Additionally, in connection with the Business Combination, the Issuer issued 725,000 RSUs to JDIL, which vest upon the occurrence of: (a) the first trading day on which the volume weighted average price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share for any 20 trading days within a period of 30 consecutive trading days or (b) a Change of Control in which the valuation of the Company’s Class A Common Stock is equal to or in excess of $12.50 per share, in each case during the five-year period following the closing of the Business Combination. The terms of the RSUs are more fully described in Item 6 incorporated by reference herein.
Additionally, in connection with the Business Combination, JDIL entered in a warrant transfer agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, with BGPT Trebia, LP (the “BGPT Sponsor”), pursuant to which JDIL acquired 500,000 Warrants covering 500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $750,000, at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Warrants by their terms become exercisable (including by cash settlement) 30 days following the Closing Date, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions. The terms of the Warrants are more fully described in Item 6 incorporated by reference herein.
The funds used by JDIL to acquire the Warrants were obtained from working capital.
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction |
The information regarding the Business Combination set forth in Item 3 above is incorporated into this Item 4 by reference. All of the securities beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons, as reported in this Schedule 13D, were received in connection with the Business Combination.
J&A intends to transfer all of its shares of Class A Common Stock to the shareholders of J&A. In connection with such transfer, JDIL, the controlling shareholder of J&A, will receive 19,508,187 shares of Class A Common Stock. Following such transfer, (a) J&A will no longer beneficially own any shares of Class A Common Stock, and (b) JDIL will beneficially own (shared voting and dispositive power) 20,733,187 shares of Class A Common Stock, and Christopher Phillips will indirectly beneficially own (shared voting and dispositive power) 20,733,187 shares of Class A Common Stock based on his control of JDIL, and the Reporting Persons’ aggregate beneficial ownership percentage will be approximately 25.0% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (based on 81,696,614 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of January 27, 2022, plus 725,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the vesting of 725,000 RSUs held by JDIL and 500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of 500,000 Warrants held by JDIL).
Further, subject to applicable legal requirements, one or more of the Reporting Persons may purchase additional securities of the Issuer from time to time in open market or private transactions, depending on their evaluation of the Issuer’s business, prospects and financial condition, the market for the Issuer’s securities, other developments concerning the Issuer, the reaction of the Issuer to the Reporting Persons’ ownership of the Issuer’s securities, other opportunities available to the Reporting Persons, and general economic, money market and stock market conditions. In addition, depending upon the factors referred to above, the Reporting Persons may dispose of all or a portion of their securities of the Issuer at any time. Each of the Reporting Persons reserves the right to increase or decrease its holdings on such terms and at such times as each may decide.
Other than as described above in this Item 4, none of the Reporting Persons have any plan or proposal relating to or that would result in: (a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Issuer or the disposition of securities of the Issuer; (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (d) any change in the present Board or management of the Issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or terms of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the Board; (e) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer; (f) any other material change in the Issuer’s business or corporate structure; (g) any changes in the Issuer’s charter, by-laws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person; (h) a class of securities of the Issuer being delisted from a national securities exchange or ceasing to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association; (i) a class of equity securities of the Issuer becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act; or (j) any action similar to those enumerated above.
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