Final Form
AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [●], 2022, is made and entered into by and among (i) Footprint International, Inc. (f/k/a Gores Holdings VIII, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), (ii) Gores Sponsor VIII LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), (iii) Randall Bort, (iv) William Patton, (v) Jeffrey Rea (together with Randall Bort, William Patton, the Sponsor and their respective Permitted Transferees (as defined herein), the “Gores Holders”), (vi) the stockholders of Footprint International Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Footprint”), party hereto (such stockholders, and their respective Permitted Transferees, the “Footprint Holders”) and (vii) 222 Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “222 Investments” and, together with its Permitted Transferees, the “222 Holders”). The Gores Holders, the Footprint Holders, the 222 Holders and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Agreement, a “Holder” and collectively the “Holders.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company and the Sponsor have entered into that certain Securities Subscription Agreement (the “Founder Shares Purchase Agreement”), dated as of January 11, 2021, pursuant to which the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 8,625,000 shares (the “Founder Shares”) of the Company’s Class F common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, on February 23, 2021, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 75,000 shares of Class F Common Stock to the other Gores Holders and on the date hereof, the Sponsor surrendered 2,502,750 Founder Shares, resulting in there being an aggregate of 6,122,250 Founder Shares outstanding immediately prior to the closing of the Transactions (as defined below);
WHEREAS, upon the closing of the transactions (the “Transactions”) contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 13, 2021 (as amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Frontier Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub LLC”), Frontier Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Merger Sub LLC, and Footprint, 6,122,250 Founder Shares were converted into shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), on a one-to-one basis;
WHEREAS, on February 24, 2021, the Company and the Sponsor entered into that certain Sponsor Warrants Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Sponsor purchased 2,966,666 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”), in a private placement transaction occurring simultaneously with the closing of the Company’s initial public offering on March 1, 2021;
WHEREAS, on March 1, 2021, the Company and the Gores Holders entered into that certain Registration Rights Agreement (the “Existing Gores Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company granted the Gores Holders certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of the Company;
WHEREAS, on December 13, 2021, Footprint and the Footprint Holders entered into that certain Third Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “Existing Footprint Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which Footprint granted the Footprint Holders certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of Footprint;
WHEREAS, immediately after giving effect to the Transactions, in accordance with the Merger Agreement, the Footprint Holders shall receive shares of Common Stock;
WHEREAS, the Footprint Holders may receive additional shares of Common Stock (the “Earn Out Shares”) pursuant to the earn out provisions of the Merger Agreement;