Stockholder Support Agreement
On July 6, 2021, certain stockholders of Nextdoor, including each of those stockholders that is a director (or affiliated with a director) or executive officer of Nextdoor, entered into the Stockholder Support Agreement (the “Stockholder Support Agreement”) with KVSB, Nextdoor and the other parties thereto, pursuant to which such stockholders of Nextdoor agreed to, among other things, vote in favor of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions contemplated by the Stockholder Support Agreement.
Transfer Restrictions and Registration Rights
The Merger Agreement contemplates that, at the Closing, KVSB, the Sponsor, certain stockholders of Nextdoor and certain of their respective affiliates, as applicable, and the other parties thereto, will enter into an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which KVSB will agree to register for resale, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), certain shares of New Nextdoor Class A common stock (including New Nextdoor Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of New Nextdoor Class B common stock) and other equity securities of KVSB that are held by the parties thereto from time to time.
At the Closing, the Bylaws of KVSB will provide that Nextdoor equityholders (the “Nextdoor Holders”) pursuant to the Merger Agreement will be subject to certain restrictions on transfer with respect to shares of New Nextdoor Class A common stock and New Nextdoor Class B common stock held by the Nextdoor Holders immediately following the Closing (other than shares purchased in the public market or in the PIPE Investment) and the shares of New Nextdoor Class B common stock issuable upon settlement or exercise of restricted stock units, stock options or other equity awards outstanding as of immediately following the Closing in respect of awards of Nextdoor outstanding immediately prior to the Closing (the “Nextdoor Holders Lock-up Shares”). Such restrictions begin at the Closing and end on the date that is 180 days after the Closing, subject to certain customary exceptions, including if, after Closing, KVSB completes a transaction that results in a change of control, the Nextdoor Holders Lock-up Shares will be released from restriction immediately prior to such change of control.
The Sponsor Holders Lock-Up Agreement contains certain restrictions on transfer with respect to shares of New Nextdoor Class A common stock and New Nextdoor Class B common stock held by the Sponsor Holders immediately following the Closing (other than shares purchased in the public market, shares purchased in the PIPE Investment or shares purchased pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement) (the “Sponsor Holders Lock-up Shares”). Such restrictions begin at the Closing and end on the date that is one year after the Closing, subject to certain customary exceptions, including if, after Closing, KVSB completes a transaction that results in a change of control, the Sponsor Holders Lock-up Shares are released from restriction immediately prior to such change of control.
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Stockholder Support Agreement and the Sponsor Holders Lock-Up Agreement, and the transactions and documents contemplated thereby, is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, the form of Subscription Agreement, the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Stockholder Support Agreement and the Sponsor Holders Lock-Up Agreement, copies of which are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 2.1, Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2, Exhibit 10.3 and Exhibit 10.4, respectively, and the terms of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The Merger Agreement, the form of Subscription Agreement, the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Stockholder Support Agreement and the Sponsor Holders Lock-Up Agreement have been included to provide investors with information regarding their respective terms. They are not intended to provide any other factual information about KVSB or its affiliates. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in the Merger Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Stockholder Support Agreement, the Sponsor Holders Lock-Up Agreement and the other documents related thereto were made only for purposes of the Merger Agreement as of the specific dates therein, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Merger Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Stockholder Support Agreement and the Sponsor Holders Lock-Up Agreement, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Merger Agreement, the