Exhibit 4.9
AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of the [•], 2022, by and among Pagaya Technologies Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the State of Israel (the “Company”), SPAC (as defined below), the majority-in-interest of the Existing Company Holders (as defined below), and the securityholders hereto who have executed a signature page or Joinder Agreement (as defined below) to this Agreement (together with the Existing Company Holders, the “Shareholders”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Wilson Boulevard LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), and EJF Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“SPAC”), are parties to that certain Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2021, as amended (the “Previous Sponsor Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Company and the Existing Company Holders are parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2021 (the “Previous Company Agreement”);
WHEREAS, certain investors (such investors, collectively, the “PIPE Investors”) have agreed to purchase Ordinary Shares (as defined below) (the “PIPE Shares”) in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act (as defined below) and have certain registration rights pursuant to the respective subscription agreements, each dated as of September 15, 2021, entered into by and between the Company and each of the PIPE Investors (each, a “Subscription Agreement” and, collectively, the “Subscription Agreements”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.6 of the Previous Company Agreement, any term thereof may be amended with the written consent of the Company and the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities (as defined therein) then outstanding;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6.8 of the Previous Sponsor Agreement, the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth therein may be amended or modified upon the written consent of SPAC and the Sponsor; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the transactions (the “Business Combination”) contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 15, 2021 by and among the Company, Rigel Merger Sub Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and SPAC (the “Merger Agreement”), (x) each of SPAC and the Sponsor desires to amend and restate the Previous Sponsor Agreement, (y) each of the Company and a majority-in-interest of the Existing Company Holders desires to amend and restate the Previous Company Agreement and (z) each of the applicable parties hereto desire that, effective upon the Closing, the Company shall grant the Shareholders certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of the Company and the Shareholders shall be subject to the restrictions, each as set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:
1.1 “Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, after consultation with counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, declared effective or used, as the case may be, and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.
1.2 “Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the preamble.
1.3 “Block Trade” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.4.1.