The Sponsor also agreed that 862,500 of the Founder Shares of the Sponsor will be deemed to be “Vesting Founder Shares.” The Sponsor agreed that the Vesting Founder Shares shall be subject to vesting and that (i) 50% of the Vesting Founder Shares will vest if at any time during the 5 year period following the Closing Date the closing share price of the New PubCo Ordinary Shares is greater than or equal to $12.50 over any 20 Trading Days (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) within any consecutive 30 Trading Day period and (ii) the remaining 50% of the Vesting Founder Shares will vest if at any time during the 5 year period following the Closing Date the closing share price of the New PubCo Ordinary Shares is greater than or equal to $15.00 over any 20 Trading Days within any consecutive 30 Trading Day period, subject to the terms of the Sponsor Letter Agreement. The Sponsor also waived certain anti-dilution protections to which they would otherwise be entitled in connection with the Business Combination.
The form of Sponsor Letter Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and the foregoing description of the form of Sponsor Letter Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.
Shareholders Agreement
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, New PubCo, Sponsor and certain shareholders of the Company have entered into a shareholders agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, at the Third Effective Time (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), New PubCo’s board of directors will consist of seven directors, and four directors will be designated by the Founders, one director will be designated by Crescera (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement), one director will be designated by Inovabra (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement), and one director will be designated by the Sponsor. As of the Third Effective Time, the directors shall be divided into three staggered classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III.
The form of Shareholders Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.6 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and the foregoing description of the form of Shareholders Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.
Exchange Agreement
On November 17, 2021, New PubCo, SPAC, the Company, the Company Shareholders (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) and the Company Optionholders (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) entered into an exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”), pursuant to which, prior to the First Effective Time (and conditioned upon the Closing), the Company Shareholders will, among other things, exchange with Newco all of the issued and outstanding equity of the Company for newly issued Newco Shares (the “Pre-Closing Exchange”) and, after giving effect to the Pre-Closing Exchange, the Company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Newco.
The form of Exchange Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.7 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and the foregoing description of the Form of Exchange Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.
A&R Registration Rights Agreement
At the consummation of the Business Combination Agreement, New PubCo, the Sponsor and certain persons named therein shall enter into an amended and restated registration rights agreement (the “A&R Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 18, 2021, shall be amended and restated in its entirety, as of the Closing (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement. As a result, the holders of registrable securities will be able to make a written demand for registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) of all or a portion of their registrable securities, subject to certain limitations so long as such demand includes a number of registrable securities with a total offering price in excess of $30 million. Any such demand may be in the form of an underwritten offering, it being understood that, subject to certain exceptions, the New Pubco shall not be required to conduct more than two underwritten offerings in any 12-month period. In addition, the holders of registrable securities will have “piggy-back” registration rights to include their securities in other registration statements filed by New Pubco subsequent to the Closing. New Pubco has also agreed to file within 30 days of the Closing a resale shelf registration statement covering the resale of all registrable securities.
The form of A&R Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.8 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and the foregoing description of the form of A&R Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The disclosure set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the issuance of Class A ordinary shares of SPAC to PIPE Investors is incorporated by reference herein. The Class A ordinary shares issuable to PIPE Investors in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement will not be registered under the Securities Act, in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.