424B3 1 ea126219-424b3_ranpakhold.htm PROSPECTUS

Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration Statement No. 333-241409

 

PROSPECTUS/OFFER TO EXCHANGE

 

 

RANPAK HOLDINGS CORP.

 

Offer to Exchange Warrants to Acquire Shares of Class A Common Stock
of
Ranpak Holdings Corp.
for
Shares of Class A Common Stock
of
Ranpak Holdings Corp.
and
Consent Solicitation

 

THE OFFER PERIOD (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 11:59 P.M., EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2020, OR SUCH LATER TIME AND DATE TO WHICH WE MAY EXTEND.

 

Terms of the Offer and Consent Solicitation

 

Until the Expiration Date (as defined below), we are offering to the holders of our outstanding warrants, including the public warrants (as defined below), the forward purchase warrants (as defined below) and the private placement warrants (as defined below) (collectively, the “warrants”), each to purchase shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A common stock”), of Ranpak Holdings Corp. (the “Company”), the opportunity to receive 0.22 shares of Class A common stock in exchange for each of our outstanding warrants tendered by the holder and exchanged pursuant to the offer (the “Offer”).

 

The Offer is being made to all holders of our warrants. The warrants are governed by the warrant agreement, dated as of January 17, 2018 (the “Warrant Agreement”), by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent. Our Class A common stock and public warrants are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbols “PACK” and “PACK WS,” respectively. As of July 31, 2020, a total of 20,108,741 warrants were outstanding. Pursuant to the Offer, we are offering up to an aggregate of 4,423,923 shares of our Class A common stock in exchange for the warrants.

 

Each warrant holder whose warrants are exchanged pursuant to the Offer will receive 0.22 shares of our Class A common stock for each warrant tendered by such holder and exchanged. No fractional shares of Class A common stock will be issued pursuant to the Offer. In lieu of issuing fractional shares, any holder of warrants who would otherwise have been entitled to receive fractional shares pursuant to the Offer will, after aggregating all such fractional shares of such holder, be paid in cash (without interest) in an amount equal to such fractional part of a share multiplied by the last sale price of our Class A common stock on the NYSE on the last trading day of the Offer Period (as defined below). Our obligation to complete the Offer is not conditioned on the receipt of a minimum number of tendered warrants.

 

Concurrently with the Offer, we are also soliciting consents (the “Consent Solicitation”) from holders of the public warrants and the forward purchase warrants (together, the “consent warrants”) to amend the Warrant Agreement (the “Warrant Amendment”), which governs all of the warrants, to permit the Company to require that each warrant that is outstanding upon the closing of the Offer be converted into 0.198 shares of Class A common stock, which is a ratio 10% less than the exchange ratio applicable to the Offer. Pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agreement, all except certain specified modifications or amendments require the vote or written consent of holders of at least 65% of the outstanding public warrants and 65% of the outstanding forward purchase warrants. Upon effectiveness of a registration statement covering the resale of the forward purchase warrants and the shares of Class A and/or Class C common stock underlying such forward purchase warrants, the public warrants and forward purchase warrants will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of the warrants.

 

  

 

 

As of the date of this prospectus, a registration statement covering the resale of the forward purchase warrants and the underlying shares of common stock has not been declared effective by the SEC. Accordingly, the adoption of the Warrant Amendment will require the consent of holders of at least 65% of the outstanding public warrants and 65% of the outstanding forward purchase warrants. Parties representing 48.6% of the outstanding public warrants and 98.3% of the outstanding forward purchase warrants have agreed to tender their warrants in the Offer and to consent to the Warrant Amendment in the Consent Solicitation, pursuant to separate tender and support agreements (each, a “Tender and Support Agreement” and together, the “Tender and Support Agreements”). Accordingly, if holders of an additional approximately 16.4% of the outstanding public warrants consent to the Warrant Amendment in the Consent Solicitation, and the other conditions described herein are satisfied or waived, then the Warrant Amendment will be adopted. For additional detail regarding the Tender and Support Agreements, see “Transactions and Agreements Concerning Our Securities — Tender and Support Agreements.”

 

You may not consent to the Warrant Amendment without tendering your consent warrants in the Offer and you may not tender such warrants without consenting to the Warrant Amendment. The consent to the Warrant Amendment is a part of the letter of transmittal and consent relating to the warrants, and therefore by tendering your consent warrants for exchange you will be delivering to us your consent. You may revoke your consent at any time prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) by withdrawing the consent warrants you have tendered in the Offer.

 

The Offer and Consent Solicitation is made solely upon the terms and conditions in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange and in the related letter of transmittal and consent (as it may be supplemented and amended from time to time, the “Letter of Transmittal and Consent”). The Offer and Consent Solicitation will be open until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on September 2, 2020, or such later time and date to which we may extend (the period during which the Offer and Consent Solicitation is open, giving effect to any withdrawal or extension, is referred to as the “Offer Period,” and the date and time at which the Offer Period ends is referred to as the “Expiration Date”). The Offer and Consent Solicitation is not made to those holders who reside in states or other jurisdictions where an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

 

We may withdraw the Offer and Consent Solicitation only if the conditions to the Offer and Consent Solicitation are not satisfied or waived prior to the Expiration Date. Promptly upon any such withdrawal, we will return the tendered warrants to the holders (and the consent to the Warrant Amendment will be revoked).

 

You may tender some or all of your warrants into the Offer. If you elect to tender warrants in response to the Offer and Consent Solicitation, please follow the instructions in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange and the related documents, including the Letter of Transmittal and Consent. If you tender warrants, you may withdraw your tendered warrants at any time before the Expiration Date and retain them on their current terms or amended terms if the Warrant Amendment is approved, by following the instructions in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange. In addition, tendered warrants that are not accepted by us for exchange by October 1, 2020, may thereafter be withdrawn by you until such time as the warrants are accepted by us for exchange. If you withdraw the tender of your warrants, your consent to the Warrant Amendment will be withdrawn as a result.

 

Warrants not exchanged for shares of our Class A common stock pursuant to the Offer will remain outstanding subject to their current terms or amended terms if the Warrant Amendment is approved. We reserve the right to redeem any of the warrants, as applicable, pursuant to their current terms at any time, including prior to the completion of the Offer and Consent Solicitation, and if the Warrant Amendment is approved, we intend to require the conversion of all outstanding warrants to shares of Class A common stock as provided in the Warrant Amendment. Our public warrants are currently listed on the NYSE under the symbol “PACK WS”; however, our public warrants may be delisted if, following the completion of the Offer and Consent Solicitation, the extent of public distribution or the aggregate market value of outstanding warrants has become so reduced as to make further listing inadvisable.

 

The Offer and Consent Solicitation is conditioned upon the effectiveness of a registration statement on Form S-4 that we filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) regarding the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exchange of the warrants pursuant to the Offer. This Prospectus/Offer to Exchange forms a part of the registration statement.

 

  

 

 

Our board of directors has approved the Offer and Consent Solicitation. However, neither we nor any of our management, our board of directors, or the information agent, the exchange agent or the dealer manager for the Offer and Consent Solicitation is making any recommendation as to whether holders of warrants should tender warrants for exchange in the Offer and, as applicable, consent to the Warrant Amendment in the Consent Solicitation. Each holder of a warrant must make its own decision as to whether to exchange some or all of its warrants and, as applicable, consent to the Warrant Amendment.

 

All questions concerning the terms of the Offer and Consent Solicitation should be directed to the dealer manager:

 

Evercore Group L.L.C.
55 East 52nd Street, 35th Floor
New York, New York 10055
Toll-Free: (888) 474-0200

 

All questions concerning exchange procedures and requests for additional copies of this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange, the Letter of Transmittal and Consent or the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery should be directed to the information agent:

 

Morrow Sodali LLC
470 West Avenue
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
Individuals, please call toll-free: (800) 662-5200
Banks and brokerage, please call: (203) 658-9400
Email: PACK.info@morrowsodali.com

 

We will amend our offering materials, including this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange, to the extent required by applicable securities laws to disclose any material changes to information previously published, sent or given to warrant holders.

 

The securities offered by this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange involve risks. Before participating in the Offer and consenting to the Warrant Amendment, you are urged to read carefully the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 10 of this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange.

 

Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission or any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

Through the Offer, we are soliciting your consent to the Warrant Amendment. By tendering your warrants, you will be delivering your consent to the proposed Warrant Amendment, which consent will be effective upon our acceptance of such warrants for exchange.

 

The dealer manager for the Offer and Consent Solicitation is:

 

Evercore ISI

 

This Prospectus/Offer to Exchange is dated September 1, 2020.

 

  

 

 

table of contents

 

    Page
About This Prospectus/Offer to Exchange   1
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements   2
Certain Defined Terms   3
Summary   5
Risk Factors   10
The Offer and Consent Solicitation   12
General Terms   12
Market Information, Dividends and Related Stockholder Matters   21
Description of Capital Stock   30
Legal Matters   36
Experts   36
Where You Can Find More Information   37

 

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About This Prospectus/Offer to Exchange

 

This Prospectus/Offer to Exchange is a part of the registration statement that we filed on Form S-4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. You should read this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange, including the detailed information regarding the Company, Class A common stock and warrants, and the financial statements and the notes that are incorporated by reference in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange and any applicable prospectus supplement.

 

We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information different from that contained in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange. If anyone makes any recommendation or representation to you, or gives you any information, you must not rely upon that recommendation, representation or information as having been authorized by us. We and the dealer manager take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. You should not assume that the information in or incorporated by reference in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange or any prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of those documents. You should not consider this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange to be an offer or solicitation relating to the securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation relating to the securities is not authorized. Furthermore, you should not consider this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange to be an offer or solicitation relating to the securities if the person making the offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so, or if it is unlawful for you to receive such an offer or solicitation.

 

Unless the context requires otherwise, in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange, we use the terms “the Company”, “our company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and similar references to refer to Ranpak Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries.

 

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

 

This Prospectus/Offer to Exchange and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the parties, perspectives and expectations, are forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to estimates, projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

 

The forward-looking statements contained in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us taking into account information currently available to us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to:

 

our inability to secure a sufficient supply of paper to meet our production requirements;

 

the impact of the price of kraft paper on our results of operations;

 

the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the associated response, on our business;

 

our reliance on third party suppliers;

 

the high degree of competition in the markets in which we operate;

 

consumer sensitivity to increases in the prices of our products;

 

changes in consumer preferences with respect to paper products generally;

 

continued consolidation in the markets in which we operate;

 

the loss of significant end-users of our products or a large group of such end-users;

 

our failure to develop new products that meet our sales or margin expectations;

 

our future operating results fluctuating, failing to match performance or to meet expectations;

 

our ability to fulfill our public company obligations;

 

the approval of the Warrant Amendment and our ability to require that all outstanding warrants be exchanged for Class A common stock;

 

the exchange of warrants for Class A common stock pursuant to the Offer, which will increase the number of shares eligible for future resale in the public market and result in dilution to our stockholders;

 

the lack of a third-party determination that the Offer or the Consent Solicitation is fair to holders of the warrants; and

 

other risks and uncertainties described in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange under “Risk Factors” and any updates to those risk factors or new risk factors contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “Annual Report”), our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020 (the “Quarterly Reports”), and our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, all of which we incorporate by reference herein.

 

Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, they could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. We are not undertaking any obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You should not take any statement regarding past trends or activities as a representation that the trends or activities will continue in the future. Accordingly, you should not put undue reliance on these statements.

 

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

 

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Certain Defined Terms

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this prospectus to:

 

anchor investors” are to the accredited investors with whom the Company entered into the forward purchase agreements, including our founder and certain employees of our Sponsor and/or their affiliates;

 

business combination” are to the transactions contemplated by the stock purchase agreement;

 

bylaws” refers to our bylaws adopted in connection with the domestication and as currently in effect, filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part;

 

charter” refers to our certificate of incorporation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 31, 2019 in connection with the domestication and as currently in effect, filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part;

 

Class A common stock” or “Class A shares” are to our Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share;

 

Class A ordinary shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, converted into shares of Class A common stock in connection with the domestication;

 

Class B common stock” or “Class B shares” are to our Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share;

 

Class B ordinary shares” are to our Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, converted into shares of Class B common stock in connection with the domestication;

 

Class C ordinary shares” are to our Class C ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, converted into shares of Class C common stock in connection with the domestication;

 

Class C common stock” or “Class C shares” are to our Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share;

 

Code” are to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

 

common stock” are to the Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Class C common stock;

 

Consent Solicitation” are to the solicitation of consent from the holders of the consent warrants to approve the Warrant Amendment;

 

credit agreement” are to our First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2019, by and among Ranger Pledgor LLC, the financial institutions party thereto, and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as administrative agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated February 14, 2020, by and among Ranger Packaging LLC, Ranpak B.V., Ranger Pledgor LLC, the financial institutions party thereto, and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as administrative agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified;

 

domestication” are to our deregistration as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands and domestication as a Delaware corporation in connection with the consummation of the business combination;

 

DGCL” are to the Delaware General Corporation Law;

 

equity financing” are to the (i) aggregate $150,000,000 of proceeds from the issuance of the forward purchase shares and the forward purchase warrants, (ii) aggregate $162,000,000 of proceeds from the issuance of the subscription shares and the additional subscription shares;

 

equity financing agreements” are to the forward purchase agreements and the subscription agreements;

 

equity financing investors” are to the anchor investors and the subscription investors;

 

Exchange Act” are to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

 

Expiration Date” are to 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time on September 2, 2020.

 

forward purchase agreements” are to the forward purchase agreements, dated October 5, 2017 and amended on December 15, 2017 and January 5, 2018, as amended or modified from time to time;

 

forward purchase warrants” are to the 5,000,000 warrants to purchase Class A common stock or Class C common stock, as applicable, issued to the equity financing sources pursuant to the equity financing agreements and the reallocation agreement, unless the context otherwise requires;

 

GAAP” are to United States generally accepted accounting principles;

 

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IPO” are to the initial public offering of units of One Madison Corporation (now known as Ranpak Holdings Corp.), which closed on January 22, 2018;

 

Letter of Transmittal and Consent” are to the letter of transmittal and consent (as it may be supplemented and amended from time to time) related to the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

the Company ,” “we,” “our” or “us” are to Ranpak Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation, formerly known as One Madison Corporation, following its domestication from an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands in connection with the closing of the business combination, and its subsidiaries;

 

Offer” are to the opportunity to receive 0.22 shares of Class A common stock in exchange for each of our outstanding warrants.

 

Offer Period” are to the period during which the Offer and Consent Solicitation is open, giving effect to any extension.

 

ordinary shares” are to, prior to the domestication, our Class A ordinary shares, Class B ordinary shares and Class C ordinary shares and, following the domestication and where the context otherwise requires, to our Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Class C common stock;

 

organizational documents” are to the charter and bylaws;

 

private placement warrants” are to the warrants issued to the anchor investors and the BSOF Entities (as defined below) in a private placement in connection with the closing of the IPO that have not become public warrants under the Warrant Agreement as a result of being transferred to any person other than permitted transferees;

 

public warrants” are to the warrants (i) sold as part of the units in the IPO (whether they were purchased in the IPO or thereafter in the open market) or (ii) initially issued to the anchor investors and the BSOF Entities in connection with the IPO that have been transferred to any person other than permitted transferees;

 

Ranpak” are to Ranpak Holdings Corp., the registrant, unless the context otherwise requires;

 

Sponsor” are to One Madison Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company;

 

units” are to our units sold in the IPO, each of which consisted of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one warrant prior to their automatic separation upon the closing of the business combination;

 

Warrant Agreement” are to that Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 17, 2018, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent; and

 

Warrant Amendment” means the amendment to the Warrant Agreement permitting the Company to require that each outstanding warrant be converted into 0.198 shares of Class A common stock, which is a ratio 10% less than the exchange ratio applicable to the Offer.

 

 Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this prospectus to the anchor investors, the subscription investors and the equity financing investors refer to such persons in their capacities as such and not in any other capacity (including as directors and officers of the Company, if applicable).

 

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Summary

 

In this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange, unless otherwise stated, the terms “the Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to Ranpak Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries.

 

The Offer and Consent Solicitation

 

This summary provides a brief overview of the key aspects of the Offer and Consent Solicitation. Because it is only a summary, it does not contain all of the detailed information contained elsewhere in or incorporated by reference in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange or in the documents included as exhibits to the registration statement that contains this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange. Accordingly, you are urged to carefully review this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange in its entirety (including all documents filed as exhibits to the registration statement that contains this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange, which exhibits may be obtained by following the procedures set forth herein in the section entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information”).

 

Summary of The Offer and Consent Solicitation

 

The Company   Ranpak is a leading provider of environmentally sustainable, systems-based, product protection solutions for e-commerce and industrial supply chains. Since its inception in 1972, Ranpak has delivered high quality protective packaging solutions, while maintaining its commitment to environmental sustainability. Our protective packaging systems are designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of our end users, including the businesses we serve directly or through our distributors that utilize our protective systems for the products they provide to their customers. The flexibility and breadth of our full range of systems allows us to provide our end-users with the appropriate level of automation to meet their specific needs. These protective packaging solutions, which include the accompanying paper consumables, fall into four broad categories: void-fill, cushioning, wrapping and end of line automation.
     
    On June 3, 2019, we consummated the business combination whereby we acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Rack Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the parent company of Ranpak Corp. Upon the effective date of the domestication, we also changed our name to Ranpak Holdings Corp.
     
Corporate Contact Information   Our principal executive offices are located at 7990 Auburn Road, Concord Township, OH 44077, and our telephone number is (440) 354-4445. We maintain a website at www.ranpak.com where general information about us is available. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our website is not part of, and is not incorporated into, this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange or the registration statement of which it forms a part.
     
Warrants that qualify for the Offer   As of August 28, 2020, we had outstanding an aggregate of 20,108,741 warrants, including 14,537,997 public warrants, 5,000,000 forward purchase warrants and 570,744 private placement warrants, each exercisable for one share of our Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustments pursuant to the Warrant Agreement. Pursuant to the Offer, we are offering up to an aggregate of 4,423,923 shares of our Class A common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding warrants.
     
    Under the Warrant Agreement, we may call the consent warrants for redemption at our option:
     
    ●   in whole and not in part;
    ●   at a price of $0.01 per warrant;
    ●   upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption (the “30-day redemption period”) to each warrant holder; and
    ●   if, and only if, the reported closing price of our Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third business day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders, provided that there is an effective registration statement covering the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the public warrants, and a current prospectus relating thereto, available throughout the 30-day redemption period or the Company has elected to require the exercise of public warrants on a “cashless basis”.
     
    The warrants expire on June 3, 2024, subject to certain terms and conditions.

 

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Market Price of Our Class A Common Stock   Our Class A common stock and public warrants are listed on the NYSE under the symbols “PACK” and “PACK WS,” respectively. See “The Offer and Consent Solicitation — Market Price, Dividends and Related Shareholder Matters.”
     
The Offer   Each warrant holder who tenders warrants for exchange pursuant to the Offer will receive 0.22 shares of our Class A common stock for each warrant so exchanged. No fractional shares of Class A common stock will be issued pursuant to the Offer. In lieu of issuing fractional shares, any holder of warrants who would otherwise have been entitled to receive fractional shares pursuant to the Offer will, after aggregating all such fractional shares of such holder, be paid cash (without interest) in an amount equal to such fractional part of a share multiplied by the last sale price of our Class A common stock on NYSE on the last trading day of the Offer Period. Our obligation to complete the Offer is not conditioned on the receipt of a minimum number of tendered warrants.
     
    Holders of the warrants tendered for exchange will not have to pay any of the exercise price for the tendered warrants in order to receive shares of Class A common stock in the exchange.
     
    The shares of Class A common stock issued in exchange for the tendered warrants will be unrestricted and freely transferable, as long as the holder is not an affiliate of ours and was not an affiliate of ours within the three months prior to the proposed transfer of such shares.
     
    The Offer is being made to all warrant holders except those holders who reside in states or other jurisdictions where an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful (or would require further action in order to comply with applicable securities laws).
     
The Consent Solicitation   In order to tender warrants in the Offer and Consent Solicitation, holders are required to consent (by executing the Letters of Transmittal and Consent or requesting that their broker or nominee consent on their behalf) to an amendment to the Warrant Agreement governing the warrants as set forth in the Warrant Amendment attached as Annex A. If approved, the Warrant Amendment would permit the Company to require that all warrants that are outstanding upon the closing of the Offer be converted into shares of Class A common stock at a ratio of 0.198 shares of Class A common stock per public warrant (a ratio which is 10% less than the exchange ratio applicable to the Offer). Upon such conversion, no warrants will remain outstanding.
     

Purpose of the Offer and Consent Solicitation

  The purpose of the Offer and Consent Solicitation is to attempt to simplify our capital structure and reduce the potential dilutive impact of the warrants, thereby providing us with more flexibility for financing our operations in the future. See “The Offer and Consent Solicitation — Background and Purpose of the Offer and Consent Solicitation.”

 

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Offer Period   The Offer and Consent Solicitation will expire on the Expiration Date, which is 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on September 2, 2020, or such later time and date to which we may extend. All warrants tendered for exchange pursuant to the Offer and Consent Solicitation, and all required related paperwork, must be received by the exchange agent by the Expiration Date, as described in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange.
     
    If the Offer Period is extended, we will make a public announcement of such extension by no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on the next business day following the Expiration Date as in effect immediately prior to such extension.
     
    We may withdraw the Offer and Consent Solicitation only if the conditions of the Offer and Consent Solicitation are not satisfied or waived prior to the Expiration Date. Promptly upon any such withdrawal, we will return the tendered warrants (and, with respect to the consent warrants, the related consent to the Warrant Amendment will be revoked). We will announce our decision to withdraw the Offer and Consent Solicitation by disseminating notice by public announcement or otherwise as permitted by applicable law. See “The Offer and Consent Solicitation — General Terms — Offer Period.”
     
Amendments to the Offer and Consent Solicitation   We reserve the right at any time or from time to time to amend the Offer and Consent Solicitation, including by increasing or (if the conditions to the Offer are not satisfied) decreasing the exchange ratio of Class A common stock issued for every warrant exchanged or by changing the terms of the Warrant Amendment. If we make a material change in the terms of the Offer and Consent Solicitation or the information concerning the Offer and Consent Solicitation, or if we waive a material condition of the Offer and Consent Solicitation, we will extend the Offer and Consent Solicitation to the extent required by Rules 13e-4(d)(2) and 13e-4(e)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). See “The Offer and Consent Solicitation — General Terms — Amendments to the Offer and Consent Solicitation.”
     
Conditions to the Offer and Consent Solicitation   The Offer is subject to customary conditions, including the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange forms a part and the absence of any action or proceeding, statute, rule, regulation or order that would challenge or restrict the making or completion of the Offer. The Offer is not conditioned upon the receipt of a minimum number of tendered warrants. However, the Consent Solicitation is conditioned upon receiving the consent of holders of at least 65% of the outstanding public warrants and 65% of the outstanding forward purchase warrants (which is the minimum number required to amend the Warrant Agreement). We may waive some of the conditions to the Offer. See “The Offer and Consent Solicitation — General Terms — Conditions to the Offer and Consent Solicitation.”
     
Withdrawal Rights   If you tender your warrants for exchange and change your mind, you may withdraw your tendered warrants (and, with respect to the consent warrants, thereby automatically revoke the related consent to the Warrant Amendment) at any time prior to the Expiration Date, as described in greater detail in the section entitled “The Offer and Consent Solicitation — Withdrawal Rights.” If the Offer Period is extended, you may withdraw your tendered warrants (and, with respect to the consent warrants, thereby automatically revoke the related consent to the Warrant Amendment) at any time until the extended Expiration Date. In addition, tendered warrants that are not accepted by us for exchange by October 1, 2020 may thereafter be withdrawn by you until such time as the warrants are accepted by us for exchange.

 

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Participation by Directors, Executive Officers and Affiliates   Certain of our directors, executive officers and affiliates hold warrants and have indicated to us that they intend to tender such warrants pursuant to the Offer. None of our other directors, executive officers or affiliates are required to or have indicated that they will participate in the Offer. See “The Offer and Consent Solicitation — Interests of Directors, Executive Officers and Others.”
     
Federal and State Regulatory Approvals   Other than compliance with the applicable federal and state securities laws, no federal or state regulatory requirements must be complied with and no federal or state regulatory approvals must be obtained in connection with the Offer and Consent Solicitation.
     
Absence of Appraisal or Dissenters’ Rights   Holders of warrants do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights under applicable law in connection with the Offer and Consent Solicitation.
     
U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Offer   For those holders of warrants participating in the Offer and for any holders of warrants subsequently exchanged for Class A common stock pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Amendment, if approved, we intend to treat your exchange of warrants for our Class A common stock as a “recapitalization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Code pursuant to which (i) you should not recognize any gain or loss on the exchange of warrants for shares of Class A common stock, (ii) your aggregate tax basis in our Class A common stock received in the exchange should equal your aggregate tax basis in your warrants surrendered in the exchange (except to the extent of any tax basis allocated to a fractional share for which a cash payment is received in connection with the Offer), and (iii) your holding period for our Class A common stock received in the exchange should include your holding period for the surrendered warrants. However, because there is a lack of direct legal authority regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the exchange of warrants for our Class A common stock, there can be no assurance in this regard and alternative characterizations are possible by the IRS or a court, including ones that would require U.S. holders to recognize taxable income.
     
    Although the issue is not free from doubt, we intend to treat all warrants not exchanged for Class A common stock in the Offer as having been exchanged for “new” warrants pursuant to the Warrant Amendment and to treat such deemed exchange as a “recapitalization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Code, pursuant to which (i) you should not recognize any gain or loss on the deemed exchange of warrants for “new” warrants, (ii) your aggregate tax basis in the “new” warrants deemed to be received in the exchange should equal your aggregate tax basis in your existing warrants surrendered in the exchange, and (iii) your holding period for the “new” warrants deemed to be received in the exchange should include your holding period for the surrendered warrants. Because there is a lack of direct legal authority regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the deemed exchange of warrants for “new” warrants pursuant to the Warrant Amendment, if approved, there can be no assurance in this regard and alternative characterizations by the IRS or a court are possible, including ones that would require U.S. holders to recognize taxable income. See “The Offer and Consent Solicitation — Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences.”

 

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No Recommendation   None of our Board, our management, the dealer manager, the exchange agent, the information agent or any other person makes any recommendation on whether you should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of your warrants or consent to the Warrant Amendment, and no one has been authorized by any of them to make such a recommendation.
     
Risk Factors   For risks related to the Offer and Consent Solicitation, please read the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 10 of this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange.
     
Exchange Agent  

The depositary and exchange agent for the Offer and Consent Solicitation is:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street, 30th Floor
New York, NY 10004

     
Dealer Manager  

The dealer manager for the Offer and Consent Solicitation is:
Evercore Group L.L.C.

55 East 52nd Street, 35th Floor
New York, New York 10055
Toll-Free: (888) 474-0200

     
    We have other business relationships with the dealer manager, as described in “The Offer and Consent Solicitation — Dealer Manager.”
     
Additional Information   We recommend that our warrant holders review the registration statement on Form S-4, of which this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange forms a part, including the exhibits that we have filed with the SEC in connection with the Offer and Consent Solicitation and our other materials that we have filed with the SEC, before making a decision on whether to tender for exchange in the Offer and consent to the Warrant Amendment. All reports and other documents we have filed with the SEC can be accessed electronically on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
     
   

You should direct (1) questions about the terms of the Offer and Consent Solicitation to the dealer manager at its addresses and telephone number listed above and (2) questions about the exchange procedures and requests for additional copies of this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange, the Letter of Transmittal and Consent or Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to the information agent at the below address and phone number:

 

Morrow Sodali LLC
470 West Avenue
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
Individuals, please call toll-free: (800) 662-5200
Banks and brokerage, please call: (203) 658-9400
Email: PACK.info@morrowsodali.com

 

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Risk Factors

 

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the risk factors below and the risk factors in the Annual Report, the Quarterly Reports and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC after the date of this prospectus, as well as the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange before making an investment decision. In particular, you should read the section of the Form 10-K titled “Item 1A. Risk Factors” for a description of certain risks related to our business and our common shares. Any of the risk factors could significantly and negatively affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and prospects and the trading price of our securities. You could lose all or part of your investment.

 

Risks Related to Our Warrants and the Offer to Exchange and Consent Solicitation

 

The Warrant Amendment, if approved, will allow us to require that all outstanding warrants be exchanged for Class A common stock at a ratio 10% lower than the exchange ratio applicable to the Offer.

 

If we complete the Offer and Consent Solicitation and obtain the requisite approval of the Warrant Amendment by holders of the consent warrants, the Company will have the right to require holders of all warrants that remain outstanding upon the closing of the Offer to exchange each of their warrants for 0.198 shares of Class A common stock. This represents a ratio of shares of Class A common stock per warrant that is 10% less than the exchange ratio applicable to the Offer. Although we intend to require an exchange of all remaining outstanding warrants as a result of the approval of the Warrant Amendment, we would not be required to effect such an exchange and may defer doing so, if ever, until most economically advantageous to us.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agreement, the consent of holders of at least 65% of the outstanding public warrants and 65% of the outstanding forward purchase warrants is required to approve the Warrant Amendment. Therefore, one of the conditions to the adoption of the Warrant Amendment is the receipt of the consent of holders of at least 65% of the outstanding public warrants and 65% of the outstanding forward purchase warrants. Parties representing 48.6% of the outstanding public warrants and 98.3% of the outstanding forward purchase warrants have agreed to tender their warrants in the Offer and to consent to the Warrant Amendment in the Consent Solicitation, pursuant to the Tender and Support Agreements. Accordingly, if holders of an additional approximately 16.4% of the outstanding public warrants consent to the Warrant Amendment in the Consent Solicitation, and the other conditions described herein are satisfied or waived, then the Warrant Amendment will be adopted.

 

If adopted, we currently intend to require the conversion of all outstanding warrants to Class A common stock as provided in the Warrant Amendment, which would result in the holders of any remaining outstanding warrants receiving approximately 10% fewer shares than if they had tendered their warrants in the Offer.

 

The exchange of warrants for Class A common stock will increase the number of shares eligible for future resale and result in dilution to our stockholders.

 

Our warrants may be exchanged for shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the Offer, which will increase the number of shares eligible for future resale in the public market and result in dilution to our stockholders, although there can be no assurance that such warrant exchange will be completed or that all of the holders of the warrants will elect to participate in the Offer. Any warrants remaining outstanding after the exchange likely will be exercised only if the $11.50 per share exercise price is below the market price of our Class A common stock. We also intend to require an exchange of all remaining outstanding warrants assuming the approval of the Warrant Amendment. To the extent such warrants are exchanged following the approval of the Warrant Amendment or exercised, additional shares of Class A common stock will be issued. These issuances of Class A common stock will result in dilution to our stockholders and increase the number of shares eligible for resale in the public market.

 

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We have not obtained a third-party determination that the Offer or the Consent Solicitation is fair to warrant holders.

 

None of us, our affiliates, the dealer managers, the exchange agent or the information agent makes any recommendation as to whether you should exchange some or all of your warrants or, with respect to the consent warrants, consent to the Warrant Amendment. We have not retained, and do not intend to retain, any unaffiliated representative to act on behalf of the warrant holders for purposes of negotiating the Offer or Consent Solicitation or preparing a report concerning the fairness of the Offer or the Consent Solicitation. You must make your own independent decision regarding your participation in the Offer and the Consent Solicitation.

 

There is no guarantee that tendering your warrants in the Offer will put you in a better future economic position.

 

We can give no assurance as to the market price of our Class A common stock in the future. If you choose to tender some or all of your warrants in the Offer, future events may cause an increase in the market price of our Class A common stock and warrants, which may result in a lower value realized by participating in the Offer than you might have realized if you did not exchange your warrants. Similarly, if you do not tender your warrants in the Offer, there can be no assurance that you can sell your warrants (or exercise them for shares of Class A common stock) in the future at a higher value than would have been obtained by participating in the Offer. In addition, if the Warrant Amendment is adopted, you may receive fewer shares than if you had tendered your warrants in the Offer. You should consult your own individual tax and/or financial advisor for assistance on how this may affect your individual situation.

 

The number of shares of Class A common stock offered in the Offer is fixed and will not be adjusted. The market price of our Class A common stock may fluctuate, and the market price of our Class A common stock when we deliver our Class A common stock in exchange for your warrants could be less than the market price at the time you tender your warrants.

 

The number of shares of Class A common stock for each warrant accepted for exchange is fixed at the number of shares specified on the cover of this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange and will fluctuate in value if there is any increase or decrease in the market price of our Class A common stock or the warrants after the date of this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange. Therefore, the market price of our Class A common stock when we deliver Class A common stock in exchange for your warrants could be less than the market price of the public warrants at the time you tender your warrants. The market price of our Class A common stock could continue to fluctuate and be subject to volatility during the period of time between when we accept warrants for exchange in the Offer and when we deliver Class A common stock in exchange for warrants, or during any extension of the Offer Period.

 

The liquidity of the warrants that are not exchanged may be reduced.

 

If the Warrant amendment is approved, it is unlikely that any warrants will remain outstanding following the completion of the Offer and Consent Solicitation. See “— The Warrant Amendment, if approved, will allow us to require that all outstanding warrants be exchanged for Class A common stock at a ratio 10% lower than the exchange ratio applicable to the Offer.” However, if any unexchanged warrants remain outstanding, then the ability to sell such warrants may become more limited due to the reduction in the number of warrants outstanding upon completion of the Offer and Consent Solicitation. A more limited trading market might adversely affect the liquidity, market price and price volatility of unexchanged warrants. If there continues to be a market for our unexchanged warrants, these securities may trade at a discount to the price at which the securities would trade if the number outstanding were not reduced, depending on the market for similar securities and other factors.

 

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The Offer and Consent Solicitation

 

Participation in the Offer and Consent Solicitation involves a number of risks, including, but not limited to, the risks identified in the section entitled “Risk Factors.” Warrant holders should carefully consider these risks and are urged to speak with their personal legal, financial, investment and/or tax advisor as necessary before deciding whether or not to participate in the Offer and Consent Solicitation. In addition, we strongly encourage you to read this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange in its entirety, and the information and documents that have been incorporated by reference herein, before making a decision regarding the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

General Terms

 

Until the Expiration Date, we are offering to holders of our warrants the opportunity to receive 0.22 shares of Class A common stock in exchange for each warrant they hold. Holders of the warrants tendered for exchange will not have to pay any of the exercise price for the tendered warrants in order to receive shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the Offer. Our obligation to complete the Offer is not conditioned on the receipt of a minimum number of tendered warrants.

 

No fractional shares will be issued pursuant to the Offer. In lieu of issuing fractional shares, any holder of warrants who would otherwise have been entitled to receive fractional shares pursuant to the Offer will, after aggregating all such fractional shares of such holder, be paid cash (without interest) in an amount equal to such fractional part of a share multiplied by the last sale price of our Class A common stock on the NYSE on the last trading day of the Offer Period.

 

As part of the Offer, we are also soliciting from the holders of the consent warrants their consent to the Warrant Amendment, which, if approved, will permit the Company to require that all warrants outstanding upon completion of the Offer be converted into shares of Class A common stock at a ratio of 0.198 shares of Class A common stock per warrant, which is a ratio 10% less than the exchange ratio applicable to the Offer. The Warrant Amendment will permit us to eliminate all of the warrants that remain outstanding after the Offer is consummated. A copy of the Warrant Amendment is attached hereto as Annex A. We urge that you carefully read the Warrant Amendment in its entirety. Pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agreement, the consent of holders of at least 65% of the outstanding public warrants and 65% of the outstanding forward purchase warrants is required to approve the Warrant Amendment.

 

Holders who tender consent warrants for exchange in the Offer will automatically be deemed, without any further action, to have given their consent to approval of the Warrant Amendment (effective upon our acceptance of the tendered warrants). The consent to the Warrant Amendment is a part of the Letter of Transmittal and Consent relating to the warrants.

 

You cannot tender any consent warrants for exchange in the Offer without giving your consent to the Warrant Amendment. Thus, before deciding whether to tender any consent warrants, you should be aware that a tender of warrants may result in the approval of the Warrant Amendment.

 

The Offer and Consent Solicitation is subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange and the Letter of Transmittal and Consent.

 

You may tender some or all of your warrants into the Offer.

 

If you elect to tender warrants in the Offer and Consent Solicitation, please follow the instructions in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange and the related documents, including the Letter of Transmittal and Consent.

 

If you tender warrants, you may withdraw your tendered warrants at any time before the Expiration Date and retain them on their current terms or amended terms if the Warrant Amendment is approved, by following the instructions herein. In addition, warrants that are not accepted by us for exchange by October 1, 2020 may thereafter be withdrawn by you until such time as the warrants are accepted by us for exchange.

 

Corporate Information

 

We were originally formed as a blank check company incorporated on July 13, 2017 as One Madison Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. On January 22, 2018, we consummated our initial public offering of units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one half of one warrant to purchase one Class A ordinary share. On June 3, 2019, we consummated the business combination whereby we acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Rack Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Rack Holdings”), pursuant to the terms of the stock purchase agreement by and among the Company, Rack Holdings and Rack Holdings, L.P. In connection with the consummation of the business combination, we completed the domestication.

 

On the effective date of the domestication, our ordinary shares automatically converted by operation of law, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of common stock in accordance with the terms of our charter and our outstanding warrants automatically became warrants to acquire the corresponding shares of our common stock. The rights of holders of our common stock are now governed by our charter, our bylaws and the Delaware General Corporation Law, each of which is described herein and in documents incorporated by reference to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Upon the effective date of the domestication, we also changed our name to Ranpak Holdings Corp.

 

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Our principal executive offices are located at 7990 Auburn Road, Concord Township, OH 44077, and our telephone number is (440) 354-4445. We maintain a website at www.ranpak.com where general information about us is available. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our website is not part of, and is not incorporated into, this prospectus or the registration statement of which it forms a part. Our Class A common stock and public warrants trade on the NYSE under the symbols “PACK” and “PACK WS,” respectively.

 

Warrants Subject to the Offer

 

The public warrants were issued in connection with our IPO. The forward purchase warrants were issued pursuant to certain forward purchase agreements and the private placement warrants were issued pursuant to certain subscription agreements, each in connection with the closing of the business combination. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of our Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The public warrants are quoted on the NYSE under the symbol “PACK WS.” As of August 28, 2020, 20,108,741 warrants were outstanding. Pursuant to the Offer, we are offering up to an aggregate of 4,423,923 shares of our Class A common stock in exchange for the warrants.

 

Offer Period

 

The Offer and Consent Solicitation will expire on the Expiration Date, which is 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on September 2, 2020, or such later time and date to which we may extend. We expressly reserve the right, in our sole discretion, at any time or from time to time, to extend the period of time during which the Offer and Consent Solicitation is open. There can be no assurance that we will exercise our right to extend the Offer Period. During any extension, all warrant holders who previously tendered warrants will have a right to withdraw such previously tendered warrants until the Expiration Date, as extended. If we extend the Offer Period, we will make a public announcement of such extension by no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on the next business day following the Expiration Date as in effect immediately prior to such extension.

 

We may withdraw the Offer and Consent Solicitation only if the conditions to the Offer and Consent Solicitation are not satisfied or waived prior to the Expiration Date. Upon any such withdrawal, we are required by Rule 13e-4(f)(5) under the Exchange Act to promptly return the tendered warrants. We will announce our decision to withdraw the Offer and Consent Solicitation by disseminating notice by public announcement or otherwise as permitted by applicable law.

 

At the expiration of the Offer Period, the current terms of the warrants will continue to apply to any unexchanged warrants, or the amended terms if the Warrant Amendment is approved, until the warrants expire on June 3, 2024, subject to certain terms and conditions.

 

Amendments to the Offer and Consent Solicitation

 

We reserve the right at any time or from time to time, to amend the Offer and Consent Solicitation, including by increasing or (if the conditions to the Offer are not satisfied) decreasing the exchange ratio of Class A common stock issued for every warrant exchanged or by changing the terms of the Warrant Amendment.

 

If we make a material change in the terms of the Offer and Consent Solicitation or the information concerning the Offer and Consent Solicitation, or if we waive a material condition of the Offer and Consent Solicitation, we will extend the Offer and Consent Solicitation to the extent required by Rules 13e-4(d)(2) and 13e-4(e)(3) under the Exchange Act. These rules require that the minimum period during which an offer must remain open after material changes in the terms of the offer or information concerning the offer, other than a change in price or a change in percentage of securities sought, will depend upon the facts and circumstances, including the relative materiality of the changed terms or information.

 

If we increase or decrease the exchange ratio of our Class A common stock issuable in exchange for a warrant, the amount of warrants sought for tender or the dealer manager’s soliciting fee, and the Offer and Consent Solicitation is scheduled to expire at any time earlier than the end of the tenth business day from the date that we first publish, send or give notice of such an increase or decrease, then we will extend the Offer and Consent Solicitation until the expiration of that ten business day period.

 

Other material amendments to the Offer and Consent Solicitation may require us to extend the Offer and Consent Solicitation for a minimum of five business days.

 

Partial Exchange Permitted

 

Our obligation to complete the Offer is not conditioned on the receipt of a minimum number of tendered warrants. If you choose to participate in the Offer, you may tender less than all of your warrants pursuant to the terms of the Offer. No fractional shares will be issued pursuant to the Offer. In lieu of issuing fractional shares, any holder of warrants who would otherwise have been entitled to receive fractional shares pursuant to the Offer will, after aggregating all such fractional shares of such holder, be paid cash (without interest) in an amount equal to such fractional part of a share multiplied by the last sale price of our Class A common stock on NYSE on the last trading day of the Offer Period.

 

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Conditions to the Offer and Consent Solicitation

 

The Offer and Consent Solicitation are conditioned upon the following:

 

the registration statement, of which this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange forms a part, shall have become effective under the Securities Act, and shall not be the subject of any stop order or proceeding seeking a stop order;

 

no action or proceeding by any government or governmental, regulatory or administrative agency, authority or tribunal or any other person, domestic or foreign, shall have been threatened, instituted or pending before any court, authority, agency or tribunal that directly or indirectly challenges the making of the Offer, the tender of some or all of the warrants pursuant to the Offer or otherwise relates in any manner to the Offer;

 

there shall not have been any action threatened, instituted, pending or taken, or approval withheld, or any statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order or injunction threatened, proposed, sought, promulgated, enacted, entered, amended, enforced or deemed to be applicable to the Offer or Consent Solicitation or us, by any court or any authority, agency or tribunal that, in our reasonable judgment, would or might, directly or indirectly, (i) make the acceptance for exchange of, or exchange for, some or all of the warrants illegal or otherwise restrict or prohibit completion of the Offer or Consent Solicitation, or (ii) delay or restrict our ability, or render us unable, to accept for exchange or exchange some or all of the warrants; and

 

there shall not have occurred (i) any general suspension of, or limitation on prices for, trading in securities in U.S. securities or financial markets; (ii) a declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect to banks in the United States; (iii) any limitation (whether or not mandatory) by any government or governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or other event that, in our reasonable judgment, would or would be reasonably likely to affect the extension of credit by banks or other lending institutions; or (iv) a natural disaster, a significant worsening of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an outbreak of a pandemic or contagious disease other than COVID-19, or a commencement or significant worsening of a war or armed hostilities or other national or international calamity, including but not limited to, catastrophic terrorist attacks against the United States or its citizens.

 

The Consent Solicitation is conditioned on our receiving the consent of holders of at least 65% of the outstanding public warrants and 65% of the outstanding forward purchase warrants to approve the Warrant Amendment (which is the minimum number required to amend the Warrant Agreement).

 

We will not complete the Offer and Consent Solicitation unless and until the registration statement described above is effective. If the registration statement is not effective at the Expiration Date, we may, in our discretion, extend, suspend or cancel the Offer and Consent Solicitation, and will inform warrant holders of such event. If we extend the Offer Period, we will make a public announcement of such extension and the new Expiration Date by no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on the next business day following the Expiration Date as in effect immediately prior to such extension.

 

In addition, as to any warrant holder, the Offer and Consent Solicitation is conditioned upon such warrant holder desiring to tender warrants in the Offer delivering to the exchange agent in a timely manner the holder’s warrants to be tendered and any other required paperwork, all in accordance with the applicable procedures described in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange and set forth in the Letter of Transmittal and Consent.

 

The foregoing conditions are solely for our benefit, and we may assert one or more of the conditions regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any such conditions. We may also, in our sole and absolute discretion, waive these conditions in whole or in part, subject to the potential requirement to disseminate additional information and extend the Offer Period. The determination by us as to whether any condition has been satisfied shall be conclusive and binding on all parties. The failure by us at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights shall not be deemed a waiver of any such right, and each such right shall be deemed a continuing right which may be asserted at any time and from time to time prior to the Expiration Date.

 

We may withdraw the Offer and Consent Solicitation only if the conditions of the Offer and Consent Solicitation are not satisfied or waived prior to the Expiration Date. Promptly upon any such withdrawal, we will return the tendered warrants (and, with respect to the consent warrants, the related consent to the Warrant Amendment will be revoked). We will announce our decision to withdraw the Offer and Consent Solicitation by disseminating notice by public announcement or otherwise as permitted by applicable law.

 

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No Recommendation; Warrant Holder’s Own Decision

 

None of our affiliates, directors, officers or employees, or the information agent, the exchange agent or the dealer manager for the Offer and Consent Solicitation, is making any recommendations to any warrant holder as to whether to exchange their warrants and deliver their consent to the Warrant Amendment. Each warrant holder must make its own decision as to whether to tender warrants for exchange pursuant to the Offer and, with respect to the consent warrants, consent to the amendment of the Warrant Agreement pursuant to the Consent Solicitation.

 

Procedure for Tendering Warrants for Exchange and Consenting to the Warrant Amendment

 

Issuance of Class A common stock upon exchange of warrants pursuant to the Offer and acceptance by us of warrants for exchange pursuant to the Offer and providing your consent to the Warrant Amendment will be made only if warrants are properly tendered pursuant to the procedures described below and set forth in the Letter of Transmittal and Consent. A tender of warrants pursuant to such procedures, if and when accepted by us, will constitute a binding agreement between the tendering holder of warrants and us upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer and Consent Solicitation. The proper tender of your consent warrants will constitute a consent to the Warrant Amendment with respect to each consent warrant tendered.

 

A tender of warrants made pursuant to any method of delivery set forth herein will also constitute an agreement and acknowledgement by the tendering warrant holder that, among other things: (i) the warrant holder agrees to exchange the tendered warrants on the terms and conditions set forth in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange and Letter of Transmittal and Consent, in each case as may be amended or supplemented prior to the Expiration Date; (ii) the warrant holder consents to the Warrant Agreement; (iii) the Offer is discretionary and may be extended, modified, suspended or terminated by us as provided herein; (iv) such warrant holder is voluntarily participating in the Offer; (v) the future value of our warrants is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty; and (vi) such warrant holder has read this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange, Letter of Transmittal and Consent and Warrant Amendment.

 

Registered Holders of Warrants; Beneficial Owners of Warrants

 

For purposes of the tender procedures set forth below, the term “registered holder” means any person in whose name warrants are registered on our books or who is listed as a participant in a clearing agency’s security position listing with respect to the warrants.

 

Persons whose warrants are held through a direct or indirect participant of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), such as a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other financial intermediary, are not considered registered holders of those warrants but are “beneficial owners.” Beneficial owners cannot directly tender warrants for exchange pursuant to the Offer. Instead, a beneficial owner must instruct its broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other financial intermediary to tender warrants for exchange on behalf of the beneficial owner. See “— Required Communications by Beneficial Owners.”

 

Tendering Warrants Using Letter of Transmittal and Consent

 

A registered holder of warrants may tender warrants for exchange using a Letter of Transmittal and Consent in the form provided by us with this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange. A Letter of Transmittal is to be used only if delivery of warrants is to be made by book-entry transfer to the exchange agent’s account at DTC pursuant to the procedures set forth in “— Tendering Warrants Using Book-Entry Transfer”; provided, however, that it is not necessary to execute and deliver a Letter of Transmittal and Consent if instructions with respect to the tender of such warrants are transmitted through DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”). If you are a registered holder of warrants, unless you intend to tender those warrants through ATOP, you should complete, execute and deliver a Letter of Transmittal and Consent to indicate the action you desire to take with respect to the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

In order for warrants to be properly tendered for exchange pursuant to the Offer using a Letter of Transmittal and Consent, the registered holder of the warrants being tendered must ensure that the exchange agent receives the following: (i) a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal and Consent, in accordance with the instructions of the Letter of Transmittal and Consent (including any required signature guarantees); (ii) delivery of the warrants by book-entry transfer to the exchange agent’s account at DTC; and (iii) any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal and Consent.

 

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In the Letter of Transmittal and Consent, the tendering registered warrant holder must set forth: (i) its name and address; (ii) the number of warrants being tendered by the holder for exchange; and (iii) certain other information specified in the form of Letter of Transmittal and Consent.

 

In certain cases, all signatures on the Letter of Transmittal and Consent must be guaranteed by an “Eligible Institution.” See “— Signature Guarantees.”

 

If the Letter of Transmittal and Consent is signed by someone other than the registered holder of the tendered warrants (for example, if the registered holder has assigned the warrants to a third-party), or if our shares of Class A common stock to be issued upon exchange of the tendered warrants are to be issued in a name other than that of the registered holder of the tendered warrants, the tendered warrants must be properly accompanied by appropriate assignment documents, in either case signed exactly as the name(s) of the registered holder(s) appear on the warrants, with the signature(s) on the warrants or assignment documents guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

 

Any warrants duly tendered and delivered as described above shall be automatically cancelled upon the issuance of Class A common stock in exchange for such warrants as part of the completion of the Offer.

 

Signature Guarantees

 

In certain cases, all signatures on the Letter of Transmittal and Consent must be guaranteed by an “Eligible Institution.” An “Eligible Institution” is a bank, broker dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity that is a member in good standing of the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity which is an “eligible guarantor institution,” as that term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

Signatures on the Letter of Transmittal and Consent need not be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution if (i) the Letter of Transmittal and Consent is signed by the registered holder of the warrants tendered therewith exactly as the name of the registered holder appears on such warrants and such holder has not completed the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions” in the Letter of Transmittal and Consent; or (ii) such warrants are tendered for the account of an Eligible Institution. In all other cases, an Eligible Institution must guarantee all signatures on the Letter of Transmittal and Consent by completing and signing the table in the Letter of Transmittal and Consent entitled “Guarantee of Signature(s).”

 

Required Communications by Beneficial Owners

 

Persons whose warrants are held through a direct or indirect DTC participant, such as a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other financial intermediary, are not considered registered holders of those warrants, but are “beneficial owners,” and must instruct the broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other financial intermediary to tender warrants on their behalf. Your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other financial intermediary should have provided you with an “Instructions Form” with this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange. The Instructions Form is also filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange forms a part. The Instructions Form may be used by you to instruct your broker or other custodian to tender and deliver warrants on your behalf.

 

Tendering Warrants Using Book-Entry Transfer

 

The exchange agent has established an account for the warrants at DTC for purposes of the Offer and Consent Solicitation. Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s system may make book-entry delivery of warrants by causing DTC to transfer such warrants into the exchange agent’s account in accordance with ATOP. However, even though delivery of warrants may be effected through book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal and Consent (with any required signature guarantees), or an “Agent’s Message” as described in the next paragraph, and any other required documentation, must in any case also be transmitted to and received by the exchange agent at its address set forth in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange prior to the Expiration Date, or the guaranteed delivery procedures described under “— Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” must be followed.

 

DTC participants desiring to tender warrants for exchange pursuant to the Offer may do so through ATOP, and in that case the participant need not complete, execute and deliver a Letter of Transmittal and Consent. DTC will verify the acceptance and execute a book-entry delivery of the tendered warrants to the exchange agent’s account at DTC. DTC will then send an “Agent’s Message” to the exchange agent for acceptance. Delivery of the Agent’s Message by DTC will satisfy the terms of the Offer and Consent Solicitation as to execution and delivery of a Letter of Transmittal and Consent by the DTC participant identified in the Agent’s Message. The term “Agent’s Message” means a message, transmitted by DTC to, and received by, the exchange agent and forming a part of a Book-Entry Confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the participant in DTC tendering the warrants for exchange that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Letter of Transmittal and Consent and that our company may enforce such agreement against the participant. Any DTC participant tendering by book-entry transfer must expressly acknowledge that it has received and agrees to be bound by the Letter of Transmittal and Consent and that the Letter of Transmittal and Consent may be enforced against it.

 

Any warrants duly tendered and delivered as described above shall be automatically cancelled upon the issuance of Class A common stock in exchange for such warrants as part of the completion of the Offer.

 

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Delivery of a Letter of Transmittal and Consent or any other required documentation to DTC does not constitute delivery to the Exchange Agent. See “— Timing and Manner of Deliveries.”

 

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

 

If a registered holder of warrants desires to tender its warrants for exchange pursuant to the Offer, but (i) the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis, or (ii) time will not permit all required documents to reach the exchange agent prior to the Expiration Date, the holder can still tender its warrants if all the following conditions are met:

 

the tender is made by or through an Eligible Institution;

 

the exchange agent receives by hand, mail, overnight courier, facsimile or electronic mail transmission, prior to the Expiration Date, a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery in the form we have provided with this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange, with signatures guaranteed by an Eligible Institution; and

 

a confirmation of a book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC of all warrants delivered electronically, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal and Consent with any required signature guarantees (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message in accordance with ATOP), and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal and Consent, must be received by the exchange agent within two days that the NYSE is open for trading after the date the exchange agent receives such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

 

In any case where the guaranteed delivery procedure is utilized for the tender of warrants pursuant to the Offer, the issuance of Class A common stock for those warrants tendered for exchange pursuant to the Offer and accepted pursuant to the Offer will be made only if the exchange agent has timely received the applicable foregoing items.

 

Timing and Manner of Deliveries

 

UNLESS THE GUARANTEED DELIVERY PROCEDURES DESCRIBED ABOVE ARE FOLLOWED, WARRANTS WILL BE PROPERLY TENDERED ONLY IF, BY THE EXPIRATION DATE, THE EXCHANGE AGENT RECEIVES SUCH WARRANTS BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER, TOGETHER WITH A PROPERLY COMPLETED AND DULY EXECUTED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND CONSENT OR AN AGENT’S MESSAGE.

 

ALL DELIVERIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER AND CONSENT SOLICITATION, INCLUDING ANY LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND CONSENT AND THE TENDERED WARRANTS, MUST BE MADE TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT. NO DELIVERIES SHOULD BE MADE TO US. ANY DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO US WILL NOT BE FORWARDED TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT AND THEREFORE WILL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE PROPERLY TENDERED. THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS IS AT THE OPTION AND RISK OF THE TENDERING WARRANT HOLDERS. IF DELIVERY IS BY MAIL, WE RECOMMEND REGISTERED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED (PROPERLY INSURED). IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENSURE TIMELY DELIVERY.

 

Determination of Validity

 

All questions as to the form of documents and the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for exchange of any tender of warrants will be determined by us, in our sole discretion, and our determination will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any or all tenders of warrants that we determine are not in proper form or reject tenders of warrants that may, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in any tender of any particular warrant, whether or not similar defects or irregularities are waived in the case of other tendered warrants. Neither we nor any other person will be under any duty to give notice of any defect or irregularity in tenders, nor shall any of us or them incur any liability for failure to give any such notice.

 

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Fees and Commissions

 

Tendering warrant holders who tender warrants directly to the exchange agent will not be obligated to pay any charges or expenses of the exchange agent, the dealer manager or any brokerage commissions. Beneficial owners who hold warrants through a broker or bank should consult that institution as to whether or not such institution will charge the owner any service fees in connection with tendering warrants on behalf of the owner pursuant to the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

Transfer Taxes

 

We will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the transfer of warrants to us in the Offer. If transfer taxes are imposed for any other reason, the amount of those transfer taxes, whether imposed on the registered holder or any other persons, will be payable by the tendering holder. Other reasons transfer taxes could be imposed include (i) if our Class A common stock is to be registered or issued in the name of any person other than the person signing the Letter of Transmittal and Consent, or (ii) if tendered warrants are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing the Letter of Transmittal and Consent. If satisfactory evidence of payment of or exemption from those transfer taxes is not submitted with the Letter of Transmittal and Consent, the amount of those transfer taxes will be billed directly to the tendering holder and/or withheld from any payment due with respect to the warrants tendered by such holder.

 

Withdrawal Rights

 

By tendering consent warrants for exchange, a holder will be deemed to have validly delivered its consent to the Warrant Amendment. Tenders of warrants made pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date. Consents to the Warrant Amendment in connection with the Consent Solicitation may be revoked at any time before the Expiration Date by withdrawing the tender of your consent warrants. A valid withdrawal of tendered consent warrants before the Expiration Date will be deemed to be a concurrent revocation of the related consent to the Warrant Amendment. Tenders of warrants and consent to the Warrant Amendment may not be withdrawn after the Expiration Date. If the Offer Period is extended, you may withdraw your tendered warrants at any time until the expiration of such extended Offer Period. After the Offer Period expires, such tenders are irrevocable, provided, however, that warrants that are not accepted by us for exchange on or prior to October 1, 2020 may thereafter be withdrawn by you until such time as the warrants are accepted by us for exchange.

 

To be effective, a written notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the exchange agent at its address identified in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person who tendered the warrants for which tenders are to be withdrawn and the number of warrants to be withdrawn. If the warrants to be withdrawn have been delivered to the exchange agent, a signed notice of withdrawal must be submitted prior to release of such warrants. In addition, such notice must specify the name of the registered holder (if different from that of the tendering warrant holder). A withdrawal may not be cancelled, and warrants for which tenders are withdrawn will thereafter be deemed not validly tendered for purposes of the Offer and Consent Solicitation. However, warrants for which tenders are withdrawn may be tendered again by following one of the procedures described above in the section entitled “— Procedure for Tendering Warrants for Exchange” at any time prior to the Expiration Date.

 

A beneficial owner of warrants desiring to withdraw tendered warrants previously delivered through DTC should contact the DTC participant through which such owner holds its warrants. In order to withdraw warrants previously tendered, a DTC participant may, prior to the Expiration Date, withdraw its instruction by (i) withdrawing its acceptance through DTC’s Participant Tender Offer Program (“PTOP”) function, or (ii) delivering to the exchange agent by mail, hand delivery or facsimile transmission, notice of withdrawal of such instruction. The notice of withdrawal must contain the name and number of the DTC participant. A withdrawal of an instruction must be executed by a DTC participant as such DTC participant’s name appears on its transmission through the PTOP function to which such withdrawal relates. If the tender being withdrawn was made through ATOP, it may only be withdrawn through PTOP, and not by hard copy delivery of withdrawal instructions. A DTC participant may withdraw a tendered warrant only if such withdrawal complies with the provisions described in this paragraph.

 

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A holder who tendered its warrants other than through DTC should send written notice of withdrawal to the exchange agent specifying the name of the warrant holder who tendered the warrants being withdrawn. All signatures on a notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution, as described above in the section entitled “— Procedure for Tendering Warrants for Exchange — Signature Guarantees”; provided, however, that signatures on the notice of withdrawal need not be guaranteed if the warrants being withdrawn are held for the account of an Eligible Institution. Withdrawal of a prior warrant tender will be effective upon receipt of the notice of withdrawal by the exchange agent. Selection of the method of notification is at the risk of the warrant holder, and notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the exchange agent.

 

All questions as to the form and validity (including time of receipt) of any notice of withdrawal will be determined by us, in our sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding. Neither we nor any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any defect or irregularity in any notice of withdrawal or incur any liability for failure to give any such notification.

 

Acceptance for Issuance of Shares

 

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer and Consent Solicitation, we will accept for exchange warrants validly tendered until the Expiration Date, which is 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on September 2, 2020, or such later time and date to which we may extend. Our Class A common stock to be issued upon exchange of warrants pursuant to the Offer, along with written notice from Exchange Agent confirming the balance of any warrants not exchanged, will be delivered promptly following the Expiration Date. In all cases, warrants will only be accepted for exchange pursuant to the Offer after timely receipt by the exchange agent of (i) book-entry delivery of the tendered warrants, (ii) a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal and Consent, or compliance with ATOP where applicable, (iii) any other documentation required by the Letter of Transmittal and Consent, and (iv) any required signature guarantees.

 

For purposes of the Offer and Consent Solicitation, we will be deemed to have accepted for exchange warrants that are validly tendered and for which tenders are not withdrawn, unless we give written notice to the warrant holder of our non-acceptance.

 

Announcement of Results of the Offer and Consent Solicitation

 

We will announce the final results of the Offer and Consent Solicitation, including whether all of the conditions to the Offer and Consent Solicitation have been satisfied or waived and whether we will accept the tendered warrants for exchange, as promptly as practicable following the end of the Offer Period. The announcement will be made by a press release and by amendment to the Schedule TO we file with the SEC in connection with the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

Background and Purpose of the Offer and Consent Solicitation

 

The Board approved the Offer and Consent Solicitation on August 4, 2020. The purpose of the Offer and Consent Solicitation is to attempt to simplify our capital structure and reduce the potential dilutive impact of the warrants, thereby providing us with more flexibility for financing our operations in the future. The warrants that are tendered for exchange pursuant to the Offer will be retired and cancelled automatically upon the issuance of Class A common stock in exchange for such warrants pursuant to the Offer.

 

Agreements, Regulatory Requirements and Legal Proceedings

 

Other than as set forth under the sections entitled “The Offer and Consent Solicitation — Interests of Directors, Executive Officers and Others,” “The Offer and Consent Solicitation — Transactions and Agreements Concerning Our Securities” there are no present or proposed agreements, arrangements, understandings or relationships between us, and any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or any other person relating, directly or indirectly, to the Offer and Consent Solicitation or to our securities that are the subject of the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

Except for the requirements of applicable federal and state securities laws, we know of no federal or state regulatory requirements to be complied with or federal or state regulatory approvals to be obtained by us in connection with the Offer and Consent Solicitation. There are no antitrust laws applicable to the Offer and Consent Solicitation. The margin requirements under Section 7 of the Exchange Act, and the related regulations thereunder, are inapplicable to the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

There are no pending legal proceedings relating to the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

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Interests of Directors, Executive Officers and Others

 

We do not beneficially own any of the public warrants. Certain of our directors, executive officers and affiliates hold warrants as outlined in the table below. Certain of our directors, executive officers and affiliates hold warrants as outlined in the table below. All such holders except for the BSOF Entities have agreed pursuant to the Tender and Support Agreements to tender such warrants pursuant to the Offer, provided that each such person shall make such tender and consent conditioned on there being no amendment to the terms of the Offer as described in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange that is materially adverse to such holder. None of such holders will receive any benefit by virtue of participation in the Offer or Consent Solicitation that is not shared on a pro rata basis with holders of the public warrants exchanged pursuant to the Offer. None of our other directors, executive officers or affiliates are required to or have indicated that they will participate in the Offer.

 

The following table lists the warrants beneficially owned by our directors, executive officers and affiliates as of August 28, 2020:

 

Name  Aggregate
Number of
Warrants
Beneficially
Owned
   Percentage of
Warrants
Beneficially
Owned(1)
 
BSOF Entities(2)   2,560,000    12.7%
JS Capital Management LLC(3)   3,514,894    17.5%
Soros Capital(4)   531,915    2.7%
Omar M. Asali(5)   351,684    1.8%
Salil Seshadri(6)   66,667    * 
William Drew(7)   7,092    * 

 

 

*Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1%.
(1)Determined based on 20,108,741 warrants outstanding as of August 28, 2020.
(2)According to a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 13, 2020, BSOF Master Fund L.P. (“BSOF I”) directly holds 3,891,500 shares of Class A Common Stock and BSOF Master Fund II L.P. (“BSOF II” and together with BSOF I, the “BSOF Entities”) directly holds 633,500 shares of Class A Common Stock. In addition, BSOF I directly holds warrants to purchase 2,201,600 shares of Class A Common Stock and BSOF II directly holds warrants to purchase 358,400 shares of Class A Common Stock. Blackstone Strategic Opportunity Associates L.L.C. (“BSOA”) is the general partner of each of the BSOF Entities. Blackstone Holdings II L.P. (“Holdings II”) is the sole member of BSOA. Blackstone Alternative Solutions L.L.C. (“BAS”) is the investment manager of each of the BSOF Entities. Blackstone Holdings I L.P. (“Holdings I”) is the sole member of BAS. Blackstone Holdings I/II GP Inc. (“Holdings GP”) is the general partner of each of Holdings I and Holdings II. The Blackstone Group L.P. (“Blackstone”) is the controlling shareholder of Holdings GP. Blackstone Group Management L.L.C. (“Blackstone Management”) is the general partner of Blackstone. Blackstone Management is wholly owned by its senior managing directors and controlled by its founder, Stephen A. Schwarzman.
(3)According to a Form 3 filed with the SEC on June 5, 2019, the shares are held for the account of JS Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. JS Capital Management LLC is the sole managing member of JS Capital LLC. Jonathan Soros is the sole managing member of JS Capital Management LLC and has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares held by JS Capital LLC. JS Capital LLC’s business address is 888 Seventh Avenue, Floor 40, New York, NY 10106.
(4)Soros Capital’s principal business address is c/o Soros Capital Management LLC, 250 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019.
(5)Includes (i) 145,758 warrants held directly by Mr. Asali, (ii) 201,243 warrants held by Vivoli Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company beneficially owned by Mr. Asali, and (iii) 4,683 warrants held by an IRA in Mr. Asali’s name. Mr. Asali is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the managing member of One Madison Group LLC and has sole voting and dispositive power over the founder shares held by One Madison Group LLC. Mr. Asali disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(6)Mr. Salil Seshadri has served on our board of directors since June 2019. Mr. Seshadri currently serves as Chief Investment Officer at JS Capital Management, LLC, the sole managing member of JS Capital LLC, one of our shareholders. Mr. Seshadri disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by JS Capital LLC except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(7)Mr. William Drew has served as our interim Chief Financial Officer since May 2020.

 

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Market Information, Dividends and Related Stockholder Matters

 

Market Information of Class A Common Stock and Public Warrants

 

Our Class A common stock and public warrants are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbols “PACK” and “PACK WS,” respectively. As of August 28, 2020, 64,556,459 shares of Class A common stock and 20,108,741 warrants were outstanding.

 

As of August 28, 2020, there were approximately 22 holders of record of our Class A common stock, 1 holder of record of our public warrants and 19 holders of record of our forward purchase warrants and private placement warrants. Such numbers do not include DTCC participants or beneficial owners holding shares through nominee names.

 

Dividends

 

We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock to date. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition. The payment of any cash dividends is within the discretion of our Board at such time. In addition, our Board is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any stock dividends in the foreseeable future. Further, our ability to declare dividends is also limited by restrictive covenants pursuant to our credit agreement.

 

Source and Amount of Funds

 

Because this transaction is an offer to holders to exchange their existing warrants for our Class A common stock, there is no source of funds or other cash consideration being paid by us to, or to us from, those tendering warrant holders pursuant to the Offer, other than the amount of cash paid in lieu of a fractional share in the Offer. We estimate that the total amount of cash required to complete the transactions contemplated by the Offer and Consent Solicitation, including the payment of any fees, expenses and other related amounts incurred in connection with the transactions and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares will be approximately $1.5 million. We expect to have sufficient funds to complete the transactions contemplated by the Offer and Consent Solicitation and to pay fees, expenses and other related amounts from our cash on hand.

 

Exchange Agent

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company has been appointed the exchange agent for the Offer and Consent Solicitation. The Letter of Transmittal and Consent and all correspondence in connection with the Offer should be sent or delivered by each holder of the warrants, or a beneficial owner’s custodian bank, depositary, broker, trust company or other nominee, to the exchange agent at the address and telephone numbers set forth on the back cover page of this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange. We will pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for its reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith.

 

Information Agent

 

Morrow Sodali LLC has been appointed as the information agent for the Offer and Consent Solicitation, and will receive customary compensation for its services. Questions concerning tender procedures and requests for additional copies of this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange or the Letter of Transmittal and Consent should be directed to the information agent at the address and telephone numbers set forth on the back cover page of this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange.

 

Dealer Manager

 

We have retained Evercore Group L.L.C. (“Evercore”) to act as dealer manager in connection with the Offer and Consent Solicitation and will pay the dealer manager a customary fee as compensation for its services. We will also reimburse the dealer manager for certain expenses. The obligations of the dealer manager to perform this function are subject to certain conditions. We have agreed to indemnify the dealer manager against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the federal securities laws. Questions about the terms of the Offer or Consent Solicitation may be directed to the dealer manager at its address and telephone number set forth on the back cover page of this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange.

 

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The dealer manager and its affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include sales and trading, commercial and investment banking, advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, market making, brokerage and other financial and non-financial activities and services. The dealer manager and its affiliates have provided, and may in the future provide, a variety of these services to us and to persons and entities with relationships with us, for which they have received or will receive customary fees and expenses.

 

In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the dealer manager and its affiliates, officers, directors and employees may purchase, sell or hold a broad array of investments and actively traded securities, derivatives, loans, commodities, currencies, credit default swaps and other financial instruments for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and such investment and trading activities may involve or relate to assets, securities and/or instruments of us (directly, as collateral securing other obligations or otherwise) and/or persons and entities with relationships with us. The dealer manager and its affiliates may also communicate independent investment recommendations, market color or trading ideas and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such assets, securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they should acquire, long and/or short positions in such assets, securities and instruments. In the ordinary course of its business, the dealer manager or its affiliates may at any time hold long or short positions, and may trade for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in securities of the Company, including warrants, and, to the extent that the dealer manager or its affiliates own warrants during the Offer and Consent Solicitation, they may tender such warrants under the terms of the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

Fees and Expenses

 

The expenses of soliciting tenders of the warrants and the Consent Solicitation will be borne by us. The principal solicitations are being made by mail; however, additional solicitations may be made by facsimile transmission, telephone or in person by the dealer manager and the information agent, as well as by our officers and other employees and affiliates.

 

You will not be required to pay any fees or commissions to us, the dealer manager, the exchange agent or the information agent in connection with the Offer and Consent Solicitation. If your warrants are held through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee that tenders your warrants on your behalf, your broker or other nominee may charge you a commission or service fee for doing so. You should consult your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to determine whether any charges will apply.

 

Transactions and Agreements Concerning Our Securities

 

Other than as set forth below and (i) in the section of this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange entitled “Description of Capital Stock” and (ii) as set forth in our charter, there are no agreements, arrangements or understandings between the Company, or any of our directors or executive officers, and any other person with respect to our securities that are the subject of the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

In April 2019, we purchased an aggregate of 462,000 public warrants pursuant to a warrant repurchase program authorized by the board of directors, pursuant to which the Company may repurchase up to $10 million in warrants from time to time in open-market or privately-negotiated transactions. This repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time without prior notice. We have suspended, and will not repurchase any warrants pursuant to, the warrant repurchase program during the Offer or for 10 business days after the closing of the Offer.

 

Neither we, nor any of our directors, executive officers or controlling persons, or any executive officers, directors, managers or partners of any of our controlling persons, has engaged in any transactions in our warrants in the last 60 days.

 

Tender and Support Agreements

 

Certain forward purchase warrant holders that hold approximately 98.3% of the outstanding forward purchase warrants have severally agreed to tender their forward purchase warrants in the Offer and consent to the Warrant Amendment in the Consent Solicitation pursuant to Tender and Support Agreements, provided that each such person shall make such tender and consent conditioned on there being no amendment to the terms of the Offer as described in this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange that is materially adverse to such forward purchase warrant holder. See “— Interests of Directors, Executive Officers and Others” for additional details.

 

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In addition, ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC and Riverview Group LLC, which hold in the aggregate approximately 48.6% of the outstanding public warrants, have severally agreed to tender their public warrants in the Offer and consent to the Warrant Amendment in the Consent Solicitation pursuant to Tender and Support Agreements.

 

Therefore, if holders of an additional approximately 16.4% of the outstanding public warrants consent to the Warrant Amendment in the Consent Solicitation, and the other conditions described herein are satisfied or waived, then the Warrant Amendment will be adopted.

 

Plans

 

Except as described in the sections of this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange entitled “Risk Factors” and “The Offer and Consent Solicitation,” neither the Company, nor any of its directors, executive officers, or controlling persons, or any executive officers, directors, managers or partners of its controlling persons, has any plans, proposals or negotiations that relate to or would result in:

 

any extraordinary transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving us or any of our subsidiaries;

 

any purchase, sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of us or any of our subsidiaries;

 

any material change in our present dividend rate or policy, or our indebtedness or capitalization;

 

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

 

any other material change in our corporate structure or business;

 

any class of our equity securities to be delisted from the NYSE;

 

any class of our equity securities becoming eligible for termination of registration under section 12(g)(4) of the Exchange Act (except to the extent the results of the Offer and Consent Solicitation impact such eligibility with respect to the warrants);

 

the suspension of our obligation to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

 

the acquisition or disposition by any person of our securities; or

 

any changes in our organizational documents or other governing instruments or other actions that could impede the acquisition of control of our company.

 

Registration Under the Exchange Act

 

The warrants currently are registered under the Exchange Act. This registration may be terminated upon application by us to the SEC if there are fewer than 300 record holders of the warrants. We currently do not intend to terminate the registration of the warrants, if any, that remain outstanding after completion of the Offer and Consent Solicitation. Notwithstanding any termination of the registration of our warrants, we will continue to be subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act as a result of the continuing registration of our Class A common stock.

 

Accounting Treatment

 

The warrants are not currently reflected on our consolidated balance sheet. We will account for the exchange of warrants as a common stock issuance for no additional value. The par value of each share of Class A common stock issued in the Offer will be recorded as a credit to Class A common stock and a debit to additional paid-in capital. Any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares will be recorded as a credit to cash and a debit to additional paid-in capital. The Offer will not modify the current accounting treatment for the un-exchanged warrants.

 

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Absence of Appraisal or Dissenters’ Rights

 

Holders of the warrants do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights under applicable law in connection with the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

 

This disclosure is limited to the U.S. federal tax issues addressed herein. Additional issues may exist that are not addressed in this disclosure and that could affect the U.S. federal tax treatment of the Offer. Holders should seek their own advice based on their particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor.

 

The following summary describes the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the receipt of Class A common stock in exchange for the warrants pursuant to the Offer, the deemed exchange of warrants not exchanged for Class A common stock in the Offer for “new” warrants pursuant to the Warrant Amendment, and the ownership and disposition of Class A common stock. This discussion applies only to warrants, and upon the exchange of the warrants, Class A common stock, held as capital assets and does not describe all of the tax consequences that may be relevant to holders in light of their particular circumstances or to holders subject to special rules, such as:

 

anchor investors;

 

financial institutions or financial services entities;

 

broker-dealers;

 

taxpayers that are subject to the mark-to-market accounting rules;

 

tax-exempt entities;

 

governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof;

 

insurance companies;

 

regulated investment companies;

 

real estate investment trusts;

 

expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States;

 

persons that actually or constructively own 10 percent or more of our common stock;

 

persons that acquired our securities as compensation;

 

persons that hold our securities as part of a straddle, constructive sale, hedge, conversion or other integrated or similar transaction; or

 

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

 

This discussion is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), proposed, temporary and final Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, and judicial and administrative interpretations thereof, all as of the date hereof. All of the foregoing is subject to change, which change could apply retroactively and could affect the tax considerations described herein. This discussion does not address U.S. federal taxes other than those pertaining to U.S. federal income taxation (such as estate or gift taxes or the Medicare tax on investment income), nor does it address any aspects of U.S. state or local or non-U.S. taxation.

 

We have not and do not intend to seek any rulings from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) regarding the tax consequences described below. There can be no assurance that the IRS will not take positions concerning the tax consequences of the transactions that are inconsistent with the considerations discussed below or that any such positions would not be sustained by a court.

 

As used herein, the term “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of warrants, and upon the exchange of the warrants, Class A common stock that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes: (i) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation (or other entity that is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the U.S. or any state thereof (including the District of Columbia), (iii) an estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source or (iv) a trust if (A) a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more U.S. persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust; or (B) the trust has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

 

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As used herein, the term “Non-U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of warrants, and upon the exchange of the warrants, Class A common stock that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes: (i) a non-resident alien individual (other than certain former citizens and residents of the United States subject to U.S. tax as expatriates), (ii) a foreign corporation or (iii) an estate or trust that is not a U.S. Holder, but generally does not include an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of disposition. If you are such an individual, you should consult your tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the sale or other disposition of our securities.

 

If a partnership (or any entity so characterized for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds warrants, the tax treatment of such partnership and a person treated as a partner of such partnership will generally depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partnerships holding any warrants and persons that are treated as partners of such partnerships should consult their tax advisors as to the particular U.S. federal income tax consequences of the sale or other disposition of our securities.

 

U.S. Holders

 

Exchange of Warrants for Class A Common Stock

 

For those holders of warrants participating in the Offer and for any holders of warrants subsequently exchanged for Class A common stock pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Amendment, we intend to treat your exchange of warrants for our Class A common stock as a “recapitalization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Code pursuant to which (i) you should not recognize any gain or loss on the exchange of warrants for shares of our Class A common stock, (ii) your aggregate tax basis in the Class A common stock received in the exchange should equal your aggregate tax basis in your warrants surrendered in the exchange (except to the extent of any tax basis allocated to a fractional share for which a cash payment is received in connection with the Offer), and (iii) your holding period for the Class A common stock received in the exchange should include your holding period for the surrendered warrants. Special tax basis and holding period rules apply to holders that acquired different blocks of warrants at different prices or at different times. You should consult your tax advisor as to the applicability of these special rules to your particular circumstances. Any cash you receive in lieu of a fractional share of our Class A common stock pursuant to the Offer should generally result in gain or loss to you equal to the difference between the cash received and your tax basis in the fractional share. Because there is a lack of direct legal authority regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the exchange of warrants for our Class A common stock, there can be no assurance in this regard, and alternative characterizations by the IRS or a court are possible, including ones that would require U.S. Holders to recognize taxable income. If our treatment of the exchange of warrants for our Class A common stock were successfully challenged by the IRS and such exchange were not treated as a recapitalization for United States federal income tax purposes, exchanging U.S. Holders may be subject to taxation in a manner analogous to the rules applicable to dispositions of our Class A common stock described below under “U.S. Holders — Gain on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of our Class A Common Stock.”

 

Although we believe the exchange of warrants for our Class A common stock pursuant to the Offer is a value-for-value transaction, because of the uncertainty inherent in any valuation, there can be no assurance that the IRS or a court would agree. If the IRS or a court were to view the exchange pursuant to the Offer as the issuance of Class A common stock to an exchanging holder having a value in excess of the warrants surrendered by such holder, such excess value could be viewed as a constructive dividend or a fee received in consideration for consenting to the Warrant Amendment (which fee may be taxable to you).

 

If you exchange warrants for our Class A common stock pursuant to the Offer, and if you hold five percent or more of our Class A common stock prior to the exchange, or if you hold warrants and other securities of ours prior to the exchange with a tax basis of $1 million or more, you will be required to file with your U.S. federal income tax return for the year in which the exchange occurs a statement setting forth certain information relating to the exchange (including the fair market value, prior to the exchange, of the warrants transferred in the exchange and your tax basis, prior to the exchange, in our Class A common stock or securities), and to maintain permanent records containing such information.

 

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Warrants not Exchanged for Class A Common Stock

 

Although the issue is not free from doubt, we intend to treat all warrants not exchanged for Class A common stock in the Offer as having been exchanged for “new” warrants pursuant to the Warrant Amendment and to treat such deemed exchange as a “recapitalization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Code, pursuant to which (i) you should not recognize any gain or loss on the deemed exchange of warrants for “new” warrants, (ii) your aggregate tax basis in the “new” warrants deemed to be received in the exchange should equal your aggregate tax basis in your existing warrants deemed surrendered in the exchange, and (iii) your holding period for the “new” warrants deemed to be received in the exchange should include your holding period for the warrants deemed surrendered. Special tax basis and holding period rules apply to holders that acquired different blocks of warrants at different prices or at different times. You should consult your tax advisor as to the applicability of these special rules to your particular circumstances.

 

Because there is a lack of direct legal authority regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the deemed exchange of warrants for “new” warrants pursuant to the Warrant Amendment, there can be no assurance in this regard and alternative characterizations by the IRS or a court are possible, including ones that would require U.S. Holders to recognize taxable income. If our treatment of the deemed exchange of warrants for “new” warrants pursuant to the Warrant Amendment were successfully challenged by the IRS and such exchange were not treated as a recapitalization for United States federal income tax purposes, exchanging U.S. Holders may be subject to taxation in a manner analogous to the rules applicable to dispositions of Class A common stock described below under “U.S. Holders — Sale, Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Class A Common Stock.”

 

Taxation of Distributions on our Class A Common Stock

 

A U.S. Holder generally will be required to include in gross income as dividends the amount of any cash distribution paid on Class A common stock to the extent the distribution is paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles).

 

Distributions in excess of such earnings and profits generally will be applied against and reduce the U.S. Holder’s basis in its Class A common stock (but not below zero) and, to the extent in excess of basis, will be treated as gain from the sale or exchange of such Class A common stock as described below under “— Gain on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of our Class A Common Stock.”

 

With respect to non-corporate U.S. Holders, under tax laws currently in effect, dividends generally will be taxed at the lower applicable long-term capital gains rate (see “— Gain on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of our Class A Common Stock” below), subject to applicable requirements and limitations. Such dividends will be taxable to a corporate U.S. Holder at regular rates but will be eligible (subject to applicable requirements and limitations) for the dividends-received deduction.

 

Gain or Loss on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of our Class A Common Stock

 

A U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss on the sale or other taxable disposition of our Class A common stock. Any such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period for our Class A common stock so disposed of exceeds one year. Long-term capital gains recognized by non-corporate U.S. Holders will be eligible to be taxed at reduced rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.

 

The amount of gain or loss recognized on a sale or other taxable disposition generally will be equal to the difference between (i) the sum of the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received in such disposition and (ii) the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its Class A common stock so disposed of.

 

Non-U.S. Holders

 

Exchange of Warrants for our Class A Common Stock

 

A Non-U.S. Holder’s exchange of warrants for our Class A common stock pursuant to the Offer, and the deemed exchange of warrants not exchanged for Class A common stock in the Offer for “new” warrants pursuant to the Warrant Amendment, should generally have the same tax consequences as described above for U.S. Holders. Assuming you are not engaged in the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, capital gain or loss you recognize with respect to the receipt of cash in lieu of fractional shares should not be subject to U.S. federal income tax, and you should not be required to make any U.S. federal income tax filings solely on account of the exchange of warrants for our Class A common stock or the receipt of cash in lieu of fractional shares of Class A common stock.

 

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Taxation of Distributions on our Class A Common Stock

 

Any cash distribution on our Class A common stock to a Non-U.S. Holder of our Class A common stock, to the extent paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles), generally will constitute a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any such dividends paid or deemed paid to a Non-U.S. Holder in respect of our Class A common stock that is not effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States, as described below, generally will be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax at a rate of 30% of the gross amount of the dividend, unless such Non-U.S. Holder is eligible for a reduced rate of withholding tax under an applicable income tax treaty and provides proper certification of its eligibility for such reduced rate (usually on an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable). In satisfying the foregoing withholding obligation with respect to a distribution, the applicable withholding agent may withhold up to 30% of either (i) the gross amount of the entire distribution, even if the amount of the distribution is greater than the amount constituting a dividend, as described above, or (ii) the amount of the distribution we project will be a dividend, based upon a reasonable estimate of both of our current and accumulated earnings and profits for the taxable year in which the distribution is made. If U.S. federal income tax is withheld on the amount of a distribution in excess of the amount constituting a dividend, the Non-U.S. Holder may obtain a refund of all or a portion of the excess amount withheld by timely filing a claim for refund with the IRS. Any such distribution not constituting a dividend generally will be treated, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, first as reducing the Non-U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in our Class A common stock (but not below zero) and, to the extent such distribution exceeds the Non-U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis, as gain from the sale or other taxable disposition of our Class A common stock, which will be treated as described under “— Gain on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of our Class A Common Stock” below.

 

Dividends we pay to a Non-U.S. Holder that are effectively connected with such Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States generally will not be subject to the foregoing U.S. federal withholding tax, provided such Non-U.S. Holder complies with certain certification and disclosure requirements (usually by providing an IRS Form W-8ECI). Instead, unless an applicable income tax treaty provides otherwise, such dividends generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax, net of certain deductions, at the same regular U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to a comparable U.S. Holder. In addition, if the Non-U.S. Holder is a corporation, such holder’s effectively connected earnings and profits (subject to adjustments) may be subject to a U.S. federal “branch profits tax” at a rate of 30% (or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty).

 

Gain on Sale, Taxable Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of our Class A Common Stock

 

A Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax in respect of gain recognized on a sale, exchange or other disposition of our Class A common stock unless:

 

the gain is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business by the Non-U.S. Holder within the United States; or

 

we are or have been a “United States real property holding corporation” (“USRPHC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes at any time during the shorter of the five year period ending on the date of disposition or the Non-U.S. Holder’s holding period for such Class A common stock disposed of, and either (i) our Class A common stock has ceased to be regularly traded on an established securities market or (ii) the Non-U.S. Holder has owned, actually or constructively, more than five percent (5%) of such our Class A common stock, as applicable, at any time during the shorter of the five year period ending on the date of disposition or the Non-U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Class A common stock disposed of. We believe that we are not currently and do not anticipate becoming a USRPHC.

 

Unless an applicable tax treaty provides otherwise, any gain described in the bullet points above generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax, net of certain deductions, at the same regular U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to a comparable U.S. Holder and, in addition, a Non-U.S. Holder described in the first or third bullet point that is a foreign corporation may be subject to U.S. federal “branch profits tax” at a 30% rate (or a lower applicable tax treaty rate). Any gain of a Non-U.S. Holder described in the second bullet point above (which may be offset by U.S. source capital losses during the taxable year of the disposition) generally will be subject to a flat 30% U.S. federal income tax rate (or a lower applicable tax treaty rate).

 

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Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

 

Dividend payments with respect to our Class A common stock and proceeds from the sale, exchange or disposition of our Class A common stock may be subject to information reporting to the IRS and possible U.S. backup withholding. Backup withholding will not apply, however, to a U.S. Holder who furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number and makes other required certifications, or who is otherwise exempt from backup withholding and establishes such exempt status.

 

A Non-U.S. Holder generally will eliminate the requirement for information reporting (other than with respect to dividends) and backup withholding by providing certification of its non-U.S. status on a duly-executed applicable IRS Form W-8 or by otherwise establishing an exemption.

 

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Amounts withheld as backup withholding may be credited against a holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, and a holder generally may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules by timely filing the appropriate claim for refund with the IRS and furnishing any required information.

 

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

 

Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations and administrative guidance promulgated thereunder (commonly referred as the “Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act” or “FATCA”) generally impose withholding at a rate of 30% in certain circumstances with respect to any “withholdable payments” which are held by or through certain foreign financial institutions (including investment funds), as a beneficial owner or as an intermediary, unless any such institution (i) enters into, and complies with, an agreement with the IRS to report, on an annual basis, information with respect to interests in, and accounts maintained by, the institution that are owned by certain U.S. persons and by certain non-U.S. entities that are wholly or partially owned by U.S. persons and to withhold on certain payments, or (ii) if required under an intergovernmental agreement between the United States and an applicable foreign country, reports such information to its local tax authority, which will exchange such information with the U.S. authorities. For this purpose, “withholdable payments” generally include payments of dividends in addition to certain other passive income type amounts. Under proposed regulations promulgated by the Treasury Department on December 13, 2018, on which taxpayers may rely until final regulations are issued, withholdable payments do not include gross proceeds from any sale or other disposition of securities (including our Class A common stock). An intergovernmental agreement between the United States and an applicable foreign country may modify these requirements. Accordingly, the entity through which our Class A common stock are held will affect the determination of whether such withholding is required. Similarly, dividends in respect of our Class A common stock held by an investor that is a non-financial non-U.S. entity (as a beneficial owner or as an intermediary) that does not qualify under certain exceptions will generally be subject to withholding at a rate of 30%, unless such entity either (i) certifies to the applicable withholding agent that such entity does not have any “substantial United States owners” or (ii) provides certain information regarding the entity’s “substantial United States owners”, which will in turn be provided to the U.S. Department of Treasury. All holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of FATCA on their investment in our Class A common stock.

 

Exchange Agent

 

The depositary and exchange agent for the Offer and Consent Solicitation is:

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street, 30th Floor

New York, NY 10004

 

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Additional Information; Amendments

 

We have filed with the SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, of which this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange is a part. We recommend that warrant holders review the Schedule TO, including the exhibits, and our other materials that have been filed with the SEC before making a decision on whether to accept the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

We will assess whether we are permitted to make the Offer and Consent Solicitation in all jurisdictions. If we determine that we are not legally able to make the Offer and Consent Solicitation in a particular jurisdiction, we will inform warrant holders of this decision. The Offer and Consent Solicitation is not made to those holders who reside in any jurisdiction where the offer or solicitation would be unlawful.

 

Our Board recognizes that the decision to accept or reject the Offer and Consent Solicitation is an individual one that should be based on a variety of factors and warrant holders should consult with personal advisors if they have questions about their financial or tax situation.

 

We are subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act and in accordance therewith file and furnish reports and other information with the SEC. All reports and other documents we have filed or furnished with the SEC, including the registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the Offer and Consent Solicitation, or will file or furnish with the SEC in the future, can be accessed electronically on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. If you have any questions regarding the Offer and Consent Solicitation or need assistance, you should contact the information agent for the Offer and Consent Solicitation. You may request additional copies of this document, the Letter of Transmittal and Consent or the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery from the information agent. All such questions or requests should be directed to:

 

Morrow Sodali LLC

470 West Avenue

Stamford, Connecticut 06902

Individuals, please call toll-free: (800) 662-5200

Banks and brokerage, please call: (203) 658-9400

Email: PACK.info@morrowsodali.com

 

We will amend our offering materials, including this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange, to the extent required by applicable securities laws to disclose any material changes to information previously published, sent or given by us to warrant holders in connection with the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

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Description of Capital Stock

 

The following summary of the material terms of our securities is not intended to be a complete summary of the rights and preferences of such securities. We urge you to read our charter and bylaws in their entirety for a complete description of the rights and preferences of our securities, copies of which have been filed with the SEC. These documents are also incorporated by reference into the registration statement of which this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange forms a part.

 

Authorized and Outstanding Stock

 

Our charter authorizes the issuance of 426,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of (i) 200,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, (ii) 25,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, (iii) 200,000,000 shares of Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share and (iv) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

As of August 28, 2020, there were (i) 64,556,459 shares of Class A common stock outstanding, held of record by approximately 22 holders, (ii) no shares of Class B common stock outstanding, (iii) 6,511,293 shares of Class C common stock outstanding, held of record by approximately 2 holders, (iv) no shares of preferred stock outstanding, and (v) 20,108,741 warrants outstanding, held of record by approximately 20 holders. Such numbers do not include DTCC participants or beneficial owners holding shares through nominee names.

 

Common Stock

 

Voting Power

 

Each holder of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Class A common stock and Class B common stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to the charter (including any certificate of designations relating to any class or series of preferred stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding classes or series of preferred stock if the holders of such affected class or series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such classes or series, to vote thereon pursuant to the charter (including any certificate of designations relating to any class or series of preferred stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in the charter, the holders of the outstanding shares of each class of common stock shall be entitled to vote separately upon any amendment to the charter (including by merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar event) that would alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of such class of common stock in a manner that is disproportionately adverse as compared to the other classes of common stock.

 

Shares of Class C common stock have identical terms as shares of Class A common stock, except Class C common stock does not grant its holders any voting rights.

 

Class C Conversion

 

Each share of issued Class C common stock shall be converted to one share of Class A common stock, subject to any necessary adjustments for any share splits, capitalizations, consolidations or similar transactions occurring in respect of the Class A common stock or the Class C common stock (a “Class C Share Conversion”): (1) on the 65th calendar day (or such other period as the Company and the registered holder may otherwise agree) following receipt by the Company of notice in writing from the registered holder to convert such share of Class C common stock; or (2) automatically upon the transfer by the registered holder of such share of Class C common stock, whether or not for value, to a third party, except for transfer to a nominee or “affiliate” (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such holder in a transfer that will not result in a change of “beneficial ownership” (as determined under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) or to a person that already holds shares of Class A common stock.

 

The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, such number of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A common stock as may be required to effect conversions of the Class C common stock.

 

Dividends

 

We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock to date. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of the preferred stock, holders of common stock will be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the board of directors in its discretion out of funds legally available therefor and shall share equally on a per share basis in such dividends and distributions.

 

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Liquidation, Dissolution and Winding-Up

 

In the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding-up of the Company, the holders of common stock will be entitled to receive an equal amount per share of all of the Company’s assets of whatever kind available for distribution to stockholders, subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of the preferred stock.

 

Preemptive or Other Rights

 

The Company’s stockholders have no preemptive or other subscription rights and there are no sinking fund or redemption provisions applicable to the common stock.

 

Election of Directors

 

There is no cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors. The charter establishes a classified board of directors that is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms, Class I, Class II and Class III. Only the directors in one class are subject to election by a plurality of votes cast at each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, with the directors in the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms.

 

Founder Shares

 

In connection with the consummation of the business combination, the founder shares automatically converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Class A common stock (or, at the election of the holder, Class C common stock). As of the closing of the business combination, an aggregate of 2,940,336 founder shares owned by the Sponsor are subject to certain transfer restrictions, including an earnout provision, pursuant to the terms of that certain securities subscription agreement, dated as of July 18, 2017 (as amended, the “securities subscription agreement”), as amended on December 1, 2017 and May 13, 2019 (the “sponsor earnout amendment”), by and between the Company and the Sponsor. In addition, on May 13, 2019, the Company and certain of its anchor investors entered into an earnout agreement (the “anchor earnout agreement”), pursuant to which the consenting anchor investors agreed to an earnout provision with respect to the 3,750,000 founder shares issued to the anchor investors. While subject to these restrictions, these shares may not be disposed of except in accordance with such restrictions.

 

Preferred Stock

 

The charter authorizes 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock and provides that shares of preferred stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The board of directors is authorized to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences, the relative, participating, optional or other special rights and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, applicable to the shares of each series. The board of directors is able, without stockholder approval, to issue preferred stock with voting and other rights that could adversely affect the voting power and other rights of the holders of the common stock and could have anti-takeover effects. The ability of the board of directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control of the Company or the removal of existing management.

 

As of August 28, 2020, the Company has no preferred stock outstanding. Although the Company does not currently intend to issue any shares of preferred stock, we cannot assure you that it will not do so in the future.

 

Warrants

 

The warrants are issued in registered form under the Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us. The Warrant Agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision, but requires the approval by the holders of at least 65% of the then outstanding public warrants and 65% of the then outstanding forward purchase warrants to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders subject to the terms and conditions therein.

 

You should review a copy of the Warrant Agreement, which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, for a complete description of the terms and conditions applicable to the warrants.

 

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Public and Forward Purchase Warrants

 

Each public warrant and forward purchase warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing 30 days after the closing of the business combination, provided that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating thereto is available (or the Company permits holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis under the circumstances specified in the Warrant Agreement) and such shares are registered, qualified or exempt from registration under the securities, or blue sky, laws of the state of residence of the holder. Pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, a warrant holder may exercise its warrants only for a whole number of shares of Class A common stock. This means only a whole warrant may be exercised at a given time by a warrant holder. The warrants will expire five years after the closing of the business combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

We will not be obligated to deliver any Class A common stock pursuant to the exercise of a warrant and will have no obligation to settle such warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Class A common stock underlying the warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to our satisfying our obligations described below with respect to registration. No warrant will be exercisable and we will not be obligated to issue a share of Class A common stock upon the exercise of a warrant unless the Class A common stock issuable upon such warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the warrants. In the event that the conditions in the two immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a warrant, the holder of such warrant will not be entitled to exercise such warrant and such warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In no event will we be required to net cash settle any warrant.

 

Once the warrants become exercisable, we may call the warrants for redemption:

 

in whole and not in part;

 

at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

 

upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and

 

if, and only if, the reported last sales price of our Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third business day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders, provided that there is an effective registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the public warrants, and a current prospectus relating thereto, available throughout the 30-day redemption period or we have elected to require the exercise of warrants on a “cashless basis”.

 

If and when the warrants become redeemable, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.

 

If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and we issue a notice of redemption of the warrants, each warrant holder will be entitled to exercise his, her or its warrant prior to the scheduled redemption date. However, the price of our Class A common stock may fall below the $18.00 redemption trigger price (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) as well as the $11.50 warrant exercise price after the redemption notice is issued.

 

If we call the warrants for redemption as described above, our management will have the option to require any holder that wishes to exercise his, her or its warrant to do so on a “cashless basis.” In determining whether to require any holders to exercise their warrants on a “cashless basis,” management will consider, among other factors, the Company’s cash position, the number of warrants that are outstanding and the dilutive effect on our shareholders of issuing the maximum number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Company’s warrants. If management takes advantage of this option, all holders of warrants would pay the exercise price by surrendering their warrants for that number of shares of Class A common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of Class A common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” will mean the average reported closing price of one share of Class A common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants. If management takes advantage of this option, the notice of redemption will contain the information necessary to calculate the number of shares of Class A common stock to be received upon exercise of the warrants, including the “fair market value” in such case. Requiring a cashless exercise in this manner will reduce the number of shares to be issued and thereby lessen the dilutive effect of a warrant redemption. If we call the warrants for redemption and our management does not take advantage of this option, the holders of the private placement warrants and their permitted transferees would still be entitled to exercise their private placement warrants for cash or on a cashless basis using the same formula described above that other warrant holders would have been required to use had all warrant holders been required to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis, as described in more detail below.

 

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A holder of a warrant may notify us in writing in the event it elects to be subject to a requirement that such holder will not have the right to exercise such warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates), to the warrant agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own in excess of 4.9% or 9.8% (as specified by the holder) of Class A common stock issued and outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise.

 

If the number of shares of outstanding Class A common stock is increased by a share capitalization, a share dividend payable in Class A common stock, a split-up of common stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such share capitalization, dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable on exercise of each warrant will be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding common stock. A rights offering to holders of common stock entitling holders to purchase Class A common stock at a price less than the fair market value will be deemed a share dividend of a number of shares of Class A common stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Class A common stock actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for Class A common stock) and (ii) the quotient of (x) the price per share of Class A common stock paid in such rights offering and (y) the fair market value. For these purposes, (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Class A common stock, in determining the price payable for Class A common stock, there will be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) fair market value means the volume weighted average price of Class A common stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Class A common stock trades on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.

 

In addition, if we, at any time while the warrants are outstanding and unexpired, pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of Class A common stock on account of such Class A common stock (or other securities into which the warrants are convertible), other than (a) as described above, (b) certain ordinary cash dividends, then the warrant exercise price will be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such event, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value of any securities or other assets paid on each Class A common stock in respect of such event.

 

If the number of outstanding shares of Class A common stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse share split or reclassification of the Class A common stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse share split, reclassification or similar event, the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable on exercise of each warrant will be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of Class A common stock.

 

Whenever the number of shares of Class A common stock purchasable upon the exercise of the warrants is adjusted, as described above, the warrant exercise price will be adjusted by multiplying the warrant exercise price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which will be the number of shares of Class A common stock purchasable upon the exercise of the warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, as applicable, and (y) the denominator of which will be the number of shares of Class A common stock so purchasable immediately thereafter, as applicable.

 

In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Class A common stock (other than those described above or that solely affects the par value of such Class A common stock), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of us with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which we are the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of our outstanding Class A common stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of all or substantially all of the assets or other property of the Company in connection with which we are dissolved, the holders of the warrants will thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the warrants and in lieu of the Class A common stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of Class A common stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the holder of the warrants would have received if such holder had exercised their warrants immediately prior to such event. If less than 70% of the consideration receivable by the holders of Class A common stock in such a transaction is payable in the form of common stock in the successor entity that is listed for trading on a national securities exchange or is quoted in an established over-the-counter market, or is to be so listed for trading or quoted immediately following such event, and if the registered holder of the warrant properly exercises the warrant within thirty days following public disclosure of such transaction, the warrant exercise price will be reduced as specified in the Warrant Agreement based on the Black-Scholes Warrant Value (as such term is defined in the Warrant Agreement) of the warrant. The purpose of such exercise price reduction is to provide additional value to holders of the warrants when an extraordinary transaction occurs during the exercise period of the warrants pursuant to which the holders of the warrants otherwise do not receive the full potential value of the warrants.

 

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The warrants may be exercised upon surrender of the warrant certificate on or prior to the expiration date at the offices of the warrant agent, with the exercise form on the reverse side of the warrant certificate completed and executed as indicated, accompanied by full payment of the exercise price (unless on a cashless basis, if applicable), by certified or official bank check payable to us, for the number of warrants being exercised. The warrant holders do not have the rights or privileges of holders of common stock and any voting rights until they exercise their warrants and receive Class A common stock. After the issuance of Class A common stock upon exercise of the warrants, each holder will be entitled to one vote for each Class A common stock held of record on all matters to be voted on by shareholders.

 

No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the warrants. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of Class A common stock to be issued to the warrant holder.

 

Private Placement Warrants

 

The private placement warrants (including the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants) will not be redeemable by us so long as they are held by the anchor investors or BSOF Entities who initially purchased such warrants or their respective permitted transferees. Such anchor investors or BSOF Entities or their respective permitted transferees have the option to exercise the private placement warrants on a cashless basis. Except as described below, the private placement warrants have terms and provisions that are identical to those of the public warrants. If any private placement warrants are transferred to holders other than the anchor investors, the BSOF Entities or their permitted transferees, such warrants will become public warrants under the Warrant Agreement upon such transfer and will be redeemable by us and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as all other public warrants.

 

If holders of the private placement warrants elect to exercise them on a cashless basis, they would pay the exercise price by surrendering his, her or its warrants for that number of shares of Class A common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of Class A common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” will mean the average reported closing price of the shares of Class A common stock for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of warrant exercise is sent to the warrant agent.

 

Dividends

 

We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock to date. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition. The payment of any cash dividends is within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. In addition, our board of directors is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any stock dividends in the foreseeable future. Further, our ability to declare dividends will also be limited by restrictive covenants pursuant to our credit agreement.

 

Certain Anti-Takeover Provisions of Delaware Law, Our Charter and Bylaws

 

We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL, which we refer to as “Section 203,” regulating corporate takeovers. Section 203 prevents certain Delaware corporations, under certain circumstances, from engaging in a “business combination” with:

 

A stockholder who owns fifteen percent or more of our outstanding voting stock (otherwise known as an “interested stockholder”);

 

an affiliate of an interested stockholder; or

 

an associate of an interested stockholder, for three years following the date that the stockholder became an interested stockholder.

 

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A “business combination” includes a merger or sale of more than ten percent of our assets.

 

However, the above provisions of Section 203 do not apply if:

 

our board of directors approves the transaction that made the stockholder an “interested stockholder,” prior to the date of the transaction;

 

after the completion of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, that stockholder owned at least 85% of our voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, other than statutorily excluded shares of common stock; or

 

on or subsequent to the date of the transaction, the business combination is approved by our board of directors and authorized at a meeting of our stockholders, and not by written consent, by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

The organizational documents and the DGCL contain provisions that could have the effect of rendering more difficult, delaying, or preventing an acquisition deemed undesirable by our board of directors. These provisions could also make it difficult for stockholders to take certain actions, including electing directors who are not nominated by the members of our board of directors or taking other corporate actions, including effecting changes in our management. For instance, our charter does not provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors and provides for a classified board of directors with three-year staggered terms, which could delay the ability of stockholders to change the membership of a majority of our board of directors. Our board of directors is empowered to elect a director to fill a vacancy created by the expansion of the board of directors or the resignation, death, or removal of a director in certain circumstances; and advance notice provisions in our bylaws require that stockholders must comply with certain procedures in order to nominate candidates to our board of directors or to propose matters to be acted upon at a stockholders’ meeting.

 

Our authorized but unissued common stock and preferred stock will be available for future issuances without stockholder approval and could be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future offerings to raise additional capital, acquisitions and employee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued and unreserved common stock and preferred stock could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.

 

Rule 144

 

Pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), a person who has beneficially owned our restricted common stock or warrants for at least six months would be entitled to sell their securities provided that (i) such person is not deemed to have been one of our affiliates at the time of, or at any time during the three months preceding, a sale and (ii) we are subject to the Exchange Act periodic reporting requirements for at least three months before the sale and have filed all required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the 12 months (or such shorter period as we were required to file reports) preceding the sale.

 

Persons who have beneficially owned our restricted shares or warrants for at least six months but who are our affiliates at the time of, or at any time during the three months preceding, a sale, would be subject to additional restrictions, by which such person would be entitled to sell within any three-month period only a number of securities that does not exceed the greater of:

 

1% of the total number of shares of Class A common stock then outstanding; or

 

the average weekly reported trading volume of Class A common stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale.

 

Sales by our affiliates under Rule 144 are also limited by manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us.

 

Transfer Agent, Warrant Agent and Escrow Agent

 

The transfer agent, warrant agent and escrow agent for our common stock and warrants is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

 

Listing of Securities

 

Our Class A common stock and warrants are listed on the NYSE under the symbols “PACK” and “PACK WS,” respectively.

 

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Legal Matters

 

The validity of our Class A common stock covered by this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange has been passed upon for us by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, New York. Certain legal matters relating to the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for the dealer manager by Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

 

Experts

 

The consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019 incorporated by reference herein have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

On June 5, 2019, the audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) of our board of directors approved the dismissal of WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“Withum”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective as of June 6, 2019, in connection with the closing of the business combination. The reports of Withum on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were such reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except for an explanatory paragraph relating to a substantial doubt regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern if the Company did not complete a business combination by January 22, 2020.

 

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and for the subsequent interim period through June 4, 2019, (i) there were no “disagreements” (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and related instructions) between the Company and Withum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Withum, would have caused Withum to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in its reports and (ii) there were no “reportable events” within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

 

The Company provided Withum with a copy of the disclosures set forth above and requested that Withum furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the above statements. A copy of Withum’s letter, dated June 6, 2019, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 6, 2019.

 

On June 6, 2019, the Company engaged Deloitte as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. The decision to engage Deloitte as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm was approved by the Audit Committee.

 

During the Company’s most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, and for the subsequent interim periods, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted with Deloitte regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Deloitte concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement or a “reportable event” (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

 

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Where You Can Find More Information

 

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. This Prospectus/Offer to Exchange is part of a registration statement, but does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement or the exhibits. Our SEC filings are available to the public on the internet at a website maintained by the SEC located at http://www.sec.gov.

 

THIS PROSPECTUS/OFFER TO EXCHANGE INCORPORATES DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE WHICH ARE NOT PRESENTED IN OR DELIVERED WITH THIS PROSPECTUS. YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS. WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANYONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM OR IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS. WE TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR, AND CAN PROVIDE NO ASSURANCE AS TO THE RELIABILITY OF, ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT OTHERS MAY GIVE YOU.

 

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference information in this document. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this document, except for any information that is superseded by information that is included directly in this document.

 

We are incorporating by reference the filings listed below and any additional documents that we may file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date hereof and prior to the termination of any offering, except we are not incorporating by reference any information furnished (but not filed) under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K and corresponding information furnished under Item 9.01 as an exhibit thereto:

 

our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on March 17, 2020 (including the portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 14, 2020 incorporated by reference therein);

 

our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020, filed with the SEC on May 11, 2020 and July 30, 2020, respectively;

 

our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 14, 2020, March 4, 2020, May 11, 2020, June 3, 2020 and August 6, 2020;

 

the description of our securities contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-38348), filed with the SEC on January 17, 2018, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

Any statement contained in this prospectus, or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any subsequently filed document that also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

 

You may request copies of these documents, at no cost to you, from our website (www.ranpak.com), or by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

 

Ranpak Holdings Corp.
7990 Auburn Road
Concord Township, OH 44077
Attn: General Counsel
(440) 354-4445

 

Exhibits to these documents will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits have been specifically incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

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Annex A

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO WARRANT AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment (this “Amendment”) is made as of [     ], 2020 by and between Ranpak Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (f/k/a One Madison Corporation) (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York Corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), and constitutes an amendment to that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 17, 2018 (the “Existing Warrant Agreement”), between the Company and the Warrant Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Existing Warrant Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the closing of the Business Combination on June 3, 2019, the Company deregistered as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands and domesticated and continued as a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware effective May 31, 2019 (the “domestication”), pursuant to which all outstanding classes of Ordinary Shares of the Company converted on a one-for-one basis to shares of corresponding classes of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), and the Company was renamed Ranpak Holdings Corp.;

 

WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Existing Warrant Agreement, upon effectiveness of the domestication and the reclassification of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, the holders of the Warrants thereafter had the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the Warrants and in lieu of the Ordinary Shares of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, an Alternative Issuance (as defined in the Existing Warrant Agreement) in shares of Common Stock;

 

WHEREAS, Section 9.8 of the Existing Warrant Agreement provides that the Company and the Warrant Agent may amend, subject to certain conditions provided therein, the Existing Warrant Agreement with the vote or written consent of the Registered Holders of 65% of the number of the then outstanding Public Warrants and 65% of the number of the then outstanding Forward Purchase Warrants, prior to effectiveness of a registration statement covering the resale of the Forward Purchase Warrants and the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A common shares”) and/or Class C Ordinary Shares underlying such Forward Purchase Warrants;

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Existing Warrant Agreement to provide the Company with the right to require the holders of the Warrants to exchange all of the outstanding Warrants for shares of Common Stock, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS, in the exchange offer and consent solicitation undertaken by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Registered Holders of more than 65% of the then outstanding Public Warrants and 65% of the then outstanding Forward Purchase Warrants consented to and approved this Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree to amend the Existing Warrant Agreement as set forth herein.

 

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1. Amendment of Existing Warrant Agreement. The Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by adding:

 

(a) the new Section 6A thereto:

 

6A Mandatory Exchange.

 

6A.1 Company Election to Exchange. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, all (and not less than all) of the outstanding Warrants may be exchanged, at the option of the Company, at any time while they are exercisable and prior to their expiration, at the office of the Warrant Agent, upon notice to the Registered Holders of the outstanding Warrants, as described in Section 6A.2 below, for Class A common shares (or any Alternative Issuance pursuant to Section 4.4), at the exchange rate of 0.198 Class A common shares (or any Alternative Issuance pursuant to Section 4.4) for each Warrant held by the holder thereof (the “Consideration”) (subject to equitable adjustment by the Company in the event of any stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar transaction with respect to the Class A common shares). In lieu of issuing fractional shares, any holder of Warrants who would otherwise have been entitled to receive fractional shares as Consideration will, after aggregating all such fractional shares of such holder, be paid in cash (without interest) in an amount equal to such fractional part of a share multiplied by [ ].2

 

6A.2 Date Fixed for, and Notice of, Exchange. In the event that the Company elects to exchange all of the Warrants, the Company shall fix a date for the exchange (the “Exchange Date”). Notice of exchange shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Company not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the Exchange Date to the registered holders of the Warrants at their last addresses as they shall appear on the registration books. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the registered holder received such notice. The Company will make a public announcement of its election following the mailing of such notice.

 

6A.3 Exercise After Notice of Exchange. The Warrants may be exercised, for cash (or on a “cashless basis” in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(b) of this Agreement) at any time after notice of exchange shall have been given by the Company pursuant to Section 6A.2 hereof and prior to the Exchange Date. On and after the Exchange Date, the Registered Holder of the Warrants shall have no further rights except to receive, upon surrender of the Warrants, the Consideration.”

 

2. Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

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

 

2.2 Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Amendment and of the Warrants shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Amendment shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

 

2.3 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication) and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Amendment or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this Amendment, if any, shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.

 

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

 

2.5 Entire Agreement. The Existing Warrant Agreement, as modified by this Amendment, constitutes the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments, whether written or oral, express or implied, relating to the subject matter hereof, and all such prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments are hereby canceled and terminated.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

 

2This will be the last sale price of our common stock on the NYSE on the last trading day of the Offer Period (as defined in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on August 6, 2020).

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  RANPAK HOLDINGS CORP.
   
  By:
    Name:
    Title:

 

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

 

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RANPAK HOLDINGS CORP.

 

Offer to Exchange Warrants to Acquire Shares of Class A Common Stock
of
Ranpak Holdings Corp.
for
Shares of Class A Common Stock
of
Ranpak Holdings Corp.
and
Consent Solicitation

 

 

 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

 

 

 

The Exchange Agent for the Offer and the Consent Solicitation is:

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

 

By Mail
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
Attn: Voluntary Corporate Actions
1 State Street, 30th Floor
New York, NY 10004

 

Any questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the dealer manager at the address and telephone number set forth below. Requests for additional copies of this Prospectus/Offer to Exchange and the Letter of Transmittal and Consent may be directed to the Information Agent. Beneficial owners may also contact their custodian for assistance concerning the Offer and Consent Solicitation.

 

The Information Agent for the Offer and Consent Solicitation is:

 

Morrow Sodali LLC
470 West Avenue
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
Individuals, please call toll-free: (800) 662-5200
Banks and brokerage, please call: (203) 658-9400
Email: PACK.info@morrowsodali.com

 

The Dealer Manager for the Offer and the Consent Solicitation is:

 

Evercore Group L.L.C.
55 East 52nd Street, 35th Floor
New York, New York 10055
Toll-Free: (888) 474-0200