indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
On December 2, 2021, the Company, Opal HoldCo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Opal HoldCo”), and Opal Fuels LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Opal Fuels”), entered into a Business Combination Agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”).
The Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (collectively, the “Business Combination”) were unanimously approved by the boards of directors of the Company and Opal Fuels, and also approved by Opal Holdco, the sole member of Opal Fuels. The Business Combination Agreement provides for, among other things, the following transactions: (i) each outstanding Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company will convert into one Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company; (ii) the Company will change the jurisdiction of its incorporation by deregistering as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands and domesticating to, and continuing as a corporation incorporated under the laws of, the State of Delaware (the “Domestication”) and, in connection with the Domestication, (A) the Company’s name will be changed to “Opal Fuels Inc.” (“New Opal”), (B) each outstanding Class A ordinary share of the Company will become one share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of New Opal (the “New Opal Class A Common Stock”), (C) each outstanding warrant to purchase one Class A ordinary share of the Company will become a warrant to purchase one share of New Opal Class A common stock and (D) New Opal will file its certificate of incorporation and adopt bylaws to serve as its governing documents in connection with the Domestication; and (iii) (A) Opal Fuels will cause its existing limited liability company agreement to be amended and restated, (B) Opal Fuels will cause all of its limited liability company interests existing immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”) to be
re-classified
into a number of common units (collectively, the “Opal Units”) based on a
pre-transaction
equity value for Opal equal to $1,501,870,000, less all principal and accrued interest outstanding immediately after the Closing pursuant to that certain convertible promissory note, dated as of May 1, 2021 (as amended, including that certain First Amendment to Convertible Note, dated November 29, 2021, the “Ares Note”), held by ARCC Beacon LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Ares”), (C) the Company will contribute the (x) the amount of cash in the trust account (the “Trust Account”) established by the Company with the proceeds from its initial public offering as of immediately prior to the Closing (and before, for the avoidance of doubt, giving effect to the exercise of redemption rights by any of the Company’s shareholders (the “Public Share Redemptions”)), minus (y) the aggregate amount of cash required to fund the ACT Share Redemptions and any other obligations to be funded from the Trust Account, plus (z) the aggregate cash proceeds actually received in respect of the PIPE Investment (as defined below) and (E) New Opal will issue to Opal Fuels, and Opal Fuels will in turn distribute to Opal HoldCo and Hillman RNG Investments, LLC (“Hillman”) a number of shares of Class D common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of New Opal (the “New Opal Class D Common Stock”), and distribute to Ares (together with Opal HoldCo and Hillman, collectively, the “Opal Equityholders”) shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of New Opal (the “New Opal Class B Common Stock”) (neither of which will have any economic value but will entitle the holder thereof to five votes per share or one vote per share, respectively), equal to the number of Opal Units held by each of the Opal Equityholders.
In addition, if New Opal’s annual EBITDA for the calendar year 2023 exceeds $238,000,000 (the “First Earnout Triggering Event”), New Opal will issue to Opal HoldCo, Ares and Hillman (collectively, the “Earnout Participants”) an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of New Opal Class B Common Stock and New Opal Class D Common Stock and corresponding Opal Units (collectively, the “First Earnout Tranche”) in accordance with the allocations set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. Additionally, if New Opal’s annual EBITDA for the calendar year 2024 exceeds $446,000,000 (the “Second Earnout Triggering Event”), New Opal will issue to the Earnout Participants an aggregate of 5,000,000 additional shares of New Opal Class B Common Stock and New Opal Class D Common Stock and corresponding Opal Units (collectively, the “Second Earnout Tranche”) in accordance with the allocations set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. In the event that the First Earnout Triggering Event does not occur but the Second Earnout Triggering Event does occur, New Opal will be obligated to issue both the First Earnout Tranche and the Second Earnout Tranche upon the occurrence of the Second Earnout Triggering Event.