and directors shall, and the Acquirors shall instruct and cause their respective Representatives to, immediately cease and terminate all discussions and negotiations with any Person that may be ongoing with respect to a possible business combination, excluding the Seller, the Acquired Companies, Arrow Holdings and its Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives.

 

Section 6.04.         Trust Account Termination. Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account may be used or released except (i) for the withdrawal of interest to pay income taxes and (ii) to effectuate the Acquiror Share Redemption; provided that at least $225 million of gross cash proceeds remains in the Trust Account as of Closing (or such lesser amount as the Seller may agree to in writing in its sole discretion pursuant to Section 2.07(b) hereof). Following the Closing, and upon notice to the trustee of the Trust Account (the “Trustee”) and the satisfaction of the requirements for release set forth in the Trust Agreement, the Trustee shall be obligated to release as promptly as practicable any and all amounts still due to holders of the Parent Ordinary Shares who have exercised their redemption rights with respect to the Parent Ordinary Shares, and, thereafter, release the remaining funds in the Trust Account to the Parent Acquiror to be reflected on the Parent Acquiror’s consolidated balance sheet and the Trust Account shall thereafter be terminated.

 

Section 6.05.         D&O Insurance and Indemnification.

 

(a)          The Acquirors agree that all rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation by the Acquired Companies now existing in favor of each Person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date hereof, or who becomes prior to the Closing Date, an officer or director of the Acquired Companies, as provided in the governing documents of the Acquired Companies, or pursuant to any other agreements in effect on the date hereof and disclosed in Section 6.05(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms.

 

(b)          The Acquirors shall cause the Acquired Companies to (i) maintain in effect for a period of six years after the Closing Date, if available, the current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance maintained thereby immediately prior to the Closing Date (provided that the Acquirors may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage and amounts and containing terms and conditions that are not less advantageous to the directors and officers of the Acquired Companies when compared to the insurance maintained by the Acquired Companies as of the date hereof), or (ii) obtain as of the Closing Date “tail” insurance policies with a claims period of six years from the Closing Date with at least the same coverage and amounts, and containing terms and conditions that are not less advantageous to the directors and officers of the Acquired Companies, in each case with respect to claims arising out of or relating to events that occurred on or prior to the Closing Date (including in connection with the Transactions).

 

(c)          The obligations of the Acquirors under this Section 6.05 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any director or officer to whom this Section 6.05 applies without the consent of such affected director or officer (it being expressly agreed that the directors and officers to whom this Section 6.05 applies shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 6.05, each of whom may enforce the provisions of this Section 6.05).

 

(d)          In the event the Acquirors, any Acquired Company or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity in such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in either such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Acquirors or such Acquired Companies, as the case may be, shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.05.

 

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Section 6.06.         Domestication. Subject to receipt of the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals, the Parent Acquiror shall file, on or prior to the Closing Date, a Certificate of Domestication with the Delaware Secretary of State, together with the Certificate of Incorporation in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

 

Section 6.07.         Signor Mergers. The Acquirors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep Seller fully informed with respect to the status of the transactions contemplated by the Signor Merger Agreement and any material information relating thereto, including without limitation the delivery of any required consents, the existence of any potential disputes that arise or may be expect to arise thereunder, breaches or alleged breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants thereof by any party thereto, and any concerns or potential delays with respect to satisfaction of conditions to closing thereunder. In the event of any proposed amendments to the terms and conditions of the Signor Merger Agreement, the Acquirors shall afford the Seller the opportunity to review and shall consider in good faith any comments thereon. For the avoidance of doubt, the Signor Merger Agreement, as executed on the date hereof, shall not be amended without the prior written consent of the Seller not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

Section 6.08.         Name Change. Promptly following the Closing, but in no event later than six (6) months from the Closing Date, the Acquirors shall take, or shall cause the Acquired Companies to take, such actions required under applicable Law to change the name of any Acquired Company containing “Algeco” in its name.

 

Section 6.09.         Further Assurances. The Acquirors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with Seller to take all actions reasonably necessary under applicable Law to effectuate the transfer of a portion of the Stock Consideration paid to Seller hereunder to certain parties to that certain Algeco Earnout Agreement, pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof, on or immediately following the Closing.

 

Article VII

JOINT COVENANTS OF SELLER AND ACQUIRORS

 

Section 7.01.         Access; Confidentiality; Notice of Certain Events.

 

(a)          From the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the Seller and Acquirors shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries (if applicable), to afford to the other Party and to the Representatives of such other Party reasonable access during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice to all of their respective properties, offices, books, Contracts, commitments, personnel and records (in each case, whether in physical or electronic form) and, during such period, the Seller and Acquirors shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, furnish reasonably promptly to the other Party any and all information (financial or otherwise) concerning its and its Subsidiaries’ business, properties and personnel as such other Party may reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Seller nor the Acquirors shall be required by this Section 7.01(a) to provide the other Party or the Representatives of such other Party with access to, or to disclose information that is subject to the terms of a confidentiality agreement with a third party entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, the disclosure of which would violate any Law or duty or that is subject to any attorney-client, attorney work product or other legal privilege (provided, however, that the withholding Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to allow for such access or disclosure to the maximum extent that does not result in a loss of any such attorney-client, attorney work product or other legal privilege). The Seller and Acquirors will use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize any disruption to the business of the Acquired Companies that may result from the requests for access, data and information hereunder.

 

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(b)          The Seller and Acquirors will hold, and will cause their respective Representatives and Affiliates to hold, any non-public information, including any information exchanged pursuant to Section 7.01(a), in confidence in accordance with, and will otherwise comply with, the terms of the confidentiality provisions of the Term Sheet.

 

(c)          The Seller shall give prompt notice to the Acquirors, and the Acquirors shall give prompt notice to the Seller (i) of any notice or other communication received by such Party from any Governmental Authority in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, or from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the Transactions; (ii) of any legal proceeding commenced or, to any Party’s knowledge, threatened against such Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or otherwise relating to, involving or affecting such Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, in each case in connection with, arising from or otherwise relating to the Transactions; (iii) upon becoming aware of the occurrence or impending occurrence of any event or circumstance relating to it or any of the Subsidiaries of the Acquired Companies or the Acquirors, that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect or an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect, or that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay or impede the consummation of the Transactions; provided, however, that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 7.01(c) shall not cure any breach of any representation or warranty requiring disclosure of such matter prior to the date of this Agreement or otherwise limit or affect the remedies available hereunder to any Party. The failure to deliver any such notice shall not affect any of the conditions set forth in Article VIII or give rise to any right to terminate under Section 9.01.

 

Section 7.02.         Preparation of Proxy Statement/Registration Statement.

 

(a)          As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement (provided that the Seller has provided to the Acquirors all of the information described in Section 7.02(d) hereof), (i) the Acquirors shall prepare and file with the SEC materials that shall include the proxy statement/prospectus to be filed with the SEC as part of the Registration Statement and sent to the shareholders of the Parent Acquiror relating to the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting (such proxy statement/prospectus, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”) and (ii) the Acquirors shall prepare (with the Seller’s reasonable cooperation) and file with the SEC the Registration Statement, in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the Parent Ordinary Shares to be issued in connection with the Domestication and the Transactions. The Acquirors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, to have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to keep the Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Transactions. The Parent Acquiror shall set a record date (the “Acquiror Record Date”) for determining the shareholders of the Parent Acquiror entitled to attend the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting. The Acquirors also agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary state securities law or “blue sky” permits and approvals required to carry out the Transactions, and the Seller shall furnish all information concerning the Acquired Companies and any of their respective shareholders as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. The Acquirors will cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to each shareholder who was a shareholder of the Parent Acquiror as of the Acquiror Record Date promptly after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act.

 

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(b)          The Acquirors will advise the Seller, promptly after the Acquirors receive notice thereof, of the time when the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Ordinary Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or written threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the SEC for the amendment or supplement of the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement or for additional information. The Seller and its counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement and any other document each time before any such document is filed with the SEC, and the Acquirors shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by the Seller and its counsel. The Acquirors shall provide the Seller and its counsel with (i) any comments or other communications, whether written or oral, that the Acquirors or their counsel may receive from time to time from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement promptly after receipt of those comments or other communications and (ii) a reasonable opportunity to participate in the response of the Acquirors to those comments and to provide comments on that response (to which reasonable and good faith consideration shall be given), including by participating in any discussions or meetings with the SEC.

 

(c)          The Seller and Acquirors shall ensure that none of the information supplied by or on its behalf for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Registration Statement will, at the time the Registration Statement is filed with the SEC, at each time at which it is amended and at the time it becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first mailed to the shareholders of the Acquirors and at the time of the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.  If at any time prior to the Closing any information relating to the Seller, Target, the Acquirors or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates, directors or officers is discovered by the Seller or the Acquirors that is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the Registration Statement so that such document would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Party and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by Law, disseminated to the shareholders of the Parent Acquiror.

 

(d)          The Seller acknowledges that a substantial portion of the Registration Statement will include disclosure regarding the Seller, the Acquired Companies, their respective officers, directors and stockholders, and their business, management, operations and financial condition. Accordingly, the Seller agrees to, and agrees to cause the Acquired Companies to, as promptly as reasonably practicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Acquirors with all such information that is required or reasonably requested by the Acquirors to be included in the Registration Statement or any other statement, filing, notice or application required to be made by or on behalf of the Acquirors to the SEC or NASDAQ in connection with the Transactions.

 

Section 7.03.         Governmental Approvals and Other Third-party Consents.

 

(a)          Each Party shall, as promptly as possible, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, or cause to be obtained, all consents, authorizations, orders and approvals from all Governmental Authorities that may be or become necessary for its execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Each Party shall cooperate fully with the other Party and its Affiliates in promptly seeking to obtain all such consents, authorizations, orders and approvals. The Parties shall not willfully take any action that will have the effect of delaying, impairing or impeding the receipt of any required consents, authorizations, orders or approvals.

 

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(b)          All analyses, appearances, meetings, discussions, presentations, memoranda, briefs, filings, arguments, and proposals made by or on behalf of either Party before any Governmental Authority or the staff or regulators of any Governmental Authority, in connection with the Transactions (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any interactions between the Seller or the Acquired Companies with Governmental Authorities in the ordinary course of business, any disclosure that is not permitted by Law or any disclosure containing confidential information) shall be disclosed to the other Party in advance of any filing, submission or attendance, it being the intent that the Parties will consult and cooperate with one another, and consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection with any such analyses, appearances, meetings, discussions, presentations, memoranda, briefs, filings, arguments and proposals. Each Party shall give notice to the other party with respect to any meeting, discussion, appearance or contact with any Governmental Authority or the staff or regulators of any Governmental Authority, with such notice being sufficient to provide the other Party with the opportunity to attend and participate in such meeting, discussion, appearance or contact.

 

(c)          The Seller and the Acquirors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to give all notices to, and obtain all consents from, all third parties that are described in Section 3.04(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules and Section 4.03(b) of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules; provided, however, that the Seller shall not be obligated to pay any consideration therefor to any third party from whom consent or approval is requested.

 

Section 7.04.         Debt Financing.

 

(a)          The Holdco Acquiror has obtained a debt commitment letter, dated as of the date hereof (such letter, together with all annexes and exhibits attached thereto and the executed fee letter, dated as of the date hereof, as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, extended or replaced in accordance with the terms therein and herein, and in the case of the fee letter which may be redacted in respect of numeric fee amounts, economic terms and “market flex” provisions specified therein, collectively, the “Debt Commitment Letter”), pursuant to which the Debt Financing Sources have committed, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to lend to the Holdco Acquiror the amounts set forth therein for, among other things, the purposes of financing the Transactions, to the extent set forth herein.

 

(b)          Each of the Acquirors and the Seller shall, and the Seller shall cause the Acquired Companies to, use commercially reasonable efforts to take (or cause to be taken) all actions, and to do (or cause to be done) all things necessary, proper or advisable such that prior to the Closing the Holdco Acquiror may consummate the Debt Financing, which, together with the funds in the Trust Account and the proceeds of the Equity Offering and the proceeds of the Backstop Offering, if applicable, shall be sufficient to consummate the Transactions, including by using commercially reasonable efforts to (i) negotiate definitive agreements with respect to the Debt Financing (the “Debt Financing Documents”); (ii) satisfy (or, if deemed advisable by the Acquirors and the Seller, seek a waiver of) on a timely basis all conditions in any Debt Financing Documents that are within its control and otherwise comply with its obligations thereunder; (iii) maintain in effect any Debt Financing Documents until the Transactions are consummated or this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms; and (iv) enforce its rights under any Debt Financing Documents in the event of a breach by any counterparty thereto that would reasonably be expected to materially impede or delay the Closing. The Seller and each of the Acquirors shall give the other Party prompt oral and written notice of any material breach or default by any party to any Debt Financing Documents or any Alternative Financing, in each case of which it has become aware, and any purported termination or repudiation by any party to any Debt Financing Documents or any Alternative Financing, in each case of which it has become aware, or upon receipt of written notice of any material dispute or disagreement between or among the parties to any Debt Financing Documents or any Alternative Financing or any Debt Financing Source. In the event any portion of the Debt Financing becomes unavailable on the terms and conditions contemplated in any Debt Financing Documents, each of the Acquirors and the Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly arrange to obtain alternative financing (“Alternative Financing”) from alternative sources in an amount sufficient to consummate the Transactions on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Holdco Acquiror than the terms and conditions under the Debt Commitment Letter. In such event, the term “Debt Financing” as used in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Alternative Financing and the term “Debt Commitment Letter” as used in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any commitment letters entered into with respect to any Alternative Financing.

 

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(c)          From and after the date of this Agreement until the Closing, the Seller shall, and shall cause the Acquired Companies to, use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Acquirors with all cooperation reasonably requested by the Acquirors in connection with the Debt Financing, including by using commercially reasonable efforts to (i) provide to the Acquirors pertinent and customary financial and other information regarding the Acquired Companies as reasonably requested by the Acquirors for purposes of the Debt Financing and to cause Target’s senior management to participate in a reasonable number of meetings (upon reasonable advance notice and at times and locations to be mutually agreed) to discuss any such information; (ii) participate in a reasonable number of meetings (including customary one-on-one meetings with the parties acting as lead arrangers or agents for, and prospective lenders and purchasers of, the Debt Financing), conference calls, presentations, road shows, due diligence (including accounting due diligence) and drafting sessions and sessions with actual and prospective Debt Financing Sources, prospective lenders, investors and rating agencies; (iii) provide reasonable assistance in the preparation of those sections of any customary prospectuses, offering memoranda, information memoranda or other customary materials that relate to the Acquired Companies and the business of the Acquired Companies; (iv) assist the Acquirors and the Debt Financing Sources with their marketing efforts with respect to the Debt Financing, including in the preparation of materials for rating agency presentations, lender presentations, bank information memoranda, offering documents, private placement memoranda, prospectuses, business projections or other marketing documents customarily used to arrange the Debt Financing contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter (and identifying any portion of information provided that constitutes material non-public information); (v) execute and deliver, as of the Closing, any definitive financing documents, including any credit or purchase agreements, subscription agreements, guarantees, pledge agreements, security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust and other security documents or other certificates, documents and instruments relating to guarantees, or any amendments thereto, the pledge of collateral and other matters ancillary to the Debt Financing as may be reasonably requested by any Debt Financing Sources in connection with the applicable Debt Financing and otherwise reasonably facilitating the pledging of collateral, as applicable; and (vi) take all corporate or other actions necessary to permit the consummation of the Debt Financing and to permit the gross proceeds thereof to be made available on the Closing Date to consummate the Transactions.

 

Section 7.05.         Public Announcements. So long as this Agreement is in effect, neither the Seller, the Acquirors, nor any of their respective Affiliates, shall issue or cause the publication of any press release or other public announcement with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions without the prior consent of the other Parties; provided, however, that such Party may issue or cause the publication of any press release or other public announcement with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions without the prior consent of the other Parties if such Party (a) determines, after consultation with outside counsel, that such press release or other public announcement is required by applicable Law, including the Securities Act or Exchange Act, or in compliance with the requirements of the Algeco Indentures and (b) endeavors, on a reasonable basis given the circumstances, to provide a meaningful opportunity to the other Party to review and comment on such press release or other public announcement in advance and shall give due consideration to all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested thereto.

 

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Section 7.06.         Employees; Benefit Plans.

 

(a)          As of the Closing Date, (i) the Excluded Employees shall no longer be eligible to participate in the Company Benefit Plans and (ii) all employees of the Acquired Companies who are not Excluded Employees and remain employed immediately after the Closing (each a “Company Continuing Employee”) shall continue to be eligible to participate in the Company Benefit Plans to the same extent such Company Continuing Employees participated in such plans immediately prior to the Closing Date. Prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take all steps necessary to ensure that the Company Benefit Plans are maintained and sponsored by the applicable Acquired Company or any successor entity of such Acquired Company without material interruption, such that the Company Continuing Employees (A) are credited for service with the Acquired Companies for the pre-Closing period, (B) continue to have pre-existing condition exclusions and actively-at work requirements and similar limitations, eligibility waiting periods and evidence of insurability requirements waived to the extent satisfied by any Company Continuing Employee under any Company Benefit Plan as of the Closing Date, and (C) have any deductible, co-insurance and out-of-pocket covered expenses paid on or before the Closing Date by any Company Continuing Employee (or covered dependent thereof) continue to be taken into account for purposes of satisfying applicable deductible, coinsurance and maximum out-of-pocket provisions after the Closing Date in the year of the Closing. In addition to the foregoing, the Seller and the Acquired Companies will use commercially reasonably efforts prior to the Closing to adopt new long-term incentive plans for the operative Acquired Companies to grant, on a discretionary basis, any benefits not covered by the Company Benefit Plans to be maintained by ListCo following the Closing (collectively, the “New Benefit Plans”), which New Benefit Plans will be adopted and become effective on the Closing.

 

(b)          This Section 7.06 shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties, and nothing in this Section 7.06, express or implied, shall confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Section 7.06. Nothing in this Section 7.06 shall be construed to establish, amend or modify any benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the terms set forth in this Section 7.06 shall not create any right in any employee or any other Person to any continued employment for any period with any Acquired Company, the Acquirors or any of their respective Affiliates, or continued receipt of any specific compensation or employee benefit of any nature or kind whatsoever, or shall constitute an amendment to, adoption of, or any other modification of the Company Benefit Plans. Nothing in this Section 7.06 shall be deemed to limit the right of the Seller, the Acquirors, the Acquired Companies or any of their respective Affiliates to terminate employment or any of their respective employees or other service providers at any time.

 

(c)          Seller agrees to fully reimburse ListCo and the Acquired Companies for any and all expenses incurred by Listco and/or the Acquired Companies on or before December 31, 2019 in connection with any obligations of the Acquired Companies to pay or provide compensation and/or benefits to any Excluded Employees and any other Persons who are not Continuing Employees or otherwise providing services to or employed by the Acquired Companies, including the obligations set forth on Section 7.06(c) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules and certain remaining obligations under the Algeco TSA.

 

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Section 7.07.         Transfer Taxes. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, recording, value added and other such Taxes, fees and charges (including any penalties and interest) incurred in connection with this Agreement (including any real property transfer Tax and any other similar Tax) shall be borne and paid equally by the Acquirors, on the one hand, and the Seller, on the other hand. The Party required under applicable Law to file any Tax Return or other document with respect to such Taxes or fees shall, at its own expense, timely file any such Tax Return or other document (and the other Parties shall cooperate with respect thereto as necessary)

 

Section 7.08.         Closing Conditions. From the date hereof until the Closing, each Party shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates and Representatives to use commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as are necessary to expeditiously satisfy the closing conditions set forth in Article VIII hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party hereby covenants and agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to work together to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable and shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates to, execute and deliver such additional documents, instruments, conveyances and assurances, and take such further actions as may be reasonably required to give effect to such transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 7.08, shall not (a) require any Party to pay or commit to pay any amount to (or incur any obligation in favor of) any Person to obtain any consents, approvals or authorizations of any third parties that are required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than nominal filing, attorneys or application fees), (b) require Seller to waive any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.01 or waive or cause to be satisfied any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.02, (c) require any Acquiror to waive any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.01 or waive or cause to be satisfied any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.03, or (d) limit any Party’s right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 9.01.

 

Section 7.09.         Further Assurances. Following the Closing, each Party shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates to, execute and deliver such additional documents, instruments, conveyances and assurances, and take such further actions as may be reasonably required to carry out the provisions hereof and give effect to the Transactions.

 

Section 7.10.         Registration Rights Agreement. Between the date hereof and Closing, each Party shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates to, negotiate an amended and restated registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), which shall amend and restate in its entirety that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 11, 2018, by and among Parent Acquiror and the initial investors named on the signature pages thereto, and shall be entered into and effective as of the Closing Date, on commercially reasonable and customary terms for a transaction similar to the Transactions and consistent with the terms set forth in the “Registration Rights” section of the Term Sheet, and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Acquirors and Seller. The Parties agree that the Registration Rights Agreement shall contain lock-up provisions that are consistent with the terms set forth in the “Sale/Transfer/Registration Restrictions/Lock-up period” section of the Term Sheet and customary joinder provisions, pursuant to which each other Person who is issued or receives shares of common stock of ListCo in connection with the Transactions shall become party thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, parties to the Algeco Earnout Agreement would be deemed “Permitted Transferees” of Seller under the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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Article VIII

CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

 

Section 8.01.         Conditions to Obligations of the Parties. The obligation of each Party to consummate the Transactions shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)          No Prohibition or Legal Proceedings. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law, judgment, decree, restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order that has the effect of making the Transactions illegal or otherwise restraining or prohibiting consummation of the Transactions. No Governmental Authority or other Person shall have commenced any legal proceeding challenging or seeking to prohibit the Transactions or Transaction Proposals.

 

(b)          Financing. Effective as of immediately prior to (or substantially concurrently with) the Closing, the Debt Financing shall have been obtained.

 

(c)          Acquiror Shareholder Approvals. The Acquiror Shareholder Approvals shall have been obtained.

 

(d)          Algeco Credit Facility Consent. Target shall have obtained the Algeco Credit Facility Consent.

 

(e)          Certificate of Merger. The Certificate of Merger, duly executed by Arrow Bidco, shall have been delivered and filed in accordance with applicable Law.

 

(f)          Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by each Party thereto.

 

(g)          Initial Designees. The Seller Designee, Founder Designees and the Independent Designee shall have, subject to the Closing occurring, been appointed to the Board of Directors of ListCo.

 

(h)          Acquisition of Signor. The transactions contemplated by the Signor Merger Agreement shall have been consummated pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof, as such terms and conditions are set forth in the execution version delivered to the Seller on the date hereof.

 

Section 8.02.         Conditions to Obligations of Seller. The obligation of the Seller to consummate the Transactions shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing, or waiver by the Seller, in their sole discretion, of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)          Representations and Warranties. (i) The representations and warranties of the Acquirors set forth in Section 4.02(a) shall be true and correct in all respects (other than any failures of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct that are de minimis in the aggregate) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or another date shall be true and correct in such manner as of such date; (ii) without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Acquiror Material Adverse Effect contained therein, the representations and warranties of the Acquirors set forth in Section 4.01, Section 4.02(b), Section 4.02(c), Section 4.02(d), Section 4.04 and Section 4.12 shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or another date shall be true and correct in such manner as of such date; and (iii) without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Acquiror Material Adverse Effect contained therein, each of the other representations and warranties of the Acquirors set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date except, in the case of this clause (iii), where any failures of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect, except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or another date shall be true and correct in such manner as of such date.

 

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(b)          Covenants. The Acquirors shall have performed or complied in all material respects with the covenants and agreements required to be performed or complied with by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing.

 

(c)          Closing Certificate. At the Closing, the Acquirors shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Seller a certificate signed on behalf of the Acquirors by a duly authorized executive officer of each Acquiror stating that the conditions specified in Section 8.03(a) and Section 8.02(b) have been satisfied;

 

(d)          Certificate of Secretary. At the Closing, the Acquirors shall have respectively delivered or caused to be delivered to the Seller a certificate signed by the Secretary or any duly authorized officer of each Acquiror, attesting to the completion of all necessary corporate action by such Acquiror to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the Transaction, and including (i) copies of the organizational documents of such Acquiror certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware dated no more than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, (ii) resolutions or an action by written consent required in connection with this Agreement, and (iii) a good standing (or similar) certificate of such Acquiror from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware that is dated no more than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

 

(e)          Minimum Proceeds. Parent Acquiror shall deliver the Minimum Proceeds in accordance with Section 2.07(b); provided that Parent Acquiror shall be deemed to deliver the Minimum Proceeds if the sum of the Trust Account Proceeds, the Equity Offering Proceeds and the proceeds of the Backstop Offering, if any, before paying Transaction Expenses, equal at least $225.0 million.

 

(f)          No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, no Acquiror Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred.

 

(g)          Domestication. The Domestication shall have been completed.

 

(h)          ListCo Governing Documents. The Certificate of Incorporation of ListCo shall have been filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and the Bylaws of ListCo shall have been adopted by its board of directors.

 

(i)          Holdco Acquiror Governing Documents. The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Holdco Acquiror in effect on the date hereof, in the respective forms attached hereto as Exhibit E and Exhibit F (collectively, the “Holdco Acquiror Governing Documents”), shall not have been amended without the consent of the Seller.

 

(j)          Resignation of Officers and Directors of the Parent Acquiror. The Parent Acquiror shall have delivered to Seller the written resignations of the officers and directors of the Parent Acquiror that are not listed in the ListCo Governing Documents effective as of the Closing.

 

 

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Section 8.03.         Conditions to Obligations of the Acquirors. The obligation of the Acquirors to consummate the Transactions shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing, or waiver by the Acquirors, in their sole discretion, of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)          Representations and Warranties. (i) The representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in Section 3.03(a) shall be true and correct in all respects (other than any failures of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct that are de minimis in the aggregate) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or another date shall be true and correct in such manner as of such date; (ii) without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect contained therein, the representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in Section 3.01, Section 3.02, Section 3.03(b), Section 3.03(c), Section 3.03(d) and Section 3.18 shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or another date shall be true and correct in such manner as of such date; and (iii) without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect contained therein, each of the other representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date except, in the case of this clause (iii), where any failures of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or another date shall be true and correct in such manner as of such date.

 

(b)          Covenants. The Acquired Companies shall have performed or complied in all material respects with the covenants and agreements required to be performed or complied with by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing.

 

(c)          Closing Certificate. At the Closing, the Seller shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Acquirors a certificate signed by a duly authorized executive officer of the Seller stating that the conditions specified in Section 8.03(a) and Section 8.03(b) have been satisfied.

 

(d)          Certificate of Secretary. At the Closing, the Seller shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Acquirors certificates signed by the Secretary or any duly authorized officer of the Seller, attesting to the completion of all necessary action by such Seller to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the Transaction, and including (i) copies of the organizational documents of the Seller, (ii) any resolutions or an action by written consent required in connection with this Agreement, and (iii) a good standing (or similar) certificate of the Seller issued by the relevant authority in its jurisdiction of formation that is dated no more than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

 

(e)          No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, no Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred.

 

(f)          FIRPTA Certificates. The Acquirors shall have received one or more duly completed and executed certificates reasonably satisfactory to the Acquirors pursuant to Section 1445 of the Code from the Seller, certifying that the Membership Interests do not constitute a U.S. real property interest within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code.

 

(g)          Affiliate Agreements. Each Acquired Company shall have been released with no further liability from each Affiliate Agreement listed in Section 8.03(g) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules.

 

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(h)          Minimum Cash. On the Closing Date, prior to giving effect to the Transactions or proceeds from the Debt Financing, Trust Account, Equity Offering or Backstop Offering, if any, the combined businesses of Target and Signor shall have at least $5.0 million of Cash or cash equivalents available.

 

Article IX

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

 

Section 9.01.         Termination. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing:

 

(a)          by the mutual written consent of the Seller and the Acquirors;

 

(b)          by either the Seller or the Acquirors, if the Closing has not taken place on or before such date that is 120 days from the date hereof (the “Outside Date”); provided that such period may be extended for any additional thirty (30) days by mutual written consent of the Seller and Acquirors, in which case such later date shall be the Outside Date; provided further that neither the Seller nor the Acquirors will be permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.01(b) if the failure of the Closing to occur by the Outside Date is attributable to a failure on the part of such Party to perform any covenant or obligation in this Agreement required to be performed by such Party at or prior to the Closing Date;

 

(c)          by the Seller, if the Acquirors shall have breached any representation or warranty or shall have failed to comply with any covenant or agreement applicable to the Acquirors, in each case that would cause any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.01 or Section 8.02 not to be satisfied, and such condition is incapable of being satisfied by the Outside Date; provided, however, that the Seller is not then in material breach of this Agreement;

 

(d)          by the Acquirors, if the Seller shall have breached any representation or warranty or failed to comply with any covenant or agreement applicable to the Seller, in each case that would cause any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.01 or Section 8.03 not to be satisfied, and such condition is incapable of being satisfied by the Outside Date; provided, however, that neither Acquiror is then in material breach of this Agreement;

 

(e)          by either the Seller or the Acquirors in the event of the issuance of a final, non-appealable order by a Governmental Authority restraining or prohibiting the Transactions;

 

(f)          by either the Seller or the Acquirors if the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals are not obtained at the Acquiror Shareholder Meeting duly convened therefor (unless such the Acquiror Shareholder Meeting has been adjourned, in which case at the final adjournment thereof) at which a vote on the Transaction Proposals was taken; and

 

(g)          by the Acquirors if Seller has not, within one (1) hour following execution of this Agreement, delivered evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Acquirors that Seller, as holder of the Membership Interests, has received and approved this Agreement and the Transactions.

 

Section 9.02.         Notice of Termination. Any Party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 shall give written notice of such termination to the other Party, together with a brief description of the basis on which the Party is terminating this Agreement.

 

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Section 9.03.         Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 9.01, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability on the part of any Party, except that the confidentiality provisions of the Term Sheet, Section 7.01(b) and this Section 9.03 shall survive such termination; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall relieve a Party from liability for (i) any breach by such Party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement prior to such termination or (ii) fraud.

 

Section 9.04.         Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Closing, either the Seller or the Acquirors may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant to this Agreement or (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained in this Agreement, but such extension or waiver shall not operate as an extension or waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party granting such extension or waiver.

 

Section 9.05.          Waiver of Claims. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Parties (each on behalf of itself and its officers, directors, employees, agents, Affiliates and Representatives) hereby waive any rights or claims, whether at law or at equity, in contract, in tort, or otherwise against the Debt Financing Sources and hereby agree that in no event shall the Debt Financing Sources have any liability or obligation to the Parties or their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, Affiliates and Representatives and in no event shall the Parties seek or obtain any other damages of any kind against any Debt Financing Source (including special, consequential, indirect or punitive damages or damages of a tortious nature), in each case in connection with this Agreement, the Debt Financing, the Debt Financing Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

Article X

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 10.01.         Indemnification by Seller. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, including the representations and warranties of the Acquired Companies set forth in Article III, the Seller shall indemnify and defend each Acquiror and their respective Representatives (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) against, and shall hold each of them harmless from and against, and shall pay and reimburse each of them for, any and all losses, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, Actions, judgments, interest, awards, penalties, fines, costs or expenses of whatever kind (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and the cost of enforcing any right to indemnification hereunder) (“Losses”) incurred or sustained by, or imposed upon, the Indemnitees or the Acquired Companies relating to (i) any breach of Section 3.01(ii), Section 3.01(iii), Section 3.04(a), or any Action directly relating to or arising from the events or circumstances that resulted in such breach, (ii) any breach of Section 3.12(l) or any Action directly relating to or arising from the events or circumstances that resulted in such breach or (iii) any Environmental Liability related to the operation of the Acquired Companies prior to the Closing Date; provided, that any references to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect shall be disregarded in determining whether a breach has occurred for purposes of this Article X.

 

Section 10.02.         Indemnification Procedures. The party making a claim under this Article X is referred to as the “Indemnified Party,” and the party against whom such claims are asserted under this Article X is referred to as the “Indemnifying Party.”

 

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(a)          Third Party Claims. If any Indemnified Party receives notice of the assertion or commencement of any Action made or brought by any Person who is not a party to this Agreement or an Affiliate of a party to this Agreement or a Representative of the foregoing (a “Third Party Claim”) against such Indemnified Party with respect to which the Indemnifying Party is obligated to provide indemnification under this Agreement, the Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Party reasonably prompt written notice thereof, but in any event not later than thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice of such Third Party Claim. The failure to give such prompt written notice shall not, however, relieve the Indemnifying Party of its indemnification obligations, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure to provide prompt written notice. Such notice by the Indemnified Party shall describe the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail, shall include copies of all material written evidence thereof and shall indicate the estimated amount, if reasonably practicable, of the Loss that has been or may be sustained by the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in or, by giving written notice to the Indemnified Party, to assume the defense of any Third Party Claim at the Indemnifying Party’s expense and by the Indemnifying Party’s own counsel, and the Indemnified Party shall cooperate in good faith in all respects in such defense; provided that such Indemnifying Party may only assume such defense if it acknowledges in writing its obligation to indemnify in full the Indemnified Party pursuant to this Agreement; provided, further, that such Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to defend or direct the defense of any such Third Party Claim that is asserted directly by or on behalf of a Person that is a supplier or customer of the Company. In the event the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of any Third Party Claim, subject to Section 10.02(b), it shall have the right to take such action as it deems necessary to avoid, dispute, defend, appeal or make counterclaims pertaining to any such Third Party Claim in the name and on behalf of the Indemnified Party. The Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in the defense of any Third Party Claim with counsel selected by it subject to the Indemnifying Party’s right to control the defense thereof. The fees and disbursements of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnified Party; provided that if in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Indemnified Party, (A) there are legal defenses available to an Indemnified Party that are different from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying Party or (B) there exists a material conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party that cannot be waived, the Indemnifying Party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnifying Party elects not to defend such Third Party Claim or, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Indemnified Party, fails to diligently prosecute the defense of such Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party may, subject to Section 10.02(b) defend such Third Party Claim and seek indemnification for any and all Losses based upon, arising from or relating to such Third Party Claim.

 

(b)          Settlement of Third Party Claims. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall not enter into settlement of any Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, except as provided in this Section 10.02(b). If an offer is made to settle a Third Party Claim (a “Proposed Settlement”) and such offer would not lead to liability or the creation of a financial or other obligation of the Indemnified Party and such offer provides for the unconditional release of each Indemnified Party from all liabilities and obligations in connection with such Third Party Claim, and the Indemnifying Party desires to accept and agree to such offer, the Indemnifying Party shall give written notice to that effect to the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnified Party fails to consent to such firm offer within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such notice, then the Indemnified Party may contest or defend such Third Party Claim and, in such event, the maximum liability of the Indemnifying Party with respect to such Third Party Claim shall not exceed the amount of such Proposed Settlement. If the Indemnified Party fails to consent to such Proposed Settlement and also fails to assume defense of such Third Party Claim, then the Indemnifying Party may settle the Third Party Claim upon the terms set forth in such Proposed Settlement. If the Indemnified Party has assumed the defense pursuant to Section 10.02(a), it shall not agree to any Proposed Settlement without the written consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

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(c)          Direct Claims. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.03(e), any Action by an Indemnified Party on account of a Loss that does not result from a Third Party Claim (a “Direct Claim”) shall be asserted by the Indemnified Party giving the Indemnifying Party reasonably prompt written notice thereof, but in any event not later than thirty (30) days after the Indemnified Party becomes aware of such Direct Claim. The failure to give such prompt written notice shall not, however, relieve the Indemnifying Party of its indemnification obligations, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure to provide prompt written notice. Such notice by the Indemnified Party shall describe the Direct Claim in reasonable detail, shall include copies of all material written evidence thereof and shall indicate the estimated amount, if reasonably practicable, of the Loss that has been or may be sustained by the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall have forty-five (45) days after receipt of such notice to respond in writing to such Direct Claim. The Indemnified Party shall allow the Indemnifying Party and its professional advisors to investigate the matter or circumstance alleged to give rise to the Direct Claim and to investigate whether and to what extent any amount is payable in respect of the Direct Claim, and the Indemnified Party shall assist the Indemnifying Party’s investigation by giving such information and assistance as the Indemnifying Party or any of its professional advisors may reasonably request. If the Indemnifying Party does not so respond within such forty-five (45)-day period, the Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have rejected such claim, in which case the Indemnified Party shall be free to pursue such remedies as may be available to the Indemnified Party on the terms and subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(d)          Mitigation. The Acquirors agree to, and to cause the Company to, take all commercially reasonable actions to mitigate all Losses incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by any Indemnified Party.

 

(e)          Payments. Once a Loss is agreed to by the Indemnifying Party or finally adjudicated to be payable pursuant to this Article X, the Indemnifying Party shall satisfy its obligations within ten (10) Business Days of such final, non-appealable adjudication by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

 

(f)          Exclusive Remedy. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, from and after the Closing, subject to any Person’s right to seek specific performance and/or injunctive or other equitable relief, indemnification pursuant to the provisions of this Article X shall be the sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any and all claims relating (directly or indirectly) to the subject matter of this Agreement or the Transactions contemplated hereby (except for fraud), regardless of the legal theory under which such liability or obligation may be sought to be imposed, whether sounding in contract or tort, or whether at law or in equity, or otherwise.

 

Section 10.03.        Limitations on Indemnification Obligations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the rights of the Indemnified Parties to indemnification pursuant to the provisions of this Article X are subject to the following limitations:

 

(a)          the amount of any and all Losses shall be determined net of (i) any amounts actually recovered by any Indemnified Party under any insurance policies from other collateral sources (such as contractual indemnities of any Person which are contained outside of this Agreement) with respect to such Losses (net of the cost of recovery and increases in insurance premiums) and (ii) any cash Tax benefits actually realized by the Indemnified Parties (or their direct or indirect beneficial owners) in the year of such Loss or the next succeeding taxable year that are attributable to any deduction, loss, credit or other Tax benefit resulting from or arising out of such Loss;

 

(b)          an Indemnified Party’s right to make a claim for indemnification under this Article X shall expire on March 31, 2020;

 

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(c)          in no event shall the Indemnifying Parties have any obligation to indemnify the Indemnified Parties with respect to any Losses incurred under Article X until the total amount of Losses the Indemnified Parties would recover pursuant to Section 10.01(i), Section 10.01(ii) and Section 10.01(iii) in the aggregate equals or exceeds $500,000, at which point, the Seller will be obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Parties for the entire amount of any such indemnifiable Losses;

 

(d)          in no event shall the Indemnifying Parties’ aggregate liability for Losses arising (i) under Section 10.01(i) exceed $82.0 million and (ii) under Section 10.01(iii) exceed $6,262,395; provided that the Indemnifying Parties’ liability for Losses arising under Sections 10.01(i) and (iii) shall not exceed $82.0 million in the aggregate; and provided further that the Indemnifying Parties’ aggregate liability for Losses arising under Section 10.01(ii) shall not be limited, except that any amounts actually paid by the Indemnifying Parties with respect to any Losses incurred under Section 10.1(ii) shall be taken into account in determining the limitations under this Section 10.03(d); and

 

(e)          in no event shall the Indemnifying Parties be liable for any consequential, indirect, special, exemplary, punitive, incidental or enhanced damages, or other similar types of damages, including, but not limited to, damages for lost profits, lost revenues, lost business or diminution in value, regardless of whether such damages were foreseeable and the legal or equitable theory (contract, tort or otherwise) upon which the claim was made; provided that the limitation in this Section 10.03(e) shall not apply to any such damages that are payable to a third party by an Indemnified Party as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment.

 

Article XI

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01.       Amendment and Modification; Waiver.

 

(a)          Subject to applicable Law and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, prior to the Closing this Agreement may be amended, modified and supplemented by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Parties.

 

(b)          At any time and from time to time prior to the Closing, the Seller or the Acquirors may, to the extent legally allowed and except as otherwise set forth herein, (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the Seller or the Acquirors, as applicable, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to the Seller or the Acquirors contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (iii) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions for the benefit of the Seller or the Acquirors, as applicable, contained herein. Any agreement on the part of the Seller or the Acquirors to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of the Seller or the Acquirors, as applicable. Any delay in exercising any right under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no amendment may be made to Section 7.04 (Debt Financing), Section 9.05 (Waiver of Claims), this Section 11.01 (Amendment and Modification; Waiver), Section 11.07 (Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries), Section 11.09 (Governing Law; Jurisdiction), Section 11.10 (Waiver of Jury Trial), Section 11.11 (Assignment), and any of the defined terms used therein and any other provisions of this Agreement to the extent a modification, waiver or termination of such provision would modify the substance of the foregoing (in each case to the extent that such amendment affects the Debt Financing Sources) without the prior written consent of the Debt Financing Sources.

 

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Section 11.02.       Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties referred to in Section 10.01, which survive until March 31, 2020, and the applicable registration rights and lock-up provisions of the Term Sheet, none of the representations and warranties in this Agreement or in any schedule, instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Closing. This Section 11.02 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of the Parties that by its terms contemplates performance after the Closing.

 

Section 11.03.       Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, until the Closing, or in the event this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 9.01, all expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses. Following the Closing, all Transaction Expenses shall be reimbursed from the gross proceeds from the Transactions. For the avoidance of doubt, upon Closing of the Transactions, all Transaction Expenses shall be paid by the Acquirors and the Acquired Companies.

 

Section 11.04.       Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally (notice deemed given upon receipt), telecopied (notice deemed given upon confirmation of receipt) or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, such as Federal Express (notice deemed given upon receipt of proof of delivery), to the Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

if to the Seller, to:

 

Algeco Investments B.V.

12 Berkeley Street

2nd Floor

Mayfair

London, W1J8DT

United Kingdom

Attn: James O’Malley

E-mail: James.O’Malley@algeco.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Allen & Overy LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attention: William Schwitter

Facsimile: (212) 610-6399

E-mail: william.schwitter@allenovery.com

 

if to the Acquirors, to

 

Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp.

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Attention: Eli Baker

Facsimile: (310) 552-4508

E-mail: elibaker@geacq.com

 

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and

 

Topaz Holdings Corp.

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Attention: Eli Baker

Facsimile: (310) 552-4508

E-mail: elibaker@geacq.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Winston & Strawn LLP

200 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10166

Attention: Joel L. Rubinstein

   Jason D. Osborn

Facsimile: (212) 294-4700

E-mail: jrubinstein@winston.com

josborn@winston.com

 

Section 11.05.       Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The table of contents and headings set forth in this Agreement are for convenience of reference purposes only and shall not affect or be deemed to affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any term or provision hereof. All references herein to the Subsidiaries of a Person shall be deemed to include all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of such Person unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires. All references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein shall mean U.S. dollars. The Parties agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any Law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.

 

Section 11.06.       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed manually or by facsimile or pdf by the parties hereto, in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when a counterpart hereof shall have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties hereto.

 

Section 11.07.       Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries.

 

(a)          This Agreement (including the Seller Disclosure Schedules and the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules), the Registration Rights Agreement and the applicable registration rights and lock-up provisions of the Term Sheet constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

(b)          Except as provided in Section 6.05, no provision of this Agreement or the Term Sheet, in each case express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person other than the Parties any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement; provided that the Debt Financing Sources are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Section 7.04 (Debt Financing), Section 9.05 (Waiver of Claims), Section 11.01 (Amendment and Modification; Waiver), Section 11.07 (Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries), Section 11.09 (Governing Law; Jurisdiction), Section 11.10 (Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 11.11 (Assignment).

 

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Section 11.08.       Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by rule of Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, 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.

 

Section 11.09.       Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

 

(a)          This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles that would result in the application of the Law of any other jurisdiction; provided that, except as specifically set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter, all claims or causes of action (whether at law, in equity in contract, in tort or otherwise) against any of the Debt Financing Sources in any way relating to the Debt Commitment Letter or the performance thereof or the financings contemplated thereby, shall be exclusively governed by , and construed in accordance with the internal Laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to principles or rules or conflicts of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of laws of another jurisdictions.

 

(b)          Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, if (and only if) such court finds it lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Federal court of the United States of America sitting in Delaware, and appellate courts thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the agreements delivered in connection herewith or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment relating thereto, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agrees not to commence any such action or proceeding except in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, if (and only if) such court finds it lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Federal court of the United States of America sitting in Delaware, and appellate courts thereof; (ii) agrees that any claim in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, if (and only if) such court finds it lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Federal court of the United States of America sitting in Delaware, and appellate courts thereof; (iii) waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in such courts; and (iv) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in such courts. Each of the Parties 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. Each Party irrevocably consents to service of process inside or outside the territorial jurisdiction of the courts referred to in this Section 11.09(b) in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.04. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law. Each Party agrees that it (w) will not bring or support any action, cause of action, claim, cross-claim or third-party claim of any kind or description, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against any Debt Financing Source in any way relating to this Agreement, the Debt Financing, the Debt Financing Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the Debt Financing or the performance thereof, in any forum other than exclusively the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, or, if under applicable law exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the federal courts, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (and the appellate courts thereof), and that the provisions of Section 11.10 relating to the waiver of jury trial shall apply to any such action, cause of action, claim, cross-claim or third-party claim; (x) waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Debt Commitment Letter or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby in any New York State or in any such Federal court; (y) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court; and (z) 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 provided by law. Each of the Parties agrees that service of process, summons, notice or document by registered mail addressed to you or us at the addresses set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court.

 

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(c)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Parties agree that any claim, controversy or dispute of any kind or nature (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Debt Commitment Letter, or any of the Transactions, including, without limitation, any claim, controversy or dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the Debt Financing (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) or concerning any Debt Financing Source shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

 

Section 11.10.      Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY 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 RELATED HERETO, INCLUDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE DEBT FINANCING OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, INCLUDING IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM AGAINST ANY DEBT FINANCING SOURCE, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE. EACH PARTY HEREBY FURTHER AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH 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 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 SUCH WAIVER, (B) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVER, (C) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11.10.

 

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Section 11.11.       Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assigned by any of the Parties (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other Parties; provided that the Seller may assign its rights and interest (but not its obligations) hereunder to any Debt Financing Source as collateral for security purposes in connection with the Debt Financing without prior written consent. Subject to the preceding sentence, but without relieving any Party of any obligation hereunder, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 11.12.       Enforcement; Remedies. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a Party 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.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller, Arrow Bidco and the Acquirors have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

  ALGECO INVESMENTS B.V.
     
  By: /s/ Jasper Van Rossum
    Name: Jasper Van Rossum
    Title: Managing Director
     
  PLATINUM EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Jeff Sagansky
    Name: Jeff Sagansky
    Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
     
  TOPAZ HOLDINGS CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Jeff Sagansky
    Name: Jeff Sagansky
    Title: President
     
  ARROW BIDCO, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Gary Lindsay
    Name: Gary Lindsay
    Title: President

 

[Signature Page to Agreement of Merger]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

2017 and 2018 Unaudited Financial Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(a)(ii).

 

Acquired Companies” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Acquired Company Related Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.21.

 

Acquired Subsidiaries” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).

 

Acquiror Balance Sheet Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.09.

 

Acquiror Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure schedules dated as of the date of this Agreement delivered by the Acquirors to the Seller and that form a part of this Agreement.

 

Acquiror Financial Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(d).

 

Acquiror Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, development, circumstance, condition, event, state of facts or occurrence that has or would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent or materially impair the ability of the Acquirors to perform their obligations under the Transaction Documents or to consummate the Transactions.

 

Acquiror Record Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

 

Acquiror SEC Reports” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.06.

 

Acquiror Share Redemption” means the election of an eligible (as determined in accordance with the Parent Acquiror Governing Documents) shareholder of the Parent Acquiror to redeem all or a portion of the Parent Ordinary Shares held by such shareholder at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to such shareholder’s pro rata share of the funds held in the Trust Account (as determined in accordance with the Parent Acquiror Governing Documents) in connection with the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals.

 

Acquiror Shareholder Approvals” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15.

 

Acquiror Shareholders Meeting” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.

 

Acquirors” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Action” means any claim, action, suit, arbitration, investigation or other proceeding of any nature (whether criminal, civil, legislative, administrative, regulatory, prosecutorial or otherwise) by or before any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or similar body.

 

Adverse Recommendation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that, at the time of determination, directly or indirectly, whether through one or more intermediaries or otherwise, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person.

 

 

 

 

Affiliate Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.21.

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Algeco Credit Facility” means the syndicated facility agreement, dated as of February 15, 2018, providing for approximately $400 million in commitments under an asset-backed revolving credit facility, which outstanding obligations are guaranteed by Seller and certain of its subsidiaries.

 

Algeco Credit Facility Consent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(b).

 

Algeco Earnout Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Earnout Agreement dated November 11, 2018 by and Algeco Holding Sarl, Williams Scotsman International, Inc., Target, Brian S. Lash as the Seller Representative and the other sellers named therein.

 

Algeco TSA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(c).

 

Algeco Indentures” means the SSN Indenture and the SUN Indenture.

 

Alternative Financing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(b).

 

Arrow Holdings” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Arrow Bidco” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Balance Sheet Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.06.

 

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which the Department of State of the State of Delaware or the commercial banks in the City of New York, New York or the Governmental Authorities in the Cayman Islands (for so long as Acquiror remains domiciled in the Cayman Islands) are required or authorized by Law to close.

 

Cash” means, at any particular time, the cash and cash equivalents of the Acquired Companies excluding issued but uncleared checks and drafts, customer deposits and Restricted Cash.

 

Cash Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(a).

 

Certificate of Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

 

Class A Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

 

Class B Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

 

Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.

 

Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.

 

Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Collective Bargaining Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(a).

 

 

 

 

Company Benefit Plan” means each “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether or not subject to ERISA, and each other employee benefit plan, policy, program, arrangement or agreement providing employee benefits of any kind, including bonus, stock, stock option or other equity-based compensation arrangement or plan, incentive, deferred compensation, retirement or supplemental retirement, severance, employment, change-in-control, profit sharing, pension, paid time off, cafeteria, dependent care, medical care, life insurance, disability insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, welfare, employee assistance program, education or tuition assistance programs, insurance and other similar fringe or employee benefits, in each case, established, maintained, sponsored, contributed to or required to be contributed to for the benefit of any current or former employee, director, natural person independent contractor or consultant (or any dependent or beneficiary thereof) of the Acquired Companies or with respect to which an Acquired Company has or may have any present or future material obligation or liability (whether actual or contingent).

 

Company Continuing Employee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.06(a).

 

Company Financial Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(a)(ii).

 

Company Foreign Benefit Plan” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.09(f).

 

Company Leased Real Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(b).

 

Company Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, development, circumstance, condition, event, state of facts or occurrence that, (i) individually, or in the aggregate, has, or would be reasonably expected to have, a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets or results of operations of the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole; provided, however, that in no event would any of the following (or effect of the following) alone, or in combination, be deemed to constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect or shall be taken into account when determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect exists or has occurred or is reasonably likely to exist or occur: (a) any changes in general United States or global economic conditions; (b) conditions (or changes therein) in any industry or industries in which the Acquired Companies operate; (c) general legal, tax, economic, political and/or regulatory conditions (or changes therein), including any changes in interest rates or other changes affecting financial, credit or capital market conditions; (d) any change in US GAAP or interpretation thereof; (e) any adoption, implementation, promulgation, repeal, modification, amendment, reinterpretation, change or proposal of any applicable Law of or by any Governmental Authority; (f) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, or any actions expressly required by, or the failure to take any action expressly prohibited by, the terms of this Agreement; (g) any failure by Target to meet any internal or published projections, estimates or expectations of revenue, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations for any period, in and of itself, or any failure by Target to meet its internal budgets, plans or forecasts of its revenues, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations, in and of itself (provided, however, in each case, that the facts and circumstances underlying any such change or failure may be considered in determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect); or (h) changes or effects arising out of changes in geopolitical conditions, acts of terrorism or sabotage, war (whether or not declared), the commencement, continuation or escalation of a war, acts of armed hostility, natural disaster, weather conditions or other force majeure events; provided, in each of clauses (a), (b), (c) and (h) of this definition, if such change, effect, development, circumstance, condition, event, state of facts or occurrence referenced has a disproportionate effect on the Acquired Companies (as compared to other participants in the industry in which the Acquired Companies operate), then such disproportionate effect may be considered in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred (but only to the extent of such disproportionate effect) or (ii) prevents or materially delays the Seller from performing their material obligations under this Agreement or consummation of the Transactions.

 

Company Owned IP” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.14(b).

 

 

 

 

Company Owned Real Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(a).

 

Company Permits” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.07(b).

 

Contracts” means all contracts, subcontracts, agreements, Collective Bargaining Agreements, leases, subleases, licenses, commitments, sales and purchase orders, and other instruments, arrangements or understandings of any kind.

 

Debt Commitment Letter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(a).

 

Debt Financing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(b).

 

Debt Financing Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(b).

 

Debt Financing Sources” means the financial institutions identified in the Debt Commitment Letter, together with the agents, arrangers, lenders and other entities that have committed to provide or arrange or otherwise entered into agreements in connection with all or any part of the Debt Financing and each other Persons that commits to provide or otherwise provides the Debt Financing in accordance with this Agreement, whether by joinder to the Debt Commitment Letter or otherwise, including any joinder agreements, indentures or credit agreements entered into in connection therewith, together with their respective Affiliates, and respective Affiliates’ officers, directors, employees, partners, controlling persons, advisors, attorneys, agents and representatives and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Delaware Act” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Direct Claim” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.02(c).

 

Domestication” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Effective Time” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

 

Environmental Claims” means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial claims, actions or proceedings alleging Environmental Liability.

 

Environmental Law” means any applicable Law in effect as of the Closing Date relating to pollution or protection of the environment, natural resources, and human health with respect to exposure of Hazardous Materials, including those relating to the handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, discharge, emission, control or cleanup of any Hazardous Materials.

 

Environmental Liability” means any obligations, liabilities, fines, penalties, judgments, awards, settlements, losses, damages, costs, fees (including attorneys’ and consultants’ fees), expenses, and disbursements arising from a violation of Environmental Law or Release of Hazardous Materials.

 

Environmental Permit” means any permit, license, authorization or approval required under applicable Environmental Laws.

 

Equity Offering” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Equity Offering Proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(b).

 

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

 

 

 

ERISA Affiliate” means any Person that is or would be deemed a “single employer” with the Seller under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.

 

Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations under such Act.

 

Excluded Employees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(c).

 

FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

First Signor Merger” shall have the meaning set forth the Recitals.

 

Founder Designees” means the two (2) Persons nominated by the Founders to serve on the Board of Directors of ListCo.

 

Founders” shall mean, collectively, Jeff Sagansky, Harry E. Sloan and Double Eagle Acquisition LLC.

 

Government Official” means any official, officer, employee, or representative of, or any Person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of, any Governmental Authority.

 

Governmental Authority” means any United States federal, state, local, municipal, regulatory or administrative authority, instrumentality, board, agency, commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body.

 

Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, material, substance, gas or waste that in relevant form or concentration is prohibited, limited or regulated under any Environmental Law (including asbestos or asbestos-containing materials and polychlorinated biphenyls).

 

Holdco Acquiror” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Holdco Acquiror Governing Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(i).

 

Holdco Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

 

Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person, without duplication:

 

(a)any indebtedness (including principal and accrued and unpaid interest and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent:

 

(i)in respect of borrowed money;

 

(ii)evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

 

(iii)representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including capitalized lease obligations), except any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business; or

 

(iv)representing any hedging obligations;

 

 

 

 

if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness in clauses (i) through (v) (other than letters of credit and hedging obligations) would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with US GAAP;

 

(b)          to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (a)(i) of a third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of the such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(c)        to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (a)(i) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any assets owned by such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person; provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of (i) the fair market value of such assets at such date of determination and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person;

 

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (i) contingent obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) accrued expenses and royalties, (iii) an obligation between an Acquired Company and any Subsidiary of such Acquired Company or between any two Acquired Subsidiaries, (iv) an operating lease obligation, (v) any deferred revenue; (vi) performance bonds; or (vii) any undrawn letter of credit.

 

Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.

 

Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.

 

Indemnitees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.

 

Independent Designee” means the one (1) Person nominated by mutual agreement of the Founders, Seller and Arrow Holdings, who shall be “independent” for NASDAQ purposes, to serve on the Board of Directors of ListCo.

 

Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property protected under the laws of the U.S. or any foreign jurisdiction, including (a) patents, industrial design registrations applications therefore, including all provisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part and divisionals, reissues, reexaminations, renewals and extensions of any of the foregoing and any other governmental grant for the protection of inventions or industrial designs; (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names and other source identifiers, whether registered or unregistered and the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, together with any registrations and applications for registration thereof (collectively, “Trademarks”); (c) copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, all moral rights associated with any of the foregoing, and any registrations, renewals and applications for registration thereof; (d) trade secrets and confidential or proprietary information, including know-how, concepts, methods, processes, algorithms, designs, schematics, drawings, formulae, technical data, techniques, protocols, specifications, research and development information, technology, business plans, and customer lists and supplier lists, in each case to the extent protected as trade secrets (collectively “Trade Secrets”); and (e) internet domain name registrations.

 

IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.

 

 

 

 

Knowledge of Seller” means the actual knowledge of the individuals named on Schedule A of the Seller Disclosure Schedules.

 

Labor Representative” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(a).

 

Law” means any law, regulation, rule, code, ordinance or applicable order of a Governmental Authority.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, security interest, encumbrance, lease, license, right-of-way, easement, encroachment, restriction on transfer, title defect, option, right of first refusal or first offer or other third party (or governmental) right, lien or charge of any kind or nature. For the avoidance of doubt, “Lien” shall not be deemed to include any license of Intellectual Property.

 

ListCo” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

ListCo Governing Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.

 

Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.

 

Material Contract” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.16(a).

 

Material Lease” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(b).

 

Membership Interests” means all of the issued and outstanding membership interests in Target Parent.

 

Merger” shall have the mean set forth in Recitals.

 

Merger Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(a).

 

Merger Sub” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Minimum Proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(b).

 

NASDAQ” means the NASDAQ Capital Market.

 

New Benefit Plans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.06(a).

 

Notice of Disagreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(b).

 

Outside Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(b).

 

Parent Acquiror” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Parent Acquiror Governing Documents” means the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Parent Acquiror, as adopted January 16, 2018.

 

Parent Ordinary Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

 

Parent Preferred Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

 

Party” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

 

 

 

Permitted Liens” means any Lien (a) for Taxes or governmental assessments, charges or claims of payment not yet due and payable or being contested in good faith and for which adequate accruals or reserves have been established; (b) that is a carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other similar Lien arising in the ordinary course of business; (c) non-monetary encumbrances and restrictions on real property (including easements, covenants, rights of way and similar restrictions of record) that do not, or would not, reasonably be expected to, materially interfere with the Acquired Companies’ present uses or occupancy of such real property; (d) Liens securing the obligations of the Acquired Companies under the Algeco Credit Facility and Algeco Indentures; (e) zoning, building code laws and other land use laws regulating the use or occupancy of real property or the activities conducted thereon which are imposed by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such real property and which are not violated by the current use or occupancy of such real property; (f) matters that would be disclosed by an accurate survey or inspection of the real property; (g) that is disclosed on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Target or notes thereto or securing liabilities reflected on such balance sheet; (h) that was incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Target; or (i) that would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the continued use of the applicable property for the purposes for which the property is currently being used.

 

Person” means any natural person, general or limited partnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, firm, association or organization or other legal entity.

 

Prohibited Act” means, in respect of any Person, the making, offering or authorizing of any gift, payment, promise, profit participation or other advantage, whether directly or indirectly through any other Person, to or for the use or benefit of any public official, political party, political party official or candidate for office or any Person acting on behalf of or for the benefit any of the foregoing in violation of applicable anti-bribery laws.

 

Proposed Settlement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.02(b).

 

Proxy Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

 

Real Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(a).

 

Registered Company IP” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.14(a).

 

Registration Rights Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.10.

 

Registration Statement” means the Registration Statement on Form S-4, or other appropriate form, including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments or supplements thereto, to be filed with the SEC by the Acquiror under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of the Parent Ordinary Shares to be issued to shareholders of ListCo in connection with the Domestication.

 

Release” means any actual or threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, emptying, escaping, leaching or migration into or through the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or within or from any building, structure, facility or fixture.

 

Representative” of a Person means the directors, officers, employees, advisors, agents, consultants, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers or other representatives of such Person.

 

 

 

 

Restricted Cash” means any Cash (i) the use of which is restricted by Law or Contract, including any deposits with third parties and (ii) that are insurance proceeds in respect of a condemnation, casualty, loss or other material damage to any of the assets of the Acquired Companies prior to the Closing Date that have not been used to repair or replace such condemned or damaged property as permitted or required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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

 

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Second Signor Merger” shall have the meaning set forth the Recitals.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations under such Act.

 

Seller” shall have the meanings set forth in the Preamble.

 

Seller Designee” means the one (1) Person nominated by Seller to serve on the Board of Directors of ListCo.

 

Seller Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure schedules dated as of the date of this Agreement delivered by the Seller to the Acquirors and that form a part of this Agreement.

 

September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(a)(iii).

 

Signor” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Signor Merger Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Signor Mergers” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Stock Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(a).

 

SSN Indenture” means the senior secured notes indenture, dated as of February 15, 2018 (as amended, modified, or supplemented in accordance with the terms thereof) providing for the issuance by Algeco Global Finance plc of €600 million 6½% senior secured fixed rate notes due 2023, €150 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2023 and $520 million senior secured fixed rate notes due 2023 (collectively, the “SSNs”), which SSNs are guaranteed by Seller and certain of its subsidiaries.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, general or limited partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or other legal entity (a) the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or a majority of another body performing similar functions) of such corporation or other Person (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation or other Person shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (b) more than 50% of the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership, joint venture or limited liability company or (c) more than 50% of the beneficial interest in such trust or estate, is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person.

 

 

 

 

SUN Indenture” means the senior notes indenture, dated as of February 15, 2018 (as amended, modified, or supplemented in accordance with the terms thereof) providing for the issuance by Algeco Global Finance 2 plc of $305 million 10% SUNs due 2023 (the “SUNs”), which SUNs are guaranteed by Seller and certain of its subsidiaries.

 

Surviving Company” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

Target” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Target Parent” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Tax” or “Taxes” means all income, excise, gross receipts, ad valorem, value-added, sales, use, employment, franchise, profits, gains, property, transfer, use, payroll, intangibles or other taxes, fees, stamp taxes, duties, charges, levies or assessments of any kind whatsoever (whether payable directly or by withholding), together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any Governmental Authority with respect thereto.

 

Tax Return” means any return or report (including elections, declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns) required to be supplied to a Tax authority relating to Taxes, and any amended Tax Returns.

 

Term Sheet” means that certain letter agreement dated October 30, 2018 by and between the Seller, Arrow Holdings, Parent Acquiror and the other parties thereto.

 

Third Party Claim” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.02(a).

 

Third Party Target” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.14.

 

Trade Secrets” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual Property.”

 

Trademarks” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual Property.”

 

Transaction Agreements” means this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Transaction Expenses” means all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions and the expenses of the Acquirors incurred in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, any advances from the Founders made to the Acquirors, any deferred underwriting fees payable by the Acquirors and any transaction, change in control or sale bonuses payable in connection with the Transactions.

 

Transaction Proposals” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.

 

Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including without limitation the Merger, and each of the Transaction Agreements, together with the Debt Financing and Equity Offering and Backstop Offering, if applicable.

 

Trust Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.08.

 

Trust Account Proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(b).

 

Trust Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.08.

 

 

 

 

Trustee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.04.

 

US GAAP” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(b).

 

WARN” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(e).

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

SAMPLE STATEMENT

 

 

 

 

Exhibit C

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF LISTCO

 

 

 

 

Exhibit D

 

BYLAWS OF LISTCO

 

 

 

 

Exhibit E

 

HOLDCO ACQUIROR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT F

 

HOLDCO ACQUIROR BYLAWS

  

 

 


EXHIBIT 2.2

 

STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL. DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY.
NO LEGAL OBLIGATION OF ANY KIND WILL ARISE UNLESS AND UNTIL A DEFINITIVE
WRITTEN AGREEMENT IS EXECUTED AND DELIVERED.

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

dated as of November 13, 2018,

 

among

 

ARROW HOLDINGS S.À R.L.

 

PLATINUM EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.

 

TOPAZ HOLDINGS CORP.

 

and

 

SIGNOR MERGER SUB INC.

 

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This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 13, 2018, is made by and among Arrow Holdings S.à r.l., a Luxembourg société à responsabilité limitée (the “Seller”), Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (which shall domesticate as a Delaware corporation prior to the Closing) (the “Parent Acquiror”), Signor Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent Acquiror (the “Signor Acquiror”) and Topaz Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent Acquiror (“Topaz Holdings and together with the Signor Acquiror and the Parent Acquiror, collectively, the “Acquirors”). The Seller and the Acquirors are referred to herein individually as a “Party” and, collectively, as the “Parties.”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Acquiror is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated to acquire one or more operating businesses through a business combination;

 

WHEREAS, prior to the Closing (as defined below) and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Parent Acquiror shall domesticate as a Delaware corporation in accordance with Section 388 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (“DGCL”), and the Cayman Islands Companies Law (2018 Revision) (the “Domestication” and the entity surviving such domestication, “ListCo”);

 

WHEREAS, the Signor Acquiror is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent Acquiror, and sister entity of Topaz Holdings, formed for purposes of effectuating the Transactions contemplated hereby;

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Seller owns of record all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Arrow Parent Corp. (“Arrow Parent”), a Delaware corporation and owner of all of the issued and outstanding equity of Arrow Bidco, LLC (“Arrow Bidco”), a Delaware limited liability company and owner of all of the issued and outstanding equity of RL Signor Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Signor” and together with Arrow Parent, Arrow Bidco and the Acquired Subsidiaries, the “Acquired Companies” and each an “Acquired Company”);

 

WHEREAS, in order to effectuate the acquisition of the business of the Acquired Companies by the Acquirors, the Parties desire that, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Signor Acquiror will merge with and into Arrow Parent, with Arrow Parent being the surviving corporation (the “Merger”), in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the DGCL;

 

WHEREAS, immediately following the Merger and transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Parent Acquiror will cause Arrow Parent to merge with and into Topaz Holdings, with Topaz Holdings surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent Acquiror;

 

WHEREAS, prior to the Closing, upon the prior written consent of the Seller (which may be granted or withheld in its sole discretion), Parent Acquiror may conduct (i) a private placement equity offering (the “Equity Offering”) and (ii) an additional private placement equity offering to fund any shortfall of Minimum Proceeds from the Trust Account, after taking into account the Equity Offering Proceeds (the “Backstop Offering”);

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Parent Acquiror, Topaz Holdings, Arrow Bidco and Algeco Investments B.V., a Netherlands besloten vennootschap (“Algeco”), are entering into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger in the form delivered to Seller on the date hereof (the “Target Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Topaz Holdings shall acquire the business of Target Logistics Management, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company (“Target”) from its parent, Algeco US Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Algeco (“Target Parent”);

 

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WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Target Merger Agreement, Target Parent will merge with and in Arrow Bidco, with Arrow Bidco being the surviving company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Topaz Holdings (the “Target Merger”);

 

WHEREAS, at or prior to the Closing (a) the Parent Acquiror, Founders and Seller will execute and deliver the earnout agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Earnout Agreement”); (b) the Parent Acquiror, Founders, Seller and escrow agent will execute and deliver the escrow agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Escrow Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Merger and certain of the other Transactions are contingent upon, among other things, (i) the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Target Merger Agreement and (ii) obtaining the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of each of the Parent Acquiror and Signor Acquiror has unanimously determined that the Transactions are in the best interests of it and its shareholders and adopted resolutions approving the Transactions and Transaction Agreements and has resolved to recommend that its shareholders approve the same;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of each of Seller and Arrow Parent has unanimously determined that the Transactions are in the best interests of it and the Acquired Companies and adopted resolutions approving the Transaction Agreements and the Transactions; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger, and to prescribe various conditions to the Merger.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration for the premises and mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements hereinafter set forth, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

Article I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01.         Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified in Exhibit A to, or elsewhere in, this Agreement.

 

Article II

PURCHASE AND SALE

 

Section 2.01.         Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective Time, Signor Acquiror shall merge with and into Arrow Parent, the separate existence of Signor Acquiror shall cease and Arrow Parent shall continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger. Arrow Parent, in its capacity as the company surviving the Merger, is hereinafter sometime referred to as the “Surviving Company.”

 

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Section 2.02.         Effective Time. On the Closing Date, Arrow Parent shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a duly executed and delivered certificate of merger as required by the DGCL (the “Arrow Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form as required by, and executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of, the DGCL (the time of such filing, or such other time as Arrow Parent shall specify in the Arrow Certificate of Merger, the “Effective Time”).

 

Section 2.03.         Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and the Arrow Certificate of Merger, and as specified in the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time all of the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of Arrow Parent shall vest in the Surviving Company, and all debts, liabilities and duties of Arrow Parent shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Company.

 

Section 2.04.         Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation. At and after the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Arrow Parent, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Company, in each case, until amended in accordance with the DGCL.

 

Section 2.05.         Directors and Officers of the Surviving Company. From and after the Effective Time, the Persons serving as directors and/or officers of Arrow Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial directors and/or officers of the Surviving Company until their respective successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Company and applicable Law.

 

Section 2.06.         Effect on Shares of Capital Stock. At and after the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holders of any of the securities of any Party, all shares of capital stock of Arrow Parent issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled, retired and shall cease to exist, and the Seller shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration.

 

Section 2.07.         Merger Consideration.

 

(a)          The Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into the right to receive consideration in an amount equal to $491.0 million which shall be paid in the form of 49,100,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, of ListCo in the same class as shares held by Founders (the “Merger Consideration”).

 

Section 2.08.         Transactions to be Effected at Closing.

 

(a)          At the Closing, the Acquirors shall deliver:

 

(i)          stock certificate(s) evidencing the Merger Consideration in the names and denominations requested by the Seller, free and clear of all Liens;

 

(ii)         the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by each of the Founders and Listco;

 

(iii)        all other agreements, documents, instruments or certificates required to be delivered by the Acquirors at or prior to the Closing pursuant to Section 8.02 of this Agreement.

 

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(b)          At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to the Acquirors:

 

(i)          stock certificate(s) or book entry statements, as the case may be, evidencing Seller’s Shares, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by instruments of transfer duly executed in blank, with all required transfer tax stamps affixed thereto, to the extent applicable;

 

(ii)         the Arrow Certificate of Merger, duly executed by Arrow Parent;

 

(iii)        the Topaz Certificate of Merger, duly executed by Topaz Holdings;

 

(iv)        the Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by Seller and each Person in whose name Stock Consideration is issued; and

 

(v)         all other agreements, documents, instruments or certificates required to be delivered by the Seller at or prior to the Closing pursuant to Section 8.03 of this Agreement.

 

Section 2.09.         Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Transactions shall take place at a closing (the “Closing”) to be held at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time at the offices of Allen & Overy LLP, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 (i) two (2) Business Days after the date on which the conditions to Closing set forth in Article VIII have been satisfied or waived (other than the condition set forth in Section 8.01(c) and the other conditions that, by their nature, are required to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions) or (ii) on such other date or at such other place as the Parties mutually agree in writing. The day on which the Closing actually occurs is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”

 

Article III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ACQUIRED COMPANIES

 

Except as set forth in the Seller Disclosure Schedules (it being agreed that any disclosure of any item in any section of the Seller Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed disclosure with respect to each other section of this Agreement to which the relevance of such item is reasonably apparent), and subject to Section 4.16 hereof, Seller represents and warrants on behalf of itself and the Acquired Companies to the Acquirors as follows:

 

Section 3.01.         Qualification and Organization of Seller; Ownership of Shares. (i) Seller is a société à responsabilité limitée duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of Luxembourg; (ii) Seller has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to carry out its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions; (iii) the execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement, the performance by Seller of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by Seller of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of Seller; (iv) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other Parties) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller, enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity); and (v) as of the date hereof Seller owns all of the Shares free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

 

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Section 3.02.         Qualification, Organization, Subsidiaries, etc. of the Acquired Companies.

 

(a)          Arrow Parent is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The certificate of incorporation and bylaws agreement of Arrow Parent as in effect as of the date hereof is in full force and effect and Arrow Parent is not in violation thereof.

 

(b)          A list of all (i) Subsidiaries of Arrow Parent (collectively, the “Acquired Subsidiaries”) are respectively set forth in Section 3.02(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules. Each Acquired Subsidiary is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is qualified to do business where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The governing documents of each Acquired Subsidiary in effect as of the date hereof are customary to an entity of its type and in full force and effect and each Acquired Subsidiary is not in violation of its respective governing documents.

 

Section 3.03.         Capitalization of the Acquired Companies.

 

(a)          The authorized share capital of Arrow Parent consists of 1,000 (one-thousand) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01. As of the date of this Agreement, 1,000 of the Shares are, and on the Closing Date 1,000 of the Shares will be, held of record by Seller. The Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are free of pre-emptive rights.

 

(b)          Except as set forth in Section 3.03(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, all the issued and outstanding equity interests in each Acquired Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned, directly or indirectly, by Arrow Parent free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

 

(c)          Except as set forth in Section 3.03(a), (i) no Acquired Company has any membership interests issued or outstanding and (ii) there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, puts, calls, exchangeable or convertible securities or other similar rights, agreements or commitments relating to the issuance of capital stock to which any Acquired Company is a party obligating such Acquired Company to (A) issue, transfer or sell any shares or other equity interests of an Acquired Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such shares or equity interests (in each case other than to a wholly owned Acquired Subsidiary of such Acquired Company); (B) grant, extend or enter into any such subscription, option, warrant, put, call, exchangeable or convertible securities or other similar right, agreement or commitment; (C) redeem or otherwise acquire any such shares or other equity interests; or (D) provide a material amount of funds to, or make any material investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any Person that is not wholly owned by an Acquired Company.

 

(d)          No Acquired Company has outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other similar obligations with the right to vote (or that are convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the members of such Acquired Company on any matter.

 

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(e)          There are no voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which any Acquired Company is a party with respect to the voting of the equity interests of an Acquired Company.

 

(f)          None of the Acquired Companies owns, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity interests of any Person, in each case, other than the capital stock or other equity interests of an Acquired Subsidiary.

 

Section 3.04.         No Conflicts.

 

(a)          Except as set forth in Section 3.04 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, the execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement does not, and the consummation of the Transactions and compliance with the provisions hereof will not: (i) result in any violation or breach of, or default or change of control (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or result in or give rise to a right of termination, modification, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation or to the loss of a material benefit under any Contract, loan, guarantee of Indebtedness or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, Material Lease, permit, concession, franchise or right binding upon the Acquired Companies or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties, rights or assets of the Acquired Companies, other than Permitted Liens; (ii) conflict with or result in any violation of any provision of the organizational documents of any Acquired Company; or (iii) conflict with or violate any Laws applicable to the Acquired Companies or any of their respective properties or assets, other than in the case of clause (i), any such violation, breach, conflict, default, termination, modification, cancellation, acceleration, right, loss or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)          Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Acquirors contained in this Agreement, no consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required on the part of the Seller or any Acquired Company with respect to the Seller’s execution or delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 3.05.         Reports and Financial Statements.

 

(a)          The Seller has delivered (or, in the case of the September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements, shall deliver) to the Acquirors the following financial statements:

 

(i)          the audited consolidated balance sheets of Signor as of, and related audited consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Signor for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 (the “Audited Company Financial Statements”).

 

(ii)         the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of Signor as of, and related unaudited consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Signor for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2018 (the “2017 and 2018 Unaudited Financial Statements” and, together with the Audited Company Financial Statements, the “Company Financial Statements”); and

 

(iii)        in addition, the Registration Statement, at the time it is declared effective, shall include the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of Signor as of and related unaudited consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Signor for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2018 (the “September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements”).

 

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(b)          The Company Financial Statements are, and the September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements will be, true and correct in all material respects and fairly present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Signor as of and for the periods covered thereby (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited financial statements, for the absence of footnotes and, in the case of the September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements, to the extent they are subject to normally recurring year-end audit adjustments that are not material either individually or in the aggregate). The Company Financial Statements were, and the September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements will be, prepared from, are or will be in accordance with and accurately reflect in all material respects the books and records of the Signor, which books and records have been maintained in accordance with sound business practices and all applicable Law and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“US GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved with respect to all financial transactions of Signor. The Company Financial Statements have been, and the September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements will be, prepared with due care and attention, on a basis consistent with the Audited Company Financial Statements.

 

(c)          Signor has maintained accurate books and records reflecting its assets and liabilities and maintains proper and adequate internal accounting controls that provide assurance that (i) transactions are executed with management’s authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements of Signor in accordance with US GAAP and to maintain accountability for Signor’s assets, (iii) access to the Acquired Companies’ assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization, (iv) the reporting of the Acquired Companies’ assets is compared with existing assets at regular intervals and (v) accounts and other receivables and inventory are recorded in good faith and reserves established against them based upon actual prior experience and in accordance with US GAAP, and proper procedures are implemented for the collection thereof on a commercially reasonable basis. To the Knowledge of Seller, there are no material weaknesses in the design or operation of Signor’s internal control structure and procedures over financial reporting. The Seller has heretofore made available to the Acquirors, to the extent applicable, true, complete and correct copies of any disclosure (or, if unwritten, a summary thereof) by any Representative of Signor to Signor’s independent auditors relating to (x) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls that could adversely affect the ability of Signor to record, process, summarize and report financial data and any material weaknesses in internal controls and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal control over financial reporting of Signor. The Company Financial Statements, when delivered by the Seller for inclusion in the Registration Statement for filing with the SEC following the date of this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.02, will comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC and the Securities Act in effect as of such date.

 

(d)          Signor possesses books and records that contain all financial and other material information from its date of incorporation, through the date hereof necessary for the preparation of financial statements.

 

(e)          Complete and correct copies of the organizational documents of the Acquired Companies have been made available to the Acquirors prior to the date of this Agreement, in each case as currently in effect, and no subsequent action has been taken to amend or modify any of the organizational documents of the Acquired Companies. All such organizational documents are in full force and effect and no other organizational documents are applicable to or binding upon the Acquired Companies.

 

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(f)          The minute books of the Acquired Companies contain accurate and, in all material respects, complete records of all meetings or written consents of, and corporate action taken by the stockholders (or other equity holders) and the boards of directors (or similar bodies) and any committee thereof of the Acquired Companies since the time of incorporation or formation of the applicable Acquired Company through the date of this Agreement. No meetings of any such stockholders (or other equity holders), boards of directors (or similar bodies) or committees have been held for which minutes have not been prepared and are not contained in such minute books. True and complete copies of all minute and record books, including any book entry statements of the respective equity interests, if any, of the Acquired Companies have heretofore been delivered to the Acquirors.

 

Section 3.06.        No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except (a) as disclosed, reflected or reserved against in Signor’s unaudited consolidated balance sheets (or the notes thereto) of Signor as of June 30, 2018 (the “Balance Sheet Date”); (b) for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since the Balance Sheet Date; (c) as expressly permitted or contemplated by this Agreement; (d) for liabilities that have been discharged or paid in full in the ordinary course of business; and (e) as set forth in Section 3.06 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, no Acquired Company has any material liabilities of any nature, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise. For purposes of this Section 3.06, the term “liabilities” shall not include obligations of the Acquired Companies to perform under or comply with any applicable Law, action, judgment or Contract, but would include such liabilities and obligations if there has been a default or failure to perform or comply by the Acquired Companies with any such liability or obligation if such default or failure would, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, reasonably be expected to result in a monetary obligation or the imposition of injunctive or other equitable remedies.

 

Section 3.07.        Compliance with Laws; Permits; Regulatory Matters. Except as set forth in Section 3.07 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, to the Knowledge of Seller:

 

(a)          The Acquired Companies are in compliance in all material respects with all Laws applicable to the Acquired Companies or any of their respective properties or assets.

 

(b)          The Acquired Companies are in possession of all material permits, licenses, authorizations and other approvals of any Governmental Authority necessary for the Acquired Companies to own, lease and operate their properties and assets or to carry on their businesses as they are now being conducted (the “Company Permits”) and all Company Permits are in full force and effect.

 

(c)          None of the Acquired Companies have been disqualified from participation in procurements by any Governmental Authority, nor have been suspended, debarred, excluded, or notified of any intent to seek to suspend, debar or exclude, any Acquired Company from participation in any such procurement.

 

(d)          The Acquired Companies are not party to any deferred prosecution agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders or similar agreements with, or imposed by, any Governmental Authority.

 

(e)          Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 3.07, no representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made in this Section 3.07 in respect of the matters referenced in Section 3.05, or in respect of environmental, Tax, employee benefits or labor Law matters.

 

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Section 3.08.        Environmental Laws and Regulations. Except as set forth in Section 3.08 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules: (a) each of the Acquired Companies is in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; (b) each of the Acquired Companies possesses and is in compliance, in all material respects, with all Environmental Permits necessary for the conduct of its respective operations and all such Environmental Permits are valid and in good standing and, to the Knowledge of the Seller, there are no facts or circumstances that would result in any material Environmental Permit not being re-issued or renewed in the ordinary course of business; (c) there are no Environmental Claims pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened against or affecting any of the Acquired Companies or their respective properties or operations, and to the Knowledge of the Seller, there are no facts or circumstances that would be reasonably likely to result in a material Environmental Claim; (d) there have been no Releases of Hazardous Materials at any real property currently, or to the Knowledge of the Seller, formerly owned or operated by the Acquired Companies in amounts or concentrations requiring investigation or cleanup under Environmental Laws that have not been fully investigated and/or cleaned up consistent with all applicable Environmental Law requirements; and (e) the Acquired Companies have made available (either in the electronic data room or otherwise) all material environmental, health, or safety assessments, audits and sampling or similar reports in their possession or control, including any such documents relating to the Release of Hazardous Materials. This Section 3.08 contains the only representations or warranties in this Agreement concerning environmental matters.

 

Section 3.09.        Employee Benefit Plans.

 

(a)          As of the date hereof, the Acquired Companies do not sponsor, maintain, or contribute to, and do not have any actual or contingent liability with respect to, any Company Benefit Plan.

 

(b)          Except as set forth in Section 3.09 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions (either alone or in conjunction with any other event) will (i) result in any payment or benefit becoming due to any former employee, director or consultant of the Acquired Companies; (ii) result in any acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting of any severance, compensation or benefits; or (iii) result in the payment of any amount (whether in cash, property or the form of benefits) that could, individually or in combination with any other payment, constitute an “excess parachute payment,” as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code (determined without regard to the exceptions provided for in Section 280G(b)(5) of the Code).

 

Section 3.10.        No Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Section 3.10 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, since December 31, 2017 through the date of this Agreement (a) there has been no event, development, occurrence, change or state of facts that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (b) the Acquired Companies have, in all material respects, conducted their business and operated their properties in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (c) none of the Acquired Companies has taken any action that would constitute a breach of clause (ii) of Section 5.01 had such action been taken after the execution of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or termination date of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.11.        Investigations; Litigation. As of the date hereof, and except for any matter that alleges claims or damages in an amount that is less than or equal to $250,000, there are no claims, actions, suits, arbitrations or proceedings pending (or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened) against any of the Acquired Companies or any of their respective properties, rights or assets, and there are no orders, judgments, injunctions, rulings or decrees imposed upon any of the Acquired Companies or any of their respective properties, rights or assets by or before any Governmental Authority. This Section 3.11 will not apply to Taxes, with respect to which exclusively the representations and warranties in Section 3.12 will apply.

 

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Section 3.12.        Tax Matters. Except as set forth in Section 3.12 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules:

 

(a)          All income and other material Tax Returns that are required to be filed by or with respect to the Acquired Companies have been timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file), and all such Tax Returns are true, complete and accurate in all material respects;

 

(b)          The Acquired Companies have paid all material Taxes due and owing by any of them, including any Taxes required to be withheld from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or third party (in each case, whether or not shown on any Tax Return), other than Taxes for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with US GAAP on the Company Financial Statements;

 

(c)          There is not pending or threatened in writing any audit, examination, investigation or other proceeding with respect to any Taxes of the Acquired Companies, other than for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with US GAAP on the Company Financial Statements;

 

(d)          None of the Acquired Companies has waived any statute of limitations with respect to material Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a material Tax assessment or deficiency;

 

(e)          There are no Liens for Taxes upon any property or assets of the Acquired Companies, except for Permitted Liens;

 

(f)          None of the Acquired Companies is a party to any Tax allocation, sharing, indemnity, or reimbursement agreement or arrangement (other than (i) such an agreement or arrangement exclusively between or among the Acquired Companies or (ii) any customary Tax indemnification provisions in ordinary course commercial agreements or arrangements that are not primarily related to Taxes), or has any material liability for Taxes of any Person (other than the Acquired Companies) under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or non-U.S. Law) or as transferee or successor;

 

(g)          None of the Acquired Companies has participated, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(c), in any “listed transaction” within the meaning of Sections 6011, 6662A and 6707A of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law);

 

(h)          None of the Acquired Companies (i) has engaged in any transaction or agreement (including an installment sale) prior to the Closing Date that could reasonably be expected to result in the recognition of a material amount of income or gain in any period ending after the Closing Date, (ii) has a material amount of deferred intercompany gain (as described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-13) or (iii) has a material “excess loss account” (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-19) in respect of the equity interests of any Subsidiary;

 

(i)          None of the Acquired Companies is, or has been within the period described in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, a “United States Real Property Holding Corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c) of the Code; and

 

(j)          None of the Acquired Companies has (i) entered into or has currently pending any closing agreements, or other contracts or agreements relating to Taxes with a Governmental Authority or (ii) granted any Person a power of attorney with respect to Tax matters.

 

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Section 3.13.        Labor and Employment Matters.

 

(a)          As of the date hereof, the Acquired Companies do not have any employees, independent contractors, consultants, or temporary employees.

 

(b)          Except as set forth in Section 3.13(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, within the last (3) three years (i) no Acquired Company has been a party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor union, works council or labor organization (a “Collective Bargaining Agreement”); (ii) no former employee of the Acquired Companies has been represented by a union, works council or other collective bargaining representative (a “Labor Representative”) with respect to his or her employment at the Acquired Companies; (iii) no Acquired Company has been subject to a strike, lockout, slowdown, work stoppage, unfair labor practice, complaint, grievance, arbitration, proceeding or other material labor dispute and, to the Knowledge of the Seller, none is threatened; and (iv) no petition has been filed with the National Labor Relations Board or other Governmental Authority requesting certification of a Labor Representative or approval to conduct an election for a Labor Representative.

 

(c)          Each Acquired Company is in material compliance, and within the last three (3) years has complied in all material respects, with all applicable Laws respecting employment and employment practices, labor, and terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to wages and hours, labor relations, employment discrimination, disability rights or benefits, human rights, civil rights, family and medical leave, the collection and payment of withholding or social security taxes, civil rights, pay equity, equal employment opportunity, plant closure and mass layoff, including the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (“WARN”) and similar state, local and foreign Laws, immigration, background checks, government contracting, affirmative action, leaves of absence, occupational health and safety, workers compensation and unemployment insurance. Each Acquired Company has properly classified in all respects in accordance with all applicable Laws all of its service providers as either employees or independent contractors. No Acquired Company has taken any action that could constitute a plant closure, mass layoff, or mass termination under WARN or otherwise trigger notice requirements or liability under federal, local, state, or foreign applicable Law, and have not incurred any material liability under WARN or any similar foreign, state, or local layoff notice Law that remains unsatisfied. Except as set forth in Section 3.13(c) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened Actions, audits or investigations relating to any employment or labor matter that individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to cause the Acquired Companies to incur any material liability, and no Acquired Company has been subject to any such Actions, audits or investigations during the last three years.

 

(d)          To the Knowledge of the Seller, no former employee of any Acquired Company is in violation of any term of any employment, restrictive covenant or nondisclosure agreement or common law nondisclosure obligation or fiduciary duty to the Acquired Company or to a former employer of any such former employee relating to the right of any such former employee to be employed by the Acquired Company. The Acquired Companies have not sought to enforce any non-competition or customer non-solicitation Contract covering a former employee of the Acquired Companies in the past three (3) years.

 

(e)          Except as set forth in Section 3.13(f) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, the Acquired Companies are not delinquent in (i) payments to any of its former employees for any wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, vacation time, incentive payments or other direct compensation for any services performed by them to date or amounts required to be reimbursed to such former employees; and (ii) the payment of fees for services to any independent contractor or consultant identified on Schedule 3.13(f) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

 

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Section 3.14.        Intellectual Property.

 

(a)          Section 3.14(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth all material patents, registered trademarks, registered copyrights, internet domain name registrations, and pending applications for any patents, Trademarks, or copyrights owned by the Acquired Companies as of the date hereof (“Registered Company IP”), together with all material unregistered Trademarks owned by any of the Acquired Companies as of the date hereof.

 

(b)          Except as set forth in Section 3.14(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, the Acquired Companies are the sole and exclusive owners of all right, title and interest in and to the Registered Company IP and all other material Intellectual Property owned by any of the Acquired Companies as of the date hereof (“Company Owned IP”), free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) or any licenses other than non-exclusive licenses granted by an Acquired Company in the ordinary course of business. The Acquired Companies own, or are licensed or otherwise possess sufficient rights to use, all Intellectual Property that is material to the conduct of their respective businesses in the manner in which such businesses are currently being conducted. The Registered Company IP is subsisting and, to the Knowledge of Seller and excluding any pending applications included in the Registered Company IP, is valid and enforceable.

 

(c)          There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened claims against any of the Acquired Companies alleging infringement, misappropriation or other violation of the Intellectual Property of any Person by the Acquired Companies in the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, nor any written request that an Acquired Company obtain a license under any patent rights of such Person, and no such claim has been asserted or request has been made by any Person in the past three (3) years.

 

(d)          The Acquired Companies have taken commercially reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of all Trade Secrets material to the Acquired Companies’ business. All current and former employees and contractors who have developed any material Intellectual Property for any Acquired Company during the course of employment or engagement with the Acquired Company have executed valid written agreements assigning all right, title and interest in such Intellectual Property to an Acquired Company, to the extent such Intellectual Property does not constitute a “work made for hire” under applicable Law.

 

(e)          As of the date hereof, no Acquired Company has made any written claim asserting infringement, misappropriation or other violation by any Person of its rights to, or in connection with, any material Company Owned IP. To the Knowledge of Seller, no third party has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any material Company Owned IP.

 

(f)          As of the date hereof, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened claims against an Acquired Company by any Person challenging the ownership, registrability, enforceability or validity of any material Company Owned IP.

 

(g)          To the Knowledge of the Seller, the products, services and operations of the businesses of the Acquired Companies as currently conducted do not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property of any Person.

 

(h)          Except as set forth in Section 3.14(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, after consummation of the Transactions, neither Seller nor any current or former Seller Affiliate (other than the Acquired Companies) will own or have any right, title or interest in or to any Company Owned IP.

 

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(i)          To the Knowledge of the Seller, as of the date hereof, the information technology systems used by the Acquired Companies in the ordinary course of business have not suffered any material security breach or material failure within the past three (3) years.

 

(j)          The consummation of the Transactions will not, pursuant to any Contract to which an Acquired Company is a party, result in the loss or material impairment of any Acquired Company’s right to own or use any material Company Owned IP or any other material Intellectual Property.

 

(k)          Each Acquired Company is in compliance in all material respects with (i) all binding policies implemented by such Acquired Company relating to the collection, use, storage, processing, transfer, disclosure, and protection by such Acquired Company of personal information regulated or protected by applicable Laws, (ii) all applicable Laws relating to privacy, data, security, data use, data protection and destruction, data breach notification or data transfer and (iii) all applicable payment card industry data security standards. There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened claims against any of the Acquired Companies by any Person or Governmental Authority alleging a material violation of any such applicable Laws in the operation of the business as currently conducted.

 

Section 3.15.        Real Property.

 

(a)          Section 3.15(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each parcel of real property owned by the Acquired Companies which is material to the operations of the Acquired Companies being conducted as of the date hereof (such property collectively, the “Company Owned Real Property” and, together with the Company Owned Real Property, hereinafter collectively, the “Real Property”). Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Acquired Company has good and valid title to such Company Owned Real Property, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens. As of the date hereof, no Acquired Company has received written notice of any pending or threatened condemnation proceeding with respect to any Company Owned Real Property, except proceedings that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Section 3.15(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, with respect to each Company Owned Real Property, (i) there are no outstanding options or rights of first refusal to purchase the Company Owned Real Property, or any portion or interest therein, and (ii) no Acquired Company has leased or otherwise granted to any Person the right to use or occupy such Company Owned Real Property or any portion thereof, except for leases for occupancy in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

(b)          Section 3.15(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each lease of the Acquired Companies that is material to the operations of the Acquired Companies being conducted as of the date hereof (collectively, the “Material Leases” and each such property respectively leased pursuant thereto, the “Company Leased Real Property”). The Seller has delivered to the Acquirors true, complete and correct copies of each Material Lease, and there have been no amendments, modifications or extensions of such Material Leases other than those set forth in Section 3.15(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules. Each Material Lease is valid, binding and in full force and effect, and no default of a material nature on the part of an Acquired Company or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, the landlord thereunder is continuing beyond all applicable notice, cure or grace periods with respect thereto. Each Acquired Company has a good and valid leasehold interest in or contractual right to use or occupy, subject to the terms of the Material Lease applicable thereto to which such Acquired Company is a party, the Company Leased Real Property, free and clear of all Liens affecting the leasehold estate thereof, except for Permitted Liens. To the Knowledge of the Seller, no security deposit or portion thereof deposited with respect to any Material Lease has been applied in respect of a breach or default under such Material Lease which has not been redeposited in full. No Acquired Company owes any brokerage commission or finder’s fees with respect to any Material Lease. Except as set forth in Section 3.15(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules or except for leases for occupancy in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, there are no written or oral subleases, licenses, concessions or other contracts with respect to the Company Leased Real Property other than the Material Leases.

 

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(c)          To the Knowledge of the Seller, there are no physical, structural or mechanical defects in any of the buildings, building systems or improvements on any of the Real Property which are reasonably likely to materially impair the intended use of such Real Property by the Acquired Companies and the Real Property and all such buildings, building systems and improvements (including the roof, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, sprinklers and fire safety systems) are in good operating condition and repair and are adequate for the uses to which they are being put, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in Section 3.15(c) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, (i) within the last twelve (12) months, no Acquired Company has received written notice of any pending or threatened condemnation or eminent domain proceedings or their local equivalent affecting or relating to such Real Property and (ii) within the last twelve (12) months, no Acquired Company has received written notice from any Governmental Authority or other Person that the use and occupancy of any of the Owned Real Property, as currently used and occupied, and the conduct of the business thereon, as currently conducted, violates in any material respect any deed restrictions, applicable Law consisting of building codes, zoning, subdivision or other land use or similar laws or any other Lien affecting such Owned Real Property.

 

Section 3.16.         Material Contracts.

 

(a)          Except for this Agreement, Section 3.16(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete and correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each Contract described in this Section 3.16(a) to which an Acquired Company is a party and has any current or future rights, responsibilities, obligations or liabilities (in each case, whether contingent or otherwise) or to which any of their respective properties or assets is subject, in each case as of the date of this Agreement (all Contracts of the type described in this Section 3.16(a) being referred to herein as the “Material Contracts”):

 

(i)          any partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance or collaboration Contract that is material to the Acquired Companies taken as a whole;

 

(ii)         any Contract that (A) purports to materially limit either the type of business in which any of the Acquired Companies (or, after the Closing, ListCo) may engage, the geographic area in which any of them may engage in any business, the solicitation by any of them of the employment of any Person or the ability of any of them to sell or purchase from any person or (B) would require the disposition of any material assets or line of business of the Acquired Companies (or, after the Closing, ListCo);

 

(iii)        each acquisition or divestiture Contract that contains representations, covenants, indemnities or other obligations (including “earn-out” or other contingent payment obligations) that would reasonably be expected to result in the receipt or making of future payments in excess of $1,000,000 in the 12-month period following the date hereof (other than customer and vendor Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);

 

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(iv)        each other Contract relating to outstanding Indebtedness of an Acquired Company for borrowed money or any financial guaranty thereof (whether incurred, assumed, guaranteed or secured by any asset) in an amount in excess of $2,500,000 other than (A) Contracts solely among an Acquired Company and any wholly owned Acquired Subsidiary or a guarantee by an Acquired Company or any wholly owned Acquired Subsidiary; (B) financial guarantees entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice not exceeding $2,500,000, individually or in the aggregate (other than surety or performance bonds, letters of credit or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in each case to the extent not drawn upon); and (C) any Contracts relating to Indebtedness explicitly included in the Company Financial Statements;

 

(v)         each Contract pursuant to which an Acquired Company has an obligation to indemnify any officer, director or employee of such Acquired Company or another Acquired Company;

 

(vi)        any Contract (excluding licenses for commercially available technology that are generally available for fees of no more than $1,000,000 annually or in the aggregate) under which an Acquired Company is granted any license, option or other right or immunity (including a covenant not to be sued or right to enforce or prosecute any patents) with respect to any Intellectual Property rights of a third party, which Contract is material to any of the Acquired Companies’ businesses;

 

(vii)       any Contract under which an Acquired Company has granted to a third party any license, option or other right or immunity (including a covenant not to be sued or right to enforce or prosecute any patents) with respect to any Intellectual Property rights of an Acquired Company, which Contract is material to any of the Acquired Companies’ businesses, (other than any non-exclusive license granted by an Acquired Company in the ordinary course of business), or relating to the development, ownership, use, registration or enforcement of any material Company Owned IP;

 

(viii)      any shareholders, investors rights, registration rights or similar agreement or arrangement of an Acquired Company;

 

(ix)         any Contract that relates to any swap, forward, futures, or other similar derivative transaction with a notional value in excess of $1,000,000;

 

(x)          any Collective Bargaining Agreement;

 

(xi)         any Contract with any former employee of the Acquired Companies under which the Acquired Companies continues to have any actual or contingent liability;

 

(xii)        any Contract with any independent contractor or consultant referred to in Section 3.13(f) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules;

 

(xiii)       any Contract with any staffing agency, temporary labor agency, professional employer agency, or similar entity whose fees are at least $350,000 per year in fees in the aggregate;

 

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(xiv)      any Contract involving the settlement of any action or threatened action (or series of related actions) that will (A) involve payments after the date hereof of consideration in excess of $1,000,000 or (B) impose material monitoring or reporting obligations to any other Person outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(xv)       any Contract that imposes a Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any material assets of one or more Acquired Companies;

 

(xvi)      each Material Lease;

 

(xvii)     each Affiliate Agreement;

 

(xviii)    each current contract with a Governmental Authority or prime contractor pursuant to a contract with a Governmental Authority and any bid for a contract with a Governmental Authority, other than permits issued by a Governmental Authority; and

 

(xix)       any Contract, or group of Contracts with a Person (or group of affiliated Persons), the termination of which would be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and is not disclosed pursuant to the other clauses of this Section 3.16(a).

 

(b)          No Acquired Company is in material breach of, or material default under, the terms of any Material Contract. To the Knowledge of Seller, as of the date hereof, no other party to any Material Contract is in breach of, or default under, the terms of any Material Contract, no Acquired Company has received any written claim or notice of material breach of or material default under any Material Contract and no event has occurred that individually or together with other events would reasonably be expected to result in a material breach of or a material default under any Material Contract by any Acquired Company (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both). Each Material Contract is in full force and effect and is a valid and binding obligation of each Acquired Company that is party thereto and, to the Knowledge of Seller, of each other party thereto, except that (i) such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, examinership, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) equitable remedies of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. To the Knowledge of the Seller, except as set forth in Section 3.16(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, as of the date hereof, no party has indicated to any Acquired Company its intent to terminate or modify any Material Contract in a manner materially adverse to any Acquired Company.

 

Section 3.17.       Insurance. The Acquired Companies have not directly procured any insurance policies, but are beneficiaries under insurance policies of certain Affiliates.

 

Section 3.18.        Finders and Brokers. No Acquired Company has employed any investment banker, broker or finder in connection with the Transactions, other than as set forth in Section 3.18 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, who might be entitled to any fee or any commission in connection with, or upon consummation of, the Transactions.

 

Section 3.19.        FCPA and Anti-Corruption.

 

(a)          To the Knowledge of the Seller, since January 1, 2016, each of the Acquired Companies has complied with all applicable anti-bribery laws, including the FCPA;

 

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(b)          None of the Acquired Companies nor, to the Knowledge of the Seller, any of the Acquired Companies’ directors, officers or management-level employees has, directly or indirectly, engaged in any Prohibited Act on behalf of any Acquired Company;

 

(c)          No Acquired Company has received written notice of any claims, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations alleging that such Acquired Company is in violation of the FCPA or any other applicable anti-bribery laws or made any written voluntary disclosures to any Governmental Authority involving an Acquired Company in any way relating to applicable anti-bribery laws, including the FCPA;

 

(d)          Each Acquired Company has instituted policies and procedures reasonably designed to help ensure compliance with the FCPA and other applicable anti-bribery laws; and

 

(e)          No officer, director or employee of an Acquired Company is a Government Official.

 

Section 3.20.         Takeover Statutes; No Rights Agreement. The board of directors or similar governing body or person of Signor has taken all action necessary so that no “moratorium,” “control share acquisition,” “business combination,” “fair price” or other form of anti-takeover Laws or regulations is applicable to the Transactions.

 

Section 3.21.         Affiliate Transactions. Except as set forth in Section 3.21 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, for employment and benefit arrangements and Contracts and arrangements solely between or among Acquired Companies, no officer, director, equity holder, partner or member of any Acquired Company, or any of their Affiliates, is a party to any Contract or business arrangement with any Acquired Company (each such Contract or business arrangement, an “Affiliate Agreement”). Except as set forth on Section 3.21 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, no employee, officer, director, equity holder, partner, member, controlling person, agent or representative of any Acquired Company (each, an “Acquired Company Related Party”) or member of such Acquired Company Related Party’s immediate family, or any corporation, partnership or other entity of which such Acquired Company Related Party is an officer, director or partner, or in which such Acquired Company Related Party has an ownership interest or otherwise controls, is indebted to any Acquired Company, nor is any Acquired Company indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them. None of the Acquired Company Related Parties, or any member of such Acquired Company Related Party’s immediate family, has any material commercial, industrial, banking, consulting, legal, accounting, charitable or familial relationship with any Acquired Company’s major business relationship partners, service providers, joint venture partners, licensees or competitors.

 

Section 3.22.         Investment Purpose. The Seller is acquiring the shares of ListCo to be issued on the Closing Date solely for its own account for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof. The Seller acknowledges that such shares are not registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and that such shares may not be transferred or sold except pursuant to the registration provisions of the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption therefrom and subject to state securities laws and regulations, as applicable. The Seller is able to bear the economic risk of holding such shares for an indefinite period (including total loss of its investment), and has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment.

 

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Section 3.23.         No Outside Reliance. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article III or any other provision hereof, the Seller acknowledges and agrees that neither the Acquirors nor any of their respective Affiliates, agents or Representatives is making any representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, beyond those expressly given in Article IV, and the Seller specifically disclaims that it is relying upon or has relied upon any representations or warranties beyond those expressly given in Article IV that may have been made by any Person, and acknowledges and agrees that the Acquirors have specifically disclaimed and do hereby specifically disclaim any such other representation or warranty made by any Person.

 

Section 3.24.         No Other Representations and Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Article III (including the related portions of the Seller Disclosure Schedules), neither the Seller, any Acquired Company nor their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, advisors, agents or Representatives has made or makes any other express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, to Acquirors or any other Person on behalf of the Seller or the Acquired Companies, including any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding the Acquired Companies furnished or made available to the Acquirors and their respective Representatives (including any confidential information memorandum and any information, documents or material made available to the Acquirors in certain “data rooms,” management presentations or in any other form in expectation of the Transactions) or as to the future revenue, profitability or success of the Acquired Companies, or any representation or warranty arising from statute or otherwise in Law.

 

Article IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIRORS

 

Except as set forth in the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, the Acquirors hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Seller as follows:

 

Section 4.01.         Qualification and Organization of the Acquirors.

 

(a)          As of the date hereof, the Parent Acquiror is an exempted company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and will be, as of Closing, a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, in each case with all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to carry out its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery by the Parent Acquiror of this Agreement, the performance by the Parent Acquiror of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by the Parent Acquiror of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of the Parent Acquiror. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Parent Acquiror, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Seller) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Parent Acquiror, enforceable against the Parent Acquiror in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). Except for its ownership of the Signor Acquiror, the Parent Acquiror does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity interests in any Person. Except for its ownership of the Signor Acquiror, the Parent Acquiror does not have any Subsidiaries.

 

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(b)          As of the date hereof, the Signor Acquiror is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, with all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to carry out its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery by the Signor Acquiror of this Agreement, the performance by the Signor Acquiror of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by the Signor Acquiror of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of the Signor Acquiror. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Signor Acquiror, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Seller) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Signor Acquiror, enforceable against the Signor Acquiror in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). The Signor Acquiror does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity interests in any Person and does not have any Subsidiaries.

 

(c)          As of the date hereof, Topaz Holdings is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, with all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to carry out its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery by Topaz Holdings of this Agreement, the performance by Topaz Holdings of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by Topaz Holdings of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of Topaz Holdings. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Topaz Holdings, and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Seller) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Topaz Holdings, enforceable against Topaz Holdings in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). Topaz Holdings does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity interests in any Person and does not have any Subsidiaries.

 

Section 4.02.         Capitalization of the Acquirors.

 

(a)          The authorized share capital of the Parent Acquiror consists of 380 million Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 (the “Class A Shares”); 20 million Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 (the “Class B Shares” and, together with the Class A Shares, the “Parent Ordinary Shares”), and 1,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.0001 (the “Parent Preferred Shares”). None of the Parent Preferred Shares is issued and outstanding. As of the date of this Agreement, (i) 2,277,853 Class A Shares were issued and outstanding, excluding 47,722,147 shares subject to possible redemption, and (ii) 12,500,000 Class B Shares were issued and outstanding. The authorized capital stock of the Signor Acquiror consists of 100 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Signor Common Stock”), all of which is issued to and held by the Parent Acquiror. All the outstanding shares of the Parent Ordinary Shares and the Signor Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are free of pre-emptive rights. No issued and outstanding shares of any of the capital stock of the Acquirors are held in treasury.

 

(b)          Except as set forth in Section 4.02(a) of this Agreement or Section 4.02(b) of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, (i) the Acquirors do not have any shares issued or outstanding and (ii) there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, puts, calls, exchangeable or convertible securities or other similar rights, agreements or commitments relating to the issuance of capital stock to which the Acquirors are a party obligating the Acquirors to (A) issue, transfer or sell any shares or other equity interests of the Acquirors or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such shares or equity interests; (B) grant, extend or enter into any such subscription, option, warrant, put, call, exchangeable or convertible securities or other similar right, agreement or commitment; (C) redeem or otherwise acquire any such shares or other equity interests; or (D) provide a material amount of funds to, or make any material investment in any Person other than in connection with this Transaction.

 

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(c)          The Acquirors do not have outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other similar obligations with the right to vote (or that are convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the shareholders of the Acquirors on any matter.

 

(d)          Except as set forth in Section 4.02(d) of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, there are no voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which the Acquirors are a party with respect to the voting of the capital stock or other equity interests of the Acquirors.

 

Section 4.03.         No Conflicts.

 

(a)          Other than the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals, the execution and delivery by the Acquirors of this Agreement do not, and the consummation of the Transactions and compliance with the provisions hereof will not (a) result in any violation or breach of, or default or change of control (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of, or result in, termination, modification, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation or to the loss of a material benefit under any Contract, loan, guarantee of Indebtedness or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, material lease, permit, concession, franchise or right binding upon the Acquirors, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties, rights or assets of the Acquirors, other than Permitted Liens; (b) conflict with or result in any violation of any provision of the Acquiror Governing Documents; or (c) conflict with or violate any Laws applicable to the Acquirors or any of their respective properties or assets, other than in the case of clause (a) any such violation, breach, conflict, default, termination, modification, cancellation, acceleration, right, loss or Lien that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)          Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Seller contained in this Agreement, no consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required on the part of the Acquirors with respect to the Acquirors’ execution or delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, except as otherwise disclosed in Section 4.03(b) of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules.

 

Section 4.04.         Holdco Liabilities. Since its date of incorporation, neither the Signor Acquiror nor Topaz Holdings has carried on any business or conducted any operations other than the execution of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and matters ancillary thereto. Other than under the Transaction Documents or pursuant to the performance of its obligations thereunder, neither the Signor Acquiror nor Topaz Holdings has any liabilities.

 

Section 4.05.         Investment Purpose. The Signor Acquiror is acquiring the Membership Interests solely for its own account for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof. The Signor Acquiror acknowledges that the Membership Interests are not registered under the Securities Act or any state securities Laws, and that the Membership Interests may not be transferred or sold except pursuant to the registration provisions of the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption therefrom and subject to state securities laws and regulations, as applicable. The Signor Acquiror is able to bear the economic risk of holding the Membership Interests for an indefinite period (including total loss of its investment), and has sufficient knowledge and experience in its financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risk of its investment.

 

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Section 4.06.        SEC Filings. The Parent Acquiror has since July 12, 2017 timely filed or furnished all statements, prospectuses, registration statements, forms, reports and documents required to be filed by it with the SEC, pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (collectively, and together with any exhibits and schedules thereto and other information incorporated therein, and as they have been supplemented, modified or amended since the time of filing, the “Acquiror SEC Reports”). Each of the Acquiror SEC Reports, as of the respective date of its filing or, if amended, as of the date of the most recent amendment, complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to the Acquiror SEC Reports. As of the respective date of its filing or most recent amendment, no Acquiror SEC Report contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC with respect to the Acquiror SEC Reports.

 

Section 4.07.         Internal Controls; Listing; Financial Statements.

 

(a)          Except as not required in reliance on exemptions from various reporting requirements by virtue of the Parent Acquiror’s status as an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, (i) the Parent Acquiror has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act). Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Parent Acquiror, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, is made known to the Parent Acquiror’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared, and (ii) since July 12, 2017, the Parent Acquiror and its Subsidiaries have established and maintained a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Parent Acquiror’s financial reporting and the preparation of the Parent Acquiror’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with US GAAP.

 

(b)          Each director and executive officer of the Parent Acquiror has filed with the SEC on a timely basis all statements required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Acquirors have not taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(c)          Except as set forth in Section 4.07(c) of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, since July 12, 2017, the Parent Acquiror has complied in all material respects with the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of NASDAQ. The issued and outstanding shares of the Parent Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on NASDAQ. There is no legal proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Acquirors, threatened by NASDAQ or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the Parent Ordinary Shares or prohibit or terminate the listing of the Parent Ordinary Shares on NASDAQ. The Acquirors have taken no action that is designed to terminate the registration of the Parent Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act.

 

(d)          The Acquiror SEC Reports contain true and complete copies of the (i) audited balance sheet as of December 31, 2017, and the related statements of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity of the Parent Acquiror for the year ended December 31, 2017, together with the auditor’s reports thereon, and (ii) unaudited balance sheet as of June 30, 2018, and the related statements of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity of the Parent Acquiror for the six (6) month period ended June 30, 2018 ((i) and (ii) together, the “Acquiror Financial Statements”). Except as disclosed in the Acquiror SEC Reports, the Acquiror Financial Statements (i) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Parent Acquiror, as at the respective dates thereof, and its results of operations and cash flows for the respective periods then ended; (ii) were prepared in conformity with US GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto); and (iii) comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act in effect as of the respective dates thereof. The books and records of the Parent Acquiror and its Subsidiaries have been, and are being, maintained in all material respects in accordance with US GAAP and any other applicable legal and accounting requirements.

 

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Section 4.08.        Trust Account. As of the date hereof, the Parent Acquiror has $325.0 million in the account established by the Parent Acquiror for the benefit of its stockholders at Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trust Account”), such monies being invested in United States Government securities or money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and held in trust pursuant to that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of January 17, 2018, between the Parent Acquiror and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trust Agreement”). The Trust Agreement is valid and in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms and has not been amended or modified. There are no separate Contracts, side letters or other arrangements or understandings (whether written or unwritten, express or implied) that would cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the Acquiror SEC Reports to be inaccurate or that would entitle any Person (other than pursuant to an Acquiror Share Redemption) to any portion of the proceeds in the Trust Account. There are no proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent Acquiror, threatened with respect to the Trust Account.

 

Section 4.09.        No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except (a) as disclosed, reflected or reserved against in the Parent Acquiror’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto) as of June 30, 2018 (the “Acquiror Balance Sheet Date”), (b) for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since the Acquiror Balance Sheet Date, (c) as expressly permitted or contemplated by this Agreement and (d) for liabilities that have been discharged or paid in full in the ordinary course of business, as of the date hereof, the Acquirors do not have any material liabilities of any nature, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise. For purposes of this Section 4.09, the term “liabilities” shall not include obligations of the Acquired Companies to perform under or comply with any applicable Law, Action, judgment or Contract, but would include such liabilities and obligations if there has been a default or failure to perform or comply by the Acquired Companies with any such liability or obligation if such default or failure would, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, reasonably be expected to result in a monetary obligation or the imposition of injunctive or other equitable remedies.

 

Section 4.10.        Compliance with Laws. The Acquirors are in compliance in all material respects with all Laws applicable to the Acquirors or any of their respective properties or assets.

 

Section 4.11.         Absence of Changes.

 

(a)          Since December 31, 2017 through the date of this Agreement, there has not occurred any event, development, occurrence, change, or state of facts that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)          From the Acquiror Balance Sheet Date through the date of this Agreement, the Acquirors have not taken any action that would constitute a breach of clause (ii) of Section 6.01 had such action been taken after the execution of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or termination date of this Agreement.

 

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Section 4.12.         Finders and Brokers. The Acquirors have not employed any investment banker, broker or finder in connection with the Transactions, other than as set forth in Section 4.12 of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, who might be entitled to any fee or any commission in connection with or upon consummation of the purchase and sale of the Shares.

 

Section 4.13.         Indebtedness. Other than advances from the Founders for expenses of the Acquirors incurred in the ordinary course of business, the Acquirors have no Indebtedness.

 

Section 4.14.         No Discussions. Other than discussions and negotiations relating to the Transactions and discussions with Algeco and its Affiliates and Representatives with respect to the acquisition of Target, the Acquirors are not actively pursuing with any other Person (each a “Third Party Target”): (a) a sale or exclusive license of all or substantially all of any Third Party Target’s assets to the Parent Acquiror, the Signor Acquiror or Topaz Holdings; (b) any merger, consolidation or other business combination transaction with respect to any Third Party Target; or (c) the direct or indirect acquisition (including by way of a tender or exchange offer) by the Parent Acquiror, the Signor Acquiror or Topaz Holdings of beneficial ownership or a right to acquire beneficial ownership of shares representing a majority of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of any Third Party Target.

 

Section 4.15.         Acquiror Vote Required. An ordinary resolution being the affirmative vote of a majority of the holders of the shares of the Parent Ordinary Shares who are present at the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting and vote is required to (a) approve the Transaction Agreements, the Transactions, the Merger, the Topaz Merger and any related transactions contemplated hereby; (b) approve the adoption of the New Benefit Plans; (c) approve the issuance of Parent Ordinary Shares to the Seller in connection with the payment of Stock Consideration; (e) approve the other Transaction Proposals, other than those set forth in clauses (x) and (y) below and (f) adjourn the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting, if necessary, to permit further solicitation of proxies because there are not sufficient votes to approve and adopt any of the Transaction Proposals and a special resolution being the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (66⅔%) of the holders of the shares of the Parent Ordinary Shares who are present at the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting and vote is required to (x) approve the Domestication and (y) amend the Parent Acquiror Governing Documents in connection with the extension of the expiration date required thereunder for the consummation of the Transactions and adopt and approve the ListCo Governing Documents in connection with the Domestication of the Parent Acquiror in Delaware (collectively, the “Acquiror Shareholder Approvals”). Other than the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals, there are no other votes of the holders of the Parent Ordinary Shares or of any other class or series of the capital stock of the Parent Acquiror or Signor Acquiror necessary with respect to the Transactions or any related matters.

 

Section 4.16.         No Outside Reliance. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article IV or any other provision hereof, the Acquirors acknowledge and agree that neither the Seller nor the Acquired Companies nor any of their respective Affiliates, agents or Representatives is making any representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, beyond those expressly given in Article III, including any implied representation or warranty as to condition, merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose or trade as to any of the assets of any Acquired Company, and the Acquirors specifically disclaim that they are relying upon or have relied upon any representations or warranties beyond those expressly given in Article III that may have been made by any Person, and acknowledge and agree that the Seller has specifically disclaimed and do hereby specifically disclaim any such other representation or warranty made by any Person. The Acquirors further acknowledge and agree that they have conducted their own independent review and analysis of the Acquired Companies and, based thereon, have formed an independent judgment concerning the business, operations, assets, condition and prospects of the Acquired Companies.

 

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Section 4.17.         No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Article IV (including the related portions of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules), neither the Acquirors nor any other Person has made or makes any other express or implied representation or warranty, either written or oral, on behalf of the Acquirors, including any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information regarding the Acquirors furnished or made available to the Seller or its Representatives.

 

Article V

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF SELLER

 

Section 5.01.        Conduct of Business by the Acquired Companies Prior to the Closing. The Seller agrees that between the date of this Agreement and the Closing, or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01, except (a) as set forth in Section 5.01 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, (b) as specifically required by this Agreement and the Transactions contemplated hereby (including the Debt Financing and the transactions contemplated thereby), (c) as required by Law or (d) as consented to in writing by the Acquirors, (i) shall cause the Acquired Companies to conduct their business in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact their present business organization and to preserve their present relationships with customers, suppliers and other Persons with whom they have material business relationships and (ii) shall not permit any Acquired Company to:

 

(a)          split, combine, reduce, reclassify, encumber, pledge or dispose of any of its equity interests, or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for its equity interests, except for any such transaction by an Acquired Subsidiary that is a wholly owned Acquired Subsidiary, and that remains a wholly owned Acquired Subsidiary, after consummation of such transaction;

 

(b)          with respect to Signor exclusively, declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution;

 

(c)          terminate the employment of any individual in a position of vice president or above (or equivalent thereof), other than due to such individual’s death or disability or for cause or non-performance of duties (each, as determined by Signor, or the applicable Acquired Subsidiary, in its reasonable discretion in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);

 

(d)          (i) change the terms of its agreements or other arrangements with any former director, officer, employee, independent contractor or consultant; (ii) hire any employee or engage any independent contractor or consultant; or (iii) establish, adopt, enter into, amend or terminate any Collective Bargaining Agreement or Company Benefit Plan (or a plan or arrangement that would be a Company Benefit Plan if in existence as of the date hereof);

 

(e)          make any material change in financial accounting policies or procedures or any of its methods of reporting income, deductions or other material items for financial accounting purposes, except as required by US GAAP or applicable Law;

 

(f)          authorize or announce an intention to authorize, or enter into agreements providing for, any acquisitions of an equity interest in any Person or any business or division of any Person (including by means of an asset purchase), or any mergers, consolidations or business combinations, except for (i) capital expenditures in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, (ii) acquisitions of assets related to the business of the Acquired Companies as being conducted as of the date hereof for which the purchase price for such assets, individually or in the aggregate, does not exceed $20,000,000 in cash, (iii) transactions between Signor and its wholly owned Acquired Subsidiaries or between Signor’s wholly owned Acquired Subsidiaries, or (iv)  the creation of new wholly owned Subsidiaries organized to conduct or continue activities otherwise permitted by this Agreement and that will be Acquired Subsidiaries;

 

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(g)          amend the governing documents of any of the Acquired Company;

 

(h)          redeem, repurchase, prepay (other than prepayments of revolving loans), defease, incur, assume, endorse, guarantee or otherwise become liable for or modify in any material respects the terms of any Indebtedness or capital leases or issue or sell any debt securities or calls, options, warrants or other rights to acquire any debt securities (directly, contingently or otherwise), except for (i) any Indebtedness for borrowed money among Signor, and its wholly owned Acquired Subsidiaries or among wholly owned Acquired Subsidiaries; (ii) guarantees by Signor of Indebtedness for borrowed money of Acquired Subsidiaries or guarantees by Acquired Subsidiaries of Indebtedness for borrowed money of Signor or any Acquired Subsidiary, which Indebtedness is incurred in compliance with this clause (h); (iii) transactions at the stated maturity of such Indebtedness and required amortization or mandatory prepayments; (iv)  interest accrued on Indebtedness not prohibited hereunder; and (v) Indebtedness or capital leases not to exceed $15,000,000 in aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time incurred by any Acquired Company other than in accordance with clauses (i) through (iv); provided that nothing contained herein shall prohibit (x) any Acquired Company from making guarantees or obtaining letters of credit or surety bonds for the benefit of commercial counterparties in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (y) the Acquired Companies from consummating the Debt Financing

 

(i)          except for sales and leases of accommodations in the ordinary course of business, sell, lease, license, transfer, exchange, swap or otherwise dispose of, or subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens), any of its properties or assets (including shares in the capital of the Acquired Subsidiaries), except (v) pursuant to an existing agreement in effect prior to the execution of this Agreement that is listed in Section 5.01(i) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, (w) in the case of Liens, as required in connection with any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 5.01(h), (x) such transactions with neither a fair market value of the assets or properties nor an aggregate purchase price that exceeds $25,000,000 in the aggregate for all such transactions, (y) for transactions among Signor and its wholly owned Acquired Subsidiaries or among Signor’s wholly owned Acquired Subsidiaries, and (z) for transactions with Target or any Subsidiary or direct parent entity thereof under the existing lease and services agreements disclosed on Section 3.16(a)(xiv) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules; provided that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Acquired Companies from consummating the Debt Financing;

 

(j)          transfer, assign, license, otherwise dispose of, or subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens), any material Company Owned IP, except in the ordinary course of business; provided that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the Acquired Companies from consummating the Debt Financing;

 

(k)          adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization other than this Agreement;

 

(l)          except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, amend, modify, terminate or encumber (other than an encumbrance that is a Permitted Lien) any Material Lease;

 

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(m)          enter into any agreement that restricts the ability of any of the Acquired Companies to engage or compete in any line of business in any respect material to the business of the Acquired Companies, or enter into any agreement that restricts the ability of any of the Acquired Companies to enter a new line of business;

 

(n)          enter into, renew or amend in any material respect any Affiliate Agreement;

 

(o)          waive, settle or satisfy any material claim against any Acquired Company, other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or that otherwise does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate (net of insurance recoveries);

 

(p)          make, change or revoke any material election relating to income Taxes, file any material amended Tax Return, surrender any right to claim a refund of a material amount of Taxes, consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any material Tax claim or assessment, enter into any material closing agreement or similar agreement relating to Taxes with any Governmental Authority, settle or compromise any material claim or assessment by any Governmental Authority relating to Taxes;

 

(q)          conduct any group reduction in force or plant closing that would trigger the notice requirements under WARN or any similar state, local, or foreign Laws; or

 

(r)          agree, in writing or otherwise, or commit to take any of the foregoing actions.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall give the Acquirors, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct any Acquired Company’s operations prior to the Closing. Prior to the Closing, each Acquired Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its operations.

 

Section 5.02.         Trust Account Waiver. Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Parent Acquiror is a blank check company with the power and privileges to effect a merger, asset acquisition, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Acquired Companies and one or more businesses or assets. Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Acquirors’ sole assets consist of the cash proceeds of the Parent Acquiror’s initial public offering and private placements of its securities, and that substantially all of these proceeds have been deposited in the Trust Account for the benefit of its public shareholders. For and in consideration of the Acquirors entering into this Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Seller, on behalf of itself and any of its managers, directors, officers, affiliates, members, stockholders and trustees, hereby irrevocably waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they have or may have in the future in or to any monies in the Trust Account, and agrees not to seek recourse against the Trust Account or any funds distributed therefrom as a result of, or arising out of, any claims against the Acquirors arising under this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.03.         Exclusivity. Until the Closing occurs or this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, and except in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Target Merger Agreement and the Transactions contemplated hereby, Seller will not (and Seller shall cause its Subsidiaries and controlled Affiliates and their respective Representatives to not), solicit, initiate, negotiate, agree to, engage in or renew any contact concerning any proposal or offer, or any contact that would reasonably be expected to result in a proposal or offer, from any Person (other than the Acquirors and their respective Affiliates) relating to any of the following involving the Acquired Companies: (a) a liquidation, dissolution or recapitalization, (b) a merger or consolidation, (c) an acquisition or purchase of any of the material assets (or any material portion of its assets) of, or any equity interest in, the Acquired Companies, except for the sale of assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (d) any similar transaction or business combination outside the ordinary course of business, or (e) any financing, investment, acquisition, purchase, merger, sale or any other similar transaction that would restrict, prohibit or inhibit the Seller’s ability to consummate the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Target Merger Agreement (each, an “Acquisition Proposal”). Seller represents and warrants that all discussions and negotiations relating to any Acquisition Proposal (other than the transactions with the Acquirors contemplated by this Agreement) have been terminated. In the event Seller or the Signor receives any unsolicited Acquisition Proposal, Seller shall promptly, and in any event, within forty-eight (48) hours, provide written notice and a copy of such Acquisition Proposal to the Acquirors.

 

Article VI

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF ACQUIRORS

 

Section 6.01.        Acquiror Operations. The Acquirors agree that between the date of this Agreement and the Closing, or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01, except (a) as set forth in Section 6.01 of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, (b) as specifically required by this Agreement, (c) as required by Law or (d) as consented to in writing by the Seller, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, (i) the Acquirors shall conduct their business in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (ii) each of the Acquirors shall not:

 

(a)          declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of their capital stock, and/or repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any shares of its capital stock or other securities, other than in connection with the Acquiror Share Redemption;

 

(b)          except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or the Target Merger Agreement, sell, issue or authorize the issuance of (i) any capital stock or other security; (ii) any option or right to acquire any capital stock or other security; or (iii) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other security, in each case other than in connection with the Equity Offering or the Backstop Offering;

 

(c)          make any distribution of amounts held in the Trust Account, except as permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 hereof;

 

(d)          enter into, or permit any of the assets owned or used by it to become bound by, any Contract requiring the consent of any other party to such Contract in connection with the Transactions;

 

(e)          (i) lend money to any Person or (ii) incur or guarantee any Indebtedness other than advances from the Founders for expenses of the Acquirors incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(f)          change any of its methods of accounting or accounting practices in any material respect except as required by US GAAP or applicable Law;

 

(g)          adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization other than this Agreement;

 

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(h)          amend the Target Merger Agreement; or

 

(i)          agree, in writing or otherwise, or commit to take any of the actions described in clauses (a) through (i) above.

 

Section 6.02.        Acquiror Shareholder Approvals. The Parent Acquiror shall, as promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act (a) give notice of and (b) convene and hold an extraordinary general meeting (the “Acquiror Shareholders Meeting”) in accordance with the Parent Acquiror Governing Documents, for the purposes of obtaining the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals and, if applicable, any approvals related thereto and providing its shareholders with the opportunity to elect to effect an Acquiror Share Redemption. The Parent Acquiror shall, through its board of directors, recommend to its shareholders the (i) approval of the Domestication; (ii) adoption and approval of the Transaction Agreements, the Transactions and any related transactions contemplated hereby, including the Target Merger Agreement and transactions contemplated thereby; (iii) amendment of the Parent Acquiror Governing Documents in connection with the extension of the expiration date required thereunder for the consummation of the Transactions, either in the form of a stand-alone amendment or simultaneously with the approval of the ListCo Governing Documents (defined below); (iv) adoption and approval of the new Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of ListCo, in the respective forms attached hereto as Exhibit D and Exhibit E (collectively, the “ListCo Governing Documents”), in connection with the Domestication of the Parent Acquiror in Delaware; (v) adoption and approval of any other proposals as the SEC (or staff members thereof) may indicate are necessary in its comments to the Registration Statement or in correspondence related thereto, and of any other proposals reasonably agreed by the Acquirors and the Seller as necessary or appropriate in connection with the Transactions; (vi) adoption and approval of the New Benefit Plans; (vii) approval of the issuance of Parent Ordinary Shares to the Seller in connection with the payment of the Stock Consideration; and (viii) the adjournment of the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting, if necessary, to permit further solicitation of proxies because there are not sufficient votes to approve and adopt any of the foregoing (such proposals in (i) through (viii), together, the “Transaction Proposals”). The Parent Acquiror shall promptly notify the Seller in writing of any determination to make any withdrawal of such recommendation or amendment, qualification or modification of such recommendation in a manner adverse to the Seller (an “Adverse Recommendation”); provided, that the Parent Acquiror may only postpone or adjourn the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting (x) to solicit additional proxies for the purpose of obtaining the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals, (y) for the absence of a quorum and (z) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that the Parent Acquiror has determined after consultation with outside legal counsel is reasonably likely to be required under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by shareholders of the Parent Acquiror prior to the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting.

 

Section 6.03.         No Solicitation. From the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01, except in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Target Merger Agreement, neither the Acquirors nor any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives shall, directly or indirectly:

 

(a)          commence, initiate or renew any discussion, proposal or offer to any Third Party Target, or make any proposal or offer related to a business combination (other than the Transactions);

 

(b)          commence or renew any due diligence investigation of any Third Party Target;

 

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(c)          participate in any discussions or negotiations or enter into any term sheet, memorandum of understanding or other Contract with any Third Party Target;

 

(d)          present or respond substantively to any proposal or offer to any Third Party Target relating to a possible transaction of any kind; or

 

(e)          agree or commit to take any of the actions described in clauses (a) through (d) above.

 

From and after the date hereof, the Acquirors and their respective officers and directors shall, and the Acquirors shall instruct and cause their respective Representatives to, immediately cease and terminate all discussions and negotiations with any Person that may be ongoing with respect to a possible business combination, excluding the Seller, the Acquired Companies, Arrow Holdings and its Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives.

 

Section 6.04.         Trust Account Termination. Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account may be used or released except (i) for the withdrawal of interest to pay income taxes and (ii) to effectuate the Acquiror Share Redemption; provided that at least $225 million of gross cash proceeds remains in the Trust Account as of Closing (or such lesser amount as the Seller may agree to in writing in its sole discretion pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof). Following the Closing, and upon notice to the trustee of the Trust Account (the “Trustee”) and the satisfaction of the requirements for release set forth in the Trust Agreement, the Trustee shall be obligated to release as promptly as practicable any and all amounts still due to holders of the Parent Ordinary Shares who have exercised their redemption rights with respect to the Parent Ordinary Shares, and, thereafter, release the remaining funds in the Trust Account to the Parent Acquiror to be reflected on the Parent Acquiror’s consolidated balance sheet and the Trust Account shall thereafter be terminated.

 

Section 6.05.         D&O Insurance and Indemnification.

 

(a)          The Acquirors agree that all rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation by the Acquired Companies now existing in favor of each Person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date hereof, or who becomes prior to the Closing Date, an officer or director of the Acquired Companies, as provided in the governing documents of the Acquired Companies, or pursuant to any other agreements in effect on the date hereof and disclosed in Section 6.05(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms.

 

(b)          The Acquirors shall cause the Acquired Companies to (i) maintain in effect for a period of six years after the Closing Date, if available, the current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance maintained thereby immediately prior to the Closing Date (provided that the Acquirors may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage and amounts and containing terms and conditions that are not less advantageous to the directors and officers of the Acquired Companies when compared to the insurance maintained by the Acquired Companies as of the date hereof), or (ii) obtain as of the Closing Date “tail” insurance policies with a claims period of six years from the Closing Date with at least the same coverage and amounts, and containing terms and conditions that are not less advantageous to the directors and officers of the Acquired Companies, in each case with respect to claims arising out of or relating to events that occurred on or prior to the Closing Date (including in connection with the Transactions).

 

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(c)          The obligations of the Acquirors under this Section 6.05 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any director or officer to whom this Section 6.05 applies without the consent of such affected director or officer (it being expressly agreed that the directors and officers to whom this Section 6.05 applies shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 6.05, each of whom may enforce the provisions of this Section 6.05).

 

(d)          In the event the Acquirors, any Acquired Company or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity in such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in either such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Acquirors or such Acquired Companies, as the case may be, shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.05.

 

Section 6.06.         Domestication. Subject to receipt of the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals, the Parent Acquiror shall file, on or prior to the Closing Date, a Certificate of Domestication with the Delaware Secretary of State, together with the Certificate of Incorporation in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.

 

Section 6.07.        Target Merger. The Acquirors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep Seller fully informed with respect to the status of the transactions contemplated by the Target Merger Agreement and any material information relating thereto, including without limitation the delivery of any required consents, the existence of any potential disputes that arise or may be expect to arise thereunder, breaches or alleged breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants thereof by any party thereto, and any concerns or potential delays with respect to satisfaction of conditions to closing thereunder. In the event of any proposed amendments to the terms and conditions of the Target Merger Agreement, the Acquirors shall afford the Seller the opportunity to review and shall consider in good faith any comments thereon. For the avoidance of doubt, the Target Merger Agreement, as executed on the date hereof, shall not be amended without the prior written consent of the Seller not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

Section 6.08.         Topaz Merger. The Parent Acquiror shall use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the merger of the Surviving Company with and into Topaz Holdings immediately following the Effective Time and immediately prior to the transactions contemplated by the Target Merger Agreement, as described herein:

 

(a)          Merger. Immediately following the Effective Time, Topaz Holdings shall merge with and into the Surviving Company (such merger, the “Topaz Merger”), the separate existence of the Surviving Company shall cease and Topaz Holdings shall continue as the surviving corporation in the Topaz Merger. Topaz Holdings, in its capacity as the company surviving the Topaz Merger, is hereinafter sometime referred to as the “Topaz Surviving Company.”

 

(b)          Effective Time. Immediately after the Effective Time, Topaz Holdings shall cause the Topaz Merger to be consummated by filing a duly executed and delivered certificate of merger as required by the DGCL (the “Topaz Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form as required by, and executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of, the DGCL (the time of such filing, or such other time as Topaz Holdings shall specify in the Topaz Certificate of Merger, the “Topaz Effective Time”).

 

(c)          Effect of the Merger. At the Topaz Effective Time, the effect of the Topaz Merger shall be as provided in the Topaz Certificate of Merger, and as specified in the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Topaz Effective Time all of the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Surviving Company shall vest in the Topaz Surviving Company, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Company shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Topaz Surviving Company.

 

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(d)          Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Topaz Surviving Company. At and after the Topaz Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Topaz Holdings, as in effect immediately prior to the Topaz Effective Time, shall be the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Topaz Surviving Company, in each case, until amended in accordance with the DGCL.

 

(e)          Directors and Officers of the Surviving Company. From and after the Topaz Effective Time, the Persons serving as directors and/or officers of the Surviving Company immediately prior to the Topaz Effective Time shall be the initial directors and/or officers of the Topaz Surviving Company until their respective successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Topaz Surviving Company and applicable Law.

 

(f)          Effect on Shares of Capital Stock. At and after the Topaz Effective Time, by virtue of the Topaz Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holders of any of the securities of any Party, all shares of capital stock of the Surviving Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Topaz Effective Time shall be cancelled, retired and shall cease to exist, and the Parent Acquiror shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto.

 

Section 6.09.         Further Assurances. The Acquirors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with Seller to take all actions reasonably necessary under applicable Law to effectuate the transfer of a portion of the Stock Consideration paid to Seller hereunder to certain parties to that certain Algeco Earnout Agreement, pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof, on or immediately following the Closing.

 

Article VII

JOINT COVENANTS OF SELLER AND ACQUIRORS

 

Section 7.01.        Access; Confidentiality; Notice of Certain Events.

 

(a)          From the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the Seller and Acquirors shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries (if applicable), to afford to the other Party and to the Representatives of such other Party reasonable access during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice to all of their respective properties, offices, books, Contracts, commitments, personnel and records (in each case, whether in physical or electronic form) and, during such period, the Seller and Acquirors shall, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, furnish reasonably promptly to the other Party any and all information (financial or otherwise) concerning its and its Subsidiaries’ business, properties and personnel as such other Party may reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Seller nor the Acquirors shall be required by this Section 7.01(a) to provide the other Party or the Representatives of such other Party with access to, or to disclose information that is subject to the terms of a confidentiality agreement with a third party entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, the disclosure of which would violate any Law or duty or that is subject to any attorney-client, attorney work product or other legal privilege (provided, however, that the withholding Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to allow for such access or disclosure to the maximum extent that does not result in a loss of any such attorney-client, attorney work product or other legal privilege). The Seller and Acquirors will use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize any disruption to the business of the Acquired Companies that may result from the requests for access, data and information hereunder.

 

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(b)          The Seller and Acquirors will hold, and will cause their respective Representatives and Affiliates to hold, any non-public information, including any information exchanged pursuant to Section 7.01(a), in confidence in accordance with, and will otherwise comply with, the terms of the confidentiality provisions of the Term Sheet.

 

(c)          The Seller shall give prompt notice to the Acquirors, and the Acquirors shall give prompt notice to the Seller (i) of any notice or other communication received by such Party from any Governmental Authority in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, or from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the Transactions; (ii) of any legal proceeding commenced or, to any Party’s knowledge, threatened against such Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or otherwise relating to, involving or affecting such Party or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, in each case in connection with, arising from or otherwise relating to the Transactions; (iii) upon becoming aware of the occurrence or impending occurrence of any event or circumstance relating to it or any of the Subsidiaries of the Acquired Companies or the Acquirors, that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect or an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect, or that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay or impede the consummation of the Transactions; provided, however, that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 7.01(c) shall not cure any breach of any representation or warranty requiring disclosure of such matter prior to the date of this Agreement or otherwise limit or affect the remedies available hereunder to any Party. The failure to deliver any such notice shall not affect any of the conditions set forth in Article VIII or give rise to any right to terminate under Section 9.01.

 

Section 7.02.         Preparation of Proxy Statement/Registration Statement.

 

(a)          As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement (provided that the Seller has provided to the Acquirors all of the information described in Section 7.02(d) hereof), (i) the Acquirors shall prepare and file with the SEC materials that shall include the proxy statement/prospectus to be filed with the SEC as part of the Registration Statement and sent to the shareholders of the Parent Acquiror relating to the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting (such proxy statement/prospectus, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”) and (ii) the Acquirors shall prepare (with the Seller’s reasonable cooperation) and file with the SEC the Registration Statement, in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the Parent Ordinary Shares to be issued in connection with the Domestication and the Transactions. The Acquirors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, to have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to keep the Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Transactions. The Parent Acquiror shall set a record date (the “Acquiror Record Date”) for determining the shareholders of the Parent Acquiror entitled to attend the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting. The Acquirors also agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary state securities law or “blue sky” permits and approvals required to carry out the Transactions, and the Seller shall furnish all information concerning the Acquired Companies and any of their respective shareholders as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. The Acquirors will cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to each shareholder who was a shareholder of the Parent Acquiror as of the Acquiror Record Date promptly after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act.

 

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(b)          The Acquirors will advise the Seller, promptly after the Acquirors receive notice thereof, of the time when the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Ordinary Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or written threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the SEC for the amendment or supplement of the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement or for additional information. The Seller and its counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement and any other document each time before any such document is filed with the SEC, and the Acquirors shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by the Seller and its counsel. The Acquirors shall provide the Seller and its counsel with (i) any comments or other communications, whether written or oral, that the Acquirors or their counsel may receive from time to time from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement promptly after receipt of those comments or other communications and (ii) a reasonable opportunity to participate in the response of the Acquirors to those comments and to provide comments on that response (to which reasonable and good faith consideration shall be given), including by participating in any discussions or meetings with the SEC.

 

(c)          The Seller and Acquirors shall ensure that none of the information supplied by or on its behalf for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Registration Statement will, at the time the Registration Statement is filed with the SEC, at each time at which it is amended and at the time it becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first mailed to the shareholders of the Acquirors and at the time of the Acquiror Shareholders Meeting contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.  If at any time prior to the Closing any information relating to the Seller, Signor, the Acquirors or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates, directors or officers is discovered by the Seller or the Acquirors that is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the Registration Statement so that such document would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Party and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by Law, disseminated to the shareholders of the Parent Acquiror.

 

(d)          The Seller acknowledges that a substantial portion of the Registration Statement will include disclosure regarding the Seller, the Acquired Companies, their respective officers, directors and stockholders, and their business, management, operations and financial condition. Accordingly, the Seller agrees to, and agrees to cause the Acquired Companies to, as promptly as reasonably practicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Acquirors with all such information that is required or reasonably requested by the Acquirors to be included in the Registration Statement or any other statement, filing, notice or application required to be made by or on behalf of the Acquirors to the SEC or NASDAQ in connection with the Transactions.

 

Section 7.03.         Governmental Approvals and Other Third-party Consents.

 

(a)          Each Party shall, as promptly as possible, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, or cause to be obtained, all consents, authorizations, orders and approvals from all Governmental Authorities that may be or become necessary for its execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Each Party shall cooperate fully with the other Party and its Affiliates in promptly seeking to obtain all such consents, authorizations, orders and approvals. The Parties shall not willfully take any action that will have the effect of delaying, impairing or impeding the receipt of any required consents, authorizations, orders or approvals.

 

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(b)          All analyses, appearances, meetings, discussions, presentations, memoranda, briefs, filings, arguments, and proposals made by or on behalf of either Party before any Governmental Authority or the staff or regulators of any Governmental Authority, in connection with the Transactions (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any interactions between the Seller or the Acquired Companies with Governmental Authorities in the ordinary course of business, any disclosure that is not permitted by Law or any disclosure containing confidential information) shall be disclosed to the other Party in advance of any filing, submission or attendance, it being the intent that the Parties will consult and cooperate with one another, and consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection with any such analyses, appearances, meetings, discussions, presentations, memoranda, briefs, filings, arguments and proposals. Each Party shall give notice to the other party with respect to any meeting, discussion, appearance or contact with any Governmental Authority or the staff or regulators of any Governmental Authority, with such notice being sufficient to provide the other Party with the opportunity to attend and participate in such meeting, discussion, appearance or contact.

 

(c)          The Seller and the Acquirors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to give all notices to, and obtain all consents from, all third parties that are described in Section 3.04(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules and Section 4.03(b) of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules; provided, however, that the Seller shall not be obligated to pay any consideration therefor to any third party from whom consent or approval is requested.

 

Section 7.04.        Debt Financing.

 

(a)          The Acquirors have obtained a debt commitment letter, dated as of the date hereof (such letter, together with all annexes and exhibits attached thereto and the executed fee letter, dated as of the date hereof, as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, extended or replaced in accordance with the terms therein and herein, and in the case of the fee letter which may be redacted in respect of numeric fee amounts, economic terms and “market flex” provisions specified therein, collectively, the “Debt Commitment Letter”), pursuant to which the Debt Financing Sources have committed, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to lend to the Acquirors or one of their respective Affiliates the amounts set forth therein for, among other things, the purposes of financing the Transactions, to the extent set forth herein.

 

(b)          Each of the Acquirors and the Seller shall, and the Seller shall cause the Acquired Companies to, use commercially reasonable efforts to take (or cause to be taken) all actions, and to do (or cause to be done) all things necessary, proper or advisable such that prior to the Closing the Acquirors may consummate the Debt Financing, which, together with the funds in the Trust Account and the proceeds of the Equity Offering and the proceeds of the Backstop Offering, if applicable, shall be sufficient to consummate the Transactions, including by using commercially reasonable efforts to (i) negotiate definitive agreements with respect to the Debt Financing (the “Debt Financing Documents”); (ii) satisfy (or, if deemed advisable by the Acquirors and the Seller, seek a waiver of) on a timely basis all conditions in any Debt Financing Documents that are within its control and otherwise comply with its obligations thereunder; (iii) maintain in effect any Debt Financing Documents until the Transactions are consummated or this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms; and (iv) enforce its rights under any Debt Financing Documents in the event of a breach by any counterparty thereto that would reasonably be expected to materially impede or delay the Closing. The Seller and each of the Acquirors shall give the other Party prompt oral and written notice of any material breach or default by any party to any Debt Financing Documents or any Alternative Financing, in each case of which it has become aware, and any purported termination or repudiation by any party to any Debt Financing Documents or any Alternative Financing, in each case of which it has become aware, or upon receipt of written notice of any material dispute or disagreement between or among the parties to any Debt Financing Documents or any Alternative Financing or any Debt Financing Source. In the event any portion of the Debt Financing becomes unavailable on the terms and conditions contemplated in any Debt Financing Documents, each of the Acquirors and the Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly arrange to obtain alternative financing (“Alternative Financing”) from alternative sources in an amount sufficient to consummate the Transactions on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Acquirors than the terms and conditions under the Debt Commitment Letter. In such event, the term “Debt Financing” as used in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Alternative Financing and the term “Debt Commitment Letter” as used in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any commitment letters entered into with respect to any Alternative Financing.

 

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(c)          From and after the date of this Agreement until the Closing, the Seller shall, and shall cause the Acquired Companies to, use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Acquirors with all cooperation reasonably requested by the Acquirors in connection with the Debt Financing, including by using commercially reasonable efforts to (i) provide to the Acquirors pertinent and customary financial and other information regarding the Acquired Companies as reasonably requested by the Acquirors for purposes of the Debt Financing and to cause Signor’s senior management to participate in a reasonable number of meetings (upon reasonable advance notice and at times and locations to be mutually agreed) to discuss any such information; (ii) participate in a reasonable number of meetings (including customary one-on-one meetings with the parties acting as lead arrangers or agents for, and prospective lenders and purchasers of, the Debt Financing), conference calls, presentations, road shows, due diligence (including accounting due diligence) and drafting sessions and sessions with actual and prospective Debt Financing Sources, prospective lenders, investors and rating agencies; (iii) provide reasonable assistance in the preparation of those sections of any customary prospectuses, offering memoranda, information memoranda or other customary materials that relate to the Acquired Companies and the business of the Acquired Companies; (iv) assist the Acquirors and the Debt Financing Sources with their marketing efforts with respect to the Debt Financing, including in the preparation of materials for rating agency presentations, lender presentations, bank information memoranda, offering documents, private placement memoranda, prospectuses, business projections or other marketing documents customarily used to arrange the Debt Financing contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter (and identifying any portion of information provided that constitutes material non-public information); (v) execute and deliver, as of the Closing, any definitive financing documents, including any credit or purchase agreements, subscription agreements, guarantees, pledge agreements, security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust and other security documents or other certificates, documents and instruments relating to guarantees, or any amendments thereto, the pledge of collateral and other matters ancillary to the Debt Financing as may be reasonably requested by any Debt Financing Sources in connection with the applicable Debt Financing and otherwise reasonably facilitating the pledging of collateral, as applicable; and (vi) take all corporate or other actions necessary to permit the consummation of the Debt Financing and to permit the gross proceeds thereof to be made available on the Closing Date to consummate the Transactions.

 

Section 7.05.         Public Announcements.  So long as this Agreement is in effect, neither the Seller, the Acquirors, nor any of their respective Affiliates, shall issue or cause the publication of any press release or other public announcement with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions without the prior consent of the other Parties; provided, however, that such Party may issue or cause the publication of any press release or other public announcement with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions without the prior consent of the other Parties if such Party (a) determines, after consultation with outside counsel, that such press release or other public announcement is required by applicable Law, including the Securities Act or Exchange Act and (b) endeavors, on a reasonable basis given the circumstances, to provide a meaningful opportunity to the other Party to review and comment on such press release or other public announcement in advance and shall give due consideration to all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested thereto.

 

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Section 7.06.         Transfer Taxes. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, recording, value added and other such Taxes, fees and charges (including any penalties and interest) incurred in connection with this Agreement (including any real property transfer Tax and any other similar Tax) shall be borne and paid equally by the Acquirors, on the one hand, and the Seller, on the other hand. The Party required under applicable Law to file any Tax Return or other document with respect to such Taxes or fees shall, at its own expense, timely file any such Tax Return or other document (and the other Parties shall cooperate with respect thereto as necessary)

 

Section 7.07.         Closing Conditions. From the date hereof until the Closing, each Party shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates and Representatives to use commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as are necessary to expeditiously satisfy the closing conditions set forth in Article VIII hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party hereby covenants and agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to work together to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable and shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates to, execute and deliver such additional documents, instruments, conveyances and assurances, and take such further actions as may be reasonably required to give effect to such transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 7.07, shall not (a) require any Party to pay or commit to pay any amount to (or incur any obligation in favor of) any Person to obtain any consents, approvals or authorizations of any third parties that are required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than nominal filing, attorneys or application fees), (b) require Seller to waive any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.01 or waive or cause to be satisfied any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.02, (c) require any Acquiror to waive any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.01 or waive or cause to be satisfied any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.03, or (d) limit any Party’s right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 9.01.

 

Section 7.08.         Further Assurances. Following the Closing, each Party shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates to, execute and deliver such additional documents, instruments, conveyances and assurances, and take such further actions as may be reasonably required to carry out the provisions hereof and give effect to the Transactions.

 

Section 7.09.         Registration Rights Agreement. Between the date hereof and Closing, each Party shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates to, negotiate an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), which shall amend and restated in its entirety that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 11, 2018, by and among Parent Acquiror and the initial investors named on the signature pages thereto, and shall be entered into and effective as of the Closing Date, on commercially reasonable and customary terms for a transaction similar to the Transactions and consistent with the terms set forth in the “Registration Rights” section of the Term Sheet, and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Acquirors and Seller. The Parties agree that the Registration Rights Agreement shall contain lock-up provisions that are consistent with the terms set forth in the “Sale/Transfer/Registration Restrictions/Lock-up period” section of the Term Sheet and customary joinder provisions, pursuant to which each other Person who is issued or receives shares of common stock of ListCo in connection with the Transactions shall become party thereto.

 

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Article VIII

CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

 

Section 8.01.        Conditions to Obligations of the Parties. The obligation of each Party to consummate the Transactions shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)          No Prohibition or Legal Proceedings. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law, judgment, decree, restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order that has the effect of making the Transactions illegal or otherwise restraining or prohibiting consummation of the Transactions. No Governmental Authority or other Person shall have commenced any legal proceeding challenging or seeking to prohibit the Transactions or Transaction Proposals.

 

(b)          Financing. Effective as of immediately prior to (or substantially concurrently with) the Closing, the Debt Financing shall have been obtained.

 

(c)          Acquiror Shareholder Approvals. The Acquiror Shareholder Approvals shall have been obtained.

 

(d)          Ancillary Agreements. The Ancillary Agreements shall have been executed and delivered, or caused to be executed and delivered, by each Party thereto.

 

(e)          Initial Designees. The Seller Designees, Founder Designees and the Independent Designee shall have, subject to the Closing occurring, been appointed to the Board of Directors of ListCo.

 

(f)          Acquisition of Target. The transactions contemplated by the Target Merger Agreement shall have been consummated pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof, as such terms and conditions are set forth in the execution version delivered to the Seller on the date hereof.

 

Section 8.02.        Conditions to Obligations of Seller. The obligation of the Seller to consummate the Transactions shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing, or waiver by the Seller, in their sole discretion, of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)          Representations and Warranties. (i) The representations and warranties of the Acquirors set forth in Section 4.02(a) shall be true and correct in all respects (other than any failures of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct that are de minimis in the aggregate) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or another date shall be true and correct in such manner as of such date; (ii) without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Acquiror Material Adverse Effect contained therein, the representations and warranties of the Acquirors set forth in Section 4.01, Section 4.02(b), Section 4.02(c), Section 4.02(d), Section 4.04 and Section 4.12 shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or another date shall be true and correct in such manner as of such date; and (iii) without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Acquiror Material Adverse Effect contained therein, each of the other representations and warranties of the Acquirors set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date except, in the case of this clause (iii), where any failures of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect, except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or another date shall be true and correct in such manner as of such date.

 

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(b)          Covenants. The Acquirors shall have performed or complied in all material respects with the covenants and agreements required to be performed or complied with by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing.

 

(c)          Closing Certificate. At the Closing, the Acquirors shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Seller a certificate signed on behalf of the Acquirors by a duly authorized executive officer of each Acquiror stating that the conditions specified in Section 8.02(a) and Section 8.02(b) have been satisfied;

 

(d)          Certificate of Secretary. At the Closing, the Acquirors shall have respectively delivered or caused to be delivered to the Seller a certificate signed by the Secretary or any duly authorized officer of each Acquiror, attesting to the completion of all necessary corporate action by such Acquiror to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the Transaction, and including (i) copies of the organizational documents of such Acquiror certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware dated no more than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, (ii) resolutions or an action by written consent required in connection with this Agreement, and (iii) a good standing (or similar) certificate of such Acquiror from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware that is dated no more than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

 

(e)          Minimum Proceeds. The aggregate amount of proceeds to be delivered by Parent Acquiror at Closing of the Target Merger from the Trust Account, the Equity Offering and the Backstop Offering, if any, before paying Transaction Expenses, shall equal at least $225.0 million.

 

(f)          No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, no Acquiror Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred.

 

(g)          Domestication. The Domestication shall have been completed.

 

(h)          Certificates of Merger. The Arrow Certificate of Merger, duly executed by Arrow Parent, and the Topaz Certificate of Merger, duly executed by Topaz Holdings, shall have been delivered and filed in accordance with applicable Law.

 

(i)          ListCo Governing Documents. The Certificate of Incorporation of ListCo shall have been filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and the Bylaws of ListCo shall have been adopted by its board of directors.

 

(j)          Signor Acquiror Governing Documents. The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Signor Acquiror in effect on the date hereof, in the respective forms attached hereto as Exhibit F and Exhibit G (collectively, the “Signor Acquiror Governing Documents”), shall not have been amended without the consent of the Seller.

 

(k)          Resignation of Officers and Directors of the Parent Acquiror. The Parent Acquiror shall have delivered to Seller the written resignations of the officers and directors of the Parent Acquiror that are not listed in the ListCo Governing Documents effective as of the Closing.

 

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Section 8.03.         Conditions to Obligations of the Acquirors. The obligation of the Acquirors to consummate the Transactions shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing, or waiver by the Acquirors, in their sole discretion, of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)          Representations and Warranties. (i) The representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in Section 3.03(a) shall be true and correct in all respects (other than any failures of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct that are de minimis in the aggregate) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or another date shall be true and correct in such manner as of such date; (ii) without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect contained therein, the representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in Section 3.01, Section 3.02, Section 3.03(b), Section 3.03(c), Section 3.03(d) and Section 3.18 shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or another date shall be true and correct in such manner as of such date; and (iii) without giving effect to any qualification as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect contained therein, each of the other representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date except, in the case of this clause (iii), where any failures of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, except that such representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of the date of this Agreement or another date shall be true and correct in such manner as of such date.

 

(b)          Covenants. The Acquired Companies shall have performed or complied in all material respects with the covenants and agreements required to be performed or complied with by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing.

 

(c)          Closing Certificate. At the Closing, the Seller shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Acquirors a certificate signed by a duly authorized executive officer of the Seller stating that the conditions specified in Section 8.03(a) and Section 8.03(b) have been satisfied.

 

(d)          Certificate of Secretary. At the Closing, the Seller shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Acquirors certificates signed by the Secretary or any duly authorized officer of the Seller, attesting to the completion of all necessary action by such Seller to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the Transaction, and including (i) copies of the organizational documents of the Seller, (ii) any resolutions or an action by written consent required in connection with this Agreement, and (iii) a good standing (or similar) certificate of the Seller issued by the relevant authority in its jurisdiction of formation that is dated no more than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

 

(e)          No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, no Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred.

 

(f)          FIRPTA Certificates. The Acquirors shall have received one or more duly completed and executed certificates reasonably satisfactory to the Acquirors pursuant to Section 1445 of the Code from the Seller, certifying that the Membership Interests do not constitute a U.S. real property interest within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code.

 

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(g)          Affiliate Agreements. Each Acquired Company shall have been released with no further liability from each Affiliate Agreement listed in Section 8.03(g) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules.

 

(h)          Minimum Cash. On the Closing Date, prior to giving effect to the Transactions or proceeds from the Debt Financing, Trust Account, Equity Offering or Backstop Offering, if any, the combined businesses of Target and Signor shall have at least $5.0 million of Cash or cash equivalents available.

 

Article IX

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

 

Section 9.01.         Termination. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing:

 

(a)          by the mutual written consent of the Seller and the Acquirors;

 

(b)          by either the Seller or the Acquirors, if the Closing has not taken place on or before such date that is 120 days from the date hereof (the “Outside Date”); provided that such period may be extended for any additional thirty (30) days by mutual written consent of the Seller and Acquirors, in which case such later date shall be the Outside Date; provided further that neither the Seller nor the Acquirors will be permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.01(b) if the failure of the Closing to occur by the Outside Date is attributable to a failure on the part of such Party to perform any covenant or obligation in this Agreement required to be performed by such Party at or prior to the Closing Date;

 

(c)          by the Seller, if the Acquirors shall have breached any representation or warranty or shall have failed to comply with any covenant or agreement applicable to the Acquirors, in each case that would cause any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.01 or Section 8.02 not to be satisfied, and such condition is incapable of being satisfied by the Outside Date; provided, however, that the Seller is not then in material breach of this Agreement;

 

(d)          by the Acquirors, if the Seller shall have breached any representation or warranty or failed to comply with any covenant or agreement applicable to the Seller, in each case that would cause any of the conditions set forth in Section 8.01 or Section 8.03 not to be satisfied, and such condition is incapable of being satisfied by the Outside Date; provided, however, that neither Acquiror is then in material breach of this Agreement;

 

(e)          by either the Seller or the Acquirors in the event of the issuance of a final, non-appealable order by a Governmental Authority restraining or prohibiting the Transactions;

 

(f)          by either the Seller or the Acquirors if the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals are not obtained at the Acquiror Shareholder Meeting duly convened therefor (unless such the Acquiror Shareholder Meeting has been adjourned, in which case at the final adjournment thereof) at which a vote on the Transaction Proposals was taken; and

 

(g)          by the Acquirors if Seller has not, within one (1) hour following execution of this Agreement, delivered evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Acquirors that Seller, as sole owner of the Shares, has received and approved this Agreement and the Transactions.

 

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Section 9.02.         Notice of Termination. Any Party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 shall give written notice of such termination to the other Party, together with a brief description of the basis on which the Party is terminating this Agreement.

 

Section 9.03.         Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 9.01, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability on the part of any Party, except that the confidentiality provisions of the Term Sheet, Section 7.01(b) and this Section 9.03 shall survive such termination; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall relieve a Party from liability for (i) any breach by such Party of the terms and provisions of this Agreement prior to such termination or (ii) fraud.

 

Section 9.04.        Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Closing, either the Seller or the Acquirors may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant to this Agreement or (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained in this Agreement, but such extension or waiver shall not operate as an extension or waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party granting such extension or waiver.

 

Section 9.05.         Waiver of Claims. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Parties (each on behalf of itself and its officers, directors, employees, agents, Affiliates and Representatives) hereby waive any rights or claims, whether at law or at equity, in contract, in tort, or otherwise against the Debt Financing Sources and hereby agree that in no event shall the Debt Financing Sources have any liability or obligation to the Parties or their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, Affiliates and Representatives and in no event shall the Parties seek or obtain any other damages of any kind against any Debt Financing Source (including special, consequential, indirect or punitive damages or damages of a tortious nature), in each case in connection with this Agreement, the Debt Financing, the Debt Financing Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

Article X

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 10.01.       Indemnification by Seller. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, including the representations and warranties of the Acquired Companies set forth in Article III, the Seller shall indemnify and defend each Acquiror and their respective Representatives (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) against, and shall hold each of them harmless from and against, and shall pay and reimburse each of them for, any and all losses, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, Actions, judgments, interest, awards, penalties, fines, costs or expenses of whatever kind (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and the cost of enforcing any right to indemnification hereunder) (“Losses”) incurred or sustained by, or imposed upon, the Indemnitees or the Acquired Companies relating to (i) any breach of Section 3.01(ii), Section 3.01(iii) or Section 3.04(a) or any Action directly relating to or arising from the events or circumstances that resulted in such breach or (ii) any Environmental Liability related to the operation of the Acquired Companies prior to the Closing Date; provided that any references to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect shall be disregarded in determining whether a breach has occurred for purposes of this Article X.

 

Section 10.02.       Indemnification Procedures. The party making a claim under this Article X is referred to as the “Indemnified Party,” and the party against whom such claims are asserted under this Article X is referred to as the “Indemnifying Party.”

 

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(a)          Third Party Claims. If any Indemnified Party receives notice of the assertion or commencement of any Action made or brought by any Person who is not a party to this Agreement or an Affiliate of a party to this Agreement or a Representative of the foregoing (a “Third Party Claim”) against such Indemnified Party with respect to which the Indemnifying Party is obligated to provide indemnification under this Agreement, the Indemnified Party shall give the Indemnifying Party reasonably prompt written notice thereof, but in any event not later than thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice of such Third Party Claim. The failure to give such prompt written notice shall not, however, relieve the Indemnifying Party of its indemnification obligations, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure to provide prompt written notice. Such notice by the Indemnified Party shall describe the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail, shall include copies of all material written evidence thereof and shall indicate the estimated amount, if reasonably practicable, of the Loss that has been or may be sustained by the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in or, by giving written notice to the Indemnified Party, to assume the defense of any Third Party Claim at the Indemnifying Party’s expense and by the Indemnifying Party’s own counsel, and the Indemnified Party shall cooperate in good faith in all respects in such defense; provided that such Indemnifying Party may only assume such defense if it acknowledges in writing its obligation to indemnify in full the Indemnified Party pursuant to this Agreement; provided, further, that such Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to defend or direct the defense of any such Third Party Claim that is asserted directly by or on behalf of a Person that is a supplier or customer of the Company. In the event the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of any Third Party Claim, subject to Section 10.02(b), it shall have the right to take such action as it deems necessary to avoid, dispute, defend, appeal or make counterclaims pertaining to any such Third Party Claim in the name and on behalf of the Indemnified Party. The Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in the defense of any Third Party Claim with counsel selected by it subject to the Indemnifying Party’s right to control the defense thereof. The fees and disbursements of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnified Party; provided that if in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Indemnified Party, (A) there are legal defenses available to an Indemnified Party that are different from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying Party or (B) there exists a material conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party that cannot be waived, the Indemnifying Party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnifying Party elects not to defend such Third Party Claim or, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Indemnified Party, fails to diligently prosecute the defense of such Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party may, subject to Section 10.02(b) defend such Third Party Claim and seek indemnification for any and all Losses based upon, arising from or relating to such Third Party Claim.

 

(b)          Settlement of Third Party Claims. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall not enter into settlement of any Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, except as provided in this Section 10.02(b). If an offer is made to settle a Third Party Claim (a “Proposed Settlement”) and such offer would not lead to liability or the creation of a financial or other obligation of the Indemnified Party and such offer provides for the unconditional release of each Indemnified Party from all liabilities and obligations in connection with such Third Party Claim, and the Indemnifying Party desires to accept and agree to such offer, the Indemnifying Party shall give written notice to that effect to the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnified Party fails to consent to such firm offer within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such notice, then the Indemnified Party may contest or defend such Third Party Claim and, in such event, the maximum liability of the Indemnifying Party with respect to such Third Party Claim shall not exceed the amount of such Proposed Settlement. If the Indemnified Party fails to consent to such Proposed Settlement and also fails to assume defense of such Third Party Claim, then the Indemnifying Party may settle the Third Party Claim upon the terms set forth in such Proposed Settlement. If the Indemnified Party has assumed the defense pursuant to Section 10.02(a), it shall not agree to any Proposed Settlement without the written consent of the Indemnifying Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

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(c)          Direct Claims. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.03(e), any Action by an Indemnified Party on account of a Loss that does not result from a Third Party Claim (a “Direct Claim”) shall be asserted by the Indemnified Party giving the Indemnifying Party reasonably prompt written notice thereof, but in any event not later than thirty (30) days after the Indemnified Party becomes aware of such Direct Claim. The failure to give such prompt written notice shall not, however, relieve the Indemnifying Party of its indemnification obligations, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure to provide prompt written notice. Such notice by the Indemnified Party shall describe the Direct Claim in reasonable detail, shall include copies of all material written evidence thereof and shall indicate the estimated amount, if reasonably practicable, of the Loss that has been or may be sustained by the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall have forty-five (45) days after receipt of such notice to respond in writing to such Direct Claim. The Indemnified Party shall allow the Indemnifying Party and its professional advisors to investigate the matter or circumstance alleged to give rise to the Direct Claim and to investigate whether and to what extent any amount is payable in respect of the Direct Claim, and the Indemnified Party shall assist the Indemnifying Party’s investigation by giving such information and assistance as the Indemnifying Party or any of its professional advisors may reasonably request. If the Indemnifying Party does not so respond within such forty-five (45)-day period, the Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have rejected such claim, in which case the Indemnified Party shall be free to pursue such remedies as may be available to the Indemnified Party on the terms and subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(d)          Mitigation. The Acquirors agree to, and to cause the Company to, take all commercially reasonable actions to mitigate all Losses incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by any Indemnified Party.

 

(e)          Payments. Once a Loss is agreed to by the Indemnifying Party or finally adjudicated to be payable pursuant to this Article X, the Indemnifying Party shall satisfy its obligations within ten (10) Business Days of such final, non-appealable adjudication by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

 

(f)          Exclusive Remedy. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, from and after the Closing, subject to any Person’s right to seek specific performance and/or injunctive or other equitable relief, indemnification pursuant to the provisions of this Article X shall be the sole and exclusive remedy with respect to any and all claims relating (directly or indirectly) to the subject matter of this Agreement or the Transactions contemplated hereby (except for fraud), regardless of the legal theory under which such liability or obligation may be sought to be imposed, whether sounding in contract or tort, or whether at law or in equity, or otherwise.

 

Section 10.03.      Limitations on Indemnification Obligations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the rights of the Indemnified Parties to indemnification pursuant to the provisions of this Article X are subject to the following limitations:

 

(a)          the amount of any and all Losses shall be determined net of (i) any amounts actually recovered by any Indemnified Party under any insurance policies from other collateral sources (such as contractual indemnities of any Person which are contained outside of this Agreement) with respect to such Losses (net of the cost of recovery and increases in insurance premiums) and (ii) any cash Tax benefits actually realized by the Indemnified Parties (or their direct or indirect beneficial owners) in the year of such Loss or the next succeeding taxable year that are attributable to any deduction, loss, credit or other Tax benefit resulting from or arising out of such Loss;

 

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(b)          an Indemnified Party’s right to make a claim for indemnification hereunder shall expire on March 31, 2020;

 

(c)          in no event shall the Indemnifying Parties have any obligation to indemnify the Indemnified Parties with respect to any Losses incurred under this Article X until the total amount of Losses the Indemnified Parties would recover pursuant to the terms hereof equals or exceeds $500,000, at which point, the Seller will be obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Parties for the entire amount of any such indemnifiable Losses;

 

(d)          in no event shall the Indemnifying Parties’ aggregate liability for Losses arising under this ARTICLE X exceed $49.1 million; provided that in no event shall the Indemnifying Parties’ aggregate liability under Section 10.01(ii) exceed $3,737,605; and

 

(e)          in no event shall the Indemnifying Parties be liable for any consequential, indirect, special, exemplary, punitive, incidental or enhanced damages, or other similar types of damages, including, but not limited to, damages for lost profits, lost revenues, lost business or diminution in value, regardless of whether such damages were foreseeable and the legal or equitable theory (contract, tort or otherwise) upon which the claim was made; provided that the limitation in this Section 10.03(e) shall not apply to any such damages that are payable to a third party by an Indemnified Party as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment.

 

Article XI

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01.       Amendment and Modification; Waiver.

 

(a)          Subject to applicable Law and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, prior to the Closing this Agreement may be amended, modified and supplemented by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Parties.

 

(b)          At any time and from time to time prior to the Closing, the Seller or the Acquirors may, to the extent legally allowed and except as otherwise set forth herein, (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the Seller or the Acquirors, as applicable, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to the Seller or the Acquirors contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (iii) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions for the benefit of the Seller or the Acquirors, as applicable, contained herein. Any agreement on the part of the Seller or the Acquirors to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of the Seller or the Acquirors, as applicable. Any delay in exercising any right under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right. Any waiver of any term or condition shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or a subsequent waiver of the same term or condition, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no amendment may be made to Section 7.04 (Debt Financing), Section 9.05 (Waiver of Claims), this Section 11.01 (Amendment and Modification; Waiver), Section 11.07 (Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries), Section 11.09 (Governing Law; Jurisdiction), Section 11.10 (Waiver of Jury Trial), Section 11.11 (Assignment), and any of the defined terms used therein and any other provisions of this Agreement to the extent a modification, waiver or termination of such provision would modify the substance of the foregoing (in each case to the extent that such amendment affects the Debt Financing Sources) without the prior written consent of the Debt Financing Sources.

 

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Section 11.02.       Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties referred to in Section 10.01, which survive until March 31, 2020, and the applicable registration rights and lock-up provisions of the Term Sheet, none of the representations and warranties in this Agreement or in any schedule, instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Closing. This Section 11.02 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of the Parties that by its terms contemplates performance after the Closing.

 

Section 11.03.       Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, until the Closing, or in the event this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 9.01, all expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses. Following the Closing, all Transaction Expenses shall be reimbursed from the gross proceeds from the Transactions. For the avoidance of doubt, upon Closing of the Transactions, all Transaction Expenses shall be paid by the Acquirors and the Acquired Companies.

 

Section 11.04.       Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally (notice deemed given upon receipt), telecopied (notice deemed given upon confirmation of receipt) or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, such as Federal Express (notice deemed given upon receipt of proof of delivery), to the Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

if to the Seller, to:

 

Arrow Holdings S.a r.l.

20 Rue Eugene Ruppert

L-2453 Luxembourg

Attn: Evelina Ezerinskaite

E-mail: tdrlux@tdrcapital.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Allen & Overy LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attention: William Schwitter

Facsimile: (212) 610-6399

E-mail: william.schwitter@allenovery.com

 

if to the Acquirors, to

 

Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp.

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Attention: Eli Baker

Facsimile: (310) 552-4508

E-mail: elibaker@geacq.com

 

and

 

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Topaz Holdings Corp.

2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Attention: Eli Baker

Facsimile: (310) 552-4508

E-mail: elibaker@geacq.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Winston & Strawn LLP

200 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10166

Attention: Joel L. Rubinstein

   Jason D. Osborn

Facsimile: (212) 294-4700

E-mail: jrubinstein@winston.com

josborn@winston.com

 

Section 11.05.       Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The table of contents and headings set forth in this Agreement are for convenience of reference purposes only and shall not affect or be deemed to affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any term or provision hereof. All references herein to the Subsidiaries of a Person shall be deemed to include all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of such Person unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires. All references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein shall mean U.S. dollars. The Parties agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any Law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.

 

Section 11.06.       Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed manually or by facsimile or pdf by the parties hereto, in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when a counterpart hereof shall have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties hereto.

 

Section 11.07.       Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries.

 

(a)          This Agreement (including the Seller Disclosure Schedules and the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules), the Ancillary Agreements and the applicable registration rights and lock-up provisions of the Term Sheet constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

(b)          Except as provided in Section 6.05, no provision of this Agreement or the Term Sheet, in each case express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person other than the Parties any rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement; provided that the Debt Financing Sources are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Section 7.04 (Debt Financing), Section 9.05 (Waiver of Claims), Section 11.01 (Amendment and Modification; Waiver), Section 11.07 (Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries), Section 11.09 (Governing Law; Jurisdiction), Section 11.10 (Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 11.11 (Assignment).

 

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Section 11.08.       Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by rule of Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, 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.

 

Section 11.09.       Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

 

(a)          This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles that would result in the application of the Law of any other jurisdiction; provided that, except as specifically set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter, all claims or causes of action (whether at law, in equity in contract, in tort or otherwise) against any of the Debt Financing Sources in any way relating to the Debt Commitment Letter or the performance thereof or the financings contemplated thereby, shall be exclusively governed by , and construed in accordance with the internal Laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to principles or rules or conflicts of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of laws of another jurisdictions.

 

(b)          Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, if (and only if) such court finds it lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Federal court of the United States of America sitting in Delaware, and appellate courts thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the agreements delivered in connection herewith or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment relating thereto, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agrees not to commence any such action or proceeding except in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, if (and only if) such court finds it lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Federal court of the United States of America sitting in Delaware, and appellate courts thereof; (ii) agrees that any claim in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, if (and only if) such court finds it lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Federal court of the United States of America sitting in Delaware, and appellate courts thereof; (iii) waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in such courts; and (iv) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in such courts. Each of the Parties 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. Each Party irrevocably consents to service of process inside or outside the territorial jurisdiction of the courts referred to in this Section 11.09(b) in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.04. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law. Each Party agrees that it (w) will not bring or support any action, cause of action, claim, cross-claim or third-party claim of any kind or description, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against any Debt Financing Source in any way relating to this Agreement, the Debt Financing, the Debt Financing Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the Debt Financing or the performance thereof, in any forum other than exclusively the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, or, if under applicable law exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the federal courts, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (and the appellate courts thereof), and that the provisions of Section 11.10 relating to the waiver of jury trial shall apply to any such action, cause of action, claim, cross-claim or third-party claim; (x) waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Debt Commitment Letter or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby in any New York State or in any such Federal court; (y) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court; and (z) 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 provided by law. Each of the Parties agrees that service of process, summons, notice or document by registered mail addressed to you or us at the addresses set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court.

 

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(c)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Parties agree that any claim, controversy or dispute of any kind or nature (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of the Debt Commitment Letter, or any of the Transactions, including, without limitation, any claim, controversy or dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the Debt Financing (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) or concerning any Debt Financing Source shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

 

Section 11.10.      Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY 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 RELATED HERETO, INCLUDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE DEBT FINANCING OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, INCLUDING IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM AGAINST ANY DEBT FINANCING SOURCE, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE. EACH PARTY HEREBY FURTHER AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH 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 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 SUCH WAIVER, (B) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVER, (C) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11.10.

 

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Section 11.11.       Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assigned by any of the Parties (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other Parties; provided that the Seller may assign its rights and interest (but not its obligations) hereunder to any Debt Financing Source as collateral for security purposes in connection with the Debt Financing without prior written consent. Subject to the preceding sentence, but without relieving any Party of any obligation hereunder, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 11.12.       Enforcement; Remedies. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a Party 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.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Acquirors have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

  ARROW HOLDINGS S.A R.L.
     
  By: /s/ Jorrit Crompvoets
    Name: Jorrit Crompvoets
    Title: Manager B
     
  PLATINUM EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Jeff Sagansky
    Name: Jeff Sagansky
    Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
     
  SIGNOR MERGER SUB, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Jeff Sagansky
    Name: Jeff Sagansky
    Title: President
     
  TOPAZ HOLDINGS CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Jeff Sagansky
    Name: Jeff Sagansky
    Title: President

 

[Signature Page to Agreement of Merger]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

2017 and 2018 Unaudited Financial Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(a)(ii).

 

Acquired Companies” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Acquired Company Related Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.21.

 

Acquired Subsidiaries” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(b).

 

Acquiror Balance Sheet Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.09.

 

Acquiror Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure schedules dated as of the date of this Agreement delivered by the Acquirors to the Seller and that form a part of this Agreement.

 

Acquiror Financial Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(d).

 

Acquiror Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, development, circumstance, condition, event, state of facts or occurrence that has or would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent or materially impair the ability of the Acquirors to perform their obligations under the Transaction Documents or to consummate the Transactions.

 

Acquiror Record Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

 

Acquiror SEC Reports” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.06.

 

Acquiror Share Redemption” means the election of an eligible (as determined in accordance with the Parent Acquiror Governing Documents) shareholder of the Parent Acquiror to redeem all or a portion of the Parent Ordinary Shares held by such shareholder at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to such shareholder’s pro rata share of the funds held in the Trust Account (as determined in accordance with the Parent Acquiror Governing Documents) in connection with the Acquiror Shareholder Approvals.

 

Acquiror Shareholder Approvals” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.15.

 

Acquiror Shareholders Meeting” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.

 

Acquirors” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Acquisition Proposal” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.03.

 

Action” means any claim, action, suit, arbitration, investigation or other proceeding of any nature (whether criminal, civil, legislative, administrative, regulatory, prosecutorial or otherwise) by or before any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or similar body.

 

Adverse Recommendation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.

 

 

 

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that, at the time of determination, directly or indirectly, whether through one or more intermediaries or otherwise, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person.

 

Affiliate Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.21.

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Alternative Financing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(b).

 

Ancillary Agreements” shall mean the Escrow Agreement, the Earnout Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Arrow Certificate of Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

 

Arrow Holdings” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Arrow Bidco” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Balance Sheet Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.06.

 

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which the Department of State of the State of Delaware or the commercial banks in the City of New York, New York or the Governmental Authorities in the Cayman Islands (for so long as Acquiror remains domiciled in the Cayman Islands) are required or authorized by Law to close.

 

Class A Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

 

Class B Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

 

Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.

 

Closing Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(c).

 

Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.

 

Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Collective Bargaining Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(a).

 

Company Benefit Plan” means each “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether or not subject to ERISA, and each other employee benefit plan, policy, program, arrangement or agreement providing employee benefits of any kind, including bonus, stock, stock option or other equity-based compensation arrangement or plan, incentive, deferred compensation, retirement or supplemental retirement, severance, employment, change-in-control, profit sharing, pension, paid time off, cafeteria, dependent care, medical care, life insurance, disability insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, welfare, employee assistance program, education or tuition assistance programs, insurance and other similar fringe or employee benefits, in each case, established, maintained, sponsored, contributed to or required to be contributed to for the benefit of any current or former employee, director, natural person independent contractor or consultant (or any dependent or beneficiary thereof) of the Acquired Companies or with respect to which an Acquired Company has or may have any present or future material obligation or liability (whether actual or contingent).

 

 

 

 

Company Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Company Financial Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(a)(ii).

 

Company Leased Real Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(b).

 

Company Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, development, circumstance, condition, event, state of facts or occurrence that, (i) individually, or in the aggregate, has, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, assets, results of operations of the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole; provided, however, that in no event would any of the following (or effect of the following) alone, or in combination, be deemed to constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect or shall be taken into account when determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect exists or has occurred or is reasonably likely to exist or occur: (a) any changes in general United States or global economic conditions; (b) conditions (or changes therein) in any industry or industries in which the Acquired Companies operate; (c) general legal, tax, economic, political and/or regulatory conditions (or changes therein), including any changes in interest rates or other changes affecting financial, credit or capital market conditions; (d) any change in US GAAP or interpretation thereof; (e) any adoption, implementation, promulgation, repeal, modification, amendment, reinterpretation, change or proposal of any applicable Law of or by any Governmental Authority; (f) the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, or any actions expressly required by, or the failure to take any action expressly prohibited by, the terms of this Agreement; (g) any failure by Signor to meet any internal or published projections, estimates or expectations of revenue, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations for any period, in and of itself, or any failure by Signor to meet its internal budgets, plans or forecasts of its revenues, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations, in and of itself (provided, however, in each case, that the facts and circumstances underlying any such change or failure may be considered in determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect); or (h) changes or effects arising out of changes in geopolitical conditions, acts of terrorism or sabotage, war (whether or not declared), the commencement, continuation or escalation of a war, acts of armed hostility, natural disaster, weather conditions or other force majeure events; provided, in each of clauses (a), (b), (c) and (h) of this definition, if such change, effect, development, circumstance, condition, event, state of facts or occurrence referenced has a disproportionate effect on the Acquired Companies (as compared to other participants in the industry in which the Acquired Companies operate), then such disproportionate effect may be considered in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred (but only to the extent of such disproportionate effect) or (ii) prevents or materially delays the Seller from performing their material obligations under this Agreement or consummation of the Transactions.

 

Company Owned IP” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.14(b).

 

Company Owned Real Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(a).

 

Company Permits” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.07(b).

 

Contracts” means all contracts, subcontracts, agreements, Collective Bargaining Agreements, leases, subleases, licenses, commitments, sales and purchase orders, and other instruments, arrangements or understandings of any kind.

 

Debt Commitment Letter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(a).

 

Debt Financing” shall have the meaning set forth in the Target Merger Agreement.

 

 

 

 

Debt Financing Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(b).

 

Debt Financing Proceeds” means the funds obtained by the Signor Acquiror pursuant to the Debt Financing.

 

Debt Financing Sources” means the financial institutions identified in the Debt Commitment Letter, together with the agents, arrangers, lenders and other entities that have committed to provide or arrange or otherwise entered into agreements in connection with all or any part of the Debt Financing and each other Persons that commits to provide or otherwise provides the Debt Financing in accordance with this Agreement, whether by joinder to the Debt Commitment Letter or otherwise, including any joinder agreements, indentures or credit agreements entered into in connection therewith, together with their respective Affiliates, and respective Affiliates’ officers, directors, employees, partners, controlling persons, advisors, attorneys, agents and representatives and their respective successors and assigns.

 

DGCL” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Direct Claim” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.02(c).

 

Domestication” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Effective Time” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

 

Environmental Claims” means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial claims, actions or proceedings alleging Environmental Liability.

 

Environmental Law” means any applicable Law in effect as of the Closing Date relating to pollution or protection of the environment, natural resources, and human health with respect to exposure of Hazardous Materials, including those relating to the handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, discharge, emission, control or cleanup of any Hazardous Materials.

 

Environmental Liability” means any obligations, liabilities, fines, penalties, judgments, awards, settlements, losses, damages, costs, fees (including attorneys’ and consultants’ fees), expenses, and disbursements arising from a violation of Environmental Law or Release of Hazardous Materials.

 

Environmental Permit” means any permit, license, authorization or approval required under applicable Environmental Laws.

 

Equity Offering” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Equity Offering Proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in the Target Merger Agreement.

 

Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations under such Act.

 

FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

Founder Designees” means the two (2) Persons nominated by the Founders to serve on the Board of Directors of ListCo.

 

Founders” shall mean, collectively, Jeff Sagansky, Harry E. Sloan and Double Eagle Acquisition LLC.

 

 

 

 

Government Official” means any official, officer, employee, or representative of, or any Person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of, any Governmental Authority.

 

Governmental Authority” means any United States federal, state, local, municipal, regulatory or administrative authority, instrumentality, board, agency, commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body.

 

Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, material, substance, gas or waste that in relevant form or concentration is prohibited, limited or regulated under any Environmental Law (including asbestos or asbestos-containing materials and polychlorinated biphenyls).

 

Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person, without duplication:

 

(a)any indebtedness (including principal and accrued and unpaid interest and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent:

 

(i)in respect of borrowed money;

 

(ii)evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

 

(iii)representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including capitalized lease obligations), except any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business; or

 

(iv)representing any hedging obligations;

 

if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness in clauses (i) through (v) (other than letters of credit and hedging obligations) would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with US GAAP;

 

(b)          to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (a)(i) of a third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of the such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(c)        to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (a)(i) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any assets owned by such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person; provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of (i) the fair market value of such assets at such date of determination and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person;

 

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (i) contingent obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) accrued expenses and royalties, (iii) an obligation between an Acquired Company and any Subsidiary of such Acquired Company or between any two Acquired Subsidiaries, (iv) an operating lease obligation, (v) any deferred revenue; (vi) performance bonds; or (vii) any undrawn letter of credit.

 

 

 

 

Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.

 

Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.

 

Indemnitees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.

 

Independent Designee” means the one (1) Person nominated by mutual agreement of the Founders, Seller and Arrow Holdings, who shall be “independent” for NASDAQ purposes, to serve on the Board of Directors of ListCo.

 

Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property protected under the laws of the U.S. or any foreign jurisdiction, including (a) patents, industrial design registrations applications therefore, including all provisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part and divisionals, reissues, reexaminations, renewals and extensions of any of the foregoing and any other governmental grant for the protection of inventions or industrial designs; (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names and other source identifiers, whether registered or unregistered and the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, together with any registrations and applications for registration thereof (collectively, “Trademarks”); (c) copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, all moral rights associated with any of the foregoing, and any registrations, renewals and applications for registration thereof; (d) trade secrets and confidential or proprietary information, including know-how, concepts, methods, processes, algorithms, designs, schematics, drawings, formulae, technical data, techniques, protocols, specifications, research and development information, technology, business plans, and customer lists and supplier lists, in each case to the extent protected as trade secrets (collectively “Trade Secrets”); and (e) internet domain name registrations.

 

IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.

 

Knowledge of Seller” means the actual knowledge of the individuals named on Schedule A of the Seller Disclosure Schedules.

 

Law” means any law, regulation, rule, code, ordinance or applicable order of a Governmental Authority.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, security interest, encumbrance, lease, license, right-of-way, easement, encroachment, restriction on transfer, title defect, option, right of first refusal or first offer or other third party (or governmental) right, lien or charge of any kind or nature. For the avoidance of doubt, “Lien” shall not be deemed to include any license of Intellectual Property.

 

ListCo” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

ListCo Governing Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.

 

Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.01.

 

Material Contract” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.16(a).

 

Material Lease” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(b).

 

Membership Interests” means all of the issued and outstanding membership interests in Target Parent.

 

 

 

 

Merger” shall have the mean set forth in Recitals.

 

Merger Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(a).

 

Merger Sub” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Minimum Proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in the Target Merger Agreement.

 

NASDAQ” means the NASDAQ Capital Market.

 

Outside Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.01(b).

 

Parent Acquiror” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Parent Acquiror Governing Documents” means the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Parent Acquiror, as adopted January 16, 2018.

 

Parent Ordinary Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

 

Parent Preferred Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

 

Party” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Permitted Liens” means any Lien (a) for Taxes or governmental assessments, charges or claims of payment not yet due and payable or being contested in good faith and for which adequate accruals or reserves have been established; (b) that is a carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other similar Lien arising in the ordinary course of business; (c) non-monetary encumbrances and restrictions on real property (including easements, covenants, rights of way and similar restrictions of record) that do not, or would not, reasonably be expected to, materially interfere with the Acquired Companies’ present uses or occupancy of such real property; (d) zoning, building code laws and other land use laws regulating the use or occupancy of real property or the activities conducted thereon which are imposed by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such real property and which are not violated by the current use or occupancy of such real property; (e) matters that would be disclosed by an accurate survey or inspection of the real property; (f) that is disclosed on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Signor or notes thereto or securing liabilities reflected on such balance sheet; (g) that was incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of the most recent consolidated balance sheet of Signor; or (h) that would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the continued use of the applicable property for the purposes for which the property is currently being used.

 

Person” means any natural person, general or limited partnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, firm, association or organization or other legal entity.

 

Prohibited Act” means, in respect of any Person, the making, offering or authorizing of any gift, payment, promise, profit participation or other advantage, whether directly or indirectly through any other Person, to or for the use or benefit of any public official, political party, political party official or candidate for office or any Person acting on behalf of or for the benefit any of the foregoing in violation of applicable anti-bribery laws.

 

Proposed Settlement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.02(b).

 

 

 

 

Proxy Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

 

Real Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(a).

 

Registered Company IP” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.14(a).

 

Registration Rights Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.09.

 

Registration Statement” means the Registration Statement on Form S-4, or other appropriate form, including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments or supplements thereto, to be filed with the SEC by the Acquiror under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of the Parent Ordinary Shares to be issued to shareholders of ListCo in connection with the Domestication.

 

Release” means any actual or threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, emptying, escaping, leaching or migration into or through the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or within or from any building, structure, facility or fixture.

 

Representative” of a Person means the directors, officers, employees, advisors, agents, consultants, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers or other representatives of such Person.

 

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

 

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations under such Act.

 

Seller” shall have the meanings set forth in the Preamble.

 

Seller Designees” means the three (3) Persons nominated by Seller to serve on the Board of Directors of ListCo.

 

Seller Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure schedules dated as of the date of this Agreement delivered by the Seller to the Acquirors and that form a part of this Agreement. 

September 30 Unaudited Financial Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(a)(iii).

 

Signor” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Signor Acquiror” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Signor Acquiror Governing Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(i).

 

Signor Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

 

Signor Parent” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

 

 

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, general or limited partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or other legal entity (a) the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or a majority of another body performing similar functions) of such corporation or other Person (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation or other Person shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (b) more than 50% of the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership, joint venture or limited liability company or (c) more than 50% of the beneficial interest in such trust or estate, is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person.

 

Surviving Company” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

Target” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Target Merger Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Target Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Target Parent” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Tax” or “Taxes” means all income, excise, gross receipts, ad valorem, value-added, sales, use, employment, franchise, profits, gains, property, transfer, use, payroll, intangibles or other taxes, fees, stamp taxes, duties, charges, levies or assessments of any kind whatsoever (whether payable directly or by withholding), together with any interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any Governmental Authority with respect thereto.

 

Tax Return” means any return or report (including elections, declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns) required to be supplied to a Tax authority relating to Taxes, and any amended Tax Returns.

 

Term Sheet” means that certain letter agreement dated October 30, 2018 by and between the Seller, Arrow Holdings, Parent Acquiror and the other parties thereto.

 

Third Party Claim” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.02(a).

 

Third Party Target” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.14.

 

Topaz Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.08(a).

 

Trade Secrets” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual Property.”

 

Trademarks” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Intellectual Property.”

 

Transaction Agreements” means this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.

 

Transaction Expenses” means all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions and the expenses of the Acquirors incurred in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, any advances from the Founders made to the Acquirors, any deferred underwriting fees payable by the Acquirors and any transaction, change in control or sale bonuses payable in connection with the Transactions.

 

Transaction Proposals” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.

 

 

 

 

Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Merger and the Topaz Merger, together with the Debt Financing and Equity Offering and Backstop Offering, if applicable.

 

Trust Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.08.

 

Trust Account Proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in the Target Merger Agreement.

 

Trust Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.08.

 

Trustee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.04.

 

US GAAP” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(b).

 

WARN” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(e).

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

EARNOUT AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

ESCROW AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF LISTCO

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

BYLAWS OF LISTCO

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT F

 

SIGNOR ACQUIROR CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT G

 

SIGNOR ACQUIROR BYLAWS

  

 

 


 

EXHIBIT 10.1

 

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

This SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Subscription Agreement”) is entered into on November 13, 2018, by and between Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (which shall be domesticated as a Delaware corporation prior to the closing of the Transaction (as defined herein) and in connection therewith change its name to Target Hospitality Corp.) (the “Company”), and each undersigned Subscriber (each as individually used herein, a “Subscriber”). Each Subscriber is acting severally and not jointly with any other Subscriber, including, without limitation, the obligation to purchase Subscribed Shares (as defined below) hereunder and the representations and warranties of each Subscriber hereunder (which are made by each Subscriber as to itself only).

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Subscription Agreement, the Company is entering into a definitive transaction agreement for the acquisition of Target Logistics Management, LLC (“Target”) and a definitive transaction agreement for the acquisition RL Signor Holdings, LLC (“Signor”) (the “Transaction Agreements” and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, the “Transaction”);

 

WHEREAS, prior to the closing of the Transaction, the Company will domesticate as a Delaware corporation in accordance with Section 388 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and Article 206 of the Cayman Islands Companies Law (2018 Revision) (the “Domestication”), and in connection with the Domestication and the Transaction, change its name to Target Hospitality Corp. As part of the Domestication, each Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Ordinary Share”) shall convert into one share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Transaction, each Subscriber desires to subscribe for and purchase from the Company, immediately prior to the Domestication and the consummation of the Transaction, that number of Ordinary Shares set forth on its signature page hereto (with respect to each Subscriber, its “Subscribed Shares”) for a purchase price of $10.00 per share (the “Per Share Price” and the aggregate of such Per Share Price for all such Subscribed Shares being referred to herein as the “Purchase Price”), and the Company desires to issue and sell to each Subscriber the Subscribed Shares in consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price by or on behalf of each such Subscriber to the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Subscription Agreement, the Company is entering into subscription agreements with certain other investors substantially similar to this Subscription Agreement, pursuant to which such investors agree to purchase on the closing date of the Transaction (the “Transaction Closing Date”), inclusive of the Subscribed Shares, an aggregate amount of up to 8.0 million Ordinary Shares, at the Per Share Price (the “Other Subscription Agreements”);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Subscription. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing (as defined below), each Subscriber hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to such Subscriber, upon the payment of the Purchase Price, such Subscriber’s Subscribed Shares (such subscription and issuance, the “Subscription”).

 

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2. Closing.

 

a. The consummation of the Subscription contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall occur on the Transaction Closing Date immediately prior to the Domestication and the consummation of the Transaction.

 

b. At least five (5) Business Days before the anticipated Transaction Closing Date, the Company shall deliver written notice (the “Closing Notice”) to Subscriber specifying (i) the anticipated Transaction Closing Date and (ii) the wire instructions for delivery of the Purchase Price to the Company. Immediately prior to the Domestication and the closing of the Transaction on the Transaction Closing Date, (i) the Company shall deliver to each Subscriber (A) such Subscriber’s Subscribed Shares in book-entry form, free and clear of any liens or other restrictions whatsoever (other than those arising under state or federal securities laws), in the name of such Subscriber (or its nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions) or to a custodian designated by such Subscriber, as applicable, and (B) written notice from the Company or its transfer agent evidencing the issuance to such Subscriber of the Subscribed Shares on and as of the Transaction Closing Date, and (ii) upon receipt thereof, each Subscriber shall deliver to the Company the Purchase Price for such Subscriber’s Subscribed Shares by wire transfer of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company in the Closing Notice; each of the Company and each Subscriber agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to settle the Subscription in accordance with the foregoing as soon as practicable on the Transaction Closing Date. For the purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed.

 

c. If, within one Business Day (as defined below) following the Closing, the Domestication and the consummation of the Transaction do not occur, the Company shall return the Purchase Price to each Subscriber, and each Subscriber shall return its Subscribed Shares to the Company for cancellation.

 

d. The Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver by each party of the conditions that, on the Transaction Closing Date:

 

(i) no suspension of the qualification of the Subscribed Shares for offering or sale or trading in any jurisdiction, or initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes, shall have occurred;

 

(ii) all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction set forth in the Transaction Agreements, including the approval of the Company’s shareholders, shall have been satisfied or waived, and the closing of the Transaction shall be scheduled to occur concurrently with or immediately following the Closing; and

 

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(iii) no governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is then in effect and has the effect of making consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise restraining or prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and no governmental authority shall have instituted or threatened in writing a proceeding seeking to impose any such restraint or prohibition.

 

e. The obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver by the Company of the additional conditions that, on the Transaction Closing Date, with respect to a Subscriber:

 

(i) all representations and warranties of such Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Subscriber Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) at and as of the Transaction Closing Date (except for such representations and warranties that are made as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Subscriber Material Adverse Effect, which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) as of such specified date); and

 

(ii) Such Subscriber shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.

 

f. The obligation of each Subscriber to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver by such Subscriber of the additional conditions that, on the Transaction Closing Date:

 

(i) all representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than the representations and warranties in Section 3(a) through (d) and Section 3(s) and (t) and those that are qualified as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) at and as of the Transaction Closing Date (except for such representations and warranties that are made as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than the representations and warranties in Section 3(a) through (d) and Section 3(s) and (t) and those that are qualified as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect, which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) as of such specified date);

 

(ii) the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing;

 

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(iii) the Common Stock shall be approved for listing on Nasdaq (as defined below) and the Company shall have obtained approval to list the Subscribed Shares, subject to official notice of issuance;

 

(iv) no Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the date of this Subscription Agreement;

 

(v) the Debt Financing (as defined in the Term Sheet among the Company, Target and Signor relating to the Transaction, in the form included on the date hereof in the online data room to which the Subscribers have had access (the “Term Sheet”)) and any other indebtedness for borrowed money shall not materially exceed $360 million;

 

(vi) there shall have been no amendment, waiver or modification to (A) the Transaction Agreements that materially and adversely affects the Company or (B) the Other Subscription Agreements that materially economically benefits the investors thereunder unless the Subscribers have been offered substantially the same benefits; and

 

(vii) except for the Warrants, the Transaction Agreements and the Other Subscription Agreements, the Company shall have no, and shall not have had any, other agreements or understandings (including, without limitation, side letters) with any Subscriber or other person to purchase Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of the Company unless the Subscribers have been offered the opportunity to enter into similar agreements or understandings to purchase their pro rata portion (based on the number of Ordinary Shares for which they have subscribed pursuant to this Subscription Agreement out of the total number of Ordinary Shares being purchased pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements) of the shares being sold pursuant thereto.

 

g. Prior to or at the Closing, each Subscriber shall deliver to the Company a duly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or appropriate Form W-8.

 

h. At the Closing, (i) the Company shall deliver to Subscribers a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of the Transaction Closing Date, certifying to the fulfillment of the conditions specified in Sections 2(d)(ii) and 2(f) and (ii) the parties hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take such additional actions as the parties reasonably may deem to be practical and necessary in order to consummate the Subscription as contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.

 

3. Company Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to each Subscriber that:

 

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a. The Company (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement, and (iii) is duly licensed or qualified to conduct its business and, if applicable, is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction (other than its jurisdiction of incorporation) in which the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties or assets requires such license or qualification, except, with respect to the foregoing clause (iii), where the failure to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, a “Company Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development, occurrence, condition or effect with respect to the Company that, individually or in the aggregate, has a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company, taken as a whole, or the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Shares.

 

b. The Subscribed Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to such Subscriber against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of any preemptive rights created under the Company’s organizational documents or the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or under any of the Company’s agreements.

 

c. This Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by Subscriber, this Subscription Agreement shall constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

d. The execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Shares and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject; (ii) the organizational documents of the Company; or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Shares.

 

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e. The Company 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 the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease or other agreement, permit, franchise or license to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is now a party or by which the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ properties or assets are bound or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for defaults or violations that have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

f. The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization (including The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”)) or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Subscribed Shares), other than (i) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (ii) the filing of a Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities on Form D with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the filings required in accordance with Section 8(p) of this Subscription Agreement; (iv) those required by Nasdaq, including with respect to obtaining shareholder approval, (v) those required to consummate the Transaction as provided under the Transaction Agreements, and (vi) the failure of which to obtain would not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Shares.

 

g. As of the date hereof, the authorized share capital of the Company consists of 380,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Ordinary Shares”), 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B Ordinary Shares” and together with the Class A Ordinary Shares, “Ordinary Shares”) and 1,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Shares”). As of the Transaction Closing Date (and immediately after the consummation of the Transaction), the authorized capital stock of the Company will consist of 400,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value of $0.0001 per share. As of the date hereof: (i) 32,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, 8,125,000 Class B Ordinary Shares and no Preferred Shares were issued and outstanding; (ii) 16,166,667 warrants, each exercisable to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at $11.50 per share (“Warrants”), were issued and outstanding, including 5,333,334 private placement warrants; and (iii) no Ordinary Shares were subject to issuance upon exercise of outstanding options. No Warrants are exercisable on or prior to the Closing. All (i) issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and are non-assessable and are not subject to preemptive rights and (ii) outstanding Warrants have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and are not subject to preemptive rights. As of the date hereof, except as set forth above and pursuant to (i) the Other Subscription Agreements, and (ii) the Transaction Agreements, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire from the Company any Ordinary Shares or other equity interests in the Company (collectively, “Equity Interests”) or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Equity Interests. As of the date hereof, the Company has no subsidiaries and does not own, directly or indirectly, interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any person, whether incorporated or unincorporated. There are no stockholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any Equity Interests, other than (A) the letter agreements entered into by the Company in connection with the Company’s initial public offering on January 11, 2018 pursuant to which Platinum Eagle Acquisition LLC and the Company’s executive officers and independent directors agreed to vote in favor of any proposed Business Combination (as defined therein), which includes the Transaction, and (B) as contemplated by the Transaction Agreements. Other than Class B Ordinary Shares which have the anti-dilution rights described in the Term Sheet, there are no securities or instruments issued by or to which the Company is a party containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of (i) the Subscribed Shares or (ii) the shares to be issued pursuant to any Other Subscription Agreement.

 

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h. The Company has made available to each Subscriber (including via the Commission’s EDGAR system) a copy of each form, report, statement, schedule, prospectus, proxy, registration statement and other document filed by the Company with the Commission since its initial registration of the Class A Ordinary Shares (the “SEC Documents”). As of their respective filing dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. None of the SEC Documents filed under the Exchange Act contained, when filed or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment with respect to those disclosures that are amended, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that the Company makes no such representation or warranty with respect to any information relating to Target or Signor or any of their affiliates included in any SEC Document or filed as an exhibit thereto. The Company has timely filed each report, statement, schedule, prospectus, and registration statement that the Company was required to file with the Commission since its inception. There are no material outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the Commission Staff with respect to any of the SEC Documents. The lists of exhibits contained in the SEC Documents set forth a true and complete list, as of the date of this Subscription Agreement, of each agreement to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party (other than this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements) that is of a type that would be required to be included as an exhibit to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 pursuant to Items 601(b)(2), (4), (9) or (10) of Regulation S-K of the Commission if such a registration statement were filed by the Company on the date of this Subscription Agreement.

 

i. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with Regulation S-X of the Commission, were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of the unaudited statements, as permitted by Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission) and fairly present in all material respects in accordance with applicable requirements of GAAP (subject, in the case of the unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments) the financial position of the Company as of their respective dates and the results of operations and the cash flows of the Company for the periods presented therein.

 

j. The Company has not received any written communication since December 31, 2017 from a governmental entity that alleges that the Company or any of its subsidiaries is not in compliance with or is in default or violation of any applicable law.

 

k. Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Subscribed Shares, as of the date hereof, there is no (i) suit, action, proceeding or arbitration before a governmental authority or arbitrator pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental authority or arbitrator outstanding against the Company.

 

l. The issued and outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and are listed for trading on Nasdaq under the symbol “EAGL.” There is no suit, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company by Nasdaq or the Commission with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the Class A Ordinary Shares or prohibit or terminate the listing of the Class A Ordinary Shares on Nasdaq. The Company has taken no action that is designed to terminate the registration of the Class A Ordinary Shares under the Exchange Act.

 

m. Upon consummation of the Transaction, the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock will be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and will be listed for trading on Nasdaq.

 

n. Assuming the accuracy of Subscriber’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Subscription Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Subscribed Shares by the Company to Subscriber.

 

o. Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the Subscribed Shares.

 

p. Except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) all material Tax Returns (as defined in the Transaction Agreements) required to be filed by or with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries have been duly and timely filed (taking into account extension of time for filing) with the appropriate governmental entity, (ii) all such Tax Returns were true, correct and complete in all material respects, (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries have paid all Taxes (as defined in the Transaction Agreements) and other assessments due, whether or not disputed, and (iv) the Company and its subsidiaries do not have any liabilities for Taxes of any other person or entity by contract, as a transferee or successor, under U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or analogous state, county, local or foreign provision or otherwise.

 

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q. The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Subscribed Shares will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

r. The Company has not paid, and is not obligated to pay, any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with its issuance and sale of the Subscribed Shares, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fee or commission payable to any stockholder or affiliate of the Company; provided, however, that the Company is obligated to pay a fee to the Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as the Company’s placement agents and capital markets advisors (the “Placement Agents”), in connection with the sale of the Subscribed Shares.

 

s. As of the date hereof, except for the Warrants, the Transaction Agreements and the Other Subscription Agreements, the Company has no other agreements or understandings (including, without limitation, side letters) with any Subscriber or other person to purchase Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of the Company.

 

t. As of the date hereof, the Transaction Agreements entered into concurrently herewith are consistent in all material respects with the Term Sheet.

 

4. Subscriber Representations and Warranties. Each Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

a. Such Subscriber (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

b. This Subscription Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Subscriber, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the same by the Company, this Subscription Agreement shall constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of Subscriber, enforceable against such Subscriber in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors generally and by the availability of equitable remedies.

 

c. The execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the purchase of the Subscribed Shares and the compliance by such Subscriber with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of such Subscriber pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which such Subscriber is a party or by which such Subscriber is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Subscriber is subject; (ii) the organizational documents of Subscriber; or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over such Subscriber or any of its properties that, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), would reasonably be expected to have a Subscriber Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, a “Subscriber Material Adverse Effect” means an event, change, development, occurrence, condition or effect with respect to a Subscriber that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such Subscriber’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the purchase of the Subscribed Shares.

 

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d. Such Subscriber (i) is an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act), (ii) is acquiring the Subscribed Shares only for its own account and not for the account of others, and (iii) is not acquiring the Subscribed Shares with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act (and has provided the Company with such information as reasonably requested related to its qualification as an accredited investor). Such Subscriber is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Subscribed Shares.

 

e. Such Subscriber understands that the Subscribed Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Subscribed Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act. Such Subscriber understands that the Subscribed Shares may not be resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by Such Subscriber absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, except (i) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof, or (ii) pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and, in each of cases (i) and (ii), in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the states and other jurisdictions of the United States, and that any certificates or book-entry position representing the Subscribed Shares shall contain a legend to such effect. Such Subscriber understands that it has been advised to consult legal counsel prior to making any offer, resale, pledge or transfer of any of the Subscribed Shares.

 

f. Such Subscriber understands and agrees that such Subscriber is purchasing the Subscribed Shares directly from the Company. Such Subscriber further acknowledges that there have not been, and such Subscriber is not relying on, any representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made to such Subscriber by the Company, any other party to the Transaction or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company included in this Subscription Agreement.

 

g. In making its decision to purchase the Subscribed Shares, such Subscriber has relied solely upon independent investigation made by Subscriber. Such Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that such Subscriber has received such information as such Subscriber deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the Subscribed Shares, including with respect to the Company and the Transaction (including the company to be acquired in the Transaction and its respective subsidiaries). Such Subscriber represents and agrees that such Subscriber and such Subscriber’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as such Subscriber and such Subscriber’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Subscribed Shares.

 

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h. Such Subscriber became aware of this offering of the Subscribed Shares solely by means of direct contact between such Subscriber and the Company or by means of contact from the Placement Agents, and the Subscribed Shares were offered to such Subscriber solely by direct contact between such Subscriber and the Company or by contact between such Subscriber and the Placement Agents. Such Subscriber did not become aware of this offering of the Subscribed Shares, nor were the Subscribed Shares offered to Subscriber, by any other means. Such Subscriber acknowledges that the Company represents and warrants that the Subscribed Shares (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws.

 

i. Such Subscriber acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Subscribed Shares. Such Subscriber has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Subscribed Shares, and such Subscriber has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as such Subscriber has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision.

 

j. Such Subscriber has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the Subscribed Shares and determined that the Subscribed Shares are a suitable investment for such Subscriber and that such Subscriber is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of such Subscriber’s investment in the Company. Such Subscriber acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

 

k. Such Subscriber understands and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Subscribed Shares or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

 

l. Such Subscriber is not (i) a person or entity named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or in any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States and administered by OFAC (“OFAC List”), or a person or entity prohibited by any OFAC sanctions program, (ii) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, or (iii) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank (collectively, a “Prohibited Investor”).

 

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m. Such Subscriber does not have, as of the date hereof, and during the 30-day period immediately prior to the date hereof such Subscriber has not entered into, any “put equivalent position” as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act or short sale positions with respect to the securities of the Company.

 

n. Such Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent the Subscribed Shares are not included in the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by the Company in connection with the Transaction (the “Form S-4”), the certificate or book-entry position representing the Subscribed Shares will bear or reflect, as applicable, a legend substantially similar to the following:

 

“THIS SECURITY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM.  THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) PURSUANT TO ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (II) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (III) TO THE COMPANY, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (III) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL NOTIFY ANY SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE. THE COMPANY MAY REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF A WRITTEN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION IT REASONABLY REQUIRES TO CONFIRM THE SECURITIES ACT EXEMPTION FOR SUCH TRANSACTION.”

 

5. Registration Rights.  

 

a. In connection with the Transactions, the Company will file the Form S-4, which will register the issuance of Common Stock in exchange for all outstanding Ordinary Shares (including the Subscribed Shares).

 

b. If the Subscribed Shares are not included in the Form S-4 at the time it becomes effective, then the Company shall, within thirty (30) calendar days after the Closing (the “Filing Deadline”), use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission a registration statement registering the resale of the Subscribed Shares (the “Registration Statement”), and use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (i) the 60th calendar day (or 90th calendar day if the Commission notifies the Company that it will “review” the Registration Statement) following the earlier of (A) the filing of the Registration Statement and (B) Filing Deadline and (ii) the 10th Business Day after the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review (such date, the “Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, however, that the Company’s obligations to include a Subscriber’s Subscribed Shares in the Registration Statement are contingent upon such Subscriber furnishing in writing to the Company such information regarding such Subscriber, the securities of the Company held by such Subscriber and the intended method of disposition of the Subscribed Shares as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the registration of the Subscribed Shares, and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations. Not less than three (3) Business Days prior to filing the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Company will provide each Subscriber an opportunity to review and comment on the disclosure regarding such Subscriber. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the continuous effectiveness of the Registration Statement with respect to a Subscriber’s Subscribed Shares until the earlier of (i) date on which such Subscriber has notified the Company that such securities have actually been sold and (ii) the date which is five (5) years after the Closing; provided that, subject to clause (iii) of the following paragraph (c), the Company shall be entitled to delay or postpone the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and from time to time to require any Subscriber not to sell under the Registration Statement or to suspend the effectiveness thereof, if the negotiation or consummation of a transaction by the Company or its subsidiaries is pending or an event has occurred, which negotiation, consummation or event the Company’s board of directors reasonably believes, upon the advice of legal counsel, would require additional disclosure by the Company in the Registration Statement of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for keeping confidential and the non-disclosure of which in the Registration Statement would be expected, in the reasonable determination of the Company’s board of directors, upon the advice of legal counsel, to cause the Registration Statement to fail to comply with applicable disclosure requirements (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”). Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company (which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding the Company) of the happening of any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made (in the case of the prospectus) not misleading, each Subscriber agrees that (i) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Subscribed Shares under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144) until such Subscriber receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Company that it may resume such offers and sales, and (ii) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Company unless otherwise required by law or subpoena. If so directed by the Company, each Subscriber will deliver to the Company or, in such Subscriber’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Subscribed Shares in such Subscriber’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Subscribed Shares shall not apply (i) to the extent such Subscriber is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (a) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (b) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (ii) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.

 

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c. If: (i) the Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the Filing Deadline, (ii) the Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission (or otherwise does not become effective) for any reason on or prior to the Effectiveness Deadline, or (iii) after the effective date of the Registration Statement, (A) such Registration Statement ceases for any reason (including without limitation by reason of a stop order, or the Company’s failure to update the Registration Statement), to remain continuously effective as to all Subscribed Shares be effective or (B) the Subscribers are not permitted to utilize the prospectus contained therein to resell such shares, in each case of (A) and (B), for a period of not more than thirty (30) consecutive days or for a total of not more than ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period (any such failure or breach in clauses (i) through (iii) above being referred to as an “Event,” and the date on which such Event occurs being referred to as an “Event Date”), then in addition to any other rights the Subscribers may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Subscriber an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty (“Liquidated Damages”), equal to 1.0% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Subscriber pursuant to the Subscription Agreement for any unregistered Subscribed Shares held by such Subscriber on the Event Date. If the Company fails to pay any Liquidated Damages pursuant to this Section 5(c) in full within five (5) Business Days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 1.0% per month (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Subscriber, accruing daily from the date such Liquidated Damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The Liquidated Damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event, except in the case of the first Event Date. With respect to a Subscriber, the Effectiveness Deadline for a Registration Statement shall be extended without default or Liquidated Damages hereunder in the event that the Company’s failure to obtain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on a timely basis results from the failure of such Subscriber to timely provide the Company with information requested by the Company and necessary to complete the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act (in which case the Effectiveness Deadline would be extended with respect to Subscribed Shares held by such Subscriber).

 

d. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Subscription Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Subscriber (to the extent a seller under the Registration Statement), the officers, directors, agents, partners, members, managers, stockholders, affiliates, employees and investment advisers of such Subscriber, each person who controls such Subscriber (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, stockholders, agents, affiliates, employees and investment advisers of each such controlling person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, that arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any prospectus included in the Registration Statement or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any state securities law or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Section 5, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based solely upon information regarding a Subscriber furnished in writing to the Company by such Subscriber expressly for use therein. The Company shall notify each Subscriber promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Section 5 of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of the Subscribed Shares by Subscriber.

 

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e. Each Subscriber shall, severally and not jointly with any other Subscriber, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising out of or are based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any prospectus included in the Registration Statement, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus, or any form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding a Subscriber furnished in writing to the Company by such Subscriber expressly for use therein. In no event shall the liability of a Subscriber be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Subscriber upon the sale of the Subscribed Shares giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

f. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Sections 5(b) through 5(d) hereof shall have no effect if the Subscribed Shares are included in the Form S-4 at the time it becomes effective.

 

6. Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect with respect to a Subscriber, 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 Transaction Agreements is terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of the Company and such Subscriber to terminate this Subscription Agreement, (c) if, on the Transaction Closing Date, any of the conditions to Closing set forth in Section 2 of this Subscription Agreement have not been satisfied as of the time required hereunder to be so satisfied or waived by the party entitled to grant such waiver and, as a result thereof, the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement are not consummated or (d) March 15, 2019, if the Closing has not occurred by such date; provided, that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful breach hereof prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from such breach. The Company shall notify each Subscriber of the termination of the Transaction Agreements promptly after the termination thereof.

 

7. Trust Account Waiver. Each Subscriber hereby acknowledges that the Company has established a trust account (the “Trust Account”) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering (the “IPO”) and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders and certain other parties (including the underwriters of the IPO). For and in consideration of the Company entering into this Subscription Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Subscriber hereby (i) agrees that it does not now and shall not at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any assets held in the Trust Account arising from or in connection with this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or any discussions in connection therewith, (ii) agrees that it shall not make any claim against the Trust Account arising from or in connection with this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or any discussions in connection therewith, 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 “Released Claims”), (iii) irrevocably waives any Released Claims that it may have against the Trust Account now or in the future, and (iv) will not seek recourse against the Trust Account in respect of any Released Claims.

 

8. Miscellaneous.

 

a. All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given (a) when delivered personally to the recipient, (b) when sent by electronic mail, on the date of transmission to such recipient; provided, that such notice, request, demand, claim or other communication is also sent to the recipient pursuant to clauses (a), (c) or (d) of this Section 8(a), (c) one Business Day after being sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid), or (d) four (4) Business Days after being mailed to the recipient by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, and, in each case, addressed to the intended recipient at its address specified on the signature page hereof.

 

b. Each Subscriber acknowledges that the Company will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement. The Company acknowledges that each Subscriber will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, the Company agrees to promptly notify each Subscriber if it becomes aware that any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects.

 

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c. Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the Subscribers hereunder (other than the Subscribed Shares acquired hereunder, if any) may be transferred or assigned. Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the Company hereunder may be transferred or assigned, provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the completion of the Domestication shall not be deemed a transfer or assignment by the Company.

 

d. All the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing.

 

e. The Company may request from each Subscriber such additional information as the Company may deem necessary to evaluate the eligibility of such Subscriber to acquire the Subscribed Shares, and each Subscriber shall provide such information as may be reasonably requested, to the extent readily available and to the extent consistent with its internal policies and procedures.

 

f. This Subscription Agreement may not be modified, waived or terminated except by an instrument in writing, signed by the party against whom enforcement of such modification, waiver, or termination is sought.

 

g. This Subscription Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Subscription Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than (i) the parties hereto and their respective successor and assigns and (ii) the persons entitled to indemnification under Section 5 hereof.

 

h. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription 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 Subscription Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

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j. This Subscription Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic mail or in .pdf) 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.

 

k. This Subscription Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person; provided, however, that the Placement Agents shall be intended third party beneficiaries of the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 3 hereof and of the Subscribers in Section 4 hereof.

 

l. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Subscription 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 an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Subscription Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Subscription 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.

 

m. This Subscription Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws that would otherwise require the application of the law of any other state.

 

n. EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OR RELATED TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY OTHER SUCH PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.

 

o. The parties agree that all disputes, legal actions, suits and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement must be brought exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the state of Delaware and any state appellate court therefrom within the state of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery of the state of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court within the state of Delaware or, in the event each federal court within the state of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state court within the state of Delaware) (collectively the “Designated Courts”). Each party hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Designated Courts. No legal action, suit or proceeding with respect to this subscription agreement may be brought in any other forum. Each party hereby irrevocably waives all claims of immunity from jurisdiction and any objection which such party may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding in any Designated Court, including any right to object on the basis that any dispute, action, suit or proceeding brought in the Designated Courts has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum or venue. Each of the parties also agrees that delivery of any process, summons, notice or document to a party hereof in compliance with Section 8(a) of this Subscription Agreement shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in a Designated Court with respect to any matters to which the parties have submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above.

 

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p. The Company shall, by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first (1st) business day immediately following the date of this Subscription Agreement, issue one or more press releases or file with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K (collectively, the “Disclosure Document”) disclosing, to the extent not previously publicly disclosed, all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby (and by the Other Subscription Agreements), the Transaction and any other material, nonpublic information that the Company has provided to each Subscriber at any time prior to the filing of the Disclosure Document. From and after the issuance of the Disclosure Document, each Subscriber shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information received from the Company or any of its officers, directors or employees or the Placement Agents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Subscriber or any affiliate or investment adviser of any Subscriber, or include the name of any Subscriber or any affiliate or investment adviser of any Subscriber in any press release or in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or trading market, without the prior written consent (including by e-mail) of such Subscriber, except as required by the federal securities laws, rules or regulations and to the extent such disclosure is required by other laws, rules or regulations, at the request of the staff of the Commission or regulatory agency or under Nasdaq regulations, in which case the Company shall provide such Subscriber with prior written notice (including by e-mail) of such permitted disclosure, and shall reasonably consult with such Subscriber regarding such disclosure.

 

q. Any restrictive legend described in Section 4(n) above on a certificate or book-entry position representing the Subscribed Shares shall promptly be removed and the Company shall promptly issue shares without such restrictive legend or any other restrictive legend to the holder of the applicable Subscribed Shares upon which it is stamped or issue to such holder by electronic delivery at the applicable balance account at DTC, if such Subscribed Shares are sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

r. The Company shall pay the reasonable legal fees and expenses of one counsel to the Subscribers, incurred by such Subscribers in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in an amount not to exceed $5,000, which amount shall be paid directly by the Company to such counsel at the Closing.

 

s. The obligations of each Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Subscriber or any other investor under the Other Subscription Agreements, and no Subscriber shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement or any other investor under the Other Subscription Agreements. The decision of each Subscriber to purchase Subscribed Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement has been made by such Subscriber independently of any other Subscriber or any other investor and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which may have been made or given by any other Subscriber or investor or by any agent or employee of any other Subscriber or investor, and no Subscriber and none of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any other Subscriber or investor (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained herein or in any Other Subscription Agreement, and no action taken by any Subscriber or investor pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Subscribers and other investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Subscribers and other investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements. Each Subscriber acknowledges that no other Subscriber has acted as agent for such Subscriber in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Subscriber will be acting as agent of such Subscriber in connection with monitoring its investment in the Subscribed Shares or enforcing its rights under this Subscription Agreement. Each Subscriber shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Subscription Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Subscriber or investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. It is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Subscription Agreement is between the Company and a Subscriber, solely, and not between the Company and the Subscribers collectively and not between and among the Subscribers.

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Company and each Subscriber has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date first set forth above.

 

  PLATINUM EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  Address for Notices:
     
  2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2300
  Los Angeles, CA 90067

  

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  SUBSCRIBER:
     
  Print Name:
     
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  Address for Notices:
   
   
     
     
  Name in which shares are to be registered:
   
   

 

   
Number of Subscribed Shares subscribed for: [______]
Price Per Subscribed Share: $10.00
Aggregate Purchase Price: $[_]

 

You must pay the Purchase Price by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company.

 

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