Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
Agreement and Plan of Merger
On March 1, 2023, Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “we”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with APW OpCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“OpCo”), Chord Parent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Chord Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub I”), and Chord Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Merger Sub I (“Merger Sub II” and, together with Parent and Merger Sub I, the “Parent Parties”). The Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, (a) Merger Sub II will be merged with and into OpCo (the “OpCo Merger”), with OpCo surviving the OpCo Merger as a subsidiary of Parent and the Company (the “Surviving LLC”), and (b) Merger Sub I will be merged with and into the Company, (the “Company Merger” and, together with the OpCo Merger, the “Mergers”), with the Company surviving the Company Merger as a subsidiary of Parent (the “Surviving Corporation”).
The Merger Agreement was approved by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board’), acting upon the unanimous recommendation of a committee of the Board consisting only of independent and disinterested directors of the Board.
On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Company Merger (the “Company Merger Effective Time”), (a) each share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Class A Common Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, except as otherwise specified in the Merger Agreement, will be converted into the right to receive $15.00 per share in cash (the “Merger Consideration”), (b) each share of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Class B Common Stock” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Company Common Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time will be canceled for no consideration, (c) each share of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company designated as “Series A Founder Preferred Stock” (the “Series A Founder Preferred Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time will be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration and (d) each share of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company designated as “Series B Founder Preferred Stock” (the “Series B Founder Preferred Stock” and, together with the Series A Founder Preferred Stock, the “Company Preferred Stock”; the Company Preferred Stock together with the Company Common Stock, the “Company Capital Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time will be canceled for no consideration.
In addition, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the OpCo Merger (the “OpCo Merger Effective Time”), (a) each unit of limited liability company interests of OpCo designated as “Class A Common” units under the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OpCo, dated as of July 31, 2020 (the “OpCo LLC Agreement”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the OpCo Merger Effective Time will be converted into one unit of limited liability company interests in the Surviving LLC, (b) each unit of limited liability company interests of OpCo designated as “Class B Common” units under the OpCo LLC Agreement issued and outstanding immediately prior to the OpCo Merger Effective Time, except as otherwise specified in the Merger Agreement, will be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration and (c) the single unit of limited liability company interests of OpCo designated as the “Carry Unit” under the OpCo LLC Agreement will be canceled for no consideration.
At the Company Merger Effective Time or OpCo Merger Effective Time, as applicable, except as otherwise agreed by Parent and the applicable award holder: (a) each stock option and LTIP Unit (as defined in the Merger Agreement) that is outstanding as of the date of the Merger Agreement will vest (to the extent unvested) and be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration (less any applicable exercise price and with all applicable performance conditions deemed satisfied); (b) each share of restricted stock held by an employee and that is outstanding and unvested as of the Company Merger Effective Time will be converted into a cash-based award based on the Merger Consideration, and generally will remain outstanding and continue to vest in accordance with its terms, subject to accelerated vesting upon a termination of the holder’s employment without cause, or as a result of the holder’s death or disability, following the Company Merger Effective Time; and (c) each share of restricted stock that is held by a non-employee director of the Company and that is outstanding as of the Company Merger Effective Time will vest (to the extent unvested) and be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration.