Exhibit 4.5
CONCORD ACQUISITION CORP III
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
As of the date of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Report”) of Concord Acquisition Corp III, a Delaware corporation (“we,” “us,” “our” or “the company”), of which this exhibit forms a part, the Company had the following three classes of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”): (i) its units, consisting of one share of Class A common stock (as defined below) and one-half of one redeemable warrant (as defined below), with each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock (the “units”), (ii) its Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Class A common stock”), and (iii) its public warrants, with each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock for $11.50 per share (the “warrants”). Defined terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Report.
Pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter”), our authorized capital stock consists of 220,000,000 shares of common stock, including 200,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value and 20,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value (“Class B common stock”), and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value. The following description summarizes the material terms of our capital stock and does not purport to be complete. It is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Charter, our by-laws and our warrant agreement, each of which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Report.
Units
Each unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of our Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described in the warrant agreement. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, a warrant holder may exercise its warrants only for a whole number of shares of Class A common stock.
Class A Common Stock
Common stockholders of record are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by stockholders; provided that prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B common stock have the right to vote on the election of directors and holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B common stock may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason. On any other matter submitted to a vote of our stockholders, holders of our Class B common stock and holders of our Class A common stock will vote together as a single class, except as required by applicable law or stock exchange rule. These provisions of the Charter may only be amended if approved by at least 90% of our common stock voting at a stockholder meeting. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors, with the result that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voted for the election of directors can elect all of the directors. Our stockholders are entitled to receive ratable dividends when, as and if declared by the board of directors out of funds legally available therefor.
We will provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of our initial business combination at a per-share price which is payable in cash and equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest not previously released to us to pay our taxes (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described in the Report. The amount in the trust account is initially anticipated to be approximately $10.20 per public share. Our sponsors, executive officers, directors and director nominees have entered into letter agreements with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares, private shares and public shares in connection with the completion of our business combination or any amendment to the provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation relating to our pre-initial business combination activity and related stockholders’ rights.
If we seek stockholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if a majority of the shares of common stock voting at a stockholder meeting are voted in favor of the business combination. If we seek stockholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in our initial public offering. However, we would not be restricting our stockholders’ ability to vote all of their shares for or against our business combination.