United States
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
January 25, 2021 (January 21, 2022)
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Arisz Acquisition Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware | 001-41078 | 87-1807866 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
199 Water St, 31st Floor New York, NY |
10038 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-845-9945
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☒ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act |
☐ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act |
☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act |
☐ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common Stock | ARIZ | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Warrants | ARIZW | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Rights | ARIZR | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Units | ARIZU | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material definitive Agreement.
The Merger Agreement
On January 21, 2022, Arisz Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Arisz” or “Parent”), entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and between Arisz and Finfront Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), pursuant to which (a) Arisz will form BitFuFu Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company, as its wholly owned subsidiary (“Purchaser”), (b) Purchaser will form Boundary Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company, as its wholly owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”), (c) Arisz will be merged with and into Purchaser (the “Redomestication Merger”), with Purchaser surviving the Redomestication Merger, and (d) Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Acquisition Merger”), with the Company surviving the Acquisition Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (collectively, the “Business Combination”). Following the Business Combination, Purchaser will be a publicly traded company listed on a stock exchange in the United States.
Upon their formation, each of Purchaser and Merger Sub shall sign a joinder agreement, agreeing to be bound by the Merger Agreement as if such parties were parties thereto on the date of its signing.
Consideration
In consideration of the Acquisition Merger, Purchaser will issue 150,000,000ordinary shares (the “Closing Payment Shares”) with a deemed price per share US$10.00 (“Aggregate Stock Consideration”) to the shareholders of the Company. The Aggregate Stock Consideration consists of 7,500,000 Class A ordinary shares and 142,500,000 Class B ordinary shares of Purchaser.
The Closing
Arisz and the Company have agreed that the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”) shall occur no later than July 31, 2022 (the “Outside Date”). The Outside Date may be extended upon the written agreement of Arisz and the Company.
Representations and Warranties
In the Merger Agreement, the Company makes certain representations and warranties (with certain exceptions set forth in the disclosure schedule to the Merger Agreement) relating to, among other things: (a) proper corporate existence and power of the Company and its subsidiaries (together, the “Company Parties”) and similar corporate matters; (b) authorization, execution, delivery and enforceability of the Merger Agreement and other transaction documents; (c) no need for governmental authorization for the execution, delivery or performance of the Merger Agreement and additional agreements thereto (the “Additional Agreements”); (d) absence of conflicts; (e) capital structure of the Company; (f) accuracy of charter documents and corporate records of the Company Parties; (g) accuracy of the list of all assumed or “doing business as” names used by the Company Parties; (h) required consents and approvals; (i) financial information; (j) books and records; (k) absence of certain changes or events; (l) title to assets and properties; (m) litigation; (n) material contracts; (o) licenses and permits; (p) compliance with laws; (q) ownership of intellectual property; (r) customers and suppliers; (s) accounts receivable and payable; (t) prepayments; (u) employees and benefits; (s) employment matters; (t) leases; (u) tax matters; (v) environmental laws; (w) finders’ fees; (x) powers of attorney and suretyships; (y) directors and officers; (z) international trade matters and anti-bribery compliance; (aa) that the Company is not an investment company; (bb) affiliate transactions; (cc) privacy laws; (dd) OFAC; (ee) board approval, (ff) the truthfulness of other information; and (gg) other customary representations and warranties.
In the Merger Agreement, Arisz, on its behalf and also on behalf of Purchaser and Merger Sub when formed (together, the “Parent Parties”) make certain representations and warranties relating to, among other things: (a) proper corporate existence and power; (b) authorization, execution, delivery and enforceability of the Merger Agreement and other transaction documents; (c) no need for governmental authorization for the execution, delivery or performance of the agreement and Additional Agreements; (d) absence of conflicts; (e) finders’ fees; (f) issuance of the Aggregate Stock Consideration; (g) capital structure; (h) information supplied; (i) minimum trust fund amount; (j) validity of Nasdaq Stock Market listing; (k) that Arisz is a public reporting company; (l) no market manipulation; (m) board approval; (n) Arisz’s SEC documents and financial statements; (o) absence of litigation; compliance with laws; (p) OFAC; (q) that Arisz is not an investment company; (r) tax matters; (s) PIPE financing; and (t) other customary representations and warranties.
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Conduct Prior to Closing; Covenants Pending Closing
The Company and the Parent Parties have agreed to operate their respective business in the ordinary course, consistent with past practices, prior to the closing of the transactions (with certain exceptions) and not to take certain specified actions without the prior written consent of the other party.
The Merger Agreement also contains customary closing covenants.
Conditions to Closing
General Conditions to Closing
Consummation of the Merger Agreement and the transactions herein is conditioned on, among other things, (i) no provisions of any applicable law and no order prohibiting or preventing the consummation of the closing; (ii) there not being any action brought by a third party that is not an affiliate of the parties hereto to enjoin or otherwise restrict the consummation of the closing; (iii) all consents, approvals and filings required to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement shall have been made or obtained; (iv) the SEC having declared the registration statement with respect to the Business Combination effective, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or any part thereof having been issued; (v) the Merger Agreement, each of the additional agreement as described in the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, having been duly authorized and approved by the shareholders of Purchaser; (v) the Merger Agreement, each of the additional agreement as described in the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, having been duly authorized and approved by the shareholders of the Company; (vii) all required filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 shall have been made and any applicable waiting period shall have been completed; (viii) as of the closing, the Purchaser shall have at least $5,000,001 in net tangible assets; and (ix) each of Purchaser and Merger Sub shall have been formed and shall have executed a joinder agreement to the Merger Agreement.
Company’s Conditions to Closing
The obligations of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, in addition to the conditions described above, are conditioned upon each of the following, among other things:
● | the Parent Parties complying with all of obligations under the Merger Agreement in all material respects; |
● | the representations and warranties of the Parent Parties being true on and as of the date of the Merger Agreement and the closing date of the transactions except as would not be expected to have a material adverse effect; |
● | the Parent Parties complying with the reporting requirements under the applicable Securities Act and Exchange Act; |
● | there having been no material adverse effect to the Parent Parties and |
● | Purchaser having remained listed on Nasdaq and the additional listing of the Closing Payment Shares shall have been approved by Nasdaq. |
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Parent Parties’ Conditions to Closing
The obligations of the Parent Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, in addition to the conditions described above in the first paragraph of this section, are conditioned upon each of the following, among other things:
● | the Company complying with all of the obligations under the Merger Agreement in all material respects; |
● | the representations and warranties of the Company being true on and as of the date of the Merger Agreement and the closing date of the transactions except as would not be expected to have a material adverse effect; |
● | there having been no material adverse effect to the Company; |
● | the Parent Parties having received copies of all governmental approvals, and no such governmental approval shall have been revoked. |
● | the Parent Parties having received duly executed opinions from the Company’s Cayman Islands counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to them;
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● | the Parent Parties having received a copy of each of the Additional Agreements to which the Company is a party, duly executed by the Company and in full force and effect, as well as a copy of each of the Additional Agreements duly executed by all required parties thereto, other than Parent or the Company.
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● | the aggregate cash proceeds available to the Parent Parties from a private placement or other financing to be consummated simultaneously with the closing of the Acquisition Merger (the “PIPE Investment”) being not less than $50,000,000. |
● | The Parent Parties having received copies of certain third party consents, and no such consents have been revoked and the listing of the Purchaser’s securities shall have been approved by Nasdaq subject to official notice of issuance. |
Termination; Breakup Fee
The Merger Agreement may be terminated and/or abandoned at any time prior to the closing, whether before or after approval of the proposals being presented to the shareholders of Purchaser, by:
● | mutual written consent of the Parent Parties and the Company; |
● | any of the Parent Parties, if any of the representations or warranties of the Company shall not be true and correct, or if the Company has failed to perform any covenant which, if capable of being cured is not cured (or waived by the Parent Parties) by the earlier of (i) the Outside Date or (ii) 20 days after written notice thereof is delivered to the Company, provided that the Parent Parties are not in breach of the Merger Agreement at such time; |
● | the Company, if any of the representations or warranties of the Parent Parties shall not be true and correct, or if any Parent Party has failed to perform any covenant which, if capable of being cured is not cured (or waived by the Company) by the earlier of (i) the Outside Date or (ii) 20 days after written notice thereof is delivered to the Parent Parties, provided that the Company is not in breach of the Merger Agreement at such time; or |
● | the Company or any Parent Party on or after the Outside Date, if the Acquisition Merger shall not have been consummated prior to the Outside Date; provided, however, that the terminating party shall not be in breach of the Merger Agreement as of the date of such termination; (ii) if any governmental order preventing the consummation of the Business Combination shall be in effect and shall have become final and non-appealable; or (iii) if any of the matters to be approved by Purchaser’s shareholders in connection with the Business Combination are not so approved; |
● | the Parent Parties if the shareholders of the Company fail to approve the Business Combination on or before the date specified in the Merger Agreement; or |
● | the Parent Parties, in the event that the Company fails to deliver its audited 2020 and 2021 financial statements to the Parent Parties on or before March 31, 2022. |
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Breakup Fee
In the event that Arisz terminates the Merger Agreement (i) due to the Company’s breach of its warranties and representations or its failure to perform its covenants, (ii) due to the Company’s failure to deliver its audited financial statements for 2020 and 2021 on or before April 15, 2022 or (iii) or as a result of the Company’s refusal to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, the Company shall pay Parent a breakup fee equal to $3,000,000 in cash within three business days following such termination; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay a breakup fee if Arisz terminates the Merger Agreement primarily due to regulatory oversight or scrutiny not caused by the Company’s lack of cooperation or non-compliance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.
In the event that the Company terminates the Merger Agreement (a) due to Arisz’s breach of its warranties and representations or its failure to perform its covenants or (b) or as a result of the Company’s refusal to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, Arisz shall pay the Company a breakup fee of 450,000 shares of Arisz common stock (having a deemed value of $4,500,000), within three business days following such termination.
Indemnification
The Merger Agreement does not provide for indemnification obligations for any party. All representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement shall terminate as of the Closing date.
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the actual agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
Additional Agreements Executed at the Signing of the Merger Agreement
PIPE Subscription Agreements
In connection with the proposed Merger, Arisz and the Company obtained commitments from interested accredited investors (each a “Subscriber”) to purchase Class A ordinary shares of Purchaser which will be issued in connection with the Closing (the “PIPE Shares”), for an aggregate cash amount of $70,000,000 at a purchase price of $10.00 per share, in a private placement (the “PIPE”). Such commitments are being made by way of the Subscription Agreements (the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”), by and among each Subscriber, Arisz and the Company. The purpose of the sale of the PIPE Shares is to raise additional capital for use in connection with the Merger. The PIPE Shares are identical to Class A ordinary shares of Purchaser that will be issued to existing public stockholders at the time of the Closing, except that the PIPE Shares will not be entitled to any redemption rights and will not be registered with the SEC. The closing of the sale of PIPE Shares (the “PIPE Closing”) will be contingent upon the substantially concurrent consummation of the Merger
Pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreement Agreements, Purchaser has agreed to file (at Purchaser’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of the shares of common stock to be purchased in the private placement (the “PIPE Resale Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) no later than thirty (30) calendar days following the Closing assuming no additional financial statements are required or desirable to be included at the time of such filing) or (ii) ninety (90) calendar days following the Closing of the Transaction (assuming additional financial statements are required or desirable to be included at the time of such filing). Purchaser will use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the PIPE Resale Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practical but no later than the earlier of (i) the 120th calendar day following the filing date thereof (in the event the SEC notifies Purchaser that it will “review” the PIPE Resale Registration Statement) and (ii) the 10th business day after the date Purchaser is notified by the SEC that the PIPE Resale Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. (The rights set forth above granted to the Subscribers pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements are defined as the “PIPE Registration Rights”).
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Each PIPE Subscription Agreement will terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) such date and time as the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, (ii) upon the mutual written agreement of each of the parties to the PIPE Subscription Agreements, (iii) any of the conditions to the PIPE Closing are not satisfied or waived on or prior to the PIPE Closing and, as a result thereof, the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreement are not consummated at the PIPE Closing or (iv) July 31, 2022.
The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the form of the Subscription Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
Amended and Restated Subscription Agreements
Contemporaneously with the execution of the Merger Agreement each of Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (“Chardan”) and the Sponsor executed amendments to the subscription agreements that had been executed by each of them on November 17, 2021 in connection with Arisz’s initial public offering, and filed as Exhibits 10.5 and 10.6, respectively, to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Arisz on November 23, 2021 (the “Amended and Restated Subscription Agreements”). Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreements, each of Chardan and Sponsor agreed, among other things not to transfer assign or sell any Private Units, Over-Allotment Units (each as defined in the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreements) or their underlying securities, until the consummation of a business combination involving Arisz.
The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Subscription Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the actual agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibit 10.6 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
Sponsor Support Agreement
Contemporaneously with the execution of the Merger Agreement, certain holders of Arisz common stock entered into a support agreement (the “Sponsor Support Agreement),” pursuant to which such holders agreed to , among other things, approve the Merger Agreement and the proposed Business Combination.
The foregoing description of the Sponsor Support Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the actual agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit E to the Merger Agreement, Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference.
Shareholder Support Agreement
Contemporaneously with the execution of the Merger Agreement, certain holders of Company ordinary shares entered into a support agreement (the “Shareholder Support Agreement”), pursuant to which such holders agreed to , among other things, approve the Merger Agreement and the proposed Business Combination.
The foregoing description of the Shareholder Support Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the actual agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit C to the Merger Agreement and as 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference.
Lock-Up Agreements
Contemporaneously with the execution of the Merger Agreement, certain holders of Company ordinary shares executed lock-up agreements (the “Lock-up Agreements”). Pursuant to the Lock-Up Agreements such holders have agreed, subject to certain customary exceptions, not to (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Arisz common stock held by them (such shares, together with any securities convertible into or exchangeable for or representing the rights to receive shares of Arisz common stock if any, acquired during the Lock-Up Period (as defined below)), the “Lock-up Shares”), (ii) enter into a transaction that would have the same effect, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Lock-Up Shares or otherwise or engage in any short sales or other arrangement with respect to the Lock-Up Shares or (iv) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or (ii) until the date that is six months after the date of the Closing (the “Lock-Up Period”).
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The foregoing description of the Lock-Up Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the actual agreements, a form of which is included as Exhibit B to the Merger Agreement and as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference.
Stock Purchase Agreement
In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Arisz Investment LLC (the “Sponsor”) and Ethereal Tech Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company (“ET”), entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “ET Stock Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which ET purchased 128,206 shares of Arisz common stock (the “ET Shares”) from the Sponsor for a purchase price of $1,250,000. Subject to the satisfaction of conditions set forth in the ET Stock Purchase Agreement, the Sponsor shall cause the ET Shares to be transferred on the books and records of Arisz to ET.
Additional Agreements to be Executed at Closing
Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement
At the closing of the Business Combination, Purchaser will enter into an amended and restated registration rights agreement (the “Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement”) with certain existing stockholders of Arisz with respect to certain shares, units, private units (and the private shares, private units and private rights included therein) they own at the Closing. The Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement provides certain demand registration rights and piggyback registration rights to the stockholders, subject to underwriter cutbacks and issuer blackout periods. Purchaser will agree to pay certain fees and expenses relating to registrations under the Purchaser Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit D to the Merger Agreements, Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
The disclosure set forth above under the heading “PIPE Subscription Agreements” in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein. The PIPE Securities will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On January 25, 2022 Arisz and the Company issued a press release announcing the execution of the Business Combination Agreement. Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference is the copy of the press release.
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference is the investor presentation that will be used by Arisz in making presentations to certain existing stockholders of Arisz and other persons with respect to the Business Combination.
The information in this Item 7.01 (including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2) is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act , or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
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IMPORTANT NOTICES
Important Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, both as amended. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the pending transactions described above, and the parties’ perspectives and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the proposed transaction, including the anticipated initial enterprise value and post-closing equity value, the benefits of the proposed transaction, integration plans, expected synergies and revenue opportunities, anticipated future financial and operating performance and results, including estimates for growth, the expected management and governance of the combined company, and the expected timing of the transactions. The words “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan” and similar expressions indicate forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, assumptions (including assumptions about general economic, market, industry and operational factors), known or unknown, which could cause the actual results to vary materially from those indicated or anticipated.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (i) risks related to the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the pending transaction, including the risk that the transaction may not close due to one or more closing conditions to the transaction not being satisfied or waived, such as regulatory approvals not being obtained, on a timely basis or otherwise, or that a governmental entity prohibited, delayed or refused to grant approval for the consummation of the transaction or required certain conditions, limitations or restrictions in connection with such approvals; (ii) risks related to the ability of Arisz and the Company to successfully integrate the businesses; (iii) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the applicable transaction agreements; (iv) the risk that there may be a material adverse change with respect to the financial position, performance, operations or prospects of the Company or Arisz; (v) risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction; (vi) the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Arisz’s securities; (vii) the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of the Company to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally; (viii) the risk that the combined company may be unable to achieve cost-cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies; and (ix) risks associated with the financing of the proposed transaction. A further list and description of risks and uncertainties can be found in the Prospectus dated November 17, 2021 relating Arizs’s initial public offering and in the Registration Statement and proxy statement that will be filed with the SEC by Arisz and/or its subsidiary in connection with the proposed transactions, and other documents that the parties may file or furnish with the SEC, which you are encouraged to read. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate only to the date they were made, and Arisz, the Company and their subsidiaries undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made except as required by law or applicable regulation.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the transaction described herein, Arisz and and/or its subsidiary will file relevant materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the Registration Statement on Form S-4 or Form F-4 and a proxy statement (the “Registration Statement”). The proxy statement and a proxy card will be mailed to stockholders as of a record date to be established for voting at the stockholders’ meeting of Arisz stockholders relating to the proposed transactions. Stockholders will also be able to obtain a copy of the Registration Statement and proxy statement without charge from Arisz. The Registration Statement and proxy statement, once available, may also be obtained without charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by writing to Arisz at 199 Water Street, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10038. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF ARISZ ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS THAT ARISZ WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ARISZ, THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSACTIONS.
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Participants in Solicitation
Arisz, the Company and certain shareholders of Arisz, and their respective directors, executive officers and employees and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the holders of Arisz common stock in respect of the proposed transaction. Information about Arisz’s directors and executive officers and their ownership of Arisz common stock is set forth in the Prospectus dated November 17, 2021 and filed with the SEC. Other information regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy solicitation will be included in the proxy statement pertaining to the proposed transaction when it becomes available. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
No Offer or 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 transactions described above and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of Arisz or the Company, 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 offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
* | Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The registrant hereby undertakes to furnish copies of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: January 25, 2022
ARISZ ACQUISITION CORP.
By: | /s/ Echo Hindle-Yang | |
Name: | Echo Hindle-Yang Chen | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION VERSION
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
dated
January 21, 2022
by and among
Arisz Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation,
as Parent,
and
Finfront Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company,
as the Company
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I DEFINITIONS | 2 | |
Article II REDOMESTICATION MERGER | 11 | |
2.1 | Redomestication Merger | 11 |
2.2 | Redomestication Merger Effective Time | 11 |
2.3 | Effect of Redomestication Merger | 11 |
2.4 | Charter Documents | 11 |
2.5 | Directors and Officers of the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation | 11 |
2.6 | Effect on Issued Securities of Parent | 12 |
2.7 | Surrender of Parent Common Shares | 13 |
2.8 | Lost Stolen or Destroyed Certificates | 13 |
2.9 | Section 368 Reorganization | 13 |
2.10 | Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action | 13 |
Article III ACQUISITION MERGER | 14 | |
3.1 | Acquisition Merger | 14 |
3.2 | Closing; Effective Time | 14 |
3.3 | Board of Directors | 14 |
3.4 | Effect of the Acquisition Merger | 14 |
3.5 | Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Surviving Corporation | 15 |
3.6 | Section 368 Reorganization | 15 |
3.7 | Transfers of Ownership | 15 |
Article IV CONSIDERATION | 16 | |
4.1 | Conversion of Shares | 16 |
4.2 | Issuance of Merger Consideration | 17 |
Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | 18 | |
5.1 | Corporate Existence and Power | 18 |
5.2 | Authorization | 18 |
5.3 | Governmental Authorization | 18 |
5.4 | Non-Contravention | 19 |
5.5 | Capitalization | 19 |
5.6 | Subsidiaries | 19 |
5.7 | Organizational Documents | 20 |
5.8 | Corporate Records | 20 |
5.9 | Assumed Names | 20 |
5.10 | Consents | 20 |
5.11 | Financial Statements | 20 |
5.12 | Books and Records | 21 |
5.13 | Absence of Certain Changes | 21 |
5.14 | Properties; Title to the Company’s Assets | 21 |
5.15 | Litigation | 22 |
5.16 | Contracts | 22 |
5.17 | Licenses and Permits | 24 |
5.18 | Compliance with Laws | 24 |
5.19 | Intellectual Property | 25 |
5.20 | Customers and Suppliers | 28 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED
5.21 | Accounts Receivable and Payable; Loans | 29 |
5.22 | Pre-payments | 29 |
5.23 | Employees; Employee Benefits | 29 |
5.24 | Employment Matters | 29 |
5.25 | Withholding | 30 |
5.26 | Real Property | 30 |
5.27 | Tax Matters | 31 |
5.28 | Environmental Laws | 32 |
5.29 | Finders’ Fees | 32 |
5.30 | Powers of Attorney and Suretyships | 32 |
5.31 | Directors and Officers | 32 |
5.32 | International Trade Matters; Anti-Bribery Compliance | 32 |
5.33 | Not an Investment Company | 33 |
5.34 | Insurance | 33 |
5.35 | Affiliate Transactions | 34 |
5.36 | Compliance with Privacy Laws, Privacy Policies and Certain Contracts | 34 |
5.37 | OFAC | 34 |
5.38 | Board Approval | 35 |
5.39 | Other Information | 35 |
Article VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT PARTIES | 35 | |
6.1 | Corporate Existence and Power | 35 |
6.2 | Corporate Authorization | 35 |
6.3 | Governmental Authorization | 36 |
6.4 | Non-Contravention | 36 |
6.5 | Finders’ Fees | 36 |
6.6 | Issuance of Shares | 36 |
6.7 | Capitalization | 36 |
6.8 | Information Supplied | 37 |
6.9 | Trust Fund | 38 |
6.10 | Listing | 38 |
6.11 | Reporting Company | 38 |
6.12 | No Market Manipulation | 38 |
6.13 | Board Approval | 38 |
6.14 | Parent SEC Documents and Financial Statements | 39 |
6.15 | Litigation | 40 |
6.16 | Compliance with Laws | 40 |
6.17 | Money Laundering Laws | 40 |
6.18 | OFAC | 40 |
6.19 | Not an Investment Company | 40 |
6.20 | Tax Matters | 40 |
6.21 | PIPE Financing | 41 |
Article VII COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE PARENT PARTIES PENDING CLOSING | 42 | |
7.1 | Conduct of the Business | 42 |
7.2 | Access to Information | 44 |
7.3 | Notices of Certain Events | 44 |
7.4 | SEC Filings | 44 |
7.5 | Financial Information | 45 |
7.6 | Trust Account | 46 |
7.7 | Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance | 46 |
7.8 | Notice of Changes | 47 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED
Article VIII COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY | 47 | |
8.1 | Reporting and Compliance with Laws | 47 |
8.2 | Reasonable Best Efforts to Obtain Consents | 47 |
8.3 | Annual and Interim Financial Statements | 48 |
Article IX COVENANTS OF ALL PARTIES HERETO | 48 | |
9.1 | Reasonable Best Efforts; Further Assurances | 48 |
9.2 | Tax Matters | 48 |
9.3 | Settlement of the Parent Parties’ Liabilities | 49 |
9.4 | Compliance with SPAC Agreements | 49 |
9.5 | Registration Statement | 50 |
9.6 | PIPE Financing | 51 |
9.7 | Confidentiality | 52 |
Article X CONDITIONS TO CLOSING | 52 | |
10.1 | Condition to the Obligations of the Parties | 52 |
10.2 | Conditions to Obligations of the Parent Parties | 53 |
10.3 | Conditions to Obligations of the Company | 54 |
Article XI TERMINATION | 55 | |
11.1 | Termination | 55 |
11.2 | Breakup Fee | 57 |
11.3 | Effect of Termination | 57 |
Article XII MISCELLANEOUS | 57 | |
12.1 | Notices | 57 |
12.2 | Amendments; No Waivers; Remedies | 58 |
12.3 | Nonsurvival of Representations | 59 |
12.4 | Arm’s Length Bargaining; No Presumption Against Drafter | 59 |
12.5 | Publicity | 59 |
12.6 | Expenses | 59 |
12.7 | No Assignment or Delegation | 59 |
12.8 | Governing Law | 59 |
12.9 | Waiver of Jury Trial | 60 |
12.10 | Submission to Jurisdiction | 60 |
12.11 | Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures | 60 |
12.12 | Entire Agreement | 61 |
12.13 | Severability | 61 |
12.14 | Construction of Certain Terms and References; Captions | 61 |
12.15 | Further Assurances | 62 |
12.16 | Third Party Beneficiaries | 62 |
12.17 | Waiver | 62 |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the “Agreement”), dated as of January 21, 2022 (the “Signing Date”), by and among Arisz Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Finfront Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”).
W I T N E S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company is in the businesses of cloud mining, self-mining and miner hosting in connection with digital assets (the “Business”);
WHEREAS, Parent is a blank check company formed for the sole purpose of entering into a share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities;
WHEREAS, BitFuFu Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted and wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent (“Purchaser”), to be formed for the sole purpose of the merger of Parent with and into Purchaser (the “Redomestication Merger”), in which Purchaser will be the surviving entity (the “Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation”);
WHEREAS, immediately after the Redomestication Merger, the parties hereto desire to effect a merger of Boundary Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (“Merger Sub”), to be formed for the sole purpose of merging with and into the Company (the “Acquisition Merger”) with the Company being the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Purchaser (the “Surviving Corporation”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Purchaser will enter into subscription agreements (each, as amended or modified from time to time, a “Subscription Agreement”), with the Purchaser Investors providing for aggregate investments in Purchaser Ordinary Shares in a private placement of an amount not less than $50,000,000 and valued in an amount of at least $10.00 per Purchaser Ordinary Share (the “PIPE Financing”);
WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, Purchaser and Parent intend, and the Company acknowledges, that the Redomestication Merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and the Boards of Directors of Parent and Purchaser have approved this Agreement and intend that it constitute a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3;
WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the parties hereto intend that the Acquisition Merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and the Company’s Board of Directors and the Boards of Directors of Purchaser and Merger Sub have approved this Agreement and intend that it constitute a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company and the Shareholders of the Company have determined that this Agreement, the Acquisition Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are fair and advisable to, and in the best interests of, the Company and the Shareholders; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Parent has determined that this Agreement, Redomestication Merger, the Acquisition Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are fair and advisable to, and in the best interests of, Parent and its shareholders.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, which are incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth below, and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties accordingly agree as follows:
Article I
DEFINITIONS
The terms defined in the preamble shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto, and following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:
1.1 “Action” means any legal action, suit, claim, investigation, hearing or Proceeding, including any audit, claim or assessment for Taxes or otherwise.
1.2 “Additional Agreements” mean the Lock-up Agreement, the Shareholder Support Agreement, the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Sponsor Registration Rights Agreement, and each other agreement, document, instrument or certificate contemplated by this Agreement to be executed in connection with the Transactions.
1.3 “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with such Person. For avoidance of any doubt, with respect to all periods subsequent to the Closing, Purchaser is an Affiliate of the Company.
1.4 “ADRs” or American Depositary Receipts” means one or more certificates evidencing the ADSs.
1.5 “ADSs” means the American Depositary Shares, which may be in certificated or uncertificated form, representing the Purchaser Ordinary Shares to be deposited by the Purchaser with a depositary bank pursuant to a deposit agreement by and between the Purchaser and a depositary bank in the United States, in the form to be agreed to by the Purchaser, the Company, the Parent and the depositary bank.
1.6 “Books and Records” means all books and records, ledgers, employee records, customer lists, files, correspondence, and other records of every kind (whether written, electronic, or otherwise embodied) owned or used by a Person or in which a Person’s assets, the business or its transactions are otherwise reflected, other than stock books and minute books.
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1.7 “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized to close for business.
1.8 “Cayman Companies Act” means the Companies Act of the Cayman Islands, as amended to date.
1.9 “Closing Payment Shares” means such number of Purchaser Ordinary Shares, including American Depositary Shares representing certain Purchaser Ordinary Shares that are Class A ordinary shares of Purchaser, equal or equivalent to the Merger Consideration divided by $10.00.
1.10 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.11 “Company Formation Date” means December 2, 2020.
1.12 “Company Ordinary Shares” shall mean the ordinary shares, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company as existing as of the date hereof and immediately prior to the Effective Time.
1.13 “Contracts” means the Leases and all contracts, agreements, leases (including equipment leases, car leases and capital leases), licenses, commitments, client contracts, statements of work (SOWs), sales and purchase orders and similar instruments, oral or written, to which the Company and/or any of its Subsidiary is a party or by which any of its respective assets are bound, including any entered into by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiary in compliance with this Agreement after the Signing Date and prior to the Closing.
1.14 “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise; and the terms “Controlled” and “Controlling” shall have the meaning correlative to the foregoing.
1.15 “Data Protection Laws” means all applicable Laws in any applicable jurisdiction relating to the processing, privacy, security, or protection of Personal Data, and all regulations or guidance issued thereunder.
1.16 “Deferred Underwriting Amount” means the portion of the underwriting discounts and commissions held in the Trust Account, which the underwriters of the IPO are entitled to receive upon the Closing in accordance with the Investment Management Trust Agreement.
1.17 “DGCL” means the Delaware General Corporation Law (Title 8, Chapter 1 of the Delaware Code).
1.18 “Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable Laws that prohibit, regulate or control any Hazardous Material or any Hazardous Material Activity, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, the Resource Recovery and Conservation Act of 1976, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and the Clean Water Act.
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1.19 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
1.20 “Governmental Authority” means any United States or non-United States government entity, body or authority, including (i) any United States federal, state or local government (including any town, village, municipality, district or other similar governmental or administrative jurisdiction or subdivision thereof, whether incorporated or unincorporated), (ii) any non-United States government or governmental authority or any political subdivision thereof, (iii) any United States or non-United States regulatory or administrative entity, authority, instrumentality, jurisdiction, agency, body or commission, exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power, or (iv) any official of any of the foregoing acting in such capacity.
1.21 “Hazardous Material” shall mean any material, emission, chemical, substance or waste that has been designated by any Governmental Authority to be radioactive, toxic, hazardous, a pollutant or a contaminant.
1.22 “Hazardous Material Activity” shall mean the transportation, transfer, recycling, storage, use, treatment, manufacture, removal, remediation, release, exposure of others to, sale, labeling, or distribution of any Hazardous Material or any product or waste containing a Hazardous Material, or product manufactured with ozone depleting substances, including, any required labeling, payment of waste fees or charges (including so-called e-waste fees) and compliance with any recycling, product take-back or product content requirements.
1.23 “HSR Act” means The Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.
1.24 “Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind (including amounts by reason of overdrafts and amounts owed by reason of letter of credit reimbursement agreements) including with respect thereto, all interests, fees and costs and prepayment and other penalties, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than accounts payable to creditors for goods and services incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any lien or security interest on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (f) all obligations of such Person under leases required to be accounted for as capital leases under U.S. GAAP (as defined below), (g) all guarantees by such Person and (h) any agreement to incur any of the same.
1.25 “Intellectual Property” or “Intellectual Property Right” means all of the worldwide intellectual property and proprietary rights associated with any of the following, whether registered, unregistered or registrable, to the extent recognized in a particular jurisdiction: (a) trademarks and service marks, trade dress, product configurations, trade names and other indications of origin, applications or registrations in any jurisdiction pertaining to the foregoing and all goodwill associated therewith; (b) discoveries, inventions, ideas, Know-How, systems, technology, whether patentable or not, and all issued patents, industrial designs, and utility models, and all applications pertaining to the foregoing, in any jurisdiction, including re-issues, continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part, re-examinations, renewals, counterparts, extensions, validations, and other extensions of legal protestation pertaining thereto; (c) trade secrets and other rights in confidential and other nonpublic information that derive economic value from not being generally known and not being readily ascertainable by proper means, including the right in any jurisdiction to limit the use or disclosure thereof; (d) software; (e) copyrights in writings, designs, software, mask works, content and any other original works of authorship in any medium, including applications or registrations in any jurisdiction for the foregoing; (f) data and databases; (g) internet websites, domain names and applications and registrations pertaining thereto; and (h) social media accounts, and all content contained therein.
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1.26 “Inventory” is defined in the UCC.
1.27 “Investment Management Trust Agreement” means the investment management trust agreement made as of November 17, 2021 by and between Parent and the Trustee.
1.28 “IPO” means the initial public offering of Parent pursuant to a prospectus dated November 17, 2021.
1.29 “IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
1.30 “Know-How” means all information, unpatented inventions (whether or not patentable), improvements, practices, algorithms, formulae, trade secrets, techniques, methods, procedures, knowledge, results, protocols, processes, models, designs, drawings, specifications, materials and any other information related to the development, marketing, pricing, distribution, cost, sales and manufacturing of products.
1.31 “Law” or “Laws” means any domestic or foreign, federal, state, municipality or local law, statute, ordinance, code, principle of common law, act, treaty or order of general applicability of any applicable Governmental Authority, including rule or regulation promulgated thereunder.
1.32 “Leases” all leases, subleases, licenses, concessions and other occupancy agreements (written or oral) for Real Property, together with all fixtures and improvements erected on the premises leased thereby.
1.33 “Liabilities” means any and all liabilities, Indebtedness, claims, or obligations of any nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise, whether known or unknown, whether direct or indirect, whether matured or unmatured and whether due or to become due), including Tax Liabilities due.
1.34 “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, and any conditional sale or voting agreement or proxy, including any agreement to give any of the foregoing.
1.35 “Lock-up Agreement” means the agreement relating to the shares of the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation to be effective as of the Closing, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit B.
1.36 “Material Adverse Effect” or “Material Adverse Change” means a material adverse change or a material adverse effect upon on the assets, Liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, net worth, management, earnings, cash flows, business, operations or properties of the Company and the Business, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, provided, however, that “Material Adverse Effect” or “Material Adverse Change” shall not include any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to: (i) general economic or political conditions; (ii) conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Company operates; (iii) any changes in financial, banking or securities markets in general, including any disruption thereof and any decline in the price of any security or any market index or any change in prevailing interest rates; (iv) acts of war (whether or not declared), armed hostilities or terrorism, or the escalation or worsening thereof; (v) any action required or permitted by this Agreement or any action taken (or omitted to be taken) with the written consent of or at the written request of the Parent Parties; (vi) any changes in applicable Laws or accounting rules (including U.S. GAAP) or the enforcement, implementation or interpretation thereof; or (vii) any natural or man-made disaster or acts of God, including the continued outbreak of the COVID-19 virus; unless any such any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change, shall have a disproportionate effect on the Company and the Business as compared to comparable companies in the same industry.
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1.37 “Merger Consideration” means One Billion Five Hundred Million Dollars ($1,500,000,000).
1.38 “Nasdaq” means the electronic dealer quotation system owned and operated by The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
1.39 “Order” means any decree, order, judgment, writ, award, injunction, rule or consent of or by a Governmental Authority.
1.40 “Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, its certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation, articles of incorporation, articles of formation, bylaws, memorandum and articles of association, limited liability company agreement or similar organizational documents, in each case, as amended.
1.41 “Parent Common Shares” means the shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value, of Parent.
1.42 “Parent Option” means each option to purchase Parent Common Shares.
1.43 “Parent Parties” means Parent, Purchaser and Merger Sub collectively, and “Parent Party” refers to any one of them.
1.44 “Parent Rights” means the rights to receive one-twentieth (1/20) of one Parent Common Share upon the consummation of an initial business combination.
1.45 “Parent Warrants” means the redeemable right to purchase three-fourths (3/4) of one Parent Common Share at a price of $11.50 per whole share.
1.46 “Parent Unit” means a unit of Parent comprised of one Parent Common Share, one Parent Warrant and one Parent Right, including all “private units” described in the Prospectus.
1.47 “PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
1.48 “Permitted Liens” means (i) all defects, exceptions, restrictions, easements, rights of way and encumbrances disclosed in policies of title insurance which have been made available to the Parent Parties; (ii) mechanics’, carriers’, workers’, repairers’ and similar statutory Liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts (A) that are not delinquent, (B) that are not material to the business, operations and financial condition of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries so encumbered, either individually or in the aggregate, and (C) that not resulting from a breach, default or violation by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries of any Contract or Law; and (iii) liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate Proceedings (and for which adequate accruals or reserves have been established in accordance to U.S. GAAP).
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1.49 “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership (including a general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability partnership), limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government, domestic or foreign, or political subdivision thereof, or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
1.50 “Personal Data” means, with respect to any natural Person, such Person’s name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number, tax identification number, driver’s license number, passport number, credit card number, bank account number and other financial information, customer or account numbers, account access codes and passwords, any other information that allows the identification of such Person or enables access to such Person’s financial information or that is defined as “personal data,” “personally identifiable information,” “personal information,” “protected health information” or similar term under any applicable Privacy Laws.
1.51 “Pre-Closing Period” means any period that ends on or before the Closing Date or with respect to a period that includes but does not end on the Closing Date, the portion of such period through and including the day of the Closing.
1.52 “Principal Shareholder” means Chipring Technology Limited.
1.53 “Privacy Laws” means all applicable United States state and federal Laws, and the laws of other non-U.S. jurisdictions applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary, relating to privacy and protection of Personal Data, including without limitation the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union, and any and all similar state and federal Laws relating to privacy, security, data protection, data availability and destruction and data breach, including security incident notification.
1.54 “Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding, complaint, claim, charge, hearing, labor dispute, inquiry or investigation before or by a Governmental Authority or an arbitrator.
1.55 “Purchaser Ordinary Shares” means, collectively, (i) the Class B ordinary shares of Purchaser, with respect to Chipring Technology Limited and (ii) the Class A ordinary shares of Purchaser, with respect to all other shareholders. Each such Class B ordinary shares shall have five (5) votes, and each such Class A ordinary shares shall have one (1) vote, with certain rights and privileges set forth in the amended and restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F.
1.56 “Purchaser Rights” means all Parent Rights upon their conversion in Redomestication Merger.
1.57 “Purchaser Units” means all the Parent Units upon their conversion in Redomestication Merger.
1.58 “Purchaser Warrants” means all the Parent Warrants upon their conversion in Redomestication Merger.
1.59 “Real Property” means, collectively, all real properties and interests therein (including the right to use), together with all buildings, fixtures, trade fixtures, plant and other improvements located thereon or attached thereto; all rights arising out of use thereof (including air, water, oil and mineral rights); and all subleases, franchises, licenses, permits, easements and rights-of-way which are appurtenant thereto.
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1.60 “Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Ordinary Shares” means the Class A ordinary shares of the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation.
1.61 “Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Rights” means all the Parent Rights upon their conversion in Redomestication Merger.
1.62 “Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Units” means all the Parent Units upon their conversion in Redomestication Merger.
1.63 “Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Warrants” means all the Parent Warrants upon their conversion in Redomestication Merger.
1.64 “Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.
1.65 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
1.66 “Sensitive Data” means all confidential information, classified information, proprietary information, trade secrets and any other information, the security or confidentiality of which is protected by Law or Contract, that is collected, maintained, stored, transmitted, used, disclosed or otherwise processed by the Company. Sensitive Data also includes Personal Data which is held, stored, collected, transmitted, transferred (including cross-border transfers), disclosed, sold or used by the Company.
1.67 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
1.68 “Sponsor” means Arisz Investment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
1.69 “Shareholder” means each holder of Company Ordinary Shares, and “Shareholders” refers to all of them collectively.
1.70 “Shareholder Support Agreement” means the agreement entered into by a majority of the Shareholders, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, providing that, among other things, such Shareholders will vote their Company Shares in favor of the Requisite Company Vote on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in such agreement.
1.71 “Sponsor Registration Rights Agreement” means the amended and restated agreement governing the resale of the shares, rights, warrants and units of the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D.
1.72 “Sponsor Support Agreement” means the agreement entered into by the Sponsor and its Affiliates, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, providing that, among other things, the Sponsor will vote its Parent Shares in favor of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in such agreement.
1.73 “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” means one or more entities of which at least fifty percent (50%) of the capital stock or share capital or other equity or voting securities are Controlled or owned, directly or indirectly, by the respective Person.
1.74 “Tangible Personal Property” means all tangible personal property and interests therein, including machinery, computers and accessories, furniture, office equipment, communications equipment, automobiles, laboratory equipment and other equipment owned or leased by the Company or any Company Subsidiary.
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1.75 “Tax” means any federal, state, local or foreign tax, charge, fee, levy, custom, duty, deficiency, or other assessment of any kind or nature imposed by any Taxing Authority (including any income (net or gross), gross receipts, profits, windfall profit, sales, use, goods and services, ad valorem, franchise, license, withholding, employment, social security, workers compensation, unemployment compensation, employment, payroll, transfer, excise, import, real property, personal property, intangible property, occupancy, recording, minimum, alternative minimum, environmental or estimated tax), including any liability therefor as a transferee or successor, as a result of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or similar provision of applicable Law or as a result of any Tax sharing, indemnification or similar agreement, together with any interest, penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed with respect thereto.
1.76 “Taxing Authority” means the Internal Revenue Service and any other Governmental Authority responsible for the collection, assessment or imposition of any Tax or the administration of any Law relating to any Tax.
1.77 “Tax Return” means any return, information return, declaration, claim for refund or credit, report or any similar statement, and any amendment thereto, including any attached schedule and supporting information, whether on a separate, consolidated, combined, unitary or other basis, that is filed or required to be filed with any Taxing Authority in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of a Tax or the administration of any Law relating to any Tax.
1.78 “Trust Amount” means the amount of cash available in the Trust Account after deducting redemptions of Parent/Purchaser public shareholders.
1.79 “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York, or any corresponding or succeeding provisions of Laws of the State of New York, or any corresponding or succeeding provisions of Laws, in each case as the same may have been and hereafter may be adopted, supplemented, modified, amended, restated or replaced from time to time.
1.80 “U.S. GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.
1.81 “$” means U.S. dollars, the legal currency of the United States.
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GLOSSARY
“Affiliate Transaction” | Section 5.35(a) |
“Alternative Proposal” | Section 7.1(b) |
“Alternative Transaction” | Section 7.1(b) |
“Anti-Corruption Laws” | Section 5.32(a) |
“Additional Parent Parties SEC Documents” | Section 6.14(a) |
“Audited 2020/2021 Financial Statements” | Section 7.5 |
“Closing” | Section 3.2 |
“Closing Date” | Section 3.2 |
“Company Leases” | Section 5.26(b) |
“Computer Systems” | Section 5.19(i) |
“Continental” | Section 4.2(b) |
“D&O Indemnified Persons” | Section 7.7(a) |
“D&O Tail Insurance” | Section 7.7(b) |
“Effective Time” | Section 3.2 |
“Exchange Fund” | Section 4.2(b) |
“Excluded Shares” | Section 4.1(c) |
“Export Control Laws” | Section 5.32(a) |
“Financial Statements” | Section 5.11(a) |
“International Trade Control Laws” | Section 5.32(a) |
“IT Providers” | Section 5.19(k) |
“Labor Agreements” | Section 5.24(a) |
“Material Contracts” | Section 5.16(a) |
“Merger Sub Ordinary Shares” | Section 6.7(c) |
“Outside Date” | Section 11.1(d)(i) |
“Owned Intellectual Property” | Section 5.19(a) |
“Parent Parties Financial Statements” | Section 6.14(b) |
“Parent Party Shareholder Approval Matters” | Section 9.5 |
“Parent SEC Documents” | Section 6.14(a) |
“Per Share Merger Consideration” | Section 4.1(a) |
“Permits” | Section 5.17 |
“Plan of Merger” | Section 3.2 |
“PM1” | Section 2.2 |
“Privacy Policy” | Section 5.19(j) |
“Prohibited Party” | Section 5.32(b) |
“Prospectus” | Section 9.5 |
“Proxy Statement/Prospectus” | Section 9.5 |
“Purchaser Investor” | Section 6.21 |
“Purchaser Special Meeting” | Section 9.5(a) |
“Redomestication Merger Certificate” | Section 2.2 |
“Redomestication Merger Effective Time” | Section 2.2 |
“Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation” | Section 2.1 |
“Registrar” | Section 2.2 |
“Registration Statement” | Section 9.5 |
“Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval” | Section 10.1(e) |
“Requisite Company Vote” | Section 5.2 |
“Sanctions Laws” | Section 5.32(a) |
“Scheduled Intellectual Property” | Section 5.19(a) |
“Standards Agreements” | Section 5.19(n) |
“Standards Body” | Section 5.19(n) |
“Stockholder Register” | Section 2.6(a)(i) |
“Surviving Corporation” | Section 3.1 |
“Trust Account” | Section 6.9 |
“Trust Fund” | Section 6.9 |
“Trustee” | Section 6.9 |
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Article II
REDOMESTICATION MERGER
2.1 Redomestication Merger. At the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Act and the DGCL, respectively, Parent shall be merged with and into Purchaser, the separate corporate existence of Parent shall cease and Purchaser shall continue as the surviving corporation. Purchaser as the surviving corporation after Redomestication Merger is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation”.
2.2 Redomestication Merger Effective Time. The parties hereto shall cause Redomestication Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger (the “Redomestication Merger Certificate”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL, and the filing of the Plan of Merger (the “PM1”) (and other documents required by the Cayman Companies Act) with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands (the “Registrar”), in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Cayman Companies Act. The effective time of Redomestication Merger shall be the later of the acceptance of the Redomestication Merger Certificate and the time that PM1 are duly registered by the Registrar, or such later time as specified in the Redomestication Merger Certificate and PM1, being the “Redomestication Merger Effective Time.”
2.3 Effect of Redomestication Merger. At the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, the effect of Redomestication Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement, the Redomestication Merger Certificate, PM1 and the applicable provisions of the DGCL and the Cayman Companies Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Parent and Purchaser prior to the Redomestication Merger Effective Time shall become the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation, which shall include the assumption by the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation of any and all agreements, covenants, duties and obligations of Parent set forth in this Agreement to be performed after the Closing, and all securities of the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation issued and outstanding as a result of the conversion under Section 2.6 hereof shall be listed on the public trading market on which the Parent Common Shares were trading prior to Redomestication Merger.
2.4 Charter Documents. At the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Parent, as in effect immediately prior to the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, shall cease and the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the of Purchaser, shall be amended and restated so that they read in their entirety as set forth substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, and as so amended and restated, shall be the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation.
2.5 Directors and Officers of the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation. As of the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, the board of directors of Parent shall be the board of directors of the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation.
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2.6 Effect on Issued Securities of Parent.
(a) Conversion of Parent Common Shares.
(i) At the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, each issued and outstanding Parent Common Share (other than those described in Section 2.6(c) below) shall be converted automatically into one Purchaser Ordinary Share. At the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, all Parent Common Shares shall cease to be issued and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist. The holders of issued Parent Common Shares immediately prior to the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, as evidenced by the stockholder register of Parent (the “Stockholder Register”), shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Parent Common Shares, except as provided herein or by Law. Each certificate (if any) previously evidencing Parent Common Shares shall be exchanged for a certificate representing the same number of Purchaser Ordinary Shares upon the surrender of such certificate in accordance with Section 2.7.
(ii) Each holder of Parent Common Shares listed on the Stockholder Register shall thereafter have the right to receive the same number of Purchaser Ordinary Shares only.
(b) Conversion of Parent Rights, Parent Warrants and Parent Units. At the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, (i) all Parent Rights shall be converted into Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Rights, (ii) all Parent Warrants shall be converted into Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Warrants and (iii) all Parent Units shall be converted into Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Units. At the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, each Parent Right, Parent Warrant and Parent Unit shall cease to be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist. Each of the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Rights, Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Warrants and Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Units shall have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions set forth in the applicable agreements governing the Parent Rights, the Parent Warrants and Parent Units, respectively, that are outstanding immediately prior to the Redomestication Merger Effective Time. At or prior to the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, Purchaser shall take all corporate action necessary to reserve for future issuance, and shall maintain such reservation for so long as any of the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Rights remain outstanding, a sufficient number of Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Ordinary Shares for delivery upon the exercise of the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Rights, the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation Warrants and the Redomestication Merger Surviving corporation Units after the Redomestication Merger Effective Time.
(c) Cancellation of Parent Common Shares Owned by Parent. At the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, if there are any Parent Common Shares that are owned by Parent as treasury shares or any Parent Common Shares owned by any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent immediately prior to the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, such shares shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion thereof or payment therefor.
(d) No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.6, none of the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation, Purchaser or any Party hereto shall be liable to any person for any amount properly paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
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2.7 Surrender of Parent Common Shares. All securities issued upon the surrender of the Parent Common Shares in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such securities, provided that any restrictions on the sale and transfer of the Parent Common Shares shall also apply to the Purchaser Ordinary Shares so issued in exchange.
2.8 Lost Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. In the event any certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Purchaser shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates or securities, as the case may be, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, such securities, as may be required pursuant to Section 2.7; provided, however, that the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates to deliver a bond in such sum as it may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation with respect to the certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
2.9 Section 368 Reorganization. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, Parent and Purchaser intend that the Redomestication Merger will constitute a transaction that qualifies as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code to which each of Parent and the Purchaser is a party under Section 368(b) of the Code (the “Redomestication Intended Tax Treatment”). Parent and Purchaser hereby (i) adopt, and the Company acknowledges, this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-2(g), (ii) agree to file and retain such information as shall be required under Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-3, and (iii) agree to file all Tax and other informational returns on a basis consistent with the Redomestication Intended Tax Treatment. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that no party is making any representation or warranty as to the qualification of Redomestication Merger for the Redomestication Intended Tax Treatment or as to the effect, if any, that any transaction consummated on, after or prior to the Redomestication Merger Effective Time has or may have on any such reorganization status. Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that each (i) has had the opportunity to obtain independent legal and tax advice with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (ii) is responsible for paying its own Taxes, including any adverse Tax consequences that may result if the Redomestication Merger is determined not to qualify for the Redomestication Intended Tax Treatment.
2.10 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action. If, at any time after the Redomestication Merger Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of Parent and Purchaser, the officers and directors of Parent and Purchaser are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.
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Article III
ACQUISITION MERGER
3.1 Acquisition Merger. Upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Closing Date, immediately after the Redomestication Merger and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Act, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company. Following the Acquisition Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease, and the Company shall continue as the surviving company in the Acquisition Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”) under the Cayman Companies Act and become a wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser.
3.2 Closing; Effective Time. Unless this Agreement is earlier terminated in accordance with Article XII, the closing of the Acquisition Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place immediately after the Redomestication Merger at the offices of Loeb & Loeb LLP, 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York on a date no later than three (3) Business Days after the satisfaction or waiver of all the conditions set forth in Article X that are required to be satisfied prior to the Closing Date, or at such other place and time as the Company and the Parent Parties may mutually agree upon. The parties may participate in the Closing via electronic means. The date on which the Closing actually occurs is hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date”. At the Closing, the parties hereto shall execute a plan of merger (the “Plan of Merger”) in form and substance acceptable to the Parent Parties and the Company, and the parties hereto shall cause the Acquisition Merger to be consummated by filing the Plan of Merger (and other documents required by the Cayman Companies Act) with the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of the Cayman Companies Act. The Acquisition Merger shall become effective at the time when the Plan of Merger is accepted by the Registrar in accordance with the Cayman Companies Act (the “Effective Time”).
3.3 Board of Directors. Immediately after the Closing, the Surviving Corporation’s board of directors shall consist of at least five (5) directors, three (3) of whom shall be independent directors under Nasdaq rules. Sponsor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to designate, or cause to be designated, one (1) of the independent director to serve as a director of Purchaser until the next annual shareholder meeting of Purchaser, and the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to designate, or cause to be designated, the remaining directors.
3.4 Effect of the Acquisition Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Acquisition Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, Liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger Sub shall become the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, Liabilities, duties and obligations of the Surviving Corporation, which shall include the assumption by the Surviving Corporation of any and all agreements, covenants, duties and obligations of Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement to be performed after the Effective Time.
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3.5 Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Surviving Corporation. At the Effective Time, and without any further action on the part of the Company or Merger Sub, the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company shall become the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with its terms and as provided by law.
3.6 Stock Transfer Books. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers of Company Ordinary Shares on the records of the Company.
3.7 Rights Not Transferable. The rights of the Shareholders as of immediately prior to the Effective Time are personal to each such Shareholder and shall not be assignable or otherwise transferable for any reason (except (i) by operation of Law or (ii) in the case of a natural Person, by will or the Laws of descent and distribution). Any attempted transfer of such right by any Shareholder (otherwise than as permitted by the immediately preceding sentence) shall be null and void.
3.8 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and interest in, to and under, and/or possession of, all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of Merger Sub and the Company, the officers and directors of Merger Sub and the Company are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.
3.9 Section 368 Reorganization. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, each of the parties intends that the Acquisition Merger will constitute a transaction that qualifies as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code to which each of Purchaser, Merger Sub and the Company is a party under Section 368(b) of the Code (the “Acquisition Intended Tax Treatment”). The parties to this Agreement hereby (i) adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-2(g), (ii) agree to file and retain such information as shall be required under Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-3, and (iii) agree to file all Tax and other informational returns on a basis consistent with the Acquisition Intended Tax Treatment. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that no party is making any representation or warranty as to the qualification of the Acquisition Merger for the Acquisition Intended Tax Treatment or as to the effect, if any, that any transaction consummated on, after or prior to the Acquisition Merger Effective Time has or may have on any such reorganization status. Each of the parties acknowledge and agree that each (i) has had the opportunity to obtain independent legal and tax advice with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (ii) is responsible for paying its own Taxes, including any adverse Tax consequences that may result if the Acquisition Merger is determined not to qualify for the Acquisition Intended Tax Treatment.
3.10 Transfers of Ownership. If any certificate for Purchaser Ordinary Shares is to be issued in a name other than that in which the Company Ordinary Share certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it will be a condition of the issuance thereof that the certificate so surrendered will be properly endorsed (or accompanied by an appropriate instrument of transfer) and otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such exchange will have paid to Purchaser or any agent designated by it any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the issuance of a certificate for securities of Purchaser in any name other than that of the registered holder of the certificate surrendered, or established to the satisfaction of Purchaser or any agent designated by it that such tax has been paid or is not payable.
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Article IV
CONSIDERATION
4.1 Conversion of Shares.
(a) Conversion of Company Ordinary Shares. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Acquisition Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Purchaser, Merger Sub, the Company or the Shareholders, each Company Ordinary Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and automatically converted into the right to receive, without interest, the applicable number of Purchaser Ordinary Shares for such number of Company Ordinary Shares (the “Per Share Merger Consideration”) as specified on Exhibit A hereto. For avoidance of any doubt, each Shareholder will cease to have any rights with respect to its Company Ordinary Shares, except the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration.
(b) Share Capital of Merger Sub. Each share of Merger Sub that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will, by virtue of the Acquisition Merger and without further action on the part of the sole shareholder of Merger Sub, be converted into and become one ordinary share of the Surviving Corporation (and such share of the Surviving Corporation into which the one Merger Sub Ordinary Share is so converted shall be the only share of the Surviving Corporation that is issued and outstanding immediately after the Effective Time). Each certificate evidencing ownership of Merger Sub Ordinary Shares will, as of the Effective Time, evidence ownership of such share(s) of ordinary shares of the Surviving Corporation.
(c) Treatment of Certain Company Shares. At the Effective Time, all Company Ordinary Shares that are owned by the Company (as treasury shares or otherwise) or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Excluded Shares”) shall be automatically canceled and extinguished without any conversion or consideration delivered in exchange thereof.
(d) No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.1, none of Surviving Corporation or any party hereto shall be liable to any Person for any amount properly paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
(e) Surrender of Certificates. All securities issued upon the surrender of Company Ordinary Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such securities, provided that any restrictions on the sale and transfer of such Company Ordinary Shares shall also apply to the Closing Payment Shares so issued in exchange.
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(f) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. In the event any certificates for any Company Ordinary Share shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Purchaser shall cause to be issued in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates and for each such share, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof; provided, however, that Purchaser may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates to deliver a bond in such sum as it may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Purchaser with respect to the certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
(g) Adjustments in Certain Circumstances. Without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, if at any time during the period between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, any change in the outstanding securities of the Company, the Parent Common Shares or the Purchaser Ordinary Shares shall occur (other than the issuance of additional shares of the Company or Parent or Purchaser as permitted by this Agreement), including by reason of any reclassification, recapitalization, share split (including a reverse share split), or combination, exchange, readjustment of shares, or similar transaction, or any share dividend or distribution paid in shares, then the Closing Payment Shares and any other amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such change; provided, however, that this sentence shall not be construed to permit Parent, Purchaser, Merger Sub or the Company to take any action with respect to its securities that is prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
4.2 Issuance of Merger Consideration.
(a) No Issuance of Fractional Shares. No certificates or scrip representing fractional Closing Payment Shares will be issued pursuant to the Acquisition Merger, and instead any such fractional share that would otherwise be issued will be rounded to the nearest whole share.
(b) Exchange Fund. On the Closing Date, Purchaser shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”), or an agreed-upon depositary bank, as applicable, for the benefit of the Shareholder, for exchange in accordance with this Article IV, the Closing Payment Shares (such shares of Parent Common Stock, the “Exchange Fund”). Purchaser shall cause Continental or the depositary bank, pursuant to irrevocable instructions, to pay the Merger Consideration out of the Exchange Fund in accordance with Exhibit A and the other applicable provisions contained in this Agreement. The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any other purpose other than as contemplated by this Agreement.
4.3 Withholding. Purchaser, the Company and any other applicable withholding agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or under any provision of state, local or non-U.S. Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so deducted, withheld and timely paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority in accordance with applicable Law, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to reduce or eliminate any such withholding, including providing recipients of consideration a reasonable opportunity to provide documentation establishing exemptions from or reductions of such withholdings.
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Article V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in the disclosure schedules delivered by the Company to the Parent Parties simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Parent Parties that each of the following representations and warranties is true, correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement and shall be as of the Closing Date (or, if such representations and warranties are made with respect to a certain date, as of such date). The parties hereto agree that any reference to a particular schedule shall be deemed to be an exception to the representations and warranties of the relevant part(ies) that are contained in the corresponding section of this Agreement only; provided that where it is readily apparent on the face of a disclosure under a particular schedule that such disclosure is, or may be reasonably determined to be, relevant to the matters described under any other sections of this Agreement, such disclosure may also be deemed to be relevant to such other sections. For the avoidance of doubt, unless the context otherwise required, the below representations and warranties relate to the Company on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries.
5.1 Corporate Existence and Power. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands, and each of its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was formed. The Company has all requisite power and authority, corporate and otherwise, and all governmental licenses, franchises, Permits, authorizations, consents and approvals necessary and required to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on the Business as presently conducted, other than as would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is duly licensed or qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the properties owned or leased by it or the operation of its Business as currently conducted makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so licensed, qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 5.1 lists all jurisdictions in which the Company is qualified to conduct business as a foreign corporation or other entity.
5.2 Authorization. The Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Additional Agreements to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement and all Additional Agreements to which the Company is or shall be a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company, subject to the authorization and approval of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby by way of a special resolution of the Shareholders passed by the affirmative vote of holders of Company Ordinary Shares representing at least two-thirds of the votes of the Company Ordinary Shares present and voting in person or by proxy at a meeting of the shareholders of the Company in accordance with the Organizational Documents of the Company (the “Requisite Company Vote”). This Agreement constitutes, and, upon their execution and delivery, each of the Additional Agreements will constitute, a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms to which it is a party.
5.3 Governmental Authorization. Neither the execution, delivery nor performance by the Company of this Agreement or any Additional Agreements to which it is a party requires any consent, approval, license or other action by or in respect of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority other than the filing of the Plan of Merger and other related documents required by the Cayman Companies Act, except for SEC or Nasdaq approval required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereunder.
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5.4 Non-Contravention. None of the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or any Additional Agreements to which it is a party does or will (a) contravene or conflict with the Organizational Documents of the Company, (b) contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any Law or Order binding upon or applicable to the Company, constitute a default under or breach of (with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both) or violate or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, amendment or acceleration of any right or obligation of the Company or require any payment or reimbursement or to a loss of any material benefit relating to the Business to which the Company are entitled under any provision of any Permit, Contract or other instrument or obligations binding upon the Company or by which any of the Company Ordinary Shares or any of the Company’s assets is or may be bound, (c) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the Company Ordinary Shares, (d) cause a loss of any material benefit relating to the Business to which the Company is or may be entitled under any provision of any Permit or Contract binding upon the Company, or (e) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (except for Permitted Liens) on any of the Company’s material assets, in the cases of (a) to (e), other than as would not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.5 Capitalization.
(a) The capital of the Company is US$50,000.00 divided into 5,000,000,000 shares of a par value of US$0.00001 each, of which 157,894,737 are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof. All of the issued and outstanding Company Ordinary Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and are not subject to any preemptive rights and have not been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any Person. As of the date hereof, all of the issued and outstanding Company Ordinary Shares are owned legally and beneficially by the Persons set forth on Part 1 of Exhibit A, and immediately prior to the Closing, all of the issued and outstanding Company Ordinary Shares will be owned legally and beneficially by the Persons set forth on Part 2 of Exhibit A. The only Company Ordinary Shares that will be issued and outstanding immediately after the Closing will be the Company Ordinary Shares owned by Purchaser. Except for the Company Ordinary Shares, no other class in the share capital of the Company is authorized or issued or outstanding.
(b) There are no (a) outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, rights (including phantom stock rights), calls, commitments, understandings, conversion rights, rights of exchange, plans or other agreements of any kind providing for the purchase, issuance or sale of any share of the Company; or (b) to the knowledge of the Company, agreements with respect to any of the Company Ordinary Shares, including any voting trust, other voting agreement or proxy with respect thereto.
5.6 Subsidiaries. Schedule 5.6 sets forth the name of each Subsidiary of the Company, and with respect to each Subsidiary, its jurisdiction of organization, its authorized shares or other equity interests (if applicable), and the number of issued and outstanding shares or other equity interests and the record holders thereof. Other than as set forth on Schedule 5.6, (i) all of the outstanding equity securities of each Subsidiary of the Company are duly authorized and validly issued, duly registered and non-assessable (if applicable), were offered, sold and delivered in material compliance with all applicable securities Laws, and are owned by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than those, if any, imposed by such Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents); (ii) there are no Contracts to which the Company or any of its Affiliates is a party or bound with respect to the voting (including voting trusts or proxies) of the shares or other equity interests of any Subsidiary of the Company other than the Organizational Documents of any such Subsidiary; (iii) there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, agreements, subscriptions, convertible securities or commitments to which any Subsidiary of the Company is a party or which are binding upon any Subsidiary of the Company providing for the issuance or redemption of any shares or other equity interests or convertible equity interests in or of any Subsidiary of the Company; (iv) there are no outstanding equity appreciation, phantom equity, profit participation or similar rights granted by any Subsidiary of the Company; (v) no Subsidiary of the Company has any limitation on its ability to make any distributions or dividends to its equity holders, whether by Contract, Order or applicable Law; (vi) except for the equity interests of the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.6, the Company does not own or have any rights to acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares or other equity interests of, or otherwise Control, any Person; (vii) none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a participant in any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement, and (viii) except as set forth on Schedule 5.6, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries to provide funds to, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any other Person.
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5.7 Organizational Documents. Copies of the Organizational Documents of the Company and each Subsidiary have heretofore been made available to the Parent Parties, and such copies are each true and complete copies of such instruments as amended and in effect on the date hereof. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has taken any action in violation of its Organizational Documents.
5.8 Corporate Records. The register of shareholders or the equivalent documents of the Company and of each Subsidiary, and all proceedings of the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s board of directors occurring since their respective dates of inception, including committees thereof, and all consents to actions taken thereby, relating to all issuances and transfers of stock or shares, or material assets by the Company and each such Subsidiary, have been made available to the Parent Parties, and are true, correct and complete copies of the original register of members or the equivalent documents and minute book records of the Company or the Subsidiary, as applicable.
5.9 Assumed Names. Schedule 5.9 is a complete and correct list of all assumed or “doing business as” names currently or previously used by the Company, including names on any websites. None of the Company or any Subsidiary has used any assumed or “doing business as” name other than the names listed on Schedule 5.9 to conduct the Business.
5.10 Consents. No Contracts binding upon the Company or by which any of the Company Ordinary Share, or any of the Company’s assets are bound, require a consent, approval, authorization, order or other action of or filing with any Person as a result of the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or any of the Additional Agreements or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
5.11 Financial Statements.
(a) Attached hereto as Schedule 5.11 are true, complete and correct copies of the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Company, and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2021 (since the Company Formation Date) (collectively, the “Financial Statements”).
(b) The Financial Statements are complete and accurate and fairly present in all material respects, in conformity with its applicable accounting standards applied on a consistent basis in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of operations of the Company for the periods reflected therein. The Financial Statements (i) were prepared from the Books and Records of the Company; (ii) were prepared on an accrual basis in accordance with its applicable accounting standards consistently applied; (iii) contain and reflect all necessary adjustments and accruals for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial condition as of their dates including for all warranty, maintenance, service and indemnification obligations; and (iv) contain and reflect adequate provisions for all Liabilities for all material Taxes applicable to the Company with respect to the periods then ended.
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(c) Except as specifically disclosed, reflected or fully reserved against on the Financial Statements, and for Liabilities and obligations of a similar nature and in similar amounts incurred in the ordinary course of business since January 1, 2022, there are no material Liabilities, debts or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, fixed or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, asserted or unasserted or otherwise) relating to the Company. All material debts and Liabilities, fixed or contingent, which should be included under U.S. GAAP on the Financial Statements are included therein.
(d) The Financial Statements accurately reflects in all material respects the outstanding Indebtedness of the Company as of the date thereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.11, the Company does not have any material Indebtedness.
5.12 Books and Records. All Contracts, documents, and other papers or copies thereof delivered to the Parent Parties by or on behalf of the Company are accurate, complete, and authentic. The Books and Records have been properly and accurately kept and accurately and fairly, in all material respects, reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets of and the providing of services by the Company and each Subsidiary. The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that:
(i) transactions are executed only in accordance with management’s authorizations in all material respects;
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with the Company’s historical practices and to maintain asset accountability in all material respects;
(iii) all income and expense items are promptly and properly recorded for the relevant periods in accordance with the revenue recognition and expense policies maintained by the Company, as permitted by U.S. GAAP;
(iv) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization; and
(v) the recorded accountability for material assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
5.13 Absence of Certain Changes. Since January 1, 2022, except as set forth on Schedule 5.13 or contemplated by this Agreement, any Additional Agreements or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (a) the Company has conducted the Business in the ordinary course consistent with past practices; (b) there has not been any Material Adverse Effect; (c) the Company has not taken any action nor has any event occurred which would have violated the covenants of the Company set forth in this Agreement if such action had been taken or such event had occurred between the date hereof and the Closing Date.
5.14 Properties; Title to the Company’s Assets.
(a) The Tangible Personal Property have no defects, are in good operating condition and repair and function in accordance with their intended uses (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and have been properly maintained, and are suitable for their present uses and meet all specifications and warranty requirements with respect thereto; and all of the Tangible Personal Property is in the control of the Company.
(b) The Company has good, valid and marketable title in and to, or in the case of the assets which are leased or licensed pursuant to Contracts, a valid leasehold interest or license in or a right to use, all of their assets reflected on the Financial Statements or acquired after January 1, 2022, other than as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. No such asset is subject to any Liens other than Permitted Liens. The Company’s assets constitute all of the assets of any kind or description whatsoever, including goodwill, for the Company to operate the Business immediately after the Closing in the same manner as the Business is currently being conducted.
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5.15 Litigation. (i) There is no Action (or any basis therefor) pending against, or to the knowledge of the Company threatened against or affecting, the Company, any of its officers or directors, or the Business before any court, Governmental Authority or official or which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Additional Agreements; (ii) there are no outstanding judgments against the Company that would reasonably to be expected to affect the ability of the Company to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and (iii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is, or has been, subject to any Proceeding with any Governmental Authority.
5.16 Contracts.
(a) Schedule 5.16 lists all material Contracts, oral or written (collectively, the “Material Contracts”) to which the Company is a party and which are currently in effect and constitute the following (if and to the extent applicable):
(i) all Contracts that require annual payments or expenses by, or annual payments or income to, the Company of $500,000 or more (other than standard purchase and sale orders entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);
(ii) all sales, advertising, agency, lobbying, broker, sales promotion, market research, marketing or similar contracts and agreements, in each case requiring the payment of any commissions by the Company in excess of $500,000 annually;
(iii) all employment Contracts, employee leasing Contracts, and consultant and sales representatives Contracts with any current or former officer, director, employee or consultant of the Company or other Person, under which the Company (A) has continuing obligations for payment of annual compensation of at least $100,000 (other than for at-will employment), (B) has material severance or post termination obligations to such Person (other than COBRA obligations), or (C) has an obligation to make a payment upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or as a result of a change of control of the Company;
(iv) all Contracts related to joint ventures, strategic alliances, partnerships, relationships for joint marketing or joint development with another Person;
(v) all Contracts relating to any acquisitions or dispositions of assets by the Company in excess of $500,000;
(vi) all Contracts for licensing agreements, including Contracts licensing Intellectual Property Rights, other than (i) “shrink wrap” licenses, and (ii) non-exclusive licenses granted in the ordinary course of business;
(vii) Contracts (i) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently: (A) licensing or otherwise providing the right to use to any third party any Owned Intellectual Property, or (B) licensing or otherwise receiving the right to use from any third party any material Intellectual Property, with the exception of (1) non-exclusive licenses and subscriptions to commercially available software or technology used for internal use by the Company, with a dollar value individually not in excess of $200,000, (2) any Contract related to open source software, or (3) any Contract under which the Company licenses any of its Intellectual Property in the Ordinary Course, and (ii) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has entered into an agreement not to assert or sue with respect to any Intellectual Property;
(viii) all Contracts relating to secrecy, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements substantially limiting the freedom of the Company to compete in any line of business or with any Person or in any geographic area;
(ix) all Contracts relating to patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, brands, copyrights, trade secrets and other material Intellectual Property Rights of the Company;
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(x) all Contracts providing for guarantees, indemnification arrangements and other hold harmless arrangements made or provided by the Company, including all ongoing agreements for repair, warranty, maintenance, service, indemnification or similar obligations;
(xi) all Contracts relating to outstanding Indebtedness, including financial instruments of indenture or security instruments (typically interest-bearing) such as notes, mortgages, loans and lines of credit;
(xii) any Contract relating to the voting or control of the equity interests of the Company or the election of directors of the Company (other than the Organizational Documents of the Company);
(xiii) any Contract that can be terminated, or the provisions of which are altered, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Additional Agreements;
(xiv) all Contracts with or pertaining to the Company to which any Shareholder is a party;
(xv) all Contracts relating to material property or assets (whether real or personal, tangible or intangible) in which the Company holds a leasehold interest (including the Leases);
(xvi) all Contracts with a digital asset exchange or over-the-counter trading desk; all IP Contracts, separately identifying all such IP Contracts under which Company is obligated to pay royalties thereunder and all such IP Contracts under which Company is entitled to receive royalties thereunder; and
(xvii) all Contracts relating to power or energy supply in connection with the mining data centers owned or otherwise controlled by the Company or any Subsidiary.
(b) (i) Each Material Contract is a valid and binding agreement, and is in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party thereto, is in breach or default (whether with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice or both) under the terms of any such Material Contract, (ii) the Company has not assigned, delegated, or otherwise transferred any of its rights or obligations with respect to any Material Contracts, or granted any power of attorney with respect thereto or to any of the Company’s assets, (iii) no Contract (A) requires the Company to post a bond or deliver any other form of security or payment to secure its obligations thereunder or (B) imposes any non-competition covenants that may be binding on, or restrict the Business or require any payments by or with respect to any Parent Party or any of its Affiliates. The Company previously provided to the Parent Parties true and correct fully executed copies of each written Material Contract.
(c) None of the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or Additional Agreements to which the Company is a party or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby constitutes a default under or gives rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation of the Company or to a loss of any material benefit to which the Company is entitled under any provision of any Material Contract.
(d) The Company is in compliance with all material covenants, including all financial covenants, in all notes, indentures, bonds and other instruments or agreements evidencing any Indebtedness.
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5.17 Licenses and Permits. Other than as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has obtained and maintained all material license, franchise, permit, order or approval or other similar authorization necessary to operate the Business (the “Permits”). The Permits are valid and in full force and effect, and none of the Permits will, assuming any requisite third-party consent has been obtained or waived prior to the Closing Date (if and to the extent applicable), be terminated or impaired or become terminable as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby.
5.18 Compliance with Laws.
(a) Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any representative or other Person acting on behalf of the Company, is in violation in any material respect of, and, no such Person has failed to be in compliance in all material respects with, all applicable Laws. Other than as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, since the Company Formation Date, (i) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that (with or without notice or due to lapse of time) would reasonably constitute or result in a violation by the Company of, or failure on the part of the Company to comply with, or any liability suffered or incurred by the Company in respect of any violation of or material noncompliance with, any Laws or policies by any Governmental Authority that are or were applicable to it or the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets and (ii) no Action by any Governmental Authority is pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, alleging any such violation or noncompliance by the Company. The Company has not been threatened in writing or, to the Company’s knowledge, orally to be charged with, or given written or, to the Company’s knowledge, oral notice of any violation of any Law or any judgment, order or decree entered by any Governmental Authority. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is, and since the Company Formation Date, has been, in compliance in all material respects with: (i) every Law applicable to the Company due to the specific nature of the Business, including Data Protection Laws; (ii) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (the “Foreign Corrupt Practices Act”) and any comparable or similar Law of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company; and (iii) every Law regulating or covering conduct in the workplace, including regarding sexual harassment or, on any legally impermissible basis, a hostile work environment. The Company has not been threatened or charged in writing (or to the Company’s knowledge, orally) with or given written (or to the Company’s knowledge, oral) notice of any violation of any Data Protection Law, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or any other Law referred to in or generally described in foregoing sentence by any Governmental Authority and, to the Company’s knowledge, the Company is not under any investigations with respect to any such Law.
(b) Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any representative or other Person acting on behalf of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.
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5.19 Intellectual Property.
(a) Schedule 5.19 sets forth a true, accurate and complete list of all (i) issued patents and pending patent applications, (ii) trademark registrations, pending trademark applications and unregistered trademarks, (iii) registered copyrights and pending copyright applications, (iv) internet domain name registrations, and (v) social media handles, in each case that are owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and are material to the Business (“Scheduled Intellectual Property” and collectively, and together with other Intellectual Property owned by or purported to be owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the “Owned Intellectual Property”). Schedule 5.19 accurately specifies as to each of the foregoing, as applicable: (A) the filing number, issuance or registration number, or other identifying details; (B) the owner and nature of the ownership; and (C) the jurisdictions by or in which such Scheduled Intellectual Property has been issued, registered, or in which an application for such issuance or registration has been filed.
(b) All of the registrations, applications, and issuance within the Scheduled Intellectual Property are subsisting, in full force and effect, and to the knowledge of the Company, all such registrations and issuances within the Scheduled Intellectual Property are valid and enforceable. All registration, maintenance and renewal fees currently due in the next ninety (90) days in connection with any Owned Intellectual Property have been paid and all documents, recordations and certificates in connection therewith have been filed with the authorities in the United States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the purposes of prosecuting, maintaining and perfecting such rights and recording the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s ownership or interests therein.
(c) Except for any licenses granted to Owned Intellectual Property, the Company exclusively owns all right, title and interest in and to the Owned Intellectual Property free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens. The Owned Intellectual Property that is licensed to any customer pursuant to a Contract is valid, subsisting and enforceable. (i) No Owned Intellectual Property is the subject of any current opposition, cancellation, or similar Proceeding before any Governmental Authority other than Proceedings involving the examination of applications for registration of Intellectual Property (e.g., patent prosecution Proceedings, trademark prosecution Proceedings, and copyright prosecution Proceedings), (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any injunction or other specific judicial, administrative, or other Order that restricts or impairs its ownership, registrability, enforceability, use or distribution of any Owned Intellectual Property, and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any current Proceeding that the Company reasonably expects would materially and adversely affect the validity, use or enforceability of any Owned Intellectual Property. To the knowledge of the Company, no Proceedings described in this clause (b) are or have been threatened in writing.
(d) The Company or its Subsidiaries owns all right, title and interest in and to, or has valid, sufficient, subsisting and enforceable rights to use all Intellectual Property material to its Business as currently conducted. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all material contractual obligations in a Contract set forth on Schedule 5.19(c) and to the knowledge of the Company is in compliance with all material contractual obligations in all applicable Contracts involving open source software. The consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby will not, by itself, directly and immediately materially impair any rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Owned Intellectual Property or any licensed Intellectual Property.
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(e) To the knowledge of the Company, the conduct of the business of the Company, including its Subsidiaries, as is currently conducted or conducted since the Company Formation Date, including any use of the Owned Intellectual Property as currently used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, does not infringe, misappropriate, or violate any Intellectual Property or other proprietary right of any Person.
(f) To the knowledge of the Company, no Person is infringing, violating or misappropriating the rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in or to any Owned Intellectual Property.
(g) Each current and former officer, employee agent, consultant and/or contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who in the regular course of such Person’s employment or engagement with the Company or Subsidiary would reasonably be expected to create or contribute to the creation of Owned Intellectual Property, has executed an assignment or similar agreement with the Company or Subsidiary assigning to the Company or Subsidiary all right, title, and interest in and to such Owned Intellectual Property. To the extent any such agreement or other similar written Contract permitted such employee, agent, consultant, and contractor to exclude from the scope of such agreement or Contract any Intellectual Property in existence prior to the date of the employment or relationship, no such employee, agent, consultant, and contractor excluded Intellectual Property that was related to the Business of the Company. No Governmental Authority or academic institution has any right to, ownership of, or right or royalties for, any Owned Intellectual Property.
(h) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps to safeguard and maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of, and their proprietary rights in and to, non-public Owned Intellectual Property. To the knowledge of the Company, no present or former officer, director, employee, agent, independent contractor, or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has misappropriated any trade secrets or other confidential information of any other Person in the course of the performance of responsibilities to the Company or Subsidiary.
(i) The Company and its Subsidiaries have established and implemented, and, to the knowledge of the Company, are operating in material compliance with, policies, programs and procedures that are commercially reasonable and include administrative, technical and physical safeguards, designed to protect the confidentiality and security of Sensitive Data in their possession, custody or control against unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure or other misuse. The Company and its Subsidiaries maintain security controls for all material information technology systems owned by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, including computer hardware, software, networks, information technology systems, electronic data processing systems, telecommunications networks, network equipment, interfaces, platforms, peripherals, and data or information contained therein or transmitted thereby, including any outsourced systems and processes (collectively, the “Computer Systems”) that are designed to protect the Computer Systems against attacks (including virus, worm and denial-of-service attacks), unauthorized activities or access of any employee, hackers or any other person, and to otherwise maintain and protect the integrity, operation and security of such Computer Systems and all information (including Sensitive Data) stored thereon or transmitted thereby. Since the Company Formation Date, the Computer Systems have not suffered any material failures, breakdowns, continued substandard performance, unauthorized intrusions, or other adverse events affecting any such Computer Systems that, in each case, have caused any substantial disruption of or interruption in or to the use of such Computer Systems, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company has remedied in all material respects any material privacy or data security issues identified in any privacy or data security audits of its businesses (including third-party audits of the Computer Systems). The Computer Systems are sufficient in all material respects for the current operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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(j) The Company and its Subsidiaries have in place policies (including a privacy policy), rules, and procedures (the “Privacy Policy”) regarding the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ collection, use, processing, disclosure, disposal, dissemination, storage and protection of customers’ Personal Data. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company has materially complied with the Privacy Policy and applicable Laws regarding the collection, use, storage and transfer of Personal Data.
(k) The Company has implemented and maintains, and has used commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all providers of information technology services to the Company that involve or relate to the collection, storage, processing or transmission of sensitive information, including Personal Data (the “IT Providers”), have implemented and maintain: (i) commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to prevent the loss, alteration, or destruction of, or unauthorized access to or disclosure of, Personal Data and (ii) a security plan that is designed to (A) identify internal and external risks to the security of the confidential information included in Personal Data maintained by, or provided to, the Company; (B) implement, monitor and provide adequate and effective administrative, electronic and physical safeguards to control such risk; and (C) maintain notification procedures in compliance with applicable Laws in the case of any breach of security with respect to sensitive information, including Personal Data.
(l) No Actions are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company and/or its Subsidiaries relating to the collection, use, dissemination, storage and protection of Personal Data.
(m) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.19(m), none of the tangible embodiments of Owned Intellectual Property (including software) is currently or was in the past distributed or used by the Company with any Public Software in a manner that requires that any of the Owned Intellectual Property (in whole or in part) or tangible embodiments thereof be dedicated to the public domain, disclosed, distributed in source code form, made available at no charge, or reverse engineered. Schedule 5.19(m) further identifies the material Public Software with which such tangible embodiments identified pursuant to the previous sentence were distributed or used, and the manner of such distribution or use, and how such Public Software was integrated or combined with or linked to any such tangible embodiments.
(n) The Company is in actual possession and control of the source code of the software within the Owned Intellectual Property and all related documentation, specifications and know-how. No Person other than the Company and its employees and contractors (i) has a right to access or possess any source code of the software within the Owned Intellectual Property, or (ii) will be entitled to obtain access to or possession of such source code as a result of the execution, delivery and performance of by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions.
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(o) Schedule 5.19(n): (i) identifies each standards-setting organization (including ETSI, 3GPP, 3GPP2, TIA, IEEE, IETF, and ITU-R), university or industry body, consortium, other multi-party special interest group and any other collaborative or other group in which the Company is currently participating, or has participated in the past or applied for future participation in, including any of the foregoing that may be organized, funded, sponsored, formed or operated, in whole or in part, by any Governmental Authority, in all cases, to the extent related to any Intellectual Property (each a “Standards Body”); and (ii) sets forth a listing and description of the membership agreements and other Contracts, bylaws, policies, rules and similar materials relating to such Standards Bodies, to which Company is bound (collectively, “Standards Agreements”). True, complete and correct copies of all Standards Agreements have been delivered to the Parent Parties. The Company is not bound by, and has not agreed in writing to be bound by, any Contract (including any written licensing commitment), bylaw, policy, or rule of any Standards Body that requires or purports to require Company to contribute, disclose or license any Intellectual Property to such Standards Body or its other members, other than the Standards Agreements. The Company has not made any written Patent disclosures to any Standards Body. The Company is in material compliance with all Standards Agreements that relate to Intellectual Property. The Company is not engaged in any material dispute with any Standards Body with respect to any Intellectual Property or with any third Persons with respect to Company’s conduct with respect to any Standards Body.
5.20 Customers and Suppliers.
(a) Schedule 5.20(a) sets forth a list of the Company’s five (5) largest customers and the five (5) largest suppliers as measured by the dollar amount of purchases therefrom or thereby, for the first nine (9) months of the Company’s 2021 fiscal year, showing the approximate total sales by the Company to each such customer and the approximate total purchases by the Company from each such supplier, during each such period, each on a consolidate bases.
(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company’s five (5) largest customers and the five (5) largest suppliers set forth on Schedule 5.20(a) has (i) terminated its relationship with the Company, (ii) materially reduced its business with the Company Group or materially and adversely modified its relationship with the Company, (iii) notified the Company in writing of its intention to take any such action, or (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, become insolvent or subject to bankruptcy proceedings.
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5.21 Accounts Receivable and Payable; Loans.
(a) All accounts receivables and notes of the Company reflected on the Financial Statements, and all accounts receivable and notes arising subsequent to the date thereof, represent valid obligations arising from services actually performed or goods actually sold by the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. The accounts payable of the Company reflected on the Financial Statements, and all accounts payable arising subsequent to the date thereof, arose from bona fide transactions in the ordinary course consistent with past practice.
(b) There is no contest, claim, or right of setoff in any agreement with any maker of an account receivable or note relating to the amount or validity of such account, receivables or note that could reasonably result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, all accounts, receivables or notes are good and collectible in the ordinary course of business.
(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.21, the Company is not indebted to any of its Affiliates and no Affiliates are indebted to the Company.
5.22 Pre-payments. The Company has not received any payments with respect to any services to be rendered or goods to be provided after the Closing except in the ordinary course of business.
5.23 Employees; Employee Benefits
(a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to or subject to any collective bargaining agreement, non-competition agreement restricting the activities of the Company, or any similar agreement, and there has been no activity or Proceeding by a labor union or representative thereof to organize any employees of the Company.
(b) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened claims or Proceedings against the Company or any Subsidiary under any worker’s compensation policy or long-term disability policy.
(c) Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or any Additional Agreement to which the Company is a party nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will (either alone or in combination with another event) result in any severance or other payment becoming due, or increase the amount of any compensation or benefits due, to any current or former employee, officer, director, consultant or other service provider of the Company.
5.24 Employment Matters.
(a) Schedule 5.24 sets forth a true and complete list of (i) the form of employment agreement and if applicable, commission agreement (the “Labor Agreements” ), and (ii) each employee group or executive medical, life, or disability insurance plan, and each incentive, bonus, profit sharing, retirement, deferred compensation, equity, phantom stock, stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation right or severance plan of the Company or any Subsidiary now in effect or under which the Company or any Subsidiary has any obligation, or any understanding between the Company or any Subsidiary and any employee concerning the terms of such employee’s employment that does not apply to the Company’s employees generally. The Company has previously delivered to the Parent Parties true and complete copies of such forms of the Labor Agreements and each generally applicable employee handbook or policy statement of the Company.
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(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) to the knowledge of the Company, no current employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, in the ordinary course of his or her duties, has breached any obligation to a former employer in respect of any covenant against competition or soliciting clients or employees or servicing clients or confidentiality or any proprietary right of such former employer; and
(ii) there is no pending representation question or union organizing activity respecting employees of the Company or any Subsidiary.
5.25 Withholding. All obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries applicable to its employees, whether arising by operation of Law, by contract, by past custom or otherwise, or attributable to payments by the Company or any Subsidiary to trusts or other funds or to any governmental agency, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security benefits or any other benefits for its employees with respect to the employment of said employees through the date hereof have been paid or adequate accruals therefor have been made on the Financial Statements, other than as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All reasonably anticipated obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to such employees (except for those related to wages during the pay period immediately prior to the Closing Date and arising in the ordinary course of business), whether arising by operation of Law, by contract, by past custom, or otherwise, for salaries and holiday pay, bonuses and other forms of compensation payable to such employees in respect of the services rendered by any of them prior to the date hereof have been or will be paid by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary prior to the Closing Date, other than as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.26 Real Property.
(a) The Company does not own any real property.
(b) Schedule 5.26 sets forth a list of all Leases to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party (“Company Leases”). With respect to each Company Lease: (i) each Company Lease is valid, binding and in full force and effect; (ii) all rents and additional rents and other sums, expenses and charges due thereunder have been paid; (iii) the lessee has been in peaceable possession since the commencement of the original term thereof; (iv) no waiver, indulgence or postponement of the lessee’s obligations thereunder has been granted by the lessor; (v) there exist no default or event of default thereunder by the lessee; and (vi) there are no outstanding claims of breach or indemnification or notice of default or termination thereunder, in cases of each of clauses (i) through (vi), other than as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company or a Subsidiary holds the leasehold estate on the Company Leases free and clear of all Liens, except for the Permitted Liens and the Liens of mortgagees of the Real Property in which such leasehold estate is located.
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5.27 Tax Matters.
(a) (i) The Company has duly filed all income and other material Tax Returns which are required to be filed by it, and has paid all material Taxes which have become due; (ii) all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete and accurate in all material respects; (iii) there is no Action, pending or proposed in writing, with respect to a material amount of Taxes of the Company; (iv) no statute of limitations in respect of the assessment or collection of any material amount of Taxes of the Company for which a Lien may be imposed on any of the Company’s assets has been waived or extended (other than Permitted Liens or pursuant to automatic extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business), which waiver or extension is in effect; (v) to the knowledge of the Company, the Company has withheld or collected and paid over to the applicable Taxing Authority all material Taxes required to be withheld or collected by the Company in connection with any amounts paid or owing to any employee, creditor, independent contractor or other third party; (vi) the Company has not requested any letter ruling from the IRS (or any comparable ruling from any other Taxing Authority); (vii) there is no Lien (other than Permitted Liens) for material Taxes upon any of the assets of the Company; (viii) the Company has not received any written request from a Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company has not paid any material Tax or filed material Tax Returns asserting that the Company is or may be subject to Tax in such jurisdiction; (ix) the Company is not a party to any Tax sharing, Tax indemnity or Tax allocation Contract (other than a contract entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, the primary purpose of which is not related to Taxes); (x) the Company has no material liability for the Taxes of any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company): (1) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of applicable Law), (2) as a transferee or successor or (3) otherwise by operation of applicable Law; (xi) the Company is not a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code; and (xii) the Company has not been a party to any “listed transaction” as defined in Section 6707A(c)(2) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).
(b) The Company is not aware of any fact or circumstance, nor has taken or agreed to take any action, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Acquisition Merger from qualifying each as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
(c) The Financial Statements reflect accruals in accordance with GAAP for all current Taxes of the Company and any Subsidiary that are unpaid or payable as of the December 31, 2021 (except for any inaccuracies that are not material), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred any liability for Taxes since December 31, 2021 other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with amounts incurred and paid with respect to the most recent comparable prior period (adjusted for ordinary course changes in operations).
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5.28 Environmental Laws.
(a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has (i) received any written notice of any alleged claim, violation of or Liability under any Environmental Law which has not heretofore been cured or for which there is any remaining liability; (ii) disposed of, emitted, discharged, handled, stored, transported, used or released any Hazardous Materials, arranged for the disposal, discharge, storage or release of any Hazardous Materials, or exposed any employee or other individual to any Hazardous Materials so as to give rise to any Liability or corrective or remedial obligation under any Environmental Laws; or (iii) entered into any agreement that may require it to guarantee, reimburse, pledge, defend, hold harmless or indemnify any other Person with respect to Liabilities arising out of Environmental Laws or the Hazardous Materials Activities of the Company, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) To the knowledge of the Company, there are no Hazardous Materials in, on, or under any properties owned, or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary such as could give rise to any material liability or corrective or remedial obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary under any Environmental Laws.
5.29 Finders’ Fees. Other than the Company’s arrangement with Aqua Pursuit International Limited, with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, there is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary which has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of the Company or any of Affiliates who might be entitled to any fee or commission from Parent, Purchaser, Merger Sub or any of their Affiliates (including the Company following the Closing) upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.30 Powers of Attorney and Suretyships. The Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any general or special powers of attorney outstanding (whether as grantor or grantee thereof) outside the Company or its Subsidiaries or any obligation or liability (whether actual, accrued, accruing, contingent, or otherwise) as guarantor, surety, co-signer, endorser, co-maker, indemnitor or otherwise in respect of the obligation of any Person outside the Company or its Subsidiaries or other than as reflected in the Financial Statements.
5.31 Directors and Officers. Schedule 5.31 sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all directors and officers of the Company and of each Subsidiary.
5.32 International Trade Matters; Anti-Bribery Compliance.
(a) The Company currently is and, for the past five years (or since the Company Formation Date, whichever is shorter) has been, in compliance with applicable Laws related to (i) anti-corruption or anti-bribery, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq., and any other equivalent or comparable Laws of other countries (collectively, “Anti-Corruption Laws”), (ii) economic sanctions administered, enacted or enforced by any Governmental Authority (collectively, “Sanctions Laws”), (iii) export controls, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. §§ 730, et seq., and any other equivalent or comparable Laws of other countries (collectively, “Export Control Laws”), (iv) anti-money laundering, including the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956, 1957, and any other equivalent or comparable Laws of other countries; (v) anti-boycott regulations, as administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce; and (vi) importation of goods, including Laws administered by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Title 19 of the U.S.C. and C.F.R., and any other equivalent or comparable Laws of other countries (collectively, “International Trade Control Laws”).
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(b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee or agent of the Company (acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary), is or is acting under the direction of, on behalf of or for the benefit of a Person that is, (i) the subject of Sanctions Laws or identified on any sanctions or similar lists administered by a Governmental Authority, including the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Specially Designated Nationals List, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Denied Persons List and Entity List, the U.S. Department of State’s Debarred List, HM Treasury’s Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Bank List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant Governmental Authority, as amended from time to time, or any Person owned or controlled by any of the foregoing (collectively, “Prohibited Party”); (ii) the target of any Sanctions Laws; (iii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the target of comprehensive trade sanctions under Sanctions Laws, including, as of the date of this Agreement, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria; or (iv) an officer or employee of any Governmental Authority or public international organization, or officer of a political party or candidate for political office. Neither the Company, nor any director or officer, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee or agent of the Company (acting on behalf of the Company), (A) has participated in any transaction involving a Prohibited Party, or a Person who is the target of any Sanctions Laws, or any country or territory that was during such period or is, or whose government was during such period or is, the target of comprehensive trade sanctions under Sanctions Laws, (B) to the knowledge of the Company, has exported (including deemed exportation) or re-exported, directly or indirectly, any commodity, software, technology, or services in violation of any applicable Export Control Laws or (C) has participated in any transaction in violation of or connected with any purpose prohibited by Anti-Corruption Laws or any applicable International Trade Control Laws, including support for international terrorism and nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons proliferation.
(c) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received written notice of, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of its officers, employees, agents or third-party representatives is or has been the subject of, any investigation, inquiry or enforcement proceedings by any Governmental Authority regarding any offense or alleged offense under Anti-Corruption Laws, Sanctions Laws, Export Control Laws or International Trade Control Laws (including by virtue of having made any disclosure relating to any offense or alleged offense) and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no circumstances likely to give rise to any such investigation, inquiry or proceeding.
5.33 Not an Investment Company. The Company is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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5.35 Affiliate Transactions.
(a) Schedule 5.35 sets forth a true, complete and correct list of the following (each such arrangement of the type required to be set forth thereon, whether or not actually set forth thereon, an “Affiliate Transaction”): (i) each Contract entered into between the Company or any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any current or former Affiliate of the Company on the other hand; and (ii) all Indebtedness (for monies actually borrowed or lent) owed by any current or former Affiliate to the Company. Each Affiliate Transaction entered into or occurring prior to the Closing (i) is arms-length transaction with fair market price and (ii) is a transaction duly approved by the board of directors in accordance with the Organizational Documents of the Company or such Subsidiary.
(b) None of the Shareholders nor any of their Affiliates own or have any rights in or to any of the material Assets, properties or rights used by the Company.
5.36 Compliance with Privacy Laws, Privacy Policies and Certain Contracts.
(i) Neither the Company, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company’s and each Subsidiary’s officers, directors, managers, employees, agents, subcontractors and vendors to whom Company has given access to Personal Data, are and have been at all times since the Company Formation Date and the inception date of each Subsidiary, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Privacy Laws;
(ii) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has experienced any loss, damage or unauthorized access, use, disclosure or modification, or breach of security of Personal Data maintained by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary (including, to the knowledge of the Company, by any agent, subcontractor or vendor of the Company or any Subsidiary); and
(iii) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of the Company, (i) no Person, including any Governmental Authority, has made any written claim or commenced any Proceeding with respect to any violation of any Privacy Law by the Company or any Subsidiary, and (ii) neither the Company not any Subsidiary has been given written notice of any criminal, civil or administrative violation of any Privacy Law, in any case including any claim or action with respect to any loss, damage or unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification, or breach of security, of Personal Data maintained by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary (including by any agent, subcontractor or vendor of the Company or any Subsidiary).
5.37 OFAC. Neither of the Company or any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary (nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, employee, affiliate or Person acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary) is currently identified on the specially designated nationals or other blocked Person list or otherwise currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the OFAC; and the Company and all Subsidiaries have not, directly or indirectly, used any funds, or loaned, contributed or otherwise made available such funds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, in connection with any sales or operations in Balkans, Belarus, Burma, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and Zimbabwe or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to, or otherwise in violation of, any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC in the previous fiscal years.
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5.38 Board Approval. The Company’s board of directors (including any required committee or subgroup of such boards) has, as of the date of this Agreement, unanimously (i) declared the advisability of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) determined that the transactions contemplated hereby are in the best interests of the Shareholders.
5.39 Other Information. No information provided by the Company to the Parent Parties to facilitate due diligence in connection with the negotiation or execution of this Agreement or any agreement contemplated hereby, contained or contains (as applicable) any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
Article VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT PARTIES
Parent hereby, on the date hereof and each of the other Parent Parties when formed, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Company that, except as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents, each of the following representing representations and warranties is true, correct and complete as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (or, if such representations and warranties are made with respect to a certain date, as of such date). The parties hereto agree that any reference to a particular schedule shall be deemed to be an exception to the representations and warranties of the relevant part(ies) that are contained in the corresponding section of this Agreement only; provided that where it is readily apparent on the face of a disclosure under a particular schedule that such disclosure is, or may be reasonably determined to be, relevant to the matters described under any other sections of this Agreement, such disclosure may also be deemed to be relevant to such other sections.
6.1 Corporate Existence and Power. Parent is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of Delaware. Purchaser, when formed, will be a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands. Merger Sub, when formed, will be is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands. Each of the Parent Parties has, or shall have, all power and authority, corporate and otherwise, and all governmental licenses, franchises, permits, authorizations, consents and approvals required to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted.
6.2 Corporate Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by Parent of this Agreement and the Additional Agreements (to which it is a party to) and the consummation by the each of the Parent Parties of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are or will be within the corporate powers of such Parent Parties and have been or will be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Parent Parties to the extent required by their respective Organizational Documents, applicable Laws or any Contract to which any of them is a party or by which its securities are bound, other than the Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval and the authorization and approval of this Agreement, Redomestication Merger and the Acquisition Merger. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and it constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Parent Parties, enforceable against them in accordance with their representative terms, and upon Parent Parties execution and delivery, the Additional Agreements (to which any of them is a party) will constitute, a valid and legally binding agreement of the Parent Parties, enforceable against them in accordance with their representative terms.
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6.3 Governmental Authorization. Other than as required under applicable Laws, neither the execution, delivery nor performance by the Parent Parties of this Agreement or any Additional Agreements requires any consent, approval, license or other action by or in respect of, or registration, declaration or filing with any Governmental Authority.
6.4 Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Parent Parties of this Agreement and any Additional Agreements do not and will not (i) contravene or conflict with the organizational or constitutive documents of any Parent Party, or (ii) contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any Law, judgment, injunction, order, writ, or decree binding upon the Parent Parties, except, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), for any contravention or conflicts that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Parent Parties.
6.5 Finders’ Fees. Except for the Deferred Underwriting Amount and Parent’s arrangement with Chardan Capital Markets, LLC, there is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary which has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of the Parent Parties or their Affiliates who might be entitled to any fee or commission from the Company, or any of its Affiliates upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Additional Agreements.
6.6 Issuance of Shares. The Closing Payment Shares, when issued in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued, and will be fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any Liens and not subject to or issued in violation of any right of any third party pursuant to any contract to which the Parent Parties are bound, applicable Law or the Parent Parties’ Organizational Documents.
6.7 Capitalization.
(a) Parent. Parent is authorized to issue a maximum of 15,000,000 Common Shares, par value $0.0001, and 1,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.0001, of which 8,901,389 Parent Common Shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof. A total of 5,999,861 Parent Common Shares are reserved for issuance with respect to the Parent Warrants, Parent Rights and Parent Units. No other shares of capital stock or other voting securities of Parent are issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. All issued and outstanding Parent Common Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of Parent’s Organizational Documents or any contract to which Parent is a party or by which Parent is bound. Except as set forth in Parent’s Organizational Documents and in Schedule 6.7(a), there are no outstanding contractual obligations of Parent to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Parent Common Shares or any capital equity of Parent. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of Parent to provide funds to, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any other Person.
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(b) Purchaser. Upon formation, there will be 15,000,000 Purchaser Ordinary Shares authorized, of which one (1) Purchaser Ordinary Shares will be issued and outstanding at such time. No other shares of capital stock or other voting securities of Purchaser will be issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. All issued and outstanding Purchaser Ordinary Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of Purchaser’s Organizational Documents or any contract to which Purchaser will be a party or by which Purchaser will be bound. Except as will be set forth in Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, there will be no outstanding contractual obligations of Purchaser to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Purchaser Ordinary Shares or any capital equity of Purchaser. There will be no outstanding contractual obligations of Purchaser to provide funds to, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any other Person.
(c) Merger Sub. Upon formation, there will be the minimum number of allowed authorized ordinary shares, par value $0.00001per share, of Merger Sub authorized (the “Merger Sub Ordinary Shares”), of which one (1) Merger Sub Ordinary Share will be issued and outstanding at such time. No other shares or other voting securities of Merger Sub are issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. All issued and outstanding Merger Sub Ordinary Share(s) will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of Merger Sub’s Organizational Documents or any contract to which Merger Sub will be a party or by which Merger Sub will be bound. Except as will be set forth in Merger Sub’s Organizational Documents, there will be no outstanding contractual obligations of Merger Sub to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Merger Sub Ordinary Share(s) or any share capital or equity of Merger Sub. There will be no outstanding contractual obligations of Merger Sub to provide funds to, or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any other Person.
6.8 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by any Parent Party expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the filings with the SEC and mailings to Purchaser’s shareholders with respect to the solicitation of proxies to approve the transactions contemplated hereby will, at the date of filing and/ or mailing, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading (subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth in the materials provided by any Parent Party or that is included in any Parent Party SEC Documents). No material information provided by any Parent Party to the Company in connection with the negotiation or execution of this Agreement or any agreement contemplated hereby (including but not limited to Parent public filings, as of the respective dates of their submission to the SEC), contained or contains (as applicable) any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
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6.9 Trust Fund. As of the date of this Agreement, Parent has at least $ 69,004,405.60 in the trust fund established by Parent for the benefit of its public shareholders (the “Trust Fund”) in a United States-based account at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Trustee”) acting as trustee (the “Trust Account”), and such monies are invested in “government securities” (as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) and held in trust by the Trustee pursuant to the Investment Management Trust Agreement. There are no separate agreements, side letters or other agreements or understandings (whether written, unwritten, express or implied) that would cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the Parent SEC Documents to be inaccurate in any material respect or, to the Parent Parties’ knowledge, that would entitle any Person to any portion of the funds in the Trust Account. Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account are permitted to be released, except in the circumstances described in the Organizational Documents of Parent and the Trust Agreement. Parent has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it to date under, and is not in material default or delinquent in performance or any other respect (claimed or actual) in connection with the Trust Agreement, and, to the knowledge of the Parent Parties, no event has occurred which, with due notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a material default thereunder. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no claims or Proceedings pending with respect to the Trust Account. Since November 17, 2021, Parent has not released any money from the Trust Account (other than interest income earned on the funds held in the Trust Account as permitted by the Trust Agreement). Upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the Parent Parties shall have no further obligation under either the Trust Agreement or their Organizational Documents to liquidate or distribute any assets held in the Trust Account, and the Trust Agreement shall terminate in accordance with its terms.
6.10 Listing. As of the date hereof, the Parent Common Shares, Parent Rights and Parent Warrants are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, with trading symbols “ARIZ,” “ARIZR,” and “ARIZW.”
6.11 Reporting Company. Parent is a publicly-held company subject to reporting obligations pursuant to Section 11 of the Exchange Act, and the Parent Common Shares are registered pursuant to Section 11(b) of the Exchange Act.
6.12 No Market Manipulation. Neither the Parent Parties nor their Affiliates have taken, and they will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that might reasonably be expected to, cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Parent Common Shares to facilitate the sale or resale of the Parent Common Shares or affect the price at which the Parent Common Shares may be issued or resold; provided, however, that this provision shall not prevent the Parent Parties from engaging in investor relations or public relations activities consistent with past practices.
6.13 Board Approval. Parent’s board of directors (including any required committee or subgroup of such boards) has, as of the date of this Agreement, unanimously (i) declared the advisability of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) determined that the transactions contemplated hereby are in the best interests of the shareholders of Parent, as applicable, and (iii) determined that the transactions contemplated hereby constitutes a “Business Combination” as such term is defined in Parent’s Organizational Documents.
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6.14 Parent SEC Documents and Financial Statements.
(a) Parent has filed all forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents, including any exhibits thereto, required to be filed or furnished by Parent with the SEC since Parent’s formation under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto, and will file all such forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Parent Parties subsequent to the date of this Agreement (the “Additional Parent Parties SEC Documents”). Parent has made available to the Company copies in the form filed with the SEC of all of the following, except to the extent available in full without redaction on the SEC’s website through EDGAR for at least two (2) days prior to the date of this Agreement: (i) Parent’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each fiscal quarter of Parent beginning with the first quarter Parent was required to file such a form, (ii) its Form 8-Ks filed since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in clause (i) above, and (iii) all other forms, reports, registration statements and other documents (other than preliminary materials if the corresponding definitive materials have been provided to the Company pursuant to this Section 6.14) filed by Parent with the SEC since Parent’s formation (the forms, reports, registration statements and other documents referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) above, whether or not available through EDGAR, are, collectively, the “Parent SEC Documents”). The Parent SEC Documents were, and the Additional Parent Parties SEC Documents will be, prepared in all material respects in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations thereunder. The Parent SEC Documents did not, and the Additional Parent Parties SEC Documents will not, at the time they were or are filed, as the case may be, with the SEC (except to the extent that information contained in any Parent SEC Document or Additional Parent Parties SEC Document has been or is revised or superseded by a later filed Parent SEC Document or Additional Parent SEC Document, then on the date of such filing) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) The financial statements and notes contained or incorporated by reference in the Parent SEC Documents and the Additional Parent Parties SEC Documents (collectively, the “Parent Parties Financial Statements”) are complete and accurate and fairly present in all material respects, in conformity with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis in all material respects and Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable, the financial position of Parent as of the dates thereof and the results of operations of Parent for the periods reflected therein. The Parent Parties Financial Statements (i) were prepared from the Books and Records of Parent; (ii) were prepared on an accrual basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP consistently applied; (iii) contain and reflect all necessary adjustments and accruals for a fair presentation of Parent’s financial condition as of their dates; and (iv) contain and reflect adequate provisions for all material Liabilities for all material Taxes applicable to Parent with respect to the periods then ended.
(c) Except as specifically disclosed, reflected or fully reserved against in the Parent Parties Financial Statements, and for Liabilities and obligations of a similar nature and in similar amounts incurred in the ordinary course of business since Parent’s formation, there are no material Liabilities, debts or obligations (whether accrued, fixed or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, asserted or unasserted or otherwise) relating to Parent. All debts and Liabilities, fixed or contingent, which should be included under U.S. GAAP on a balance sheet are included in the Parent Parties Financial Statements.
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6.15 Litigation. There is no Action (or any basis therefor) pending against any Parent Party, any of its officers or directors or any of its securities or any of its assets or Contracts before any court, Governmental Authority or official or which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Additional Agreements. There are no outstanding judgments against the Parent Parties. No Parent Party is, or has previously been, to the knowledge of the Parent Parties, subject to any Proceeding with any Governmental Authority.
6.16 Compliance with Laws. No Parent Party is in violation of, has violated, under investigation with respect to any violation or alleged violation of, any Law, or judgment, order or decree entered by any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign, nor, to the knowledge of the Parent Parties, is there any basis for any such charge and no Parent Party has previously received any subpoenas by any Governmental Authority.
6.17 Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Parent Parties are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with the Money Laundering Laws, and no Action involving the Parent Parties with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent Parties, threatened.
6.18 OFAC. Neither the Parent Parties, nor any director or officer of the Parent Parties (nor, to the knowledge of the Parent Parties, any agent, employee, affiliate or Person acting on behalf of the Parent Parties) is currently identified on the specially designated nationals or other blocked Person list or otherwise currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the OFAC; and the Parent Parties have not, directly or indirectly, used any funds, or loaned, contributed or otherwise made available such funds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, in connection with any sales or operations in Balkans, Belarus, Burma, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and Zimbabwe or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to, or otherwise in violation of, any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC in the previous fiscal years.
6.19 Not an Investment Company. Parent is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
6.20 Tax Matters.
(a) (i) Parent has duly filed all income and other material Tax Returns which are required to be filed it, and has paid all material Taxes which have become due; (ii) all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete and accurate in all material respects; (iii) there is no Action, pending or proposed in writing, with respect to a material amount of Taxes of Parent; (iv) no statute of limitations in respect of the assessment or collection of any Taxes of Parent for which a Lien may be imposed on any of Parent’s assets has been waived or extended (other than Permitted Liens or pursuant to automatic extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business), which waiver or extension is in effect; (v) Parent has withheld or collected and paid over to the applicable Taxing Authority all material Taxes required to be withheld or collected by Parent in connection with any amounts paid or owing to any employee, creditor, independent contractor or other third party; (vi) Parent has not requested any letter ruling from the IRS (or any comparable ruling form any other Taxing Authority); (vii) there is no Lien (other than Permitted Liens) for Taxes upon any of the assets of Parent; (viii) Parent has not received any written request from a Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where Parent has not paid any Tax or filed Tax Returns asserting that Parent is or may be subject to Tax in such jurisdiction; (ix) Parent is not a party to any Tax sharing, Tax indemnity or Tax allocation Contract (other than a contract entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, the primary purpose of which is not related to Taxes); (x) Parent has no liability for the Taxes of any other Person: (1) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of applicable Law), (2) as a transferee or successor or (3) otherwise by operation of applicable Law; (xi) Parent is not a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code; and (xii) Parent has not been a party to any “listed transaction” as defined in Section 6707A(c)(2) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).
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(b) Parent is not aware of any fact or circumstance, nor has taken or agreed to take any action, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Redomestication Merger or the Acquisition Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
(c) The Parent Parties Financial Statements reflect accruals in accordance with GAAP for all current Taxes of the Parent and any Subsidiary that are unpaid or payable as of the November 24, 2021 (except for any inaccuracies that are not material), and neither Parent nor any Subsidiary has incurred any liability for Taxes since November 24, 2021, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with amounts incurred and paid with respect to the most recent comparable prior period (adjusted for ordinary course changes in operations).
6.21 PIPE Financing. The Parent Parties have delivered to the Company a true, correct and complete copy of each Subscription Agreement executed on or prior to the date hereof, pursuant to which certain Persons who have committed to purchasing Parent/Purchaser Ordinary Shares in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby concurrently with the Closing (each, a “Purchaser Investor”). To the knowledge of the Parent Parties, each Subscription Agreement is in full force and effect and is legal, valid and binding upon each Parent Party and the applicable Purchaser Investor, enforceable in accordance with its terms. As of the date hereof, each Subscription Agreement has not been withdrawn, terminated, amended or modified since the date of delivery hereunder and prior to the execution of this Agreement, and, to the knowledge of the Parent Parties, as of the date of this Agreement no such withdrawal, termination, amendment or modification is contemplated, and as of the date of this Agreement the commitments contained in each Subscription Agreement have not been withdrawn, terminated or rescinded by the applicable Purchaser Investor in any respect. As of the date hereof, there are no side letters or Contracts to which any Parent Party is a party related to the provision or funding, as applicable, of the purchases contemplated by each Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement, each Subscription Agreement or any other agreement entered into (or to be entered into) in connection with the Transactions delivered to the Company. Each Parent Party has, and to the knowledge of each Parent Party, each Purchaser Investor has, complied with all of its obligations under each Subscription Agreement. There are no conditions precedent or other contingencies related to the consummation of the purchases set forth in each Subscription Agreement, other than as expressly set forth in each Subscription Agreement. No event has occurred which, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would or would reasonably be expected to (i) constitute a default or breach on the part of a Parent Party or, to the knowledge of any Parent Party as of the date hereof, any Parent Investor, (ii) assuming the conditions set forth in Section 10.1 and Section 10.2 will be satisfied, constitute a failure to satisfy a condition on the part of Parent or, to the knowledge of Parent as of the date hereof, the applicable Parent Investor or (iii) assuming the conditions set forth in Section 10.1 and Section 10.2 will be satisfied, to the knowledge of each Parent Party as of the date hereof, result in any portion of the amounts to be paid by each Purchaser Investor in accordance with each Subscription Agreement being unavailable on the Closing Date. As of the date hereof, assuming the conditions set forth in Section 10.1 and Section 10.2 will be satisfied, each Parent Party has no reason to believe that any of the conditions to the consummation of the purchases under each Subscription Agreement will not be satisfied, and, as of the date hereof, no Parent Party is aware of the existence of any fact or event that would or would reasonably be expected to cause such conditions not to be satisfied.
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Article VII
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE PARENT PARTIES PENDING CLOSING
7.1 Conduct of the Business.
(a) From the date hereof through the Closing Date, each Party shall, and the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries to, conduct their respective business only in the ordinary course, (including the payment of accounts payable and the collection of accounts receivable), consistent with past practices, shall not enter into any material transactions without the prior written consent of the other Party, and shall use its best efforts to preserve intact its business relationships with employees, clients, suppliers and other third parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from the date hereof until and including the Closing Date, without the written consent of all parties (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), the Company and each Parent Party agrees that it shall not:
(i) materially amend, modify or supplement its Organizational Documents other than pursuant to this Agreement;
(ii) amend, waive any provision of, terminate prior to its scheduled expiration date, or otherwise compromise in any way, any Contract or any other of its rights or assets that involve payments in excess of $500,000, except for in ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(iii) modify, amend or enter into any contract, agreement, license or, commitment, which obligates the payment of more than $500,000 (individually or in the aggregate), except for in ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(iv) make any capital expenditures in excess of $500,000 (individually or in the aggregate), except for in ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;;
(v) sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of any of its assets or assets covered by any Contract except (i) pursuant to existing contracts or commitments disclosed herein, (ii) sales of Inventory in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and (iii) not exceeding $500,000 in the aggregate;
(vi) pay, declare or promise to pay any dividends or other distributions with respect to its capital stock or share capital, or pay, declare or promise to pay any other payments to any Shareholder (other than, in the case of any Shareholder who is an employee, payments of salary accrued in said period at the current salary rate);
(vii) authorize any salary increase of more than 20 % for any employee making an annual salary equal to or greater than $100,000 in the aggregate on an annual basis or change its bonus or profit sharing policies (excluding share option grant);
(viii) obtain or incur any loan or other Indebtedness, except for in ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, in excess of $5,000,000, including drawings under existing lines of credit;
(ix) suffer or incur any Lien on its assets, except for Permitted Liens or Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
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(x) merge or consolidate with or acquire any other Person or be acquired by any other Person;
(xi) make any change in its accounting principles other than in accordance with the applicable accounting policies or methods or write down the value of any Inventory or assets other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(xii) extend any loans other than travel or other expense advances to employees in the ordinary course of business or with the principal amount not exceeding $10,000;
(xiii) issue, redeem or repurchase any capital stock or share, membership interests or other securities, or issue any securities exchangeable for or convertible into any share or any shares of its capital stock;
(xiv) make, change or revoke any material Tax election or change any annual Tax accounting periods; settle or compromise any material claim, notice, audit report or assessment in respect of Taxes; or enter into any Tax allocation, Tax sharing, Tax indemnity or other closing agreement relating to any Taxes (other than a contract entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, the primary purpose of which is not related to Taxes); or surrender or forfeit any right to claim a material Tax refund; or
(xv) undertake any legally binding obligation to do any of the foregoing.
(b) No party shall (i) take or agree to take any action that might make any representation or warranty of such party inaccurate or misleading in any material respect at, or as of any time prior to, the Closing Date or (ii) omit to take, or agree to omit to take, any action necessary to prevent any such representation or warranty from being inaccurate or misleading in any material respect at any such time. From the date hereof through the earlier of (x) termination of this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement and (y) the Closing Date, other than in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, neither the Company, on the one hand, nor the Parent Parties, on the other hand, shall, and such Persons shall cause each of their respective officers, directors, Affiliates, managers, consultants, employees, representatives (including investment bankers, attorneys and accountants) and agents not to, directly or indirectly, (i) encourage, solicit, initiate, engage or participate in negotiations with any Person concerning, or make any offers or proposals related to, any Alternative Transaction, (ii) take any other action intended or designed to facilitate the efforts of any Person relating to a possible Alternative Transaction, (iii) enter into, engage in or continue any discussions or negotiations with respect to an Alternative Transaction with, or provide any non-public information, data or access to employees to, any Person that has made, or that is considering making, a proposal with respect to an Alternative Transaction or (iv) approve, recommend or enter into any Alternative Transaction or any Contract related to any Alternative Transaction. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Alternative Transaction” shall mean any of the following transactions involving the Company or any of the Parent Parties (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement): (1) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, amalgamation, recapitalization, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution or other similar transaction, or (2) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of a material portion of the assets of such Person (other than the sale, the lease, transfer or other disposition of assets in the ordinary course of business) or any class or series of the share capital or capital stock or other equity interests of the Company or the Parent Parties in a single transaction or series of transactions. In the event that there is an unsolicited proposal for, or an indication of a serious interest in entering into, an Alternative Transaction, communicated in writing to the Company or the Parent Parties or any of their respective representatives or agents (each, an “Alternative Proposal”), such party shall as promptly as practicable (and in any event within two (2) Business Days after receipt) advise the other parties to this Agreement in writing of such Alternative Proposal and the material terms and conditions of any such Alternative Proposal (including any changes thereto) and the identity of the Person making any such Alternative Proposal. The Company and the Parent Parties shall keep the other parties informed on a reasonably current basis of material developments with respect to any such Alternative Proposal. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary as set forth above, if the board of directors of the Company or of any Parent Party (as applicable) has determined in good faith, as supported by written opinions from its financial advisor and/or outside legal counsel, that failure to take such action would constitute a breach of its directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law, the other Party may waive any such provision to the extent necessary to permit such Person to comply with applicable Laws, provided, however, that prior to taking such action or announcing the intention to do so, such Person has complied in all material respects with its written notification obligation in respect of the Alternative Transaction in accordance with this Section 7.1.
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7.2 Access to Information. From the date hereof until and including the Closing Date, the Company and the Parent Parties shall, to the best of their abilities, (a) continue to give each other Party, its legal counsel and other representatives full access to its offices, properties, and Books and Records, (b) furnish to the other Party, its legal counsel and other representatives such information relating to the business of the Company or the Parent Parties as such Persons may request and (c) cause its respective employees, legal counsel, accountants and representatives to cooperate with the other Party in such other Party’s investigation of its business; provided, however, that no investigation pursuant to this Section (or any investigation prior to the date hereof) shall affect any representation or warranty given by the Company or the Parent Parties and, provided further, that any investigation pursuant to this Section 7.2 shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Company or the Parent Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no party shall be required to provide the access described above or disclose any information if doing so is reasonably likely to (i) result in a waiver of attorney client privilege, work product doctrine or similar privilege or (ii) violate any contract to which it is a party or to which it is subject or applicable Law, provided, however, that the non-disclosing Party must advise the other parties that it is withholding such access and/or information and (to the extent reasonably practicable) and provide a description of the access not granted and/or information not disclosed.
7.3 Notices of Certain Events. Each party shall promptly notify the other parties of:
(a) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement might give rise to any Action by or on behalf of such Person or result in the creation of any Lien on any Company Ordinary Share or share capital or capital stock of the Parent Parties or any of the Company’s or the Parent Parties’ assets;
(b) any notice or other communication from any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Additional Agreements;
(c) any Actions commenced or, to such party’s knowledge, threatened against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Additional Agreements;
(d) the occurrence of any fact or circumstance which constitutes or results, or might reasonably be expected to constitute or result, in a Material Adverse Change; and
(e) the occurrence of any fact or circumstance which results, or might reasonably be expected to result, in any representation made hereunder by such Party to be false or misleading in any material respect or to omit or fail to state a material fact.
7.4 SEC Filings.
(a) The parties acknowledge that:
(i) Purchaser’s shareholders and the Shareholders must approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement prior to the Acquisition Merger contemplated hereby being consummated and that, in connection with such approval, Purchaser must call a special meeting of its shareholders requiring Purchaser to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form F-4 or Form S-4, as determined by the parties, which will contain a Proxy Statement/Prospectus (as defined in Section 9.5);
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(ii) the Parent Parties will be required to file Quarterly and Annual reports that may be required to contain information about the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
(iii) the Parent Parties will be required to file a Form 8-K to announce the transactions contemplated hereby and other significant events that may occur in connection with such transactions.
(b) In connection with any filing the Parent Parties make with the SEC that requires information about the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be included, the Company will, and will use its best efforts to cause its Affiliates to, in connection with the disclosure included in any such filing or the responses provided to the SEC in connection with the SEC’s comments to a filing, use their best efforts to (i) cooperate with the Parent Parties, (ii) respond to questions about the Company required in any filing or requested by the SEC, and (iii) provide any information requested by the Parent Parties in connection with any filing with the SEC.
(c) Company Cooperation. The Company acknowledges that a substantial portion of the filings with the SEC and mailings to Parent’s shareholders with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus shall include disclosure regarding the Company and its management, operations and financial condition. Accordingly, the Company agrees to as promptly as reasonably practical provide the Parent Parties with such information as shall be reasonably requested by the Parent Parties for inclusion in or attachment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, that is accurate in all material respects and complies as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and in addition shall contain substantially the same financial and other information about the Company and its Shareholders as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies. The Company understands that such information shall be included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and/or responses to comments from the SEC or its staff in connection therewith and mailings. The Company shall cause its managers, directors, officers and employees to be reasonably available to the Parent Parties and their counsel in connection with the drafting of such filings and mailings and responding in a timely manner to comments from the SEC. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by the Company expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will, at the date of filing and/ or mailing, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading (subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth in the materials provided by the Company.
7.5 Financial Information. By no later than March 31, 2022, the Company will deliver to the Parent Parties audited financial statements of the Company as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2021 (since the Company Formation Date), all prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP under the standards of the PCAOB (the “Audited 2020/2021 Financial Statements”). The Audited 2020/2021 Financial Statements shall, among other things, be (i) prepared from the Books and Records of the Company; (ii) prepared on an accrual basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP; (iii) contain and reflect all necessary adjustments and accruals for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial condition as of their dates including for all warranty, maintenance, service and indemnification obligations; and (iv) contain and reflect adequate provisions for all Liabilities for all material Taxes applicable to the Company with respect to the periods then ended. The Audited 2020/2021 Financial Statements will be complete and accurate and fairly present in all material respects, in conformity with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of operations of the Company for the periods reflected therein. The Company will provide additional financial information as reasonably requested by the Parent Parties for inclusion in any filings to be made by the Parent Parties with the SEC. If reasonably requested by the Parent Parties, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such information reviewed or audited by the Company’s auditors.
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7.6 Trust Account. The Company acknowledges that the Parent Parties shall make appropriate arrangements to cause the funds in the Trust Account to be disbursed in accordance with the Investment Management Trust Agreement and for the payment of (i) all amounts payable to shareholders of Purchaser holding Purchaser Units, Purchaser Rights or Purchaser Ordinary Shares who shall have validly redeemed their Purchaser Units, Purchaser Rights or Purchaser Ordinary Shares upon acceptance by Purchaser of such Purchaser Units or Purchaser Ordinary Shares, (ii) the expenses of the Parent Parties to the third parties to which they are owed, (iii) the Deferred Underwriting Amount to the underwriter in the IPO and (iv) the remaining monies in the Trust Account to the Parent Parties. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Investment Management Trust Agreement, Parent Parties shall not agree to, or permit, any amendment or modification of, or waiver under, the Investment Management Trust Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company.
7.7 Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance.
(a) The parties agree that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing in favor of the current or former directors and officers of the Parent Parties (the “D&O Indemnified Persons”) as provided in their respective Organizational Documents, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement, or under any indemnification, employment or other similar agreements between any D&O Indemnified Person and any of the Parent Parties in effect on the date hereof and disclosed in Schedule 7.7(a), shall survive the Closing and continue in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms to the extent permitted by applicable Law. For a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Organizational Documents of Parent, Purchaser and the Company to contain provisions no less favorable with respect to exculpation and indemnification of and advancement of expenses to D&O Indemnified Persons than are set forth as of the date of this Agreement in the Organizational Documents of the Parent Parties to the extent permitted by applicable Law. The provisions of this Section 7.7 shall survive the Closing and are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Indemnified Persons and their respective heirs and representatives.
(b) The Company shall, or shall cause its Affiliates to, obtain and fully pay the premium for a “tail” insurance policy that provides coverage for up to a six-year period from the Closing Date, for the benefit of the D&O Indemnified Persons (the “D&O Tail Insurance”) that is substantially equivalent to and in any event not less favorable in the aggregate than Parent’s existing policy or, if substantially equivalent insurance coverage is unavailable, the best available coverage; provided that in no event shall the Company be required to expend for such policies pursuant to this Section 7.7(b) an annual premium amount in excess of 200% of the amount of per annum Parent paid in its last full fiscal year, which amount is set forth in Schedule 7.7(b). Parent shall cause such D&O Tail Insurance to be maintained in full force and effect, for its full term, and cause the other Parent Parties to honor all obligations thereunder.
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(c) On the Closing Date, Purchaser shall enter into customary indemnification agreements reasonably satisfactory to all parties with the individuals set forth on Schedule 7.7(c), which indemnification agreements shall continue to be effective following the Closing.
7.8 Notice of Changes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Parent Parties of (a) any representation or warranty made by the Company contained in this Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate such that the condition set forth in Section 10.2(b) would not be satisfied, (b) any breach of any covenant or agreement of the Company contained in this Agreement such that the condition set forth in Section 10.2(c) would not be satisfied, and (c) any event, circumstance or development that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that in each case (i) no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement and (ii) no such notification shall be deemed to amend or supplement the Disclosure Schedules or to cure any breach of any covenant or agreement or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty.
7.9 Sponsor Lock-up. The parties hereto acknowledge that only the Insider Shares as defined in the Prospectus are subject to any lock-up arrangements and all other securities of Parent owned by the Sponsor, including the Parent Units, shall be freely trade upon the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby.
7.10 Formation of Purchaser and Merger. As promptly as practicable after the Signing Date, no later than the day immediately prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall cause each of Purchaser and Merger Sub to be formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Upon formation, each of Purchaser and Merger Sub shall sign a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably agreed by the parties, agreeing to be bound by this Agreement as if parties hereto on the Signing Date.
Article VIII
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
The Company agrees that:
8.1 Reporting and Compliance with Laws. From the date hereof through the Closing Date, the Company shall duly and timely file all income and other material Tax Returns required to be filed with the applicable Taxing Authority, pay all material Taxes required to be paid by any Taxing Authority and duly observe and conform in all material respects, to all applicable Laws and Orders.
8.2 Reasonable Best Efforts to Obtain Consents. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain each required third party consent to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as promptly as practicable hereafter.
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8.3 Annual and Interim Financial Statements. From the date hereof through the Closing Date, (a) within sixty (60) calendar days following the end of each three-month quarterly period, the Company shall deliver to Parent Parties, for the first three quarters of the year, unaudited management accounts of the Company, and (b) the Company shall also promptly deliver to the Parent Parties copies of any audited annual consolidated financial statements of the Company that the Company’s auditor may issue.
Article IX
COVENANTS OF ALL PARTIES HERETO
The parties hereto covenant and agree that:
9.1 Reasonable Best Efforts; Further Assurances. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each party shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary or desirable under applicable Laws, and cooperate as reasonably requested by the other parties, to consummate and implement expeditiously each of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The parties hereto shall execute and deliver such other documents, certificates, agreements and other writings and take such other actions as may be necessary or reasonably desirable in order to consummate or implement expeditiously each of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
9.2 Tax Matters.
(a) Parent and Purchaser hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Redomestication Merger to qualify for the Redomestication Intended Tax Treatment, and none of Parent, Purchaser, the Company and their respective Affiliates has taken or will take any action (or fail to take any action), if such action (or failure to act), whether before or after the Effective Time, would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Redomestication Merger from qualifying for such intended Tax treatment. The parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Acquisition Merger to qualify for the Acquisition Intended Tax Treatment, and none of Parent, Purchaser, Merger Sub or the Company and their respective Affiliates has taken or will take any action (or fail to take any action), if such action (or failure to act), whether before or after the Effective Time, would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Acquisition Merger from qualifying for such intended Tax treatment.
(b) Each of Parent, Purchaser, the Company, and their respective Affiliates shall file all Tax Returns consistent with (i) the Redomestication Intended Tax Treatment and (ii) the Acquisition Intended Tax Treatment (including, in each case, attaching the statement described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-(a) on or with the its Tax Return for the taxable year of the Redomestication Merger and the Acquisition Merger), and shall take no position inconsistent with the Redomestication Intended Tax Treatment or the Acquisition Intended Tax Treatment, as applicable (whether in audits, Tax Returns or otherwise), in each case, unless otherwise required by a Taxing Authority as a result of a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code.
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(c) In the event the SEC requires a tax opinion regarding: (i) the Redomestication Intended Tax Treatment, Purchaser will use its reasonable best efforts to cause Loeb & Loeb LLP to deliver such tax opinion to Purchaser, or (ii) the Acquisition Intended Tax Treatment, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati to deliver such tax opinion to the Company. Each party shall use reasonable best efforts to execute and deliver customary Tax representation letters to the applicable tax advisor in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such advisor.
(d) Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of Purchaser’s current taxable year and each subsequent taxable year of Purchaser for which Purchaser reasonably believes that it may be a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code (“PFIC”), Purchaser shall (1) determine its status as a PFIC, (2) determine the PFIC status of each of its Subsidiaries that at any time during such taxable year was a foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 7701(a) of the Code (the “Non-U.S. Subsidiaries”), and (3) make such PFIC status determinations available to the shareholders of Purchaser as of immediately prior to the Effective Time. If Purchaser determines that it was, or could reasonably be deemed to have been, a PFIC in such taxable year, Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the statements and information (including without limitation, a PFIC Annual Information Statement meeting the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1295-1(g)) necessary to enable Purchaser shareholders as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and their direct and/or indirect owners that are United States persons (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) to comply with all provisions of the Code with respect to PFICs, including but not limited to making and complying with the requirements of a “Qualified Electing Fund” election pursuant to Section 1295 of the Code or filing a “protective statement” pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1295-3 with respect to Purchaser or any of the Non-U.S. Subsidiaries, as applicable. The covenants contained in this Section 9.2(d), notwithstanding any provision elsewhere in this Agreement, shall survive in full force and effect until the later of two (2) years after the end of Purchaser’s current taxable year.
9.3 Settlement of the Parent Parties’ Liabilities. Concurrently with the Closing, all outstanding Liabilities of the Parent Parties shall be settled and paid in full and reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by any Parent Party or any of their officers, directors, or their Affiliates, in connection with identifying, investigating and consummating a business combination.
9.4 Compliance with SPAC Agreements. The Company and Parent Parties shall comply with each of the applicable agreements entered into in connection with the IPO, including that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2021 by and between Parent and the investors named therein.
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9.5 Registration Statement.
(a) As promptly as practicable following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent shall prepare, with the assistance of the Company, and cause to be filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4/Form S-4, as determined by the parties, (as amended or supplemented from time to time, and including the Proxy Statement/Prospectus contained therein, the “Registration Statement”) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the Purchaser Ordinary Shares to be issued under this Agreement, which Registration Statement will also contain the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The Registration Statement shall include a Proxy Statement of Parent and the Company as well as a prospectus for the offering of Purchaser Ordinary Shares to the Shareholders (as amended, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) for the purpose of soliciting proxies from Purchaser’s shareholders for the matters to be acted upon at the Purchaser Special Meeting and providing the public shareholders of Purchaser an opportunity in accordance with Purchaser’s organizational documents and the final IPO prospectus of Parent, dated November 17, 2021 (the “Prospectus”) to have their Purchaser Ordinary Shares redeemed in conjunction with the shareholder vote on the Parent Party Shareholder Approval Matters as defined below. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus shall include proxy materials for the purpose of soliciting proxies from Purchaser shareholders to vote, at an extraordinary general meeting of Purchaser’s shareholders to be called and held for such purpose (the “Purchaser Special Meeting”), in favor of resolutions approving (i) the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the Additional Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including the Acquisition Merger, by the holders of Purchaser Ordinary Shares in accordance with Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, the Cayman Companies Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq, (ii) adoption of the amended and restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, including the dual-class share structure provided thereunder, (iii) election of the directors of Purchaser as set forth in Section 3.3 of this Agreement, and (iv) such other matters as the Company and the Parent Parties shall hereafter mutually determine to be necessary or appropriate in order to effect the Acquisition Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the approvals described in foregoing clauses (i) through (iv), collectively, the “Parent Party Shareholder Approval Matters”), In connection with the Registration Statement, Parent, Purchaser and the Company will file with the SEC financial and other information about the transactions contemplated in this Agreement in accordance with applicable Law and applicable proxy solicitation and registration statement requirements set forth in Parent’s organizational documents, Delaware Law, Cayman Companies Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq. The Parent Parties shall provide the Company (and its counsel) with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto prior to filing the same with the SEC. The Company shall provide the Parent Parties with such information concerning the Company and its equity holders, officers, directors, employees, assets, Liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), business and operations that may be required or appropriate for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, or in any amendments or supplements thereto, which information provided by the Company shall be true and correct and not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made not materially misleading (subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth in the materials provided by the Company). If required by applicable SEC rules or regulations, such financial information provided by the Company must be reviewed or audited by the Company’s auditors. The Parent Parties shall provide such information concerning each Parent Parties and its equity holders, officers, directors, employees, assets, Liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), business and operations that may be required or appropriate for inclusion in the Proxy Statement, or in any amendments or supplements thereto, which information provided by the Parent Parties shall be true and correct and not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made not materially misleading.
(b) Each of Parent and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, to have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to keep the Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Acquisition Merger. Each of Parent and the Company shall furnish all information concerning it as may reasonably be requested by the other Party in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Promptly after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, Parent and the Company will cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to shareholders of Parent and the Company.
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(c) Each of Parent and the Company shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), any response to comments of the SEC or its staff with respect to the Registration Statement and any amendment to the Registration Statement filed in response thereto. If Parent or the Company becomes aware that any information contained in the Registration Statement shall have become false or misleading in any material respect or that the Registration Statement is required to be amended in order to comply with applicable Law, then (i) such Party shall promptly inform the other Parties and (ii) Parent, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, and shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement. Parent and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement as so amended or supplemented, to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to the holders of Purchaser Ordinary Shares, as applicable, pursuant to applicable Law and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Purchaser Organizational Documents and the Company Organizational Documents. Each of the Company and the Parent Parties shall provide the other parties with copies of any written comments, and shall inform such other parties of any oral comments, that the Parent Parties receive from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Registration Statement promptly after the receipt of such comments and shall give the other parties a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any proposed written or oral responses to such comments prior to responding to the SEC or its staff.
(d) Each party shall, and shall cause each of its subsidiaries to, make their respective directors, officers and employees, upon reasonable advance notice, available at a reasonable time and location to the Company, the Parent Parties and their respective representatives in connection with the drafting of the public filings with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Proxy Statement, and responding in a timely manner to comments from the SEC. Each Party shall promptly correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (and other related materials) if and to the extent that such information is determined to have become false or misleading in any material respect or as otherwise required by applicable Laws. The Parent Parties hall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be disseminated to Purchaser’s shareholders, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable Laws and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and Purchaser’s Organizational Documents.
9.6 PIPE Financing. Unless otherwise approved in writing by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Parent Parties shall not permit any amendment or modification to be made to, any waiver (in whole or in part) of, or provide consent to modify (including consent to terminate), any provision or remedy under, or any replacements of, any of the Subscription Agreements, in each case, other than as a result of any assignment or transfer contemplated therein or permitted thereby. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence and in the event that all conditions in the Subscription Agreements have been satisfied, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or to cause to be taken, all actions required, necessary or that it otherwise deems to be proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements on the terms described therein, including using its reasonable best efforts to enforce its rights under the Subscription Agreements to cause the Parent Investors to pay to (or as directed by) Parent the applicable purchase price under each Parent Investor’s applicable Subscription Agreement in accordance with its terms.
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9.7 Confidentiality. Except as necessary to complete the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the Company, on the one hand, and the Parent Parties, on the other hand, shall hold and shall cause their respective representatives to hold in strict confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law, all documents and information concerning the other Party furnished to it by such other Party or its representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been (a) previously known by the Party to which it was furnished, (b) in the public domain through no fault of such Party or (c) later lawfully acquired from other sources, which source is not the agent of the other Party, by the Party to which it was furnished), and each Party shall not release or disclose such information to any other person, except its representatives in connection with this Agreement. In the event that any Party believes that it is required to disclose any such confidential information pursuant to applicable Laws, such Party shall give timely written notice to the other parties so that such parties may have an opportunity to obtain a protective order or other appropriate relief. Each Party shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations to hold confidential information concerning or supplied by the other parties if it exercises the same care as it takes to preserve confidentiality for its own similar information. The parties acknowledge that some previously confidential information will be required to be disclosed in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus
Article X
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
10.1 Condition to the Obligations of the Parties. The obligations of all of the parties hereto to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction of all the following conditions:
(a) No provisions of any applicable Law and no Order shall prohibit or prevent the consummation of the Closing.
(b) There shall not be any Action brought by a third party that is not an Affiliate of the parties hereto to enjoin or otherwise restrict the consummation of the Closing.
(c) All consents, approvals and actions of, filings with and notices to any Governmental Authority required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been made or obtained.
(d) The SEC shall have declared the Registration Statement effective, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued.
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(e) The Parent Party Shareholder Approval Matters that are submitted to the vote of the shareholders of Purchaser at the Purchaser Special Meeting in accordance with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Purchaser’s Organizational Documents shall have been approved by the requisite vote of the shareholders of Purchaser at the Purchaser Special Meeting in accordance with Purchaser’s Organizational Documents, applicable Law and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (the “Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval”).
(f) This Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the Acquisition Merger, shall have been authorized and approved by the holders of Company Ordinary Shares constituting the Requisite Company Vote in accordance with the Cayman Companies Act and the Company’s Organizational Documents.
(g) All required filings under the HSR Act, and other applicable anti-trust laws, shall have been completed and any applicable waiting period, any extensions thereof, and any commitments by the parties not to close before a certain date under a timing agreement entered into with a Governmental Authority shall have expired or otherwise been terminated.
(h) As of the Closing, Purchaser shall have at least $5,000,001 in net tangible assets.
(i) Each of Purchaser and Merger Sub shall have been formed and shall have executed a joinder agreement to this Agreement.
10.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Parent Parties. The obligation of the Parent Parties to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, or the waiver at the Parent Parties’ sole and absolute discretion, of all the following further conditions:
(a) The Company shall have duly performed all of its covenants and obligations hereunder required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing Date in all material respects, unless the applicable obligation has a materiality qualifier in which case it shall be duly performed in all respects.
(b) All of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Article V of this Agreement, disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained herein relating to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, regardless of whether it involved a known risk, shall: (i) be true and correct at and as of the date of this Agreement except as provided in the disclosure schedules pursuant to Article V, and (ii) be true and correct as of the Closing Date except as provided in the disclosure schedules pursuant to Article V (if the representations and warranties speak only as of a specific date prior to the Closing Date, such representations and warranties need only to be true and correct as of such earlier date), in the case of (i) and (ii), other than as would not in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; it being understood and agreed that the representations set forth in Section 5.5 (as to Capitalization) shall not be subject to any Material Adverse Effect qualifier, and for purposes of this clause (b) all such representations in Section 5.5 shall be true and correct except for de minimis inaccuracies.
(c) There shall have been no event, change or occurrence which individually or together with any other event, change or occurrence, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, regardless of whether it involved a known risk.
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(d) The Parent Parties shall have received a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the effect set forth in clauses (a) through (c) of this Section 10.2.
(e) The Parent Parties shall have received (i) a copy of the Organizational Documents of the Company as in effect as of the Closing Date, (ii) the copies of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors of the Company and by the Requisite Company Vote of the Company’s Shareholders authorizing this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and (iii) a recent certificate of good standing as of a date no later than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date regarding the Company from the Registrar.
(f) The Parent Parties shall have received copies of all Governmental Approvals, if any, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Parties, and no such Governmental Approval shall have been revoked.
(g) The Parent Parties shall have received duly executed opinions from the Company’s Cayman Islands counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Parties, addressed to the Parent Parties and dated as of the Closing Date.
(h) The Parent Parties shall have received a copy of each of the Additional Agreements to which the Company is a party duly executed by the Company and such Additional Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
(i) The Parent Parties shall have received a copy of each of the Additional Agreements duly executed by all required parties thereto, other than Parent or the Company.
(j) The Parent Parties shall have received copies of third party consents set forth on Schedule 10.2(j) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Parties, and no such consents have been revoked and the PIPE Financing and such listing shall have been approved by Nasdaq subject to official notice of issuance.
(k) The aggregate cash proceeds available to the Parent Parties from the PIPE Financing shall be not less than an aggregate of $50,000,000.
10.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, or the waiver at the Company’s discretion, of all of the following further conditions:
(a) The Parent Parties shall have duly performed all of their covenants and obligations hereunder required to be performed by them at or prior to the Closing Date in all material respects, unless the applicable obligation has a materiality qualifier in which case it shall be duly performed in all respects.
(b) All of the representations and warranties of the Parent Parties contained in Article V of this Agreement, disregarding all qualifications and exceptions contained herein relating to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, regardless of whether it involved a known risk, shall: (i) be true and correct at and as of the date of this Agreement and (ii) be true and correct as of the Closing Date (except for representation and warranties that speak as of a specific date prior to the Closing Date, in which case such representations and warranties need only to be true and correct as of such earlier date), in the case of (i) and (ii), other than as would not in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; it being understood and agreed that the representations set forth in Section 6.7 (as to capitalization) shall not be subject to any Material Adverse Effect qualifier, and for purposes of this clause (b) all such representations in Section 6.7 shall be true and correct except for de minimis inaccuracies.
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(c) There shall have been no event, change or occurrence which individually or together with any other event, change or occurrence, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Parent Parties, regardless of whether it involved a known risk.
(d) The Company shall have received a certificate signed by an authorized officer of Parent Parties to the effect set forth in clauses (a) through (c) of this Section 10.3.
(e) Each of the Parent Parties shall have executed and delivered to the Company each Additional Agreement to which it is a party.
(f) From the date hereof until the Closing, the Parent Parties shall have been in material compliance with the reporting requirement under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable to the Parent Parties.
(g) Purchaser shall remain listed on Nasdaq and the additional listing application for the Closing Payment Shares shall have been approved by Nasdaq. As of the Closing Date, Purchaser shall not have received any written notice from Nasdaq that it has failed, or would reasonably be expected to fail to meet the Nasdaq listing requirements as of the Closing Date for any reason, where such notice has not been subsequently withdrawn by Nasdaq or the underlying failure appropriately remedied or satisfied. The additional listing application for the Closing Payment Shares shall have been approved by Nasdaq.
Article XI
TERMINATION
11.1 Termination. (a) This Agreement may be terminated and the Redomestication Merger, Acquisition Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, notwithstanding any Requisite Company Vote and adoption of this Agreement and the contemplated transactions by the equity holders of the Company or Purchaser, by the mutual written consent of the Company and Parent Parties duly authorized by each of their respective boards of directors;
(b) by any of the Parent Parties, if any of the representations or warranties of the Company set forth in Article V shall not be true and correct, or if the Company has failed to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement (including an obligation to consummate the Closing), in each case such that the conditions to Closing set forth in Section 10.2 would not be satisfied and the breach or breaches causing such representations or warranties not to be true and correct, or the failure to perform any covenant or agreement, as applicable, are not cured (or waived by the Parent Parties) by the earlier of (i) the Outside Date or (ii) 20 days after written notice thereof is delivered to the Company; provided, however. that the Parent Parties shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.1(b) if any Parent Party is then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or obligation hereunder, which breach has not been cured;
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(c) by the Company, if any of the representations or warranties of any Parent Party set forth in Article VI shall not be true and correct, or if any Parent Party has failed to perform any covenant or agreement on its part set forth in this Agreement (including an obligation to consummate the Closing), in each case such that the conditions to Closing set forth in either Section 8.3(a) or Section 8.3(b) would not be satisfied and the breach or breaches causing such representations or warranties not to be true and correct, or the failure to perform any covenant or agreement, as applicable, are not cured (or waived by the Company) by the earlier of (i) the Outside Date or (ii) 20 days after written notice thereof is delivered to the Parent Parties; provided, however, that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.1(b) if the Company is then in material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or obligation hereunder, which breach has not been cured;
(d) by either the Company or any Parent Party:
(i) on or after July 31, 2022 (the “Outside Date”), if the Acquisition Merger shall not have been consummated prior to the Outside Date; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this 11.1(d)(i) shall not be available to a Party if the failure of the Acquisition Merger to have been consummated on or before the Outside Date was due to such Party’s breach of or failure to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement; or
(ii) if any Order having the effect set forth in Section 10.1(a) shall be in effect and shall have become final and non-appealable; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 11.1(d)(ii) shall not be available to a Party if such Order was due to such Party’s breach of or failure to perform any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement;
(iii) if any of the Parent Party Shareholder Approval Matters shall fail to receive the Required Purchaser Shareholder Approval at the Purchaser Special Meeting (unless such Purchaser Special Meeting has been adjourned or postponed, in which case at the final adjournment or postponement thereof);
(e) by the Parent Parties if the Requisite Company Vote shall not have been obtained within five (5) Business Days of the delivery to Purchaser’s shareholders of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, provided that the termination right under this Section 11.1(e) shall be of no further force or effect if such Requisite Company Vote is delivered to the Parent Parties prior to the termination of the Agreement (even if after the five (5) Business Day period provided above); or
(f) by the Parent Parties, in the event that the Audited 2020/2021 Financial Statements have not been delivered by March 31, 2022.
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11.2 Breakup Fee.
(a) Parent Breakup Fee. In the event of the termination of this Agreement by Parent pursuant to Section 11.1(b) or Section 11.1(f) (substituting April 15, 2022 for March 31, 2022) or as a result of the Company’s refusal to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, the Company shall pay Parent a breakup fee equal to $3,000,000 in cash within three Business Days following such termination. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be liable to any Parent Breakup Fee if the termination of this Agreement is primarily the result of regulatory oversight or scrutiny not caused by the Company’s lack of cooperation or non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Company Breakup Fee. In the event of the termination of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section 11.1(c) or as a result of Parent’s refusal to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, Parent shall pay the Company a breakup fee of 450,000 shares of Parent Ordinary Shares (total value of $4,500,000), within three Business Days following such termination.
11.3 Effect of Termination. Subject to Section 11.2, in the event of the termination of this Agreement (other than termination pursuant to Section 11.1(a)), written notice thereof shall be given by the Party desiring to terminate to the other Party or Parties, specifying the provision hereof pursuant to which such termination is made, and this Agreement shall following such delivery become null and void (other than the provisions of Article XII and this Section 11.3), and there shall be no Liability on the part of any Parent Party or their respective directors, officers and Affiliates; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement will relieve any Party from Liability for fraud.
Article XII
MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Notices. Any notice hereunder shall be sent in writing, addressed as specified below, and shall be deemed given: (a) if by hand or recognized courier service, by 4:00PM on a Business Day, addressee’s day and time, on the date of delivery, and otherwise on the first Business Day after such delivery; (b) if by fax or email, on the date that transmission is confirmed electronically, if by 4:00PM on a Business Day, addressee’s day and time, and otherwise on the first Business Day after the date of such confirmation; or (c) five days after mailing by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notices shall be addressed to the respective parties as follows (excluding telephone numbers, which are for convenience only), or to such other address as a party shall specify to the others in accordance with these notice provisions:
if to the Company (following the Closing), to:
Finfront Holding Company
111 North Bridge Road, #15-01
Peninsula Plaza, Singapore 179098
Attention: Liang Lu
Email: leo@bitfufu.com
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
Unit 2901, 29F, Tower C, Beijing Yintai Centre
No. 2 Jianguomenwai Avenue
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022
The People’s Republic of China
Attention: Dan Ouyang, Esq./Ke Li, Esq.
Email: douyang@wsgr.com/keli@wsgr.com
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if to any Parent Party:
Arisz Acquisition Corp.
199 Water St, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10038
Telephone: (919) 699 9827
Attn: Ms. Echo Hindle-Yang
Email: Hindleyang@ariszacquisition.com
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Loeb & Loeb LLP
345 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10154
Attn: Mitchell Nussbaum
Email: mnussbaum@loeb.com
12.2 Amendments; No Waivers; Remedies.
(a) This Agreement cannot be amended, except by a writing signed by each of the Parent Parties and the Company, and cannot be terminated orally or by course of conduct. No provision hereof can be waived, except by a writing signed by the Party against whom such waiver is to be enforced, and any such waiver shall apply only in the particular instance in which such waiver shall have been given.
(b) Neither any failure or delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder or in requiring satisfaction of any condition herein nor any course of dealing shall constitute a waiver of or prevent any Party from enforcing any right or remedy or from requiring satisfaction of any condition. No notice to or demand on a Party waives or otherwise affects any obligation of that Party or impairs any right of the Party giving such notice or making such demand, including any right to take any action without notice or demand not otherwise required by this Agreement. No exercise of any right or remedy with respect to a breach of this Agreement shall preclude exercise of any other right or remedy, as appropriate to make the aggrieved Party whole with respect to such breach, or subsequent exercise of any right or remedy with respect to any other breach.
(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no statement herein of any right or remedy shall impair any other right or remedy stated herein or that otherwise may be available.
(d) Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, neither shall any Party seek, nor shall any Party be liable for, punitive or exemplary damages, under any tort, contract, equity, or other legal theory, with respect to any breach (or alleged breach) of this Agreement or any provision hereof or any matter otherwise relating hereto or arising in connection herewith.
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12.3 Nonsurvival of Representations. None of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements in this Agreement or in any certificate, statement or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, including any rights arising out of any breach of such representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, agreements and other provisions, shall survive the Closing and shall terminate and expire upon the occurrence of the Effective Time (and there shall be no Liability after the Closing in respect thereof), except for (a) those covenants and agreements contained herein that by their terms expressly apply in whole or in part after the Closing and then only with respect to any breaches occurring on or after the Closing and (b) the provisions regarding the breakup fees in Section 12.3.
12.4 Arm’s Length Bargaining; No Presumption Against Drafter. This Agreement has been negotiated at arm’s-length by parties of equal bargaining strength, each represented by counsel or having had but declined the opportunity to be represented by counsel and having participated in the drafting of this Agreement. This Agreement creates no fiduciary or other special relationship between the parties, and no such relationship otherwise exists. No presumption in favor of or against any Party in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement or any provision hereof shall be made based upon which Person might have drafted this Agreement or such provision.
12.5 Publicity. Except as required by law and except with respect to the Parent SEC Documents, the parties agree that neither they nor their agents shall issue any press release or make any other public disclosure concerning the transactions contemplated hereunder without the prior approval of the other Party hereto. If a Party is required to make such a disclosure as required by law, the parties will use their best efforts to cause a mutually agreeable release or public disclosure to be issued.
12.6 Expenses. Each Party hereto shall bear its own costs and expenses in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including all fees of its legal counsel, financial advisers and accountants; provided, that if the Closing shall occur each Party’s reasonable and documented costs and expenses will be paid from the capital of Purchaser.
12.7 No Assignment or Delegation. No Party may assign any right or delegate any obligation hereunder, including by merger, consolidation, operation of law, or otherwise, without the written consent of the other Party. Any purported assignment or delegation without such consent shall be void, in addition to constituting a material breach of this Agreement.
12.8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
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12.9 Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING (I) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR UNDER ANY ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO OR ANY FINANCING IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12.9.
12.10 Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts of the State of New York sitting in New York, New York) (or any appellate courts thereof), for the purposes of any Action (a) arising under this Agreement or under any Additional Agreement or (b) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any Additional Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such Action in any such court, and further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such Action has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Action (i) arising under this Agreement or under any Additional Agreement or (ii) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any Additional Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (A) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts as described in this Section 12.10 for any reason, (B) that it or its property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any Action commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (C) that (x) the Action in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such Action is improper or (z) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts. Each Party agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail to such Party’s respective address set forth in Section 12.1 shall be effective service of process for any such Action.
12.11 Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which shall constitute one agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon delivery to each Party of an executed counterpart or the earlier delivery to each Party of original, photocopied, or electronically transmitted signature pages that together (but need not individually) bear the signatures of all other parties.
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12.12 Entire Agreement. This Agreement together with the Additional Agreements, including any exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, sets forth the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements related thereto (whether written or oral), all of which are merged herein. No provision of this Agreement or any Additional Agreement, including any exhibits and schedules attached hereto or thereto, may be explained or qualified by any agreement, negotiations, understanding, discussion, conduct or course of conduct or by any trade usage. Except as otherwise expressly stated herein or any Additional Agreement, there is no condition precedent to the effectiveness of any provision hereof or thereof. No Party has relied on any representation from, or warranty or agreement of, any Person in entering into this Agreement, prior hereto or contemporaneous herewith or any Additional Agreement, except those expressly stated herein or therein.
12.13 Severability. A determination by a court or other legal authority that any provision that is not of the essence of this Agreement is legally invalid shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof. The parties shall cooperate in good faith to substitute (or cause such court or other legal authority to substitute) for any provision so held to be invalid a valid provision, as alike in substance to such invalid provision as is lawful.
12.14 Construction of Certain Terms and References; Captions. In this Agreement:
(a) References to particular sections and subsections, schedules, and exhibits not otherwise specified are cross-references to sections and subsections, schedules, and exhibits of this Agreement.
(b) The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and, unless the context requires otherwise, “Party” means a party signatory hereto.
(c) Any use of the singular or plural, or the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, includes the others, unless the context otherwise requires; “including” means “including without limitation;” “or” means “and/or;” “any” means “any one, more than one, or all;” and, unless otherwise specified, any financial or accounting term has the meaning of the term under United States generally accepted accounting principles as consistently applied heretofore by the Company.
(d) Unless otherwise specified, any reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), instrument, or other document includes all schedules, exhibits, or other attachments referred to therein, and any reference to a statute or other law includes any rule, regulation, ordinance, or the like promulgated thereunder, in each case, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time. Any reference to a numbered schedule means the same-numbered section of the disclosure schedule.
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(e) If any action is required to be taken or notice is required to be given within a specified number of days following a specific date or event, the day of such date or event is not counted in determining the last day for such action or notice. If any action is required to be taken or notice is required to be given on or before a particular day which is not a Business Day, such action or notice shall be considered timely if it is taken or given on or before the next Business Day.
(f) Captions are not a part of this Agreement, but are included for convenience, only.
(g) For the avoidance of any doubt, all references in this Agreement to “the knowledge or best knowledge of the Company” or similar terms shall be deemed to include the actual or constructive (e.g., implied by Law) knowledge of the executive officers and director(s) of the Company as of the date hereof and the Closing Date.
12.15 Further Assurances. Each Party shall execute and deliver such documents and take such action, as may reasonably be considered within the scope of such Party’s obligations hereunder, necessary to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
12.16 Third Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof confers any benefit or right upon or may be enforced by any Person not a signatory hereto.
12.17 Waiver. Reference is made to the Prospectus. The Company and the Principal Shareholder have read the Prospectus and understand that Parent has established the Trust Account for the benefit of the public shareholders of Parent and the underwriters of the IPO pursuant to the Investment Management Trust Agreement and that, except for a portion of the interest earned on the amounts held in the Trust Account, Parent may disburse monies from the Trust Account only for the purposes set forth in the Investment Management Trust Agreement. For and in consideration of Parent agreeing to enter into this Agreement, the Company and the Principal Shareholder each hereby agree that he, she or it does not have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account and hereby agrees that he, she or it will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any claim it may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with Parent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
Parent: | ||
ARISZ ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Echo Hindle-Yang | |
Name: Echo Hindle-Yang | ||
Title:Chief Executive Officer |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
Company: | ||
FINFRONT HOLDING COMPANY | ||
By: | /s/ Lu Liang | |
Name: Lu Liang | ||
Title: Director |
EXHIBIT A
Part 1 - Shareholders of the Company as of the date of this Agreement
Name of Shareholders | Number of Company Ordinary Shares | Shares Ownership Percentage | ||||||
Chipring Technology Limited | 150,000,000 | 95.00 | % | |||||
Antdelta Investment Limited | 7,894,737 | 5.00 | % | |||||
Total | 157,894,737 | 100.00 | % |
Part 2 - Shareholders of the Company as of the Closing Date
Name of Shareholder | Number of Company Ordinary Shares | Shares Ownership Percentage | Closing Payment Shares | |||||||
Chipring Technology Limited | 150,000,000 | 95.00 | % | 142,500,000 Class B ordinary shares of Purchaser | ||||||
Antdelta Investment Limited | 7,894,737 | 5.00 | % | 7,500,000 Class A ordinary shares of Purchaser | ||||||
Total | 157,894,737 | 100.00 | % |
Per Share Merger Consideration: US$10.0 per Purchaser Ordinary Share
LIST OF EXHIBITS
A: | Company Shareholders; Merger Consideration |
B | Lock-Up Agreement |
C: | Shareholder Support Agreement |
D: | Sponsor Registration Rights Agreement |
E. | Sponsor Support Agreement |
F: | Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation |
Exhibit 10.1
Form of
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
This SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Subscription Agreement”) is entered into on January __, 2022, by and between Arisz Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Issuer”), Finfront Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”) and the undersigned subscriber (the “Investor”).
WHEREAS, this Subscription Agreement is being entered into in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Transaction Agreement”), by and among Issuer and the Company, pursuant to which (a) Issuer will form BitFuFu Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company, as its wholly owned subsidiary (“Purchaser”), (b) Purchaser will form Boundary Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company, as its wholly owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”), (c) Issuer will be merged with and into Purchaser (the “Redomestication Merger”), with Purchaser surviving the Redomestication Merger, and (d) Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Acquisition Merger”), with the Company surviving the Acquisition Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (the “Transaction”). Following the Transaction, Purchaser shall be a publicly traded company listed on a stock exchange in the United States;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Transaction, Issuer and the Company are seeking commitments from interested investors to purchase, substantially concurrent with the closing of the Transaction, shares of Purchaser Class A ordinary shares, par value [$0.0001] per share (the “Shares”), in a private placement for a purchase price of $10.00 per share;
WHEREAS, the aggregate purchase price to be paid by the Investor for the subscribed Shares (as set forth on the signature page hereto) (the “Acquired Shares”) is referred to herein as the “Subscription Amount;” and
WHEREAS, on or about the date of this Subscription Agreement, Issuer and the Company are entering into subscription agreements substantially similar to this Subscription Agreement with certain other “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) or “accredited investors” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) (the “Other Subscription Agreements” and together with this Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain other investors (the “Other Investors” and together with the Investor, the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Other Investors, severally, have agreed to purchase additional Shares on the closing date of the Transaction.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, each of the Investor and Issuer acknowledges and agrees as follows:
1. Subscription. Concurrently with the closing of the Transaction, Investor hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase from Purchaser the number of Acquired Shares set forth on the signature page of this Subscription Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions provided for herein. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that, as a result of the Redomestication Merger, the Acquired Shares shall be the ordinary shares in a Cayman Islands company (and not the shares of common stock in a Delaware corporation). The Investor further acknowledges and agrees that Purchaser reserves the right to accept or reject the Investor’s subscription for the Acquired Shares for any reason or for no reason, in whole or in part, at any time prior to its acceptance, and the same shall be deemed to be accepted by Purchaser only when this Subscription Agreement is signed by a duly authorized person by or on behalf of Purchaser, Purchaser may do so in counterpart form.
2. Closing. The closing of the sale of the Acquired Shares contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall occur on the closing date (the “Closing Date”) and be conditioned upon the prior or substantially concurrent consummation of the Transaction. Upon delivery of written notice from (or on behalf of) Purchaser to the Investor (the “Closing Notice”), that Issuer and Purchaser reasonably expect all conditions to the closing of the Transaction to be satisfied or waived on an expected closing date that is not less than fifteen (15) business days from the date on which the Closing Notice is delivered to the Investor, the Investor shall deliver to Issuer at least [ten (10)] business days prior to the closing date of the Transaction, the Subscription Amount by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by Issuer in the Closing Notice. On the Closing Date, Purchaser shall issue the Acquired Shares to the Investor and promptly cause such Shares to be registered in book entry form in the name of the Investor on Purchaser’s share register or register of members, as applicable. In the event the closing of the Transaction does not occur within two (2) business days of the expected closing date in the Closing Notice, unless otherwise agreed by Purchaser and the Investor, Purchaser shall promptly (but not later than two (2) business days thereafter) return the Subscription Amount to the Investor by wire transfer of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Investor, and any book entries or share certificates shall be deemed cancelled, provided that, unless this Subscription Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Section 8 hereof, such return of funds shall not terminate this Subscription Agreement or relieve the Investor or its obligations to purchase the Acquired Shares at the Closing. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “business day” shall mean a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close. Prior to or at the Closing, Investor shall deliver to Issuer a duly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or appropriate Form W-8, to the extent applicable.
3. Closing Conditions. The obligation of the parties hereto to consummate the purchase and sale of the Acquired Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver by the applicable party or parties of the conditions that, on the Closing Date:
(a) there shall not be in force any injunction or order enjoining or prohibiting the issuance and sale of the Acquired Shares under this Subscription Agreement, and no governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation which is then in effect and has the effect of restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement;
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(b) the terms of the Transaction Agreement (including the conditions thereto) shall have been satisfied (as determined by the parties to the Transaction Agreement) or waived (other than those conditions which, by their nature, are to be satisfied at the closing of the Transaction), and the closing of the Transaction shall be scheduled to occur substantially concurrently with or immediately following the Closing;
(c) no suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale or trading, and no suspension or removal from listing of the Shares on any securities exchange, shall have occurred, been initiated, or been threatened or notified to Issuer or Purchaser in writing;
(d) with respect to Issuer’s and Purchaser’s obligation to close, (i) the representations and warranties made by the Investor in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (other than those representations and warranties expressly made as of an earlier date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date), without giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, and (ii) the Investor shall have performed its obligations and covenants required under this Subscription Agreement to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date (unless such obligation or covenant has been otherwise validly waived);
(e) with respect to the Investor’s obligation to close, (i) the representations and warranties made by Issuer and Purchaser in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (other than those representations and warranties expressly made as of an earlier date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date), without giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, and (ii) Issuer and Purchaser shall have performed its obligations and covenants required under this Subscription Agreement to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date (unless such obligation or covenant has been otherwise validly waived);
(f) with respect to the Investor’s obligation to close, no term of the Transaction Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) shall have been amended, modified or waived in a manner that would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the economic benefits that the Investor (in its capacity as such) would reasonably expect to receive under this Subscription Agreement;
(g) with respect to the Investor’s obligation to close, there shall have been no amendment, waiver or modification of any Other Subscription Agreement that materially benefits any Other Investor thereunder (other than terms particular to the legal or regulatory requirements applicable to such Other Investor), unless the Investor has been offered substantially the same benefits; and
(h) with respect to the Investor’s obligation to close, Issuer and Purchaser shall have obtained all consents or approvals (including any approval of Issuer’s stockholders) necessary to permit Issuer and Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.
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(i) Issuer shall have formed Purchaser prior to the Closing Date and shall have caused Purchaser to have signed a joinder agreement to this Subscription Agreement whereby Purchaser agrees (i) to be bound by and to observe all of the terms and conditions of this Subscription Agreement as “Purchaser” for all purposes hereunder,
(j) Purchaser shall have formed Merger Sub prior to the Closing Date and shall have caused Merger Sub to have signed a joinder agreement to this Subscription Agreement whereby Merger Sub agrees (i) to be bound by and to observe all of the terms and conditions of this Subscription Agreement as “Merger Sub” for all purposes hereunder,
4. Further Assurances. The parties hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take such additional actions as the parties reasonably may deem to be practical and necessary in order to consummate the subscription as contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.
5. Issuer and Company Representations and Warranties. Issuer and the Company represent and warrant to the Investor that:
(a) As of the date hereof, each of Issuer and the Company is duly formed in the jurisdiction of its organization and has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms of this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) As of the Closing Date, the Acquired Shares will be duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Investor against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, the Acquired Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights created under Issuer’s organizational documents (as in effect at such time of issuance) or under applicable law.
(c) This Agreement has been validly authorized, executed and delivered by such company and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties hereto, is a valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the general principles of equity and to bankruptcy or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such company does not and will not conflict with, violate or cause a breach of, constitute a default under, or result in a violation of (i) any agreement, contract or instrument to which such company is a party which would prevent such company from performing its obligations hereunder or (ii) any law, statute, rule or regulation to which such company is subject.
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(d) The issuance and sale by Purchaser of the Acquired Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of Issuer or Purchaser or any of their subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which Issuer, Purchaser, or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which Issuer, Purchaser, or any of their respective subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of Issuer or Purchaser is subject that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of Issuer, Purchaser and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), or materially affect the validity of the Acquired Shares or the ability of Issuer or Purchaser to comply in all material respects with its obligations under this Subscription Agreement; (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of Issuer or Purchaser; or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over Issuer or Purchaser or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially affect the validity of the Acquired Shares or the ability of Issuer or the Company to comply in all material respects with its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.
(e) As of their respective filing dates, all reports required to be filed by Issuer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) since its initial public offering (the “SEC Reports”) complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. None of the SEC Reports filed under the Exchange Act included, when filed or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment with respect to those disclosures that are amended, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that Issuer makes no such representation or warranty with respect to any registration statement or any proxy statement/prospectus to be filed by Issuer with respect to the Transaction. There are no material outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received by Issuer from the SEC (including from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the SEC) with respect to any of the SEC Reports.
(f) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor, Issuer nor the Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or other person in connection with the issuance of the Acquired Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, other than (i) filings with the SEC, (ii) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (iii) the filings required in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement; (iv) those required by the Nasdaq, including with respect to obtaining approval of Issuer’s stockholders, and (v) the failure of which to obtain would not be reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Each of Issuer and the Company, is in compliance with all applicable laws, except where such non-compliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Issuer has not received any written communication from a governmental authority that alleges that Issuer is not in compliance with or is in default or violation of any applicable law, except where such non-compliance, default or violation would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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(h) Assuming the accuracy of the Investor’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), is required for the offer and sale of the Acquired Shares by Issuer to the Investor.
(i) None of Issuer, the Company or any person acting on its behalf has offered or sold the Acquired Shares by any form of general solicitation or general advertising in violation of the Securities Act.
(j) Except for such matters as have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there is no (i) suit, action, proceeding or arbitration before a governmental authority or arbitrator pending, or, to the knowledge of Issuer nor the Company, threatened in writing against Issuer or the Company or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental authority or arbitrator outstanding against Issuer or the Company.
(k) The issued and outstanding shares of Issuer’s common stock (the “Issuer Shares”) are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on Nasdaq. There is no action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of Issuer, threatened against Issuer by Nasdaq or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the Issuer Shares or prohibit or terminate the listing of the Issuer Shares on Nasdaq. Issuer has taken no action that is designed to terminate or is reasonably expected to result in the termination of the registration of the Issuer Shares under the Exchange Act or the listing of the Issuer Shares on Nasdaq and is in compliance in all material respects with the listing requirements of Nasdaq.
(l) Issuer and the Company have provided the Investor with a true and correct copy of the Transaction Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
(m) As of the Closing Date, there are no securities or instruments issued by or to which Purchaser or Issuer is a party containing anti-dilution or similar provision that will be triggered by the issuance of (i) the Acquired Shares, (ii) the shares to be issued pursuant to any Other Subscription Agreement or (iii) the shares to be issued pursuant to the Transaction, in each case, that have not been or will not be validly waiver on or prior to the closing date of the Transaction.
6. Investor Representations and Warranties. The Investor represents and warrants to Issuer and the Company that:
(a) The Investor (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) )(1), (2), (3), (7) or (8) under the Securities Act), in each case, satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Schedule A, (ii) is acquiring the Acquired Shares only for its own account and not for the account of others, or if the Investor is subscribing for the Acquired Shares as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, the Investor has full investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account, and (iii) is not acquiring the Acquired Shares with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act (and shall provide the requested information set forth on Schedule A). The Investor is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Acquired Shares and is an “institutional account” as defined by FINRA Rule 4512(c).
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(b) The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Acquired Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act, that the Acquired Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and that Purchaser will not be required to register the Acquired Shares except as set forth in Section 7 of this Subscription Agreement. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Acquired Shares may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by the Investor absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act except (i) to Purchaser or a subsidiary thereof, (ii) to non-U.S. persons pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or (iii) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or another applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and, in each case, in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other applicable jurisdictions, and that any certificates or book entry records representing the Acquired Shares shall contain a restrictive legend to such effect. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Acquired Shares will be subject to securities law transfer restrictions and, as a result of these transfer restrictions, the Investor may not be able to readily offer, resell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the Acquired Shares and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the Acquired Shares for an indefinite period of time. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Acquired Shares will not immediately be eligible for offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, and that the provisions of Rule 144(i) will apply to the Acquired Shares. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that it has been advised to consult legal, tax and accounting advisors prior to making any offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition of any of the Acquired Shares.
(c) The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is purchasing the Acquired Shares directly from Purchaser. The Investor further acknowledges that there have been no representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made to the Investor by or on behalf of Issuer, the Company, any of their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Issuer expressly set forth in Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement.
(d) The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor has received such information as the Investor deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the Acquired Shares, including, with respect to Issuer, the Transaction and the business of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Investor acknowledges that certain information received was based on projections, and such projections were prepared based on assumptions and estimates that are inherently uncertain and subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in subject projections. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor acknowledges that it has reviewed Issuer’s filings with the SEC. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor and the Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as the Investor and such Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Acquired Shares.
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(e) The Investor became aware of this offering of the Acquired Shares solely by means of direct contact among the Investor, Issuer, the Company or a representative of Issuer, or the Company, and the Acquired Shares were offered to the Investor solely by direct contact among the Investor, Issuer, the Company or a representative of Issuer or Purchaser. The Investor did not become aware of this offering of the Acquired Shares, nor were the Acquired Shares offered to the Investor, by any other means. The Investor acknowledges that the Acquired Shares (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws. The Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, Issuer, the Company, any of their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the representations and warranties of Issuer contained in Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in Issuer.
(f) The Investor acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Acquired Shares, including those set forth in Issuer’s filings with the SEC. The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Acquired Shares, and the Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as the Investor has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision. The Investor acknowledges that Investor shall be responsible for any of the Investor’s tax liabilities that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement, and that neither Issuer nor the Company has provided any tax advice or any other representation or guarantee regarding the tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreement. The Investor acknowledges that (A) it (i) is a sophisticated investor, experienced in investing in similar transactions and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities and (ii) has exercised independent judgment in evaluating its participation in the purchase of the Acquired Shares and (B) the purchase and sales of the Acquired Shares hereunder meet (i) the exemptions from filing under FINRA Rule 5123(b)(1) and (ii) the institutional customer exception under FINRA Rule 2111(b).
(g) Alone, or together with any professional advisor(s), the Investor has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the Acquired Shares and determined that the Acquired Shares are a suitable investment for the Investor and that the Investor is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of the Investor’s investment in Issuer. The Investor acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.
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(h) In making its decision to purchase the Acquired Shares, the Investor has relied solely upon independent investigation made by the Investor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor has not relied on any statements or other information provided by or on behalf of any control persons, officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing concerning Issuer, the Company, the Transaction, the Transaction Agreement, this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Acquired Shares or the offer and sale of the Acquired Shares.
(i) The Investor acknowledges and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Acquired Shares or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.
(j) If the Investor is not an individual, the Investor has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, with power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement. If the Investor is an individual, the Investor has the authority to enter into, deliver and perform his or her obligations under this Subscription Agreement.
(k) If the Investor is not an individual, the execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Subscription Agreement are within the powers of the Investor, have been duly authorized and (i) will not constitute or result in a breach or default under or conflict with any order, ruling or regulation of any court or other tribunal or of any governmental commission or agency, or any agreement or other undertaking, to which the Investor is a party or by which the Investor is bound, and will not violate any provisions of the Investor’s organizational documents, including, without limitation, its incorporation or formation papers, bylaws, indenture of trust or partnership or operating agreement, as may be applicable and (ii) will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Investor or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Investor or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Investor or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Investor is subject that would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Investor to comply in all material respects with its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.
(l) The signature on this Subscription Agreement is genuine, and the signatory has legal competence and capacity to execute the same or the signatory has been duly authorized to execute the same, and this Subscription Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.
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(m) Neither the Investor nor any of its officers, directors, managers, managing members, general partners or any other person acting in a similar capacity or carrying out a similar function, is (i) a person named on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, the Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, the Sectoral Sanctions Identification List, or any other similar list of sanctioned persons administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), or any similar list of sanctioned persons administered by the European Union or any individual European Union member state, including the United Kingdom (collectively, “Sanctions Lists”); (ii) directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, one or more persons on a Sanctions List; (iii) organized, incorporated, established, located, resident or born in, or a citizen, national, or the government, including any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, of, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, the Crimea region of Ukraine, or any other country or territory embargoed or subject to substantial trade restrictions by the United States, the European Union or any individual European Union member state, including the United Kingdom; (iv) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515; or (v) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank (collectively, a “Prohibited Investor”). The Investor represents that if it is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.) (the “BSA”), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”), and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), that the Investor maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. The Investor also represents that it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with sanctions administered by the United States, the European Union, or any individual European Union member state, including the United Kingdom. The Investor further represents that the funds held by the Investor and used to purchase the Acquired Shares were legally derived and were not obtained, directly or indirectly, from a Prohibited Investor.
(n) If the Investor is or is acting on behalf of (i) an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), (ii) a plan, an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (iii) an entity whose underlying assets are considered to include “plan assets” of any such plan, account or arrangement described in clauses (i) and (ii) (each, an “ERISA Plan”), or (iv) an employee benefit plan that is a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA), a church plan (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA), a non-U.S. plan (as described in Section 4(b)(4) of ERISA) or other plan that is not subject to the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) but may be subject to provisions under any other federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are similar to such provisions of ERISA or the Code (collectively, “Similar Laws,” and together with ERISA Plans, “Plans”), the Investor represents and warrants that (A) neither Issuer nor any of its affiliates (the “Transaction Parties”) has provided investment advice or has otherwise acted as the Plan’s fiduciary, with respect to its decision to acquire and hold the Acquired Shares, and none of the parties to the Transaction is or shall at any time be the Plan’s fiduciary with respect to any decision in connection with the Investor’s investment in the Acquired Shares; (B) the decision to invest in the Acquired Shares has been made at the recommendation or direction of a fiduciary (for purposes of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code, or any applicable Similar Law) with respect to the Investor’s investment in the Acquired Shares who is independent of the parties to the Transaction; and (C) its purchase of the Acquired Shares will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or any applicable Similar Law.
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(o) The Investor, has or has commitments to have and, when required to deliver payment to Issuer pursuant to Section 2 above, will have sufficient funds to pay the Subscription Amount and consummate the purchase and sale of the Acquired Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement.
(p) The Investor acknowledges that the parties to the Transaction Agreement may revise the outside date for Closing as stated in the Transaction at their discretion without the consent of the Investor.
7. Registration Rights.
(a) Issuer shall cause Purchaser to agree, and Purchaser agrees, that, within either (i) thirty (30) calendar days following the closing of the Transaction (assuming no additional financial statements are required or desirable to be included at the time of such filing) or (ii) ninety (90) calendar days following the closing of the Transaction (assuming additional financial statements are required or desirable to be included at the time of such filing) (such deadline, the “Filing Deadline”), Purchaser will submit to or file with the SEC a registration statement for a shelf registration on Form S-1 or Form S-3 or Form F-1 or Form F-3, as applicable (if Purchaser is then eligible to use a Form S-3 or Form F-3 shelf registration) (the “Registration Statement”), in each case, covering the resale of the Registrable Shares (as defined below) and Purchaser shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (i) the 120th calendar day following the filing date thereof if the SEC notifies Purchaser that it will “review” the Registration Statement and (ii) the 10th business day after the date Purchaser is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review (such earlier date, the “Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, however, that Purchaser’s obligations to include the Registrable Shares in the Registration Statement are contingent upon Investor furnishing a completed and executed selling shareholder’s questionnaire in customary form to Purchaser, that contains such information regarding Investor as required by the SEC rules to be included in the Registration Statement, the securities of Purchaser held by Investor and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Shares (which shall be limited to non-underwritten public offerings) as shall be reasonably requested by Purchaser to effect the registration of the Registrable Shares, and Investor shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as Purchaser may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations, including providing that Purchaser shall be entitled to postpone and suspend the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement during any customary blackout or similar period or as permitted hereunder; and further provided that Investor shall not in connection with the foregoing be required to execute any lock-up or similar agreement or otherwise be subject to any contractual restriction on the ability to transfer the Registrable Shares. Any failure by Purchaser to file the Registration Statement by the Filing Deadline or to cause the effectiveness of such Registration Statement by the Effectiveness Deadline shall not otherwise relieve Purchaser of its obligations to file or effect the Registration Statement as set forth above in this Section 7. “Registrable Shares” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the Acquired Shares and any other equity security of Purchaser issued or issuable with respect to the Acquired Shares by way of share split, dividend, distribution, recapitalization, merger, exchange, replacement or similar event or otherwise.
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(b) At its expense, Issuer shall cause Purchaser to, and Purchaser shall:
(i) except for such times as Purchaser is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such registration, and any qualification, exemption or compliance under state securities laws which Purchaser determines to obtain, continuously effective with respect to Investor; provided that Issuer shall not be responsible for ensuring the Investor’s ability to utilize the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement between April 1st of each year and the date on which Purchaser files it annual report on form 20-F (if and to the extent Purchaser qualifies as a “foreign private issuer” defined in Rule 405 of Regulation C under the Securities Act and Rule 3b-4 under the Exchange Act), which shall be no later than April 30th of the same year, solely due to staleness under Regulation S-X of Purchaser’s financial statements contained or incorporated by reference therein, and to keep the applicable Registration Statement or any subsequent shelf registration statement free of any material misstatements or omissions, until the earlier of the following: (A) Investor ceases to hold any Registrable Shares, (B) the date all Registrable Shares held by Investor may be sold without restriction under Rule 144, including without limitation, any volume and manner of sale restrictions which may be applicable to affiliates under Rule 144 and without the requirement for Purchaser to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable), and (C) two years from the date of effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The period of time during which Purchaser is required hereunder to keep a Registration Statement effective is referred to herein as the “Registration Period”;
(ii) during the Registration Period, advise Investor, as expeditiously as practicable:
(1) when a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the SEC;
(2) after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose;
(3) of the receipt by Purchaser of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Shares included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and
(4) subject to the provisions in this Subscription Agreement, of the occurrence of any event that requires the making of any changes in any Registration Statement or prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, Purchaser shall not, when so advising Investor of such events, provide Investor with any material, nonpublic information regarding Purchaser other than to the extent that providing notice to Investor of the occurrence of the events listed in (1) through (4) above constitutes material, nonpublic information regarding Purchaser.
(iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable;
(iv) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated in Section 7(b)(ii)(4) above, except for such times as Purchaser is permitted hereunder to suspend, and has suspended, the use of a prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, Purchaser shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as soon as reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Registrable Shares included therein, such prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(v) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Shares to be listed on each securities exchange or market, if any, on which the Shares issued by Purchaser have been listed; and
(vi) otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Investor, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, in connection with the registration of the Registrable Shares.
(c) Issuer shall cause Purchaser to, and Purchaser shall, provide a draft of the Registration Statement to the Investor for review at least two (2) business days in advance of filing the Registration Statement; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall Purchaser be required to delay or postpone the filing of such Registration Statement as a result of or in connection with the Investor’s review. In no event shall the Investor be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement unless requested by the SEC; provided, that, if the SEC requests that the Investor be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, the Investor will have an opportunity to withdraw its Acquired Shares from the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the SEC prevents Purchaser from including any or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 under the Securities Act for the resale of the Acquired Shares by the Investor and the resale of Shares acquired by any Other Investors or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of Acquired Shares which is equal to the maximum number of Acquired Shares as is permitted by the SEC. In such event, the number of Acquired Shares to be registered for the Investor and the number of Shares to be registered for such Other Investors named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such investors. In the event that Purchaser amends the Registration Statement in accordance with the foregoing, Purchaser will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC, as promptly as allowed by the SEC, one or more registration statements to register the resale of those Registrable Shares that were not registered on the initial Registration Statement, as so amended, and cause such amendment or Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable.
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(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Subscription Agreement, Purchaser shall be entitled to delay the filing or effectiveness of, or suspend the use of, the Registration Statement if it determines that in order for the Registration Statement not to contain a material misstatement or omission, (i) an amendment thereto would be needed to include information that would at that time not otherwise be required in a current, quarterly, or annual report under the Exchange Act, (ii) the negotiation or consummation of a transaction by Purchaser or its subsidiaries is pending or an event has occurred, which negotiation, consummation or event Purchaser’s board of directors reasonably believes would require additional disclosure by Purchaser in the Registration Statement of material information that Purchaser has a bona fide business purpose for keeping confidential and the non-disclosure of which in the Registration Statement would be expected, in the reasonable determination of Purchaser’s board of directors to cause the Registration Statement to fail to comply with applicable disclosure requirements, or (iii) in the good faith judgment of the majority of Purchaser’s board of directors, such filing or effectiveness or use of such Registration Statement, would be seriously detrimental to Purchaser and the majority of the Purchaser’s board of directors concludes as a result that it is essential to defer such filing (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, however, that Purchaser may not delay or suspend the Registration Statement on more than three occasions or for more than ninety (90) consecutive calendar days, or more than one hundred and twenty (120) total calendar days in each case during any twelve-month period. Upon receipt of any written notice from Purchaser of the happening of any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in light of the circumstances under which they were made, in the case of the prospectus) not misleading, the Investor agrees that (i) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Registrable Shares under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144) until the Investor receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which Purchaser agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by Purchaser that it may resume such offers and sales, and (ii) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by Purchaser unless otherwise required by law or subpoena. If so directed by Purchaser, the Investor will deliver to Purchaser or, in the Investor’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Registrable Shares in the Investor’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Registrable Shares shall not apply (A) to the extent the Investor is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (1) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (2) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (B) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.
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(e) Indemnification.
(i) Issuer agrees and shall cause Purchaser to agree, and Purchaser agrees, to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, the Investor (to the extent a seller under the Registration Statement), its directors, officers and each person who controls the Investor (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), to the extent permitted by law, against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable and documented out of pocket expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees of one law firm) (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, caused by or arising out of any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus included in any Registration Statement (“Prospectus”) or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing to Issuer and Purchaser by or on behalf of such Investor expressly for use therein, provided, however, that the indemnification contained in this Section 7(e) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Losses if such settlement is effected without the consent of Issuer and Purchaser (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), nor shall Issuer or Purchaser be liable for any Losses to the extent they arise out of or are based upon a violation which occurs: (a) in connection with any failure of such person to deliver or cause to be delivered a Prospectus made available by Issuer or Purchaser in a timely manner and required to be delivered by such person in connection with the offer or sale giving rise to such Losses, (b) as a result of offers or sales effected by or on behalf of any person by means of a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that was not authorized in writing by Issuer or Purchaser, or (c) in connection with any offers or sales effected by or on behalf of such Investor during a period in which Issuer or Purchaser has suspended use of any Registration Statement as permitted by this Subscription Agreement.
(ii) In connection with any Registration Statement in which the Investor is participating, such Investor shall furnish (or cause to be furnished) to Issuer or Purchaser in writing such information and affidavits as Issuer or Purchaser reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify Issuer and Purchaser, their directors and officers and each person or entity who controls Issuer and Purchaser (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) against any Losses resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained (or not contained in, in the case of an omission) in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by on behalf of such Investor expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the liability of such Investor shall be several and not joint with any other investor and shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Investor from the sale of Registrable Shares giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
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(iii) Any person or entity entitled to indemnification herein shall (A) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s or entity’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (B) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement includes a statement or admission of fault and culpability on the part of such indemnified party or which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.
(iv) The indemnification provided for under this Subscription Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person or entity of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities.
(v) If the indemnification provided under this Section 7(e) from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by (or not made by, in the case of an omission), or relates to information supplied by (or not supplied by, in the case of an omission), such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 7(e)(i), (ii) and (iii) above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 7(e)(v) from any person or entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(f) Issuer shall cause Purchaser to, and Purchaser shall, provide commercially reasonable cooperation necessary to (i) enable the Investor to resell Registrable Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement or Rule 144, as applicable, (ii) qualify the Registrable Shares for listing on the primary stock exchange on which Purchaser’s common stock is then listed, (iii) update or amend the Registration Statement as necessary to include Registrable Shares and (iv) provide customary notice to holders of Registrable Shares.
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8. Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earliest to occur of (a) such date and time as the Transaction Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms without being consummated, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of each of the parties hereto to terminate this Subscription Agreement, (c) if the conditions to the Closing set forth in Section 3 of this Subscription Agreement are not satisfied, or are not capable of being satisfied, on or prior to the Closing and, as a result thereof, the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement will not be or are not consummated at the Closing and (d) the Outside Date (as defined in the Transaction Agreement and as it may be extended as described therein) if the Closing has not occurred by such date; provided that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful breach hereof prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from any such willful breach. Issuer shall notify the Investor of the termination of the Transaction Agreement promptly after the termination of such agreement. Upon the termination of this Subscription Agreement in accordance with this Section 8, any monies paid by the Investor to Issuer in connection herewith shall be promptly (and in any event within one business day after such termination) returned to the Investor.
9. Investor Covenant. The Investor hereby agrees that, from the date of this Subscription Agreement, none of the Investor, its controlled affiliates, or any person or entity acting on behalf of Investor or any of its controlled affiliates or pursuant to any understanding with the Investor or any of its controlled affiliates will engage in any Short Sales with respect to securities of Issuer prior to the Closing Date. For purposes of this Section 9, “Short Sales” shall include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges (other than pledges in the ordinary course of business as part of prime brokerage arrangements), forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) nothing herein shall prohibit other entities under common management with the Investor that have no knowledge of this Subscription Agreement or of the Investor’s participation in the Transaction (including the Investor’s controlled affiliates and/or affiliates) from entering into any Short Sales and (ii) in the case of the Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of the Investor’s assets and the portfolio managers have no knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor’s assets, the covenant set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Acquired Shares covered by this Subscription Agreement.
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10. Trust Account Waiver. The Investor acknowledges that Issuer is a blank check company with the powers and privileges to effect a merger, asset acquisition, reorganization or similar business combination involving Issuer and one or more businesses or assets. The Investor further acknowledges that, as described in Issuer’s prospectus relating to its initial public offering dated November 17, 2021 (the “IPO Prospectus”) available at www.sec.gov, substantially all of Issuer’s assets consist of the cash proceeds of Issuer’s initial public offering and private placement of its securities, and substantially all of those proceeds have been deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of Issuer, its public shareholders and the underwriter of Issuer’s initial public offering. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to Issuer to pay its tax obligations, if any, the cash in the Trust Account may be disbursed only for the purposes set forth in the IPO Prospectus. For and in consideration of Issuer entering into this Subscription Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Investor hereby irrevocably waives any and all right, title and interest, or any claim of any kind it has or may have in the future, in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, and irrevocably agrees not to seek recourse against the Trust Account as a result of, or arising out of, this Subscription Agreement. The Investor agrees and acknowledges that such irrevocable waiver is material to this Subscription Agreement and specifically relied upon by Issuer and its affiliates to induce Issuer to enter in this Subscription Agreement, and each such party further intends and understands such waiver to be valid, binding and enforceable against the Investor and its affiliates under applicable law. To the extent the Investor commences any action or proceeding based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating to Issuer or its affiliates, which proceeding seeks, in whole or in part, monetary relief against Issuer or its affiliates, the Investor hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Investor’s sole remedy shall be against funds held outside of the Trust Account and that such claim shall not permit the Investor (or any person claiming on any of their behalf or in lieu of any of the Investor) to have any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) or any amounts contained therein and in the event of any action or proceeding based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating to Issuer or its affiliates, which proceeding seeks, in whole or in part, relief against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) in violation of this Subscription Agreement, Issuer shall be entitled to recover from the Investor and its affiliates, the associated legal fees and costs in connection with any such action, in the event Issuer or its affiliates, as applicable, prevails in such action or proceeding. Notwithstanding any else in this Section 10, nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the Investor’s right, title, interest or claim to the Trust Account by virtue of the Investor’s (x) record or beneficial ownership of common stock acquired by any means other than pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or (y) redemption rights in connection with the Transaction with respect to any shares of common stock of Issuer owned by the Investor.
11. Miscellaneous.
(a) Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the Investor hereunder (other than the Shares acquired hereunder, if any) may be transferred or assigned without the prior written consent of Issuer and the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Subscription Agreement and any of Investor’s rights and obligations hereunder may be assigned to any fund or account managed by the same investment manager or investment advisor as the Investor or by an affiliate of such investment manager or investor advisor, without the prior consent of Issuer and the Company, provided that such assignee(s) agrees in writing to be bound by the terms hereof. Upon such assignment by the Investor, the assignee(s) shall become an Investor hereunder and have the rights and obligations provided for herein to the extent of such assignment; provided further that, no assignment shall relieve the assigning party of any of its obligations hereunder, including any assignment to any fund or account managed by the same investment manager or investment advisor as the Investor or by an affiliate of such investment manager or investment advisor, unless consented to in writing by Issuer and the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably conditioned, delayed or withheld).
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(b) Issuer may request from the Investor such additional information as Issuer may deem necessary to evaluate the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the Acquired Shares and in connection with the inclusion of the Acquired Shares in the Registration Statement, and the Investor shall provide such information as may reasonably be requested. The Investor acknowledges that Issuer may file a copy of this Subscription Agreement with the SEC as an exhibit to a current or periodic report or a registration statement of Issuer.
(c) The Investor acknowledges that Issuer, Purchaser, the Company, each separately as an express third-party beneficiary to this Agreement, including each with a right of enforcement) and others will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of the Investor contained in this Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, the Investor agrees to promptly notify Issuer, the Company and the Purchaser if any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties of the Investor set forth herein are no longer accurate. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that each purchase by the Investor of Acquired Shares from Issuer will constitute a reaffirmation of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties herein (as modified by any such notice) by the Investor as of the time of such purchase.
(d) Issuer and Purchaser are each entitled to rely upon this Subscription Agreement and each is irrevocably authorized to produce this Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
(e) All of the representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing. All of the covenants and agreements made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing, until the applicable statute of limitations or in accordance with their respective terms, if a shorter period.
(f) This Subscription Agreement may not be modified, waived or terminated (other than pursuant to the terms of Section 8 above) except by an instrument in writing, signed by (i) Issuer and/or Purchaser, (ii) Investor and (iii) the Company. No failure or delay of either party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any course of conduct, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties and third-party beneficiaries hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have hereunder.
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(g) This Subscription Agreement (including the schedule hereto) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as set forth in Section 7 and Section 11(c) with respect to the persons referenced therein, this Subscription Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective successor and assigns.
(h) Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns, and the agreements, representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments contained herein shall be deemed to be made by, and be binding upon, such heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.
(i) If any provision of this Subscription Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.
(j) This Subscription Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by electronic mail or in .pdf) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(k) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Subscription Agreement, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages, to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise.
(l) This Subscription Agreement and all disputes, legal actions, suits and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws that would otherwise require the application of the law of any other state.
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(m) THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (OR, TO THE EXTENT SUCH COURT DOES NOT HAVE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW YORK) SOLELY IN RESPECT OF THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY WAIVE, AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT, AS A DEFENSE IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING FOR INTERPRETATION OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT THAT IS NOT SUBJECT THERETO OR THAT SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING MAY NOT BE BROUGHT OR IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN SAID COURTS OR THAT VENUE THEREOF MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE OR THAT THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS, AND THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY SUCH A NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT. THE PARTIES HEREBY CONSENT TO AND GRANT ANY SUCH COURT JURISDICTION OVER THE PERSON OF SUCH PARTIES AND OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SUCH DISPUTE AND AGREE THAT MAILING OF PROCESS OR OTHER PAPERS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 11(m) OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY LAW SHALL BE VALID AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE THEREOF.
(n) EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (II) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (III) SUCH PARTY MAKES THE FOREGOING WAIVER VOLUNTARILY; AND (IV) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 11(n).
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(o) As promptly as practicable following the date hereof, but in no event later than two (2) business days following the signing of this Subscription Agreement, Issuer shall, file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Disclosure Document”) disclosing (i) all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Other Subscription Agreements, (ii) all material terms of the Transaction and (iii) any other material, nonpublic information that Issuer has provided to the Investor any time prior to the filing of the Disclosure Document. Upon the issuance of the Disclosure Document, the Investor shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information received from Issuer or any of its officers, directors or employees or agents and the Investor shall no longer be subject to any confidentiality or similar obligations under any current agreement, whether written or oral with Issuer or any of their affiliates. Notwithstanding anything in this Subscription Agreement to the contrary, Issuer shall not publicly disclose the name of the Investor or any of its affiliates or its investment adviser, or include the name of the Investor or any of its affiliates or its investment adviser in any press release or in any filing with the SEC or any regulatory agency or trading market, without the prior written consent of the Investor, except as required by state or federal securities law, any governmental authority or stock exchange rule, in which case Issuer shall provide the Investor with prior written notice of such disclosure permitted under hereunder.
12. Non-Reliance and Exculpation. The Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation, other than the statements, representations and warranties of Issuer expressly contained in Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in Issuer. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that none of (i) any other investor pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or any other subscription agreement related to the private placement of the Shares (including the investor’s respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), (ii) any other party to the Transaction Agreement, or (iii) any affiliates, or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of Issuer, Purchaser, the Company or any other party to the Transaction Agreement shall be liable to the Investor, or to any other investor, pursuant to this Subscription Agreement or any other subscription agreement related to the private placement of the Shares, the negotiation hereof or thereof or the subject matter hereof or thereof, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, for any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken by any of them in connection with the purchase of the Acquired Shares.
13. Press Releases. All press releases or other public communications relating to the transactions contemplated hereby between Issuer and the Investor, and the method of the release for publication thereof, shall prior to the Closing be subject to the prior approval of (i) Issuer, and (ii) to the extent such press release or public communication references the Investor by name, the Investor, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or conditioned; provided that neither Issuer nor the Investor shall be required to obtain consent pursuant to this Section 13 to the extent any proposed release or statement is substantially equivalent to the information that has previously been made public without breach of the obligation under this Section 13. The restriction in this Section 13 shall not apply to the extent the public announcement is required by applicable securities law, any governmental authority or stock exchange rule; provided, that in such an event, the applicable party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to consult with the other party in advance as to its form, content and timing.
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14. Notices. All notices and other communications among the parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) when delivered by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or (iv) when delivered by email (in each case in this clause (iv), solely if receipt is confirmed, but excluding any automated reply, such as an out-of-office notification), addressed as follows:
If to the Investor, to the address provided on the Investor’s signature page hereto.
If to Issuer, to:
Arisz Acquisition Corp.
199 Water Street, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10038
Attention: Ms. Echo Hindle-Yang
Email: hindleyang@ariszacquisition.com
with copies to (which shall not constitute notice), to:
Loeb
& Loeb LLP
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154
Attention: Mitchell S. Nussbaum, Esq.
Email: mnussbaum@loeb.com
And
If to the Company, to:
Finfront Holding Company
#10-03, 133 New Bridge Road
Chinatown Point, Singapore 059413
Attention: Liang Lu
Email: leo@bitfufu.com
with copies to (which shall not constitute notice), to:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
Unit 2901, 29F, Tower C, Beijing Yintai Centre
No. 2 Jianguomenwai Avenue
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022
The People’s Republic of China
Attention: Dan Ouyang, Esq./Ke Li, Esq.
Email: douyang@wsgr.com/keli@wsgr.com
or to such other address or addresses as the parties may from time to time designate in writing. Copies delivered solely to outside counsel shall not constitute notice.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Issuer and Investor has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.
ARISZ ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
FINFRONT HOLDING COMPANY | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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Accepted and agreed this ___ day of January, 2022.
SUBSCRIBER:
Signature of Subscriber: | Signature of Joint Subscriber, if applicable: | |||
By: |
By: |
|||
Name: | Name: | |||
Title: | Title: |
Date:
Name of Subscriber: | Name of Joint Subscriber, if applicable: | |
| ||
(Please print. Please indicate name and | (Please print. Please indicate name and | |
Capacity of person signing above) | Capacity of person signing above) |
Name in which securities are to be registered | ||
(if different from the name of Subscriber listed directly above): |
Email Address:
If there are joint investors, please check one:
☐ Joint Tenants with Rights of Survivorship
☐ Tenants-in-Common
☐ Community Property
Subscriber’s EIN: | Joint Subscriber’s EIN: |
Business Address-Street: | Mailing Address-Street (if different): | |
City, State, Zip: | City, State, Zip: | |
Attn: | Attn: | |
Telephone No.: _________________________ | Telephone No.: _____________________ | |
Facsimile No.: __________________________ | Facsimile No.: ______________________ |
Aggregate Number of Subscribed Shares subscribed for:
_____________________________________________
Aggregate Purchase Price: $____
You must pay the Purchase Price by wire transfer of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds, to be held in escrow until the Closing, to the account specified by Issuer in the Closing Notice. To the extent the offering is oversubscribed, the number of Shares received may be less than the number of Shares subscribed for.
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SCHEDULE A
ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF SUBSCRIBER
A. | QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS |
(Please check the applicable subparagraphs):
1. | ☐ We are a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (a “QIB”)). |
2. | ☐ We are subscribing for the Subscribed Shares as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, and each owner of such account is a QIB. |
*** OR ***
B. | INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS (Please check the applicable subparagraphs): |
☐ | We are an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act), and have marked and initialed the appropriate box on the following page indicating the provision under which we qualify as an “accredited investor.” |
☐ | We are not a natural person. |
*** AND ***
C. | AFFILIATE STATUS |
(Please check the applicable box) SUBSCRIBER:
☐ is:
☐ is not:
an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Issuer or acting on behalf of an affiliate of the Issuer.
*** AND ***
D. | 13d-3 beneficial ownership information |
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This
page should be completed by Subscriber and constitutes a part of the Subscription Agreement.
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Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, in relevant part, states that an “accredited investor” shall mean any person who comes within any of the below listed categories, or who the issuer reasonably believes comes within any of the below listed categories, at the time of the sale of the securities to that person. Subscriber has indicated, by marking and initialing the appropriate box below, the provision(s) below which apply to Subscriber and under which Subscriber accordingly qualifies as an “accredited investor.”
☐ | Any bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; |
☐ | Any broker or dealer registered pursuant to section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; |
☐ | Any insurance company as defined in section 2(a)(13) of the Securities Act; |
☐ | Any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) or a business development company as defined in section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act; |
☐ | Any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended; |
☐ | Any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; |
☐ | Any employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), if (i) the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in section 3(21) of ERISA, which is either a bank, a savings and loan association, an insurance company, or a registered investment adviser, (ii) the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, (iii) such plan is a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are “accredited investors”; |
☐ | Any private business development company as defined in section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended; |
☐ | Any (i) corporation, limited liability company or partnership, (ii) Massachusetts or similar business trust, or (iii) organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, and with total assets in excess of $5,000,000; |
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☐ | Any trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in Section 230.506(b)(2)(ii) of Regulation D; or |
☐ | Any entity in which all of the equity owners are “accredited investors” meeting one or more of the above tests. |
☐ | Any director, executive officer, or general partner of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold, or any director, executive officer, or general partner of a general partner of that issuer; |
☐ | Any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person's spouse or spousal equivalent, exceeds $1,000,000. For purposes of calculating a natural person’s net worth under this category: (a) the person's primary residence shall not be included as an asset; (b) indebtedness that is secured by the person's primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of sale of securities exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (c) indebtedness that is secured by the person's primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities shall be included as a liability. This category will not apply to any calculation of a person's net worth made in connection with a purchase of securities in accordance with a right to purchase such securities, provided that (A) such right was held by the person on July 20, 2010, (B) the person qualified as an accredited investor on the basis of net worth at the time the person acquired such right and (C) the person held securities of the same issuer, other than such right, on July 20, 2010; |
☐ | Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person's spouse or spousal equivalent in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year; | |
☐ | Any natural person holding in good standing one or more professional certifications or designations or credentials from an accredited educational institution that the Commission has designated as qualifying an individual for accredited investor status. In determining whether to designate a professional certification or designation or credential from an accredited educational institution for purposes of this category, the Commission will consider, among others, the following attributes: (i) the certification, designation, or credential arises out of an examination or series of examinations administered by a self-regulatory organization or other industry body or is issued by an accredited educational institution, (ii) the examination or series of examinations is designed to reliably and validly demonstrate an individual's comprehension and sophistication in the areas of securities and investing, (iii) persons obtaining such certification, designation, or credential can reasonably be expected to have sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to evaluate the merits and risks of a prospective investment and (iv) an indication that an individual holds the certification or designation is either made publicly available by the relevant self-regulatory organization or other industry body or is otherwise independently verifiable; |
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☐ | Any natural person who is a “knowledgeable employee,” as defined in rule 3c-5(a)(4) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.3c-5(a)(4)), of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold where the issuer would be an investment company, as defined in section 3 of such act, but for the exclusion provided by either section 3(c)(1) or section 3(c)(7) of such act; |
☐ | Any “family office,” as defined in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (17 CFR 275.202(a)(11)(G)-1): (i) With assets under management in excess of $5,000,000, (ii) that is not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, and (iii) whose prospective investment is directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such family office is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment; and |
☐ | Any “family client,” as defined in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (17 CFR 275.202(a)(11)(G)-1)), of a family office meeting the requirements in the prior category and whose prospective investment in the issuer is directed by such family office pursuant to clause (iii) thereunder. |
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Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
SPONSOR SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This SPONSOR SUPPORT AGREEMENT, dated as of January 21, 2022 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among the stockholder(s) listed on Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Stockholder”), Finfront Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and Arisz Acquisition Corp, a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, Buyer and the Company are parties to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of the date hereof, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (the “Merger Agreement”) which provides, among other things, that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, (a) Buyer will form BitFuFu Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company, as its wholly owned subsidiary (“BFF”), (b) BFF will form Boundary Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company, as its wholly owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”), (c) Buyer will be merged with and into BFF, with BFF surviving such merger (the “Redomestication Merger”), and (d) Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Acquisition Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of BFF;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each Stockholder owns the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, of Buyer set forth on Exhibit A (all such shares, and/or any successor shares of Buyer (including, upon the effectiveness of the Redomestication Merger, any shares of BFF issued in exchange therefor) of which ownership of record or the power to vote is hereafter acquired by the Stockholder prior to the termination of this Agreement being referred to herein as the “Shares”); and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Company to enter into the Merger Agreement, each Stockholder is executing and delivering this Agreement to the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Agreement to Vote. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) the Effective Time, and (b) such date and time as the Merger Agreement shall be terminated in accordance with Section 12.1 thereof (the “Expiration Time”), each Stockholder, with respect to its Shares, hereby irrevocably agrees to (1) appear at any meeting of the stockholders of Buyer (a “Buyer Stockholders’ Meeting”) in person or proxy or otherwise cause the Shares to be counted as present thereat for the purpose of establishing a quorum, and (2) vote, or cause to be voted or consented at a Buyer Stockholders’ Meeting, or in any action by written consent of the stockholders, all of the Shares owned as of the record date for such meeting (a) in favor of the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) in favor of any other matter reasonably necessary to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and considered and voted upon at any Buyer Stockholders’ Meeting, (c) in favor of the approval of the Parent Party Shareholder Approval Matters (as defined in the Merger Agreement), (d) against the approval of any merger, purchase of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or other business combination transaction (other than the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby), or against any proposal, action or agreement that would (i) impede, frustrate, prevent or nullify any provision of this Agreement, the Merger Agreement, the Redomestication Merger or the Acquisition Merger, (ii) result in a breach in any respect of any covenant, representation, warranty or any other obligation or agreement of Buyer, BFF or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement, or (iii) result in any of the conditions set forth in Article X of the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled, and (e) against any amendment of the organizational documents of Buyer or any change in Buyer’s capitalization, corporate structure or business other than as contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Each Stockholder acknowledges receipt and review of a copy of the Merger Agreement. The obligations of each Stockholder specified in this Section 1 shall apply whether or not the Redomestication Merger or the Acquisition Merger or any action described above is recommended by Buyer’s Board of Directors.
Each Stockholder hereby irrevocably agrees that it shall not commit or agree to take any action inconsistent with the foregoing.
2. Redemptions Rights; Waiver Conversion Ratios. Each Stockholder irrevocably agrees that it will (i) not exercise its right to redeem all or a portion of such Stockholder’s Shares (in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Merger Agreement or otherwise) as set forth in the organizational documents of Buyer and (ii) waive any adjustment to the conversion ratio set forth in Buyer’s organizational documents.
3. Transfer of Shares. Until the Expiration Time, each Stockholder irrevocably agrees that it shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) sell, assign, transfer (including by operation of law), allow the creation of a lien, pledge, distribute, dispose of or otherwise encumber any of the Shares, either voluntarily or involuntarily (collectively, “Transfer”), or otherwise agree or offer to do any of the foregoing, (b) deposit any Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto that is inconsistent with this Agreement, (c) enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or undertaking with respect to the direct or indirect acquisition or sale, assignment, transfer (including by operation of law) or other disposition of any Shares, (d) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, with respect to any Shares, (e) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Share, (f) take any action that would have the effect of preventing or disabling Stockholder from performing its obligations hereunder or (g) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in this Section 3; provided, that, Transfers by Stockholder are permitted to an Affiliate or to a direct or indirect owner of equity or other interest in such Stockholder (a “Permitted Transfer”); provided, further, that any Permitted Transfer shall be permitted only if, as a precondition to such Transfer, the transferee also agrees in a writing, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, to assume all of the obligations of the Stockholder under, and be bound by all of the terms of, this Agreement; provided, further, that any Transfer permitted under this Section 3 shall not relieve the Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement. Any Transfer in violation of this Section 3 with respect to the Stockholder’s Shares shall be null and void.
4. Representations and Warranties. Each Stockholder, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants for and on behalf of itself to the Company as follows:
(a) The execution, delivery and performance by Stockholder of this Agreement and the consummation by Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any Law applicable to Stockholder, (ii) require any consent, approval or authorization of, declaration, filing or registration with, or notice to, any person or entity, (iii) result in the creation of any Lien on any Shares (other than pursuant to this Agreement or transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws or the organization documents of Stockholder), or (iv) conflict with or result in a breach of or constitute a default under any provision of Stockholder’s organizational documents.
(b) Stockholder is the only record and a beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of and has good, valid and marketable title to the Shares free and clear of any Lien (other than (i) pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) transfer restrictions under applicable securities Laws) and has the sole power (as currently in effect) to vote the Shares and has not entered into any voting agreement or voting trust with respect to any of the Shares that is inconsistent with the Stockholder’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Stockholder has the full right, power and authority to sell, transfer and deliver such Shares, and Stockholder does not own, directly or indirectly, any other Shares, other than Buyer warrants held by Stockholder (if any).
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(c) Stockholder is a natural person or a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and, to the extent such concept is applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has the power, authority and capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, has not entered into any agreement or undertaking that would interfere with, or prohibit or prevent it from satisfying, its obligations pursuant to this Agreement and that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Stockholder. This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Company and Buyer, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Stockholder in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditor’s rights and to general equitable principles).
(d) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no action, proceeding or, to the Stockholder’s knowledge, investigation pending against the Stockholder or, to the knowledge of the Stockholder, threatened against the Stockholder that questions the beneficial or record ownership of the Stockholder’s Shares, the validity of this Agreement or the performance by the Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement.
(e) Stockholder understands and acknowledges that the Company is entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon the Stockholder’s execution and delivery of this Agreement.
(f) No investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or other similar fee or commission for which Buyer, BFF, Merger Sub or the Company is or will be liable in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or, to the knowledge of the Stockholder, on behalf of the Stockholder.
5. New Shares. In the event that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending at the Expiration Time, (a) any Shares are issued to Stockholder after the date of this Agreement pursuant to any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, reclassification, combination or exchange of Shares or otherwise, (b) a Stockholder purchases or otherwise acquires beneficial ownership of any Shares, or (c) a Stockholder acquires the right to vote or share in the voting of any Shares (collectively the “New Securities”), then such New Securities acquired or purchased by such Stockholder shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement to the same extent as if they constituted the Shares owned by such Stockholder as of the date hereof.
6. No Challenges. Each Stockholder agrees not to commence, join in, facilitate, assist or encourage, and agrees to take all actions necessary to opt out of any class in any class action with respect to, any claim, derivative or otherwise, against Buyer, BFF, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective successors or directors (a) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin the operation of, any provision of this Agreement or the Merger Agreement or (b) alleging a breach of any fiduciary duty of any person in connection with the evaluation, negotiation or entry into the Merger Agreement.
7. Termination. This Agreement and the obligations of Stockholder under this Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earliest of: (a) the Effective Time; (b) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms; and (c) the mutual agreement of the Company and Buyer. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, no party shall have any further obligations or liabilities under this Agreement; provided, however, such termination or expiration shall not relieve any party from liability for any willful breach of this Agreement occurring prior to its termination.
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8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Merger Agreement or any other transaction document, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated.
(b) All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by telecopy or e-mail or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 8(b)):
If to Stockholder:
To such Stockholder’s address set forth in Exhibit A.
with
copies to (which shall not constitute notice):
Loeb & Loeb
345 Park Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10154
Attention: Mitchell S. Nussbaum, Esq.
E-mail: mnussbaum@loeb.com
If to the Company, to:
Finfront
Holding Company
111 North Bridge Road, #15-01
Peninsula Plaza, Singapore 179098
Attention: Liang Lu
E-mail: leo@bitfufu.com
with
a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
Unit 2901, 29F, Tower C, Beijing Yintai Centre
No. 2 Jianguomenwai Avenue
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022
The People’s Republic of China
Attention: Dan Ouyang, Esq./Ke Li, Esq.
Email: douyang@wsgr.com/keli@wsgr.com
If to Buyer or BFF, to:
Arisz Acquisition Corp.
199 Water Street, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10038
Attention: Ms. Echo Hindle-Yang
Email: hindleyang@ariszacquisition.com
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with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Loeb
& Loeb LLP
345 Park Avenue, 19th Floor
New
York, NY 10154
Attention: Mitchell S. Nussbaum, Esq.
Email: mnussbaum@loeb.com
(c) If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
(d) This Agreement and the Merger Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall not be assigned (whether pursuant to a merger, by operation of law or otherwise).
(e) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
(f) This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of Laws of another jurisdiction. All actions, suits or proceedings (collectively, “Action”) arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in any federal or state court having jurisdiction within the State of New York. The parties hereto hereby (i) submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of federal or state courts within the State of New York for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party hereto, and (ii) irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert by way of motion, defense, or otherwise, in any such Action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the Action is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Action is improper, or that this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereunder may not be enforced in or by any of the above-named courts.
(g) The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof, and accordingly, that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof in any federal or stat court within the State of New York without proof of actual damages or otherwise, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity as expressly permitted in this Agreement. Each of the parties further waives (i) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and (b) any requirement to post security or a bond as prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.
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(h) This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or portable document format (pdf) transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(i) Each Stockholder shall execute and deliver, or cause to be delivered, such additional documents, and take, or cause to be taken, all such further actions and do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary (including under applicable Laws), or reasonably requested by Buyer or the Company, to effect the actions and consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Merger Agreement (including the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby), in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein and herein, as applicable.
(j) This Agreement may not be amended, changed, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified or terminated, except upon the execution and delivery of a written agreement executed by Buyer, the Company and each Stockholder.
(k) This Agreement shall not be effective or binding upon Stockholder until such time as the Merger Agreement is executed by each of the parties thereto.
(l) If, and as often as, there are any changes in Buyer by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or business combination, or by any other means, equitable adjustment shall be made to the provisions of this Agreement as may be required so that the rights, privileges, duties and obligations hereunder shall continue with respect to Stockholder and the Shares as so changed.
(m) Each of the parties hereto hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law any right it may have to a trial by jury with respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement. Each of the parties hereto (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce that foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other parties hereto have been induced to enter into this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Paragraph (m).
(n) Stockholder hereby authorizes Buyer and the Company to publish and disclose in any disclosure required by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission the Stockholder’s identity and beneficial ownership of the Shares and the nature of the Stockholder’s obligations under this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
STOCKHOLDERS: | ||
ARISZ INVESTMENT LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Echo Hindle-Yang | |
Name: | Echo Hindle-Yang | |
Title: | ||
/s/ Echo Hindle-Yang | ||
Name: | Echo Hindle-Yang | |
/s/ Marc Estigarribia | ||
Name: | Marc Estigarribia | |
/s/ Rushi Trivedi | ||
Name: | Rushi Trivedi | |
/s/ Romain Guerel | ||
Name: | Romain Guerel | |
/s/ Nick He | ||
Name: | Nick He | |
COMPANY: | ||
FINFRONT HOLDING COMPANY | ||
By: | /s/ Lu Liang | |
Name: | Lu Liang | |
Title: | Director | |
BUYER: | ||
ARISZ ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Echo Hindle-Yang | |
Name: | Echo Hindle-Yang | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit A
Stockholders
Stockholder | Number of Shares | Address for Notices | ||||
Arisz Investment LLC | 1,667,500 | 199 Water Street 31st Floor New York, NY 10038 | ||||
Echo Hindle-Yang | 40,000 | 199 Water Street 31st Floor New York, NY 10038 | ||||
Marc Estigarribia | 10,000 | 199 Water Street 31st Floor New York, NY 10038 | ||||
Rushi Trivedi | 2,500 | 199 Water Street 31st Floor New York, NY 10038 | ||||
Romain Guerel | 2,500 | 199 Water Street 31st Floor New York, NY 10038 | ||||
Nick He | 2,500 | 199 Water Street 31st Floor New York, NY 10038 | ||||
Total | 1,725,000 | 199 Water Street 31st Floor New York, NY 10038 |
Exhibit 10.3
COMPANY SHAREHOLDER SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This COMPANY SHAREHOLDER SUPPORT AGREEMENT, dated as of January 21, 2022 (this “Support Agreement”), is entered into by and among the shareholders listed on Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Shareholder” and collectively, the “Shareholders”), Finfront Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”) and Arisz Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Support Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, Parent and the Company are parties to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (the “Merger Agreement”) which provides, among other things, that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, (a) Parent will form BitFuFu Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company, as its wholly owned subsidiary (“Purchaser”), (b) Purchaser will form Boundary Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company, as its wholly owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”), (c) Parent will be merged with and into Purchaser, with Purchaser surviving such merger, and (d) Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each Shareholder owns the number of the Company’s ordinary shares, par value $0.00001, set forth after its name on Exhibit A (all such shares, or any successor or additional shares of the Company of which ownership of record or the power to vote is hereafter acquired by each Shareholder prior to the termination of this Support Agreement being referred to herein as the “Shares”); and
WHEREAS, in order to induce Parent to enter into the Merger Agreement, each Shareholder is executing and delivering this Support Agreement to Parent.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Voting Agreements. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) the Effective Time, and (b) such date and time as the Merger Agreement shall be terminated in accordance its terms (whichever earlier, the “Expiration Time”), each Shareholder, in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company, irrevocably agrees that, at any meeting of the Company’s shareholders related to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (whether annual or special and whether or not an adjourned or postponed meeting, however called and including any adjournment or postponement thereof) (the “Transactions”) and/or in connection with any written consent of the Company’s shareholders related to the Transactions (all meetings or consents related to the Merger Agreement, collectively referred to herein as the “Meeting”), such Shareholder shall:
a. | when the Meeting is held, appear at the Meeting or otherwise cause its Shares to be counted as present thereat for the purpose of establishing a quorum; |
b. | vote (or execute and return an action by written consent), or cause to be voted at the Meeting (or validly execute and return and cause such consent to be granted with respect to), all of its Shares in favor of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby; |
c. | authorize and approve any amendment to the Company’s Organizational Documents that is deemed necessary or advisable by the Company for purposes of effecting the Transactions; and |
d. | vote (or execute and return an action by written consent), or cause to be voted at the Meeting (or validly execute and return and cause such consent to be granted with respect to), all of its Shares against any other action that would reasonably be expected to (x) impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the Merger or any of the Transactions, (y) result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Merger Agreement or (z) result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of such Shareholder contained in this Support Agreement. |
2. Restrictions on Transfer. Until the Expiration Time, each Shareholder agrees that it shall not sell, assign or otherwise transfer any of its Shares unless the buyer, assignee or transferee thereof executes a joinder agreement to this Support Agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent. The Company shall not register any sale, assignment or transfer of any Shares on the Company’s stock ledger (book entry or otherwise) that is not in compliance with this Section 2.
3. New Securities. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Expiration Time, in the event that, (a) any Company Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Company are issued to any Shareholder after the date of this Support Agreement pursuant to any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, reclassification, combination or exchange of Company securities owned by such Shareholder, (b) any Shareholder purchases or otherwise acquires beneficial ownership of any Company Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Company after the date of this Support Agreement, or (c) any Shareholder acquires the right to vote or share in the voting of any Company Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of Company after the date of this Support Agreement (such Company Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of the Company, collectively the “New Securities”), then such New Securities acquired or purchased by each such Shareholder shall be subject to the terms of this Support Agreement to the same extent as if they constituted Shares as of the date hereof.
4. No Challenge. Each Shareholder agrees not to commence, join in, facilitate, assist or encourage, and agrees to take all actions necessary to opt out of any class in any class action with respect to, any claim, derivative or otherwise, against Parent, Purchaser, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective successors or directors (a) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin the operation of, any provision of this Support Agreement or the Merger Agreement or (b) alleging a breach of any fiduciary duty of any person in connection with the evaluation, negotiation or entry into the Merger Agreement.
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5. Waiver. Each Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) waives any rights of appraisal, dissenter’s rights and any similar rights relating to the Merger Agreement and the consummation by the parties of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, that such Shareholder may have under applicable law, and (ii) waives its right to any payments upon liquidation of the Company that may be provided for in the Company’s Organizational Documents.
6. Consent to Disclosure. Each Shareholder hereby consents to the publication and disclosure in the Form S-4 or Form F-4 (as applicable) and the Proxy Statement (and, as and to the extent otherwise required by applicable securities Laws or the SEC or any other securities authorities, any other documents or communications provided by any Parent Party or the Company to any Governmental Authority or to securityholders of any Parent Party) of such Shareholder’s identity and beneficial ownership of Shares and the nature of such Shareholder’s commitments, arrangements and understandings under and relating to this Support Agreement and, if deemed appropriate by Parent or the Company, a copy of this Support Agreement. Each Shareholder will promptly provide any information reasonably requested by Parent or the Company for any regulatory application or filing made or approval sought in connection with the Transactions (including filings with the SEC).
7. Shareholder Representations: Each Shareholder represents and warrants to Parent and the Company, as of the date hereof, that:
a. | such Shareholder is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Support Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby are within such Shareholder’s organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational actions on the part of such Shareholder; |
b. | this Support Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Shareholder and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties to this Support Agreement, this Support Agreement constitutes a legally valid and binding obligation of such Shareholder, enforceable against such Shareholder in accordance with the terms hereof (except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy Laws, other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity affecting the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies); |
c. | the execution and delivery of this Support Agreement by such Shareholder does not, and the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations hereunder will not, (i) conflict with or result in a violation of the organizational documents of such Shareholder, or (ii) require any consent or approval from any third party that has not been given or other action that has not been taken by any third party, in each case, to the extent such consent, approval or other action would prevent, enjoin or materially delay the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations under this Support Agreement; |
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d. | there are no Proceedings pending against such Shareholder or, to the knowledge of such Shareholder, threatened against such Shareholder, before (or, in the case of threatened Proceedings, that would be before) any arbitrator or any Governmental Authority, which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or materially delay the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations under this Support Agreement; |
e. | no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with this Support Agreement or any of the respective transactions contemplated hereby, based upon arrangements made by such Shareholder or, to the knowledge of such Shareholder, by the Company; |
f. | such Shareholder has not entered into, and shall not enter into, any agreement that would prevent it from performing any of its obligations under this Support Agreement; |
g. | such Shareholder has good title to its Shares, free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens, and such Shareholder has the sole power to vote or cause to be voted its Shares; and |
h. | the Shares listed opposite such Shareholder’s name on Exhibit A are the only shares of the Company’s outstanding capital stock owned of record or beneficially owned by such Shareholder as of the date hereof, and none of its Shares are subject to any proxy, voting trust or other agreement or arrangement with respect to the voting of Shares that is inconsistent with such Shareholder’s obligations pursuant to this Support Agreement. |
8. Damages; Remedies. Each Shareholder hereby agrees and acknowledges that (a) Parent and the Company would be irreparably injured in the event of a breach by such Shareholder of its obligations under this Support Agreement, (b) monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy for such breach and (c) the non-breaching party shall be entitled to injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedy that such party may have in law or in equity, in the event of such breach.
9. Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Support Agreement and the other agreements referenced herein constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby. This Support Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived (other than to correct a typographical error) as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by all parties hereto.
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10. Assignment. No party hereto may, except as set forth herein, assign either this Support Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties. Any purported assignment in violation of this paragraph shall be void and ineffectual and shall not operate to transfer or assign any interest or title to the purported assignee. This Support Agreement shall be binding on each Shareholder, Parent and the Company and each of their respective successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns and permitted transferees.
11. Counterparts. This Support Agreement may be executed in any number of original, electronic or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
12. Severability. This Support Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Support Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Support Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.
13. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial Waiver. Sections 12.8 through 12.10 of the Merger Agreement is incorporated by reference herein to apply with full force to any disputes arising under this Support Agreement.
14. Notice. Any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Support Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent or given in accordance with the terms of Section 12.1 of the Merger Agreement to the applicable party, with respect to the Company and Parent, at the address set forth in Section 12.1 of the Merger Agreement, and, with respect to each Shareholder, at its address set forth on Exhibit A.
15. Termination. This Support Agreement shall terminate on the earlier of the Closing or the termination of the Merger Agreement. No such termination shall relieve any Shareholder, Parent or the Company from any liability resulting from a breach of this Support Agreement occurring prior to such termination.
16. Adjustment for Stock Split. If, and as often as, there are any changes in the Shares by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or business combination, or by any other means, equitable adjustment shall be made to the provisions of this Support Agreement as may be required so that the rights, privileges, duties and obligations hereunder shall continue with respect to each Shareholder, Parent and the Company and the Shareholder Shares as so changed.
17. Further Actions. Each of the parties hereto agrees to execute and deliver hereafter any further document, agreement or instrument of assignment, transfer or conveyance as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the purposes hereof and as may be reasonably requested in writing by another party hereto.
18. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof, and accordingly, that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof in any federal or state court within the State of New York without proof of actual damages or otherwise, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity as expressly permitted in this Agreement. Each of the parties further waives (i) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate and (b) any requirement to post security or a bond as prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Support Agreement as of the date first written above.
FINFRONT HOLDING COMPANY | |||
By: | /s/ Lu Liang | ||
Name: | Lu Liang | ||
Title: | Director |
ARISZ ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Echo Hindle-Yang | |
Name: | Echo Hindle-Yang | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
chiprinG technology limited | ||
By: | /s/ Lu Liang | |
Name: | Lu Liang | |
Title: | Director | |
Antdelta Investment limited | ||
By: | /s Cheng Ran | |
Name: | CHENG Ran | |
Title: | Director |
Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION COPY
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
THIS LOCK-UP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of ______________, 2022, by and between the undersigned (the “Holder”) Arisz Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
BACKGROUND
A. Parent and Finfront Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January , 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”).
B. The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, (a) Parent will form BitFuFu Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company, as its wholly owned subsidiary (“Purchaser”), (b) Purchaser will form Boundary Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company, as its wholly owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”), (c) Parent will be merged with and into Purchaser, with Purchaser surviving such merger, and (d) Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving such merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser.
C. The Holder is the record and/or beneficial owner of certain Company Ordinary Shares, which will be exchanged for Purchaser Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
D. As a condition of, and as a material inducement for Parent to enter into and consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Holder has agreed to execute and deliver this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. Lock-Up.
(a) During the Lock-up Period (as defined below), the Holder irrevocably agrees that it will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of the Lock-up Shares (as defined below), enter into a transaction that would have the same effect, or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such Lock-up Shares, whether any of these transactions are to be settled by delivery of any such Lock-up Shares, in cash or otherwise, publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement, or engage in any Short Sales (as defined below) with respect to any security of the Purchaser.
(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, the Purchaser will (i) place an irrevocable stop order on all Lock-up Shares, including those which may be covered by a registration statement, and (ii) notify the Purchaser’s transfer agent in writing of the stop order and the restrictions on such Lock-up Shares under this Agreement and direct the Purchaser’s transfer agent not to process any attempts by the Holder to resell or transfer any Lock-up Shares, except in compliance with this Agreement.
(c) For purposes hereof, “Short Sales” include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-US broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers.
(d) For purpose of this Agreement, the “Lock-up Period” means with respect to the Lock-up Shares, the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is six (6) months thereafter.
The restrictions set forth herein shall not apply to: (1) transfers or distributions to the Holder’s current or former general or limited partners, managers or members, stockholders, other equity holders or direct or indirect affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) or to the estates of any of the foregoing; (2) transfers by bona fide gift to a member of the Holder’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is the Holder or a member of the Holder’s immediate family for estate planning purposes; (3) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death of the Holder; or (4) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, in each case where such transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
In addition, after the Closing Date, if there is a Change of Control, then upon the consummation of such Change of Control, all Lock-up Shares shall be released from the restrictions contained herein. A “Change of Control” means: (a) the sale of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Purchaser and the Purchaser’s subsidiaries to a third-party purchaser; (b) a sale resulting in no less than a majority of the voting power of the Purchaser being held by person that did not own a majority of the voting power prior to such sale; or (c) a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of the Purchaser with or into a third-party purchaser that results in the inability of the pre-transaction equity holders to designate or elect a majority of the board of directors (or its equivalent) of the resulting entity or its parent company.
2. Representations and Warranties. Each of the parties hereto, by their respective execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby represents and warrants to the others and to all third party beneficiaries of this Agreement that (a) such party has the full right, capacity and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its respective obligations under this Agreement, (b) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such party and is the binding and enforceable obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (c) the execution, delivery and performance of such party’s obligations under this Agreement will not conflict with or breach the terms of any other agreement, contract, commitment or understanding to which such party is a party or to which the assets or securities of such party are bound.
3. Beneficial Ownership. The Holder hereby represents and warrants that it does not beneficially own, directly or through its nominees (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder), any Purchaser Ordinary Shares, or any economic interest in or derivative of such stock, other than those securities specified on the signature page hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, the Company Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by the Holder as specified on the signature page hereto, and the Purchaser Ordinary Shares that such Company Ordinary Shares will be converted into pursuant to the Merger Agreement, are collectively referred to as the “Lock-up Shares.”
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4. No Additional Fees/Payment. Other than the consideration specifically referenced herein, the parties hereto agree that no fee, payment or additional consideration in any form has been or will be paid to the Holder in connection with this Agreement.
5. Termination of the Merger Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Holder upon the Holder’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall only become effective upon the Closing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the Closing, this Agreement shall automatically terminate and become null and void, and the parties shall not have any rights or obligation hereunder.
6. Notices. Any notices required or permitted to be sent hereunder shall be sent in writing, addressed as specified below, and shall be deemed given: (a) if by hand or recognized courier service, by 4:00 PM on a business day, addressee’s day and time, on the date of delivery, and otherwise on the first business day after such delivery; (b) if by fax or email, on the date that transmission is confirmed electronically, if by 4:00 PM on a business day, addressee’s day and time, and otherwise on the first business day after the date of such confirmation; or (c) five days after mailing by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notices shall be addressed to the respective parties as follows (excluding telephone numbers, which are for convenience only), or to such other address as a party shall specify to the others in accordance with these notice provisions:
(a) | If to Parent, to: |
Arisz Acquisition Corp., .
_________________________________
_________________________________
Attention:
Email:
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Loeb & Loeb
345 Park Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10154
Attention: Mitchell S. Nussbaum, Esq.
E-mail: mnussbaum@loeb.com
(b) | If to the Holder, to the address set forth on the Holder’s signature page hereto, with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to: |
_________________________________
_________________________________
Attention:
Email:
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
Unit 2901, 29F, Tower C, Beijing Yintai Centre
No. 2 Jianguomenwai Avenue
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022
The People’s Republic of China
Attention: Dan Ouyang, Esq./Ke Li, Esq.
Email: douyang@wsgr.com/keli@wsgr.com
or to such other address as any party may have furnished to the others in writing in accordance herewith.
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7. Enumeration and Headings. The enumeration and headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in facsimile and in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same agreement.
9. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the terms, covenants, provisions and conditions hereof shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the respective heirs, successors and assigns of the parties hereto. The Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement is entered into for the benefit of and is enforceable by Parent and its successors and assigns.
10. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such provision will be conformed to prevailing law rather than voided, if possible, in order to achieve the intent of the parties and, in any event, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the parties hereto.
11. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified by written agreement executed by each of the parties hereto.
12. Further Assurances. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
13. No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.
14. Governing Law. The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
15. Controlling Agreement. To the extent the terms of this Agreement (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time) directly conflicts with a provision in the Merger Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Lock-up Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
ARISZ ACQUISITION CORP. | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Lock-up Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
NAME OF HOLDER | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Address: | |||
NUMBER OF LOCK-UP SHARES: -[ ] |
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Exhibit 10.5
Form of
AMENDED AND RESTATED
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) effective as of [●] day of [●] 2022, is made and entered into by and among the Purchaser (as defined below) and each of the undersigned parties that are Pre-IPO Investors (as defined below), and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement (together with the Pre-IPO Investors, the “Investors”).
WHEREAS, each of Arisz (as defined below) and certain investors (each, a “Pre-IPO Investor”) is a party to, and hereby consents to, this amendment and restatement of certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2021 (the “Original Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which Arisz granted the Pre-IPO Investors certain registration rights with respect to certain of its securities, as set forth therein;
WHEREAS, the parties thereto have entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Arisz Acquisition Corp. (“Arisz”) and Finfront Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), pursuant to which (a) Arisz will form BitFuFu Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company, as its wholly owned subsidiary (“Purchaser”), (b) Purchaser will form Boundary Holding Company, a Cayman Islands exempted company, as its wholly owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”), (c) Arisz will be merged with and into Purchaser (the “Redomestication Merger”), with Purchaser surviving the Redomestication Merger, and (d) Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Acquisition Merger”), with the Company surviving the Acquisition Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (collectively, the “Business Combination”). Following the Business Combination, Purchaser will be a publicly traded company listed on a stock exchange in the United States.
WHEREAS, the Investors and the Purchaser desire to enter into this Agreement in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement to amend and restate the Original Registration Rights Agreement to provide the Investors with certain rights relating to the registration of the securities held by them as of the date hereof on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. The following capitalized terms used herein have the following meanings:
“Agreement” means this Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Blackout Period” is defined in Section 3.1.1.
“Business Day” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other Federal agency then administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Arisz.
“Company” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Demand Registration” is defined in Section 2.1.1.
“Demanding Holder” is defined in Section 2.1.1.
“Effective Date” means the date the parties consummate the Business Combination.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
“Form S-3 or Form F-3” is defined in Section 2.3.
“Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 4.3.
“Indemnifying Party” is defined in Section 4.3.
“Initial Shares” means all of the outstanding shares of common stock issued prior to the consummation of Arisz’s initial public offering.
“Investor” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Investor Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 4.1.
“IPO” means the Arisz’s initial public offering.
“IPO Escrow Agreement” means the Stock Escrow Agreement dated as of November 17, 2021 by and among Arisze, certain of the Investors and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
“Maximum Number of Shares” is defined in Section 2.1.4.
“Business Combination” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Merger Agreement” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Merger Sub” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Notices” is defined in Section 6.3.
“Original Registration Rights Agreement” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Person” means a company, corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, organization, joint venture, trust or other legal entity, an individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.
“Piggy-Back Registration” is defined in Section 2.2.1(a).
“PIPE Subscription Agreements” means the Subscription Agreements, dated as of January 21, 2022, by and among Arisz, the Company and the subscribers thereto (as may be amended from time to time).
“Pre-IPO Investor” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Private Units” means units various Investors privately purchased simultaneously with the consummation of Arisz’s initial public offering and when the underwriters in Arisz’s initial public offering exercised their over-allotment option, as described in the prospectus relating to the Arisz’s initial public offering.
“Pro Rata” is defined in Section 2.1.4.
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“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
“Purchaser Ordinary Shares” means, collectively, (i) the Class B ordinary shares of Purchaser, with respect to Chipring Technology Limited and (ii) the Class A ordinary shares of Purchaser, with respect to all other shareholders. Each such Class B ordinary shares shall have five (5) votes, and each such Class A ordinary shares shall have one (1) vote, with certain rights and privileges set forth in the amended and restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Redomestication Merger Surviving Corporation, as defined in the Merger Agreement.
“Register,” “Registered” and “Registration” mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.
“Registrable Securities” means Purchaser Ordinary Shares that are Class A ordinary shares, that Pre-IPO Investors shall receive upon the conversion of (i) the Initial Shares, (ii) the Private Units (and the private shares, private rights and private unites included therein), (iii) the Over-Allotment Units (and underlying securities and shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any such securities), if any, and (iv) any equity securities (including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any such securities) issuable upon conversion of loans from Investors to Arisz, if any (the “Loan Securities”). Registrable Securities include any warrants, shares of capital stock or other securities of Arisz issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to or in exchange for or in replacement of such Initial Shares, Private Units (and underlying securities and shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any such securities), Over-Allotment Units (and underlying securities and shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any such securities) and Loan Securities (and underlying securities and shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any such securities). As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (a) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (b) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for them not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by Arisz and subsequent public distribution of them shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (c) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; or (d) the Registrable Securities are freely saleable under Rule 144 without volume limitations.
“Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed by Purchaser with the Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder for a public offering and sale of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities (other than a registration statement on Form S-4, F-4 or Form S-8, or their successors, or any registration statement covering only securities proposed to be issued in exchange for securities or assets of another entity).
“Release Date” means the date on which the Initial Shares are disbursed from escrow pursuant to Section 3 of the IPO Escrow Agreement.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
“Underwriter” means, solely for the purposes of this Agreement, a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an underwritten offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.
“Underwritten Offering” means a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to the Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.
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“Units” means the units of Arisz, each comprised of one share of Common Stock, one right to receive one-twentieth (1/20) of one share of Common Stock upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination and one warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase three-fourths (3/4) of one share of Common Stock.
2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
2.1 Demand Registration.
2.1.1 Request for Demand Registration. At any time and from time to time on or after (i) the date that Arisz consummates a Business Combination with respect to the Private Units (or underlying securities), Over-Allotment Units (or underlying securities) and Loan Securities (or underlying securities) and all other Registrable Securities, the holders of a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities, as the case may be, held by the Investors, officers or directors of the Arisz or their affiliates, or the transferees of the Investors, may make a written demand, on no more than two occasions, for registration under the Securities Act of all or part of their Registrable Securities, as the case may be (a “Demand Registration”). Any demand for a Demand Registration shall specify the number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. Purchaser shall notify all holders of Registrable Securities of the demand, and each holder of Registrable Securities who wishes to include all or a portion of such holder’s Registrable Securities in the Demand Registration (each such holder including shares of Registrable Securities in such registration, a “Demanding Holder”) shall so notify the Purchaser within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by the holder of the notice from Purchaser. Upon any such request, the Demanding Holders shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in the Demand Registration, subject to Section 2.1.4 and the provisos set forth in Section 3.1.1. Purchaser shall not be obligated to effect more than an aggregate of two (2) Demand Registrations under this Section 2.1.1 in respect of all Registrable Securities.
2.1.2 Effective Registration. A registration will not count as a Demand Registration until (i) the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration has been declared effective, (ii) the Purchaser has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; provided, however, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Demand Registration is interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission or any other governmental agency or court, the Registration Statement with respect to such Demand Registration will be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders thereafter elect to continue the offering; provided, further, that Purchaser shall not be obligated to file a second Registration Statement until a Registration Statement that has been filed is counted as a Demand Registration or is terminated.
2.1.3 Underwritten Offering pursuant to Demand Registration. If a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders so elect and such holders so advise Purchaser as part of their written demand for a Demand Registration, the offering of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an underwritten offering. In such event, the right of any holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such holder’s participation in such underwritten offering and the inclusion of such holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Demanding Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority-in-interest of the holders initiating the Demand Registration.
2.1.4 Reduction of Offering in Connection with Demand Registration. If the managing Underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Offering effected pursuant to a Demand Registration in good faith advises Purchaser and the Demanding Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of shares of Registrable Securities which the Demanding Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other Purchaser Ordinary Shares or other securities which Purchaser desires to sell, if any, as to which a registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by other shareholders of Purchaser who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of shares, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Shares”), then Purchaser shall include in such registration: (i) first, the Registrable Securities as to which Demand Registration has been requested by the Demanding Holders (pro rata in accordance with the number of shares that each such Person has requested be included in such registration, regardless of the number of shares held by each such Person (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”)) up to the maximum amount that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), Purchaser Ordinary Shares or other securities that Purchaser desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Purchaser Ordinary Shares or other securities for the account of other persons that Purchaser is obligated to register pursuant to then other written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.
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2.1.5 Demand Registration Withdrawal.
(a) If a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders disapprove of the terms of any underwriting or are not entitled to include all of their Registrable Securities in any offering, such majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders may elect to withdraw from such offering by giving written notice to Purchaser and the Underwriter or Underwriters of their request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Demand Registration. If the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders withdraws from a proposed offering relating to a Demand Registration, then such registration shall not count as a Demand Registration provided for in this Section 2.1. Notwithstanding the forgoing, an Investor may withdraw all or any portion of its Registrable Securities included in a Demand Registration from such Demand Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement; provided that such withdrawal shall be irrevocable and, after making such withdrawal, an Investor shall no longer have any right to include Registrable Securities in the Demand Registration as to which such withdrawal was made.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Purchaser shall be responsible for the registration expenses described in Section 3.3 incurred in connection with a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration or an Underwritten Offering prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.1.5.
2.2 Piggy-Back Registration.
2.2.1 Piggy-Back Rights.
(a) If at any time on or after the date Arisz consummates a Business Combination, Purchaser proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities, by Purchaser for its own account or for the account of shareholders of Purchaser (or by Purchaser and by shareholders of Purchaser including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.1), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to Purchaser’s existing shareholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of Purchaser or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then Purchaser shall (x) give written notice of such proposed filing to the holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but in no event less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date, which notice shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, of the offering, and (y) offer to the holders of Registrable Securities in such notice the opportunity to register the sale of such number of shares of Registrable Securities as such holders may request in writing within five (5) days following receipt of such notice (a “Piggy-Back Registration”). Subject to Section 2.2.2 hereof, Purchaser shall cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such registration and use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed underwritten offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Piggy-Back Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of Purchaser and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All holders of Registrable Securities proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through a Piggy-Back Registration that involves an Underwriter or Underwriters shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such Piggy-Back Registration. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding sentences, the right to a Piggy-Back Registration set forth under this Section 2.2.1 with respect to the Registrable Securities shall terminate on the seventh anniversary of the Effective Date.
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2.2.2 Reduction of Underwritten Offering in Connection with Piggy-Back Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Piggy-Back Registration that is to be an Underwritten Offering advises Purchaser and the holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Underwritten Offering in writing that the dollar amount or number of Purchaser Ordinary Shares which Purchaser desires to sell in such Underwritten Offering, taken together with Purchaser Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which inclusion in such Underwritten Offering has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons other than the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Registrable Securities as to which inclusion in such Underwritten Offering has been requested under Section 2.2.1 above, and Purchaser Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which inclusion in such Underwritten Offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual Piggy-Back Registration rights of other shareholders of Purchaser, exceeds the Maximum Number of Shares, then Purchaser shall include in any such registration:
(a) If the Underwritten Offering is undertaken for Purchaser’s account: (A) first, the Purchaser Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that Purchaser desires to sell in such Underwritten Offering that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Purchaser Ordinary Shares or other securities, if any, comprised of Registrable Securities, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the applicable written contractual piggy-back registration rights of such security holders, Pro Rata, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock or other securities for the account of other persons that Purchaser is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares;
(b) If the registration is a “demand” registration undertaken at the demand of persons other than either the holders of Registrable Securities, (A) first, the Purchaser Ordinary Shares or other securities for the account of the demanding persons and the Purchaser Ordinary Shares or other securities comprised of Registrable Securities, Pro Rata, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the terms hereof, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the shares of Common Stock or other securities that Purchaser desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Purchaser Ordinary Shares or other securities for the account of other persons that Purchaser is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such persons, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.
2.2.3 Piggy-Back Registration Withdrawal. Any holder of Registrable Securities may elect to withdraw such holder’s request for inclusion of Registrable Securities in any Piggy-Back Registration by giving written notice to Purchaser of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. Purchaser (whether on its own determination or as the result of a withdrawal by persons making a demand pursuant to written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding any such withdrawal, Purchaser shall pay all expenses incurred by the holders of Registrable Securities in connection with such Piggy-Back Registration as provided in Section 3.3.
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2.3 Resale Shelf Registration Rights.
2.3.1 Registration Statement Covering Resale of Registrable Securities. The holders of Registrable Securities may at any time and from time to time, request in writing that Purchaser register the resale of any or all of such Registrable Securities on Form S-3, Form F-3 or any similar short-form registration which may be available at such time (“Form S-3/Form F-3”); provided, however, that (i) Purchaser shall not be obligated to effect such request through an underwritten offering and (ii) Purchaser shall not be obligated to effect more than two such requests. Upon receipt of such written request, Purchaser will promptly give written notice of the proposed registration to all other holders of Registrable Securities, and, as soon as practicable thereafter, effect the registration of all or such portion of such holder’s or holders’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities or other securities of the Purchaser, if any, of any other holder or holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice from the Purchaser; provided, however, that the Purchaser shall not be obligated to effect any such registration pursuant to this Section 2.2.4: (i) if Form S-3 or Form F-3 is not available for such offering; or (ii) if the holders of the Registrable Securities, together with the holders of any other securities of Purchaser entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at any aggregate price to the public of less than $500,000. Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.2.4 shall not be counted as Demand Registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.1.
2.3.2 Amendments and Supplements. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.3.1 above, Purchaser shall promptly prepare and file with the Commission from time to time such amendments and supplements to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all the Registrable Securities, provided that Purchaser shall not be responsible for ensuring the Investor’s ability to utilize the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement between April 1st of each year and the date on which Purchaser files it annual report on form 20-F (if and to the extent Purchaser qualifies as a “foreign private issuer” defined in Rule 405 of Regulation C under the Securities Act and Rule 3b-4 under the Exchange Act), which shall be no later than April 30th of the same year, solely due to staleness under Regulation S-X of Purchaser’s financial statements contained or incorporated by reference therein. If any Resale Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.3.1 is filed on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and thereafter the Company becomes ineligible to use Form S-3 or Form F-3 for secondary sales, Purchaser shall promptly notify the holders of such ineligibility and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file a shelf registration on an appropriate form as promptly as practicable to replace the shelf registration statement on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and have such replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement declared effective as promptly as practicable and to cause such replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Resale Shelf Registration Statement is available or, if not available, that another Resale Shelf Registration Statement is available, for the resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the holders until all such Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities; provided, however, that at any time Purchaser once again becomes eligible to use Form S-3 or Form F-3, Purchaser shall cause such replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be amended, or shall file a new replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement, such that the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is once again on Form S-3 or Form F-3.
2.3.3 SEC Cutback. Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this Section 2.3, in the event the Commission informs Purchaser that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, Purchaser agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or (ii) withdraw the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and file a new registration statement (a “New Registration Statement”) on Form S-3 or Form F-3, or if Form S-3 or Form F-3 is not then available to Purchaser for such registration statement, on such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment or New Registration Statement, Purchaser shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff (the “SEC Guidance”). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Purchaser used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a holder as to further limit its Registrable Securities to be included on the Registration Statement, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced Pro Rata among all such selling shareholders whose securities are included in such Registration Statement, subject to a determination by the Commission that certain holders must be reduced first based on the number of Registrable Securities held by such holders. In the event Purchaser amends the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Purchaser will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Purchaser or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-3 or Form F-3 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration Statement.
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2.3.4 Underwritten Shelf Takedown. At any time and from time to time after a Resale Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, the holders of Registrable Securities may request to sell all or any portion of the Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering that is registered pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement (each, an “Underwritten Shelf Takedown”); provided, however, that Purchaser shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such offering shall include securities with a total offering price (including piggyback securities and before deduction of underwriting discounts) reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, $10,000,000. All requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns shall be made by giving written notice to Purchaser at least ten (10) days prior to the public announcement of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, which shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the expected price range (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Purchaser shall include in any Underwritten Shelf Takedown the securities requested to be included by any holder (each a “Takedown Requesting Holder”) at least 48 hours prior to the public announcement of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to written contractual piggyback registration rights of such holder (including those set forth herein). All such holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Shelf Takedown under this subsection 2.3.4 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the majority-in-interest of the Takedown Requesting Holders initiating the Underwritten Shelf Takedown.
2.3.5 Reduction of Underwritten Shelf Takedown. If the managing Underwriter(s) in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, in good faith, advise Purchaser and the Takedown Requesting Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Takedown Requesting Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other Purchaser Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Purchaser desires to sell, exceeds the Maximum Number of Shares, then Purchaser shall include in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Takedown Requesting Holders, on a Pro Rata basis, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares; and (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Shares has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Common Stock or other equity securities that the Purchaser desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Shares.
2.3.6 Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be counted as Demand Registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.1. Under no circumstances shall Purchaser be obligated to effect more than an aggregate of three (3) Underwritten Shelf Takedowns in any 12-month period.
3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.
3.1 Filings; Information. Whenever Purchaser is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2, Purchaser shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration and sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof as expeditiously as practicable, and in connection with any such request:
3.1.1 Filing Registration Statement; Restriction on Registration Rights. Purchaser shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to, as expeditiously as possible after receipt of a request for a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on any form for which Purchaser then qualifies or which counsel for the Purchaser shall deem appropriate and which form shall be available for the sale of all Registrable Securities to be registered thereunder in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof, and shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and use its commercially reasonable best efforts to keep it effective for the period required by Section 3.1.3; provided, however, that Purchaser shall have the right to defer any Demand Registration for up to thirty (30) days, and any Piggy-Back Registration for such period as may be applicable to deferment of any demand registration to which such Piggy-Back Registration relates, in each case if the Purchaser shall furnish to the holders a certificate signed by Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of Purchaser stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Purchaser, it would be materially detrimental to Purchaser and its stockholders for such Registration Statement to be effected at such time; provided further, however, that Purchaser shall not have the right to exercise the right set forth in the immediately preceding proviso more than once in any 365-day period in respect of a Demand Registration hereunder.
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3.1.2 Copies. Purchaser shall, prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration, and such holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, and such other documents as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration or legal counsel for any such holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such holders.
3.1.3 Amendments and Supplements. Purchaser shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to such Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such Registration Statement have been disposed of in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or such securities have been withdrawn, provided that Purchaser shall not be responsible for ensuring the Investor’s ability to utilize the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement between April 1st of each year and the date on which Purchaser files it annual report on form 20-F (if and to the extent Purchaser qualifies as a “foreign private issuer” defined in Rule 405 of Regulation C under the Securities Act and Rule 3b-4 under the Exchange Act), which shall be no later than April 30th of the same year, solely due to staleness under Regulation S-X of Purchaser’s financial statements contained or incorporated by reference therein.
3.1.4 Notification. After the filing of a Registration Statement, Purchaser shall promptly, and in no event more than two (2) business days after such filing, notify the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement of such filing, and shall further notify such holders promptly and confirm such advice in writing in all events within two (2) business days of the occurrence of any of the following: (i) when such Registration Statement becomes effective; (ii) when any post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement becomes effective; (iii) the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order (and the Purchaser shall take all actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered); and (iv) any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or any prospectus relating thereto or for additional information or of the occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and promptly make available to the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement any such supplement or amendment.
3.1.5 State Securities Laws Compliance. Purchaser shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Purchaser and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that Purchaser shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph or subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction.
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3.1.6 Agreements for Disposition. Purchaser shall enter into customary agreements (including, if applicable, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities. The representations, warranties and covenants of Purchaser in any underwriting agreement which are made to or for the benefit of any Underwriters, to the extent applicable, shall also be made to and for the benefit of the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement. No holder of Registrable Securities included in such registration statement shall be required to make any representations or warranties in the underwriting agreement except, if applicable, with respect to such holder’s organization, good standing, authority, title to Registrable Securities, lack of conflict of such sale with such holder’s material agreements and organizational documents, and with respect to written information relating to such holder that such holder has furnished in writing expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement.
3.1.7 Cooperation. The principal executive officer of Purchaser, the principal financial officer of the Purchaser, the principal accounting officer of Purchaser and all other officers and members of the management of the Purchaser shall cooperate fully in any offering of Registrable Securities hereunder, which cooperation shall include, without limitation, the preparation of the Registration Statement with respect to such offering and all other offering materials and related documents, and participation in meetings with Underwriters, attorneys, accountants and potential investors.
3.1.8 Records. Purchaser shall make available for inspection by the holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by any holder of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement or any Underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of Purchaser, as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause Purchaser’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information requested by any of them in connection with such Registration Statement.
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3.1.10 Earnings Statement. Purchaser shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the Securities Act, and make available to its stockholders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement covering a period of twelve (12) months, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder.
3.1.11 Listing. Purchaser shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities included in any registration to be listed on such exchanges or otherwise designated for trading in the same manner as similar securities issued by the Purchaser are then listed or designated or, if no such similar securities are then listed or designated, in a manner satisfactory to the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such registration.
3.1.12 Road Show. If the registration involves the registration of Registrable Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $25,000,000, Purchaser shall use its reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of Purchaser to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in any Underwritten Offering.
3.1.13 Regulation M. Purchaser shall take no direct or indirect action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act; provided, that, to the extent that any prohibition is applicable to Purchaser, Purchaser will take all reasonable action to make any such prohibition inapplicable.
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3.2 Obligation to Suspend Distribution. Upon receipt of any notice from Purchaser of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.1.4(iv), or, in the case of a resale registration on Form S-3 or Form F-3 pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof, upon any suspension by Purchaser, pursuant to a written insider trading compliance program adopted by Purchaser’s Board of Directors, of the ability of all “insiders” covered by such program to transact in Purchaser’s securities because of the existence of material non-public information, each holder of Registrable Securities included in any registration shall immediately discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until such holder receives the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3.1.4(iv) or the restriction on the ability of “insiders” to transact in Purchaser’s securities is removed, as applicable, and, if so directed by the Purchaser, each such holder will deliver to Purchaser all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such holder’s possession, of the most recent Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.
3.3 Registration Expenses. Purchaser shall bear all costs and expenses incurred in connection with any Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1, any Piggy-Back Registration pursuant to Section 2.2, and any registration on Form S-3 or Form F-3 effected pursuant to Section 2.2.4, and all expenses incurred in performing or complying with its other obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees; (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or “blue sky” laws (including fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities); (iii) printing expenses; (iv) Purchaser’s internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees); (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities as required by Section 3.1.10; (vi) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fees; (vii) fees and disbursements of counsel for Purchaser and fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by the Purchaser; (viii) the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Purchaser in connection with such registration; and (ix) the reasonable fees and expenses of one legal counsel (not to exceed $25,000) selected by the holders of a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities included in such registration. The Purchaser shall have no obligation to pay any underwriting discounts or selling commissions attributable to the Registrable Securities being sold by the holders thereof, which underwriting discounts or selling commissions shall be borne by such holders. Additionally, in an underwritten offering, all selling stockholders and the Purchaser shall bear the expenses of the Underwriter pro rata in proportion to the respective amount of shares each is selling in such offering.
3.4 Holders’ Information. The holders of Registrable Securities shall provide such information as may reasonably be requested by Purchaser, or the managing Underwriter, if any, in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statement, including amendments and supplements thereto, in order to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 2 and in connection with the Purchaser’s obligation to comply with Federal and applicable state securities laws.
4. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
4.1 Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities, and each of their respective officers, employees, affiliates, directors, partners, members, attorneys and agents, and each person, if any, who controls an Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (each, an “Investor Indemnified Party”), from and against any expenses, losses, judgments, claims, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement (or allegedly untrue statement) of a material fact contained in (or incorporated by reference in) any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, or any filing under any state securities law required to be filed or furnished, or arising out of or based upon any omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration; and the Company shall promptly reimburse the Investor Indemnified Party for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred by such Investor Indemnified Party in connection with investigating and defending any such expense, loss, judgment, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement, Prospectus, or free writing prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company, in writing, by such selling holder expressly for use therein, and shall reimburse the Company, its directors and officers, and each other selling holder or controlling Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with investigation or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. The Company also shall indemnify any Underwriter of the Registrable Securities, their officers, affiliates, directors, partners, members and agents and each person who controls such Underwriter (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable) on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification provided above in this Section 4.1.
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4.2 Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities. Each selling holder of Registrable Securities will, in the event that any registration is being effected under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement of any Registrable Securities held by such selling holder, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person, if any, who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), each Underwriter (if any), and each other selling holder and each other person, if any, who controls another selling holder or such Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, against any losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, insofar as such losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or the alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading, if the statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such selling holder expressly for use therein, and shall reimburse the Company, its directors and officers, and each other selling holder or controlling Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with investigation or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. Each selling holder’s indemnification obligations hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited to the amount of any net proceeds actually received by such selling holder.
4.3 Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. Promptly after receipt by any person of any notice of any loss, claim, damage or liability or any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2, such person (the “Indemnified Party”) shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any other person for indemnification hereunder, notify such other person (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing of the loss, claim, judgment, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the failure by the Indemnified Party to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability which the Indemnifying Party may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder, except and solely to the extent the Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure. If the Indemnified Party is seeking indemnification with respect to any claim or action brought against the Indemnified Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in such claim or action, and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with all other Indemnifying Parties, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. After notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party of its election to assume control of the defense of such claim or action, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided, however, that in any action in which both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party are named as defendants, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (but no more than one such separate counsel) to represent the Indemnified Party and its controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying Party, with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by such Indemnifying Party if, based upon the written opinion of counsel of such Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall only be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of one such separate counsel for all Indemnified Parties in such circumstances. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, consent to entry of judgment or effect any settlement of any claim or pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which the Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such judgment or settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim or proceeding. In addition, no Indemnified Party, in any action or pending or threatened proceeding, or based on any claim, in which it may seek indemnification hereunder from any Indemnifying Party, shall consent to entry of judgment or effect any settlement of any such action, claim or proceeding without such Indemnifying Party’s prior written consent.
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4.4 Contribution.
4.4.1 If the indemnification provided for in the foregoing Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 is unavailable to any Indemnified Party in respect of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to herein, then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage, liability or action in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnified Parties and the Indemnifying Parties in connection with the actions or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of any Indemnified Party and any Indemnifying Party 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 such Indemnified Party or such Indemnifying Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
4.4.2 The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding Section 4.4.1.
4.4.3 The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of any loss, claim, damage, liability or action referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.4, no holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount of the net proceeds (after payment of any underwriting fees, discounts, commissions or taxes) actually received by such holder from the sale of Registrable Securities which gave rise to such contribution obligation. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
5. RULE 144.
5.1 Rule 144. The Company covenants that it shall cause the Purchaser to file any reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and shall take such further action as the holders of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.
6. MISCELLANEOUS.
6.1 Other Registration Rights. The Company represents and warrants that, except as disclosed in Arisz’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-260644) and registration rights granted to certain investors pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements, no person, other than the holders of the Registrable Securities, has any right to require Purchaser to register any of Purchaser’s share capital for sale or to include Purchaser’s share capital in any registration filed by Purchaser for the sale of share capital for its own account or for the account of any other person.
6.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the holders of Registrable Securities hereunder may be freely assigned or delegated by such holder of Registrable Securities in conjunction with and to the extent of any transfer of Registrable Securities by any such holder. This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties, to the permitted assigns of the Investors or holder of Registrable Securities or of any assignee of the Investors or holder of Registrable Securities. This Agreement is not intended to confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not party hereto other than as expressly set forth in Article 4 and this Section 6.2.
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6.3 Notices. All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals or other communications (collectively, “Notices”) required or permitted to be given hereunder or which are given with respect to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be personally served, delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, telex or facsimile, addressed as set forth below, or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice. Notice shall be deemed given on the date of service or transmission if personally served or transmitted by telegram, telex or facsimile; provided, that if such service or transmission is not on a Business Day or is after normal business hours, then such notice shall be deemed given on the next Business Day. Notice otherwise sent as provided herein shall be deemed given on the next Business Day following timely delivery of such notice to a reputable air courier service with an order for next-day delivery.
To the Company and the Purchaser:
Finfront Holding Company
111 North Bridge Road, #15-01
Peninsula Plaza, Singapore 179098
Attention: Liang Lu
Email: leo@bitfufu.com
with a copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
Unit 2901, 29F, Tower C, Beijing Yintai Centre
No. 2 Jianguomenwai Avenue
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022
The People’s Republic of China
Attention: Dan Ouyang, Esq./Ke Li, Esq.
Email: douyang@wsgr.com/keli@wsgr.com
To an Investor, to the address set forth below such Investor’s name on Exhibit A hereto.
6.4 Severability. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible that is valid and enforceable.
6.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
6.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including all agreements entered into pursuant hereto and all certificates and instruments delivered pursuant hereto and thereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, understandings, negotiations and discussions between the parties, whether oral or written.
6.7 Modifications and Amendments. Any term of this Agreement may be amended, modified or terminated and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) with the written consent of the Company and the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding.
6.8 Titles and Headings. Titles and headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of any provision of this Agreement.
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6.9 Waivers and Extensions. Any party to this Agreement may waive any right, breach or default which such party has the right to waive, provided that such waiver will not be effective against the waiving party unless it is in writing, is signed by such party, and specifically refers to this Agreement. Waivers may be made in advance or after the right waived has arisen or the breach or default waived has occurred. Any waiver may be conditional. No waiver of any breach of any agreement or provision herein contained shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach thereof nor of any other agreement or provision herein contained. No waiver or extension of time for performance of any obligations or acts shall be deemed a waiver or extension of the time for performance of any other obligations or acts.
6.10 Remedies Cumulative. In the event that the Company fails to observe or perform any covenant or agreement to be observed or performed under this Agreement, the Investor or any other holder of Registrable Securities may proceed to protect and enforce its rights by suit in equity or action at law, whether for specific performance of any term contained in this Agreement or for an injunction against the breach of any such term or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Agreement or to enforce any other legal or equitable right, or to take any one or more of such actions, without being required to post a bond. None of the rights, powers or remedies conferred under this Agreement shall be mutually exclusive, and each such right, power or remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to any other right, power or remedy, whether conferred by this Agreement or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
6.11 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, interpreted under, and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the state of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed within the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice-of-law provisions thereof that would compel the application of the substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.
6.12 Waiver of Trial by Jury. Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives the right to a trial by jury in any action, suit, counterclaim or other proceeding (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of, connected with or relating to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby, or the actions of the Investor in the negotiation, administration, performance or enforcement hereof.
6.13 Term. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (ii) the date as of which (A) all of the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to a Registration Statement (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission)) or (B) the holders of all Registrable Securities are permitted to sell the Registrable Securities under Rule 144 (or any similar provision) under the Securities Act without limitation on the amount of securities sold or the manner of sale.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.
PURCHASER | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
PRE-IPO INVESTORS |
ARISZ INVESTMENT LLC
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
CHARDAN CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
Echo Hindle-Yang | ||
Marc Estigarribia | ||
Nick He | ||
Romain Guerel | ||
Rushi Trivedi |
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EXHIBIT A
Name and Address of Investors
PRE-IPO INVESTORS:
Name of Investor | Address | |
Arisz Investment LLC |
c/o Arisz Acquisition Corp. 199 Water Street, 31st Floor New York, NY 10038 | |
Chardan Capital Markets, LLC |
17 State Street, 21st Floor New York, New York 10004 | |
Echo Hindle-Yang |
c/o Arisz Acquisition Corp. 199 Water Street, 31st Floor New York, NY 10038 | |
Marc Estigarribia |
c/o Arisz Acquisition Corp. 199 Water Street, 31st Floor New York, NY 10038 | |
Rushi Trivedi |
c/o Arisz Acquisition Corp. 199 Water Street, 31st Floor New York, NY 10038 | |
Romain Guerel |
c/o Arisz Acquisition Corp. 199 Water Street, 31st Floor New York, NY 10038 | |
Nick He |
c/o Arisz Acquisition Corp. 199 Water Street, 31st Floor New York, NY 10038 |
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Exhibit 10.6
January 21, 2022
Arisz Acquisition Corp.
199 Water St, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10038
Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Arisz Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) and Chardan Capital Markets LLC (“Chardan”) is a party to, that certain Letter Agreement dated November 17, 2021 (the “Letter Agreement”), providing for, among other things, the purchase of Private Units and Over-Allotment Units (each as defined below);
WHEREAS each of the Company and Chardan desires to amend and restate the Letter Agreement, as set forth below;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that the Letter Agreement shall be and hereby is amended and restated in its entirety, as follows:
Arisz Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”), intends to register its securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), in connection with its initial public offering (“IPO”), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (“Registration Statement”).
The undersigned hereby commits that it will purchase 60,000 units of the Company (“Private Units”), each Private Unit consisting of one share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), one right to receive one-twentieth (1/20) of one share of Common Stock upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination and one warrant entitling its holder to purchase three-fourths (3/4) of one share of Common Stock, at $10.00 per Private Unit, for an aggregate purchase price of $600,000 (the “Private Unit Purchase Price”).
The undersigned hereby agrees that it will purchase an additional amount of units of the Company (“Over-Allotment Units”), up to a maximum of 9,000 Over-Allotment Units, or a maximum aggregate purchase price of $90,000 (“Over-Allotment Unit Purchase Price,” together with the Private Unit Purchase Price, the “Purchase Price”), in the event Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (the “Underwriter”) exercises its over-allotment option, so that at least $10.00 per share sold to the public in the IPO is held in the trust account (as described in the Registration Statement, the “Trust Account”) regardless of whether the over-allotment option is exercised in full or in part.
On the closing date of the IPO, the undersigned will cause the Private Unit Purchase Price to be delivered to an escrow account with Loeb & Loeb LLP (“Loeb”), as escrow agent.
The consummation of the purchase and issuance of the Private Units shall occur simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO and the consummation of the purchase and issuance of the Over-Allotment Units shall occur simultaneously with the closing of any exercise of the over-allotment option related to the IPO. Simultaneously with or prior to the consummation of the IPO, Loeb shall deposit the Private Unit Purchase Price, without interest or deduction, into the Trust Account.
Each of the Company and the undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Loeb is serving hereunder solely as a convenience to the parties to facilitate the purchase of the Private Units and Loeb’s sole obligation under this letter agreement is to act with respect to holding and disbursing the Purchase Price for the Private Units as described above. Loeb shall not be liable to the Company, the Underwriter or the undersigned or any other person or entity in respect of any act or failure to act hereunder or otherwise in connection with performing its services hereunder unless Loeb has acted in a manner constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Company and the undersigned shall indemnify Loeb against any claim made against it (including reasonable attorney’s fees) by reason of it acting or failing to act in connection with this letter agreement except as a result of its gross negligence or willful misconduct. Loeb may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any written notice, instruction or request furnished to it hereunder and believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
The Units and Over-Allotment Units will be identical to the units to be sold by the Company in the IPO. Additionally, the undersigned agrees:
● | to vote the shares of Common Stock included in the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units in favor of any proposed Business Combination; |
● | not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Company’s shares of Common Stock sold in the IPO if the Company does not complete an initial Business Combination within 12 months from the closing of the IPO (or up to 18 months if the time to complete an initial Business Combination is extended by resolution of Board in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and the Registration Statement), unless the Company provides the holders of shares of Common Stock underlying the units sold in the IPO with the opportunity to redeem their shares of Common Stock upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount of the Trust Account, including interest earned on Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay the Company’s franchise and income taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding shares of Common Stock underlying the units sold in the IPO; |
● | not to convert any shares of Common Stock included in the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a stockholder vote to approve either a Business Combination or an amendment to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, and not to tender any shares of Common Stock included in the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units in connection with a tender offer conducted prior to the closing of a Business Combination; |
● | that the undersigned will not participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units or any underlying securities (but will participate in liquidation distributions with respect to any units or shares of Common Stock purchased by the undersigned in the IPO or in the open market) if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination; |
● | that the Private Units, Over-Allotment Units and underlying securities will not be transferable, assignable or salable until the consummation of a Business Combination; |
● | that the Private Units, Over-Allotment Units and underlying securities are deemed compensation by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and therefore pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e) will be subject to lock-up for a period of 180 days immediately following the commencement of sales of the IPO during which the Private Units, Over-Allotment Units and underlying securities may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the economic disposition of such securities by any person during the foregoing 180 day period except as permitted in FINRA Rule 5110(e)(2). Additionally, the warrants underlying the Private Units may not be exercised more than five years from the effective date for the Registration Statement and the component parts will be subject to limitations on registration rights set forth in FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8); and |
● | the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units will include any additional terms or restrictions as is customary in other similarly structured blank check company offerings or as may be reasonably required by the underwriters in the IPO in order to consummate the IPO, each of which will be set forth in the Registration Statement. |
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the purchaser of the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units will execute agreements in form and substance typical for transactions of this nature necessary to effectuate the foregoing agreements and obligations prior to the consummation of the IPO as are reasonably acceptable to the undersigned, including but not limited to an insider letter.
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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that:
(a) | it has been advised that the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units have not been registered under the Securities Act; |
(b) | it will be acquiring the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units for its account for investment purposes only; |
(c) | it has no present intention of selling or otherwise disposing of the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units in violation of the securities laws of the United States; |
(d) | it is an “accredited investor” as defined by Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act; |
(e) | it has had both the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the officers and directors of the Company and all persons acting on its behalf concerning the terms and conditions of the offer made hereunder; |
(f) | it is familiar with the proposed business, management, financial condition and affairs of the Company; |
(g) | it has full power, authority and legal capacity to execute and deliver this letter and any documents contemplated herein or needed to consummate the transactions contemplated in this letter; and |
(h) | this letter constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, and is enforceable against it. |
Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that Loeb has represented both the Company and the undersigned in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the IPO, the issuance of the Company’s shares to Arisz Investment LLC and all related transactions. The applicable rules of professional conduct require that Loeb inform the parties hereunder of this representation and obtain their consent. The Company and the undersigned each hereby (i) acknowledge that they have had an opportunity to ask for and have obtained information relevant to such representation, including disclosure of the reasonably foreseeable adverse consequences of such representation; (ii) acknowledge that with respect to the transactions described above, Loeb has represented the Company and the undersigned, and not any other person or entity or Board member or employee of the Company or the undersigned; and (iii) give their respective informed consent to Loeb’s representation of the Company and the undersigned in connection with the transactions described above.
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This letter agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the undersigned and the Company with respect to the purchase of the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the same.
Very truly yours, | ||
CHARDAN CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Shai Gerson | |
Name: | Shai Gerson | |
Title: | Managing Partner |
Accepted and Agreed: | ||
ARISZ ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Echo Hindle-Yang | |
Name: Echo Hindle-Yang | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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January 21, 2022
Arisz Acquisition Corp.
199 Water St, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10038
Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Arisz Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) and Arisz Investment LLC (“Sponsor”) are party to, that certain Letter Agreement dated November 17, 2021 (the “Letter Agreement”), providing for, among other things, the purchase of Private Units and Over-Allotment Units (each as defined below);
WHEREAS each of the Company and Sponsor desires to amend and restate the Letter Agreement, as set forth below;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that the Letter Agreement shall be and hereby is amended and restated in its entirety, as follows:
Arisz Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”), intends to register its securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), in connection with its initial public offering (“IPO”), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (“Registration Statement”).
The undersigned hereby commits that it will purchase 193,889 units of the Company (“Private Units”), each Private Unit consisting of one share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), one right to receive one-twentieth (1/20) of one share of Common Stock upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination and one warrant entitling its holder to purchase three-fourths (3/4) of one share of Common Stock, at $10.00 per Private Unit, for an aggregate purchase price of $1,938,890 (the “Private Unit Purchase Price”).
The undersigned hereby agrees that it will purchase an additional amount of units of the Company (“Over-Allotment Units”), up to a maximum of 13,500 Over-Allotment Units, or a maximum aggregate purchase price of $135,000 (“Over-Allotment Unit Purchase Price,” together with the Private Unit Purchase Price, the “Purchase Price”), in the event Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (the “Underwriter”) exercises its over-allotment option, so that at least $10.00 per share sold to the public in the IPO is held in the trust account (as described in the Registration Statement, the “Trust Account”) regardless of whether the over-allotment option is exercised in full or in part.
At least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the pricing of the IPO, the undersigned will cause the Private Unit Purchase Price to be delivered to an escrow account with Loeb & Loeb LLP (“Loeb”), as escrow agent.
The consummation of the purchase and issuance of the Private Units shall occur simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO and the consummation of the purchase and issuance of the Over-Allotment Units shall occur simultaneously with the closing of any exercise of the over-allotment option related to the IPO. Simultaneously with or prior to the consummation of the IPO, Loeb shall deposit the Private Unit Purchase Price, without interest or deduction, into the Trust Account.
Each of the Company and the undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Loeb is serving hereunder solely as a convenience to the parties to facilitate the purchase of the Private Units and Loeb’s sole obligation under this letter agreement is to act with respect to holding and disbursing the Purchase Price for the Private Units as described above. Loeb shall not be liable to the Company, the Underwriter or the undersigned or any other person or entity in respect of any act or failure to act hereunder or otherwise in connection with performing its services hereunder unless Loeb has acted in a manner constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Company and the undersigned shall indemnify Loeb against any claim made against it (including reasonable attorney’s fees) by reason of it acting or failing to act in connection with this letter agreement except as a result of its gross negligence or willful misconduct. Loeb may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any written notice, instruction or request furnished to it hereunder and believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
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The Units and Over-Allotment Units will be identical to the units to be sold by the Company in the IPO. Additionally, the undersigned agrees:
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to vote the shares of Common Stock included in the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units in favor of any proposed Business Combination; |
● | not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Company’s shares of Common Stock sold in the IPO if the Company does not complete an initial Business Combination within 12 months from the closing of the IPO (or up to 18 months if the time to complete an initial Business Combination is extended by resolution of Board in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and the Registration Statement), unless the Company provides the holders of shares of Common Stock underlying the units sold in the IPO with the opportunity to redeem their shares of Common Stock upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount of the Trust Account, including interest earned on Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay the Company’s franchise and income taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding shares of Common Stock underlying the units sold in the IPO; |
● | not to convert any shares of Common Stock included in the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a stockholder vote to approve either a Business Combination or an amendment to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, and not to tender any shares of Common Stock included in the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units in connection with a tender offer conducted prior to the closing of a Business Combination; |
● | that the undersigned will not participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units or any underlying securities (but will participate in liquidation distributions with respect to any units or shares of Common Stock purchased by the undersigned in the IPO or in the open market) if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination; |
● | that the Private Units, Over-Allotment Units and underlying securities will not be transferable, assignable or salable until the consummation of a Business Combination; |
● | the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units will include any additional terms or restrictions as is customary in other similarly structured blank check company offerings or as may be reasonably required by the underwriters in the IPO in order to consummate the IPO, each of which will be set forth in the Registration Statement. |
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the purchaser of the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units will execute agreements in form and substance typical for transactions of this nature necessary to effectuate the foregoing agreements and obligations prior to the consummation of the IPO as are reasonably acceptable to the undersigned, including but not limited to an insider letter.
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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that:
(a) | it has been advised that the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units have not been registered under the Securities Act; |
(b) | it will be acquiring the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units for its account for investment purposes only; |
(c) | it has no present intention of selling or otherwise disposing of the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units in violation of the securities laws of the United States; |
(d) | it is an “accredited investor” as defined by Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act; |
(e) | it has had both the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the officers and directors of the Company and all persons acting on its behalf concerning the terms and conditions of the offer made hereunder; |
(f) | it is familiar with the proposed business, management, financial condition and affairs of the Company; |
(g) | it has full power, authority and legal capacity to execute and deliver this letter and any documents contemplated herein or needed to consummate the transactions contemplated in this letter; and |
(h) | this letter constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, and is enforceable against it. |
Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that Loeb has represented both the Company and the undersigned in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the IPO, the issuance of the Company’s shares to Arisz Investment LLC and all related transactions. The applicable rules of professional conduct require that Loeb inform the parties hereunder of this representation and obtain their consent. The Company and the undersigned each hereby (i) acknowledge that they have had an opportunity to ask for and have obtained information relevant to such representation, including disclosure of the reasonably foreseeable adverse consequences of such representation; (ii) acknowledge that with respect to the transactions described above, Loeb has represented the Company and the undersigned, and not any other person or entity or Board member or employee of the Company or the undersigned; and (iii) give their respective informed consent to Loeb’s representation of the Company and the undersigned in connection with the transactions described above.
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This letter agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the undersigned and the Company with respect to the purchase of the Private Units and Over-Allotment Units, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the same.
Very truly yours, | ||
ARISZ INVESTMENT LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Echo Hindle-Yang | |
Name: | Echo Hindle-Yang | |
Title: | Managing Member |
Accepted and Agreed: | ||
ARISZ ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
By: | /s/ Echo Hindle-Yang | |
Name: Echo Hindle-Yang | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 99.1
Bitmain-Backed BitFuFu (Finfront Holding Company), a World-Leading Digital Assets Cloud Mining Service Provider, Entered into a Definitive Merger Agreement with Arisz Acquisition Corp.
- The Transaction includes a $70 million fully committed PIPE financing at $10.00/share, led by Bitmain Technologies Holding Company (“Bitmain”), a world-leading cryptocurrency mining hardware manufacturer, and Antpool Technologies Holding Company (“Antpool”), a world-leading Bitcoin mining pool.
- BitFuFu was founded in 2020 with early investment from Bitmain and core founding team members from Bitmain.
- BitFuFu forecasts FY 2022 revenue of approximately $330 million1, representing a 230% YoY growth over its anticipated FY 2021 revenue of approximately $100 million2. The Company forecasts its non-GAAP adjusted FY 2022 EBITDA to be approximately $100 million1.
- BitFuFu expects to increase its cloud platform’s managed hashrate to a total of 10.0 EH/s by the end of 2022 (4.5 EH/s self-owned and 5.5 EH/s from third parties). Its total managed hashrate was 3.0 EH/s at the end of 2021 (100% from third parties).
- BitFuFu has been the only cloud-mining strategic partner of Bitmain to date and is an S-level client of Bitmain. BitFuFu has executed a strategic partnership agreement with Bitmain and entered into a 10-year mining hosting agreement with Bitmain globally including the United States.
- The merger between BitFuFu and Arisz Acquisition represents a pro forma enterprise value of approximately $1.5 billion3, or 4.6x 2022 projected revenue and 3.3x projected December 2022 annualized recurring revenue2. The combined company is expected to be renamed BitFuFu Inc. and become publicly listed in 3Q 2022 on Nasdaq under the ticker FUFU.
New York and Singapore – January 25, 2022 – Finfront Holding Company, a fast-growing digital asset mining service and world-leading cloud-mining service provider (“BitFuFu” or the “Company”), and Arisz Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: ARIZ), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company(“ARIZ”), today announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement that will result in BitFuFu becoming a publicly listed company on NASDAQ under an anticipated ticker symbol “FUFU”. The transaction values the Company at a pro forma enterprise value of approximately $1.5 billion.
BitFuFu Overview
BitFuFu is a fast-growing company in the crypto-mining industry and is dedicated to fostering a secure, compliant, and transparent blockchain infrastructure by providing a variety of stable and intelligent hashrate service solutions. BitFuFu offers a one-stop mining solution for miners of all sizes from institutional customers to individual digital asset enthusiasts. It manages mining machines and mines on behalf of its users, allowing users the option of viewing and managing their rigs conveniently in real-time.
BitFufu’s innovative technologies are one of the key drivers for ensuring its leadership position in the industry. Its proprietary Aladdin system handles ultra-large scale hashrate management and dispatching. The system has the maximum capacity to simultaneously connect millions of miners and provide services that resolve critical mining problems arising from scalability, efficiency, authenticity, and securing hash power.
Notes:
1 | Assuming an average Bitcoin price at $45,000 during 2022, based on a 30-day average of the close price of BTC (UTC time) of $45,216.4, ending in 1 day prior to the date of the definitive merger agreement. BTC price data is obtained from the latest data available in UTC time on yahoo finance. |
2 | Unaudited; based on BitFuFu’s management estimates. |
3 | Assuming no redemptions of shares by ARIZ’s existing public stockholders. |
The Company had a hosting capacity of 140 MW at the end of 2021 across its global mining facilities network and strategic partnership with Bitmain.
BitFuFu received early investment from Bitmain, a world-leading cryptocurrency mining hardware manufacturer. The Company has been the only cloud-mining strategic partner of Bitmain to date and has executed a 10-year mining hosting contract with Bitmain, offering it competitive advantages such as preferential access to mining sites, miners, new markets, and improved operational efficiencies.
Transaction Overview
The Transaction values the combined company at an implied fully diluted pro forma enterprise value of approximately $1.5 billion3, representing a 4.6x 2022 projected revenue of approximately $330 million1, and 3.3x projected December 2022 annualized recurring revenue of approximately $465 million1.
The Transaction is expected to provide more than $129 million in net cash proceeds to BitFuFu at closing, after transaction expenses and assuming no redemptions of shares by ARIZ’s existing public stockholders. Existing BitFuFu stockholders are retaining 100% of their equity in the combined company. The proceeds from the Transaction are expected to fund mining equipment purchases and infrastructure build-out as the Company expands its leadership position in the industry.
The BitFuFu and ARIZ Boards of Directors have unanimously approved the proposed merger, which is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2022, subject to, among other things, regulatory approval, the approval by BitFuFu’s and ARIZ’s stockholders of the proposed merger and satisfaction or waiver of other customary closing conditions.
BitFuFu’s management team, led by its founder Leo Lu, will continue to run the Company after the transaction.
Key Partner Remarks
Clark Du, President of Bitmain Mining Division commented, “Leo and his team have made remarkable contributions to Bitmain and I have strong faith in his ability to lead BitFuFu to the next level. BitFuFu is the only cloud-mining strategic partner of Bitmain to date, and I look forward to further strengthening our business partnership with BitFuFu in the foreseeable future. I would like to congratulate Mr. Lu and his team for achieving today’s milestone.”
Lei Lv, Autorized Representative of Antpool commented, “Participating in the PIPE financing is more than just an investment for us. BitFuFu has been a critical and long-standing strategic partner to Antpool in the global digital asset mining industry, and we have clear synergies to continue creating value. In the future, we will expand upon our various user acquisition and marketing collaborations to continue driving the rapid growth of our platforms.”
Management Remarks
Leo Lu, Founder, and CEO of BitFufu said, “Entering this transaction now is the most optimal and strategic timing for enduring our rapid growth trajectory and increasing our global footprint in the crypto-mining industry. We are the one-stop hashrate solution provider for miners of all sizes, providing a variety of innovative technologies, service solutions, and a global mining network to efficiently mine digital assets. Our highly diversified business model that will include cloud-mining, self-mining, and miner hosting will allow us to effectively manage market volatility and hedge against unforeseen regulatory changes. This milestone of becoming a publicly-traded company through our merger with ARIZ will further drive improvements to our corporate governance, increase transparency, and attract new talent to help us achieve our vision of becoming the top digital asset mining company.”
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Echo Hindle-Yang, Chairwoman and CEO of Arisz Acquisition Corp. commented, “We are thrilled to enter into the merger agreement with BitFuFu. What Leo and BitFuFu team have been achieved to date attests to the management team’s excellent execution, industry expertise and the strong partnership with Bitmain. Our team at ARIZ strongly believes that BitFuFu’s strategy of streamlining the up and downstream industry resources provides them with a true competitive advantage and will allow them to continue replicating their successes. From now until the closing of the transaction, helping the company prepare and transition to the public markets is our focus, so we can work together and drive long-term value to all of the shareholders.
Advisors
Chardan is acting as M&A and Capital Markets advisor to ARIZ.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Harney Westwood & Riegels are acting as legal counsels to Finfront Holding Company. Loeb & Loeb LLP is acting as a legal counsel to ARIZ.
About BitFuFu
BitFuFu is a fast-growing digital asset mining service and world-leading cloud-mining service provider. BitFuFu has been invested by, and is the only cloud-mining strategic partner of Bitmain to date, a world-leading cryptocurrency mining hardware manufacturer.
BitFuFu is dedicated to fostering a secure, compliant, and transparent blockchain infrastructure, providing a variety of stable and intelligent hashrate service solutions to a global customer base. Leveraging its expanding global mining facility network and strategic partnership with Bitmain, BitFuFu enables institutional customers and digital asset enthusiasts to mine digital assets efficiently. With a robust business model covering cloud-mining, miner hosting, and self-mining, BitFuFu is well-positioned to weather market volatility and facilitate the vertical integration of global digital asset mining industry.
About Arisz Acquisition Corp.
ARIZ is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. ARIZ completed its IPO on November 22, 2021 and intends to use the proceeds of the offering to fund such business combination.
Important Information about the Proposed Business Combination and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed business combination, Arisz (or a subsidiary of Arisz) intends to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 or Form F-4, which will include and also serve as a proxy statement (the “Registration Statement”) that will be distributed to holders of Arisz common stock in connection with Arisz’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by Arisz’s stockholders with respect to the Proposed Business Combination and other matters as described in the Registration Statement. Arisz will mail a definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”), when available, to its shareholders. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ARISZ, THE COMPANY AND THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the Registration Statement and prospectus (when available) and all other documents filed with the SEC by Arisz through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to Arisz at 199 Water St, 31st Floor, New York, NY 10038. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the website referenced in this press release is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this press release.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, both as amended. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the pending transactions described herein, and the parties’ perspectives and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the proposed transaction, including the anticipated initial enterprise value and post-closing equity value, the benefits of the proposed transaction, integration plans, expected synergies and revenue opportunities, anticipated future financial and operating performance and results, including estimates for growth, the expected management and governance of the combined company, and the expected timing of the transactions. The words “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan” and similar expressions indicate forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, assumptions (including assumptions about general economic, market, industry and operational factors), known or unknown, which could cause the actual results to vary materially from those indicated or anticipated.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (i) risks related to the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the pending business combination, including the risk that the transaction may not close due to one or more closing conditions to the transaction not being satisfied or waived, such as regulatory approvals not being obtained, on a timely basis or otherwise, or that a governmental entity prohibited, delayed or refused to grant approval for the consummation of the transaction or required certain conditions, limitations or restrictions in connection with such approvals; (ii) risks related to the ability of Arisz and the Company to successfully integrate the businesses; (iii) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the applicable transaction agreements; (iv) the risk that there may be a material adverse change with respect to the financial position, performance, operations or prospects of the Company or Arisz; (v) risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction; (vi) the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Arisz’s securities; (vii) the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of the Company to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally; (viii) risks associated with the financing of the proposed transaction; (ix): risks relating to the digital assets and blockchain sectors, including the price volatility of digital assets, limited availability of power resources, changes in the reward structure for solving digital assets, evolving legal and regulatory environment, security attacks and breaches, and changes in the economic, geopolitical and natural conditions; and (x) risks relating to the combined company’s ability to enhance its services and products, execute its business strategy, expand its customer base and maintain stable relationship with its business partners.
A further list and description of risks and uncertainties can be found in the Prospectus dated November 17, 2021 relating Arisz’s initial public offering and in the Registration Statement and proxy statement that will be filed with the SEC by Arisz and/or its subsidiary in connection with the proposed transactions, and other documents that the parties may file or furnish with the SEC, which you are encouraged to read. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated or anticipated by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate only to the date they were made, and Arisz, the Company and their subsidiaries undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made except as required by law or applicable regulation.
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No Offer or Solicitation
This press release is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the transactions described above and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of Arisz or the Company, 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 offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.
Participants in the Solicitation
Arisz and the Company, and certain shareholders of Arisz, and their respective directors, executive officers and employees and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the holders of Arisz common stock in respect of the proposed transaction. Information about Arisz’s directors and executive officers and their ownership of Arisz common stock is set forth in the Prospectus dated November 17, 2021 and filed with the SEC as modified or supplemented by any Form 3 or Form 4 filed with the SEC since the date of that filing. Other information regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy solicitation will be included in the Registration Statement/proxy statement pertaining to the proposed transaction when it becomes available. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
BitFuFu and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Arisz in connection with the proposed business combination. A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the proposed business combination will be included in the Registration Statement/proxy statement pertaining to the proposed transaction when it becomes available for the proposed business combination.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
BitFuFu
BitFuFu Investor Relations
ir@bitfufu.com
Arisz Acquisition Corp.
Arisz Investor Relations
ir@ariszacquisition.com
Christensen Advisory
Bitfufu@christensenir.com
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Exhibit 99.2
BitFuFu Presentation The Future Is Mine January 2022
Disclaimer This presentation (this “Presentation”) is provided solely for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation to purchase any equity or debt . It has been prepared to assist interested parties in making their own evaluation with respect to a potential business combination between Finfront Holding Company (the “Company”) and Arisz Acquisition Corp . (“Arisz”) and related transactions (the “Proposed Business Combination”) and for no other purpose . The information contained herein does not purport to be all - inclusive . The data contained herein is derived from various internal and external sources . No representation is made as to the reasonableness of the assumptions made within or the accuracy or completeness of any projections or modeling or any other information contained herein . Any data on past performance or modeling contained herein is not an indication as to future performance . Arisz and the Company assume no obligation to update the information in this presentation, except as required by law . Furthermore, any and all trademarks and trade names referred to in this presentation are the property of their respective owners . No Representation or Warranties All information is provided “AS IS” and no representations or warranties, of any kind, express or implied are given in, or in respect of, this Presentation . To the fullest extent permitted by law in no circumstances will Arisz, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries, stockholders, affiliates, representatives, partners, directors, officers, employees, advisers or agents be responsible or liable for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or loss of profit arising from the use of this Presentation, its contents, its omissions, reliance on the information contained within it, or on opinions communicated in relation thereto or otherwise arising in connection therewith . Industry and market data used in this Presentation have been obtained from third - party industry publications and sources as well as from research reports prepared for other purposes . Neither Arisz nor the Company has independently verified the data obtained from these sources and cannot assure you of the data’s accuracy or completeness . This data is subject to change . In addition, this Presentation does not purport to be all - inclusive or to contain all of the information that may be required to make a full analysis of the Company or the Proposed Business Combination . Viewers of this Presentation should each make their own evaluation of the company and of the relevance and adequacy of the information and should make such other investigations as they deem necessary . Trademarks This Presentation may contain trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights of other companies, which are the property of their respective owners . Solely for convenience, some of the trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights referred to in this Presentation may be listed without the TM, SM © or ® symbols, but the Company will assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, the rights of the applicable owners, if any, to these trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights . Forward Looking Statements This presentation contains forward - looking statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions under the United States Privat e Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s expected future operating results; financial performance an d p otential revenues, sales forecast, sales funnel and sales pipeline; business strategy, various addressable markets, anticipated trends, growth, and developments in markets in wh ich it operates; the market adoption of its technology and products; the capabilities, performance, and advancement of its technology and products; its projected factory expansion and economics; its pro forma information; and its future product development and roadmap. 2
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Disclaimer (continued) No Offer or Solicitation This Presentation shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction . No offering of securities will be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 , as amended, or an exemption therefrom . INVESTMENT IN ANY SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SEC OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOR HAS ANY AUTHORITY PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THE OFFERING OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN . ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE . Important Information About the Proposed Business Combination and Where to Find It In connection with the proposed business combination, Arisz (or a subsidiary of Arisz) intends to file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S - 4 or Form F - 4 , which will include and serve as a proxy statement/ prospectus (the “Registration Statement”) that will be distributed to holders of Arisz common stock in connection with Arisz’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by Arisz’s stockholders with respect to the Proposed Business Combination and other matters as described in the Registration Statement . Arisz will mail a definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”), when available, to its stock holders . INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT, ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ARISZ, THE COMPANY AND THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION . Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus and the Proxy Statement (when available) and all other documents filed with the SEC by Arisz through the website maintained by the SEC at http : //www . sec . gov, or by directing a request to Arisz at 199 Water St, 31 st Floor, New York, NY 10038 . The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the website referenced in this presentation is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this presentation . INVESTMENT IN ANY SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SEC OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOR HAS ANY AUTHORITY PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THE OFFERING OR THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN . ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE . Participants in the Solicitation Arisz and the Company and their respective directors, certain of their respective executive officers and other members of management and employees may be considered participants in the solicitation of proxies with respect to the proposed business combination . Information about the directors and executive officers of Arisz is set forth in its final prospectus dated November 17 , 2021 , as modified or supplemented by any Form 3 or Form 4 filed with the SEC since the date of that filing . Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be in the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC regarding the proposed business combination when they become available . Stockholders, potential investors and other interested persons should read the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement carefully when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions . You may obtain free copies of these documents as indicated above . Bitfufu and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Arisz in connection with the proposed business combination . A list of the names of such directors and executive officers and information regarding their interests in the proposed business combination will be included in the Registration Statement/proxy statement pertaining to the proposed transaction when it becomes available for the proposed business combination . 4
Transaction Summary Background Pro Forma Ownership & Valuation Key PIPE Investor s Timing and Conditions Alignment of Interests • BitFuFu entered into a definitive merger agreement with Arisz Acquisition Corp. (“ARIZ”) on Jan. 21, 2022; • The combined company is expected to be re name d BitFuFu Inc. and trade under the ticker (“FUFU”) post - closing • Pro forma equity value of $1.66 billion; $1.51 billion enterprise value; - Implies 4. 6 x 2022E revenue 1 ; 3. 3 x December 2022E annualized recurring revenue 1 ; $151 Th/s in 2022, respectively • BitFuFu management and shareholders will collectively own 90% at the closing of the merger • BitFuFu will roll 100% equity into the transaction; • 100% of the BitFuFu founding shareholders are subject to a 6 - month lock - up • $70 million PIPE led by strategic investors including Bitmain and Antpool at $10.00/share • $50 million minimum cash required for closing, currently satisfied by the PIPE investment; • Transaction expected to close in Q3 2022 5 Governance • The board of BitFuFu will consist of at least 5 directors; • Antpool is expected to appoint 1 director at the closing of the merger ; Arisz will nominate 1 director Note: 1. Assuming an average Bitcoin price at $45,000 during 2022, based on a 30 - day average of the close price of BTC (UTC time) of $45, 216.4, ending in 1 day prior to the date of the definitive merger agreement. BTC price data is obtained from the latest data available in UTC time on yahoo finance.
Investment Highlights World Leading Cloud - Mining and Fast - Growing Digital Asset Service Provider Industry - Leading Technology Platform with State - of - the - Art Mining Machines Proven Track Record of Financial Performance Execution - Minded and Experienced Management Team The Only Cloud - Mining Strategic Partner of to date 1 Note: as of January, 2022 $70 million PIPE Investment Led by and 6
BitFuFu, A World - Leading Cloud - Mining, Fast - Growing Digital Asset Service Provider 7
BitFuFu - Leader in the Global Cloud - Mining Industry Facilitate Industry Vertical Integration Scale Mining Farm Supply Upgrade Service Capabilities 3 3, 000 Peak Number of Miners Under Management 140MW Hosting Capacity ≈$ 100 m 2021 Revenue Notes: 1. As of 12/31/2021. 2. Unaudited; based on BitFuFu’s management estimates. 3. Forecasted numbers are based on BitFuFu’s estimates, a ssuming an average Bitcoin price at $45,000 during 2022, based on a 30 - day average of the close price of BTC (UTC time) of $45,2 16.4, ending in 1 day prior to the date of the definitive merger agreement. BTC price data is obtained from the latest data availab le in UTC time on yahoo finance. 1 BitFuFu by Numbers Growth Strategy 1 2 3 ≈$ 330 m 2022 Estimated Revenue 3 3 Eh/s Hashrate Under Management 1 8
BitFuFu At A Glance Miner Hosting Cloud Mining Self Mining Seamless transition between self - mining and cloud mining to mitigate market risks and optimize operational efficiency BitFuFu provides stable and intelligent hashrate service solutions and enables global customers to mine digital assets effici ent ly Provides miner (server) rental service in the form of cloud - mining at a lower cost Users own mining machine property rights and mining output while enjoying asset appreciation 9
December 2021 BitFuFu became a fast - growing company in the digital asset mining industry globally. December 2020 Hashrate sharing and trading platform went live. March 2021 Antpool & BitFuFu commenced cooperation. May 2021 Bitmain & BitFuFu reached strategic cooperation, providing miner supply and hosting support. July 2021 Bitmain invested in BitFuFu. December 2021 Peak number of miners under management reached 33,000. Key Milestones Notes: 1. Unaudited. Based on BitFuFu ’ s management estimate. 10 ≈ $100 Million 2021 Revenue 1
38% Digital Asset Market Capitalization 1 Other Bitcoin Notes: 1. Source: coinmarketcap, as of January 18, 2022. 2. Source: THE BLOCK <The Block Research 2022 Digital Asset Outlook> 3. Including Marathon (MARA), Riot Blockchain (RIOT), Hut 8 (HUT), Hive Blockchain (HIVE), Cipher Mining (CIFR), TeraWulf (WULF), Bitfarms (BITF), Greenidge Generation (GREE), Argo Bloackchian (ARB); Data Source: Capital IQ, as of 01/18/2022. 4. Source: CoinGecko. BTC Mining Revenue in 2021 $15.3 Billion The Aggregate Market Capitalization of Major Public Digital Asset Mining Companies $10.9 Billion Bitcoin Market Capitalization Growth Rate in 2021 62% Strong Potential in a High - Growth Market 2 3 4 $790 Billion $1.97 Trillion 11
3.2 3 3 2 2 1.605 1.25 1.1 Marathon BitFuFu Riot Bitfarms Hut 8 Argo Hive TeraWulf Hashrate Under Management (EH/s ) Industry Leader at Scale – Cloud - Mining Industry in 2021 Notes: 1. BitFuFu data as of 12/31/2021; all from managed third party hashrate . 2. Total hosting capacity available for service. 3. Source: Hashrate and Hosting Capacity are obtained from the latest IR presentations and official press releases of the compan ies : Marathon (December 2021), Riot Blockchain (December 2021), Core Scientific (October 2021), Bitfarms (November 2021), Hut 8 (December 2021), Hive Bl ockchain (October 2021), Argo (December 2021). 4. Marathon ’ s data is disclosed as the contracted facility beginning from 2020. 1 12 3 350 140 109 106 105 50 50 45 Riot BitFuFu Hut 8 Bitfarms Marathon Hive TeraWulf Argo Hosting Capacity (MW ) 3 2 4
The Only Cloud - Mining Strategic Partner of Bitmain to Date 13 Note: as of January, 2022 1
• Bitmain is a world - leading cryptocurrency mining hardware manufacturer . • Bitmain invested in BitFuFu in July 2021 and further committed to leading the PIPE investment in connection with the merger. • $70 million total PIPE investment at $10.00 per share led by Bitmain and Antpool, a world - leading Bitcoin mining pool 1 . 14 Source: 1. Based on all - time historical data from BTC.com as of January 20, 2022
Mining Farms Miner Supply Marketing Operations The Only Cloud - Mining Strategic Partner of to Date • S - level client of Bitmain accessing various VIP privileges, the highest level in Bitmain • Competitive miner supply & computing power cooperation • Global marketing collaboration with Bitmain, resulting in lower customer acquisition and marketing spend for BitFuFu • Maintenance center to improve operational efficiencies • AntSentry miner management platform to monitor miner data • 10 - year 300MW miner hosting capacity cooperation • Competitive electricity and hosting fees Notes : 1. Maximum 300MW contracted. Delivery schedule for the rest subject to adjustments. 1 Bitmain supports BitFuFu with its top - tier mining resources 15
Profitable Business Model with Strong Operational Efficiencies 16
Business Highlights Globally distributed mining facilities to ensure stable power supply - World - wide operations Efficient business model to manage market volatility - Seamless transitioning between cloud - mining and self - mining Industry leading technology platform - Underpinned by the Aladdin system to ensure secure and transparent transactions One - stop mining solution for all customers - One click, real time 17
Business Model Overview Hashrate Slicing and Trading Miner Operation Monitoring Mining Farms Data Monitoring Profit Management System Mining Pool Saas Service Technical Service Notes: 1. Self - operated mining farms starting from February 2022. 18 Mining Farms Contracted Self - operated Miner Self - owned Manage for third - party Operation Revenue Streams Customers Institutional Hashrate Buyers Miner Hosting Cloud Mining 1 Retail Hashrate Buyers + + + + Miner Sales (Existing) (Existing) Self Mining 1 (2022) (Existing)
1 BitFuFu offers its users a one - stop cloud - mining and miner hosting service. - BitFuFu manages all operations for customers, including miner purchase, transportation maintenance and electricity bill payment - Customers can view and manage mining status in real time on their mobile phones. Customers can purchase and resell hashrate on the BitFuFu platform 2 3 One - Stop Mining Solution for All Customers • Customers place orders. • BitFuFu manages all mining operations to allow customers to start mining with one click. 19
Globally Distributed Mining Data Center Ensures Stable Power Supply 8MW 30MW 10MW 50MW 2MW 20MW 10MW 10MW Planned Farms in USA (2022) Notes: 1. Maximum 300MW contracted. Delivery schedule for the rest subject to adjustments. 2. Facilities located in Kazakhstan will be gradually transferred to other global farms. 140MW in use as of December 31, 2021 300MW capacity in the pipeline Managed hashrate from third party 3E (EH/S) Peak Number of Miners Under Management 33,000 in 2021 1 1 20
The Aladdin System - Industry Leading Technology Platform Standardization Transparency Flexibility Security BitFuFu Mining Platform BitFuFu Dispatcher Engine BitFuFu Proxy System BitFuFu Sentry Antpool F2Pool Poolin A laddin Mining Pools • Aladdin is the ultra - large s cale hashrate management and dispatching system developed independently by BitFuFu . • The system consists of three core systems : Dispatcher Engine , Proxy System and BitFuFu Sentry, the miner monitoring system . • The Aladdin system has a maximum capacity of millions and brings efficiency, authenticity and security to hash power and provides service to users around the world . Power fluctuates within 1%. Monitors the operation status of miners in real time. Provides stable computing power service to users. 21
Operational Flexibility to Manage Market Volatility Adapt each business sector to maintain revenue growth and increase profit margin when navigating market volatility Diversified Revenue Streams to Manage Volatility from Bitcoin Price Fluctuations Cloud - Mining Self - Mining Miner - Hosting 22 Miner Sales & Other Services Ability to sell own miners as ancillary revenue Hosting and managing third - party miners to attract high quality partners in the supply chain. Self - mining to optimize hashrate use. Various service packages of different durations throughout the bull/bear cycle.
Growth Strategy Supply Chain Consolidation and Vertical Integration Scale Mining Farms with ESG Focus Upgrade Service Capability Keep improving the integration capabilities of the supply chain and develop high - quality partners. Higher clean energy supply planned in 2022 worldwide, focusing on renewables. Create an integrated, visualized and intelligent mining service, supported by innovative technologies and blockchain networks. 23
Proven Track Record of Financial Performance 24
Scaling the Business While Delivering Results 100 330 2021 2022E Revenue (in Millions USD) 33,000 55,000 45,000 2021 2022E Number of Mining Machines Manage for third-party Self-owned Miners Notes: 1. Unaudited results as of December 31, 2021, based on BitFuFu ’ s management estimates. 2. Management estimated results for 2022, assuming a Bitcoin price at $45,000 during 2022, based on a 30 - day average of the close price of BTC at $45,216.4, ending in 1 day prior to the date of the definitive merger agreement. BTC price data is obtained from the latest data available in UTC time on yahoo finance. 3. 80% of mining machines estimated to be Antminer S19pro; 20% of mining machine estimated to be Antminer S19i. 3 5.5 4.5 2021 2022E Hashrate ( EH/s ) Managed hashrate from third party Self-owned hashrate ( 1 ) 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 25
Notes: 1. Unaudited results as of December 31,2021, based on the management estimates. The company started operations in December 2020. 2. Management estimated results for 2022, assuming a Bitcoin price at $45,000 during 2022, based on a 30 - day average of the close price of BTC at $45,216.4, ending in 1 day prior to the date of the definitive merger agreement. BTC price data is obtained from the latest data available in UTC time on yahoo finance. 3. Adjusted EBITDA is a non - GAAP financial measure. EBITDA= net profit bebore interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization, adjusted for share - based compensation as a result of anticipated equity - based awards for incentive purposes. BitFuFu did not recognize share - based compensation in 2021. 4. Adjusted net profit is a non - GAAP financial measure that represents the non - GAAP net profit which excludes the share - based compensation as a result of anticipated equity - based awards for incentive purposes. BitFuFu did not recognize share - based compensation in 2021. Financial Performance Adjusted Net Profit 4 Adjusted EBITDA 3 Revenue 2021 & 2022E Financial Performance 100 6 5 330 100 50 Revenue EBITDA Adjusted Net Profit (in Millions USD) 1 230% 1,567% 900% 2021 2022E 2021 2022E 2021 2022E 1 1 2 2 2 26
Execution - Minded, Experienced Management Team 27
Experienced Management Team 28 With rich knowledge in finance and technology, the BitFuFu team is comprised of members from industry - leading traditional financial institutions, internet giants and blockchain unicorn s BitFuFu Team Leo Lu CEO, Director • Leader in the blockchain and finance industries. • Former Director of Bitmain, responsible for cryptocurrency related products. • Former manager of financial market IT department at a multinational commercial bank. • Years of experience in frontier i nternet research and development, worked at blockchain and internet giants. • Former engineer of Bitmain, responsible for system structure architecture. • Responsible for infrastructure , system stability and global link assurance of Bi tFuFu , as well as exploring and implementing cutting - edge blockchain technologies. Alex Fan CTO • Years of b lockchain, g aming & t elecommunication experience ; expert in global marketing and publishing ; experience in global business cooperation with internet giants. • Former marketing manager at Bitmain. Micheal Woo CMO
29 Transaction Overview
BitFuFu Shareholders 90.2% PIPE Investors 4.2% SPAC Public Shareholders 4.4% SPAC Sponsor & Others 1.2% Pro Forma Valuation Particulars Amount ($m) Share Price $10.0 Pro Forma Shares Outstanding 2 166.3 Pro Forma Equity Value $1,663.1 (+) PF Debt - ( - ) PF Cash 3 $(140.1) ( - ) Market Value of Cryptocurrencies 3 $(12.6) Pro Forma Enterprise Value $1,510.5 Pro Forma EV / 2022E Revenue Multiple s Pro Forma EV/2022E December ARR 3.3x Pro Forma EV/2022E Revenue 4.6x Pro Forma Growth Adjusted EV/2022E ARR 4 0.01x Sources & Uses Sources Amount ($m) C as h H el d i n SP A C Trust 1 $69.0 BitFuFu Shareholder Equity Rollover $1,500.0 Equity Issued for SPAC Sponsor and Others $20.7 PIPE Investment $70.0 Total Sources $1,659.7 Uses Amount ($m) BitFuFu Shareholder Equity Rollover $1,500.0 Equity Issued for SPAC Sponsor $20.7 Cash to Balance Sheet 1 $129.0 Assumed Transaction Expenses $10.0 Total Uses $1,659.7 Pro Forma Ownership Notes: 1. Assumes no redemptions. 2. Including rights. Not giving into effect private and public warrants striking at $11.50/share, excluding underwriter UPO and M&A advisory shares. 3. Including the company ’ s unaudited cash balance of $11 million and cryptocurrency balance of $12.6 million as of December 31, 2021. 4. Pro forma growth adjusted EV/December 2022E annualized recurring revenue is calculated as (Pro Forma Enterprise Value /2022E December ARR /(2021 - 2022E December ARR CAGR x 100). Illustrative Transaction Summary 30 BitFuFu Shareholders 90.2%
0.01x 0.01x 0.13x 0.04x 0.07x 0.00x 0.05x 0.10x 0.15x 0.20x 0.25x 0.30x $151.0 $183.0 $241.2 $235.2 $217.8 -$1.0 $49.0 $99.0 $149.0 $199.0 $249.0 $299.0 3.2x 3.4x 4.5x 4.4x 4.1x 0.0x 1.0x 2.0x 3.0x 4.0x 5.0x 6.0x $15,104.8 $18,300.5 $22,726.5 $16,566.2 -$1.0 $4,999.0 $9,999.0 $14,999.0 $19,999.0 $24,999.0 Comps. Average: $219.3 Peer Valuations – Significant Discount to Comparables EV / December 2022E Annualized Adjusted Revenue 1 Comps Average: $19,197.7 Growth Adjusted EV / December 2022E Annualized Adjusted Revenue 3 EV / 2022E Miner ($/Miner) EV / 2022E Hash Rate ($/TH/s) Notes: Source: CapIQ, FactSet, Company Reports as of 01/18/2022. 1. Comparable companies’ December 2022E Annualized Adjusted Revenue is calculated as (December 2022 Estimated Hashrate / Estimat ed Network Hashrate of 327 EH/s ) x (6.25 BTC Block Rewards + 1.11 BTC Transaction Fee ) x (52,560 blocks per year) x $ 45,000 estimated Bitcoin price, assuming a Bitcoin price at $45,000 during 2022, based on a 30 - day average of the close price of BTC at $45,216.4, ending in 1 day prior to the date of the definitive merger agreement. BTC price data is obtained from the latest data available in UTC time on yahoo finance. Total 2022 network hashrate estimate is obtained from “ 202 2 Year End Bitcoin Hashpower Estimates, Nudging Down to 327 EH/s on Power, Semi Delivery Schedules, Bitooda, January 6, 2022”. 2022 transaction fee estimate is obtained from “2021 Year End Bitcoin Hashpower Estimates: Raising to 198 EH/s; Updating Cost Curve, Mining Costs and Mining Reserve Estimates, Bitooda, September 16, 2021”. 2022 year - end hashrate estimates and number of miners are obtained from the latest IR presentations and official press releases of the comparable companies as of middle of 2022 or 2022 year - end, which ever is available; 2. Including self - owned and third - party miners. 3. Comparable companies’ metrics are calculated as (Enterprise Value/2022E December annualized adjusted revenue /(2021 - 2022E Decemb er annualized adjusted revenue CAGR x 100). 31 Comps Average: 4.1x Comps Average: 0.06x 2
Risk Factors (1/8) This presentation (this “Presentation”) is provided solely for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation to purchase any equity or debt . It has been prepared to assist interested parties in making their own evaluation with respect to a potential business combination between Finfront Holding Company (the “Company”) and Arisz Acquisition Corp . (“Arisz”) and related transactions (the “ Proposed Business Combination”) and for no other purpose . Unless the context otherwise requires, all reference in this subsection to the “Company,” “BitFuFu,” “we,” “us” or “our” refer to the business of BitFuFu prior to the consummation of the Proposed Business Combination . The risks presented below are some of the general risks to the business and operations of BitFuFu, the digital asset industry and other transaction related risks . You should carefully consider these risks and uncertainties and should carry out your own diligence and consult with your own financial and legal advisors concerning the risks and suitability of an investment in BitFuFu or Arisz before making an investment decision . Risks relating to the business of BitFuFu will be disclosed in future documents relating to the Proposed Business Combination filed or furnished with the SEC . The risks presented in such flings will be consistent with those that would be required for a public company in SEC filings and may differ significantly from and be more extensive than those presented below . These risk factors are not exhaustive, and investors are encouraged to perform their own investigation with respect to the business, financial condition and prospects of BitFuFu . Investors should carefully consider the following risk factors in addition to the information included in the Presentation . BitFuFu may face additional risks and uncertainties that are not presently known to it, or that it currently deems immaterial, which may also impair BitFuFu’s business or financial condition . Risks Related to BitFuFu’s Business and the Digital asset Industry 1. The limited operating history and rapid growth of BitFuFu may make it difficult to evaluate its business and prospects, and its historical financial results may not be indicative of its future performance . 2. It may be or become illegal to acquire, own, hold, sell or use digital assets, participate in the digital asset networks, or transfer or utilize digital assets in jurisdictions where BitFuFu operates due to adverse changes in the regulatory and policy environment in such jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect its business, financial position and results of operations . 3. If BitFuFu fails to continuously innovate and to provide services and products that meet the expectations of its customers, it may not be able to attract new customers or retain existing customers, and its business, financial position and results of operations may be adversely affected . 4. BitFuFu relies on a limited number of suppliers to supply it with digital asset mining equipment and hosting services and may not be able to obtain such supply at competitive prices during times of high demand, which could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and results of operations . 5. BitFuFu’s results of operations could be significantly affected by price fluctuations of digital assets, and its business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected by a significant drop in the prices of digital assets and Bitcoin in particular . 6. Mining digital assets requires significant electric power , and the inability to obtain power resources at commercially viable terms could have a material adverse effect on BitFuFu’s business, financial condition and results of operations . 7. BitFuFu may not be able to compete effectively against its current and future competitors , and it may not be able to maintain its competitive position as digital asset networks experience increases in the total network hashrate . 32
Risk Factors (2/8) 8. BitFuFu may be vulnerable to security breaches, or be exposed to cybersecurity threats, which could disrupt its operations, subject it to customers’ claims, and materially and adversely affect its business, financial condition and results of operations . 9. A slowdown in the demand for blockchain technology or blockchain hosting resources, or lack of market acceptance of blockchain networks and digital assets could have a material adverse effect on BitFuFu’s business, financial condition and results of operations . 10. If BitFuFu fails to accurately estimate the factors upon which it bases its contract pricing, it may generate less profit than expected or incur losses on those contracts, which could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and results of operations . 11. Increases in hosting costs, power costs and other important cost items may cause BitFuFu to mine digital assets less cost - efficiently, which may reduce its operating and profit margins, and adversely affect its business, financial condition and results of operations . 12. The average selling prices of BitFuFu’s services and products may fluctuate from time to time, which may in turn adversely affect BitFuFu’s profitability and financial condition . 13. Power outage and labor disputes may result in disruption of BitFuFu’s business . 14. BitFuFu has derived a substantial portion of its revenue from sales to a limited number of customers, which may expose it to risks relating to customer concentration . 15. Delays in the expansion of existing mining data centers or the construction of new mining data centers or significant cost overruns could adversely affect BitFuFu’s business . 16. Concerns about greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change may result in environmental taxes, charges, assessments or penalties and could have a material adverse effect on BitFuFu’s business, financial condition and results of operations . 17. BitFuFu faces risks associated with the expansion of its operation globally and may be unable to expand into additional international markets, execute its growth strategies or effectively maintain its rapid growth . 18. If there are significant changes to the method of validating blockchain transactions, such changes could adversely affect BitFuFu’s proprietary mining business and reduce demand for its products and services . 19. BitFuFu’s future success depends on its ability to keep pace with rapid technological changes that could make its current or future technologies less competitive or obsolete . 20. If BitFuFu is unable to maintain or enhance its brand recognition, its business, financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected . 21. Any failure of BitFuFu’s services and products to meet the applicable quality standards could adversely affect its reputation, business and results of operations . 22. Substantial increases in the supply of mining machines connected to digital asset networks, in particular, the Bitcoin network, would lead to an increase in network hashrate capacity, which in turn would increase mining difficulty and negatively affect the economic returns of digital asset mining activities, which would decrease the demand for and/or pricing of BitFuFu’s products and services . 33
Risk Factors (3/8) 22. Any failure in the critical systems of BitFuFu’s facilities or its cloud - mining service platform could disrupt BitFuFu’s business and cause damages to its customers, which may subject it to legal liabilities and harm its reputation, all of which could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and results of operations . 23. BitFuFu may be required to relocate its mining data centers due to lease disputes and changes in applicable regulations, which could disrupt its operations and adversely affect its business, financial condition and results of operations . 24. BitFuFu may be involved in legal and other disputes from time to time arising out of its operations, including disputes with its suppliers, business partners, customers or employees . 25. BitFuFu’s business is capital intensive, and failure to obtain the necessary capital when needed may cause BitFuFu to delay, limit or terminate its expansion efforts or other operations . 26. Any failure to obtain or renew approvals, licenses, permits or certifications required for its operations could materially and adversely affect BitFuFu’s business and results of operations . 27. Limited precedents for accounting treatments of digital assets may subject BitFuFu to changes in accounting treatments for digital assets and related transactions . 28. Digital asset exchanges and wallets, and to a lesser extent, the digital asset network itself, may suffer from hacking and fraud risks, which may adversely erode user confidence in the digital assets , which could decrease the demand for BitFuFu’s products and services . 29. The “halving” of rewards available on the Bitcoin network, or the reduction of rewards on other digital asset networks, could have a negative impact on BitFuFu’s ability to generate revenue . 30. Malicious actors or botnet may obtain control of more than 50 % of the processing power on the Bitcoin or other digital asset network 31. BitFuFu may not be able to adequately protect its intellectual property rights and other proprietary rights, which could have a material adverse effect on business, financial condition and results of operations . 32. BitFuFu may face intellectual property infringement claims or other related disputes, which could be time - consuming, costly to defend or settle and result in the loss of significant rights and lower sales . 33. The loss of any member of BitFuFu’s senior management team, or its failure to attract, train and retain qualified personnel, especially its R&D and technical personnel, could adversely affect BitFuFu’s ability to grow its business and effectively execute its business strategy . 34. The COVID - 19 pandemic could have an adverse effect on BitFuFu’s business, operating results, and financial condition . 35. BitFuFu may be subject to fines and other administrative penalties resulting from its operations, which could materially and adversely affect its business, financial condition and results of operations . 36. If BitFuFu grants employees share options or other equity incentives, its financial condition could be adversely affected . 34
Risk Factors (4/8) 37. BitFuFu has not determined whether its existing internal controls over financial reporting systems are compliant with Section 404 of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act, and it cannot provide any assurance that there are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in its existing internal controls . 38. BitFuFu may experience difficulties in establishing relationships with banks, leasing companies, insurance companies and other financial institutions that are willing to provide us with customary financial products and services due to its operations in the digital asset industry, which could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and results of operations . 39. BitFuFu’s interactions with a blockchain may expose it to SDN or blocked persons or cause BitFuFu to violate provisions of law that did not contemplate distribute ledger technology . 40. Digital assets, including Bitcoin, face significant scaling obstacles that can lead to higher fees or slower transaction settlement, and the emergence of mechanisms to improve the scale of transaction settlement may significantly alter the competitive dynamics in the digital asset industry, and its impact on BitFuFu is difficult to estimate . 41. Digital asset transactions are irrevocable and, if stolen or incorrectly transferred, the lost digital assets may be irretrievable . 42. If the re ward of new digital assets and/or transaction fees for solving blocks is not sufficiently high to incentivize transaction processors, such processors may reduce or cease expending processing power on a particular network, which could negatively impact the utility of the network, reduce the value of its digital assets and have a material adverse effect on BitFuFu’s business, financial condition and results of operations . 42. Any loss or destruction of a private key required to access digital assets held by BitFuFu may be irreversible and BitFuFu may lose access to its digital assets . 43. A soft or hard fork on a network could have a material adverse effect on BitFuFu’s business, financial condition and results of operations . 44. The digital assets held by BitFuFu may be subject to loss, damage, theft or restriction on access . 45. The digital assets held by BitFuFu are not subject to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or Securities Investor Protection Corporation protections . 46. BitFuFu ’s insurance coverage is limited and may not be adequate to cover its potential losses and liabilities . A significant uninsured loss or a loss in excess of its insurance coverage could have a material adverse effect on its results of operations and financial condition . 47. The supply of Bitcoins available for mining is limited and BitFuFu may not be able to quickly adapt to new businesses when all the Bitcoins have been mined . 48. If BitFuFu were deemed an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 , as amended (the “ 1940 Act”), applicable restrictions could make it impractical for it to continue its business as contemplated . 49. BitFuFu may incur significant compliance costs if it is required to register as a money services business under the regulations promulgated by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network under the authority of the U . S . Bank Secrecy Act, or otherwise under U . S . state laws . 35
Risk Factors (5/8) 50. A particular digital asset’s status as a “security” in any relevant jurisdiction is subject to a high degree of uncertainty, and BitFuFu may be subject to regulatory scrutiny, investigations, fines, and other penalties if it is deemed to be dealing with “ security,” which may adversely affect its business, financial condition and results of operations . 51. Current and future legislation and rulemaking regarding digital assets may result in extraordinary, non - recurring expenses, impose additional regulatory burdens on BitFuFu's business, or otherwise adversely affect BitFuFu’s business, financial condition and results of operations . 52. Changes to, or changes to interpretations of, the U . S . federal, state, local or other jurisdictional tax laws could have a material adverse effect on BitFuFu’s business, financial condition and results of operations . 53. Any global systemic economic and financial crisis could negatively affect the prices of digital assets and in turn, BitFuFu’s business, results of operations, and financial condition . 54. BitFuFu ’ s operations and those of its business partners and customers are vulnerable to natural disasters , geopolitical tensions, and other events beyond BitFuFu's control, the occurrence of which may have an adverse effect on the supply chain of BitFuFu's suppliers and on its facilities, personnel and results of operations . 55. BitFuFu may engage in acquisitions or strategic alliances in the future that could disrupt its business, result in increased expenses, and reduce its financial resources, and such acquisitions or strategic alliances may be successfully implemented or generate positive results as expected . 56. BitFuFu’s prepayments to suppliers may subject it to counterparty risk associated with such suppliers and negatively affect its liquidity and cash position . 56. If BitFuFu experiences difficulty in collecting its account receivables, its liquidity, financial condition and results of operations would be negatively impacted . 36
Risk Factors ( 6 /8) Risk Factors Relating to Arisz and the Proposed Business Combination Other risks and uncertainties include : changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; the impact of the Covid - 19 pandemic; the inability of the parties to successfully or timely consummate the Proposed Business Combination, including the risk that any required regulatory approvals are not obtained, are delayed or are subject to unanticipated conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expe cte d benefits of the Proposed Business Combination or that the approval of the stockholders of Arisz or the Company is not obtained; failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the Proposed Business Combination; risks relating to the uncertainty of the Company’s projected financial information; risks related to the organic and inorganic growth of the Company’s business and the timing of expected business milestones; the effects of competition on the Company’s current and future business; the amount of redemption requests made by Arisz’s stockholders; the ability of Arisz or the combined company to issue equity or equity - linked securities or obtain debt financing in connection with the Proposed Business Combination or in the future, and those factors discussed in Arisz’s final prospectus dated November 17, 2021 under the heading “Risk Factor s,” and other documents of Arisz filed, or to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). If any of these risks materialize or our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results im plied by statements made in this Presentation. There may be additional risks that neither Arisz nor the Company presently know or that Arisz and the Company currently believe are im material that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward - looking statements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on our forward - look ing statements. 37
Risk Factors ( 7 /8) Risks Relating to PubCo 1. Currently, there is no public market for the ordinary shares of PubCo . There is no assurance that an active trading market will develop for or of the market price of the ordinary shares of PubCo they will receive or that PubCo will successfully obtain authorization for listing on the Nasdaq . 2. PubCo’s ordinary share price may be volatile and could decline substantially . 3. The sale or availability for sale of substantial amounts of PubCo’s ordinary shares could adversely affect their market price . 4. PubCo will issue ordinary shares as consideration for the Business Combination, and PubCo may issue additional ordinary shares or other equity or convertible debt securities without approval of the holders of PubCo ordinary shares which would dilute existing ownership interests and may depress the market price of PubCo ordinary shares . 5. Volatility in PubCo’s share price could subject PubCo to securities class action litigation . 6. The requirements of being a public company may strain PubCo’s resources, divert PubCo management’s attention and affect PubCo’s ability to attract and retain qualified board members . 7. Recent market volatility could impact the stock price and trading volume of the PubCo’s securities . 8. It is not expected that PubCo will pay dividends in the foreseeable future after the Proposed Business Combination . 9. If securities and industry analysts do not publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research or cease publishing research about PubCo, the price and trading volume of PubCo’s securities could decline significantly . 10. PubCo will be a foreign private issuer within the meaning of the rules under the Exchange Act, and as such it is exempt from certain provisions applicable to domestic public companies in the United States . 11. As an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, PubCo is permitted to adopt certain home country practices in relation to corporate governance matters that differ significantly from Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards ; these practices may afford less protection to shareholders than they would enjoy if PubCo complied fully with Nasdaq corporate governance listing standards . 12. You may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through U . S . courts may be limited, because PubCo is incorporated under the law of the Cayman Islands, PubCo conducts substantially all of its operations and a majority of its directors and executive officers reside outside of the United States . 13. PubCo will be an “emerging growth company,” as defined under the federal securities laws, and PubCo cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make the PubCo’s securities less attractive to investors . 14. PubCo may be or become a passive foreign investment company PFIC, which could result in adverse U . S . federal income tax consequences to U . S . Holders . 15. Because under certain attribution rules PubCo’s non - U . S . subsidiaries may be treated as controlled foreign corporations for U . S . federal income tax purposes, there could be adverse U . S . federal income tax consequences to certain U . S . holders of PubCo ordinary shares who own, directly or indirectly, ten percent or more of ordinary shares . 16. Future changes to tax laws could materially and adversely affect PubCo and reduce net returns to PubCo’s shareholders . 38
Risk Factors ( 8 /8) 39 17. PubCo may adopt a dual - class share structure with different voting rights, which may adversely affect the value and liquidity of the ordinary shares. 18. If PubCo adopts a dual - class share structure with different voting rights, this will limit your ability to influence corporate m atters and could discourage others from pursuing any change of control transactions that holders of PubCo’s Class A ordinary shares may view as beneficial. To the extent an ADS facility is adopted after the Business Combination, and aside from those risk factors affecting the ordi nar y shares herein that have similar impacts through the ADS mechanism, investors may face additional risk factors, including the following: 1. Holders of ADSs have fewer rights than direct holders of the ordinary shares and must act through the Depositary to exercise the ir rights. The voting rights of holders of ADSs are limited by the terms of the Deposit Agreement, and ADS holders may not be able to exercise their right to vote directly. 2. The Depositary will give PubCo a discretionary proxy to vote the ordinary shares underlying the ADSs if the holders of such A DSs do not give timely voting instructions to the Depositary, except in limited circumstances, which could adversely affect the interests of holders of the ADSs. 3. Holders of ADSs and the ordinary shares have limited choice of forum, which could limit your ability to obtain a favorable ju dic ial forum for complaints against PubCo, the Depositary or the respective directors, officers or employees of the Depositary and PubCo. 4. An ADS holder's right to pursue claims against the Depositary is limited by the terms of the Deposit Agreement. 5. ADS holders may not be entitled to a jury trial with respect to claims arising under the Deposit Agreement, which could resul t i n less favorable results to the plaintiff(s) in any such action. 6. The Depositary is entitled to charge ADS holders fees for various services, including annual service fees. 7. Holders of ADS may not receive dividends or other distributions from PubCo and the holders thereof may not receive any value for those distributions, if it is illegal or impractical to make them available to them. 8. Holders of ADSs may experience dilution of their holdings due to their inability to participate in rights offerings. 9. Holders of ADSs may be subject to limitations on the transfer of their ADSs.
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