Exhibit 10.28
Execution Version
PRIVATE PLACEMENT WARRANTS TENDER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This PRIVATE PLACEMENT WARRANT TENDER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 12, 2023, is entered into by and among TH International Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”) and each of the persons listed on Schedule A hereto (each, a “Private Warrant Holder” and, together with the holders of the Public Warrants (as defined below), the “Warrant Holders,” and each, a “Warrant Holder”).
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each Private Warrant Holder is the beneficial owner of warrants issued in a private placement in connection with the closing of the initial public offering (the “IPO”) of Silver Crest Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company which merged into the Company (“Silver Crest”) that have not become public warrants as a result of being transferred to any person other than permitted transferees (the “Private Placement Warrants” and, together with the Public Warrants, the “Warrants”), in each case governed by the Assignment, Assumption and Amended & Restated Warrant Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2022 (the “Warrant Agreement”), by and among Silver Crest Acquisition Corporation, TH International Limited and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”);
WHEREAS, on September 28, 2022, the Company consummated the business combination with Silver Crest;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the warrants sold as part of the units in the IPO (whether they were purchased in the IPO or thereafter in the open market) (the “Public Warrants”) are listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “THCHW” and there are a total of 17,250,000 Public Warrants and 5,650,000 Private Placement Warrants outstanding (including, for avoidance of doubt, 4,450,000 warrants held by affiliates of the Sponsor of Silver Crest and 1,200,000 warrants held by investors in the PIPE);
WHEREAS, each whole Warrant entitles its holder to purchase one of the ordinary shares, par value $0.00000939586994067732 per share, of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”) for a purchase price of $11.50, subject to certain adjustments;
WHEREAS, the Company is initiating an exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-4 to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (as may be amended and supplemented, the “Registration Statement”) to offer all Warrant Holders the opportunity to exchange their Warrants for Ordinary Shares, at an exchange ratio and subject to other terms and conditions to be disclosed in the Registration Statement;
WHEREAS, concurrent with the Exchange Offer and as part of the Registration Statement, the Company is initiating a consent solicitation (the “Solicitation”) to solicit the consent of the holders of the Warrants to amend (the “Warrant Amendment”), effective upon the completion of the Exchange Offer, the terms of the Warrant Agreement to permit the Company to require that each Warrant that is outstanding upon the closing of the Exchange Offer be converted into a number of Ordinary Shares at an exchange ratio of 10.0% less than the exchange ratio