Introductory Note
This amendment to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 1”) supplements and amends the Schedule 13D of the Reporting Persons (the “Statement”) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 12, 2022. All capitalized terms contained herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Statement. This Amendment No. 1 is being filed to report James C. Foster’s execution of the Voting Agreement (as defined herein) in connection with the Issuer’s execution of the Merger Agreement (as defined herein), together with accompanying changes in disclosure responsive to Items 4 and 6 of the Schedule 13D, as further set forth below. Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment No. 1 does not modify or amend any of the information previously reported in the Statement.
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction. |
Item 4 of the Statement is amended and supplemented by adding the following paragraphs at the end thereof:
On February 6, 2024, the Issuer entered into that certain agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Issuer, ZI Intermediate II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and HI Optimus Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Issuer with the Issuer surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”), as described in further detail in the Issuer’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 6, 2024.
In connection with the Issuer’s execution of the Merger Agreement, on February 6, 2024, Mr. Foster, solely in his capacity as a stockholder of the Issuer, entered into a voting and support agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) with Parent. Pursuant to the Voting Agreement, Mr. Foster agreed to vote or cause to be voted all shares of Common Stock owned or subsequently acquired by the Reporting Persons in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and against any alternative proposal to acquire the Issuer or actions that would impede, interfere with, delay, discourage, adversely affect, frustrate, prevent or nullify the Merger Agreement or the Merger. The Voting Agreement also contains certain restrictions on the transfer of shares of Common Stock by the Reporting Person. The Voting Agreement terminates upon the earlier of the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, upon mutual agreement of Parent and Mr. Foster, and certain other events.
The foregoing description of the Voting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement. A copy of the Voting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 6 to this Amendment No. 1, and the information set forth in the Voting Agreement is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer. |
Item 5 of the Statement is amended by deleting paragraph (a) thereof and replacing such paragraph with the following:
(a) Mr. Foster beneficially owns 8,756,932 shares of Common Stock, which includes 60,475 shares of Common Stock held by Wolf, representing 7.0% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock as of December 6, 2023, based on 124,556,726 shares of Common Stock outstanding, as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on December 7, 2023. Wolf beneficially owns 60,475 shares of Common Stock, representing 0.1% of such outstanding shares of Common Stock.
Item 6. | Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer. |
Item 6 of the Statement is amended and supplemented as follows: the description of the Voting Agreement set forth in Item 4 hereof is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 6, as applicable.
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