Item 1.01 Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously disclosed, on June 17, 2021, Leo Holdings III Corp, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Leo”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Leo, Longleaf Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“First Merger Sub”), Longleaf Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Second Merger Sub”), and Local Bounti Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Local Bounti”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) Leo will become a Delaware corporation (the “Domestication”) and, in connection with the Domestication, (A) Leo’s name will be changed to “Local Bounti Corporation” (“New Local Bounti”) (B) each outstanding Class A ordinary share of Leo will become one share of common stock of Leo (the “New Local Bounti Common Stock”), (C) each outstanding Class B ordinary share of Leo will become one share of New Local Bounti Common Stock, and (D) each outstanding warrant of Leo will become one warrant to purchase one share of New Local Bounti Common Stock; (ii) following the Domestication, First Merger Sub will merge with and into Local Bounti, with Local Bounti as the surviving company in the merger and, after giving effect to such merger, continuing as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leo (the “First Merger”); and (iii) immediately following the consummation of the First Merger, Local Bounti will merge with and into Second Merger Sub, with Second Merger Sub as the surviving company in the merger and, after giving effect to such merger, continuing as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leo (the “Second Merger” and together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”). The Domestication, the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are hereinafter referred to as the “Business Combination.”
Concurrently with the signing of the Merger Agreement, Leo entered into subscription agreements (the “Initial Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors pursuant to which, among other things, Leo agreed to issue and sell to such investors, including certain directors and strategic advisors of Leo, immediately following the Domestication and on the closing date, an aggregate of 12,500,000 shares of New Local Bounti Common Stock for a purchase price of $10.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $125.0 million (the “Initial PIPE Investment”).
On November 4, 2021, Leo entered into subscription agreements (the “Additional Subscription Agreements”) with certain additional investors (the “Additional PIPE Investors”) on substantially similar terms as the Initial Subscription Agreements, pursuant to which the Additional PIPE Investors agreed to purchase, and Leo agreed to issue and sell to the Additional PIPE Investors, an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of New Local Bounti Common Stock (the “Additional PIPE Shares”). The purchase price for the Additional PIPE Shares will be $10.00 per share, for a maximum aggregate purchase price of $25.0 million (the “Additional PIPE Investment”). The Additional PIPE Investment will close concurrently with the Initial PIPE Investment.
The closing of the sale of Additional PIPE Shares pursuant to the Additional Subscription Agreements is conditioned upon, among other things, customary closing conditions and the consummation of the Business Combination. The consummation of the Business Combination is conditioned upon, among other things, Leo having a minimum of $150.0 million available to it at the closing of the Business Combination (the “Minimum Cash Closing Condition”) (though this condition may be waived by Local Bounti). The Minimum Cash Closing Condition is expected to be satisfied by the Initial PIPE Investment and the Additional PIPE Investment.
The foregoing description of the form of Additional Subscription Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Additional Subscription Agreements, a form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and which is incorporated by reference herein.
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 shares of Leo common stock in connection with the Additional PIPE Investment is incorporated by reference herein. The shares of common stock issuable in connection with the Additional PIPE Investment will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On November 5, 2021, Leo and Local Bounti issued a press release announcing their entry into the Additional Subscription Agreements. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
The foregoing (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and will not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor will it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings. This Current Report will note be deemed an admission of materiality of any of the information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1.