Exhibit 99.1
Execution Version
VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
THIS VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into as of July 15, 2021, by and among Learning Technologies Group plc, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales (“Parent”), Learning Technologies Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“US Holdco”), Gravity Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of US Holdco (“Merger Sub”) and the individual or entity whose name appears in the signature block to this Agreement (the “Stockholder”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, in connection with and concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, GP Strategies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Parent, US Holdco and Merger Sub are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”) will be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration as specified in the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Stockholder is the Beneficial Owner (as defined herein) of such Stockholder’s Existing Shares (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Parent entering into the Merger Agreement, Parent has required that the Stockholder enter into this Agreement and abide by the covenants and obligations contained herein with respect to such Stockholder’s Covered Shares (as defined herein); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has adopted the Merger Agreement and approved the transactions contemplated thereby, understanding that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Stockholder, together with the voting and support agreements concurrently entered into by certain other stockholders of the Company (collectively, the “Covered Stockholders”), is a material inducement and condition to Parent’s willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, Parent, US Holdco, Merger Sub and the Stockholder, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
GENERAL
1.1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement. The following capitalized terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:
“Affiliate” when used with respect to any Person, means any other Person who is an “affiliate” of that first Person within the meaning of Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act; provided however in no event shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or “controlled” Affiliates or any Excluded Person be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Stockholder.