Exhibit 10.3
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 19, 2022, is made and entered into by and among, (i) Comera Life Sciences Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), (ii) OTR Acquisition Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”); (iii) certain holders of securities of OTR Acquisition Corp. designated as Sponsor Equityholders on Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Sponsor Equityholders”); and (iv) the equityholders designated as Comera Equityholders on Schedule B hereto (collectively, the “Comera Equityholders” and, together with the Sponsor, Sponsor Equityholders and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement, the “Holders” and each individually a “Holder”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, OTR Acquisition Corp. (“OTR”) and Sponsor are parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of November 17, 2020 (the “OTR Prior Agreement”) pursuant to which the Sponsor and its permitted transferee have certain registration rights with respect to its shares of OTR common stock;
WHEREAS, Comera Life Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Comera”) and certain Comera Equityholders are party to that certain Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement dated as of May 26, 2021 (the “Comera Prior Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Comera Equityholders have certain registration rights with respect to their shares of Comera common stock;
WHEREAS, OTR, the Company, CLS Sub Merger 1 Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Mergers Sub 1”), CLS Sub Merger 2 Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Mergers Sub 2”) and Comera, are party to that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of January __, 2022 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which, Mergers Sub 1 will merge (the “Company Mergers”) with and into Comera with Comera surviving the Mergers as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and Mergers Sub 2 will merge with and into OTR with OTR surviving the Mergers as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “SPAC Mergers” and together with the Company Mergers, the “Mergers”);
WHEREAS, the Comera Equityholders are receiving shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”) on or about the date hereof, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Shares”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, the 2,611,838 outstanding shares of the Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of OTR held by the Sponsor ( the “Founder Shares”) will first be converted into an equal number of shares Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of OTR and, at the effective time of the merger with Mergers Sub 2, will be converted into an equal number of shares of Company Common Stock (the “Converted Founder Shares”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5.5 of the OTR Prior Agreement, the provisions, covenants or conditions set forth therein may be amended or modified upon the written consent of the Company and the Holders, and Sponsor is the sole Holder under the OTR Prior Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6.6 of the Comera Prior Agreement, the Comera Prior Agreement may be amended with the written consent of Comera and the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Comera Prior Agreement, the “Comera Registrable Securities”) then outstanding, and the Comera Equityholders hold in the aggregate at least a majority in interest of the Comera Registrable Securities as of the date hereof; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the Mergers, the parties to the Prior Agreements desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreements in their entirety as set forth herein, and the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement pursuant to which the Company shall grant certain Holders certain registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as defined below) on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;
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