Pursuant to the terms of the Forward Purchase Agreement, Seller purchased 702,255 (the “Purchased Amount”) Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Vahanna (“Vahanna Shares”) concurrently with the Closing pursuant to Seller’s FPA Funding Amount PIPE Subscription Agreement (as defined below), and Seller separately purchased 4,297,745 Vahanna Shares from third parties through a broker in the open market (“Recycled Shares”). Seller was required to purchase at least 3,500,000 Recycled Shares. Neither MSC, MCP nor MSTO was, individually, required to purchase an amount of Vahanna Shares such that, following such purchase, such party’s ownership would exceed 9.9% of the total Vahanna Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such purchase, unless MSC, MCP or MSTO, in its sole discretion, agreed to waive such 9.9% ownership limitation.
The Forward Purchase Agreement provided for a prepayment shortfall in an amount in U.S. dollars equal to 0.50% of the product of (i) the Recycled Shares multiplied by (ii) the Initial Price (the “Prepayment Shortfall”) on the Prepayment Date (which amount shall be netted from the Prepayment Amount). Seller, in its sole discretion, may sell Recycled Shares commencing on the 180th day following the Trade Date and at any sales price, without payment by Seller of any Early Termination Obligation until such time as the proceeds from such sales equal 100% of the Prepayment Shortfall (such sales, “Shortfall Sales,” and such Shares, “Shortfall Sale Shares”). A sale of Shares is only (a) a “Shortfall Sale,” subject to the terms and conditions herein applicable to Shortfall Sale Shares, when a Shortfall Sale Notice is delivered under the Forward Purchase Agreement, and (b) an Optional Early Termination, subject to the terms and conditions of the Forward Purchase Agreement applicable to Terminated Shares, when an OET Notice is delivered under the Forward Purchase Agreement, in each case with the delivery of such notice being in the sole discretion of Seller (as further described in the “Optional Early Termination” and “Shortfall Sales” sections in the Forward Purchase Agreement).
The Forward Purchase Agreement provided that Seller would be paid directly an aggregate cash amount (the “Prepayment Amount”) equal to (a) the sum of (i) the number of Recycled Shares multiplied by the redemption price per share as defined in Section 48.5 of Vahanna’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, effective as of August 22, 2023, as may be amended from time to time (the “Initial Price”), plus (ii) the number of Additional Shares multiplied by the purchase price of $10.00 per share, less (b) the Prepayment Shortfall.
On September 20, 2023, the Counterparty paid Sellers the Prepayment Amount required under the Forward Purchase Agreement directly from the Counterparty’s Trust Account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company holding the net proceeds of the sale of the units in the Counterparty’s initial public offering and the sale of private placement warrants (the “Trust Account”); except that to the extent that the Prepayment Amount is to be paid from the purchase of Additional Shares by Seller, such amount was netted against such proceeds, with Seller being able to reduce the purchase price for the Additional Shares by the Prepayment Amount. For the avoidance of doubt, any Additional Shares purchased by Seller are included in the Number of Shares under the Forward Purchase Agreement for all purposes, including for determining the Prepayment Amount.
Following the Closing, the reset price (the “Reset Price”) was initially set at the Initial Price. The Reset Price will be subject to reduction upon a Dilutive Offering Reset immediately upon the occurrence of such Dilutive Offering.
From time to time and on any date following the Trade Date (any such date, an “OET Date”) and subject to the terms and conditions in the Forward Purchase Agreement, Seller may, in its absolute discretion, terminate the Transaction in whole or in part by providing written notice to the Counterparty (the “OET Notice”), by the later of (a) the fifth Local Business Day following the OET Date and (b) the next Payment Date following the OET Date (which shall specify the quantity by which the Number of Shares shall be reduced (such quantity, the “Terminated Shares”)). The effect of an OET Notice shall be to reduce the Number of Shares by the number of Terminated Shares specified in such OET Notice with effect as of the related OET Date. As of each OET Date, the Counterparty shall be entitled to an amount from Seller, and Seller shall pay to the Counterparty an amount, equal to the product of (x) the number of Terminated Shares and (y) the Reset Price in respect of such OET Date. The payment date may be changed within a quarter upon the mutual agreement of the parties.
The Valuation Date will be the earliest to occur of (a) the date that is eighteen (18) months after the date of the Closing Date pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (b) the date specified by Seller in a written notice to be delivered to Counterparty at Seller’s discretion (which Valuation Date shall not be earlier than the day such notice is effective) after the occurrence of any of (v) a Shortfall Variance Registration Failure, (w) a VWAP Trigger Event, (x) a