Exhibit 4.8
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 17, 2021, is made and entered into by and among Ermenegildo Zegna N.V., a Dutch public limited liability company (naamloze vennootschap) (the “Company”), Investindustrial Acquisition Corp. L.P., a limited partnership incorporated in England and Wales (the “IIAC Sponsor”), the shareholders designated as Zegna Holders on Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Zegna Holders”), and the shareholders designated as IIAC Holders on Schedule B hereto (collectively, the “IIAC Holders”, and together with the Zegna Holders and any Person who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Agreement, the “Holders” and each individually a “Holder”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below).
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WHEREAS, the Company, Investindustrial Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“IIAC”), and EZ Cayman, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Zegna Merger Sub”) have entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2021 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which, at the Effective Time, Zegna Merger Sub merged with and into IIAC (the “IIAC Merger”), with IIAC continuing as the surviving corporation and becoming a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
WHEREAS, following the consummation of the Transactions, the Zegna Holders will own in the aggregate 155,820,000 ordinary shares, nominal value €0.02 per share, of the Company (“Company Ordinary Shares”);
WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, immediately prior to the Effective Time, Strategic Holding Group S.à r.l., an affiliate of the IIAC Sponsor (the “FPA Purchaser”), subscribed for and purchased 22,500,000 IIAC Class A Shares (the “Forward Purchase Shares”), pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 18, 2020, by and between IIAC and the FPA Purchaser, as amended on July 26, 2021 in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement;
WHEREAS, prior to the consummation of the Transactions, the IIAC Class B Shares (the “Founder Shares”) and warrants to purchase IIAC Class A Shares held by the IIAC Sponsor were distributed to the members of the IIAC Sponsor (the “IIAC Sponsor Distribution”);
WHEREAS, prior to the consummation of the Transactions and following the IIAC Sponsor Distribution, the FPA Purchaser, Mr. Sergio Ermotti, Mr. Dante Roscini, Ms. Tensie Whelan, Audeo Advisors Limited and Mr. Jose Joaquin Guell Ampuero owned, in the aggregate, (i) 10,062,500 IIAC Class B Shares and (ii) 6,700,000 warrants to purchase IIAC Class A Shares (the “Sponsor Warrants”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the Transactions, the Founder Shares and Forward Purchase Shares were exchanged for a corresponding number of Company Ordinary Shares;