UNITED STATES
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FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
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Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Third Amendment to Business Combination Agreement
As previously disclosed by Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (the “Company”), under Item 1.01 of its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2023, the Company entered into a business combination agreement, dated April 25, 2023 (the “Original Business Combination Agreement”), with OpSec Holdings, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability (“Pubco”), Opal Merger Sub I, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability and wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, Opal Merger Sub II, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Pubco, Orca Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (“OpSec”), Orca Midco Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the Laws of England and Wales (“Orca Midco”), Orca Bidco Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the Laws of England and Wales and a subsidiary of OpSec (“Orca Bidco”), Investcorp Technology Secondary Fund 2018, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“ITSF”), and Mill Reef Capital Fund ScS, a limited partnership (société en commandite simple) organized under the laws of Luxembourg (“Mill Reef”, and together with ITSF, the “OpSec Shareholders”), which Original Business Combination Agreement was amended by that certain First Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2023 (the “First BCA Amendment”) with Pubco, OpSec and the OpSec Shareholders, which First BCA Amendment was previously disclosed by the Company under Item 1.01 of its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2023, and further amended by that certain Second Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2024 (the “Second BCA Amendment”) with Pubco, OpSec and the OpSec Shareholders, which Second BCA Amendment was previously disclosed by the Company under Item 1.01 of its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 11, 2024. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement.
On May 3, 2024, the Company entered into that certain Third Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement (the “Third BCA Amendment” and, the Original Business Combination Agreement, as amended by the First BCA Amendment, the Second BCA Amendment and the Third BCA Amendment, the “Business Combination Agreement”) with Pubco, OpSec and the OpSec Shareholders. The Third BCA Amendment provides, among other things, that: (a) the Purchase Price for the sale of all of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Orca Bidco to CA-MC Acquisition UK Ltd. (the “Divestiture”) that will be deposited into a third-party escrow account (the “Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Account”) if the Divestiture is consummated prior to the Second Merger Closing will be reduced by certain fees, costs and expenses as set forth on Schedule IX of the Business Combination Agreement (the “Specified Transaction Expenses”); (b) concurrently with or promptly following the consummation of the Divestiture, the Specified Transaction Expenses shall be paid to the payees in the amounts set forth on Schedule IX of the Business Combination Agreement, and, if the Share Contribution is consummated, such advance of the Specified Transaction Expenses shall be treated as a partial payment by Orca Midco of Pubco’s obligation to bear the Expenses of the Target Companies in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement; (c) promptly following the consummation of the Divestiture, Pubco, Orca Midco and the Company shall instruct the Escrow Agent to release from the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Account to the Company (or such other person as the Company directs) an amount equal to $7,800,000 in connection with the settlement of the Company’s Expenses (the “Specified Company Transaction Expenses”), and, if the Share Contribution is consummated, such advance of the Specified Company Transaction Expenses shall be treated as a partial payment by Orca Midco of Pubco’s obligation to bear the Company’s Expenses in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement; (d) Orca Midco shall have the right to receive an advance from the funds held in the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Account in an amount equal to (i) the First Distribution Amount of $3,000,000 if the Second Merger Closing has not occurred prior to May 28, 2024 and (ii) the Second Distribution Amount of $73,800,000 less the First Distribution Amount to the extent the First Distribution Amount has been released to Orca Midco prior to the release of the Second Distribution Amount to Orca Midco pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, if the Second Merger Closing has not occurred prior to August 26, 2024; (e) in the event that the Special Committee has determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and other advisors, that the consummation of the Transactions following the consummation of the Divestiture is not in the best interests of the Company and the Company’s shareholders holding SPAC Class A Shares (other than Sponsor) in accordance with the Cayman Companies Act, the Company shall have the right to terminate the Business Combination Agreement during the period following the consummation of the Divestiture and ending on and including August 10, 2024; (f) (i) upon a termination of the
Business Combination Agreement by the Company or OpSec due to the failure of the Transactions to be consummated by the Outside Date or (ii) upon a termination of the Business Combination Agreement by the Company or OpSec due to a governmental order that permanently prohibits the consummation of the Transactions, the Termination Amount payable to the Company shall be $30,000,000 so long as written notice of such termination is provided during the period following the Divestiture Closing and ending on and including August 10, 2024; and (g) the Termination Amount to be paid by Orca Midco to the Company upon certain terminations of the Business Combination Agreement shall be reduced by the amount of the Specified Company Transaction Expenses plus notional interest accruing daily from the date the Specified Company Transaction Expenses are advanced to the Company (or such other person as the Company directs) up to and including the date of termination of the Business Combination Agreement at a rate of 8% per annum.
A copy of the Third BCA Amendment is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Third BCA Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the Transactions, Pubco has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form F-4 (Registration No. 333-275706) (the “Registration Statement”), which includes a proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents, which will be both the proxy statement to be distributed to the Company’s shareholders in connection with the Company’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by the Company’s shareholders with respect to the proposed business combination and other matters as may be described in the Registration Statement, as well as the prospectus relating to the offer and sale of the securities of Pubco to be issued in connection with the business combination. SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO AND ANY DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE THEREIN) AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS THAT PUBCO AND THE COMPANY WILL FILE WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS AND THE PARTIES TO THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS. Shareholders and investors may obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials and other documents filed by Pubco and the Company at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and the filings incorporated by reference therein may also be obtained, without charge, on the Company’s website at www.investcorpspac.com or by directing a request to: Investcorp Europe Holdings Acquisition Corporation, Century Yard, Cricket Square, Elgin Avenue, P.O. Box 1111, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands KY1-1102, Attention: Chief Executive Officer.
Participants in Solicitation
Each of Pubco, the Company, OpSec and Zacco and their respective directors, executive officers and certain employees, may be deemed, under SEC rules, to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed Transactions. Information regarding the Company’s directors and executive officers, Pubco, OpSec, Zacco and the other participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained in the Registration Statement and other relevant materials filed with the SEC. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
Non-Solicitation
This Current Report on Form 8-K is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed Transactions and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of the Company, OpSec, Pubco or Zacco, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes certain statements that are not historical facts but are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or the Company’s, OpSec’s, Zacco’s or Pubco’s future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “could”, “should”, “expect”, “intend”, “might”, “will”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “budget”, “forecast”, “intend”, “plan”, “potential”, “predict”, “potential” or “continue”, or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company and its management, OpSec and its management and Zacco and its management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain. New risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K, which speak only as of the date they are made and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the cautionary statements herein. None of Pubco, the Company, OpSec or Zacco undertakes any duty to update these forward-looking statements.
Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the proposed Transactions, including the risks that (a) the proposed Transactions or the Divestiture may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all; (b) the Company may fail to obtain stockholder approval of the proposed Transactions; (c) the parties may fail to secure required regulatory approvals under applicable laws; and (d) other conditions to the consummation of the proposed Transactions under the Business Combination Agreement may not be satisfied; (2) the effects that any termination of the Business Combination Agreement may have on the Company, OpSec, Zacco or their respective businesses, including the risks that the Company’s share price may decline significantly if the proposed Transactions are not completed; (3) the risk that Zacco may not be successful as a stand-alone public company; (4) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the proposed Transactions may have on OpSec, Zacco or their respective businesses, including the risks that as a result (a) the Company’s business, operating results or stock price may suffer or (b) Pubco’s, the Company’s, OpSec’s or Zacco’s current plans and operations may be disrupted; (5) the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed Transactions; (6) unexpected costs resulting from the proposed Transactions; (7) changes in general economic conditions; (8) regulatory conditions and developments; (9) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (10) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the proposed Transactions and instituted against Pubco, the Company, OpSec, Zacco and others; and (11) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the registration and proxy statement relating to the proposed Transactions, including those under “Risk Factors” therein, and in the Company’s other filings with the SEC.
The foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. Additional information concerning certain of these and other risk factors is contained in the Company’s most recent filings with the SEC and in the Registration Statement. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning the Company, OpSec, Zacco or Pubco, the Transactions described herein or other matters attributable to the Company, OpSec, Zacco, Pubco or any person acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Each of the Company, OpSec, Zacco and Pubco expressly disclaims any obligations or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in their expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit |
Description | |
2.1* | Third Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2024, by and among Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I, OpSec Holdings, Orca Holdings Limited, Investcorp Technology Secondary Fund 2018, L.P., and Mill Reef Capital Fund SCS. | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
* | Certain of the schedules to this exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the SEC upon its request. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I | ||||||
Date: May 7, 2024 | By: | /s/ Craig Sinfield-Hain | ||||
Name: | Craig Sinfield-Hain | |||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 2.1
THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT
This Third Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement (this Amendment or the Third Amendment) is entered into as of May 3, 2024, by and among OpSec Holdings, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability and having its registered office at Paget-Brown Financial Services Limited, Century Yard, Cricket Square, P.O. Box 1111, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1102, Cayman Islands (Pubco), Orca Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability and having its registered office at Paget-Brown Financial Services Limited, Century Yard, Cricket Square, P.O. Box 1111, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1102, Cayman Islands (the Company), Investcorp Technology Secondary Fund 2018, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (ITSF), Mill Reef Capital Fund SCS, a limited partnership (société en commandite simple) organized under the laws of Luxembourg (Mill Reef, and together with ITSF, the Company Shareholders), and Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability, with registered number 373300 and whose registered office is at Paget-Brown Financial Services Limited, Century Yard, Cricket Square, P.O. Box 1111, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1102, Cayman Islands (SPAC, together with Pubco, the Company and the Company Shareholders, collectively, the Parties and individually a Party).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Parties entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2023 (the Original Business Combination Agreement), by and among the Parties, Opal Merger Sub I, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability and having its registered office at Paget-Brown Financial Services Limited, Century Yard, Cricket Square, P.O. Box 1111, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1102, Cayman Islands, and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Pubco, Opal Merger Sub II, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability and having its registered office at Paget-Brown Financial Services Limited, Century Yard, Cricket Square, P.O. Box 1111, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1102, Cayman Islands, and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Pubco, Orca Midco Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the Laws of England and Wales having its registered office at 40 Phoenix Road, Washington, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom, NE38 0AD (Orca Midco), and Orca Bidco Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the Laws of England and Wales and a Subsidiary of the Company (Orca), as amended by that certain First Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2023 (the First Amendment), and as amended by that certain Second Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2024 (the Second Amendment and, the Original Business Combination Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment and the Second Amendment, the Business Combination Agreement);
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Business Combination Agreement;
WHEREAS, Orca Midco has entered into the Divestiture Agreement, which provides, among other things, for the disbursement of the Purchase Price as contemplated by the Second Amendment, and SPAC is a third-party beneficiary of the Divestiture Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14.7 of the Business Combination Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement may be amended, supplemented or modified only by execution of a written instrument signed by the Parties; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Business Combination Agreement as set forth below in accordance with Section 14.7 of the Business Combination Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective agreements set forth in this Amendment and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties agree as follows:
1. Amendment to Section 9.31(a). Section 9.31(a) of the Business Combination Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:
(a) If the Divestiture Closing occurs prior to the Second Merger Closing, then concurrently with the Divestiture Closing, Orca Midco shall cause the Purchase Price less the Specified Transaction Expenses to be deposited into a third-party escrow account (the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Account) with an escrow agent reasonably acceptable to SPAC (the Escrow Agent) as collateral for the payment obligations of Orca Midco, the Company, and the Company Shareholders under this Agreement. Such amount shall be held in the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Account pursuant to an escrow agreement to be entered into by and among Orca Midco, Pubco, SPAC and the Escrow Agent, in form and substance acceptable to SPAC (the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Agreement), the Escrow Agent holding such funds as nominee of and for the benefit of Orca Midco, SPAC or Pubco, as applicable, subject always to the terms of this Agreement and the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Agreement. If the Divestiture Closing occurs prior to the Second Merger Closing, then in the event that any Permitted Payment Amount becomes due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Divestiture Agreement, Orca Midco shall promptly provide written notice of such fact to SPAC, together with any reasonable documentation and data available to it supporting such Permitted Payment Amount and consider in good faith SPACs comments related thereto, and subject to SPACs confirmation (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), SPAC, Orca Midco and Pubco shall promptly deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to release such Permitted Payment Amount to the recipient thereof. If the First Distribution Amount and/or the Second Distribution Amount becomes payable to Orca Midco in accordance with Section 9.34, then subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth therein, including the execution and delivery of a Promissory Note, SPAC, Orca Midco and Pubco shall promptly deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to release the First Distribution Amount and/or the Second Distribution Amount to Orca Midco subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. SPAC shall have the right (without any further action of Orca Midco or Pubco) to release the applicable amounts specified in each of clause (1) of Section 12.3(c), clause (i) of Section 12.3(d), Section 12.3(e) or clause (i) of Section 12.3(f) to SPAC subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including, where applicable, the requirement that such amounts are (i) agreed in writing between the Company and SPAC, or (ii) determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, where applicable). If all of the conditions set forth in Section 11.6 are satisfied, then immediately prior to occurrence of the Second Merger Closing, and subject to the Second Merger Closing occurring, Orca
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Midco shall have the right (without any further action of Pubco or SPAC) to, and shall instruct the Escrow Agent to, release to Orca Midco (for further distribution to Pubco) all funds then held in the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Account, and the Parties agree that, upon receipt of such funds from the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Account, Pubco shall (A) use such funds to promptly pay (or cause to be promptly paid) all of SPACs Expenses and (B) within 14 days following the Second Merger Closing, to the extent permitted by applicable Law and subject to the determination of the Post-Closing Pubco Board that it is in the best interests of the holders of Pubco Ordinary Shares, use such funds to make a dividend to all holders of Pubco Ordinary Shares in such amount as determined by the Post-Closing Pubco Board, which such dividend shall be paid in cash or, at the election of the applicable holder of such Pubco Ordinary Shares, in kind in Pubco Ordinary Shares; provided, however, that if declared, such dividend shall not be less than an amount as is necessary to enable ITSF to receive dividends in aggregate equal to the First Distribution Amount (provided, that the First Distribution Amount has been released to Orca Midco pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of Section 9.34) and the Second Distribution Amount; and provided, further, that in lieu of a dividend, the Post-Closing Pubco Board may approve and effect a tender offer, repurchase of shares or other similar process by which the holders of Pubco Ordinary Shares receive the same economic benefit (including as regards the receipt of cash proceeds) as if a dividend had been declared..
2. Amendments to Section 9.34. Section 9.34 of the Business Combination Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:
9.34 Advance of First Distribution Amount and Second Distribution Amount. If the Second Merger Closing has not occurred prior to May 28, 2024, then Orca Midco shall have the right (subject to and in accordance with the terms and procedures set forth in Section 9.31 and this Section 9.34) to receive an advance from the funds then held in the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Account in an amount equal to the First Distribution Amount. If the Second Merger Closing has not occurred prior to August 26, 2024, then Orca Midco shall have the right (subject to and in accordance with the terms and procedures set forth in Section 9.31 and this Section 9.34) to receive an advance from the funds then held in the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Account in an amount equal to the Second Distribution Amount. Upon receipt by Orca Midco of the First Distribution Amount and/or the Second Distribution Amount, Orca Midco shall have the right (which the SPAC acknowledges) to loan such amounts to ITSF or any of its Subsidiaries. As a condition to receive any release of the First Distribution Amount or the Second Distribution Amount from the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Account, Orca Midco shall execute, issue and deliver to the Escrow Agent (for the benefit of the Divestiture Proceeds Escrow Account) a promissory note in form and substance acceptable to SPAC in the principal amount of the First Distribution Amount or the Second Distribution Amount (as applicable), on the same terms, structure and conditions, including, but not limited to, interest rate, security and guarantees, as the facility set forth on Schedule VIII (provided, that, following the Second Merger Closing, such interest shall cease to accrue) (a Promissory Note). The Parties agree that any dividends declared by the Post-Closing Pubco Board pursuant to clause (B) of Section 9.31(a) that are payable to ITSF in respect of the Pubco Ordinary Shares it holds shall first be applied towards the unpaid principal balance and accrued but unpaid interest under the Promissory Note(s) as of the date of such dividends until such amounts under the Promissory Note(s) are paid in full, and then shall be paid to ITSF..
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3. Amendment to Article IX. Article IX of the Business Combination Agreement is hereby amended to add the following as a new Section 9.35:
9.35 Advance of Specified SPAC Transaction Expenses. Promptly following the Divestiture Closing, each of Pubco, Orca Midco and SPAC shall instruct the Escrow Agent to release an amount equal to the Specified SPAC Transaction Expenses to SPAC or such other Person(s) as SPAC shall direct in connection with the settlement of its Expenses. The Parties agree that if the Share Contribution is consummated, such advance of the Specified SPAC Transaction Expenses shall be treated as a part payment by Orca Midco of Pubcos obligation to bear SPACs Expenses pursuant to Section 12.3.
4. Amendments to Section 12.1(h). Section 12.1(h) of the Business Combination Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:
(h) by written notice from SPAC to the Company if there has been an Intervening Event Recommendation Change made pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Intervening Event; provided, that the termination right exercisable pursuant to this Section 12.1(h) shall only be exercisable within the period following the Divestiture Closing and ending on and including August 10, 2024..
5. Amendments to Section 12.3. Section 12.3 of the Business Combination Agreement is hereby amended to add the following as a new clause (c):
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Parties agree that concurrently with or promptly following the Divestiture Closing, the Specified Transaction Expenses shall be paid to payees in the amounts set forth on Schedule IX. The Parties agree that if the Share Contribution is consummated, such advance of the Specified Transaction Expenses shall be treated as a part payment by Orca Midco of Pubcos obligation to bear the Expenses of the Target Companies pursuant to this Section 12.3.
6. Amendments to Section 15.1. The following amendments are hereby made to Section 15.1 of the Business Combination Agreement:
(a) | The definition of Distribution Amount is deleted. |
(b) | The definition of Termination Amount is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following: |
Termination Amount means if payable pursuant to (a) Section 12.3(d) or Section 12.3(f), (i) in the event that written notice of such termination is provided during the period following the Divestiture Closing and ending on and including August 10, 2024, $30,000,000 minus the Specified SPAC Transaction Expenses plus notional interest accruing daily from the date that the Specified SPAC Transaction
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Expenses are released to SPAC (or such Person(s) as SPAC shall direct) in accordance with Section 9.35 up to and including the date of termination of this Agreement at a rate of 8% per annum and (ii) in the event that written notice of such termination is provided at any other time that such termination right is exercisable in accordance with this Agreement, $25,000,000 minus the Specified SPAC Transaction Expenses plus notional interest accruing daily from the date that the Specified SPAC Transaction Expenses are released to SPAC (or such Person(s) as SPAC shall direct) in accordance with Section 9.35 up to and including the date of termination of this Agreement at a rate of 8% per annum, and (b) Section 12.3(c) or Section 12.3(e), $30,000,000 minus the Specified SPAC Transaction Expenses plus notional interest accruing daily from the date that the Specified SPAC Transaction Expenses are released to SPAC (or such Person(s) as SPAC shall direct) in accordance with Section 9.35 up to and including the date of termination of this Agreement at a rate of 8% per annum.
(c) | The following definitions are hereby added in alphabetical order: |
First Distribution Amount means $3,000,000.
Second Distribution Amount means $73,800,000 less the First Distribution Amount to the extent the First Distribution Amount has been released to Orca Midco prior to the release of the Second Distribution Amount to Orca Midco pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of Section 9.34.
Specified SPAC Transaction Expenses means the Expenses of SPAC in an amount equal to $7,800,000.
Specified Transaction Expenses means the fees, costs and expenses set forth on Schedule IX.
7. Amendment to Schedules to the Business Combination Agreement. The Schedules to the Business Combination Agreement are hereby amended to add Schedule IX attached hereto.
8. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof. Except as set forth in this Amendment, all terms and provisions of the Business Combination Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
9. References to the Business Combination Agreement. After giving effect to this Amendment, each reference in the Business Combination Agreement to this Agreement, hereof, hereunder or words of like import referring to the Business Combination Agreement shall refer to the Business Combination Agreement as amended by this Amendment, and all references in the Ancillary Documents to the Agreement shall refer to the Business Combination Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all references (a) in the Business Combination Agreement or the Disclosure Schedules to the date hereof or the date of this Agreement or (b) in the Business Combination Agreement or the Ancillary Documents to the date of the Business Combination Agreement or the date of the Agreement, or words of
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like import, shall (except to the extent any such references are amended (or amended and restated) pursuant to the terms of this Amendment) refer to April 25, 2023, and all references in the Business Combination Agreement to prior to the date of this Agreement or words of like import shall mean before the Business Combination Agreement was executed on April 25, 2023 (without regard to this Amendment).
10. Entire Agreement. This Amendment, the Business Combination Agreement (including Schedules I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX and Exhibits A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K thereto) and the Ancillary Documents together set out the entire agreement among the Parties in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein and supersede and extinguish any prior drafts, agreements, undertakings, warranties, promises, assurances and arrangements of any nature whatsoever, whether or not in writing, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
11. Miscellaneous. The provisions of Article XIV (Miscellaneous) of the Business Combination Agreement shall, to the extent not already set forth in this Amendment, apply mutatis mutandis to this Amendment, and to the Business Combination Agreement as modified by this Amendment, taken together as a single agreement, reflecting the terms as modified hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed and delivered this Amendment on the date first written above.
SPAC: | ||
INVESTCORP EUROPE ACQUISITION CORP I | ||
By: |
/s/ Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith | |
Name: |
Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith | |
Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement]
Pubco: | ||
OPSEC HOLDINGS | ||
By: The Director Ltd. | ||
By: |
/s/ Bonnie Willkom | |
Name: |
Bonnie Willkom | |
Title: |
Director |
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement]
Company: | ||
ORCA HOLDINGS LIMITED | ||
By: The Director Ltd. | ||
By: |
/s/ Bonnie Willkom | |
Name: |
Bonnie Willkom | |
Title: |
Director |
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement]
As Company Shareholder: | ||
INVESTCORP TECHNOLOGY SECONDARY FUND 2018, L.P. | ||
By: |
Investcorp Technology Secondary Fund 2018 GP Limited Partnership, its general partner | |
By: |
ITV Limited, its general partner | |
By: |
/s/ Dean Clinton | |
Name: |
Dean Clinton | |
Title: |
Director |
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement]
As Company Shareholder: | ||
MILL REEF CAPITAL FUND SCS | ||
By: Mill Reef Capital GP Sàrl, its general partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Farid Ouahmed | |
Name: |
Farid Ouahmed | |
Title: |
Manager | |
By: |
/s/ Thomas Zoratti | |
Name: |
Thomas Zoratti | |
Title: |
Manager |
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement]
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