UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)*
Symbotic Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
87151X101
(CUSIP Number)
Richard B. Cohen
c/o Symbotic Inc.
200 Research Drive
Wilmington, MA 01887
Telephone: (978) 284-2800
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
February 21, 2024
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐
* | The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. |
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
CUSIP No. 87151X101
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Richard B. Cohen | |||||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a) ☐ (b) ☐
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3 | SEC USE ONLY
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4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
OO | |||||
5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
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6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
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7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||||
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
211,844,202 (1) | |||||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
211,844,202 (1) |
11 |
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
211,844,202 (1) | |||||
12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
☐ | |||||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
68.1% (2) | |||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
IN |
(1) | Consists of (i) 163,355,074 shares of Class V-3 common stock and 2,292,405 shares of Class V-1 common stock held of record by The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT, of which Richard B. Cohen is trustee, (ii) 41,549,600 shares of Class V-3 common stock and 2,215,990 shares of Class V-1 common stock held of record by RJJRP Holdings, Inc., of which Richard B. Cohen is the President and Chief Executive Officer, and (iii) 2,431,133 shares of Class V-3 common stock held of record by the Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust, of which Richard B. Cohen is trustee. Shares of Class V-3 common stock entitles its holders to 3 votes per share and are convertible on a one-for-one basis into shares of Class A common stock of the Issuer at the election of the holder and upon the redemption of an equal number of OpCo Units (as described in Item 3 herein). Shares of Class V-1 common stock entitles its holders to 1 vote per share and are convertible on a one-for-one basis into shares of Class A common stock of the Issuer at the election of the holder and upon the redemption of an equal number of OpCo Units (as described in Item 3 herein). |
(2) | Based on information about outstanding shares as of February 20, 2024 disclosed in the Issuers final prospectus supplement, dated February 21, 2024, with respect to the underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, including the 5,000,000 shares to be newly issued and sold by the Issuer in such offering and 5,000,000 shares to be newly issued upon conversion of Class V-3 common stock and Class V-1 common stock and then sold by certain selling securityholders, but excluding up to 1,500,000 shares of Class A common stock that may be sold by the Issuer in such offering upon the Underwriters exercise of its option to purchase additional shares of Class A common Stock (the February Offering). The percent of class assumes conversion of all of the Reporting Persons Class V-3 common stock and Class V-1 common stock into Class A common stock, resulting in a total of 311,004,205 shares of Class A common stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering (which reflects the sum of (x) 99,160,003 shares of Class A common stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering, and (y) 211,844,202 shares of Class A common stock issuable on conversion of the Reporting Persons Class V-3 common stock and Class V-1 common stock immediately following the February Offering). Based on the total of 582,158,587 shares of the Issuers common stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering (including (i) 99,160,003 shares of Class A common stock, (ii) 78,604,388 shares of Class V-1 common stock, and (iii) 404,394,196 shares of Class V-3 common stock), the Reporting Person beneficially owns 36.4% of the Issuers total outstanding Class A common stock on a fully diluted basis (assuming conversion of all outstanding shares of Class V-1 common stock and Class V-3 common stock) immediately following the February Offering. |
CUSIP No. 87151X101
1 |
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT | |||||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a) ☐ (b) ☐
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3 | SEC USE ONLY
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4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
OO | |||||
5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
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6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
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7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||||
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
165,647,479 (1) | |||||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
165,647,479 (1) |
11 |
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
165,647,479 (1) | |||||
12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
☐ | |||||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
62.6% (2) | |||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
OO |
(1) | Consists of 163,355,074 shares of Class V-3 common stock and 2,292,405 shares of Class V-1 common stock held of record by The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT. Richard B. Cohen may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares by virtue of his position Trustee of The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT. Shares of Class V-3 common stock entitles its holders to 3 votes per share and are convertible on a one-for-one basis into shares of Class A common stock of the Issuer at the election of the holder and upon the redemption of an equal number of OpCo Units (as described in Item 3 herein). Shares of Class V-1 common stock entitles its holders to 1 vote per share and are convertible on a one-for-one basis into shares of Class A common stock of the Issuer at the election of the holder and upon the redemption of an equal number of OpCo Units (as described in Item 3 herein). |
(2) | Based on information about outstanding shares as of February 20, 2024 disclosed in the Issuers final prospectus supplement, dated February 21, 2024, with respect to the February Offering. The percent of class assumes conversion of all of the Reporting Persons Class V-3 common stock and Class V-1 common stock into Class A common stock, resulting in a total of 264,807,482 shares of Class A common stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering (which reflects the sum of (x) 99,160,003 shares of Class A common stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering and (y) 165,647,479 shares of Class A common stock issuable on conversion of the Reporting Persons Class V-3 common stock and Class V-1 common stock immediately following the February Offering). Based on the total of 582,158,587 shares of the Issuers common stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering (including (i) 99,160,003 shares of Class A common stock, (ii) 78,604,388 shares of Class V-1 common stock, and (iii) 404,394,196 shares of Class V-3 common stock), the Reporting Person beneficially owns 28.5% of the Issuers total outstanding Class A common stock on a fully diluted basis (assuming conversion of all outstanding shares of Class V-1 common stock and Class V-3 common stock) immediately following the February Offering. |
CUSIP No. 87151X101
1 |
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
RJJRP Holdings, Inc. | |||||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a) ☐ (b) ☐
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3 | SEC USE ONLY
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4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
OO | |||||
5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
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6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
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7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||||
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
43,765,590 (1) | |||||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
43,765,590 (1) |
11 |
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
43,765,590 (1) | |||||
12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
☐ | |||||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
30.6% (2) | |||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
CO |
(1) | Consists of 41,549,600 shares of Class V-3 common stock and 2,215,990 shares of Class V-1 common stock held of record by RJJRP Holdings, Inc. Richard B. Cohen may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares by virtue of his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of RJJRP Holdings, Inc. and his ownership interest therein. Shares of Class V-3 common stock entitles its holders to 3 votes per share and are convertible on a one-for-one basis into shares of Class A common stock of the Issuer at the election of the holder and upon the redemption of an equal number of OpCo Units (as described in Item 3 herein). Shares of Class V-1 common stock entitles its holders to 1 vote per share and are convertible on a one-for-one basis into shares of Class A common stock of the Issuer at the election of the holder and upon the redemption of an equal number of OpCo Units (as described in Item 3 herein). |
(2) | Based on information about outstanding shares as of February 20, 2024 disclosed in the Issuers final prospectus supplement, dated February 21, 2024, with respect to the February Offering. The percent of class assumes conversion of all of the Reporting Persons Class V-3 common stock and Class V-1 common stock into Class A common stock, resulting in a total of 142,925,593 shares of Class A common stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering (which reflects the sum of (x) 99,160,003 shares of Class A common stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering and (y) 43,765,590 shares of Class A common stock issuable on conversion of the Reporting Persons Class V-3 common stock and Class V-1 common stock immediately following the February Offering). Based on the total of 582,158,587 shares of the Issuers common stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering (including (i) 99,160,003 shares of Class A common stock, (ii) 78,604,388 shares of Class V-1 common stock, and (iii) 404,394,196 shares of Class V-3 common stock), the Reporting Person beneficially owns 7.5% of the Issuers total outstanding Class A common stock on a fully diluted basis (assuming conversion of all outstanding shares of Class V-1 common stock and Class V-3 common stock) immediately following the February Offering. |
CUSIP No. 87151X101
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust | |||||
2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) (a) ☐ (b) ☐
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3 | SEC USE ONLY
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4 | SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
OO | |||||
5 | CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
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6 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
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7 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||||
8 | SHARED VOTING POWER
2,431,133 (1) | |||||
9 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||||
10 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
2,431,133 (1) |
11 |
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,431,133 (1) | |||||
12 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
☐ | |||||
13 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
2.4% (2) | |||||
14 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
OO |
(1) | Consists of 2,431,144 shares of Class V-3 common stock held of record by the Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust. Richard B. Cohen may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares by virtue of his position Trustee of the Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust. Shares of Class V-3 common stock entitles its holders to 3 votes per share and are convertible on a one-for-one basis into shares of Class A common stock of the Issuer at the election of the holder and upon the redemption of an equal number of OpCo Units (as described in Item 3 herein). |
(2) | Based on information about outstanding shares as of February 20, 2024 disclosed in the Issuers final prospectus supplement, dated February 21, 2024, with respect to the February Offering. The percent of class assumes conversion of all of the Reporting Persons Class V-3 common stock into Class A common stock, resulting in a total of 101,591,136 shares of Class A common stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering (which reflects the sum of (x) 99,160,003 shares of Class A common stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering and (y) 2,431,133 shares of Class A common stock issuable on conversion of the Reporting Persons Class V-3 common stock immediately following the February Offering). Based on the total of 582,158,587 shares of the Issuers common stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering (including (i) 99,160,003 shares of Class A common stock, (ii) 78,604,388 shares of Class V-1 common stock, and (iii) 404,394,196 shares of Class V-3 common stock), the Reporting Person beneficially owns 0.4% of the Issuers total outstanding Class A common stock on a fully diluted basis (assuming conversion of all outstanding shares of Class V-1 common stock and Class V-3 common stock) immediately following the February Offering. |
Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 4 (this Schedule 13D Amendment) to the Schedule 13D originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on June 17, 2022, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D filed on July 21, 2022, Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D filed on January 13, 2023, and Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D filed on July 26, 2023 (as amended by this Schedule 13D Amendment, the Schedule 13D), is being filed on behalf of the Reporting Persons (as defined below), with respect to the shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Class A Common Stock), of Symbotic Inc., a Delaware corporation (Symbotic, the Company or the Issuer).
Other than as set forth below, all Items in the Schedule 13D are materially unchanged. Capitalized terms used in this Schedule 13D Amendment which are not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Schedule 13D.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
Item 2 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:
(a) | This Schedule 13D is filed jointly by (i) Richard B. Cohen, (ii) RJJRP Holdings, Inc., (iii) The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT, and (iv) the Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust (collectively, the Reporting Persons). Richard B. Cohen is the sole trustee of The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT and the Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust. Richard B. Cohen is the sole shareholder and the President and Chief Executive Officer of RJJRP Holdings, Inc. |
(b) | The principal business address of each Reporting Person is c/o Symbotic Inc., 200 Research Drive, Wilmington, MA 01887. |
(c) | Richard B. Cohen, a natural person, is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer. |
RJJRP Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is principally engaged in the business of holding and managing investments in the securities of the Issuer and other companies.
The name, business address, present principal occupation or employment and citizenship of each director and executive officer, as applicable, of RJJRP Holdings, Inc. (each of such directors and officers, a Covered Person and collectively, the Covered Persons) are set forth on Schedule A attached hereto, which is incorporated into this Item 2 by reference.
The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT is a trust established under the laws of New Hampshire for the benefit of Richard B. Cohen and has an address of c/o Symbotic Inc., Attention: Richard B. Cohen, 200 Research Drive, Wilmington, MA 01887.
The Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust is a trust established under the laws of New Hampshire for the benefit of Richard B. Cohen and his immediate family members, and has an address of c/o Symbotic Inc., Attention: Richard B. Cohen, 200 Research Drive, Wilmington, MA 01887.
(d)-(e) | During the last five years preceding the date of this filing, none of the Reporting Persons and, to the Reporting Persons knowledge, none of the Covered Persons, has been (i) convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. |
(f) | Richard B. Cohen is a citizen of the United States. RJJRP Holdings, Inc., The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT and the Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust are organized in the jurisdiction set forth in Item 2(c). |
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to include the following.
Redemption of OpCo Units and Underwriting Agreement
In connection with the February Offering (as defined below) and following delivery of a written notice of redemption (the Notice of Redemption) to Symbotic Holdings LLC, (i) 2,279,097 shares of Class A Common Stock will be issued upon redemption of 2,279,097 OpCo Units by The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT, (ii) 602,158 shares of Class A Common Stock will be issued upon redemption of 602,158 OpCo Units by RJJRP Holdings, Inc., and (iii) 33,449 shares of Class A Common Stock will be issued upon redemption of 33,449 OpCo Units by Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust, and these shares of Class A Common Stock will be sold by these Reporting Persons to the Underwriter (as defined below) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below). 2,118,745 shares of Class V-3 common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Class V-3 Common Stock), and 2,881,255 shares of Class V-1 common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Class V-1 Common Stock), equal to the aggregate number of the redeemed OpCo Units, will be transferred to the Issuer and cancelled and retired by the Issuer upon such redemption. The closing of the sale of the shares of Class A Common Stock to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement in the February Offering is expected to close on February 26, 2024 and the redemption of such OpCo Units and cancellation and retirement of such shares of Class V-3 Common Stock and Class V-1 Common Stock is conditioned on such closing. Richard B. Cohen is treated as indirectly beneficially owning OpCo Units redeemed, the shares of Class A Common Stock sold and the shares of Class V-3 Common Stock and shares of Class V-1 Common Stock cancelled and retired.
The Underwiting Agreement is summarized below in Item 4, which summary is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
Item 4 of Schedule 13D is hereby amended to include the following:
February Offering
On February 21, 2024, The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT, RJJRP Holdings, Inc., Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust and another selling securityholders named therein (collectively, the Selling Securityholders), Symbotic Holdings LLC, the Issuer and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (the Underwriter) entered into an underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement), pursuant to which the Issuer agreed to sell 5,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and the Selling Securityholders agreed to sell an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agreed to purchase from the Issuer and the Selling Securityholders, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, such shares of Class A Common Stock, but excluding up to 1,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock that may be sold in the offering by the Issuer upon the Underwriters exercise of its option to purchase additional shares of Class A Common Stock (the February Offering), which will result, upon the closing of the February Offering, in approximately $369.9 million of aggregate proceeds to the Issuer and the Selling Securityholders before expenses. The February Offering was made pursuant to a registration statement previously filed by the Issuer with the SEC that was declared effective on August 2, 2023, by means of a prospectus supplement, dated February 21, 2024. The closing of the sale of the shares of Class A Common Stock to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement in the February Offering is expected to close on February 26, 2024. The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT will sell 2,279,097 shares of Class A Common Stock in the February Offering for approximately $90,457,360 in proceeds before expenses. RJJRP Holdings, Inc. will sell 602,158 shares of Class A Common Stock in the February Offering for approximately $23,899,651 in proceeds before expenses. Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust will sell 33,449 shares of Class A Common Stock in the February Offering for approximately $1,327,591 in proceeds before expenses.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Issuer and the Selling Securityholders and other customary obligations of the parties and termination provisions. For additional information regarding the Underwriting Agreement, see Item 6 below.
The response to Item 6 of this Schedule 13D is incorporated into this Item 4 by reference.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5 of Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:
The responses of the Reporting Persons to rows (7) through (13) of the cover pages and Items 2, 3, 4 and 6 of this Schedule 13D are incorporated into this Item 5 by reference.
(a)-(b) | Based on information about outstanding shares as of February 20, 2024 disclosed in the Issuers final prospectus supplement, dated February 21, 2024, with respect to the February Offering, the Reporting Persons are in the aggregate beneficial owners of 207,335,807 shares of Class V-3 Common Stock and 4,508,395 shares of Class V-1 Common Stock immediately following the February Offering, each of which are convertible on a one-for-one basis into shares of Class A Common Stock at the election of the holder and upon the redemption of an equal number of OpCo Units (as described in Item 3 herein). Pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the Act, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be in the aggregate the beneficial owners of 68.1% of the Class A Common Stock immediately following the February Offering, calculated based on the percent of Class A Common Stock the Reporting Persons would hold in the aggregate assuming the conversion of all of each Reporting Persons shares of Class V-3 Common Stock and Class V-1 Common Stock, as applicable, into shares of Class A Common Stock, resulting in a total of (i) 311,004,205 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering (which reflects the sum of (x) 99,160,003 shares of Class A Common Stock and (y) 211,844,202 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable on conversion of the Reporting Persons Class V-3 Common Stock and Class V-1 Common Stock, as applicable). Based on the total of 582,158,587 shares of the Issuers common stock outstanding immediately following the February Offering (including (i) 99,160,003 shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) 78,604,388 shares of Class V-1 Common Stock, and (iii) 404,394,196 shares of Class V-3 Common Stock), the Reporting Persons collectively beneficially own in the aggregate 36.4% of the Issuers total outstanding Class A Common Stock on a fully diluted basis (assuming conversion of all outstanding shares of Class V-1 Common Stock and Class V-3 Common Stock) immediately following the February Offering. |
Based on information about outstanding shares as of February 20, 2024 disclosed in the Issuers final prospectus supplement, dated February 21, 2024, with respect to the February Offering, RJJRP Holdings, Inc. is the record holder of 41,549,600 shares of Class V-3 Common Stock and 2,215,990 shares of Class V-1 Common Stock immediately following the February Offering. Richard B. Cohen may be deemed to beneficially own the securities of the Issuer held directly by RJJRP Holdings, Inc. by virtue of his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of RJJRP and his ownership interest therein. In connection with the February Offering and following delivery of a Notice of Redemption to Symbotic Holdings LLC, 602,158 shares of Class A Common Stock will be issued upon redemption of 602,158 OpCo Units by RJJRP Holdings, Inc. and then such shares of Class A Common Stock will be sold to the Underwriter pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. 602,158 shares of Class V-1 Common Stock, equal to the aggregate number of the redeemed OpCo Units, will be transferred to the Issuer and cancelled and retired by the Issuer upon such redemption. The closing of the sale of the shares of Class A Common Stock to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement in the February Offering is expected to close on February 26, 2024 and the redemption of such OpCo Units and cancellation and retirement of such shares of Class V-1 Common Stock is conditioned on such closing. Richard B. Cohen is treated as indirectly beneficially owning OpCo Units redeemed, the shares of Class A Common Stock sold and the shares of Class V-1 Common Stock cancelled and retired. These shares are excluded from the Reporting Persons aggregate interests reported on this Schedule 13D Amendment.
Based on information about outstanding shares as of February 20, 2024 disclosed in the Issuers final prospectus supplement, dated February 21, 2024, with respect to the February Offering, The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT is the record holder of 163,355,074 shares of Class V-3 Common Stock and 2,292,405 shares of Class V-1 Common Stock immediately following the February Offering. Richard B. Cohen may be deemed to beneficially own the securities of the Issuer held directly by The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT by virtue of his role as sole trustee of the trust. In connection with the February Offering and following delivery of a Notice of Redemption to Symbotic Holdings LLC, 2,279,097 shares of Class A Common Stock will be issued upon redemption of 2,279,097 OpCo Units by The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT and then such shares of Class A Common Stock will be sold to the Underwriter pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. 2,279,097 shares of
Class V-1 Common Stock, equal to the aggregate number of the redeemed OpCo Units, will be transferred to the Issuer and cancelled and retired by the Issuer upon such redemption. The closing of the sale of the shares of Class A Common Stock to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement in the February Offering is expected to close on February 26, 2024 and the redemption of such OpCo Units and cancellation and retirement of such shares of Class V-1 Common Stock is conditioned on such closing. Richard B. Cohen is treated as indirectly beneficially owning OpCo Units redeemed, the shares of Class A Common Stock sold and the shares of Class V-1 Common Stock cancelled and retired. These shares are excluded from the Reporting Persons aggregate interests reported on this Schedule 13D Amendment.
Based on information about outstanding shares as of February 20, 2024 disclosed in the Issuers final prospectus supplement, dated February 21, 2024, with respect to the February Offering, Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust is the record holder of 2,431,144 shares of Class V-3 Common Stock immediately following the Offering. Richard B. Cohen may be deemed to beneficially own the securities of the Issuer held directly by the Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust by virtue of his role as sole trustee of the trust. In connection with the February Offering and following delivery of a Notice of Redemption to Symbotic Holdings LLC, 33,449 shares of Class A Common Stock will be issued upon redemption of 33,449 OpCo Units by Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust and then such shares of Class A Common Stock will be sold to the Underwriter pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. 33,449 shares of Class V-3 Common Stock, equal to the aggregate number of the redeemed OpCo Units, will be transferred to the Issuer and cancelled and retired by the Issuer upon such redemption. The closing of the sale of the shares of Class A Common Stock to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement in the February Offering is expected to close on February 26, 2024 and the redemption of such OpCo Units and cancellation and retirement of such shares of Class V-3 Common Stock is conditioned on such closing. Richard B. Cohen is treated as indirectly beneficially owning OpCo Units redeemed, the shares of Class A Common Stock sold and the shares of Class V-3 Common Stock cancelled and retired. These shares are excluded from the Reporting Persons aggregate interests reported on this Schedule 13D Amendment. In addition, on December 13, 2023, Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust made a bona fide gift of 1,000,000 shares of Class V-3 Common Stock to a charitable donor-advised fund. These shares are excluded from the Reporting Persons aggregate interests reported on this Schedule 13D Amendment.
The filing of this Schedule 13D shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), the beneficial owners of any securities of the Issuer he or it does not directly own. Each of the Reporting Persons specifically disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities of the Issuer reported herein except to the extent such Reporting Person actually exercises voting or dispositive power with respect to such securities.
To the Reporting Persons knowledge, except as disclosed in Schedule A, none of the Covered Persons directly owns any shares of Issuers common stock; however, because each Covered Person is a director or executive officer of one or more Reporting Persons, each Covered Person may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Issuers common stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person(s) for which they each serve as director or executive officer. Each of the Covered Persons hereby disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of Issuers common stock and the filing of this Schedule 13D shall not be construed as an admission that any such Covered Person is the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this Schedule 13D or that any such Covered Person is a member of a group for Section 13(d) purposes.
(c) | Except for the transactions described in Item 3, Item 4 and Item 6 of this Schedule 13D, which are incorporated into this Item 5(c) by reference, none of the Reporting Persons nor, to their knowledge, any of the Covered Persons, has effected any transactions in the Issuers common stock during the past 60 days. |
(d) | Except as disclosed in this Schedule 13D, to the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, no other person is known to the Reporting Persons to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the securities covered by this statement on Schedule 13D. |
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to include the following:
Redemption of OpCo Units
The redemption of the OpCo Units is summarized above in Item 3 which summary is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 6.
Underwriting Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement
The Issuer and the Selling Securityholders agreed to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agreed to purchase from the Issuer and the Selling Securityholders, an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock in the February Offering, which will result, upon the closing of the February Offering, in approximately $396.9 million aggregate proceeds to the Issuer and the Selling Securityholders before expenses, pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement.
In connection with the February Offering, on February 21, 2024, each of the Reporting Persons also entered into a Lock-Up Agreement (collectively, the Lock-Up Agreements) with the Underwriter. Pursuant to the Lock-Up Agreements, each of these Reporting Person has agreed with the Underwriter, subject to certain exceptions (including the sale of their securities that otherwise would be delivered in connection with the settlement of the restricted stock units or any other method to satisfy any tax withholding obligations as determined or permitted by the Issuer in its sole discretion from time to time pursuant to the applicable restricted stock units award agreements), not to dispose of or hedge any of their common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock during the period from February 21, 2024 continuing through the date 90 days thereafter, except with the prior written consent of the representative.
The descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement set forth above in this Item 6 do not purport to be complete and such descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such documents, which documents are included as Exhibit 99.7 and Exhibit 99.8, respectively, to this Schedule 13D and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add the following exhibits:
Exhibit No. |
Exhibit Description | |
99.7* | Underwriting Agreement, dated February 21, 2024, by and among the Issuer, Symbotic Holdings LLC, the Selling Securityholders and the Underwriter. | |
99.8* | Form of Lock-Up Agreement (included as Annex I to the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 99.7 hereto). | |
* Filed herewith. |
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: February 23, 2024
/s/ Richard B. Cohen |
Richard B. Cohen |
RJJRP HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Richard B. Cohen | |
Name: Richard B. Cohen | ||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
THE RBC 2021 4 YEAR GRAT | ||
By: | /s/ Richard B. Cohen | |
Name: Richard B. Cohen | ||
Title: Trustee | ||
RICHARD B. COHEN REVOCABLE TRUST | ||
By: | /s/ Richard B. Cohen | |
Name: Richard B. Cohen | ||
Title: Trustee |
SCHEDULE A
The name, present principal occupation or employment, business address, citizenship and beneficial interests in the Issuer of each of the directors and officers of RJJRP Holdings, Inc. are set forth below.
Name |
Present Principal Occupation or |
Present Principal Address |
Citizenship |
Beneficial | ||||
Richard B. Cohen | President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chair of RJJRP Holdings, Inc. | c/o Symbotic Inc. 200 Research Drive Wilmington, MA 01887 |
USA | * | ||||
Janet Cohen | Director of RJJRP Holdings, Inc. | c/o Symbotic Inc. 200 Research Drive Wilmington, MA 01887 |
USA | (1) | ||||
Kevin McNamara | Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Director of RJJRP Holdings, Inc. | c/o Symbotic Inc. 200 Research Drive Wilmington, MA 01887 |
USA | |||||
Perry Cohen | Director of RJJRP Holdings, Inc. | c/o Symbotic Inc. 200 Research Drive Wilmington, MA 01887 |
USA | (2) | ||||
Joseph P. Toce Jr. | Director of RJJRP Holdings, Inc. | c/o Symbotic Inc. 200 Research Drive Wilmington, MA 01887 |
USA | (3) | ||||
David Ladensohn | Director of RJJRP Holdings, Inc. | c/o Symbotic Inc. 200 Research Drive Wilmington, MA 01887 |
USA | (4) | ||||
William M. Boyd III | Secretary & Executive Vice President of RJJRP Holdings, Inc.; Chief Strategy Officer of the Issuer. | c/o Symbotic Inc. 200 Research Drive Wilmington, MA 01887 |
USA | (5) | ||||
Julie Drake | Vice President & Assistant Treasurer of RJJRP Holdings, Inc. | c/o Symbotic Inc. 200 Research Drive Wilmington, MA 01887 |
USA | |||||
Bryan T. Granger | Assistant Treasurer & Senior Vice President of RJJRP Holdings, Inc. | c/o Symbotic Inc. 200 Research Drive Wilmington, MA 01887 |
USA |
* | Beneficial interests reported in this Schedule 13D. |
(1) | To the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, pursuant to the Schedule 13D/A filed by Janet Cohen on February 23, 2024, Ms. Cohen exercises shared voting and dispositive power over 165,965,810 common shares of the Issuer. |
(2) | To the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, Perry Cohen may be deemed to exercise voting and dispositive power over 4,077,238 common shares of the Issuer. |
(3) | To the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, Joseph P. Toce Jr. may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power over 2,727,466 common shares of the Issuer by virtue of his role as trustee for certain trusts and deemed to exercise voting and dispositive power over 12,000 common shares of the Issuer. |
(4) | To the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, pursuant to the Schedule 13D/A filed by David A. Ladensohn on February 23, 2024, Mr. Ladensohn exercises shared voting and dispositive power over 192,096,402 common shares of the Issuer. |
(5) | To the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, Mr. Boyd may be deemed to exercise voting and dispositive power over 512,365 common shares of the Issuer. |
Exhibit 99.7
Execution Version
Symbotic Inc.
Class A Common Stock
Underwriting Agreement
February 21, 2024
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC,
As representative (the Representative) of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282-2198
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Symbotic Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated in this agreement (this Agreement), to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the Underwriters) an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to 1,500,000 additional shares (the Optional Shares) of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (Stock), of the Company, and the securityholders of the Company named in Schedule IV hereto (the Selling Securityholders) propose severally, subject to the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement, to sell to the Underwriters an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of Stock. The aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of Stock to be sold by the Company and the Selling Securityholders are herein called the Firm Shares. The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 3 hereof are herein collectively called the Shares. The Company is a holding company, and its principal asset is its interest in Symbotic Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Symbotic LLC).
1. Each of the Company and Symbotic LLC represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-273383) (the Initial Registration Statement) in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission); the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to you have been declared effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or document incorporated by reference therein has been filed with the Commission (other than prospectuses filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, each in the form heretofore delivered to you); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or any part thereof or the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act has been initiated or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened by the Commission (the base prospectus filed as part of the Initial Registration Statement, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement relating to the Shares, is hereinafter called the Basic Prospectus; any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act is hereinafter called a Preliminary Prospectus; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and including any prospectus supplement relating to the Shares that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement, each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the Registration Statement; the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(c) hereof), is hereinafter called the Pricing Prospectus; the final prospectus relating to the Shares filed with Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 6(a) hereof is hereinafter called the Prospectus; any reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; any oral or written communication with potential investors in the Shares undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Act or Rule 163B under the Act is hereinafter called a Testing-the-Waters Communication; and any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act is hereinafter called a Written Testing-the-Waters Communication; and any free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 405 under the Act relating to the Shares is hereinafter called a Free Writing Prospectus);
(b) (A) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and (B) each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information (as defined in Section 10(b) of this Agreement) or the Selling Securityholder Information (as defined in Section 2(e) of this Agreement);
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(c) For the purposes of this Agreement, the Applicable Time is 6:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement. The Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by the information listed on Schedule II(b) hereto, taken together (collectively, the Pricing Disclosure Package), as of the Applicable Time did not, and as of each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 5(a) of this Agreement) will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Written Testing-the-Waters Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not, and as of each Time of Delivery will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information or the Selling Securityholder Information;
(d) The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and no such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commissions close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule II(a) hereto;
(e) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects, to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement, as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and as of each Time of Delivery, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information or the Selling Securityholder Information;
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(f) None of the Company, Symbotic LLC and any of their subsidiaries has, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus, (i) sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree or (ii) entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, there has not been (x) any change in the capital stock (other than as a result of (i) the exercise, if any, of stock options or vesting, if any, of restricted stock units or the award, if any, of stock options or restricted stock in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Companys and Symbotic LLCs equity plans that are described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or (ii) the issuance, if any, of securities upon conversion of the Companys and Symbotic LLCs securities as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus) or long term debt of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries or (y) any Material Adverse Effect (as defined below); as used in this Agreement, Material Adverse Effect shall mean any material adverse change or effect, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change or effect, in or affecting (i) the business, properties, general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders equity or results of operations of the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, or (ii) the ability of the Company and Symbotic LLC to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement, including the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company, or to consummate the transactions contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(g) The Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them (other than with respect to Intellectual Property, which is addressed exclusively in subsection (y) hereof), in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases (subject to the effects of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights or remedies of creditors generally; (ii) the application of general principles of equity (including without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether enforcement is considered in proceedings at law or in equity) with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(h) Each of the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries has been (i) duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept is recognized is such jurisdictions) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with power and authority (corporate or other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except, in the case of this clause (ii), where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the
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aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and each subsidiary of the Company that is a significant subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Act (the Significant Subsidiaries)) has been listed in the Registration Statement or documents incorporated by reference thereto;
(i) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and conform in all material respects to the description of the Stock contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the Company is the sole managing member of Symbotic LLC; and all of the issued equity interests of Symbotic LLC and each other subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent such concept is applicable) and (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors qualifying shares) each subsidiary of the Company other than Symbotic LLC is majority owned (directly or indirectly) by Symbotic LLC, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and the Shares to be issued and sold by the Company to the Underwriters hereunder have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will conform in all material respects to the description of the Stock contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights;
(j) The issue and sale of the Shares and the compliance by the Company and Symbotic LLC with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Pricing Prospectus will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (A) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries is subject, (B) the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or other applicable organizational document) of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their Significant Subsidiaries, or (C) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries or any of their properties, except, in the case of these clauses (A) and (C) for such conflicts, defaults, breaches, or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company and Symbotic LLC of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been obtained under the Act, the approval by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) of the underwriting terms and arrangements, the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.s National Market (NASDAQ) and for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters;
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(k) Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or proceedings (Actions) pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the Companys knowledge, any officer or director of the Company is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the Companys knowledge, any officer or director of the Company is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or such officer or director), would individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the Companys knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or others; there are no current or pending Actions that are required under the Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Pricing Prospectus that are not so described in all material respects therein; and there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in all material respects in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus;
(l) None of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or other applicable organizational document), (ii) in violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries or any of their properties, or (iii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii), for such violations or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption Description of Capital Stock, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock, under the caption Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences, and under the caption Underwriting, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents specifically referred to therein and subject to the qualifications, exceptions, assumptions and limitations described therein, are accurate, complete and fair in all material respects;
(n) Neither the Company nor Symbotic LLC is and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof, will be an investment company, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment Company Act);
(o) At the time of filing the Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Shares, and at the date hereof, the Company was and is an ineligible issuer, as defined in Rule 405 under the Act;
(p) Grant Thornton LLP who have certified certain financial statements of the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries are independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
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(q) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that (i) is designed to comply with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) has been designed by the Companys principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and (iii) is sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorization, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and the Companys internal control over financial reporting is effective and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting;
(r) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, there has been no change in the Companys internal control over financial reporting that has materially and adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting;
(s) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information required to be disclosed by the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Companys principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective (within the meaning of the Exchange Act) at the reasonable assurance level to perform the functions for which they were established;
(t) None of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries, nor any director or officer of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company or Symbotic LLC, any employee, agent, controlled affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries has (i) made, offered, promised or authorized any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense (or taken any act in furtherance thereof) to any foreign or domestic government official or employee or to any person in violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws (as defined below); (ii) made, offered, promised or authorized any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee or to any person in violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws; or (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or the rules and regulations thereunder, the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-corruption, anti-bribery or related law, statute or regulation (collectively, Anti-Corruption Laws); the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and have instituted and maintained and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries will use, directly or, to their knowledge, indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of Anti-Corruption Laws;
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(u) The operations of the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with the requirements of applicable anti-money laundering laws, including, but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended by the USA PATRIOT ACT of 2001, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the applicable anti-money laundering laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulation or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and Symbotic LLC, threatened;
(v) None of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries, nor any director or officer of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company or Symbotic LLC, any employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries is (i) currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC), or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a specially designated national or blocked person, the European Union, His Majestys Treasury, the United Nations Security Council, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions), (ii) located, organized, or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions (a Sanctioned Jurisdiction), and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject or the target of Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions; none of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries is engaged in, or has, at any time in the past five years, engaged in, any dealings or transactions with or involving any individual or entity that was or is, as applicable, at the time of such dealing or transaction, the subject or target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Jurisdiction; the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries have instituted, and maintain, policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve continued compliance with Sanctions;
(w) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and Symbotic LLC;
(x) The financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the consolidated statement of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise stated therein). Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus under the Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus regarding non-GAAP financial measures (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Act, to the extent applicable;
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(y) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: the Company, Symbotic LLC and each of their subsidiaries (i) own or otherwise possess adequate rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights and registrations and applications thereof, licenses, know-how, software, systems and technology (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures and other intellectual property) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses, (ii) do not, through the conduct of their respective businesses, infringe, violate or conflict with any such right of others and (iii) have not received any written notice of any claim of infringement, violation or conflict with, any such rights of others;
(z) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Companys, Symbotic LLCs and their subsidiaries respective information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively, IT Systems) are adequate for, and operate and perform as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants; (ii) the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries have implemented and maintained reasonable controls, policies, procedures and safeguards to maintain and protect their confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security in all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (Personal Data)) used in connection with their businesses, and there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to same; (iii) the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification;
(aa) No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included or incorporated by reference in any of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith;
(bb) Nothing has come to the attention of the Company or Symbotic LLC that has caused the Company or Symbotic LLC to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects;
(cc) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications;
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(dd) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in connection with the offering of the Shares;
(ee) The Company, Symbotic LLC and each of their subsidiaries have such permits, licenses, approvals, consents, franchises, certificates of need and other approvals or authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities (Permits) as are necessary under applicable law to own their respective properties and conduct their respective businesses in the manner described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, except for any of the foregoing that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries has received notice of any proceedings related to the revocation or modification of any such Permits that, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(ff) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are insured against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged and as required by law;
(gg) From the time of filing of the Initial Registration Statement through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an emerging growth company as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Act (an Emerging Growth Company); and
(hh) There are no debt securities or preferred shares issued, or guaranteed by, the Company nor any of its subsidiaries that are rated by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.
2. Each of the Selling Securityholders severally and not jointly represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters, the Company and Symbotic LLC that:
(a) All consents, approvals, authorizations and orders necessary for the execution and delivery by such Selling Securityholder of this Agreement, and for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Securityholder hereunder, have been obtained, except such as have been obtained under the Act, the approval by FINRA of the underwriting terms and arrangements and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters; and such Selling Securityholder has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Securityholder hereunder;
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by such Selling Securityholder of this Agreement, the sale of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Securityholder and the consummation by such Selling Securityholder of the transactions contemplated herein will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute
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a default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Securityholder is a party or by which such Selling Securityholder is bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Securityholder is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of such Selling Securityholder if such Selling Securityholder is a corporation or trust agreement, if the Selling Securityholder is a trust, or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory agency, except in the case of the foregoing clauses (i) and (iii), for such conflicts, defaults, breaches or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such Selling Securityholder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) Such Selling Securityholder will have, immediately prior to the Time of Delivery, good and valid title to, or a valid security entitlement within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code in respect of, the Shares to be sold at the Time of Delivery by such Selling Securityholder, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims; and, upon delivery of such Shares and payment therefor pursuant hereto, good and valid title to such Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or adverse claims, will pass to the several Underwriters;
(d) Such Selling Securityholder has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares;
(e) To the extent that any statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto are made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Selling Securityholder pursuant to Item 7 of Form S-3 in writing expressly for use therein (the Selling Securityholder Information), such Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus did, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will, when they become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, it being understood and agreed for the purposes of this Agreement that the Selling Securityholder Information for such Selling Securityholder consists only of (A) such Selling Securityholders legal name, address and Stock beneficially owned by such Selling Securityholder before and after the offering contemplated hereby and (B) the other information with respect to such Selling Securityholder (excluding percentages) which appear under the caption Selling Securityholders in the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(f) Such Selling Securityholder will deliver to the Representative prior to or at the Time of Delivery a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form W-9 (or other applicable form or statement specified by the Treasury Department regulations in lieu thereof) in order to facilitate the Underwriters documentation of their compliance with the reporting and withholding provisions of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 with respect to the transactions herein contemplated;
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(g) Such Selling Securityholder will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any person or entity, (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject or the target of Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions, or (ii) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any Money Laundering Laws or any applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws;
(h) Such Selling Securityholder is not prompted to sell the Shares to be sold by such Selling Securityholder pursuant to this Agreement by any material information concerning the Company or its subsidiaries that has not been disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package; and
(i) Such Selling Securityholder, to the extent applicable, has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization or formation.
3. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company and each of the Selling Securityholders agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and each of the Selling Securityholders, at a purchase price per share of $39.69, the number of Firm Shares (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be sold by the Company and each of the Selling Securityholders as set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule IV hereto by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased by all of the Underwriters from the Company and all of the Selling Securityholders hereunder and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a) of this Section 3 (provided that the purchase price per Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Optional Shares), that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Optional Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to 1,500,000 Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share set forth in the paragraph above, provided that the purchase price per Optional Share shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Optional Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from you to the Company, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 5 hereof) or, unless you and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
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4. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
5. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive or book-entry form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as you may request upon at least forty-eight hours prior notice to the Company and the Selling Securityholders shall be delivered to you by or on behalf of the Company and the Selling Securityholders, through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company (DTC), for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the respective accounts specified by the Company and each Selling Securityholder to you at least forty-eight hours in advance. The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on February 26, 2024 or such other time and date as you, the Company and the Selling Securityholders may agree upon in writing, and, with respect to the Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., New York time, on the date you specified in the written notice given by the Representative of the Underwriters election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time and date as you and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the First Time of Delivery, such time and date for delivery of the Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the Second Time of Delivery, and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a Time of Delivery.
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 9 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 9(j) hereof, will be delivered electronically or at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, One Manhattan West, New York, NY 10001 (the Closing Location), and the Shares will be delivered at the Closing Location, all at such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held electronically or at the Closing Location at 6:30 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 5, New York Business Day shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
6. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commissions close of business on the second business day following the date of this Agreement or such earlier time as may be required under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus prior to the last Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule
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173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Shares, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may reasonably request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) If by the third anniversary (the Renewal Deadline) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Shares remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new shelf registration statement relating to the Shares, in a form reasonably satisfactory to you and will use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Shares to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Shares. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be;
(d) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement (or such later time as may be agreed to by the Company and you) and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is, based upon the advice of counsel, required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, and where such material is not publicly available, to notify you and upon your request to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities (whose name and address the Underwriters shall furnish to the Company) as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the
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Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Shares at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(e) To make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable (which may be satisfied by filing with the Commissions Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System), but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158), which may be satisfied by filing on the Commissions Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system;
(f) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (the Company Lock-Up Period), not to (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to, any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Shares, including but not limited to any options or warrants to purchase shares of Stock or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise (other than (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) securities to be issued pursuant to employee incentive plans or similar plans existing as of the date of this Agreement, (C) securities to be issued upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of securities outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, (D) the filing by the Company of any registration statement on Form S-8 with the Commission relating to the offering of securities pursuant to the terms of such employee incentive plans or similar plans existing on the date hereof, (E) the issuance and transfer of Stock in compliance with the Companys existing obligations under the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2022, by and among the Company, SVF Sponsor III (DE) LLC, certain legacy directors of SVF Investment Corp. 3 and certain directors, officers and stockholders of the Company as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and (F) the issuance by the Company of shares of Stock or securities convertible into shares of Stock in connection with an acquisition or business combination, provided that the aggregate number of shares of Stock issued pursuant to this clause (F) during the Company Lock-Up Period shall not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of Stock issued and outstanding as of the date of such acquisition or business combination, as the case may be, and provided further that holders of any shares of Stock issued pursuant to clause (F) of this Section 6(f) shall agree in writing to be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 9(k) for the duration of the Company Lock-Up Period), without your prior written consent;
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(g) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act;
(h) Upon request of any Underwriter, to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to such Underwriter an electronic version of the Companys primary corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter for the purpose of facilitating the on-line offering of the Shares (the License); provided, however, that (i) the Underwriters may not modify or edit the appearance of such corporate logo, (ii) the Underwriters agree to only use and display such corporate logo in compliance with any brand guidelines the Company may provide, as may be updated from time to time, and (iii) the License shall be used solely for the purpose described above, is granted without any fee and may not be assigned, sublicensed or transferred;
(i) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares in the manner specified in the Pricing Prospectus under the caption Use of Proceeds;
(j) To use its reasonable best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on NASDAQ; and
(k) To promptly notify you if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of the Shares within the meaning of the Act and (ii) the last Time of Delivery.
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(a) Each of the Company and Symbotic LLC represents and agrees that it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a Free Writing Prospectus; each Selling Securityholder represents and agrees, severally and not jointly, that it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a Free Writing Prospectus;
(b) The Company, Symbotic LLC and each Selling Securityholder, on the one hand, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, on the other hand, agrees not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder;
(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of a Written Testing-the-Waters Communication any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to you and, upon your request, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter a Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission;
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(d) The Company represents and agrees that (i) it has not engaged in, or authorized any other person to engage in, any Testing-the-Waters Communications, other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with your prior consent with entities that the Company reasonably believes are qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Act or institutions that are accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Act; and (ii) it has not distributed, or authorized any other person to distribute, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications, other than those distributed with your prior consent that are listed on Schedule II(c) hereto; and the Company reconfirms that the Underwriters have been authorized to act on its behalf in engaging in Testing-the-Waters Communications; and
(e) Each Underwriter represents and agrees that any Testing-the-Waters Communications undertaken by it were with entities that such Underwriter reasonably believes are qualified institutional buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Act or institutions that are accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7) or (a)(8) under the Act.
8. The Company and Symbotic LLC covenant and agree with the several Underwriters that the Company and Symbotic LLC will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Companys and the Selling Securityholders counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, any Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(b) hereof, including the reasonable fees and documented disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey(s), which expenses of counsel, together with expenses, costs and fees of counsel in (iv), shall not exceed $25,000 in the aggregate; (iv) any filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and documented disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, review of documents from a FINRA perspective and any required reviews by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Shares, which expenses, costs and fees of counsel, together with expenses of counsel in (iii), shall not exceed $25,000 in the aggregate; (v) the cost of preparing certificates for the Shares; (vi) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar or dividend disbursing agent; (vii) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on NASDAQ; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. Each Selling Securityholder covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that such Selling Securityholder will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of such Selling Securityholders obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section, including all expenses and taxes incident to the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Securityholder to the Underwriters hereunder. In connection with the preceding sentence, the Representative agrees to pay New York State stock transfer tax, and each Selling Securityholder agrees, severally and not jointly, to reimburse the Representative for associated carrying costs if such tax payment is not rebated on the day of payment and for any portion of such tax payment not rebated. It is understood, however, that the Company shall bear, and the Selling Securityholders shall not be required to pay or reimburse the Company for, the costs of any other matters not directly relating to the sale and purchase of Shares pursuant to this Agreement and that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 10 and 13 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
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9. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at each Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders herein are, at and as of the Applicable Time and such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders shall have performed all of their obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 6(a) hereof; all material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act shall have been initiated or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened by the Commission; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus shall have been initiated or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery in form and substance satisfactory to you, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion and disclosure letter, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;
(d) Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., counsel for the Selling Securityholders, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;
(d) On the date of the Prospectus contemporaneous with the execution of this Agreement, at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at each Time of Delivery, Grant Thornton LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you;
(e) (i) None of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus any loss or interference with their business, taken as a whole, from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus and except as disclosed therein there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than as a result of (i) the exercise or settlement (including any net or cashless exercises or settlements) of stock options, warrants or restricted stock units or the award, if any, of stock options, restricted stock units or restricted
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stock pursuant to the Companys equity plans that are described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or (ii) the issuance, if any, of stock upon conversion or exchange of securities of the Company or Symbotic LLC as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus) or long term debt of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of their subsidiaries or any change or effect, or any development involving a prospective change or effect, in or affecting (x) the business, properties, general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders equity or results of operations of the Company, Symbotic LLC and their subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, or (y) the ability of the Company and Symbotic LLC to perform their obligations under this Agreement, including the issuance and sale of the Shares, or to consummate the transactions contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(f) [reserved];
(g) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Companys securities on NASDAQ; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York, State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere;, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(h) The Shares to be sold at each Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed, subject to official notice of issuance, for quotation on NASDAQ;
(i) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement; and
(j) The Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company and Symbotic LLC and of the Selling Securityholders, respectively, satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders, respectively, herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company and Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, with respect to the Company and Symbotic LLC, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (e) of this Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.
(k) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the Underwriters executed copies of an agreement from each officer, director, and stockholder of the Company listed on Schedule III hereto, substantially to the effect set forth in Annex I hereto;
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10. (a) The Company and Symbotic LLC, jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any roadshow as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Act (a roadshow), any issuer information filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and Symbotic LLC shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information or the Selling Securityholder Information.
(b) Each of the Selling Securityholders, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any roadshow or any Testing-the-Waters Communication or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any roadshow or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, in reliance upon and in conformity with Selling Securityholder Information furnished to the Company by such Selling Securityholder expressly for use therein; and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that such Selling Securityholder shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information; provided, further, that the liability of such Selling Securityholder pursuant to this subsection (b) shall not exceed the net proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts and expenses from the sale of Shares sold by such Selling Securityholder hereunder (the Selling Securityholder Proceeds).
(c) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, Symbotic LLC and each Selling Securityholder against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company, Symbotic LLC or such Selling Securityholder may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise
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out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any roadshow or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any roadshow or any Testing-the-Waters Communication, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information; and will reimburse the Company, Symbotic LLC and each Selling Securityholder for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company, Symbotic LLC or such Selling Securityholder in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred. As used in this Agreement with respect to an Underwriter and an applicable document, Underwriter Information shall mean the written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein; it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the fifth paragraph under the caption Underwriting, and the information contained in the seventh, eighth and ninth paragraphs under the caption Underwriting.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; provided that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 10 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 10. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection with any one action or proceeding or separate but substantially similar actions or proceedings arising out of the same general allegations, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all indemnified parties except to the extent that local counsel or counsel with specialized expertise (in addition to any regular counsel) is required to effectively defend against any such action or proceeding. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include any statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
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(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 10 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, Symbotic LLC or the Selling Securityholders on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, Symbotic LLC, each of the Selling Securityholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (e). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any reasonable legal or other expenses actually incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) the contribution by the Selling Securityholders pursuant to this subsection (e) shall not exceed the Selling Securityholder Proceeds (reduced by any amounts such Selling Securityholder has paid under subsection (b) above). No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint and the Selling Securityholders obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective Selling Securityholder Proceeds and not joint.
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(f) The obligations of the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders under this Section 10 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each employee, officer and director of each Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act and each broker-dealer or other affiliate of any Underwriter; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 10 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and Symbotic LLC and to each person, if any, who controls the Company, Symbotic LLC or the Selling Securityholders within the meaning of the Act.
11. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within thirty six hours after such default by any Underwriter, you do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company and the Selling Securityholders shall be entitled to a further period of thirty six hours within which to procure another party or other parties reasonably satisfactory to you to purchase such Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you notify the Company and the Selling Securityholders that you have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company or a Selling Securityholder notifies you that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, you or the Company or the Selling Securityholders shall have the right to postpone such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be made necessary. The term Underwriter as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company and the Selling Securityholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the Company and the Selling Securityholders shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you, the Company and the Selling Securityholders as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company and the Selling Securityholders shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the Optional Shares) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Selling Securityholders, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company, the Selling Securityholders and the Underwriters as provided in Section 8 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 10 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
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12. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, Symbotic LLC, the Selling Securityholders and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any director, officer, employee, affiliate or controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of the Selling Securityholders, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any of the Selling Securityholders, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
13. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 11 hereof, neither the Company, Symbotic LLC nor the Selling Securityholders shall then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof; but, if for any other reason, any Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company and the Selling Securityholders as provided herein, the Company and Symbotic LLC, or, if such failure to deliver any Shares arises from the breach of a representation, warranty or covenant by any Selling Securityholder, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof.
14. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by you jointly.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you as the Representative Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282-2198, Attention: Registration Department; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Corporate Secretary; if to any Selling Securityholder shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to its address provided in Schedule IV hereto; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 10(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company or the Selling Securityholders by you upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company and the Selling Securityholders, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
15. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company , Symbotic LLC, any Selling Securityholder
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and each person who controls the Company, Symbotic LLC or any Underwriter, or any director, officer, employee, or affiliate of any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
16. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term business day shall mean any day when the Commissions office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
17. Each of the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders acknowledge and agree that (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any Selling Securityholder, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company, Symbotic LLC or any Selling Securityholder with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company, Symbotic LLC or any Selling Securityholder on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company, Symbotic LLC or any Selling Securityholder except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) each of the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders have consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate, and (v) none of the activities of the Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated herein constitutes a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters with respect to any entity or natural person. Each of the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, Symbotic LLC or any Selling Securityholder, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto. The Selling Securityholders further acknowledge and agree that, although the Underwriters may provide the Selling Securityholders with certain Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS disclosures or other related documentation in connection with the offering, the Underwriters are not making a recommendation to the Selling Securityholders to participate in the offering or sell any Shares at the purchase price set forth in Section 3 herein, and nothing set forth in such disclosures or documentation is intended to suggest that any Underwriters is making such a recommendation.
18. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) among the Company, Symbotic LLC, the Selling Securityholders and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
19. This Agreement and any transaction contemplated by this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflict of laws that would results in the application of any other law than the laws of the State of New York. The parties hereto agree that any suit or proceeding arising in respect of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in The City and County of New York and the parties hereto agree to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts.
20. Each of the Company, Symbotic LLC, each Selling Securityholder and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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21. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders are authorized to disclose to any persons U.S. federal and state tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, tax structure is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.
22. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
23. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(c) As used in this section:
BHC Act Affiliate has the meaning assigned to the term affiliate in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).
Covered Entity means any of the following:
(i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
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Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
U.S. Special Resolution Regime means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters, the Company, Symbotic LLC and each of the Selling Securityholders. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company, Symbotic LLC and the Selling Securityholders for examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours, | ||||||||
Symbotic Inc. | Selling Securityholders: | |||||||
Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Corey C. Dufresne | |||||||
Name: | Corey C. DuFresne | By: | /s/ Richard B. Cohen | |||||
Title: | Senior VP & General Counsel | Name: | Richard B. Cohen | |||||
Title: | Trustee | |||||||
Symbotic Holdings LLC | The RBC Millennium Trust | |||||||
By: | Symbotic Inc., its Managing Member | By: | /s/ Janet L. Cohen | |||||
Name: | Janet L. Cohen | |||||||
By: | /s/ Corey C. Dufresne | Title: | Trustee | |||||
Name: | Corey C. DuFresne | |||||||
Title: | Senior VP & General Counsel | By: | /s/ David A. Ladensohn | |||||
Name: | David A. Ladensohn | |||||||
Title: | Trustee | |||||||
The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Richard B. Cohen | |||||||
Name: | Richard B. Cohen | |||||||
Title: | Trustee | |||||||
RJJRP Holdings, Inc. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Richard B. Cohen | |||||||
Name: | Richard B. Cohen | |||||||
Title: | President |
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Accepted as of the date hereof: | ||
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | ||
By: | /s/ William Connolly | |
Name: William Connolly | ||
Title: Partner, Managing Director |
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SCHEDULE I | ||||||||
Underwriter |
Number of Firm Shares to be Purchased |
Maximum Number of Optional Shares Which May be Purchased |
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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
10,000,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||
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Total |
10,000,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||
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SCHEDULE II
(a) Additional Documents Incorporated by Reference:
None
(b) Information other than the Pricing Prospectus that comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package:
The initial public offering price per share for the Shares is $40.50
The number of Shares purchased by the Underwriters is. 10,000,000
(c) | Written Testing-the-Waters Communications: |
Investor Presentation dated February 2024
SCHEDULE III
Name of Stockholder |
Address |
| Richard Cohen |
| Rollin Ford |
| Charles Kane |
| Todd Krasnow |
| Vikas Parekh |
| Daniela Rus |
| Merline Saintil |
| Carol Hibbard |
| Michael Dunn |
| William Boyd |
| Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust |
| The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT |
| RJJRP Holdings, Inc. |
| The RBC Millennium Trust |
| The Jill Cohen Mill Trust |
| The 2014 QSST F/B/O Rachel Cohen Kanter |
| The 2014 QSST F/B/O Perry Cohen |
| The Kanter Family Trust |
| The PLC Family Trust |
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SCHEDULE IV
Name of Selling Securityholder |
Number of Firm Shares to be Sold |
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The RBC 2021 4 Year GRAT |
2,279,097 | |||
The RBC Millennium Trust |
2,085,296 | |||
RJJRP Holdings, Inc. |
602,158 | |||
Richard B. Cohen Revocable Trust |
33,449 | |||
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Total |
5,000,000 | |||
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The Selling Securityholders are represented by Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Notices to any Selling Securityholder should be addressed to such Selling Securityholder, c/o of the Company at the address set forth on the cover page of the Initial Registration Statement, Attention: General Counsel; with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to Michael L. Fantozzi, Esq., Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111.
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ANNEX I
[FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT]
[SEE SEPARATE ATTACHMENT]
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CONFIDENTIAL
Symbotic Inc.
Lock-Up Agreement
February 21, 2024
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
As Representative of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement
c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, NY 10282-2198
Re: | Symbotic Inc. - Lock-Up Agreement |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as representative (the Representative), propose to enter into an underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) on behalf of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I to such agreement (collectively, the Underwriters), with Symbotic Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and Symbotic Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Symbotic LLC), and the selling securityholders named in Schedule IV thereto, providing for a public offering (the Public Offering) of shares (the Shares) of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the Common Stock) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement) initially filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on July 24, 2023.
In consideration of the agreement by the Underwriters to offer and sell the Shares, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees that, subject to the provisions contained herein, during the period beginning from the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the Prospectus) (such period, the Lock-Up Period), the undersigned shall not (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock, any shares of Class V-1 common stock of the Company (the Class V-1 Shares), any shares of Class V-3 common stock of the Company (the Class V-3 Shares) or any common units of Symbotic LLC (the LLC Interests), or any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock, Class V-1 Shares, Class V-3 Shares or the LLC Interests, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock, Class V-1 Shares, Class V-3 Shares or the LLC Interests (such shares of Common Stock, Class V-1 Shares, Class V-3 Shares, the LLC Interests, options, rights, warrants or other securities, collectively, Lock-Up Securities), including without limitation any such Lock-Up Securities now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned, (ii) engage in any hedging or other transaction or arrangement (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale, loan, pledge or other disposition (whether by the undersigned or someone other than the undersigned), or transfer of any of the economic consequences of ownership, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of any Lock-Up Securities, whether any such transaction or arrangement described in clause (i) or (ii) above (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise (any such sale, loan, pledge or other disposition, or transfer of economic consequences, a Transfer), (iii) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any Lock-Up Securities , or (iv) otherwise publicly announce any intention to engage in or cause any action, activity, transaction or arrangement described in clause
(i), (ii) or (iii) above. The undersigned represents and warrants that the undersigned is not currently a party to any agreement or arrangement that provides for, is designed to or reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in any Transfer during the Lock-Up Period, except pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may:
(a) | transfer the undersigneds Lock-Up Securities (i) as one or more bona fide gifts or charitable contributions, or for bona fide estate planning purposes, (ii) upon death by will, testamentary document or intestate succession, (iii) if the undersigned is a natural person, to any member of the undersigneds immediate family (for purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, immediate family shall mean any relationship by blood, current or former marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, not more remote than first cousin) or to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, or to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity that is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the undersigned or any investment fund or other entity which fund or entity is controlled or managed by the undersigned or affiliates of the undersigned, or, if the undersigned is a trust, to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust or the estate of a beneficiary of such trust, (iv) to a partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which the undersigned and the immediate family of the undersigned are the legal and beneficial owner of all of the outstanding equity securities or similar interests, (v) to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (a)(i) through (iv) above, (vi) if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity, (A) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity that is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the undersigned, or to any investment fund or other entity which fund or entity is controlled or managed by the undersigned or affiliates of the undersigned, or (B) as part of a distribution by the undersigned to its stockholders, partners, members or other equityholders or to the estate of any such stockholders, partners, members or other equityholders, (vii) by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order, divorce settlement, divorce decree or separation agreement, or otherwise pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency, (viii) to the Company from a current or former director, officer, employee, contractor, consultant or other service provider of the Company, (ix) if the undersigned is not an officer or director of the Company, in connection with a sale of the undersigneds shares of Common Stock acquired (A) from the Underwriters in the Public Offering or (B) in open market transactions after the closing date of the Public Offering, (x) (A) to the public or the Company in connection with the vesting and settlement of restricted stock units (including, by way of net or cashless exercise, sell-to-cover or any other method to satisfy tax withholding obligations as determined by the Company) that are already vested, scheduled to expire or may vest during the Lock-Up Period, including any sale to the public or transfer to the Company for the payment of tax withholdings or remittance payments due as a result of such vesting or settlement or (B) to the Company in connection with the vesting and settlement of other equity awards or with the exercise of warrants or options (including, in each case, by way of net or cashless exercise) that are already vested, scheduled to expire or may vest during the Lock-Up Period, including any transfer to the Company for the payment of tax withholdings or remittance payments due as a result of such vesting, settlement, or in connection with the conversion of convertible securities, provided in the case of (x)(A) and (x)(B), all such transfers are pursuant to equity awards granted under a stock incentive plan or other equity award plan, or pursuant to the terms of convertible securities, each as described in the Registration Statement, the preliminary prospectus relating to the Shares included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the time the Underwriting Agreement is executed and the Prospectus, provided further that any securities received upon such vesting, settlement, exercise or conversion shall be subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement, (xi) pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (as defined in Item 408(a)(1)(i) of Regulation S-K adopted prior to the date hereof, (xii) with the prior written consent of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC on behalf of the Underwriters; provided that (A) in the case of clauses (a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) above, such transfer or distribution shall not involve a disposition for value, (B) in the case of clauses (a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) above, it shall be a condition to the transfer or distribution that the donee, devisee, transferee or distributee, as the case may be, shall sign and deliver a lock-up agreement in the form of this Lock-Up Agreement, (C) in the case of clauses (a) (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above, no filing by any party (including, without limitation, any donor, donee, devisee, transferor, transferee, distributor or distributee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or other public filing, report or announcement reporting a reduction in |
beneficial ownership of Lock-Up Securities shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer or distribution, and (D) in the case of clauses (a)(i), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) and (xi) above, no filing under the Exchange Act or other public filing, report or announcement shall be voluntarily made, and if any such filing, report or announcement shall be legally required during the Lock-Up Period, such filing, report or announcement shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto the circumstances of such transfer or distribution; |
(b) | enter into a written plan meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act relating to the transfer, sale or other disposition of the undersigneds Lock-Up Securities, if then permitted by the Company, provided that none of the securities subject to such plan may be transferred, sold or otherwise disposed of until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, and no public announcement, report or filing under the Exchange Act, or any other public filing, report or announcement, shall be voluntarily made regarding the establishment of such plan during the Lock-Up Period; and |
(c) | transfer the undersigneds Lock-Up Securities pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of the Companys capital stock involving a Change of Control of the Company (for purposes hereof, Change of Control shall mean the transfer (whether by tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to a person or group of affiliated persons, of shares of capital stock if, after such transfer, such person or group of affiliated persons would hold at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company (or the surviving entity)); provided that in the event that such tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction is not completed, the undersigneds Lock-Up Securities shall remain subject to the provisions of this Lock-Up Agreement. |
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, the undersigned further agrees that the foregoing provisions shall be equally applicable to any issuer-directed or other Shares the undersigned may purchase in the Public Offering.
The restrictions described in this Lock-Up Agreement shall not apply to (i) the sale of the undersigneds Shares pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; or (ii) any exchange or conversion of Lock-Up Securities solely for or to other Lock-Up Securities, provided that the Lock-Up Securities received shall be subject to the provisions of this Lock-Up Agreement.
If the undersigned is not a natural person or a trust, the undersigned represents and warrants that no single natural person, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than a natural person, entity or group (as described above) that has executed a Lock-Up Agreement in substantially the same form as this Lock-Up Agreement, beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the common equity interests, or 50% or more of the voting power, in the undersigned.
The undersigned agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Companys transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigneds Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that none of the Underwriters has made any recommendation or provided any investment or other advice to the undersigned with respect to this Lock-Up Agreement or the subject matter hereof, and the undersigned has consulted its own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory, tax and other advisors with respect to this Lock-Up Agreement and the subject matter hereof to the extent the undersigned has deemed appropriate. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that, although the Underwriters may have provided or hereafter provide to the undersigned in connection with the Public Offering a Form CRS and/or certain other disclosures as contemplated by Regulation Best Interest, the Underwriters have not made and are not making a recommendation to the undersigned to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement or to transfer, sell or dispose of, or to refrain from transferring, selling or disposing of, any shares of Common Stock, and nothing set forth in such disclosures or herein is intended to suggest that any Underwriter is making such a recommendation.
This Lock-Up Agreement shall automatically terminate and the undersigned shall be released from all of his, her or its obligations hereunder upon the earlier of (i) the date on which the Registration Statement filed with the SEC with respect to the Public Offering is withdrawn, (ii) the date on which for any reason the Underwriting Agreement is terminated (other than the provisions thereof that survive termination) prior to payment for and delivery of the Shares to be sold thereunder (other than pursuant to the Underwriters option thereunder to purchase additional Shares), (iii) the date on which the Company notifies the Representative, in writing and prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, that it does not intend to proceed with the Public Offering and (iv) February 29, 2024, in the event that the Underwriting Agreement has not been executed by such date (provided, however, that the Company may, by written notice to the undersigned prior to such date, extend such date by a period of up to an additional 90 days).
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further understands that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigneds heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. This Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflict of laws that would result in the application of any law other than the laws of the State of New York. This Lock-Up Agreement may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com or www.echosign.com) or other transmission method, and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
Very truly yours,
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