Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION VERSION
SPONSOR AGREEMENT
This SPONSOR AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of August 16, 2021, by and among M3-Brigade Sponsor II LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Sponsor Holdco”), the other Person identified on Schedule I hereto (“Individual Sponsor” and together with Sponsor Holdco, “Sponsors,” and each, a “Sponsor”), M3-Brigade Acquisition II Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Acquiror”), and Syniverse Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Sponsors collectively are the holders of record and the “beneficial owners” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 10,000,000 shares of Acquiror Class B Common Stock (the “Founder Shares”) and 7,500,000 Acquiror Private Placement Warrants (the “Founder Warrants”) as set forth on Schedule I hereto;
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Acquiror, Blue Steel Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and the Company, have entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company and the Company will be the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror; and
WHEREAS, as an inducement to Acquiror and the Company to enter into the Merger Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated therein, the parties hereto desire to agree to certain matters as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
SPONSOR AGREEMENT
Section 1.1 Sponsor Voting Agreements.
(a) At any meeting of the stockholders of Acquiror, however called, or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or other approval or action of the stockholders of Acquiror is sought (including in connection with any action by written consent of the stockholders of Acquiror), each Sponsor shall (i) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause all of its Founder Shares and any shares of Acquiror Common Stock that such Sponsor acquires record or beneficial ownership of after the date hereof (collectively, the “Subject Acquiror Shares”) to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum, and (ii) vote (or cause to be voted), in person or by proxy, or execute and deliver a written consent covering, all of its Subject Acquiror Shares:
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