Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
The securities reported in the Original Schedule 13D as being beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons were issued or otherwise acquired in connection with the completion of the business combination (the “Business Combination”) on January 27, 2022 (the “Closing Date”) as contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2021, as amended on November 30, 2021, January 10, 2022 and January 25, 2022, by and among Trebia Acquisition Corp. (“Trebia”), S1 Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“S1 Holdco”), System1 SS Protect Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Protected” and, together with S1 Holdco, the “Companies” or “Old System1”), and the other parties signatory thereto (as it may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”).
Prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement: (a) each of Just Develop It Limited and the other shareholders (the “Minority Stockholders” and, together with JDIL, the “Exchanging UK Holders”) of Protected.net Group Limited (“Protected UK”) exchanged all of their shares of Protected UK for shares of common stock of Protected (the “Protected UK Share Exchange”); and (b) following the Protected UK Share Exchange, the Exchanging UK Holders (other than Lone Star Friends Trust) contributed all of the shares of common stock of Protected received by the Exchanging UK Holders pursuant to the Protected UK Share Exchange to J&A in exchange for ordinary shares of J&A (the “J&A Exchange”).
Upon the consummation of the merger of Protected with and into Orchid Merger Sub I, Inc. at the closing of the transactions contemplated in the Business Combination Agreement, J&A received, in respect of the cancellation of 6,832,811 shares of common stock of Protected held by J&A, $105,266,634 in cash and 28,650,499 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer.
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.
Events that occurred following the filing of the Original Schedule 13D
On March 17, 2022, the RSUs for 725,000 shares vested based on the volume weighted average price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock equaling or exceeding $12.50 per share for any 20 trading days within the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending March 17, 2022 and on April 19, 2022 JDIL was issued 725,000 shares of Class A Common Stock in full settlement of the RSUs.
On April 19, 2022 JDIL exercised 500,000 Warrants, which had an exercise price of $11.50 per warrant. The Warrant exercise was net share settled pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, with 285,459 shares of Class A Common Stock withheld in payment of the exercise price, and 214,541 shares of Class A Common Stock issued to JDIL in net settlement of the Warrants.
On April 20, 2022, J&A, which held 28,650,499 shares of Class A Common Stock, distributed all such shares of Class A Common Stock to its stockholders pro rata in accordance with their ownership interests in J&A, for no consideration. As a result of the distribution, J&A does not hold any shares of the Issuer. JDIL, as controlling entity of J&A, was deemed to indirectly beneficially own all of the shares held by J&A. As a result of the distribution by J&A, JDIL directly received 19,508,187 shares of Class A Common Stock representing its pecuniary interest in the securities held by J&A that it formerly held indirectly.