Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
BACKSTOP SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
This BACKSTOP SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Subscription Agreement”) is entered into this 13th day of October, 2021, by and among BOWX ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and the undersigned subscriber (“Subscriber”).
WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 25, 2021 (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and including all schedules and exhibits thereto, the “Merger Agreement”), among the Issuer, WeWork Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Windmill”), and BOWX MERGER SUBSIDIARY CORP, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which the Issuer will acquire Windmill subject to the conditions set forth therein (the “Transaction”);
WHEREAS, substantially concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Issuer entered into: (a) separate subscription agreements, with certain other investors that are key anchor investors with an aggregate purchase price of $250,000,000 (collectively the “Key Anchor Investors” and such investment, the “Key Anchor Investment”); and (b) separate subscription agreements (collectively, the “Other Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (other than the Key Anchor Investors) (the “Other Subscribers”) with an aggregate purchase price of $650,000,000 (inclusive of the Purchase Price);
WHEREAS, Cushman & Wakefield U.S., Inc., which is an affiliate of the Subscriber, and Windmill have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding, dated August 8, 2021 (the “Cushman/Windmill MOU”), with respect to a strategic partnership between such affiliate of the Subscriber and Windmill (the “Strategic Partnership”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the Strategic Partnership, and in connection with and contingent on the closing of, the Transaction, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Subscription Agreement, Subscriber agreed to subscribe for and purchase from the Issuer a number of shares of the Issuer’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Shares”), which number is equal to the number of Class A Shares validly redeemed by the public shareholders of Issuer in connection with the Transaction subject to a cap of 15,000,000 Class A Shares agreed upon by the Subscriber and Windmill (the “Acquired Shares”) for a purchase price of $10.00 per share (the “Share Purchase Price”, and the aggregate purchase price of the Acquired Shares, the “Purchase Price”), and the Issuer desires to issue and sell to Subscriber on the Closing Date (as defined below) the Acquired Shares in consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price by or on behalf of Subscriber to the Issuer at or prior to the Closing Date; and
WHEREAS, Issuer and Subscriber are executing and delivering this Subscription Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (codified at 15 U.S.C. Sec. 77a et seq., and hereinafter the “Securities Act”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. SUBSCRIPTION. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the Closing (defined below), Subscriber hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase, and the Issuer hereby agrees to issue and sell to Subscriber, upon the payment of the Purchase Price, the Acquired Shares (such subscription and issuance, the “Subscription”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the consummation of the Subscription is contingent upon the subsequent occurrence of the closing of the Transaction.
2. BACKSTOP AMOUNT; CLOSING.
(a) No later than one (1) Business Day before the special meeting of the shareholders of the Issuer to approve the Transaction (the “Special Meeting”), the Issuer shall provide an estimate of the total number of Class A Shares that have been properly redeemed in connection with the Special Meeting as of such date. No later than one (1) Business Day after the Special Meeting, the Issuer shall determine the total number of Class A Shares that are properly redeemed in connection with the Special Meeting (the “Redemption Amount”);
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