0001493152-23-020432.txt : 20230607 0001493152-23-020432.hdr.sgml : 20230607 20230607164404 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001493152-23-020432 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 9 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230607 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230607 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230607 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Chijet Motor Company, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001957413 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTOR VEHICLES & PASSENGER CAR BODIES [3711] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-41712 FILM NUMBER: 23999539 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: NO. 8 BEIJING S. RD. STREET 2: ECONOMIC & TECH. DEV. ZONE YANTAI CITY: SHANDONG STATE: F4 ZIP: 000000 BUSINESS PHONE: 8605352766202 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: NO. 8 BEIJING S. RD. STREET 2: ECONOMIC & TECH. DEV. ZONE YANTAI CITY: SHANDONG STATE: F4 ZIP: 000000 6-K 1 form6-k.htm

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of June 2023

 

Commission File Number: 001-41712

 

Chijet Motor Company, Inc.

(Registrant’s Name)

 

Sertus Chambers
Governors Square, Suite #5-204
23 Lime Tree Bay Avenue, P.O. Box 2547
Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explanatory Note

 

As previously disclosed on October 25, 2022, and as described in greater detail in the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form F-4, which was filed by Pubco (defined below) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and declared effective on March 30, 2023, and the definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 30, 2023 (the “Merger Proxy Statement”), which is incorporated herein by reference, Jupiter Wellness Acquisition Corp. (“JWAC”), entered into a Business Combination Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2022, with Chijet Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Chijet”), each of the referenced holders of Chijet’s outstanding ordinary shares (collectively, the “Sellers”), Mu Hongwei in the capacity as the Seller Representative thereunder, Chijet Motor (USA) Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”) and Chijet Motor Company, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chijet (“Pubco”) (the “Business Combination Agreement”). The transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are referred to herein as the “Business Combination.” Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement (a) Pubco agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital shares of Chijet held by the Sellers in exchange for ordinary shares of Pubco, and any shares Chijet holds in Pubco were agreed to be surrendered for no consideration, such that Chijet becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco and the Sellers would become shareholders of Pubco (the “Share Exchange”); and immediately thereafter (b) Merger Sub agreed to merge with and into JWAC, with JWAC continuing as the surviving entity and wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein are defined in the Business Combination Agreement.

 

Closing of Business Combination

 

On June 1, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the Share Exchange occurred such that Chijet became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, and the Merger Sub merged with JWAC such that JWAC became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco. In this Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K (this “Report”), Pubco following the Business Combination is referred to also in this Report as the “Company”.

 

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, on the Closing Date, the Sellers received the number of Pubco Ordinary Shares (defined below) in the Share Exchange that had an aggregate value equal to One Billion Six Hundred Million Dollars ($1,600,000,000), each valued at the Redemption Price at Closing of approximately $10.517, comprising the amount of 152,130,300 of Pubco Ordinary Shares, subject to certain Sellers having an earnout (the “Earnout”) which would adjust downwards the consideration to applicable Sellers (by surrender of shares received in the Share Exchange) by up to Six Hundred Seventy Four Million Dollars ($674 million) in the aggregate (with each share valued at the Redemption Price) based on certain post-Closing financial performance and stock price metrics of Pubco, and all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. Following completion of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, there are an aggregate of 160,359,631 Pubco Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding, which include those shares issued to the Sellers described in this paragraph (including the shares subject to surrender for the Earnout) and as described in the next paragraph.

 

On the Closing Date, the following securities issuances were made by Pubco to JWAC’s and specified securityholders: (i) each outstanding share of JWAC’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “JWAC Common Stock”), which was held by JWAC’s public stockholders were exchanged for (1) one ordinary share of Pubco, par value $0.0001 per share (which we refer to as a “Pubco Ordinary Share”), comprising approximately 1,300,706 Pubco Ordinary Shares, and (2) one private contingent value right of Pubco (a “CVR”); (ii) each outstanding share of JWAC’s Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), according to JWAC’s certificate of incorporation, was converted into JWAC Common Stock and likewise exchanged for the right to receive 3,450,000 Pubco Ordinary Shares (following which exchange all shares of JWAC Common Stock and such shares of Class B Common Stock were cancelled and ceased to exist); (iii) the registered holder of each outstanding right to receive one-eighth (1/8) of one share of JWAC Common Stock (a “JWAC Right”), which thereby provided such holder was eligible for one share of JWAC Common Stock upon holding eight of such JWAC Rights, was issued the number of full shares of JWAC Common Stock to which such holder of JWAC Rights was eligible, and which were exchanged for the equivalent number of Pubco Ordinary Shares, with holders of publicly traded JWAC rights were eligible to have such rights converted into 1,725,000 Pubco Ordinary Shares; (iv) each share of JWAC Common Stock which was not held by JWAC’s public stockholders was exchanged for one Pubco Ordinary Share (consisting of privately placed JWAC Common Stock and JWAC Common Stock issued for JWAC’s privately placed rights) as well as shares issued privately to Chijet directors and for expenses, in each case as described in the Merger Proxy Statement, and which remaining Pubco Ordinary Shares consisted of 1,503,625 Pubco Ordinary Shares; and (v) the privately placed warrant of Greentree Financial Group Inc. (“Greentree”) was exchanged with an equivalent warrant exercisable into Pubco Ordinary Shares, comprising 5,000,000 Pubco Ordinary Shares, which was partially exercised thereon for 250,000 shares, and the Representative Warrant was exchanged with an equivalent warrant exercisable into Pubco Ordinary Shares, comprising 414,000 Pubco Ordinary Shares.

 

 

 

 

The foregoing description of the Business Combination Agreement contained in this Report does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Business Combination Agreement, which was filed as part of the Merger Proxy Statement (as Annex A thereto and as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company's Form F-4 in connection therewith), and an Exhibit to JWAC’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 31, 2022, and which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

The Pubco Ordinary Shares commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on June 2, 2023 under the ticker symbol “CJET.”

 

Board of Directors and Management of the Company

 

The Company’s directors and executive officers after the closing of the Business Combination are described in the section entitled “Management of Pubco After the Business Combination” beginning on page 271 of the Merger Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference. In connection with the Business Combination, the following directors described therein constitute the entire board of directors of the Company:

 

Mu Hongwei

Zhang Jiannong 2 3

Wu Lichun 2 3

Simon Pang 1

Wen Li 3

John Chiang 1 2

Ying Liu 1

 

 

1 Member of Audit Committee
2 Member of Compensation Committee
3 Member of Nominating Committee

 

Amendment to Memorandum and Articles of Association

 

In connection with the closing of the Business Combination, the Company passed by special resolution an amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “M&A”) under Cayman Islands law. The material terms of the M&A and the general effect upon the rights of holders of our capital shares are included in the Merger Proxy Statement under the sections entitled “Proposal Two – The Charter Amendments Proposal”, “Description of Securities of Pubco” and “Comparison of Shareholder Rights” beginning on page 185, page 280 and page 290, respectively, which are incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of the M&A is a summary only and are qualified in its entirety by reference to the M&A, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Related Agreements

 

Contingent Value Rights Agreement

 

Additionally, on the Closing Date, the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“AST”), as rights agent, entered into that certain Contingent Value Rights Agreement (the “CVR Agreement”). The CVR Agreement provides for the terms of release of Pubco Ordinary Shares upon satisfaction of certain events relating to the revenues and share price of Pubco Ordinary Shares following the Closing Date, all in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement. Pursuant to the CVR Agreement, the CVRs are not transferrable except for certain limited permitted transfers.

 

A copy of the CVR Agreement is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the CVR Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Warrant Assignment, Assumption, Exchange and Amendment by and among Pubco, Greentree Financial, and Baoya New Energy

 

On June 1, 2023, in connection with the closing of the Business Combination, Pubco assumed the obligations of Shandong Baoya New Energy Vehicle Co., Ltd. (“Baoya New Energy”) under the Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated February 15, 2022, by executing an assumption and amendment to the Common Stock Purchase Warrant by and among Pubco, Baoya New Energy, and Greentree Financial Group, Inc. (“Greentree Financial”), with Greentree Financial being the warrant holder. A copy of the form of Assignment, Assumption, Exchange and Amendment to Warrant Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the form of Warrant Assignment, Assumption, Exchange and Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

 

 

 

Warrant Assignment, Assumption, Exchange and Amendment by and among Pubco, JWAC, and I-Bankers Securities, Inc. (“I-Bankers”)

 

On June 1, 2023, in connection with the closing of the Business Combination, Pubco assumed the obligations of JWAC under the Share Purchase Warrant, dated December 9, 2021, by Pubco, I-Bankers, and JWAC, by executing an assumption and amendment to the Share Purchase Warrant with JWAC and I-Bankers. A copy of the form of Warrant Assignment, Assumption, Exchange and Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the form of Warrant Assignment, Assumption, Exchange and Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Lock-Up Agreements

 

Simultaneously with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, certain Sellers holding Chijet’s capital shares entered into lock-up agreements with Pubco with regard to the Exchange Shares to be received by such Seller (the “Lock-Up Agreements”). In such Lock-Up Agreement, the Sellers to be parties thereto agreed that such Seller will not, during the period commencing from the Closing and ending on the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing (or if earlier, the date on which Pubco consummates a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction with an unaffiliated third party that results in all of Pubco’s shareholders having the right to exchange their equity holdings in Pubco for cash, securities or other property) (the “Lock-Up Period”) (i) lend, offer, pledge (except as provided below), hypothecate, encumber, donate, assign, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of such Seller’s Exchange Shares, (ii) 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 of such Seller’s Exchange Shares, or (iii) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or (ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely with respect to 50% of such Exchange Shares, the Lock-Up Period, if not earlier terminated in accordance with the terms of the Lock-Up Agreement, will be deemed to terminate on the date on which the closing price of Pubco’s publicly traded Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share for any 20 days within a 30-day trading period after the Closing. However, each such Seller is allowed to transfer any of its Exchange Shares by gift, will or intestate succession or to any immediate family member (or related trust), trustor or trust beneficiary, as a distribution to equity holders upon liquidation or to an affiliate or pursuant to a court order or settlement agreement in divorce; provided in each such case that the transferee thereof agrees to be bound by the restrictions set forth in the Lock-Up Agreement. The Sellers who sign Lock-Up Agreements are also permitted to pledge their shares during the Lock-Up Period so long as the pledgee agrees not to exercise its remedies with respect to the Exchange Shares during the Lock-Up Period.

 

A copy of the form of the Lock-Up Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Lock-Up Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Insider Letter Agreement Amendment

 

Simultaneously with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, JWAC and the Company have entered into an amendment to certain letter agreement, dated as of December 6, 2021, with the Jupiter Wellness Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), I-Bankers, the directors and members of the management team of JWAC and any other holder of JWAC Class A Common Stock included as part of a JWAC private unit issued in a private placement transaction simultaneously with the IPO, or JWAC working capital units converted by working capital loans extended to JWAC by the Sponsor or affiliates of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers or directors (the “Insider Letter Agreement Amendment”), to, among other matters, have Pubco assume the rights and obligations of JWAC thereunder with respect to the Pubco securities issued in replacement for the JWAC securities.

 

A copy of the Insider Letter Agreement Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Insider Letter Agreement Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

 

 

 

Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement

 

On the Closing Date, in connection with the closing of the Business Combination, JWAC, Pubco, the Sellers, and the holders of a majority of the “Registrable Securities” pursuant to the registration rights agreement entered into in connection with JWAC’s IPO (the “Founder Registration Rights Agreement”), entered into an amended and restated registration rights agreement (the “Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement”). The Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement provides registrations rights covering all of the Pubco Ordinary Shares the parties receive in the Business Combination (including those received upon conversion of JWAC Class B Common Stock), subject to applicable contractual transfer restrictions and lock-up periods. The Sellers holding a majority of securities having the Sellers’ registration rights, or a majority of JWAC’s existing registration rights holders, are in each case entitled after the Business Combination to demand that Pubco to register those securities. All of the registration rights holders have certain customary “piggy-back” registration rights pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act.

 

A copy of the form of Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.5 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference and the foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Non-Competition Agreement

 

At the Closing, certain Sellers of Chijet (each a “Subject Party”) entered into a non-competition and non-solicitation agreement (each a “Non-Competition Agreement”), with Pubco, Chijet and JWAC, in favor of and for the benefit of the Pubco, Chijet and JWAC and each of their respective present and future affiliates, successors and direct and indirect subsidiaries, pursuant to which each Subject Party agreed that they would not directly or indirectly engage in a competitive business in the Territory (as defined in the Non-Competition Agreement) for a period of eighteen months after the Closing. Each Non-Competition Agreement also contains customary non-solicit, non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions.

 

A copy of the form of Non-Competition Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.6 to this Report and the foregoing description of the Non-Competition Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

Some of the information contained in this Report, or incorporated by reference herein, constitutes “forward-looking statements” within the definition of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by forward-looking words such as “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “future,” “expect,” “intends,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “aim,” “strive,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” or similar words. Investors should read statements that contain these words carefully because they:

 

  discuss future expectations;
     
  contain projections of future results of operations or financial condition; or
     
  state other “forward-looking” information.

 

We believe it is important to communicate our expectations to its securityholders. However, there may be events in the future that our management is not able to predict accurately or over which we have no control. The risk factors and cautionary language contained in this Report, and incorporated herein by reference, involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, and actual results or events may differ materially from those projected or implied in those statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to the factors discussed under the “Risk Factors,” “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” and “Chijet’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections beginning on pages 79, 17, and 252, respectively, of the Merger Proxy Statement, which sections are incorporated herein by reference. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events after the date of this Report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. You should, however, review the factors and risks described in the reports that the Company will file from time to time with the SEC after the date of this Report.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITS INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
3.1   Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Chijet Motor Company, Inc.
4.1   Contingent Value Rights Agreement, dated June 1, 2023, by and between Pubco and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent.
10.1   Warrant Assignment, Assumption, Exchange and Amendment, dated June 1, 2023, among Pubco, Greentree Financial, and Baoya New Energy.
10.2   Warrant Assignment, Assumption, Exchange and Amendment, dated June 1, 2023, among Pubco, JWAC, and I-Bankers Securities, Inc.
10.3   Form of Lock-up Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2022, among Chijet and the Holders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registration Statement on Form F-4 filed by Pubco with the SEC on March 9, 2023).
10.4   Insider Letter Agreement Amendment, as of October 25, 2022, among JWAC, Pubco, Jupiter Wellness Sponsor LLC, I-Bankers Securities, Inc., Join Surplus International Ltd., and the Insiders name therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Registration Statement on Form F-4 filed by Pubco with the SEC on March 9, 2023).
10.5   Form of Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, among JWAC, Pubco, the Sellers, and the holders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registration Statement on Form F-4 filed by Pubco with the SEC on March 9, 2023).
10.6   Form of Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement, among certain Sellers of Chijet, Pubco, Chijet and JWAC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registration Statement on Amendment 1 to Form F-4 filed by Pubco with the SEC on March 24, 2023).
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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

 

  Chijet Motor Company, Inc.
     
Date: June 7, 2023 By: /s/ Mu Hongwei
  Name:  Mu Hongwei
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

EX-3.1 2 ex3-1.htm

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

THE COMPANIES ACT (AS REVISED)

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

CHIJET MOTOR COMPANY, INC.

(ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED MAY 23, 2023 AND EFFECTIVE ON JUNE 1, 2023)

 

1 Interpretation

 

1.1 In the Articles Table A in the First Schedule to the Statute does not apply and, unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith:

 

“Applicable Law” means, with respect to any person, all provisions of laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, certificates, judgments, decisions, decrees or orders of any governmental authority applicable to such person.

 

“Articles” means these amended and restated articles of association of the Company.

 

“Audit Committee” means the audit committee of the board of directors of the Company established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.

 

“Auditor” means the person for the time being performing the duties of auditor of the Company (if any).

 

“Clearing House” means a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction.

 

“Company” means the above named company.

 

“Compensation Committee” means the compensation committee of the board of directors of the Company established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.

 

“Designated Stock Exchange” means any United States national securities exchange on which the securities of the Company are listed for trading, including the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

“Directors” means the directors for the time being of the Company.

 

“Dividend” means any dividend (whether interim or final) resolved to be paid on Shares pursuant to the Articles.

 

“Electronic Communication” means a communication sent by electronic means, including electronic transmission to any number, address or internet website (including the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission) or other electronic delivery methods as otherwise decided and approved by the Directors.

 

“Electronic Record” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Act.

 

“Electronic Transactions Act” means the Electronic Transactions Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands.

 

“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or any similar U.S. federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

 

 

 

“Independent Director” has the same meaning as in the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange or in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, as the case may be.

 

“Member” has the same meaning as in the Statute.

 

“Memorandum” means the amended and restated memorandum of association of the Company.

 

“Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee” means the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board of directors of the Company established pursuant to the Articles, or any successor committee.

 

“Officer” means a person appointed to hold an office in the Company.

 

“Ordinary Resolution” means a resolution passed by a simple majority of the Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting, and includes a unanimous written resolution. In computing the majority when a poll is demanded regard shall be had to the number of votes to which each Member is entitled by the Articles.

 

“Ordinary Share” means an ordinary share of a par value of US$0.0001 in the share capital of the Company.

 

“Register of Members” means the register of Members maintained in accordance with the Statute and includes (except where otherwise stated) any branch or duplicate register of Members.

 

“Registered Office” means the registered office for the time being of the Company.

 

“Seal” means the common seal of the Company and includes every duplicate seal.

 

“Securities and Exchange Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar U.S. federal statute and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

“Share” means an Ordinary Share and includes a fraction of a share in the Company.

 

“Special Resolution” has the same meaning as in the Statute, and includes a unanimous written resolution.

 

“Statute” means the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands.

 

“Treasury Share” means Shares that were previously issued but were purchased, redeemed, surrendered or otherwise acquired by the Company and not cancelled.

 

1.2 In the Articles:

 

(a) words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice versa;

 

(b) words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender;

 

(c) words importing persons include corporations as well as any other legal or natural person;

 

(d) “written” and “in writing” include all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form, including in the form of an Electronic Record;

 

(e) “shall” shall be construed as imperative and “may” shall be construed as permissive;

 

(f) references to provisions of any law or regulation shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended, modified, re-enacted or replaced;

 

 

 

 

(g) any phrase introduced by the terms “including”, “include”, “in particular” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms;

 

(h) the term “and/or” is used to mean both “and” as well as “or.” The use of “and/or” in certain contexts in no respects qualifies or modifies the use of the terms “and” or “or” in others. The term “or” shall not be interpreted to be exclusive and the term “and” shall not be interpreted to require the conjunctive (in each case, unless the context otherwise requires);

 

(i) headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored in construing the Articles;

 

(j) any requirements as to delivery under the Articles include delivery in the form of an Electronic Record;

 

(k) any requirements as to execution or signature under the Articles including the execution of the Articles themselves can be satisfied in the form of an electronic signature as defined in the Electronic Transactions Act;

 

(l) sections 8 and 19(3) of the Electronic Transactions Act shall not apply;

 

(m) the term “clear days” in relation to the period of a notice means that period excluding the day when the notice is received or deemed to be received and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect; and

 

(n) the term “holder” in relation to a Share means a person whose name is entered in the Register of Members as the holder of such Share.

 

2 Commencement of Business

 

2.1 The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation of the Company as the Directors shall see fit.

 

2.2 The Directors may pay, out of the capital or any other monies of the Company, all expenses incurred in or about the formation and establishment of the Company, including the expenses of registration.

 

3 Issue of Shares

 

3.1 Subject to the provisions, if any, in the Memorandum (and to any direction that may be given by the Company in general meeting) and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing Shares, the Directors may allot, issue, grant options over or otherwise dispose of Shares (including fractions of a Share) with or without preferred, deferred or other rights or restrictions, whether in regard to Dividend or other distribution, voting, return of capital or otherwise and to such persons, at such times and on such other terms as they think proper, and may also (subject to the Statute and the Articles) vary such rights.

 

3.2 The Company may issue rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or other securities in the Company on such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

3.3 The Company may issue securities in the Company, which may be comprised of whole or fractional Shares, rights, options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or other securities in the Company, upon such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

3.4 The Company shall not issue Shares to bearer.

 

 

 

 

4 Register of Members

 

4.1 The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Register of Members in accordance with the Statute.

 

4.2 The Directors may determine that the Company shall maintain one or more branch registers of Members in accordance with the Statute. The Directors may also determine which register of Members shall constitute the principal register and which shall constitute the branch register or registers, and to vary such determination from time to time.

 

5 Closing Register of Members or Fixing Record Date

 

5.1 For the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose, the Directors may, after notice has been given by advertisement in an appointed newspaper or any other newspaper or by any other means in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, provide that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not in any case exceed forty days.

 

5.2 In lieu of, or apart from, closing the Register of Members, the Directors may fix in advance or arrears a date as the record date for any such determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of the Members or any adjournment thereof, or for the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend or other distribution, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose.

 

5.3 If the Register of Members is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of Members or Members entitled to receive payment of a Dividend or other distribution, the date on which notice of the meeting is sent or the date on which the resolution of the Directors resolving to pay such Dividend or other distribution is passed, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

6 Certificates for Shares

 

6.1 A Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Directors resolve that share certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in such form as the Directors may determine. Share certificates shall be signed by one or more Directors or other person authorised by the Directors. The Directors may authorise certificates to be issued with the authorised signature(s) affixed by mechanical process. All certificates for Shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the Shares to which they relate. All certificates surrendered to the Company for transfer shall be cancelled and, subject to the Articles, no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate representing a like number of relevant Shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled.

 

6.2 The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for Shares held jointly by more than one person and delivery of a certificate to one joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them.

 

6.3 If a share certificate is defaced, worn out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and on the payment of such expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating evidence, as the Directors may prescribe, and (in the case of defacement or wearing out) upon delivery of the old certificate.

 

6.4 Every share certificate sent in accordance with the Articles will be sent at the risk of the Member or other person entitled to the certificate. The Company will not be responsible for any share certificate lost or delayed in the course of delivery.

 

6.5 Share certificates shall be issued within the relevant time limit as prescribed by the Statute, if applicable, or as the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law may from time to time determine, whichever is shorter, after the allotment or, except in the case of a Share transfer which the Company is for the time being entitled to refuse to register and does not register, after lodgement of a Share transfer with the Company.

 

 

 

 

7 Transfer of Shares

 

7.1 Subject to the terms of the Articles, any Member may transfer all or any of their Shares by an instrument of transfer provided that such transfer complies with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. If the Shares in question were issued in conjunction with rights, options or warrants issued pursuant to the Articles on terms that one cannot be transferred without the other, the Directors shall refuse to register the transfer of any such Share without evidence satisfactory to them of the like transfer of such right, option or warrant.

 

7.2 The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in writing in the usual or common form or in a form prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law or in any other form approved by the Directors and shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor (and if the Directors so require, signed by or on behalf of the transferee) and may be under hand or, if the transferor or transferee is a Clearing House or its nominee(s), by hand or by machine imprinted signature or by such other manner of execution as the Directors may approve from time to time. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a Share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members.

 

8 Redemption, Repurchase and Surrender of Shares

 

8.1 Subject to the provisions of the Statute, and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, the Company may issue Shares that are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Member or the Company. The redemption of such Shares shall be effected in such manner and upon such other terms as the Company may, by Special Resolution, determine before the issue of the Shares.

 

8.2 Subject to the provisions of the Statute, and, where applicable, the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, the Company may purchase its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) in such manner and on such other terms as the Directors may agree with the relevant Member.

 

8.3 The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner permitted by the Statute, including out of capital.

 

8.4 The Directors may accept the surrender for no consideration of any fully paid Share.

 

9 Treasury Shares

 

9.1 The Directors may, prior to the purchase, redemption or surrender of any Share, determine that such Share shall be held as a Treasury Share.

 

9.2 The Directors may determine to cancel a Treasury Share or transfer a Treasury Share on such terms as they think proper (including, without limitation, for nil consideration).

 

10 Variation of Rights of Shares

 

10.1 Subject to Article 3.1, if at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes of Shares, all or any of the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class) may, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied without the consent of the holders of the issued Shares of that class where such variation is considered by the Directors not to have a material adverse effect upon such rights; otherwise, any such variation shall be made only with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the issued Shares of that class, or with the approval of a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast at a separate meeting of the holders of the Shares of that class. For the avoidance of doubt, the Directors reserve the right, notwithstanding that any such variation may not have a material adverse effect, to obtain consent from the holders of Shares of the relevant class. To any such meeting all the provisions of the Articles relating to general meetings shall apply mutatis mutandis, except that the necessary quorum shall be one person holding or representing by proxy at least one third of the issued Shares of the class and that any holder of Shares of the class present in person or by proxy may demand a poll.

 

 

 

 

10.2 For the purposes of a separate class meeting, the Directors may treat two or more or all the classes of Shares as forming one class of Shares if the Directors consider that such class of Shares would be affected in the same way by the proposals under consideration, but in any other case shall treat them as separate classes of Shares.

 

10.3 The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu therewith.

 

11 Commission on Sale of Shares

 

The Company may, in so far as the Statute permits, pay a commission to any person in consideration of that person subscribing or agreeing to subscribe (whether absolutely or conditionally) or procuring or agreeing to procure subscriptions (whether absolutely or conditionally) for any Shares. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash and/or the issue of fully or partly paid-up Shares. The Company may also on any issue of Shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful.

 

12 Non Recognition of Trusts

 

The Company shall not be bound by or compelled to recognise in any way (even when notified) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share, or (except only as is otherwise provided by the Articles or the Statute) any other rights in respect of any Share other than an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the holder.

 

13 Lien on Shares

 

13.1 The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether fully paid-up or not) registered in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others) for all debts, liabilities or engagements to or with the Company (whether presently payable or not) by such Member or their estate, either alone or jointly with any other person, whether a Member or not, but the Directors may at any time declare any Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The registration of a transfer of any such Share shall operate as a waiver of the Company’s lien thereon. The Company’s lien on a Share shall also extend to any amount payable in respect of that Share.

 

13.2 The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors think fit, any Shares on which the Company has a lien, if a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, and is not paid within 14 clear days after notice has been received or deemed to have been received by the holder of the Shares, or to the person entitled to it in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder, demanding payment and stating that if the notice is not complied with the Shares may be sold.

 

13.3 To give effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The purchaser or their nominee shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer, and they shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall their title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the sale or the exercise of the Company’s power of sale under the Articles.

 

13.4 The net proceeds of such sale after payment of costs, shall be applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable and any balance shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the Shares at the date of the sale.

 

 

 

 

14 Call on Shares

 

14.1 Subject to the terms of the allotment and issue of any Shares, the Directors may make calls upon the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on their Shares (whether in respect of par value or premium), and each Member shall (subject to receiving at least 14 clear days’ notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on the Shares. A call may be revoked or postponed, in whole or in part, as the Directors may determine. A call may be required to be paid by instalments. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon them notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the Shares in respect of which the call was made.

 

14.2 A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising such call was passed.

 

14.3 The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

 

14.4 If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at such rate as the Directors may determine (and in addition all expenses that have been incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment), but the Directors may waive payment of the interest or expenses wholly or in part.

 

14.5 An amount payable in respect of a Share on issue or allotment or at any fixed date, whether on account of the par value of the Share or premium or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a call and if it is not paid all the provisions of the Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call.

 

14.6 The Directors may issue Shares with different terms as to the amount and times of payment of calls, or the interest to be paid.

 

14.7 The Directors may, if they think fit, receive an amount from any Member willing to advance all or any part of the monies uncalled and unpaid upon any Shares held by that Member, and may (until the amount would otherwise become payable) pay interest at such rate as may be agreed upon between the Directors and the Member paying such amount in advance.

 

14.8 No such amount paid in advance of calls shall entitle the Member paying such amount to any portion of a Dividend or other distribution payable in respect of any period prior to the date upon which such amount would, but for such payment, become payable.

 

15 Forfeiture of Shares

 

15.1 If a call or instalment of a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Directors may give to the person from whom it is due not less than 14 clear days’ notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued and any expenses incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment. The notice shall specify where payment is to be made and shall state that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

15.2 If the notice is not complied with, any Share in respect of which it was given may, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors. Such forfeiture shall include all Dividends, other distributions or other monies payable in respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture.

 

15.3 A forfeited Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited Share is to be transferred to any person the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share in favour of that person.

 

15.4 A person any of whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Member in respect of them and shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for the Shares forfeited and shall remain liable to pay to the Company all monies which at the date of forfeiture were payable by that person to the Company in respect of those Shares together with interest at such rate as the Directors may determine, but that person’s liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all monies due and payable by them in respect of those Shares.

 

 

 

 

15.5 A certificate in writing under the hand of one Director or Officer that a Share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. The certificate shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer) constitute a good title to the Share and the person to whom the Share is sold or otherwise disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall their title to the Share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the Share.

 

15.6 The provisions of the Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the par value of the Share or by way of premium as if it had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

 

16 Transmission of Shares

 

16.1 If a Member dies the survivor or survivors (where they were a joint holder) or their legal personal representatives (where they were a sole holder), shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to the deceased Member’s Shares. The estate of a deceased Member is not thereby released from any liability in respect of any Share, for which the Member was a joint or sole holder.

 

16.2 Any person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other way than by transfer) may, upon such evidence being produced as may be required by the Directors, elect, by a notice in writing sent by that person to the Company, either to become the holder of such Share or to have some person nominated by them registered as the holder of such Share. If they elect to have another person registered as the holder of such Share they shall sign an instrument of transfer of that Share to that person. The Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before their death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution, as the case may be.

 

16.3 A person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other case than by transfer) shall be entitled to the same Dividends, other distributions and other advantages to which they would be entitled if they were the holder of such Share. However, they shall not, before becoming a Member in respect of a Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to general meetings of the Company and the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered or to have some person nominated by them registered as the holder of the Share (but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by the relevant Member before their death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution or any other case than by transfer, as the case may be). If the notice is not complied with within 90 days of being received or deemed to be received (as determined pursuant to the Articles) the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all Dividends, other distributions, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

 

17 Amendments of Memorandum and Articles of Association and Alteration of Capital

 

17.1 The Company may by Ordinary Resolution:

 

(a) increase its share capital by such sum as the Ordinary Resolution shall prescribe and with such rights, priorities and privileges annexed thereto, as the Company in general meeting may determine;

 

(b) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of larger amount than its existing Shares;

 

(c) convert all or any of its paid-up Shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into paid-up Shares of any denomination;

 

(d) by subdivision of its existing Shares or any of them divide the whole or any part of its share capital into Shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Memorandum or into Shares without par value; and

 

 

 

 

(e) cancel any Shares that at the date of the passing of the Ordinary Resolution have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the Shares so cancelled.

 

17.2 All new Shares created in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Article shall be subject to the same provisions of the Articles with reference to the payment of calls, liens, transfer, transmission, forfeiture and otherwise as the Shares in the original share capital.

 

17.3 Subject to the provisions of the Statute and the provisions of the Articles as regards the matters to be dealt with by Ordinary Resolution, the Company may by Special Resolution:

 

(a) change its name;

 

(b) alter or add to the Articles;

 

(c) alter or add to the Memorandum with respect to any objects, powers or other matters specified therein; and

 

(d) reduce its share capital or any capital redemption reserve fund.

 

18 Offices and Places of Business

 

Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may by resolution of the Directors change the location of its Registered Office. The Company may, in addition to its Registered Office, maintain such other offices or places of business as the Directors determine.

 

19 General Meetings

 

19.1 All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.

 

19.2 The Company may, but shall not (unless required by the Statute) be obliged to, in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. Any annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the Directors shall appoint. At these meetings the report of the Directors (if any) shall be presented.

 

19.3 The Directors may call general meetings, and they shall on a Members’ requisition forthwith proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Company.

 

19.4 A Members’ requisition is a requisition of Members holding at the date of deposit of the requisition not less than one-third in par value of the issued Shares which as at that date carry the right to vote at general meetings of the Company.

 

19.5 The Members’ requisition must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the Registered Office, and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more requisitionists.

 

19.6 If there are no Directors as at the date of the deposit of the Members’ requisition or if the Directors do not within 21 days from the date of the deposit of the Members’ requisition duly proceed to convene a general meeting to be held within a further 21 days, the requisitionists, or any of them representing more than one-half of the total voting rights of all of the requisitionists, may themselves convene a general meeting, but any meeting so convened shall be held no later than the day which falls three months after the expiration of the said 21 day period.

 

19.7 A general meeting convened as aforesaid by requisitionists shall be convened in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which general meetings are to be convened by Directors.

 

 

 

 

19.8 Members seeking to bring business before the annual general meeting or to nominate candidates for appointment as Directors at the annual general meeting must deliver notice to the principal executive offices of the Company not less than 120 calendar days before the date of the Company’s proxy statement released to Members in connection with the previous year’s annual general meeting or, if the Company did not hold an annual general meeting the previous year, or if the date of the current year’s annual general meeting has been changed by more than 30 days from the date of the previous year’s annual general meeting, then the deadline shall be set by the board of Directors with such deadline being a reasonable time before the Company begins to print and send its related proxy materials.

 

20 Notice of General Meetings

 

20.1 At least ten calendar days’ notice shall be given of any general meeting. Every notice shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be conducted at the general meeting and shall be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company, provided that a general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this Article has been given and whether or not the provisions of the Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed:

 

(a) in the case of an annual general meeting, by all of the Members entitled to attend and vote at the meeting; and

 

(b) in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by a majority in number of the Members having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, together holding not less than 95% in par value of the Shares giving that right.

 

20.2 The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non receipt of notice of a general meeting by, any person entitled to receive such notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of that general meeting.

 

21 Proceedings at General Meetings

 

21.1 No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present. The holders of a majority of the Shares being individuals present in person or by proxy or if a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy shall be a quorum.

 

21.2 A person may participate at a general meeting by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation by a person in a general meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting.

 

21.3 A resolution (including a Special Resolution) in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by or on behalf of all of the Members for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings (or, being corporations or other non-natural persons, signed by their duly authorised representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the resolution had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held.

 

21.4 If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence or if during such a meeting a quorum ceases to be present, the meeting, if convened upon a Members’ requisition, shall be dissolved and in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and/or place or to such other day, time and/or place as the Directors may determine, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall be a quorum.

 

21.5 The Directors may, at any time prior to the time appointed for the meeting to commence, appoint any person to act as chairperson of a general meeting of the Company or, if the Directors do not make any such appointment, the chairperson, if any, of the board of Directors shall preside as chairperson at such general meeting. If there is no such chairperson, or if the chairperson shall not be present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, or is unwilling to act, the Directors present shall elect one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.

 

21.6 If no Director is willing to act as chairperson or if no Director is present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.

 

 

 

 

21.7 The chairperson may, with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present (and shall if so directed by the meeting) adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

 

21.8 When a general meeting is adjourned for 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice of an adjourned meeting.

 

21.9 If a notice is issued in respect of a general meeting and the Directors, in their absolute discretion, consider that it is impractical or undesirable for any reason to hold that general meeting at the place, the day and the hour specified in the notice calling such general meeting, the Directors may postpone the general meeting to another place, day and/or hour provided that notice of the place, the day and the hour of the rearranged general meeting is promptly given to all Members. No business shall be transacted at any postponed meeting other than the business specified in the notice of the original meeting.

 

21.10 When a general meeting is postponed for 30 days or more, notice of the postponed meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice of a postponed meeting. All proxy forms submitted for the original general meeting shall remain valid for the postponed meeting. The Directors may postpone a general meeting which has already been postponed.

 

21.11 A resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll.

 

21.12 A poll shall be taken as the chairperson directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the general meeting at which the poll was demanded.

 

21.13 A poll demanded on the election of a chairperson or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such date, time and place as the chairperson of the general meeting directs, and any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded or is contingent thereon may proceed pending the taking of the poll.

 

21.14 In the case of an equality of votes the chairperson shall be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

22 Votes of Members

 

22.1 Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any Shares, every Member present in any such manner shall have one vote for every Share of which they are the holder.

 

22.2 In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy (or, in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorised representative or proxy), shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders stand in the Register of Members.

 

22.3 A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court, having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote by their committee, receiver, curator bonis, or other person on such Member’s behalf appointed by that court, and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis or other person may vote by proxy.

 

22.4 No person shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless they are registered as a Member on the record date for such meeting nor unless all calls or other monies then payable by them in respect of Shares have been paid.

 

22.5 No objection shall be raised as to the qualification of any voter except at the general meeting or adjourned general meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered and every vote not disallowed at the meeting shall be valid. Any objection made in due time in accordance with this Article shall be referred to the chairperson whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

 

22.6 Votes may be cast either personally or by proxy (or in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative or proxy). A Member may appoint more than one proxy or the same proxy under one or more instruments to attend and vote at a meeting. Where a Member appoints more than one proxy the instrument of proxy shall specify the number of Shares in respect of which each proxy is entitled to exercise the related votes.

 

 

 

 

22.7 A Member holding more than one Share need not cast the votes in respect of their Shares in the same way on any resolution and therefore may vote a Share or some or all such Shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing the proxy, a proxy appointed under one or more instruments may vote a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which they are appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which they are appointed.

 

23 Proxies

 

23.1 The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing and shall be executed under the hand of the appointor or of their attorney duly authorised in writing, or, if the appointor is a corporation or other non natural person, under the hand of its duly authorised representative. A proxy need not be a Member.

 

23.2 The Directors may, in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting, or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, specify the manner by which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited and the place and the time (being not later than the time appointed for the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting to which the proxy relates) at which the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited. In the absence of any such direction from the Directors in the notice convening any meeting or adjourned meeting or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited physically at the Registered Office not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for the meeting or adjourned meeting to commence at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote.

 

23.3 The chairperson may in any event at their discretion declare that an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to have been duly deposited. An instrument of proxy that is not deposited in the manner permitted, or which has not been declared to have been duly deposited by the chairperson, shall be invalid.

 

23.4 The instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form (or such other form as the Directors may approve) and may be expressed to be for a particular meeting or any adjournment thereof or generally until revoked. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to include the power to demand or join or concur in demanding a poll.

 

23.5 Votes given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed, or the transfer of the Share in respect of which the proxy is given unless notice in writing of such death, insanity, revocation or transfer was received by the Company at the Registered Office before the commencement of the general meeting, or adjourned meeting at which it is sought to use the proxy.

 

24 Corporate Members

 

24.1 Any corporation or other non-natural person which is a Member may in accordance with its constitutional documents, or in the absence of such provision by resolution of its directors or other governing body, authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any class of Members, and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which they represent as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member.

 

24.2 If a Clearing House (or its nominee(s)), being a corporation, is a Member, it may authorise such persons as it sees fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members provided that the authorisation shall specify the number and class of Shares in respect of which each such representative is so authorised. Each person so authorised under the provisions of this Article shall be deemed to have been duly authorised without further evidence of the facts and be entitled to exercise the same rights and powers on behalf of the Clearing House (or its nominee(s)) as if such person was the registered holder of such Shares held by the Clearing House (or its nominee(s)).

 

 

 

 

25 Shares that May Not be Voted

 

Shares in the Company that are beneficially owned by the Company shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding Shares at any given time.

 

26 Directors

 

26.1 There shall be a board of Directors consisting of not less than one person (exclusive of alternate Directors) provided however that the Company may by Ordinary Resolution increase or reduce the limits in the number of Directors.

 

26.2 Except as the Statute or other Applicable Law may otherwise require, in the interim between annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings called for the appointment of Directors and/or the removal of one or more Directors and the filling of any vacancy in that connection, additional Directors and any vacancies in the board of Directors, including unfilled vacancies resulting from the removal of Directors for cause, may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then in office, although less than a quorum (as defined in the Articles), or by the sole remaining Director. All Directors shall hold office until the expiration of their respective terms of office and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. A Director appointed to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of a Director shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the Director whose death, resignation or removal shall have created such vacancy and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified.

 

27 Powers of Directors

 

27.1 Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Memorandum and the Articles and to any directions given by Special Resolution, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors who may exercise all the powers of the Company. No alteration of the Memorandum or Articles and no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given. A duly convened meeting of Directors at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the Directors.

 

27.2 All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable or transferable instruments and all receipts for monies paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed as the case may be in such manner as the Directors shall determine by resolution.

 

27.3 The Directors on behalf of the Company may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any Director who has held any other salaried office or place of profit with the Company or to their surviving spouse, civil partner or dependants and may make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance.

 

27.4 The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital or any part thereof and to issue debentures, debenture stock, mortgages, bonds and other such securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

 

28 Appointment and Removal of Directors

 

28.1 The Company may by Ordinary Resolution appoint any person to be a Director or may by Ordinary Resolution remove any Director.

 

28.2 The Directors may appoint any person to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director provided that the appointment does not cause the number of Directors to exceed any number fixed by or in accordance with the Articles as the maximum number of Directors.

 

29 Vacation of Office of Director

 

The office of a Director shall be vacated if:

 

(a) the Director gives notice in writing to the Company that they resign the office of Director; or

 

 

 

 

(b) the Director is absent (for the avoidance of doubt, without being represented by proxy or an alternate Director appointed by them) from three consecutive meetings of the board of Directors without special leave of absence from the Directors, and the Directors pass a resolution that they have by reason of such absence vacated office; or

 

(c) the Director dies, becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with their creditors generally; or

 

(d) the Director is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; or

 

(e) all of the other Directors (being not less than two in number) determine that the Director should be removed as a Director, either by a resolution passed by all of the other Directors at a meeting of the Directors duly convened and held in accordance with the Articles or by a resolution in writing signed by all of the other Directors.

 

30 Proceedings of Directors

 

30.1 The quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed shall be a majority of the Directors then in office. A Director who also acts as an alternate Director shall, if their appointor is not present, count twice towards the quorum.

 

30.2 Subject to the provisions of the Articles, the Directors may regulate their proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairperson shall have a second or casting vote. A Director who is also an alternate Director shall be entitled in the absence of their appointor to a separate vote on behalf of their appointor in addition to their own vote.

 

30.3 A person may participate in a meeting of the Directors or any committee of Directors by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other at the same time. Participation by a person in a meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Directors, the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the chairperson is located at the start of the meeting.

 

30.4 A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee of the Directors or, in the case of a resolution in writing relating to the removal of any Director or the vacation of office by any Director, all of the Directors other than the Director who is the subject of such resolution (an alternate Director being entitled to sign such a resolution on behalf of their appointor and if such alternate Director is also a Director, being entitled to sign such resolution both on behalf of their appointor and in their capacity as a Director) shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors, or committee of Directors as the case may be, duly convened and held.

 

30.5 A Director or alternate Director may, or other Officer on the direction of a Director or alternate Director shall, call a meeting of the Directors by at least two days’ notice in writing to every Director and alternate Director which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be considered unless notice is waived by all the Directors (or their alternates) either at, before or after the meeting is held. To any such notice of a meeting of the Directors all the provisions of the Articles relating to the giving of notices by the Company to the Members shall apply mutatis mutandis.

 

30.6 The continuing Directors (or a sole continuing Director, as the case may be) may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to the Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to be equal to such fixed number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.

 

30.7 The Directors may elect a chairperson of their board and determine the period for which they are to hold office; but if no such chairperson is elected, or if at any meeting the chairperson is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairperson of the meeting.

 

 

 

 

30.8 All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors (including any person acting as an alternate Director) shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director or alternate Director, and/or that they or any of them were disqualified, and/or had vacated their office and/or were not entitled to vote, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and/or not disqualified to be a Director or alternate Director and/or had not vacated their office and/or had been entitled to vote, as the case may be.

 

30.9 A Director but not an alternate Director may be represented at any meetings of the board of Directors by a proxy appointed in writing by that Director. The proxy shall count towards the quorum and the vote of the proxy shall for all purposes be deemed to be that of the appointing Director.

 

31 Presumption of Assent

 

A Director or alternate Director who is present at a meeting of the board of Directors at which action on any Company matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless their dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless they shall file their written dissent from such action with the person acting as the chairperson or secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered post to such person immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director or alternate Director who voted in favour of such action.

 

32 Directors’ Interests

 

32.1 A Director or alternate Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of Auditor) in conjunction with their office of Director for such period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Directors may determine.

 

32.2 A Director or alternate Director may act on their own or by, through or on behalf of their firm in a professional capacity for the Company and they or their firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if they were not a Director or alternate Director.

 

32.3 A Director or alternate Director may be or become a director or other officer of or otherwise interested in any company promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as a shareholder, a contracting party or otherwise, and no such Director or alternate Director shall be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by them as a director or officer of, or from their interest in, such other company.

 

32.4 No person shall be disqualified from the office of Director or alternate Director or prevented by such office from contracting with the Company, either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or any contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director or alternate Director shall be in any way interested be or be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director or alternate Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by or arising in connection with any such contract or transaction by reason of such Director or alternate Director holding office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established. A Director (or their alternate Director in their absence) shall be at liberty to vote in respect of any contract or transaction in which they are interested provided that the nature of the interest of any Director or alternate Director in any such contract or transaction shall be disclosed by them at or prior to its consideration and any vote thereon.

 

32.5 A general notice that a Director or alternate Director is a shareholder, director, officer or employee of any specified firm or company and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction with such firm or company shall be sufficient disclosure for the purposes of voting on a resolution in respect of a contract or transaction in which they have an interest, and after such general notice it shall not be necessary to give special notice relating to any particular transaction.

 

 

 

 

33 Minutes

 

The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books kept for the purpose of recording all appointments of Officers made by the Directors, all proceedings at meetings of the Company or the holders of any class of Shares and of the Directors, and of committees of the Directors, including the names of the Directors or alternate Directors present at each meeting.

 

34 Delegation of Directors’ Powers

 

34.1 The Directors may delegate any of their powers, authorities and discretions, including the power to sub-delegate, to any committee consisting of one or more Directors (including, without limitation, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee). They may also delegate to any managing director or any Director holding any other executive office such of their powers, authorities and discretions as they consider desirable to be exercised by that Director, provided that an alternate Director may not act as managing director and the appointment of a managing director shall be revoked forthwith if they cease to be a Director. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such delegation may be revoked or altered by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee of Directors shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying.

 

34.2 The Directors may establish any committees, local boards or agencies or appoint any person to be a manager or agent for managing the affairs of the Company and may appoint any person to be a member of such committees, local boards or agencies. Any such appointment may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and any such appointment may be revoked or altered by the Directors. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of any such committee, local board or agency shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying.

 

34.3 The Directors may adopt formal written charters for committees and, if so adopted, shall review and assess the adequacy of such formal written charters on an annual basis. Each of these committees shall be empowered to do all things necessary to exercise the rights of such committee set forth in the Articles and shall have such powers as the Directors may delegate pursuant to the Articles and as required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. Each of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, if established, shall consist of such number of Directors as the Directors shall from time to time determine (or such minimum number as may be required from time to time by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law). For so long as any class of Shares is listed on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be made up of such number of Independent Directors as is required from time to time by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, subject to applicable exemptions in connection with the foregoing.

 

34.4 The Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any person to be the agent of the Company on such conditions as the Directors may determine, provided that the delegation is not to the exclusion of their own powers and may be revoked by the Directors at any time.

 

34.5 The Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or authorised signatory of the Company for such purpose and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under the Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such powers of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorneys or authorised signatories as the Directors may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney or authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in them.

 

34.6 The Directors may appoint such Officers of the Company as they consider necessary on such terms, at such remuneration and to perform such duties, and subject to such provisions as to disqualification and removal as the Directors may think fit. Unless otherwise specified in the terms of their appointment an Officer may be removed by resolution of the Directors or Members. An Officer may vacate their office at any time if they give notice in writing to the Company that they resign their office.

 

 

 

 

35 Alternate Directors

 

35.1 Any Director (but not an alternate Director) may by writing appoint any other Director, or any other person willing to act, to be an alternate Director and by writing may remove from office an alternate Director so appointed by them.

 

35.2 An alternate Director shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of Directors and of all meetings of committees of Directors of which their appointor is a member, to attend and vote at every such meeting at which the Director appointing them is not personally present, to sign any written resolution of the Directors, and generally to perform all the functions of their appointor as a Director in their absence.

 

35.3 An alternate Director shall cease to be an alternate Director if their appointor ceases to be a Director.

 

35.4 Any appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be by notice to the Company signed by the Director making or revoking the appointment or in any other manner approved by the Directors.

 

35.5 Subject to the provisions of the Articles, an alternate Director shall be deemed for all purposes to be a Director and shall alone be responsible for their own acts and defaults and shall not be deemed to be the agent of the Director appointing them.

 

36 No Minimum Shareholding

 

The Company in general meeting may fix a minimum shareholding required to be held by a Director, but unless and until such a shareholding qualification is fixed a Director is not required to hold Shares.

 

37 Remuneration of Directors

 

37.1 The remuneration to be paid to the Directors, if any, shall be such remuneration as the Directors shall determine. The Directors shall also be entitled to be paid all travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of Directors or committees of Directors, or general meetings of the Company, or separate meetings of the holders of any class of Shares or debentures of the Company, or otherwise in connection with the business of the Company or the discharge of their duties as a Director, or to receive a fixed allowance in respect thereof as may be determined by the Directors, or a combination partly of one such method and partly the other.

 

37.2 The Directors may by resolution approve additional remuneration to any Director for any services which in the opinion of the Directors go beyond that Director’s ordinary routine work as a Director. Any fees paid to a Director who is also counsel, attorney or solicitor to the Company, or otherwise serves it in a professional capacity shall be in addition to their remuneration as a Director.

 

38 Seal

 

38.1 The Company may, if the Directors so determine, have a Seal. The Seal shall only be used by the authority of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors authorised by the Directors. Every instrument to which the Seal has been affixed shall be signed by at least one person who shall be either a Director or some Officer or other person appointed by the Directors for the purpose.

 

38.2 The Company may have for use in any place or places outside the Cayman Islands a duplicate Seal or Seals each of which shall be a facsimile of the common Seal of the Company and, if the Directors so determine, with the addition on its face of the name of every place where it is to be used.

 

 

 

 

38.3 A Director or Officer, representative or attorney of the Company may without further authority of the Directors affix the Seal over their signature alone to any document of the Company required to be authenticated by them under seal or to be filed with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere wheresoever.

 

39 Dividends, Distributions and Reserve

 

39.1 Subject to the Statute and this Article and except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, the Directors may resolve to pay Dividends and other distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the Dividends or other distributions out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. A Dividend shall be deemed to be an interim Dividend unless the terms of the resolution pursuant to which the Directors resolve to pay such Dividend specifically state that such Dividend shall be a final Dividend. No Dividend or other distribution shall be paid except out of the realised or unrealised profits of the Company, out of the share premium account or as otherwise permitted by law.

 

39.2 Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, all Dividends and other distributions shall be paid according to the par value of the Shares that a Member holds. If any Share is issued on terms providing that it shall rank for Dividend as from a particular date, that Share shall rank for Dividend accordingly.

 

39.3 The Directors may deduct from any Dividend or other distribution payable to any Member all sums of money (if any) then payable by the Member to the Company on account of calls or otherwise.

 

39.4 The Directors may resolve that any Dividend or other distribution be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular (but without limitation) by the distribution of shares, debentures, or securities of any other company or in any one or more of such ways and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Directors may settle the same as they think expedient and in particular may issue fractional Shares and may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the basis of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all Members and may vest any such specific assets in trustees in such manner as may seem expedient to the Directors.

 

39.5 Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to any Shares, Dividends and other distributions may be paid in any currency. The Directors may determine the basis of conversion for any currency conversions that may be required and how any costs involved are to be met.

 

39.6 The Directors may, before resolving to pay any Dividend or other distribution, set aside such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Directors, be applicable for any purpose of the Company and pending such application may, at the discretion of the Directors, be employed in the business of the Company.

 

39.7 Any Dividend, other distribution, interest or other monies payable in cash in respect of Shares may be paid by wire transfer to the holder or by cheque or warrant sent through the post directed to the registered address of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the registered address of the holder who is first named on the Register of Members or to such person and to such address as such holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent. Any one of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any Dividends, other distributions, bonuses, or other monies payable in respect of the Share held by them as joint holders.

 

39.8 No Dividend or other distribution shall bear interest against the Company.

 

39.9 Any Dividend or other distribution which cannot be paid to a Member and/or which remains unclaimed after six months from the date on which such Dividend or other distribution becomes payable may, in the discretion of the Directors, be paid into a separate account in the Company’s name, provided that the Company shall not be constituted as a trustee in respect of that account and the Dividend or other distribution shall remain as a debt due to the Member. Any Dividend or other distribution which remains unclaimed after a period of six years from the date on which such Dividend or other distribution becomes payable shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company.

 

 

 

 

40 Capitalisation

 

The Directors may at any time capitalise any sum standing to the credit of any of the Company’s reserve accounts or funds (including the share premium account and capital redemption reserve fund) or any sum standing to the credit of the profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution; appropriate such sum to Members in the proportions in which such sum would have been divisible amongst such Members had the same been a distribution of profits by way of Dividend or other distribution; and apply such sum on their behalf in paying up in full unissued Shares for allotment and distribution credited as fully paid-up to and amongst them in the proportion aforesaid. In such event the Directors shall do all acts and things required to give effect to such capitalisation, with full power given to the Directors to make such provisions as they think fit in the case of Shares becoming distributable in fractions (including provisions whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrue to the Company rather than to the Members concerned). The Directors may authorise any person to enter on behalf of all of the Members interested into an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalisation and matters incidental or relating thereto and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all such Members and the Company.

 

41 Books of Account

 

41.1 The Directors shall cause proper books of account (including, where applicable, material underlying documentation including contracts and invoices) to be kept with respect to all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt or expenditure takes place, all sales and purchases of goods by the Company and the assets and liabilities of the Company. Such books of account must be retained for a minimum period of five years from the date on which they are prepared. Proper books shall not be deemed to be kept if there are not kept such books of account as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the state of the Company’s affairs and to explain its transactions.

 

41.2 The Directors shall determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Members not being Directors and no Member (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by Statute or authorised by the Directors or by the Company in general meeting.

 

41.3 The Directors may cause to be prepared and to be laid before the Company in general meeting profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, group accounts (if any) and such other reports and accounts as may be required by law.

 

42 Audit

 

42.1 The Directors may appoint an Auditor of the Company who shall hold office on such terms as the Directors determine.

 

42.2 Without prejudice to the freedom of the Directors to establish any other committee, if the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, and if required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law, the Directors shall establish and maintain an Audit Committee as a committee of the Directors and shall adopt a formal written Audit Committee charter and review and assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual basis. The composition and responsibilities of the Audit Committee shall comply with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. The Audit Committee shall meet at least once every financial quarter, or more frequently as circumstances dictate.

 

42.3 If the Shares (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company shall conduct an appropriate review of all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and shall utilise the Audit Committee for the review and approval of potential conflicts of interest.

 

42.4 The remuneration of the Auditor shall be fixed by the Audit Committee (if one exists).

 

 

 

 

42.5 If the office of Auditor becomes vacant by resignation or death of the Auditor, or by their becoming incapable of acting by reason of illness or other disability at a time when his services are required, the Directors shall fill the vacancy and determine the remuneration of such Auditor.

 

42.6 Every Auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and Officers such information and explanation as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the Auditor.

 

42.7 Auditors shall, if so required by the Directors, make a report on the accounts of the Company during their tenure of office at the next annual general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an ordinary company, and at the next extraordinary general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an exempted company, and at any other time during their term of office, upon request of the Directors or any general meeting of the Members.

 

42.8 Any payment made to members of the Audit Committee (if one exists) shall require the review and approval of the Directors, with any Director interested in such payment abstaining from such review and approval.

 

42.9 At least one member of the Audit Committee shall be an “audit committee financial expert” as determined by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority or otherwise under Applicable Law. The “audit committee financial expert” shall have such past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or any other comparable experience or background which results in the individual’s financial sophistication.

 

43 Notices

 

43.1 Notices shall be in writing and may be given by the Company to any Member either personally or by sending it by courier, post, telex, fax or email to such Member or to such Member’s address as shown in the Register of Members (or where the notice is given by email by sending it to the email address provided by such Member). Any notice, if posted from one country to another, is to be sent by airmail. Notice may also be served by Electronic Communication in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other competent regulatory authority.

 

43.2 Where a notice is sent by:

 

(a) courier; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by delivery of the notice to a courier company, and shall be deemed to have been received on the third day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays) following the day on which the notice was delivered to the courier;

 

(b) post; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre paying and posting a letter containing the notice, and shall be deemed to have been received on the fifth day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays in the Cayman Islands) following the day on which the notice was posted;

 

(c) telex or fax; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing and sending such notice and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was transmitted; and

 

(d) email or other Electronic Communication; service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by transmitting the email to the email address provided by the intended recipient and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was sent, and it shall not be necessary for the receipt of the email to be acknowledged by the recipient.

 

43.3 A notice may be given by the Company to the person or persons which the Company has been advised are entitled to a Share or Shares in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member in the same manner as other notices which are required to be given under the Articles and shall be addressed to them by name, or by the title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt, or by any like description at the address supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled, or at the option of the Company by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred.

 

 

 

 

43.4 Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner authorised by the Articles to every holder of Shares carrying an entitlement to receive such notice on the record date for such meeting except that in the case of joint holders the notice shall be sufficient if given to the joint holder first named in the Register of Members and every person upon whom the ownership of a Share devolves because they are a legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy of a Member where the Member but for their death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting, and no other person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.

 

44 Winding Up

 

44.1 If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator shall apply the assets of the Company in satisfaction of creditors’ claims in such manner and order as such liquidator thinks fit. Subject to the rights attaching to any Shares, in a winding up:

 

(a) if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the Company’s issued share capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them; or

 

(b) if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the Company’s issued share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst the Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up subject to a deduction from those Shares in respect of which there are monies due, of all monies payable to the Company for unpaid calls or otherwise.

 

44.2 If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, subject to the rights attaching to any Shares and with the approval of a Special Resolution of the Company and any other approval required by the Statute, divide amongst the Members in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether such assets shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for that purpose value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, with the like approval, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator, with the like approval, shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any asset upon which there is a liability.

 

45 Indemnity and Insurance

 

45.1 Every Director and Officer (which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include auditors of the Company), together with every former Director and former Officer (each an “Indemnified Person”) shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against any liability, action, proceeding, claim, demand, costs, damages or expenses, including legal expenses, whatsoever which they or any of them may incur as a result of any act or failure to act in carrying out their functions other than such liability (if any) that they may incur by reason of their own actual fraud or wilful default. No Indemnified Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss or damage incurred by the Company as a result (whether direct or indirect) of the carrying out of their functions unless that liability arises through the actual fraud or wilful default of such Indemnified Person. No person shall be found to have committed actual fraud or wilful default under this Article unless or until a court of competent jurisdiction shall have made a finding to that effect.

 

45.2 The Company shall advance to each Indemnified Person reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the defence of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation involving such Indemnified Person for which indemnity will or could be sought. In connection with any advance of any expenses hereunder, the Indemnified Person shall execute an undertaking to repay the advanced amount to the Company if it shall be determined by final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article. If it shall be determined by a final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses, then such party shall not be indemnified with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses and any advancement shall be returned to the Company (without interest) by the Indemnified Person.

 

 

 

 

45.3 The Directors, on behalf of the Company, may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any Director or other Officer against any liability which, by virtue of any rule of law, would otherwise attach to such person in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such person may be guilty in relation to the Company.

 

46 Financial Year

 

Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on 31st December in each year and, following the year of incorporation, shall begin on 1st January in each year.

 

47 Transfer by Way of Continuation

 

If the Company is exempted as defined in the Statute, it shall, subject to the provisions of the Statute and with the approval of a Special Resolution, have the power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.

 

48 Mergers and Consolidations

 

The Company shall have the power to merge or consolidate with one or more other constituent companies (as defined in the Statute) upon such terms as the Directors may determine and (to the extent required by the Statute) with the approval of a Special Resolution.

 

49 Business Opportunities

 

49.1 To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, no individual serving as a Director or an Officer (“Management”) shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Company renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for Management, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other. Except to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, Management shall have no duty to communicate or offer any such corporate opportunity to the Company and shall not be liable to the Company or its Members for breach of any fiduciary duty as a Member, Director and/or Officer solely by reason of the fact that such party pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person, or does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company.

 

49.2 Except as provided elsewhere in this Article, the Company hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both the Company and Management, about which a Director and/or Officer who is also a member of Management acquires knowledge.

 

49.3 To the extent a court might hold that the conduct of any activity related to a corporate opportunity that is renounced in this Article to be a breach of duty to the Company or its Members, the Company hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any and all claims and causes of action that the Company may have for such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the provisions of this Article apply equally to activities conducted in the future and that have been conducted in the past.

 

50 Exclusive Jurisdiction and Forum

 

50.1 Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the courts of the Cayman Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with the Memorandum, the Articles or otherwise related in any way to each Member’s shareholding in the Company, including but not limited to:

 

(a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company;

 

 

 

 

(b) any action asserting a claim of breach of any fiduciary or other duty owed by any current or former Director, Officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Members;

 

(c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Statute, the Memorandum or the Articles; or

 

(d) any action asserting a claim against the Company governed by the “Internal Affairs Doctrine” (as such concept is recognised under the laws of the United States of America).

 

50.2 Each Member irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands over all such claims or disputes.

 

50.3 Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that the Company may have, each Member acknowledges that damages alone would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum and that accordingly the Company shall be entitled, without proof of special damages, to the remedies of injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum.

 

50.4 This Article 50 shall not apply to any action or suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are, as a matter of the laws of the United States, the sole and exclusive forum for determination of such a claim.

 

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS AGREEMENT (as hereafter amended, restated, modified or supplemented in accordance herewith, this “Agreement”), dated as of June 1, 2023, is entered into by and between (i) Chijet Motor Company, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (together with its successors, “Pubco”), and (ii) American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as rights agent (the “Rights Agent”). Terms capitalized but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the BCA.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, on October 25, 2022, Jupiter Wellness Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“JWAC”), Pubco, Chijet Motor (USA) Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), Chijet Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), Mu Hongwei, in the capacity as the Seller Representative thereunder (the “Seller Representative”), and the shareholders of the Company named as Sellers therein (collectively, the “Sellers”), entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement (as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “BCA”), pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, among other matters, upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (the “Closing”), (a) Pubco will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company from the Sellers in exchange for ordinary shares of Pubco (with a total of $674 million of the Pubco Ordinary Shares (based on the Redemption Price) (such Pubco Ordinary Shares, subject to equitable adjustment for share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like after the Closing, including to account for any equity securities into which such shares are exchanged or converted, and together with the Earnings thereon, the “Earnout Shares”), to otherwise be received by certain of the Sellers designated as the Earnout Participants thereunder (the “Earnout Participants”) being subject to vesting, transfer restrictions and potential forfeiture after the Closing if certain post-Closing performance metrics are not met) and the Company shall surrender for no consideration its shares in Pubco, such that the Company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco and the Sellers become shareholders of Pubco (the “Share Exchange”), and immediately thereafter (b) Merger Sub will merge with and into JWAC, with JWAC continuing as the surviving entity (the “Merger”), and as a result of which, (i) JWAC will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, and (ii) each issued and outstanding security of JWAC immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger will no longer be outstanding and will automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive a substantially equivalent security of Pubco (and with the holders of JWAC Class A Common Stock receiving one (1) CVR for each share of JWAC Class A Common Stock held (with certain holders of JWAC non-public shares waiving their right to receive CVRs for their private shares of JWAC pursuant to the Support Agreement (as defined below))), all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the BCA and in accordance with the provisions of applicable law;

 

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution of the BCA, JWAC, the Company, Pubco, Jupiter Wellness Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), I-Bankers Securities, Inc. (“I-Bankers”) and Join Surplus International Ltd. (“Join Surplus”) entered into the Support Agreement (as it may be amended, the “Support Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other matters, the Sponsor, I-Bankers and Join Surplus agreed to waive their right to receive CVRs for their JWAC Private Shares or any shares of JWAC Class B Common Stock (or shares of JWAC Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof), and

 

WHEREAS, at or prior to the Closing, Pubco, the Seller Representative and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (or such other escrow agent mutually acceptable to JWAC and the Company), as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), will enter into an Escrow Agreement, effective as of the Closing (the “Escrow Agreement”), pursuant to which Earnings on the Earnout Shares shall be held in the Escrow Account and disbursed therefrom in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3 of the BCA and the Escrow Agreement.

 

 
 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the consummation of the transactions referred to above, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Article I

DEFINITIONS; CERTAIN RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

 

1.1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, as used in this Agreement, the following terms will have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate” means as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For this purpose, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean the (a) ownership of, or ability to direct the casting of, more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting rights conferred by all the share then in issue and conferring the rights to vote at all general meetings of such Person or (b) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of Pubco.

 

Board Resolution” means a copy, delivered to the Rights Agent, of a resolution certified by a duly authorized officer of Pubco to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors or a written consent signed by the requisite directors serving on the Board of Directors and, in either case, that is in full force and effect on the date so delivered to the Rights Agent.

 

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, excluding as a result of “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any Governmental Authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems, including for wire transfers, of commercially banking

 

CVR Holder” means a Person in whose name a CVR is registered in the CVR Register at any date of determination.

 

CVR Register” means the register of CVRs to be maintain by the Rights Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Earnings” means any dividends or distributions or other income paid or otherwise accruing to the Earnout Shares during the time such Earnout Shares have not either yet vested or been surrendered by the Earnout Participants, as of the relevant date.

 

Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local, foreign or other governmental, quasi-governmental or administrative body, instrumentality, department, division, commission or agency or any court, tribunal, administrative hearing body, arbitration panel, commission, or other similar dispute-resolving panel or body.

 

Law” means any and all applicable federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, multinational or other law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, ruling, order or other legal requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by law under the authority of any Governmental Authority.

 

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Permitted Transfer” means a transfer of one or more CVRs (a) upon death by will or intestacy; (b) by instrument to an inter vivos or testamentary trust in which the CVRs are to be passed to beneficiaries upon the death of the trustee; (c) made pursuant to a court order; (d) made by operation of applicable Law (including a consolidation or merger) or without consideration in connection with the dissolution, liquidation or termination of any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity; (e) in the case of CVRs payable to a nominee, from a nominee to a beneficial owner (and, if applicable, through an intermediary) or from such nominee to another nominee for the same beneficial owner, in each case as allowable by the Depository; or (f) as provided in Section 2.6.

 

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.

 

Representatives” means, as to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective managers, directors, officers, employees, consultants, advisors (including financial advisors, counsel and accountants), agents and other legal representatives of such Person or its Affiliates.

 

Rights Agent” means the Rights Agent named in the first paragraph of this Agreement, until a successor Rights Agent will have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “Rights Agent” will mean such successor Rights Agent.

 

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor Governmental Authority).

 

Tax” means any U.S. federal, state, local or non-United States income, gross receipts, franchise, estimated, alternative minimum, sales, use, transfer, value added, excise, stamp, customs, duties, ad valorem, real property, personal property (tangible and intangible), capital stock, social security, unemployment, payroll, wage, employment, severance, occupation, registration, environmental, communication, mortgage, profits, license, lease, service, goods and services, withholding, premium, unclaimed property, escheat, turnover, windfall profits or other taxes of any kind whatever, whether computed on a separate or combined, unitary or consolidated basis or in any other manner, together with any interest, deficiencies, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts imposed by any Governmental Authority with respect thereto, whether disputed or not, and including any secondary liability for any of the aforementioned.

 

1.2. Interpretation. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article or Section, such reference shall be to an Article or Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. All words used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. The word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement will mean “including, without limitation,” unless otherwise specified. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision in this Agreement. The term “or” is not exclusive. References to a particular statute or regulation include all rules and regulations thereunder and any successor statute, rules or regulation, in each case as amended or otherwise modified from time to time. All references to dollars or “$” refer to United States dollars. References to days mean calendar days unless otherwise specified.

 

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Article II

CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS

 

2.1. CVRs. The CVRs represent the rights of CVR Holders to receive a contingent payment in the form of Pubco Ordinary Shares (or in such other form as is provided for herein) and any accrued Earnings, pursuant to the BCA and this Agreement.

 

2.2. Nontransferable. CVRs may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, encumbered or disposed of in any other manner, in whole or in part, other than pursuant to a Permitted Transfer, and, in the case of a Permitted Transfer, only in accordance with Section 2.3(c) hereof. Any attempted sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, encumbrance or disposition of CVRs, in whole or in part, in violation of this Section 2.2 shall be void ab initio and of no effect.

 

2.3. No Certificate; Registration; Registration of Transfer.

 

(a) The CVRs will not be evidenced by a certificate or other instrument.

 

(b) The Rights Agent will keep the CVR Register for the purpose of registering CVRs and documenting CVRs and Permitted Transfers thereof, which CVR Register may be amended from time to time by the Rights Agent to reflect any changes to CVR Holders. The Rights Agent shall make the CVR Register available to Pubco upon reasonable request, including for the avoidance of doubt for purposes of calculating the amounts, if any, to be distributed to CVR Holders.

 

(c) Without limiting the restriction on transferability set forth in Section 2.2, every request made to transfer a CVR must be in writing and accompanied by a written instrument of transfer and other requested documentation in form reasonably satisfactory to the Rights Agent, duly executed by the registered CVR Holder or CVR Holders thereof, or by the duly appointed legal representative, personal representative or survivor of such CVR Holder or CVR Holders, setting forth in reasonable detail the circumstances relating to the transfer demonstrating that such proposed transfer is a Permitted Transfer. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Rights Agent shall promptly notify Pubco in writing that it has received such written notice. Upon receipt of such notice from the Rights Agent, Pubco shall in good faith reasonably determine whether the transfer is a Permitted Transfer and otherwise complies with the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, and if Pubco so reasonably determines that such transfer does so comply, Pubco shall instruct the Rights Agent in writing to register the transfer of the applicable CVRs in the CVR Register. All duly transferred CVRs registered in the CVR Register shall be the valid obligations of Pubco, evidencing the same right, and entitling the transferee to the same benefits and rights under this Agreement, as those held by the transferor. No transfer of a CVR shall be valid until registered in the CVR Register in accordance with this Agreement. The CVR Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Any transfer or assignment of CVRs shall be without charge (other than the cost of any transfer Tax or similar Tax or charge) to the applicable CVR Holder. Pubco and the Rights Agent may require payment from the applicable CVR Holder or recipient of the applicable CVR of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other Tax or charge that is imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer and/or may require the applicable CVR Holder or recipient of the applicable CVR to establish to the satisfaction of Pubco and the Rights Agent that such stamp or other Tax or charge has been paid or is otherwise not payable.

 

(d) The CVRs shall be deposited with the Rights Agent as the custodian for The Depository Trust Company (including its nominees and successors, the “Depositary”). Without limiting Sections 2.2 and 2.3(c), a CVR (but not any fraction of a CVR) may only be transferred by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

 

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(e) The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the CVRs will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary that apply to such transfer or exchange.

 

(f) A CVR Holder may make a written request to the Rights Agent to change such Holder’s address of record in the CVR Register. Such written request must be duly executed by such CVR Holder. Upon receipt of such written request, the Rights Agent shall promptly record the change of address in the CVR Register.

 

2.4. Procedures for Satisfaction of CVRs.

 

(a) In the event that it is finally determined in accordance with Section 2.3(e) of the BCA that any of the Earnout Shares (and Earnings thereon) are no longer eligible to vest and must be surrendered by the Earnout Participants to Pubco for cancellation, and accordingly a payment (including by delivery of shares) will become due and payable to the holders of CVRs in accordance with the BCA and this Agreement (a “CVR Payment”), Pubco will promptly (but in any event within ten (10) Business Days after such final determination) notify the Rights Agent in writing (a “CVR Payment Notice”) of (i) the amount of Earnout Shares (or other securities or property surrendered as part of applicable Earnout Shares and Earnings thereon) that were surrendered by the Earnout Participants, which will be issued by Pubco as new Pubco Ordinary Shares (and delivered to the Rights Agent with any other securities or property surrendered as part of applicable Earnout Shares and Earnings thereon) (collectively, the “CVR Property”) to the CVR Holders, (ii) the amount and type(s) of CVR Property to be issued to each Qualifying CVR Holder for each CVR held in connection with such CVR Payment, and (iii) the requirements to become a Qualifying CVR Holder with respect to such CVR Payment and instructions for providing such information. Upon delivery of the CVR Payment Notice, Pubco will (i) deliver to the Rights Agent for transfer to the applicable Qualifying CVR Holders the amount and type(s) of CVR Property as set forth in the CVR Payment Notice, and (ii) issue a press release providing (A) the calculation of the CVR Property and the amount and type(s) of CVR Property to be issued to each holder of a CVR in connection with such final determination and (B) the requirements to become a Qualifying CVR Holder, including if determined necessary or appropriate by Pubco, a record date for CVR Holders to receive the CVR Payment.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.4, solely for so long as and to the extent reasonably necessary, Pubco may delay the delivery of the CVR Payment if there is any (i) issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement upon which any of the Pubco Ordinary Shares that may be distributed pursuant to this Agreement are to be registered or the initiation or threat of any proceedings for that purpose, (ii) delisting or pending delisting of any Pubco Ordinary Shares that may be distributed pursuant to this Agreement by any national securities exchange or market on which such shares are then listed, quoted or admitted to trading or any refusal to list such shares on any national securities exchange or market on which they are intended to be listed or admitted to trading, or (iii) receipt by Pubco of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Pubco Ordinary Shares that may be distributed pursuant to this Agreement for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

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(c) In order to be eligible to receive any CVR Property in connection with the CVR Payment Notice, a CVR Holder must deliver to the Rights Agent in the manner specified in the CVR Payment Notice, any information (including any IRS Form W-9s or W-8s) reasonably requested by Pubco in connection with satisfying Pubco’s obligations under this Agreement. Each CVR Holder who completes the aforementioned requirements and is a record holder of a CVR as of the date of the delivery of the CVR Payment Notice to the Rights Agent, shall be designated as a “Qualifying CVR Holder”. If a CVR Holder otherwise entitled to receive CVR Property in connection with a CVR Payment fails to become a Qualifying CVR Holder, the Rights Agent will hold the portion of the CVR Property otherwise payable to such CVR Holder until such CVR Holder becomes a Qualifying CVR Holder; provided, that if such CVR Holder fails to become a Qualifying CVR Holder within one (1) year after the delivery of the applicable CVR Payment Notice to the Rights Agent, then such CVR Holder will be deemed to have forfeited its rights to the applicable CVR Property, and such CVR Property will be returned to, and become the property of (free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto) Pubco, with any Pubco Ordinary Shares or other Pubco securities to be promptly cancelled thereafter by Pubco; and neither Pubco nor the Rights Agent shall be liable to such CVR Holder with respect to such CVR Property. In addition, neither Pubco nor the Rights Agent shall be liable to any Qualifying CVR Holder for all or any portion of any such Qualifying CVR Holder’s CVR Property that is properly delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property Law, escheat Law or similar Law.

 

(d) The Rights Agent will promptly, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following its receipt of the CVR Payment Notice and applicable CVR Property (i) coordinate with Pubco (including in any capacity as Pubco’s transfer agent) to effect the delivery of the applicable CVR Property, subject to Section 2.4(f), to each Qualifying CVR Holder (with any Pubco Ordinary Shares so issued being in uncertificated book-entry form). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall any party hereto be required to deliver to any Qualifying CVR Holder any fractional Pubco Ordinary Share (or other security constituting CVR Property). If any fractional Pubco Ordinary Share (or other security constituting CVR Property) would otherwise be required to be delivered to a Qualifying CVR Holder but for this Section 2.4(d), the number of Pubco Ordinary Shares (or other securities constituting CVR Property) to be delivered to such Qualifying CVR Holder shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number. Each CVR held by a Qualifying CVR Holder shall be deemed to be immediately and automatically cancelled upon the delivery of the applicable CVR Property to such Qualifying CVR Holder, or as otherwise contemplated by Section 2.4(f).

 

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if after the date of the delivery of the CVR Payment Notice to the Rights Agent, but prior to the delivery of the CVR Property by the Rights Agent to the CVR Holders there is any recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, split-up, spin-off, exchange of Pubco Ordinary Shares, repurchase or other change in the corporate structure of Pubco affecting the Pubco Ordinary Shares (each, an “Extraordinary Event”), Pubco shall deliver additional CVR Property to the Rights Agent to equitably account for such Extraordinary Event and to prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits intended to be provided to the CVR Holders pursuant to this Agreement, with any specific modifications to be as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. Pubco (or any successor thereto pursuant to an Extraordinary Event) shall promptly, and in any event, within two (2) Business Days following any Extraordinary Event, provide written notice to the Rights Agent of such Extraordinary Event.

 

(f) Pubco or the Rights Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold, or Pubco may cause the Rights Agent to deduct and withhold, from any CVR Property or any other amounts otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement, such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld therefrom under any provision of applicable Tax Law as reasonably determined by Pubco. Prior to making any such Tax withholdings or causing any such Tax withholdings to be made with respect to any Qualifying CVR Holder, Pubco shall instruct the Rights Agent to solicit, to the extent not already in its possession, IRS Form W-9s or W-8s, or any other appropriate forms or information, from Qualifying CVR Holders in order to provide a reasonable opportunity for the Qualifying CVR Holder to timely provide any necessary Tax forms (including an IRS Form W-9 or an applicable IRS Form W-8) in order to avoid or reduce such withholding, and the payment of such CVR Property may be reasonably delayed in order to gather such necessary Tax forms. Pubco, its Affiliates and the Rights Agent may assume all such forms in its possession or provided by any Qualifying CVR Holder are valid under applicable Law until subsequently notified by such Qualifying CVR Holder. Pubco or the Rights Agent shall take all action that may be necessary to ensure that any amounts withheld in respect of Taxes are promptly remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority. To the extent any amounts are so deducted and withheld and properly remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made, and as required by applicable Law, Pubco shall, in a timely manner, deliver (or shall cause the Rights Agent to deliver) to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid an original IRS Form 1099 or other reasonably acceptable documents evidencing such withholding.

 

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(g) The Pubco Ordinary Shares issuable to Qualifying CVR Holders as a CVR Payment will, when issued, be (i) duly authorized and validly issued, (ii) fully paid and non-assessable, (iii) issued in compliance with all applicable Laws, (iv) not subject to preemptive rights or restrictions on transfer, other than applicable securities or “blue sky” laws, and (v) assuming the accuracy of the representations of the applicable Qualifying CVR Holder to be delivered to Pubco, issued (x) in compliance with all applicable federal or state securities or “blue sky” laws and (y) not in violation of any options, warrants, calls, rights (including preemptive rights), the organizational documents of Pubco, commitments or agreements to which Pubco is a party or by which it is bound.

 

2.5. No Voting, Dividends or Interest; No Equity or Ownership Interest in Pubco. The CVRs will not have any voting or dividend rights, and interest will not accrue on any amounts payable on the CVRs to any CVR Holder. The CVRs will not represent any equity or ownership interest in Pubco, any constituent company to any of the transactions contemplated by the BCA or any of their respective Affiliates.

 

2.6. Ability to Abandon CVR. A CVR Holder may at any time, at such CVR Holder’s option, abandon all of such CVR Holder’s remaining rights in a CVR by transferring such CVR to Pubco or any of Pubco’s Affiliates without consideration therefor and as of such time of transfer such CVR shall be immediately and automatically cancelled. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit Pubco or any of Pubco’s Affiliates from offering to acquire or acquiring any CVRs for consideration from the CVR Holders, in private transactions or otherwise, in its sole discretion.

 

2.7. Tax Treatment. Except to the extent any portion of a CVR Payment is required to be treated as imputed interest pursuant to applicable Tax Law or as otherwise required by applicable Tax Law, the parties hereto intend to treat the CVR Payment for all Tax purposes as the right to receive additional Pubco Ordinary Shares (or other CVR Property) received pursuant to the Merger. Pubco shall report imputed interest on the CVRs as required by applicable Law.

 

Article III

THE RIGHTS AGENT

 

3.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. The Rights Agent will not have any liability for any actions taken or not taken in connection with this Agreement, except to the extent of its willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence (each as determined by a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).

 

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3.2. Certain Rights of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations will be read into this Agreement against the Rights Agent. In addition:

 

(a) the Rights Agent may rely and will be protected and held harmless by Pubco in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

(b) whenever the Rights Agent will deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder, the Rights Agent may rely upon an officer’s certificate delivered by Pubco, which certificate shall be full authorization and protection to the Rights Agent, and the Rights Agent shall, in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part, incur no liability and be held harmless by Pubco for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate;

 

(c) the Rights Agent may engage and consult with counsel of its selection and the written advice of such counsel or any opinion of counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent, and the Rights Agent shall be held harmless by Pubco in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

 

(d) the permissive rights of the Rights Agent to do things enumerated in this Agreement will not be construed as a duty;

 

(e) the Rights Agent will not be required to give any note or surety in respect of the execution of such powers or otherwise in respect of the premises;

 

(f) the Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of, and shall be held harmless by Pubco with respect to, any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement and shall not be required to verify the same (and shall be held harmless by Pubco with respect to same), but all such statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by Pubco or any other applicable party only;

 

(g) the Rights Agent will have no liability and shall be held harmless by Pubco in respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due execution and delivery hereof by the Rights Agent and the enforceability of this Agreement against the Rights Agent assuming the due execution and delivery hereof by Pubco); nor shall the Rights Agent be responsible for any breach by Pubco of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement;

 

(h) Pubco agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and hold the Rights Agent harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, demands, suits or expense arising out of or in connection with Rights Agent’s duties under this Agreement, including the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of defending the Rights Agent against any claims, charges, demands, suits or loss, unless such loss has been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be a result of the gross negligence, bad faith or willful or intentional misconduct of the Rights Agent or its Affiliates or Representatives; or is a result of the Rights Agent not adhering to the provisions of any Tax withholding made or not made by the Rights Agent (or anyone on its behalf);

 

(i) Pubco agrees to pay the fees and expenses of the Rights Agent in connection with this Agreement as set forth on Schedule A hereto and to reimburse the Rights Agent for all Taxes and governmental charges, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Rights Agent in the execution of this Agreement (other than Taxes imposed on or measured by the Rights Agent’s net income and franchise or similar Taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income Taxes)) other than, in each case, amounts for which the Rights Agent is liable pursuant to Section 3.2(h). The Rights Agent will also be entitled to reimbursement from Pubco for all reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses paid or incurred by it in connection with the administration by the Rights Agent of its duties hereunder;

 

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(j) no provision of this Agreement shall require the Rights Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of its rights if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnification against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it;

 

(k) the Rights Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any event of which it was supposed to receive notice thereof hereunder, and the Rights Agent shall be fully protected and shall incur no liability for failing to take action in connection therewith, unless and until it has received such notice in writing;

 

(l) subject to federal securities Laws, the Rights Agent and any shareholder, Affiliate, director, officer or employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in any securities of Pubco or have a pecuniary interest in any transaction in which Pubco may be interested, or contract with or lend money to Pubco or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not the Rights Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting in any other capacity for Pubco or any other Person;

 

(m) the Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorney or agents; and

 

(n) except instructions to the Rights Agent as contemplated by this Agreement, the Rights Agent shall neither be responsible for, nor chargeable with, knowledge of, nor have any requirements to comply with, the terms and conditions of any other agreement, instrument or document to which it is not a party, including the BCA (except to the extent expressly incorporated herein), nor shall the Rights Agent be required to determine if any Person has complied with any such agreements, instruments or documents, nor shall any additional obligations of the Rights Agent be inferred from the terms of such agreements, instruments or documents even though reference thereto may be made in this Agreement.

 

3.3. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

 

(a) The Rights Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to Pubco specifying a date when such resignation will take effect, which notice will be sent at least sixty (60) days prior to the date so specified, but in no event will such resignation become effective until a successor Rights Agent has been appointed. Pubco, by a determination of the Board of Directors, has the right to remove the Rights Agent at any time by specifying a date when such removal will take effect, but no such removal will become effective until a successor Rights Agent has been appointed by Pubco (by determination of the Board of Directors). Notice of such removal will be given by Pubco to Rights Agent, which notice will be sent at least sixty (60) days prior to the date so specified.

 

(b) If the Rights Agent provides notice of its intent to resign, is removed pursuant to Section 3.3(a) or becomes incapable of acting, Pubco (by determination of the Board of Directors) will as soon as is reasonably possible appoint a qualified successor Rights Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Pubco shall fail to make such appointment within a period of sixty (60) days after giving notice of such removal or after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent, then the incumbent Rights Agent may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. The successor Rights Agent so appointed will, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with Section 3.4, become the successor Rights Agent.

 

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(c) Pubco will give notice of each resignation and each removal of a Rights Agent and each appointment of a successor Rights Agent to the CVR Holders, which may be effected by any public filing or press release made or issued, as applicable, by Pubco, or by any other means reasonably anticipated to provide sufficient notice thereof to the CVR Holders. Each notice will include the name and address of the successor Rights Agent. If Pubco fails to give such notice within ten (10) Business Days after acceptance of appointment by a successor Rights Agent in accordance with Section 3.4, the successor Rights Agent will cause the notice to be given at the reasonable expense of Pubco.

 

3.4. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. Every successor Rights Agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.3 will execute, acknowledge and deliver to Pubco and the retiring or terminated Rights Agent an instrument accepting such appointment and a counterpart of this Agreement, and thereupon such successor Rights Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, will become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring or terminated Rights Agent. On request of Pubco or the successor Rights Agent, the retiring or terminated Rights Agent will execute and deliver an instrument transferring to the successor Rights Agent all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring or terminated Rights Agent.

 

Article IV

AMENDMENTS

 

4.1. Amendments without Consent of CVR Holders.

 

(a) Without the consent of any CVR Holders or the Rights Agent, Pubco, when authorized by a Board Resolution, may at any time and from time to time, amend, modify, supplement or waive any provision under this Agreement, by a written instrument signed by Pubco, for any of the following purposes, so long as, in the cases of clauses (ii) through (iv), such amendments do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the interests of the CVR Holders, or materially and adversely affect the rights, duties, responsibilities or protections of the Rights Agent:

 

(i) to evidence the succession of another Person to Pubco and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of Pubco herein as provided in Section 5.2;

 

(ii) to add to the covenants of Pubco such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions as Pubco shall reasonably determine to be for the protection of the CVR Holders;

 

(iii) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement;

 

(iv) to evidence the succession of another Person as a successor Rights Agent and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants and obligations of the Rights Agent herein in accordance with Sections 3.3 and 3.4; or

 

(v) any other amendment hereto that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Agreement of any CVR Holder.

 

(b) Without the consent of any CVR Holders, Pubco, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Rights Agent may at any time and from time to time, amend, modify, supplement or waive any provision under this Agreement, by a written instrument signed by Pubco and the Rights Agent in order to reduce the number of CVRs to reflect any transfers and cancellations of CVRs pursuant to Section 2.6.

 

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4.2. Amendments with Consent of CVR Holders.

 

(a) In addition to any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver pursuant to Section 4.1 (which may be made without the consent of the CVR Holders), Pubco, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and with the consent of the Rights Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), may at any time and from time to time, amend, modify, supplement or waive any provision under this Agreement, by a written instrument signed by Pubco and the Rights Agent, if such parties have first obtained the affirmative vote of or a written consent signed by CVR Holders holding a majority of the issued and outstanding CVRs. Any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver made in compliance with this Section 4.2 may be made for any purpose, including adding, eliminating or changing any provisions of this Agreement, even if such addition, elimination or change is adverse to the interest of one or more of the CVR Holders.

 

(b) In executing any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver permitted by this Article IV, the Rights Agent will be entitled to receive, and will be fully protected in relying upon, an opinion of counsel selected by Pubco stating that the execution of such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Agreement. The Rights Agent may, but is not obligated to, enter into any such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver that affects the Rights Agent’s own rights, privileges, covenants or duties under this Agreement or otherwise. Pubco will give notice of any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of any provision under this Agreement to the CVR Holders and each other party hereto not executing the same, which notice may be effected by any public filing or press release made or issued, as applicable, by Pubco, or by any other means reasonably anticipated to provide notice thereof to the CVR Holders and the other applicable parties hereto; provided, that any failure to so notify the CVR Holders or any other party shall not affect the validity of such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver.

 

4.3. Effect of Amendments. Upon the execution of any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver under this Article IV, this Agreement will be modified in accordance therewith, such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver will form a part of this Agreement for all purposes and every CVR Holder and party hereto will be bound thereby.

 

Article V

OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

5.1. Notices to Rights Agent and Pubco. All notices, consents, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered (i) in person, (ii) by facsimile or other electronic means, with confirmation of receipt, (iii) one Business Day after being sent, if sent by reputable, nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) three (3) Business Days after being mailed, if sent by registered or certified mail, pre-paid and return receipt requested, in each case to the applicable party at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

If to Pubco, to:

 

Chijet Motor Company, Inc.

No. 8, Beijing South Road

Economic & Technological Development Zone

Yantai, Shandong, CN-37 264006

People’s Republic of China

Attn: Xinjian Wang

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10105

Attn: Barry I. Grossman, Esq.

Matthew A. Gray, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (212) 370-7889

Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300

Email: bigrossman@egsllp.com

            mgray@egsllp.com

If to the Rights Agent, to:

 

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11219

Attention: Relationship Management

Email: felix.orihuela@equiniti.com; legalteamUS@equiniti.com

 

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5.2. Successors and Assigns.

 

(a) This Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Pubco’s successors and assigns, and this Agreement shall not restrict Pubco’s, any of its assignees’ or any of its successors’ ability to effect any change of control or otherwise merge or consolidate, transfer or convey all or substantially all of its and its subsidiaries’ respective assets to any Person. Each of Pubco’s successors, assigns or transferees of all or substantially all of the assets of Pubco and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as applicable, shall expressly assume by an instrument, supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Rights Agent and Pubco, the due and punctual delivery of the CVR Payment and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and obligations of this Agreement to be performed or observed by Pubco shall agree to remain subject to its obligations hereunder, including delivery of the CVR Payment, if any. Any successor or assignee of Pubco permitted hereunder may thereafter assign any or all of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder in the same manner as Pubco is authorized to do pursuant to this Section 5.2(a).

 

(b) Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Rights Agent may not assign this Agreement without Pubco’s written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). Any attempted assignment of this Agreement in violation of this Section 5.2(b) shall be void and of no effect.

 

5.3. Benefits of Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any Person other than the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature under or by reason of this Agreement; provided, however, that the CVR Holders and any Person acquiring CVRs through a transfer or exchange are express third party beneficiaries hereof to enforce the rights expressly granted to them hereunder.

 

5.4. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

(a) This Agreement, the CVRs and all disputes or controversies arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal Laws of the State of New York, without regard to the Laws of any other jurisdiction that might be applied because of the conflicts of Laws principles of the State of New York.

 

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(b) Each of the parties irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby brought by any party or its Affiliates or brought by any third party beneficiary hereof, including any CVR Holder, against any other party or its Affiliates shall be exclusively brought and determined exclusively by the state and federal courts seated in New York County, New York (and any courts having jurisdiction over appeals therefrom) (the “Specified Courts”). Each of the parties and any third party beneficiary bringing a claim hereunder hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the Specified Courts for itself and with respect to its property, generally and unconditionally, with regard to any such action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the parties agrees not to and no third party beneficiary shall be permitted to commence any action, suit or proceeding relating thereto except in the Specified Courts, other than actions in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce any judgment, decree or award rendered by any such Specified Court. Each of the parties and any third party beneficiary hereof bringing a claim hereunder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the Specified Courts for any reason, that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such Specified Court or from any legal process commenced in such Specified Courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and that the suit, action or proceeding in any such Specified Court is brought in an inconvenient forum, the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such Specified Court.

 

(c) Each of the parties to this Agreement and any third party beneficiary hereof bringing a claim hereunder hereby irrevocably waives all right to a trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

5.5. Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in a jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified or deleted, as to the jurisdiction involved, only to the extent necessary to render the same valid, legal and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby nor shall the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision be affected thereby in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties will substitute for any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision a suitable and equitable provision that carries out, so far as may be valid, legal and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.

 

5.6. Public Disclosure. Pubco and its Affiliates may disclose the terms of this Agreement to the extent necessary or appropriate to satisfy the rules and regulations of the SEC, including filing a copy of this Agreement in any public filing.

 

5.7. Tax Reporting. The Rights Agent shall comply with all applicable Laws, including as the foregoing relates to Tax reporting and withholding with respect to the delivery of any CVR Property made pursuant to this Agreement.

 

5.8. Further Assurances. Pubco shall perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered, all such further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights Agent of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

5.9. Counterpart. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic 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.

 

5.10. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, and the parties hereto shall have no liability hereunder, on the date on which it has been finally determined under Section 2.3 of the BCA that there are no further potential CVR Payments under the BCA (and all CVR Payments prior thereto have been fully paid under this Agreement). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event that the BCA is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the Closing, this Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect.

 

5.11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the BCA, constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all prior written agreements, arrangements, communications and understandings and all prior and contemporaneous oral agreements, arrangements, communications and understandings among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

Pubco:

   
  CHIJET MOTOR COMPANY, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Hongwei Mu
  Name: Hongwei Mu
  Title: President
     
  Rights Agent:
     
  AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Paula Caroppoli
  Name: Paula Caroppoli
  Title: Senior Vice President, Director

 

 

 

EX-10.1 4 ex10-1.htm

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

WARRANT ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION, EXCHANGE AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS WARRANT ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION, EXCHANGE AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of June 1, 2023, by and among Shandong Baoya New Energy Vehicle Co., Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “Company”), Chijet Motor Company, Inc., a company formed in the Cayman Islands (“Pubco”), and Greentree Financial Group, Inc. (“Greentree Financial”), as the warrant holder. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Warrant Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a certain Services Agreement, dated February 15, 2022, between the Company and Greentree Financial, the Company issued Greentree Financial a Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated as of February 15, 2022, governing the terms of the warrant (the “Warrant Agreement”), whereby the Company issued Greentree the right to purchase from the Company at any time after the Issue Date and before the Expiration Date five million (5,000,000) shares (the “Company Warrant”) of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of two dollars (US$2.00) per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 7 of the Warrant Agreement), (the “Exercise Price”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company’s parent entity, Chijet Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Chijet”), has entered into a Business Combination Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2022 (the “BCA”), by and among (i) Jupiter Wellness Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”), (ii) Pubco, (iii) Chijet, (iv) Mu Hongwei, in the capacity as the Seller Representative thereunder, (v) Chijet Motor (USA) Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), and (vi) the shareholders of Chijet named as Sellers therein (the “Sellers”) (the transactions contemplated by the BCA are referred to herein as the “Business Combination”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the BCA, at the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), the Sellers are transferring all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company to Pubco in exchange for newly issued ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Pubco (“Pubco Shares”);

 

WHERAS, prior to the date hereof, the holders of approximately eighty-five percent (85%) of the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company exchanged their shares of the Company for shares of Chijet (the “Chijet Reorg”);

 

WHEREAS, Section 7(a) of the Warrant Agreement provides that in the case of any Reorganization, whereby the Company shall not be the continuing or surviving entity, the Company shall ensure that the surviving entity in any Reorganization specifically assumes the Company’s obligations under the Warrant Agreement and that in the case of the Company reorganizing into a new entity for purposes of a U.S. equity listing, then Greentree Financial would be entitled to swap or exchange the Company Warrant into a substantially equivalent warrant in the entity to be listed at any time after the consummation or upon effective date of such Reorganization; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereby agree that in recognition of the Chijet Reorg and the contemplated Closing of the Business Combination, it is necessary and appropriate for the Company to swap, exchange, assign and transfer to Pubco, and for Pubco to exchange with and assume from the Company, all of the Company’s rights and obligations under the Company Warrant and the Warrant Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Assignment, Assumption, Exchange of Warrant Agreement. The Company hereby agrees to exchange with Pubco and thereby assigns to Pubco all of Company’s right, title and interest in and to the Warrant Agreement constituting an equivalent warrant of Pubco (as amended hereby) and Pubco hereby exchanges, assumes, and agrees to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of Company’s liabilities and obligations under the Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby), in each case, effective upon the Closing. As a result of the preceding sentence, effective upon the Closing, each Company Warrant shall automatically cease to represent a right to acquire common stock or other equity securities of the Company and shall instead be substituted and exchange to represent a right to subscribe for Pubco Shares pursuant to the terms and conditions of that Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) (such warrant to purchase Pubco Shares, the “Pubco Warrant”). Pubco consents to payment of the Exercise Price upon an exercise of such Pubco Warrant for Pubco Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the number of Warrant Shares and Exercise Price will not be adjusted for the Chijet Reorg or the Business Combination, and the parties agree that the number of Warrant Shares as of the Closing will be 5,000,000 Pubco Shares, and the Exercise Price for the Pubco Shares as of the Closing will be US$2.00 per share.

 

 
 

 

2. Consent. Greentree Financial hereby consents to Section 1 hereof, effective upon the Closing, and to the continuation of equivalent terms of the Warrant Agreement in full force and effect from and after the Business Combination, subject at all times to the Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) and to all of the provisions, covenants, agreements, terms and conditions of the Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) and this Agreement.

 

3. Replacement Instruments. As of the Closing, all outstanding instruments evidencing Company Warrants shall automatically be deemed to evidence Pubco Warrants reflecting the adjustment to the terms and conditions described herein and in Section 7(a) of the Warrant Agreement. Following the Closing, upon request by any holder of a Pubco Warrant, Pubco shall issue a new certificate for such Pubco Warrant to the holder thereof.

 

4. Amendments to Warrant Agreement. To the extent required by this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement is hereby amended pursuant to Section 11(c) thereof to reflect the subject matter contained in this Agreement, effective as of the Closing, including as set forth below:

 

(a)Unless the context otherwise requires, from and after the Closing, any references in the Warrant Agreement or the Company Warrant to: (i) the “Company” shall mean Pubco; (ii) “Common Stock” or “shares” shall mean the Pubco Shares; (iii) the “Board of Directors” or any committee thereof shall mean the board of directors of Pubco or any committee thereof.

 

(b)Section 10 of the Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section and replacing it entirely as follows:

 

10. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (i) on the date they are (a) delivered if delivered in person or (b) sent, if sent by email; (ii) on the date initially received if delivered by facsimile transmission followed by registered or certified mail confirmation; (iii) on the date delivered by an overnight courier service; or (iv) on the third business day after it is mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested with postage and other fees prepaid as follows:

 

If to Pubco:

 

Chijet Motor Company, Inc.

No. 8, Beijing South Road

Economic & Technological Development Zone

Yantai, Shandong, CN-37 264006

People’s Republic of China

Attn: Xinjian Wang

 

with a copy in each case (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10105, U.S.A.

Attn: Barry I. Grossman, Esq.

          Matthew A. Gray, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (212) 370-7889

Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300

Email: bigrossman@egsllp.com

            mgray@egsllp.com

 

 
 

 

If to Greentree Financial:

 

Greentree Financial Group, Inc.

7951 S.W. 6th Street, Suite 216 Plantation, Florida 33324

Email Address:

Attn: R. Chris Cottone

 

(c)Section 11(a) of the Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the first two sentences of such Section.

 

(d)Section 11(f) of the Warrant Agreement is hereby amended to add the following at the end of such Section: “All dollar amounts herein are expressed in United States dollars. If any day on or before which any action or notice is required to be taken or given hereunder is not a business day, then such action or notice shall be required to be taken or given on or before the requisite time on the next succeeding day that is a business day. As used herein, the term “business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York or Beijing, PRC are authorized to close for business, excluding as a result of “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems, including for wire transfers, of commercially banking institutions in New York, New York and Beijing, PRC are generally open for use by customers on such day.”

 

5. Reference to and Effect on Agreements. Any references to “this Agreement” in the Warrant Agreement will mean the Warrant Agreement as amended by this Agreement. Except as specifically amended by this Agreement, the provisions of the Warrant Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

6. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Warrant Agreement, as modified by this Agreement, constitute the entire understanding of the parties and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments, whether written or oral, express or implied, relating to the subject matter hereof, and all such prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments are hereby canceled and terminated.

 

7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of original 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. Execution and delivery of this Agreement by electronic mail or exchange of facsimile of .pdf copies bearing the facsimile signature of a party hereto shall constitute a valid and binding execution and delivery of this Agreement by such party.

 

8. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of each party’s respective successors and assigns.

 

9. Effectiveness of Agreement. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the effectiveness of this Agreement shall be contingent upon the Closing.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto as a deed as of the day and year first above written.

 

  Greentree Financial:
     
  GREENTREE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
     
  By: /s/ R. Chris Cottone
  Name: R. Chris Cottone
  Title: Vice President
     
  Pubco:
     
  CHIJET MOTOR COMPANY, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Hongwei Mu
  Name: Hongwei Mu (慕宏伟)
  Title: Director
     
  The Company:
     
  SHANDONG BAOYA NEW ENERGY VCHICLE CO., LTD.
     
  By: /s/ Jiannong Zhang
  Name: Jiannong Zhang
  Title: Chairman

 

[Signature Page to Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]

 

 

EX-10.2 5 ex10-2.htm

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

WARRANT ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION, EXCHANGE AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS WARRANT ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION, EXCHANGE AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of June 1, 2023, by and among Jupiter Wellness Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Chijet Motor Company, Inc., a company formed in the Cayman Islands (“Pubco”), and I-Bankers Securities, Inc. (“I-Bankers”), as the warrant holder. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Warrant Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a certain Share Purchase Warrant, dated December 9, 2021, between the Company and I-Bankers, the Company issued I-Bankers warrants entitling I-Bankers to purchase one (1) share of the Company’s Class A common stock per warrant at a purchase price of $12.00 per share (“Company Warrants”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into a Business Combination Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2022 (the “BCA”), by and among by and among (i) the Company, (ii) Pubco, (iii) Chijet Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Chijet”), (iv) Mu Hongwei, in the capacity as the Seller Representative thereunder, (v) Chijet Motor (USA) Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), and (vi) the shareholders of Chijet named as Sellers therein (the transactions contemplated by the BCA are referred to herein as the “Business Combination”), which transactions will constitute the initial “Business Combination” of the Company for purposes of the Warrant Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the BCA, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity, as a result of which, (i) the Company shall become a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco and at the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), each outstanding Company Warrant will be converted into and exchanged for the right to acquire one Pubco ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (“Pubco Shares”), on substantially the same terms of the Company Warrant issued to I-Bankers pursuant to the Warrant Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1.6(e) of the BCA and Section 6.2 of the Warrant Agreement, upon the Closing, each Company Warrant issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing will be exchanged for an equivalent warrant and assumed by Pubco and which will represent a warrant to purchase Pubco Shares (collectively, the “Pubco Warrants”) in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement (as assumed and amended by this Agreement); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereby agree that in recognition of the contemplated Closing of the Business Combination, it is necessary and appropriate for the Company to assign and transfer to Pubco, and for Pubco to assume from the Company, all of the Company’s rights and obligations under the Company Warrant and the Warrant Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Assignment, Assumption and Exchange of Warrant Agreement. The Company hereby agrees to exchange with Pubco and thereby assigns to Pubco all of the Company’s right, title and interest in and to the Warrant Agreement constituting an equivalent warrant of Pubco (as amended hereby) and Pubco hereby exchanges, assumes, and agrees to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of Company’s liabilities and obligations under the Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby), in each case, effective upon the Closing. As a result of the preceding sentence, effective upon the Closing, each Company Warrant shall automatically cease to represent a right to acquire common stock of the Company and shall instead be substituted and exchanged to represent a right to purchase Pubco Shares pursuant to the terms and conditions of that Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby). Pubco consents to payment of the Exercise Price upon an exercise of such Pubco Warrant for Pubco Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the number of Warrant Shares and Exercise Price will not be adjusted for the Business Combination, and the parties agree that the number of Warrant Shares as of the Closing will be 414,000 Pubco Shares, and the Exercise Price for the Pubco Shares as of the Closing will be $12.00 per share.

 

2. Consent. I-Bankers hereby consents to Section 1 hereof, effective upon the Closing, and to the continuation of the equivalent terms of the Warrant Agreement in full force and effect from and after the Business Combination, subject at all times to the Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) and to all of the provisions, covenants, agreements, terms and conditions of the Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) and this Agreement.

 

 
 

 

3. Replacement Instruments. As of the Closing, all outstanding instruments evidencing Company Warrant shall automatically be deemed to evidence Pubco Warrants reflecting the adjustment to the terms and conditions described herein and in Section 6.2 of the Warrant Agreement. Following the Closing, upon request by any holder of a Pubco Warrant, Pubco shall issue a new certificate for such Pubco Warrant to the holder thereof.

 

4. Amendments to Warrant Agreement. To the extent required by this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement is hereby amended pursuant to Section 9.1 thereof to reflect the subject matter contained in this Agreement, effective as of the Closing, including as set forth below:

 

(a)Unless the context otherwise requires, from and after the Closing, any references in the Warrant Agreement or the Company Warrant to: (i) the “Company” shall mean Pubco; (ii) “Common Stock” or “Shares” shall mean the Pubco Shares; (iii) “managing underwriter” or “underwriters” or “Underwriter” shall mean I-Bankers; (iv) the “Board of Directors” or any committee thereof shall mean the board of directors of Pubco or any committee thereof.

 

(b)Section 8.4 of the Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section and replacing it entirely as follows:

 

10. Notices. All communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be in writing and addressed to the other party at its address set forth below (or to such other address that the receiving party may designate from time to time in accordance with this Section 8.4), and shall be deemed to have been given (a) three (3) days after mailing if sent by certified mail return receipt requested, (b) one (1) day after mailing if sent by receipted overnight carrier (i.e. Federal Express), provided that proof of delivery or rejection is obtained, or (c) when delivered if by hand or sent by email to the physical address or email address set forth below.

 

If to Pubco or to the Company, to:

 

Chijet Motor Company, Inc.

No. 8, Beijing South Road

Economic & Technological Development Zone

Yantai, Shandong, CN-37 264006

People’s Republic of China

Attn: Xinjian Wang

 

with a copy in each case (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10105, U.S.A.

Attn: Barry I. Grossman, Esq.

Matthew A. Gray, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (212) 370-7889

Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300

Email: bigrossman@egsllp.com

            mgray@egsllp.com

 

 
 

 

If to I-Bankers, to:

 

I-Bankers Securities, Inc.

2500 N Military Trail, Suite 160-A,

Boca Raton FL 33431

Attn: Chief Executive Officer

 

with a copy in each case (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

ArentFox Schiff LLP

1717 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006 U.S.A.

Attn:Ralph V. De Martino, Esq.

 

(c)Section 9.2 of the Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following at the end of such Section: “All dollar amounts herein are expressed in United States dollars. If any day on or before which any action or notice is required to be taken or given hereunder is not a Business Day, then such action or notice shall be required to be taken or given on or before the requisite time on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.”

 

5. Reference to and Effect on Agreements. Any references to “this Agreement” in the Warrant Agreement will mean the Warrant Agreement as amended by this Agreement. Except as specifically amended by this Agreement, the provisions of the Warrant Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

6. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Warrant Agreement, as modified by this Agreement, constitute the entire understanding of the parties and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments, whether written or oral, express or implied, relating to the subject matter hereof, and all such prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments are hereby canceled and terminated.

 

7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of original 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. Execution and delivery of this Agreement by electronic mail or exchange of facsimile of .pdf copies bearing the facsimile signature of a party hereto shall constitute a valid and binding execution and delivery of this Agreement by such party.

 

8. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of each party’s respective successors and assigns.

 

9. Effectiveness of Agreement. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the effectiveness of this Agreement shall be contingent upon the Closing.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto as a deed as of the day and year first above written.

 

  Company:
     
  JUPITER WELLNESS ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Brian S. John
  Name: Brian S. John
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  Pubco:
     
  CHIJET MOTOR COMPANY, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Hongwei Mu
  Name: Hongwei Mu (慕宏伟)
  Title: Director
   
  I-Bankers:
     
  I-BANKERS SECURITIES, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Matthew J. McCloskey
  Name: Matthew J. McCloskey
  Title: Head of Equity Capital Markets

 

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

THIS LOCK-UP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of October 25, 2022, by and between (i) Chijet Motor Company, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Pubco”), and (ii) the undersigned (“Holder”). Any capitalized term used but not defined in this Agreement will have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below). Pubco and the Holder may be referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

 

WHEREAS, on or about the date hereof, Jupiter Wellness Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”), Pubco, Chijet Motor (USA) Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), Chijet Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), Mu Hongwei, in the capacity as the Seller Representative thereunder, and the shareholders of the Company named as Sellers therein (collectively, the “Sellers”), including Holder, entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement (as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, among other matters, (a) Pubco will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company from the Sellers in exchange for ordinary shares of Pubco (with certain of the shares to otherwise be received by the Earnout Participants being subject to vesting, transfer restrictions and potential forfeiture after the Closing if certain post-Closing performance metrics are not met) and the Company shall surrender for no consideration its shares in Pubco, such that the Company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco and the Sellers become shareholders of Pubco (the “Share Exchange”), and immediately thereafter (b) Merger Sub will merge with and into Purchaser, with Purchaser continuing as the surviving entity (the “Merger”), and as a result of which, (i) Purchaser will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, and (ii) each issued and outstanding security of Purchaser immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger will no longer be outstanding and will automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive a substantially equivalent security of Pubco (and with the holders of JWAC Class A Common Stock receiving one (1) CVR for each share of JWAC Class A Common Stock held (with certain holders of Purchaser non-public shares waiving their right to receive CVRs for their private shares of Purchaser)), all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement and in accordance with the provisions of applicable Law;

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Holder is a Seller under the Business Combination Agreement and a holder of the Company Shares in such amounts as set forth underneath Holder’s name on the signature page hereto; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, and in view of the valuable consideration to be received by Holder thereunder, the Parties desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Exchange Shares (including the Earnout Shares) to be issued to Holder in the Share Exchange (all such securities, together with any securities paid as dividends or distributions with respect to such securities or into which such securities are exchanged or converted, the Restricted Securities) shall become subject to limitations on disposition as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, which are incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth below, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

 
 

 

1. Lock-Up Provisions.

 

(a) Holder hereby agrees not to, during the period commencing from the Closing and ending on the earlier of (x) the six (6) month anniversary of the date of the Closing, and (y) the date on which Pubco consummates a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction with an unaffiliated third party that results in all of Pubco’s shareholders having the right to exchange their equity holdings in Pubco for cash, securities or other property (the “Lock-Up Period”): (i) lend, offer, pledge (except as provided herein below), hypothecate, encumber, donate, assign, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of), directly or indirectly, any Restricted Securities, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Restricted Securities, or (iii) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, whether any such transaction described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above is to be settled by delivery of Restricted Securities or other securities, in cash or otherwise (any of the foregoing described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Prohibited Transfer”); provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, solely with respect to 50% of the Restricted Securities, the Lock-Up Period, if not terminated earlier in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be deemed to terminate on the date on which the closing price of the Pubco Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 days within an 30-trading day period commencing after the Closing. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to the transfer of any or all of the Restricted Securities owned by Holder (I) by gift, will or intestate succession upon the death of Holder, (II) to any Permitted Transferee (defined below), (III) pursuant to a court order or settlement agreement related to the distribution of assets in connection with the dissolution of marriage or civil union or (IV) to Pubco in accordance with the requirements of the Business Combination Agreement; provided, however, that in any of cases (I), (II) or (III) it shall be a condition to such transfer that the transferee executes and delivers to Pubco, prior to such transfer, a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of this Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the term “Permitted Transferee” shall mean: (A) the members of Holder’s immediate family (for purposes of this Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean with respect to any natural person, any of the following: such person’s spouse, the siblings of such person and his or her spouse, and the direct descendants and ascendants (including adopted and step children and parents) of such person and his or her spouses and siblings), (B) any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of Holder or the immediate family of Holder, (C) if Holder is a trust, to the trustor or beneficiary of such trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust, (D) if Holder is an entity, as a distribution to limited partners, shareholders, members of, or owners of similar equity interests in Holder upon the liquidation and dissolution of Holder or (E) to any affiliate of Holder. Holder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by Pubco that are consistent with the foregoing or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder may pledge its Restricted Securities to a third party during the Lock-up Period, provided that the party to whom the Restricted Securities are pledged acknowledges and agrees in writing that the Restricted Securities are subject to this Agreement and that such third party shall not be entitled to enforce its rights and remedies with respect to the Restricted Securities, including, without limitation, the right to vote, sell or take ownership of such Restricted Securities, until after the Lock-Up Period.

 

(b) If any Prohibited Transfer is made or attempted contrary to the provisions of this Agreement, such purported Prohibited Transfer shall be null and void ab initio, and Pubco shall refuse to recognize any such purported transferee of the Restricted Securities as one of its equity holders for any purpose, and Pubco and its transfer agent are (a) hereby authorized to decline to register any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement and (b) to imprint on any certificate representing Shares a legend describing the restrictions contained herein. In order to enforce this Agreement, Pubco may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Restricted Securities of Holder (and Permitted Transferees and assigns thereof) until the end of the Lock-Up Period.

 

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(c) During the Lock-Up Period, each certificate evidencing any Restricted Securities shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form, in addition to any other applicable legends:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN A LOCK-UP AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF OCTOBER 25, 2022, BY AND BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF SUCH SECURITIES (THE “ISSUER”) AND THE ISSUER’S SECURITY HOLDER NAMED THEREIN, AS AMENDED. A COPY OF SUCH LOCK-UP AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE ISSUER TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.”

 

(d) For the avoidance of any doubt, Holder shall retain all of its rights as a shareholder of Pubco with respect to the Restricted Securities during the Lock-Up Period, including the right to vote any Restricted Securities, but subject to the obligations under this Agreement and the Business Combination Agreement.

 

2. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Termination of Business Combination Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon Holder on 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 Business Combination 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 obligations hereunder.

 

(b) Binding Effect; Assignment. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. This Agreement and all obligations of Holder are personal to Holder and may not be transferred or delegated by Holder at any time. Pubco may freely assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any successor entity (whether by merger, consolidation, equity sale, asset sale or otherwise) without obtaining the consent or approval of Holder.

 

(c) Third Parties. Nothing contained in this Agreement or in any instrument or document executed by any Party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall create any rights in, or be deemed to have been executed for the benefit of, any person or entity that is not a party hereto or thereto or a successor or permitted assign of such a Party.

 

(d) Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof, provided, however, that to the extent that the laws of the State of Delaware are required to apply with respect to the Merger or any other actions hereunder, the laws of the State of Delaware shall so apply, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. All Actions arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in any state or federal court located in New York, New York (or in any appellate court therefrom) (the “Specified Courts”). Each Party hereby (a) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any Specified Court for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any Party and (b) irrevocably waives, and agrees 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 hereby may not be enforced in or by any Specified Court. Each Party agrees that a final judgment in any Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. Each Party irrevocably consents to the service of the summons and complaint and any other process in any other Action relating to the Transactions, on behalf of itself, or its property, by personal delivery of copies of such process to such Party at the applicable address set forth in Section 2(g). Nothing in this Section 2(d) shall affect the right of any Party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Law.

 

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(e) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. 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 ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO (i) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THAT FOREGOING WAIVER AND (ii) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 2(e).

 

(f) Interpretation. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (i) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa; (ii) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding or succeeding such term and shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (iii) the words “herein,” “hereto,” and “hereby” and other words of similar import shall be deemed in each case to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or other subdivision of this Agreement; and (iv) the term “or” means “and/or”. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. Consequently, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

 

(g) Notices. All notices, consents, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered (i) in person, (ii) by facsimile or other electronic means, with affirmative confirmation of receipt, (iii) one Business Day after being sent, if sent by reputable, nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) three (3) Business Days after being mailed, if sent by registered or certified mail, pre-paid and return receipt requested, in each case to the applicable Party at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

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If to Pubco:

 

Chijet Motor Company, Inc.

No. 8, Beijing South Road

Economic & Technological Development Zone

Yantai, Shandong, CN-37 264006

People’s Republic of China

Attn: Xinjian Wang

with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10105

Attn: Barry I. Grossman, Esq.

           Matthew A. Gray, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (212) 370-7889

Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300

Email: bigrossman@egsllp.com

            mgray@egsllp.com

 

and

 

Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm

42/F, Central Tower, No.5 Xiancun Road

Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou 510623

People’s Republic of China

Attn: Bruce Zhao

Facsimile No.: +86 020-38565608

Telephone No.: +86 020-38565688

Email: zhaohua@jtn.com

 

If to Holder, to:

 

the address set forth below Holder’s name on the signature page to this Agreement.

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10105

Attn: Barry I. Grossman, Esq.

           Matthew A. Gray, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (212) 370-7889

Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300

Email: bigrossman@egsllp.com

            mgray@egsllp.com

 

and

 

Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm

42/F, Central Tower, No.5 Xiancun Road

Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou 510623

People’s Republic of China

Attn: Bruce Zhao

Facsimile No.: +86 020-38565608

Telephone No.: +86 020-38565688

Email: zhaohua@jtn.com

 

 

(h) Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written consent of Pubco and Holder. No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition, or provision.

 

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(i) Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in a jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified or deleted, as to the jurisdiction involved, only to the extent necessary to render the same valid, legal and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby nor shall the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision be affected thereby in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties will substitute for any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision a suitable and equitable provision that carries out, so far as may be valid, legal and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.

 

(j) Specific Performance. Holder acknowledges that its obligations under this Agreement are unique, recognizes and affirms that in the event of a breach of this Agreement by Holder, money damages will be inadequate and Pubco will have no adequate remedy at law, and agrees that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed by Holder in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, Pubco shall be entitled to an injunction or restraining order to prevent breaches of this Agreement by Holder and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without the requirement to post any bond or other security or to prove that money damages would be inadequate, this being in addition to any other right or remedy to which such Party may be entitled under this Agreement, at law or in equity.

 

(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and any other written or oral agreement relating to the subject matter hereof existing between the Parties is expressly canceled; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not affect the rights and obligations of the parties under the Business Combination Agreement or any Ancillary Document. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall limit any of the rights or remedies of Pubco or any of the obligations of Holder under any other agreement between Holder and Pubco or any certificate or instrument executed by Holder in favor of Pubco, and nothing in any other agreement, certificate or instrument shall limit any of the rights or remedies of Pubco or any of the obligations of Holder under this Agreement.

 

(l) Further Assurances. From time to time, at another Party’s request and without further consideration (but at the requesting Party’s reasonable cost and expense), each Party shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(m) Counterparts; Facsimile. This Agreement may also be executed and delivered by facsimile signature or by email in portable document format in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

{Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Pages Follow}

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Lock-Up Agreement as of the date first written above. 

 

  Pubco:  
     
  CHIJET MOTOR COMPANY, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Hongwei Mu
  Name: Hongwei Mu
  Title: Director

 

{Additional Signature on the Following Page}

 

{Signature Page to Lock-Up Agreement}

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Lock-Up Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

Holder:  
     
Name of Holder:    
               
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

Number and Type of Company Shares Owned:

 

Company Ordinary Shares:  

 

Address for Notice:

 

Address:                                                                          
     
     

Facsimile No.:    
Telephone No.:    
Email:    

 

{Signature Page to Lock-Up Agreement}

 

 

 

 

Schedule A

 

This is the Form of Lock-up Agreement executed by Chijet Motor Company, Inc. and each of the Holders: Chijet Holdings Limited and Euroamer Kaiwan Technology Company Limited. Each of these Holders executed substantially identical forms of this document on the date thereof.

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

AMENDMENT TO INSIDER LETTER

 

THIS AMENDMENT TO INSIDER LETTER (this “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of October 25, 2022, by and among (i) Jupiter Wellness Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), (ii) Chijet Motor Company, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Pubco”), (iii) Jupiter Wellness Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), (iv) I-Bankers Securities, Inc. (“I-Bankers”), (v) Join Surplus International Ltd. (“Join Surplus” ) and (vi) the undersigned individuals, each of whom is a member of the Company’s board of directors and/or management team and who, along with the Sponsor, I-Bankers, Join Surplus, and other transferees of the applicable Company securities, is referred to as an “Insider” pursuant to the terms of the Insider Letter. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Insider Letter (as defined below) (and if such term is not defined in the Insider Letter, then in the BCA (as defined below)).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Company, the Sponsor, I-Bankers and the other undersigned Insiders are parties to that certain Insider Letter, dated as of December 6, 2021 (to which Join Surplus subsequently became a party as the transferee of the Sponsor, the “Original Agreement” and, as amended by this Amendment, the “Insider Letter”), pursuant to which I-Bankers, the Sponsor and the undersigned Insiders agreed, among other matters, to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares, Private Placement Units, Private Placement Rights, and any Class A ordinary shares underlying the Rights that they may hold in connection with the completion of a proposed Business Combination, (ii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares, Private Placement Units and Private Placement Rights if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination within the completion window, (iii) vote in favor of any proposed Business Combination for which the Company seeks approval, and (iv) certain transfer restrictions with respect to the Founder Shares, Private Placement Shares, Private Placement Units and Private Placement Rights (or shares issued or issuable upon the conversion or exercise thereof);

 

WHEREAS, on or about the date hereof, the Company, Pubco, Chijet Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Chijet”), Chijet Motor (USA) Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), Mu Hongwei, in the capacity as the Seller Representative thereunder, and the shareholders of Chijet named as Sellers therein entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement (the “BCA”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the BCA, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (the “Closing”), among other matters, (a) Pubco will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Chijet from the Sellers in exchange for ordinary shares of Pubco (with certain of the shares to otherwise be received by the Earnout Participants being subject to vesting, transfer restrictions and potential forfeiture after the Closing if certain post-Closing performance metrics are not met) and Chijet shall surrender for no consideration its shares in Pubco, such that Chijet becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco and the Sellers become shareholders of Pubco (the “Share Exchange”), and immediately thereafter (b) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity (the “Merger”), and as a result of which, (i) the Company will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, and (ii) each issued and outstanding security of the Company immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger will no longer be outstanding and will automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive a substantially equivalent security of Pubco (and with the holders of Common Stock receiving one (1) CVR for each share of Common Stock held (with certain holders of Company non-public shares waiving their right to receive CVRs for their private shares of the Company)), all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the BCA and in accordance with the provisions of applicable law;

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Original Agreement to (i) add Pubco as a party to the Insider Letter, and (ii) to revise the terms hereof in order to reflect the transactions contemplated by the BCA, including the issuance of Ordinary Shares in exchange for Common Stock and Founder Shares; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 13 of the Original Agreement, the Original Agreement can be amended with the written consent by all parties thereto.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises herein made, and in consideration of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Addition of the Pubco as a Party to the Insider Letter. The parties hereby agree to add Pubco as a party to the Insider Letter. The parties further agree that, from and after the Closing, (i) all of the rights and obligations of the Company under the Insider Letter shall be, and hereby are, assigned and delegated to Pubco as if it were the original “Company” party thereto, and (ii) all references to the Company under the Insider Letter relating to periods from and after the Closing shall instead be a reference to Pubco. By executing this Amendment, Pubco hereby agrees to be bound by and subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Insider Letter, as amended by this Amendment, from and after the Closing as if it were the original “Company” party thereto.

 

2. Amendments to the Insider Letter. The Parties hereby agree to the following amendments to the Insider Letter:

 

(a) The defined terms in this Amendment, including in the preamble and recitals hereto, and the definitions incorporated by reference from the BCA, are hereby added to the Insider Letter as if they were set forth therein.

 

(b) The parties hereby agree that from and after the Closing, the terms “Capital Stock”, “Common Stock,” “Founder Shares,” “Private Placement Shares,” “Private Placement Units,” and “Private Placement Rights”, as used in the Insider Letter shall include any and all Pubco Ordinary Shares into which any such securities will convert in the Merger (and any other securities of Pubco or any successor entity issued in consideration of, including as a stock split, dividend or distribution, or in exchange for, any of such securities).

 

(c) Any reference to the term “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) in the Insider Letter means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding or succeeding such term and shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation”.

 

3. Effectiveness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Amendment shall become effective upon the Closing. In the event that the BCA is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the Closing, this Amendment and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect.

 

4. Miscellaneous. Except as expressly provided in this Amendment, all of the terms and provisions in the Original Agreement are and shall remain in full force and effect, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein. This Amendment does not constitute, directly or by implication, an amendment or waiver of any provision of the Original Agreement, or any other right, remedy, power or privilege of any party thereto, except as expressly set forth herein. Any reference to the Insider Letter in the Original Agreement or any other agreement, document, instrument or certificate entered into or issued in connection therewith shall hereinafter mean the Insider Letter, as amended by this Amendment (or as the Insider Letter may be further amended or modified in accordance with the terms thereof and hereof). The terms of this Amendment shall be governed by, enforced and construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Original Agreement, including Section 18 thereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has signed or has caused to be signed by its officer thereunto duly authorized this Amendment to Insider Letter as of the date first above written.

 

  Sincerely
   
  The Company:
   
  JUPITER WELLNESS ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Brian John
  Name: Brian S. John
  Title: CEO
     
  Pubco:
   
  CHIJET MOTOR COMPANY, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Hongwei Mu
  Name: Hongwei Mu
  Title: Director

 

{Signature Page to Amendment to Insider Letter}

 

 

 

 

  The Insiders:
   
  JUPITER WELLNESS SPONSOR LLC
     
  By: /s/ Brian John
  Name: Brian S. John
  Title: Manager
     
  I-BANKERS SECURITIES, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Matthew McCloskey
  Name: Matthew J. McCloskey
  Title: Head of Equity Capital Markets
     
  JOIN SURPLUS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
   
  By: /s/ Wang Feng
  Name: Wang Feng
  Title: Director
     
  /s/ Brian John
  Name: Brian S. John
     
  /s/ Ke Li
  Name: Ke Li
     
  /s/ Nancy Torres-Kaufman
  Name: Nancy Torres-Kaufman
     
  /s/ Robert Allison
  Name: Robert D. Allison, M.D.
     
  /s/ N. Adele Hogan
  Name: N. Adele Hogan
     
  /s/ Hans Haywood 
  Name: Hans Haywood

 

{Signature Page to Amendment to Insider Letter}

 

 

 

EX-10.5 8 ex10-5.htm

 

Exhibit 10.5

 

Amended and Restated REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of June 1, 2023, by and among (i) Chijet Motor Company, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (including any successor entity thereto, “Pubco”), (ii) Jupiter Wellness Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“JWAC”), (iii) Jupiter Wellness Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sponsor”) and the other undersigned parties listed as “Initial Investors” on the signature pages hereto (each, including Sponsor, an “Initial Investor” and collectively, the “Initial Investors”), and (iv) the undersigned parties listed as “Exchange Investors” on the signature pages hereto (each, an “Exchange Investor” and collectively, the “Exchange Investors”, and the Initial Investors and the Exchange Investors being each an “Investor”, and collectively the “Investors”).

 

WHEREAS, JWAC and the Initial Investors are parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 6, 2021 (the “Original Agreement”), pursuant to which JWAC granted certain registration rights to the Initial Investors with respect to JWAC’s securities;

 

WHEREAS, as of October 25, 2022, JWAC, Pubco, Chijet Motor (USA) Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), Chijet Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), Mu Hongwei, in the capacity as the Seller Representative thereunder, and the shareholders of the Company named as Sellers therein (collectively, the “Sellers”), including the Exchange Investors, entered into a certain Business Combination Agreement (as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Business Combination Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (the “Closing”), among other matters, (a) Pubco will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company from the Sellers in exchange for ordinary shares of Pubco (with certain of the shares to otherwise be received by the Earnout Participants being subject to vesting, transfer restrictions and potential forfeiture after the Closing if certain post-Closing performance metrics are not met) and the Company shall surrender for no consideration its shares in Pubco, such that the Company becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco and the Sellers become shareholders of Pubco (the “Share Exchange”), and immediately thereafter (b) Merger Sub will merge with and into JWAC, with JWAC continuing as the surviving entity (the “Merger”), and as a result of which, (i) JWAC will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, and (ii) each issued and outstanding security of JWAC immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger will no longer be outstanding and will automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive a substantially equivalent security of Pubco (and with the holders of JWAC Class A Common Stock receiving one (1) CVR for each share of JWAC Class A Common Stock held (with certain holders of JWAC non-public shares waiving their right to receive CVRs for their private shares of JWAC), all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement and in accordance with the provisions of applicable law;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, certain of the Exchange Investors (the “Lock-Up Exchange Investors”) have, or will prior to the Closing have, entered into a lock-up agreement with Pubco (each, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, an “Exchange Investor Lock-Up Agreement”), pursuant to which each such Lock-Up Exchange Investor agreed or will agree not to transfer its Pubco securities for a certain period of time after the Closing as stated in the Exchange Investor Lock-Up Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety in the form of this Agreement in order to add Pubco and the Exchange Investors as parties and to revise the terms thereof in order to reflect the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, including the issuance of the Pubco Ordinary Shares and Pubco Warrants thereunder, and to provide the Exchange Investors with certain rights relating to the registration of the Exchange Shares received by them pursuant to the Business Combination 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. Any capitalized term used but not defined in this Agreement will have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Business Combination Agreement. 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.

 

Business Combination Agreement” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Closing” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Company” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Demand Registration” is defined in Section 2.1.1.

 

Demanding Holder” is defined in Section 2.1.1.

 

Disinterested Independent Director” means an independent director serving on Pubco’s board of directors at the applicable time of determination that is disinterested in this Agreement (i.e., such independent director is not an Investor, an Affiliate of an Investor, or an officer, director, manager, employee, trustee or beneficiary of an Investor or its Affiliate, nor an immediate family member of any of the foregoing).

 

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.

 

Exchange Investor” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Exchange Investor Lock-Up Agreement” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Exchange Investor Registrable Securities” means the Exchange Shares (including any Earnout Shares upon becoming vested and earned by the applicable Earnout Participants in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3 of the Business Combination Agreement), including any warrants, capital shares or other securities of Pubco issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to or in exchange for or in replacement or consideration of the foregoing securities.

 

Exchange Shares” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Founder Securities” means those securities included in the definition of “Registrable Securities” specified in the Original Agreement.

 

Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 4.3.

 

Indemnifying Party” is defined in Section 4.3.

 

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Initial Investor” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Initial Investor Registrable Securities” means the Pubco Ordinary Shares and Pubco Warrants issued by Pubco under the Business Combination Agreement to the security holders of JWAC for their Founder Securities; and including any warrants, capital shares or other securities of Pubco issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to or in exchange for or in replacement or consideration of the foregoing securities (but excluding the Underwriter Warrant).

 

Insider Letter” means that certain letter agreement, dated as of October 26, 2021, by and among JWAC, Sponsor, and the other parties thereto, as amended on October 25, 2022 by the Insider Letter Amendment.

 

Insider Letter Lock-Up Investors” means Initial Investors who are subject to lock-up or transfer restrictions under the Insider Letter applicable to any Registrable Securities.

 

Investor(s)” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement, and include any transferee of the Registrable Securities (so long as they remain Registrable Securities) of an Investor permitted under this Agreement and with respect to a Lock-Up Investor, its Lock-Up Agreement.

 

Investor Indemnified Party” is defined in Section 4.1.

 

Lock-Up Agreement” means, as to each Lock-Up Exchange Investor, its Exchange Investor Lock-Up Agreement, and as to each Insider Letter Lock-Up Investor, the Insider Letter.

 

Lock-Up Investors” means the Lock-Up Exchange Investors and the Insider Letter Lock-Up Investors, as applicable.

 

Lock-Up Exchange Investor” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Maximum Number of Securities” is defined in Section 2.1.4.

 

Merger Sub” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Original Agreement” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Piggy-Back Registration” is defined in Section 2.2.1.

 

Pro Rata” is defined in Section 2.1.4.

 

Proceeding” is defined in Section 6.9.

 

Pubco” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement, and shall include Pubco’s successors by merger, acquisition, reorganization or otherwise.

 

Register,” “Registered” and “Registration” mean a registration or offering 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.

 

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Registrable Securities” means any of the Exchange Investor Registrable Securities and the Initial Investor Registrable Securities; provided that 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 Pubco 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) such securities are freely saleable under Rule 144 without volume limitations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Person shall be deemed to be an “Investor holding Registrable Securities” (or words to that effect) under this Agreement only if they are an Investor or a transferee of the applicable Registrable Securities (so long as they remain Registrable Securities) of any Investor permitted under this Agreement and any applicable Lock-Up Agreement.

 

Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed by Pubco with the SEC 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).

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

 

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.

 

Share Exchange” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Short Form Registration” is defined in Section 2.3.

 

Specified Courts” is defined in Section 6.9.

 

Underwriter” means 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.

 

Underwriter Warrant” means that certain Share Purchase Warrant issued by JWAC to I-Bankers Securities, Inc.

 

2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

 

2.1 Demand Registration.

 

2.1.1 Request for Registration. At any time and from time to time after the Closing, (i) Investors holding a majority-in-interest of the Exchange Investor Registrable Securities then issued and outstanding, or (ii) Investors holding a majority-in-interest of the Initial Investor Registrable Securities, may make a written demand for registration under the Securities Act of all or part of their Registrable Securities (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. Within thirty (30) days following receipt of any request for a Demand Registration, Pubco will notify all other Investors holding Registrable Securities of the demand, and each Investor holding Registrable Securities who wishes to include all or a portion of such Investor’s Registrable Securities in the Demand Registration (each such Investor including shares of Registrable Securities in such registration, a “Demanding Holder”) shall so notify Pubco within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by the Investor of the notice from Pubco. 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. Pubco shall not be obligated under this Section 2.1.1 to effect more than (x) an aggregate of two (2) Demand Registrations initiated by Investors holding Exchange Investor Registrable Securities or (y) an aggregate of two (2) Demand Registrations initiated by Investors holding Initial Investor Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.1 to the contrary, Pubco shall not be obligated to effect a Demand Registration, (i) if a Piggy-Back Registration had been available to the Demanding Holder(s) within the one hundred twenty (120) days preceding the date of request for the Demand Registration, (ii) within sixty (60) days after the effective date of a previous registration effected with respect to the Registrable Securities pursuant this Section 2.1, or (iii) during any period (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) following the closing of the completion of an offering of securities by Pubco if such Demand Registration would cause Pubco to breach a “lock-up” or similar provision contained in the underwriting agreement for such offering.

 

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2.1.2 Effective Registration. A Registration will not count as a Demand Registration until the Registration Statement filed with the SEC with respect to such Demand Registration has been declared effective and Pubco has complied in all material respects with 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 SEC 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 Pubco 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. If a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders so elect and advise Pubco 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 Demanding Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Demanding Holder’s participation in such underwritten offering and the inclusion of such Demanding Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwritten offering to the extent provided herein. All Demanding Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwritten offering shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter or Underwriters selected for such underwritten offering by a majority-in-interest of the Investors initiating the Demand Registration and reasonably acceptable to Pubco.

 

2.1.4 Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Demand Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises Pubco and the Demanding Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities which the Demanding Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other Pubco Ordinary Shares or other securities which Pubco desires to sell and the Pubco Ordinary Shares or other securities, if any, as to which Registration by Pubco has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by other security holders of Pubco 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 securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then Pubco shall include in such Registration: (i) first, the Registrable Securities as to which Demand Registration has been requested by the Demanding Holders (all pro rata in accordance with the number of securities that each applicable Person has requested be included in such registration, regardless of the number of securities held by each such Person, as long as they do not request to include more securities than they own (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”)) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Pubco Ordinary Shares or other securities that Pubco desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Registrable Securities of Investors as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.2, Pro Rata among the holders thereof based on the number of securities requested by such holders to be included in such registration, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iv) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Pubco Ordinary Shares or other securities for the account of other Persons that Pubco is obligated to register pursuant to written contractual arrangements with such Persons that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities. In the event that Pubco securities that are convertible into Pubco Ordinary Shares are included in the offering, the calculations under this Section 2.1.4 shall include such Pubco securities on an as-converted to Pubco Ordinary Share basis.

 

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2.1.5 Withdrawal. If a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders disapprove of the terms of any underwritten offering 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 Pubco and the Underwriter or Underwriters of their request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the SEC 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 in such event, then such registration shall not count as a Demand Registration provided for in Section 2.1.

 

2.2 Piggy-Back Registration.

 

2.2.1 Piggy-Back Rights. If at any time after the Closing Pubco proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Registration of or an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity securities, by Pubco for its own account or for security holders of Pubco for their account (or by Pubco and by security holders of Pubco including pursuant to Section 2.1), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in connection with any employee share option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to Pubco’s existing security holders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of Pubco, or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then Pubco shall (x) give written notice of such proposed filing to Investors holding 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 or registration, 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 Investors holding Registrable Securities in such notice the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Investors may request in writing within five (5) days following receipt of such notice (a “Piggy-Back Registration”). To the extent permitted by applicable securities laws with respect to such registration by Pubco or another demanding security holder, Pubco shall use its best efforts to cause (i) such Registrable Securities to be included in such registration and (ii) 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 Pubco and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All Investors holding Registrable Securities proposing to distribute their 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.

 

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2.2.2 Reduction of Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters for a Piggy-Back Registration that is to be an underwritten offering advises Pubco and Investors holding Registrable Securities proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such Piggy-Back Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of Pubco Ordinary Shares or other Pubco securities which Pubco desires to sell, taken together with the Pubco Ordinary Shares or other Pubco securities, if any, as to which registration has been demanded pursuant to written contractual arrangements with Persons other than the Investors holding Registrable Securities hereunder, the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested under this Section 2.2, and the Pubco Ordinary Shares or other Pubco securities, if any, as to which registration has been requested pursuant to the written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other security holders of Pubco, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then Pubco shall include in any such registration:

 

(a) If the registration is undertaken for Pubco’s account: (i) first, the Pubco Ordinary Shares or other securities that Pubco desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Registrable Securities of Investors as to which registration has been requested pursuant to this Section 2.2, Pro Rata among the holders thereof based on the number of securities requested by such holders to be included in such registration, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Pubco Ordinary Shares or other equity securities for the account of other Persons that Pubco is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such Persons that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

 

(b) If the registration is a “demand” registration undertaken at the demand of Demanding Holders pursuant to Section 2.1: (i) first, the Pubco Ordinary Shares or other securities for the account of the Demanding Holders, Pro Rata among the holders thereof based on the number of securities requested by such holders to be included in such registration, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Pubco Ordinary Shares or other securities that Pubco desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Registrable Securities of Investors as to which registration has been requested pursuant to this Section 2.2, Pro Rata among the holders thereof based on the number of securities requested by such holders to be included in such registration, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iv) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Pubco Ordinary Shares or other equity securities for the account of other Persons that Pubco is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such Persons that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

 

(c) If the registration is a “demand” registration undertaken at the demand of Persons other than either Demanding Holders under Section 2.1: (i) first, the Pubco Ordinary Shares or other securities for the account of the demanding Persons that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Pubco Ordinary Shares or other securities that Pubco desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Registrable Securities of Investors as to which registration has been requested pursuant to this Section 2.2, Pro Rata among the holders thereof based on the number of securities requested by such holders to be included in such registration, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iv) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Pubco Ordinary Shares or other equity securities for the account of other Persons that Pubco is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such Persons that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

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In the event that Pubco securities that are convertible into Pubco Ordinary Shares are included in the offering, the calculations under this Section 2.2.2 shall include such Pubco securities on an as-converted to Pubco Ordinary Share basis. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, to the extent that the registration of an Investor’s Registrable Securities would prevent Pubco or the demanding shareholders from effecting such registration and offering, such Investor shall not be permitted to exercise Piggy-Back Registration rights with respect to such registration and offering.

 

2.2.3 Withdrawal. Any Investor holding Registrable Securities may elect to withdraw such Investor’s request for inclusion of Registrable Securities in any Piggy-Back Registration by giving written notice to Pubco of such request to withdraw prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. Pubco (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 without any liability to the applicable Investor, subject to the next sentence and the provisions of Section 4. Notwithstanding any such withdrawal, Pubco shall pay all expenses incurred in connection with such Piggy-Back Registration as provided in Section 3.3 (subject to the limitations set forth therein) by Investors holding Registrable Securities that requested to have their Registrable Securities included in such Piggy-Back Registration.

 

2.3 Short Form Registrations. After the Closing, Investors holding Registrable Securities may at any time and from time to time, request in writing that Pubco register the resale of any or all of such Registrable Securities on Form S-3 or F-3 or any similar short-form registration which may be available at such time (“Short Form Registration”); provided, however, that Pubco shall not be obligated to effect such request through an underwritten offering. Upon receipt of such written request, Pubco will promptly give written notice of the proposed registration to all other Investors holding Registrable Securities, and, as soon as practicable thereafter, effect the registration of all or such portion of such Investors’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities, if any, of any other Investors joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice from Pubco; provided, however, that Pubco shall not be obligated to effect any such registration pursuant to this Section 2.3: (i) if Short Form Registration is not available to Pubco for such offering; or (ii) if Investors holding Registrable Securities, together with the holders of any other securities of Pubco 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 $1,000,000. Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be counted as Demand Registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

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3. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES.

 

3.1 Filings; Information. Whenever Pubco is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2, Pubco shall use its best 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. Pubco shall use its 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 SEC a Registration Statement on any form for which Pubco then qualifies or which counsel for Pubco 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 reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and use its reasonable efforts to keep it effective for the period required by Section 3.1.3; provided, however, that Pubco shall have the right to defer any Demand Registration for up to ninety (90) 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 Pubco shall furnish to Investors requesting to include their Registrable Securities in such registration a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Chairman of Pubco stating that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of Pubco, it would be materially detrimental to Pubco and its shareholders for such Registration Statement to be effected at such time or the filing would require premature disclosure of material information which is not in the interests of Pubco to disclose at such time; provided further, however, that Pubco shall not have the right to exercise the right set forth in the immediately preceding proviso more than twice in any 365-day period in respect of a Demand Registration hereunder.

 

3.1.2 Copies. Pubco shall, prior to filing a Registration Statement or prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to Investors holding Registrable Securities included in such registration, and such Investors’ 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 (including each preliminary prospectus), and such other documents as Investors holding Registrable Securities included in such registration or legal counsel for any such Investors may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investors.

 

3.1.3 Amendments and Supplements. Pubco shall prepare and file with the SEC 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 or until such time as the Registrable Securities cease to be Registrable Securities as defined by this Agreement.

 

3.1.4 Notification. After the filing of a Registration Statement, Pubco shall promptly, and in no event more than five (5) Business Days after such filing, notify Investors holding Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement of such filing, and shall further notify such Investors promptly and confirm such advice in writing in all events within five (5) Business Days after 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 SEC of any stop order (and Pubco 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 SEC 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 Investors holding Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement any such supplement or amendment; except that before filing with the SEC a Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, including documents incorporated by reference, Pubco shall furnish to Investors holding Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement and to the legal counsel for any such Investors, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed sufficiently in advance of filing to provide such Investors and legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review such documents and comment thereon; provided that such Investors and their legal counsel must provide any comments promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) after receipt of such documents.

 

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3.1.5 State Securities Laws Compliance. Pubco shall use its 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 Investors holding Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may reasonably 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 Pubco and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable Investors holding Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that Pubco 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 take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or to taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise subject.

 

3.1.6 Agreements for Disposition. To the extent required by the underwriting agreement or similar agreements, Pubco shall enter into reasonable 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 Pubco 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 Investors holding Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement. No Investor holding 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 Investor’s organization, good standing, authority, title to Registrable Securities, lack of conflict of such sale with such Investor’s material agreements and organizational documents, and with respect to written information relating to such Investor that such Investor has furnished in writing expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement.

 

3.1.7 Cooperation. The principal executive officer of Pubco, the principal financial officer of Pubco, the principal accounting officer of Pubco and all other officers and members of the management of Pubco shall reasonably cooperate in any offering of Registrable Securities hereunder, which cooperation shall include 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. Pubco shall make available for inspection by Investors holding 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 Investor holding Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement or any Underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of Pubco, as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause Pubco’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any of them in connection with such Registration Statement; provided that Pubco may require execution of a reasonable confidentiality agreement prior to sharing any such information.

 

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3.1.9 Opinions and Comfort Letters. Pubco shall request its counsel and accountants to provide customary legal opinions and customary comfort letters, to the extent so reasonably required by any underwriting agreement.

 

3.1.10 Earnings Statement. Pubco shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the Securities Act, and make available to its shareholders if reasonably required, as soon as reasonably 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. Pubco shall use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities that are Pubco Ordinary Shares included in any registration to be listed on such exchanges or otherwise designated for trading in the same manner as similar securities issued by Pubco are then listed or designated or, if no such similar securities are then listed or designated, in a manner satisfactory to Investors holding a majority-in-interest 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, Pubco shall use its reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of Pubco to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in any underwritten offering.

 

3.2 Obligation to Suspend Distribution. Upon receipt of any notice from Pubco of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.1.4(iv), or in the event that the financial statements contained in the Registration Statement become stale, or in the event that the Registration Statement or prospectus included therein contains a misstatement of material fact or omits to state a material fact due to a bona fide business purpose, or, in the case of a resale registration on Short Form Registration pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof, upon any suspension by Pubco, pursuant to a written insider trading compliance program adopted by Pubco’s Board of Directors, of the ability of all “insiders” covered by such program to transact in Pubco’s securities because of the existence of material non-public information, each Investor holding 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 Investor receives the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3.1.4(iv) or the Registration Statement is updated so that the financial statements are no longer stale, or the restriction on the ability of “insiders” to transact in Pubco’s securities is removed, as applicable, and, if so directed by Pubco, each such Investor will deliver to Pubco all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Investor’s possession, of the most recent prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

3.3 Registration Expenses. Subject to Section 4, Pubco shall bear all reasonable 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 Short Form Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.3, and all reasonable expenses incurred in performing or complying with its other obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the Registration Statement becomes effective, including: (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) Pubco’s internal expenses (including 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 3.1.11; (vi) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fees; (vii) fees and disbursements of counsel for Pubco and fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by Pubco (including the expenses or costs associated with the delivery of any opinions or comfort letters requested pursuant to Section 3.1.9); (viii) the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by Pubco in connection with such registration; and (ix) the reasonable fees and expenses (up to a maximum of $30,000 in the aggregate in connection with such registration) of one legal counsel selected by Investors holding a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities included in such registration for such legal counsel’s review, comment and finalization of the proposed Registration Statement and other relevant documents. Pubco 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 security holders and Pubco shall bear the expenses of the Underwriter pro rata in proportion to the respective amount of securities each is selling in such offering.

 

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3.4 Information. Investors holding Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement shall provide such information as may reasonably be requested by Pubco, or the managing Underwriter, if any, in connection with the preparation of such 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 obligation to comply with federal and applicable state securities laws. Investors selling Registrable Securities in any offering must provide all questionnaires, powers of attorney, custody agreements, stock powers, and other documentation reasonably requested by Pubco or the managing Underwriter.

 

4. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.

 

4.1 Indemnification by Pubco. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.1 below, Pubco agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor, and each Investor’s officers, employees, affiliates, directors, partners, members, attorneys and agents, and each Person, if any, who controls an Investor (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 of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, or arising out of or based upon any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by Pubco of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to Pubco and relating to action or inaction required of Pubco in connection with any such registration (provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 4.1 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of Pubco, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); and Pubco 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 Pubco 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 omission made in such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, or summary prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to Pubco, in writing, by such selling holder or Investor Indemnified Party expressly for use therein. Pubco also shall indemnify any Underwriter of the Registrable Securities, their officers, affiliates, directors, partners, members and agents and each Person who controls such Underwriter 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 Investors Holding Registrable Securities. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.2 below, each Investor selling 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 Investor, indemnify and hold harmless Pubco, each of its directors and officers and 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, 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) arise out of or are based upon any 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 preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary 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 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 Pubco by such selling Investor expressly for use therein (provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 4.2 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the indemnifying Investor, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), and shall reimburse Pubco, its directors and officers, each Underwriter 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 Investor’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 Investor.

 

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. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (acting reasonably), 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.

 

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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 statement of a material fact or the 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 Investor holding 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 Investor 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. Pubco covenants that it shall file any reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and shall take such further action as Investors holding Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Investors 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 Rule 144 may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.

 

6. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

6.1 Other Registration Rights. Pubco represents and warrants that as of the date of this Agreement, no Person, other than the holders of Registrable Securities, has any right to require Pubco to register any of Pubco’s share capital for sale or to include Pubco’s share capital in any registration filed by Pubco for the sale of share capital for its own account or for the account of any other Person.

 

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6.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of Pubco hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by Pubco in whole or in part, unless Pubco first provides Investors holding Registrable Securities at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice; provided that no assignment or delegation by Pubco will relieve Pubco of its obligations under this Agreement unless Investors holding a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities provide their prior written consent, which consent must not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of Investors holding Registrable Securities hereunder may be freely assigned or delegated by such Investor in conjunction with and to the extent of any transfer of Registrable Securities by such Investor which is permitted by such Investor’s applicable Lock-Up Agreement; provided that no assignment by any Investor of its rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate Pubco unless and until Pubco shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Pubco, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement). 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 of any assignee of the Investors. 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 Section 4 and this Section 6.2.

 

6.3 Notices. All notices, consents, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered (i) in person, (ii) by facsimile or other electronic means, with affirmative confirmation of receipt, (iii) one Business Day after being sent, if sent by reputable, nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) three (3) Business Days after being mailed, if sent by registered or certified mail, pre-paid and return receipt requested, in each case to the applicable party at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

If to Pubco or (after Closing) JWAC:

 

Chijet Motor Company, Inc.

No. 8, Beijing South Road

Economic & Technological Development Zone

Yantai, Shandong, CN-37 264006

People’s Republic of China

Attn: Xinjian Wang

with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10105

Attn: Barry I. Grossman, Esq.

Matthew A. Gray, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (212) 370-7889

Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300

Email: bigrossman@egsllp.com

mgray@egsllp.com

 

and

 

Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm

42/F, Central Tower, No.5 Xiancun Road

Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou 510623

People’s Republic of China

Attn: Bruce Zhao

Facsimile No.: +86 020-38565608

Telephone No.: +86 020-38565688

Email: zhaohua@jtn.com

   
If to an Initial Investor, to: the address set forth underneath such Exchange Investor’s name on the signature page.

with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

 

Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP

1185 Avenue of the Americas, 31st floor

New York, NY 10036

Attn: Gregory Sichenzia

Arthur Marcus

Facsimile No: (212) 930 9725

Telephone No: (212) 930 9700

Email: gsichenzia@srf.law

amarcus@SRF.LAW

If to an Exchange Investor, to: the address set forth underneath such Exchange Investor’s name on the signature page.

with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10105

Attn: Barry I. Grossman, Esq.

Matthew A. Gray, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (212) 370-7889

Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300

Email: bigrossman@egsllp.com

mgray@egsllp.com

 

and

 

Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm

42/F, Central Tower, No.5 Xiancun Road

Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou 510623

People’s Republic of China

Attn: Bruce Zhao

Facsimile No.: +86 020-38565608

Telephone No.: +86 020-38565688

Email: zhaohua@jtn.com

 

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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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event that a duly executed copy of this Agreement is not delivered to Pubco by a Person receiving Registrable Securities in connection with the Closing, such Person failing to provide such signature shall not be a party to this Agreement or have any rights or obligations hereunder, but such failure shall not affect the rights and obligations of the other parties to this Agreement as among such other parties.

 

6.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Business Combination Agreement and the Lock-Up Agreements to the extent incorporated herein, and including all agreements entered into pursuant hereto or thereto or referenced herein or therein and all certificates and instruments delivered pursuant hereto and thereto) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, representations, understandings, negotiations and discussions between the parties, whether oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not affect the rights and obligations of the parties under the Business Combination Agreement, any other Ancillary Document, or the Underwriter Warrant. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement amends, restates, supersedes and replaces in its entirety the Original Agreement. All references to the Original Agreement in any other document shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to refer to this Agreement (except to the extent, if any, that such interpretation would conflict with the terms of this Agreement as they refer or pertain to the Original Agreement).

 

6.6 Interpretation. Titles and headings of sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of any provision of this Agreement. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: (i) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa; (ii) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding or succeeding such term and shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (iii) the words “herein,” “hereto,” and “hereby” and other words of similar import in this Agreement shall be deemed in each case to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or other subdivision of this Agreement; and (iv) the term “or” means “and/or”. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. Consequently, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

 

6.7 Amendments; Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, and either retroactively or prospectively) only with the written agreement or consent of Pubco (after the Closing by a majority of the Disinterested Independent Directors), Investors holding a majority-in-interest of the Exchange Investor Registrable Securities, and Investors holding a majority-in-interest of the Initial Investor Registrable Securities; provided, that any amendment or waiver of this Agreement which affects an Investor in a manner materially and adversely disproportionate to other Investors will also require the consent of such Investor. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition, or provision of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition, or provision.

 

6.8 Remedies Cumulative. In the event a party fails to observe or perform any covenant or agreement to be observed or performed under this Agreement, the other parties 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.

 

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6.9 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. Each party hereto hereby (i) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in the County of New York in the State of New York (or in any appellate court thereof) (the “Specified Courts”) for the purpose of any claim, action, litigation or other legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (a “Proceeding”), and (b) irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, defense or otherwise, in any such Proceeding, 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 Proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Proceeding is improper, or that this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may not be enforced in or by any Specified Court. Each party agrees that a final judgment in any Proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by applicable Law. Each party irrevocably consents to the service of the summons and complaint and any other process in any Proceeding, on behalf of itself, or its property, by personal delivery of copies of such process to such party at the applicable address set forth in Section 6.3. Nothing in this Section 6.9 shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by applicable Law.

 

6.10 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 INVESTORS IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.

 

6.11 Authorization to Act on Behalf of Pubco. The parties acknowledge and agree that from and after the Closing, the Disinterested Independent Directors, by vote, consent, approval or determination of a majority of the Disinterested Independent Directors, is authorized and shall have the sole right to act on behalf of Pubco under this Agreement, including the right to enforce Pubco’s rights and remedies under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event that an Investor serves as a director, officer, employee or other authorized agent of Pubco, such Investor shall have no authority, express or implied, to act or make any determination on behalf of Pubco in connection with this Agreement or any dispute or Action with respect hereto.

 

6.12 Termination of Business Combination Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon each party upon such party’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall only become effective upon the Closing. In the event that the Business Combination Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the Closing, this Agreement shall automatically terminate and become null and void and be of no further force or effect, and the parties shall have no obligations hereunder.

 

6.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including by facsimile or pdf or other electronic document transmission), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

{REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK; SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW}

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Seller Registration Rights Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 

  Pubco:
     
  CHIJET MOTOR COMPANY, INC.
     
  By:                   
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
  JWAC:
     
  JUPITER WELLNESS ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

{Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement}

 

  

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Registration Rights Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 

  Initial Investors:
     
  JUPITER WELLNESS ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Brian S. John
  Name: Brian S. John
  Title: CEO

 

  Address for Notice:
   
  Address: 1061 E. Indiantown Road Ste 110 Jupiter FL 33477
  Facsimile No.:
  Telephone No.:
  Email:

 

  Initial Investors:
     
  CHIJET MOTOR COMPANY, INC.
   
  By:

/s/ Hongwei Mu

  Name: Hongwei Mu (慕宏伟)
  Title: Director

 

  Address for Notice:
     
  Address: No. 8, Beijing South Road, Economic & Technological Development Zone Yantai, Shandong, CN-37 264006, People’s Republic of China
  Telephone No.:
  Email:

 

{Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement}

 

  

 

 

  JUPITER WELLNESS SPONSOR LLC
     
  By:

/s/ Brian S. John

  Name: Brian S. John
  Title: Manager

 

  Address for Notice:
     
  Address: 1061 E. Indiantown Road Ste 110 Jupiter FL 33477
  Facsimile No.:
  Telephone No.:
  Email:

 

  I-BANKERS SECURITIES, INC.
     
  By:

/s/ Matthew J. McCloskey

  Name: Matthew J. McCloskey
  Title: Head of Equity Capital Markets

 

  Address for Notice:
     
  Address: 2500 N. Military Trl, Suite 160, Boca Raton, Florida 33431
  Telephone No.:
  Email:

 

{Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement}

 

  

 

 

  Exchange Investors:
     
  EUROAMER KAIWAN TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
     
  By:

/s/ Lichun Wu

  Name: Lichun Wu (吳立春)
  Title: Director

 

  Address for Notice:
   
  CHIJET HOLDINGS LIMITED
     
  By:

/s/ Hongwei Mu

  Name: Hongwei Mu (慕宏伟)
  Title: Director

 

{Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement}

 

  

 

 

  Address for Notice:
   
  SUNRISE 18 LIMITED
     
  By:

/s/ Hiuwa Chan

  Name: Hiuwa Chan (陳曉華)
  Title: CEO

 

  Address for Notice:
   
  HONG KONG YEDA INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS CO., LIMITED
     
  By:

/s/ Zhidong Pan

  Name: Zhidong Pan (潘志楝)
  Title: Director

 

{Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement}

 

  

 

 

  Address for Notice:
   
  HONG KONG GUOTAI INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS CO., LIMITED
     
  By:

/s/ Xia Yu

  Name: Xia Yu (於霞)
  Title: Director
     
  Address for Notice:

 

{Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement}

 

  

 

EX-10.6 9 ex10-6.htm

 

 

Exhibit 10.6

 

FORM OF NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is being executed and delivered as of [●], 2023, by [_______________________] (the “Subject Party”) in favor of and for the benefit of Chijet Motor Company, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Pubco”), Jupiter Wellness Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“JWAC”), and Chijet Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and each of Pubco’s and/or the Company’s respective present and future Affiliates, successors and direct and indirect Subsidiaries (collectively with Pubco and the Company, the “Covered Parties”). Any capitalized term used but not defined in this Agreement will have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, Pubco and the Company are parties to that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2022 (as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among (i) JWAC, (ii) Pubco, (iii) the Company, (iv) Chijet Motor (USA) Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco (Merger Sub”), and (v) Mu Hongwei, in the capacity as the Seller Representative thereunder, and the shareholders of the Company named as Sellers therein (collectively, the “Sellers”), including Subject Party, pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, among other matters, (a) Pubco will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company from the Sellers in exchange for ordinary shares of Pubco (with certain of the shares to otherwise be received by the Earnout Participants being subject to vesting, transfer restrictions and potential forfeiture after the Closing if certain post-Closing performance metrics are not met) and the Company shall surrender for no consideration its shares in Pubco, such that the Company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco and the Sellers become shareholders of Pubco (the “Share Exchange”), and immediately thereafter (b) Merger Sub will merge with and into JWAC, with JWAC continuing as the surviving entity (the “Merger”, and collectively with the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Transactions”), and as a result of which, (i) JWAC will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, and (ii) each issued and outstanding security of JWAC immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger will no longer be outstanding and will automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive a substantially equivalent security of Pubco (and with the holders of JWAC Class A Common Stock receiving one (1) CVR for each share of JWAC Class A Common Stock held (with certain holders of JWAC non-public shares waiving their right to receive CVRs for their private shares of JWAC)), all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement and in accordance with the provisions of applicable Law;

 

WHEREAS, the Company (and, after the Closing, Pubco), directly and indirectly through its Subsidiaries, engages in the business of developing, manufacturing and selling electric vehicles (the “Business”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with, and as a condition to the Closing and to enable JWAC and Pubco to secure more fully the benefits of the Transactions, including the protection and maintenance of the goodwill and confidential information of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the other Covered Parties, JWAC, Pubco and the Company have required that the Subject Party enter into this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Subject Party is entering into this Agreement in order to induce JWAC and Pubco to consummate the Transactions, pursuant to which the Subject Party will directly or indirectly receive a material benefit; and

 

 
 

 

WHEREAS, the Subject Party, as a former and/or current shareholder, director, officer and/or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries, has contributed to the value of the Company and its Subsidiaries and has obtained extensive and valuable knowledge and confidential information concerning the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce JWAC and Pubco to consummate the Transactions, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subject Party hereby agrees as follows:

 

1. Restriction on Competition.

 

(a) Restriction. The Subject Party hereby agrees that during the period from the Closing until the eighteen months anniversary of the Closing Date (such period, the “Restricted Period”) the Subject Party will not, and will cause his, her or its Affiliates (other than Pubco and its subsidiaries) not to, without the prior written consent of Pubco, anywhere in North America, People’s Republic of China or in any other markets in which the Company and its subsidiaries are engaged in the Business as of the Closing Date or during the Restricted Period (the “Territory”), directly or indirectly engage in the Business (other than through a Covered Party) or own, manage, finance or control, or participate in the ownership, management, financing or control of, or become engaged or serve as an officer, director, member, partner, employee, agent, consultant, advisor or representative of, a business or entity (other than a Covered Party) that engages in the Business in the Territory (a “Competitor”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subject Party and his, her or its Affiliates may own passive investments of no more than two percent (2%) beneficial ownership of any class of outstanding equity interests in a Competitor that is publicly traded, so long as the Subject Party and his, her or its Affiliates and immediate family members are not involved in the management or control of such Competitor.

 

(b) Acknowledgment. The Subject Party acknowledges and agrees, based upon the advice of legal counsel and/or the Subject Party’s own education, experience and training, that (i) the Subject Party may possess knowledge of confidential information of the Covered Parties and the Business, (ii) the Subject Party’s execution of this Agreement is a material inducement to JWAC and Pubco to consummate the Transactions and to realize the goodwill of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for which the Subject Party and/or his, her or its Affiliates will receive a substantial direct or indirect financial benefit, and that JWAC and Pubco would not have consummated the Transactions but for the Subject Party’s agreements set forth in this Agreement; (iii) it would impair the goodwill of the Covered Parties and reduce the value of the assets of the Covered Parties and cause serious and irreparable injury if the Subject Party and/or its Affiliates were to use his, her or its ability and knowledge by engaging in the Business in the Territory in competition with a Covered Party, and/or to otherwise breach the obligations contained herein and that the Covered Parties would not have an adequate remedy at law because of the unique nature of the Business, (iv) the Subject Party and his, her or its Affiliates have no intention of engaging in the Business in the Territory (other than through the Covered Parties) during the Restricted Period other than through Permitted Ownership, (v) the relevant public policy aspects of restrictive covenants, covenants not to compete and non-solicitation provisions have been discussed, and every effort has been made to limit the restrictions placed upon the Subject Party to those that are reasonable and necessary to protect the Covered Parties’ legitimate interests, (vi) the Covered Parties conduct and intend to conduct the Business everywhere in the Territory and compete with other businesses that are or could be located in any part of the Territory, (vii) the foregoing restrictions on competition are fair and reasonable in type of prohibited activity, geographic area covered, scope and duration, (viii) the consideration provided to the Subject Party under this Agreement and the Business Combination Agreement is not illusory, and (ix) such provisions do not impose a greater restraint than is necessary to protect the goodwill or other business interests of the Covered Parties.

 

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2. No Solicitation; No Disparagement.

 

(a) Non-Solicitation of Customers and Suppliers. The Subject Party agrees that, during the Restricted Period, the Subject Party and his, her or its Affiliates (other than a Covered Party) will not, without the prior written consent of Pubco, individually or on behalf of any other Person (other than, if applicable, a Covered Party in the performance of the Subject Party’s duties on behalf of the Covered Parties), directly or indirectly; (i) solicit, induce, knowingly encourage or otherwise knowingly cause (or attempt to do any of the foregoing) any Covered Customer (as defined below) to (A) cease being, or not become, a client or customer of any Covered Party with respect to the Business in the Territory or (B) reduce the amount of business of such Covered Customer with any Covered Party with respect to the Business in the Territory, or otherwise knowingly alter such business relationship in a manner adverse to any Covered Party, in either case, with respect to or relating to the Business; (ii) interfere with or disrupt (or attempt to interfere with or disrupt) the contractual relationship between any Covered Party and any Covered Customer; (iii) divert adversely any business with any Covered Customer relating to the Business from a Covered Party; or (iv) interfere with or disrupt (or attempt to interfere with or disrupt), any Person that was a vendor, supplier, distributor, agent or other service provider of a Covered Party at the time of such interference or disruption, for a purpose competitive with a Covered Party as it relates to the Business. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Covered Customer” shall mean any Person who is or was an actual customer or client (or prospective customer or client with whom a Covered Party actively marketed or made or took specific action to make a proposal) of a Covered Party with respect to the Business in the Territory, as of the Closing Date or during Restricted Period or within the six months period preceding the date of this Agreement.

 

(b) Non-Disparagement. The Subject Party agrees that from and after the Closing until the second (2nd) anniversary of this Agreement, the Subject Party will not, and will not permit his, her or its Affiliates to, directly or indirectly engage in any public conduct that involves the making or publishing (including through electronic mail distribution or online social media) of any written or oral statements or remarks (including the repetition or distribution of derogatory rumors, allegations, negative reports or comments) that are disparaging, deleterious or damaging to the integrity, reputation or good will of one or more Covered Parties or their respective management, officers, employees, independent contractors or consultants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 3 below, the provisions of this Section 2(c) shall not restrict the Subject Party from providing truthful testimony or information in response to a subpoena or investigation by a Governmental Authority or in connection with any legal action by the Subject Party or his, her or its Affiliate against any Covered Party under this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Document that is asserted by the Subject Party or his, her or its Affiliate in good faith.

 

3. Confidentiality. During the Restricted Period, the Subject Party will, and will cause his, her or its Affiliates (other than the Company) to, keep confidential and not (except, if applicable, in the performance of the Subject Party’s duties on behalf of the Covered Parties) directly or indirectly use, disclose, reveal, publish, transfer or provide access to, any and all Covered Party Information without the prior written consent of Pubco. As used in this Agreement, “Covered Party Information” means all materials and information to the extent relating to the business, affairs and assets of any Covered Party, including material and information that concerns or relates to such Covered Party’s bidding and proposal, technical information, computer hardware or software, administrative, management, operational, data processing, financial, marketing, customers, sales, human resources, employees, vendors, business development, planning and/or other business activities, regardless of whether such material and information is maintained in physical, electronic, or other form, that is: (A) gathered, compiled, generated, produced or maintained by such Covered Party through its Representatives, or provided to such Covered Party by its suppliers, service providers or customers; and (B) intended and maintained by such Covered Party or its Representatives, suppliers, service providers or customers to be kept in confidence. Covered Party Information also includes information disclosed to any Covered Party by a third party to the extent that a Covered Party has an obligation of confidentiality in connection therewith. The obligations set forth in this Section 3 will not apply to any Covered Party Information where such material or information: (i) is known or available through other sources not known by the Subject Party to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other confidentiality obligation with respect to such material or information; (ii) is or becomes publicly known through no violation of this Agreement; (iii) is already in the possession of the Subject Party at the time of disclosure through sources not known by the Subject Party to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other confidentiality obligation as evidenced by the Subject Party’s documents and records; or (iv) is required to be disclosed by applicable law or regulation or stock exchange requirement pursuant to an order of any administrative body or court of competent jurisdiction (provided that (A) the applicable Covered Party is given reasonable prior written notice, to the extent legally permissible and at such Covered Party’s sole expense, (B) the Subject Party uses its reasonable best efforts to cooperate (and practicable its Representatives to cooperate) with any reasonable request of any Covered Party (at such Covered Party’s sole expense) to seek to prevent or narrow such disclosure and (C) if after compliance with clauses (A) and (B) such disclosure is still required, the Subject Party and its Representatives only disclose such portion of the Covered Party Information that is so required).

 

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4. Representations and Warranties. The Subject Party hereby represents and warrants, to and for the benefit of the Covered Parties as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, that: (a) the Subject Party has full power and capacity to execute and deliver, and to perform all of the Subject Party’s obligations under, this Agreement; and (b) neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the performance of the Subject Party’s obligations hereunder will result directly or indirectly in a violation or breach of any agreement or obligation by which the Subject Party is a party or otherwise bound. By entering into this Agreement, the Subject Party certifies and acknowledges that the Subject Party has carefully read all of the provisions of this Agreement, and that the Subject Party voluntarily and knowingly enters into this Agreement.

 

5. Remedies. The covenants and undertakings of the Subject Party contained in this Agreement relate to matters which are of a special, unique and extraordinary character and a violation of any of the terms of this Agreement may cause irreparable injury to the Covered Parties, the amount of which may be impossible to estimate or determine and which cannot be adequately compensated. The Subject Party agrees that, in the event of any breach or threatened breach by the Subject Party of any covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement, each applicable Covered Party will be entitled to obtain the following remedies (in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other remedy at law or in equity or pursuant to the Merger Agreement or the other Ancillary Documents that may be available to the Covered Parties, including monetary damages), and a court of competent jurisdiction may award an injunction, restraining order or other equitable relief restraining or preventing such breach or threatened breach, without the necessity of proving actual damages or that monetary damages would be insufficient or posting bond or security, which the Subject Party expressly waives. The Subject Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that in the event of any breach of this Agreement, any value attributed or allocated to this Agreement (or any other non-competition agreement with the Subject Party) under or in connection with the Business Combination Agreement shall not be considered a measure of, or a limit on, the damages of the Covered Parties.

 

6. Survival of Obligations. The expiration of the Restricted Period will not relieve the Subject Party of any obligation or liability arising from any breach by the Subject Party of this Agreement during the Restricted Period. The Subject Party further agrees that the time period during which the covenants contained in Section 1 and Section 2 of this Agreement will be effective will be computed by excluding from such computation any time during which the Subject Party is in violation of any provision of such Sections.

 

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7. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Notices. All notices, consents, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered (i) in person, (ii) by facsimile or other electronic means, with affirmative confirmation of receipt, (iii) one Business Day after being sent, if sent by reputable, nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) three (3) Business Days after being mailed, if sent by registered or certified mail, pre-paid and return receipt requested, in each case to the applicable party at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

If to Pubco or any other Covered Party, to:

 

Chijet Motor Company, Inc.

No. 8, Beijing South Road

Economic & Technological Development Zone

Yantai, Shandong, CN-37 264006

People’s Republic of China

Attn: Xinjian Wang

with a copy (that will not constitute notice) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10105

Attn: Barry I. Grossman, Esq.

Matthew A. Gray, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (212) 370-7889

Telephone No.: (212) 370-1300

Email: bigrossman@egsllp.com

mgray@egsllp.com

 

and

 

Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm

42/F, Central Tower, No.5 Xiancun Road

Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou 510623

People’s Republic of China

Attn: Bruce Zhao

Facsimile No.: +86 020-38565608

Telephone No.: +86 020-38565688

Email: zhaohua@jtn.com

   

If to the Subject Party, to:

the address below the Subject Party’s name on the signature page to this Agreement.

 

(b) Integration and Non-Exclusivity. This Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement and the other Ancillary Documents contain the entire agreement between the Subject Party and the Covered Parties concerning the subject matter hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rights and remedies of the Covered Parties under this Agreement are not exclusive of or limited by any other rights or remedies which they may have, whether at law, in equity, by contract or otherwise, all of which will be cumulative (and not alternative). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rights and remedies of the Covered Parties, and the obligations and liabilities of the Subject Party and his, her or its Affiliates, under this Agreement, are in addition to their respective rights, remedies, obligations and liabilities (i) under the laws of unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, or other requirements of statutory or common law, or any applicable rules and regulations and (ii) otherwise conferred by contract, including the Business Combination Agreement and any other written agreement between the Subject Party or his, her or its Affiliate and any of the Covered Parties. Nothing in the Business Combination Agreement will limit any of the obligations, liabilities, rights or remedies of the Subject Party or the Covered Parties under this Agreement, nor will any breach of the Business Combination Agreement or any other agreement between the Subject Party or his, her or its Affiliate and any of the Covered Parties limit or otherwise affect any right or remedy of the Covered Parties under this Agreement. If any term or condition of any other agreement between the Subject Party or his, her or its Affiliate and any of the Covered Parties conflicts or is inconsistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the more restrictive terms will control as to the Subject Party or his, her or its Affiliate, as applicable.

 

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(c) Severability; Reformation. Each provision of this Agreement is separable from every other provision of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is found or held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, then (i) such provision will be deemed amended to conform to applicable laws so as to be valid, legal and enforceable to the fullest possible extent, (ii) the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of such provision will not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision under any other circumstances or in any other jurisdiction, and (iii) the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of such provision will not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of such provision or the validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. The Subject Party and the Covered Parties will substitute for any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision a suitable and equitable provision that carries out, so far as may be valid, legal and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision. Without limiting the foregoing, if any court of competent jurisdiction determines that any part hereof is unenforceable because of the duration, geographic area covered, scope of such provision, or otherwise, such court will have the power to reduce the duration, geographic area covered or scope of such provision, as the case may be, and, in its reduced form, such provision will then be enforceable. The Subject Party will, at a Covered Party’s request, join such Covered Party in requesting that such court take such action.

 

(d) Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended or modified in any respect, except by a written agreement executed by the Subject Party, Pubco and the Company (or their respective permitted successors or assigns). No waiver will be effective unless it is expressly set forth in a written instrument executed by the waiving party and any such waiver will have no effect except in the specific instance in which it is given. Any delay or omission by a party in exercising its rights under this Agreement, or failure to insist upon strict compliance with any term, covenant, or condition of this Agreement will not be deemed a waiver of such term, covenant, condition or right, nor will any waiver or relinquishment of any right or power under this Agreement at any time or times be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of such right or power at any other time or times.

 

(e) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. All Actions arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in any state or federal court located in the State of Delaware (or in any appellate courts thereof) (the “Specified Courts”). Each party hereto hereby (a) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any Specified Court for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party hereto, (b) irrevocably waives, and agrees 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 hereby may not be enforced in or by any Specified Court and (c) waives any bond, surety or other security that might be required of any other party with respect thereto. Each party agrees that a final judgment in any Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law or in equity. Each party irrevocably consents to the service of the summons and complaint and any other process in any other action or proceeding relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, on behalf of itself, or its property, by personal delivery of copies of such process to such party at the applicable address set forth in Section 7(a). Nothing in this Section 7(e) shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Law.

 

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(f) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. 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 ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY ACTION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THAT FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7(f). ANY PARTY HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 7(f) WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH SUCH PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

(g) Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement will be binding upon the Subject Party and the Subject Party’s estate, successors and assigns, and will inure to the benefit of the Covered Parties, and their respective successors and assigns. Each Covered Party may freely assign any or all of its rights under this Agreement, at any time, in whole or in part, to any Person which acquires, in one or more transactions, at least a majority of the equity securities (whether by equity sale, merger or otherwise) of such Covered Party or all or substantially all of the assets of such Covered Party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, without obtaining the consent or approval of the Subject Party. The Subject Party agrees that the obligations of the Subject Party under this Agreement are personal and will not be assigned by the Subject Party. Each of the Covered Parties are express third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and will be considered parties under and for purposes of this Agreement.

 

(h) Construction. The Subject Party acknowledges that the Subject Party has been represented by counsel, or had the opportunity to be represented by, counsel of the Subject Party’s choice. Any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party will not be applied in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. Neither the drafting history nor the negotiating history of this Agreement will be used or referred to in connection with the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The headings and subheadings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. In this Agreement: (i) the words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (ii) the definitions contained herein are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms; (iii) whenever required by the context, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa; (iv) the words “herein,” “hereto,” and “hereby” and other words of similar import shall be deemed in each case to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision of this Agreement; (v) the word “if” and other words of similar import when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the phrase “and only if”; (vi) the term “or” means “and/or”; and (vii) any agreement or instrument defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement or instrument as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including by waiver or consent and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein.

 

(i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed 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. A photocopy, faxed, scanned and/or emailed copy of this Agreement or any signature page to this Agreement, shall have the same validity and enforceability as an originally signed copy.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  Subject Party:
   
  [________________________________]
  By:                                                             
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  Address for Notice:
     
  Address:  
   
   
  Facsimile No.:  
  Telephone No.:  
  Email:  

 

{Signature Page to Non-Competition Agreement}

 

 
 

 

Acknowledged and accepted as of the date first written above:
     
Pubco:    
     
CHIJET MOTOR COMPANY, INC.  
     
By:    
Name: Hongwei Mu  
Title: Director  
     
The Company:  
     
CHIJET INC.  
     
By:    
Name: Hongwei Mu  
Title: Director  
     
JWAC:  
     
JUPITER WELLNESS ACQUISITION CORP.  
     
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

{Signature Page to Non-Competition Agreement}