5. Lock-Up; Transfer Restrictions.
(a) The Sponsor and each Insider, with respect to itself, herself or himself, as applicable, agree that it, she or he shall not Transfer any Founder Shares (the “Founder Shares Lock-Up”) until the earlier of (A) one year after the completion of an initial Business Combination and (B) subsequent to an initial Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of the Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after such initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property (the “Founder Shares Lock-Up Period”).
(b) The Sponsor and each Insider, with respect to itself, herself or himself, as applicable, agree that it, she or he shall not effectuate any Transfer of Private Placement Warrants or Ordinary Shares underlying such Private Placement Warrants until thirty (30) days after the completion of an initial Business Combination.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Sections 5(a) and (b), Transfers of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and Ordinary Shares underlying the Private Placement Warrants are permitted (a) to the Company’s officers or directors, any affiliates or family members of any of the Company’s officers or directors, any direct or indirect members or partners of the Sponsor or their respective affiliates, any affiliates of the Sponsor, including to funds affiliated with HPS Investment Partners, LLC (“HPS”), and to direct or indirect members or partners of funds affiliated with HPS or any affiliates thereof, any employees of such affiliates or any funds or accounts advised by the Sponsor or its affiliates, (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of one of the individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or to a charitable organization, (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual, (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (e) by private transfers or by other transfers made in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination at prices no greater than the price at which the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants or Ordinary Shares, as applicable, were originally purchased, (f) by virtue of the Sponsor’s organizational documents upon liquidation or dissolution of the Sponsor, (g) to the Company for no value for cancellation in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination, (h) in the event of the Company’s liquidation prior to the completion of a Business Combination or (i) in the event of completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s Public Shareholders having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of a Business Combination; provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (a) through (f), these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions and the other restrictions contained in this Letter Agreement.
(d) During the period commencing on the effective date of the Underwriting Agreement and ending 180 days after such date, the Sponsor and each Insider, with respect to itself, herself or himself, as applicable, agree that it, she or he shall not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, Transfer any Units, Ordinary Shares, Warrants or any other securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares held by it, her or him, as applicable, subject to certain exceptions enumerated in Section 5(e) of the Underwriting Agreement.
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