Exhibit 10.2
REGISTRATION AND SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION AND SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 20, 2020, is made and entered into by and among Sarissa Capital Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), Sarissa Capital Acquisition Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), and the undersigned parties listed under Holder on the signature page hereto (each such party, including the Sponsor and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Sponsor currently owns 5,031,250 shares of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”);
WHEREAS, the Class B Ordinary Shares are convertible into the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), at the time of the initial Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, on the terms and conditions provided in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as may be amended and/or restated from time to time (the “Memorandum and Articles”);
WHEREAS, on October 20, 2020, the Company and the Sponsor entered into that certain Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to purchase 3,083,333 private placement warrants (or up to 3,345,833 private placement warrants to the extent that the over-allotment option in connection with the Company’s initial public offering is exercised) (the “Sponsor Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per warrant, in a private placement transaction occurring simultaneously with the closing of the Company’s initial public offering (and the closing of the over-allotment option, if applicable);
WHEREAS, on October 20, 2020, the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”) entered into that certain Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which Cantor agreed to purchase 583,333 private placement warrants (or up to 670,833 private placement warrants to the extent that the over-allotment option in connection with the Company’s initial public offering is exercised) (together with the Sponsor Private Placement Warrants, the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per warrant, in a private placement transaction occurring simultaneously with the closing of the Company’s initial public offering (and the closing of the over-allotment option, if applicable);
WHEREAS, in order to finance the Company’s transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination (as defined below), the Sponsor, an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers or directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as the Company may require, of which up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants of the post-Business Combination company at a price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender (the “Working Capital Warrants”); and