The Company is the owner of the KLDiscovery business, one of the leading eDiscovery providers and the leading data recovery services provider to corporations, law firms, government agencies and individual consumers.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger (the “Merger”). As a result, the Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Pivotal, with the stockholders of the Company becoming securityholders of Pivotal.
Under the Merger Agreement, the stockholders of the Company received an aggregate of 34,800,000 shares of Pivotal common stock. The stockholders of the Company also have the right to receive up to 2,200,000 shares of Pivotal common stock if the reported closing sale price of Pivotal’s 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 during the five-year period following the closing of the Business Combination.
In connection with the Business Combination, the Company entered into a series of convertible debentures in an aggregate principal amount of $200 million and includes the issuance to the debenture holders of 2,097,974 shares of Pivotal and 1,764,719 warrants to purchase Pivotal shares for which Pivotal is to receive $1 per warrant.
In connection with the Business Combination, Pivotal Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an affiliate of certain of Pivotal’s officers and directors (“Pivotal Holdings”), subjected a certain number of its shares of Class B common to an additional lockup that will be released only if the last reported sale price of Pivotal’s common stock equals or exceeds $15.00 for a period of 20 consecutive trading days during the five-year period following the closing of the Business Combination.
The stockholders of the Company receiving shares of Pivotal common stock in connection with the Business Combination are subject to a 12-monthlockup period for all shares of Pivotal common stock held by such persons, which period may be earlier terminated if the reported closing sale price of Pivotal common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 for a period of 20 consecutive trading days during a 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the closing of the Business Combination. This lockup is identical to the lockup previously agreed to by the Pivotal Holdings and other holders of its Class B common stock issued prior to Pivotal’s initial public offering.
Accounting for the Merger
The Merger will be accounted for as a reverse merger in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). Under this method of accounting, Pivotal will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. This determination was primarily based on (i) the Company being expected to have the majority interest of the combined company, (ii) the Company being represented on the board of directors of the combined company by up to three members, in addition to the chief executive officer of the Company, (iii) the Company’s senior management comprising the senior management of the combined company and (iv) the Company’s operations comprising the ongoing operations of the combined company. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Merger will be treated as the equivalent of the Company issuing stock for the net assets of Pivotal, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Pivotal will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Merger will be those of the Company.
Basis of Pro Forma Presentation
The historical financial information has been adjusted to give pro forma effect to events that are related and/or directly attributable to the Business Combination, are factually supportable and, as it relates to the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations, are expected to have a continuing impact on the results of the combined company following consummation of the Merger. The adjustments presented in the unaudited pro forma combined financial statements have been identified and presented to provide relevant information necessary for an accurate understanding of the combined company upon consummation of the Merger.