INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Merger Transactions
As previously announced, Pivotal Acquisition Corp. (“Pivotal” or, following the Business Combination (as defined below), “KLDiscovery”), a Delaware corporation, previously entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of May 20, 2019, as amended by the (i) Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of October 30, 2019, and (ii) Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of December 16, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Pivotal, Pivotal Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Pivotal (“Merger Sub”), LD Topco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and, solely in its capacity as representative of the stockholders of the Company, Carlyle Equity Opportunity GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Carlyle”).
On December 19, 2019 (the “Closing Date”), as contemplated by the Merger Agreement and described in the section titled “Business Combination Proposal” beginning on page 59 of the final prospectus and definitive proxy statement, dated November 20, 2019 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pivotal (the “Business Combination”). Each outstanding share of common stock of the Company was converted into the right to receive a pro rata portion of (i) 34,800,000 shares of Pivotal common stock and (ii) 2,200,000 additional shares of Pivotal common stock if during the five-year period following the Closing Date (x) a change of control occurs or (y) the reported closing sale price of Pivotal common stock equals or exceeds $13.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations or other similar actions) for any 20 consecutive trading days.
In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, each outstanding share of Pivotal’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, was converted into one share of Pivotal’s single class of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. Each outstanding warrant of Pivotal entitles the holder to purchase shares of Pivotal common stock beginning 30 days after the Closing Date.
The foregoing description of the Business Combination does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Merger Agreement and amendments thereto, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Report to “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refer to LD Topco, Inc. and its subsidiaries prior to the Business Combination and KLDiscovery Inc. and its subsidiaries following the Business Combination.
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Stockholders’ Agreement
On December 19, 2019, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination and as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Pivotal and affiliates of Carlyle and Revolution Growth III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Revolution”) entered into the Stockholders’ Agreement (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”). The material terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement are described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 178 titled “The Business Combination Proposal—Related Agreements—Stockholders’ Agreement.” Such description is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Stockholders’ Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 10.14 to this current report on Form8-K (the “Report”) and is incorporated herein by reference.
Founder Lockup Agreement
On December 19, 2019, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, 550,000 shares of Pivotal common stock held by Pivotal Acquisition Holdings LLC became subject to an additional lockup that will be released only if the last reported sale price of the common stock equals or exceeds $15.00 for a period of 20 consecutive trading days during the five-year period following the Closing Date. If the last reported sale price of common stock does not equal or exceed $15.00 within five years from the Closing Date, such shares will be forfeited to Pivotal for no consideration.