SC 13D

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. ___)*

 

 

ZeroFox Holdings, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

98955G 103

(CUSIP Number)

James C. Foster

c/o ZeroFox Holdings, Inc.

1834 S. Charles St.

Baltimore, MD 21230

885-936-9369

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

August 3, 2022

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.  ☐

 

*

The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 


CUSIP No. 98955G 103

 

  1    

  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

  James C. Foster

  2  

  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

  (a)  ☒        (b)  ☐

 

  3  

  SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

  SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

  OO

  5  

  CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  ☐

  6  

  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

  United States of America

NUMBER OF

SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY 

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH:

 

     7     

  SOLE VOTING POWER

 

  8,649,995

     8   

  SHARED VOTING POWER

 

  0

     9   

  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

  8,649,995

   10   

  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

  0

11    

  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

  8,649,995

12  

  CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (see instructions)

 

  ☐

13  

  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

  7.3%

14  

  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

  IN

 

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CUSIP No. 98955G 103

 

  1    

  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

  Wolf Acquisitions, L.P.

  2  

  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

  (a)  ☒        (b)  ☐

 

  3  

  SEC USE ONLY

 

  4  

  SOURCE OF FUNDS (see instructions)

 

  WC, OO

  5  

  CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  ☐

  6  

  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

  Delaware

NUMBER OF

SHARES

 BENEFICIALLY 

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH:

 

     7     

  SOLE VOTING POWER

 

  127,591

     8   

  SHARED VOTING POWER

 

  0

     9   

  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

  127,591

   10   

  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

  0

11    

  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

  127,591

12  

  CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (see instructions)

 

  ☐

13  

  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

  0.1%

14  

  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

  PN

 

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Item 1.

Security and Issuer.

This statement on Schedule 13D (the “Statement”) relates to the shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of ZeroFox Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is 1834 S. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21230.

 

Item 2.

Identity and Background.

(a) This Statement is filed jointly by James C. Foster and Wolf Acquisitions, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Wolf,” and together with Mr. Foster, the “Reporting Persons”).

(b) The business address of each of the Reporting Persons is c/o ZeroFox Holdings, Inc., 1834 S. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21230.

(c) Mr. Foster is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer, an enterprise software-as-a-service external cybersecurity company. Wolf is a Delaware limited partnership and is a wholly-owned investment vehicle of Mr. Foster.

(d) During the last five years, neither of the Reporting Persons has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).

(e) During the last five years, neither of the Reporting Persons has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree, or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

(f) Mr. Foster is a citizen of the United States of America.

 

Item 3.

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

Mr. Foster acquired 8,522,404 shares of Common Stock and Wolf acquired 60,475 shares of Common Stock in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination (as defined in Item 4 below). In addition, substantially concurrent with the consummation of the Business Combination, Wolf purchased 67,116 shares of Common Stock at a purchase price of $10 per share as part of the Common Equity PIPE Financing (as defined in Item 6 below). The aggregate purchase price of $671,160 was funded by offset against the principal amount of a certain PIK Promissory Note that was due upon the closing of the Business Combination.

 

Item 4.

Purpose of Transaction.

On August 3, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), the Issuer consummated the previously announced business combination pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among L&F Acquisition Corp. (“L&F”), L&F Acquisition Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F (“L&F Holdings”), ZF Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings (“ZF Merger Sub”), IDX Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings (“IDX Merger Sub”), IDX Forward Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings (“IDX Forward Merger Sub”), ZeroFox, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ZeroFox”), and ID Experts Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“IDX”).

On the Closing Date, as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, L&F filed an application of deregistration with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies, together with the necessary accompanying documents, and filed a certificate of incorporation and a certificate of corporate domestication with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, under which L&F was domesticated and continues as a Delaware corporation, changing its name to “ZeroFox Holdings, Inc.” (the “Domestication”). Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, following the Domestication, the Issuer consummated the merger transactions contemplated by the

 

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Business Combination Agreement, whereby (i) ZF Merger Sub merged with and into ZeroFox (the “ZF Merger”), with ZeroFox being the surviving company in the ZF Merger and continuing (immediately following the ZF Merger) as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings (the time that the ZF Merger became effective being referred to as the “ZF Effective Time”), (ii) immediately following the ZF Merger, IDX Merger Sub merged with and into IDX (the “IDX Merger”), with IDX being the surviving company in the IDX Merger (referred to herein as “Transitional IDX Entity”) and continuing (immediately following the IDX Merger) as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings (the time that the IDX Merger became effective being referred to as the “IDX Effective Time”), and (iii) immediately following the IDX Merger, Transitional IDX Entity merged with and into IDX Forward Merger Sub (the “IDX Forward Merger,” and together with the ZF Merger and IDX Merger, the “Mergers” and collectively with the Domestication, the “Business Combination”), with IDX Forward Merger Sub being the surviving company in the IDX Forward Merger and continuing (immediately following the IDX Forward Merger) as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings.

As a result of the Mergers, among other things, (i) at the ZF Effective Time, all shares of ZeroFox common stock (including shares of ZeroFox restricted stock) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the ZF Effective Time converted into an aggregate of 82,030,308 shares of Common Stock, (ii) at the IDX Effective Time, all shares of IDX capital stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the IDX Effective Time converted into an aggregate of 27,849,942 shares of Common Stock, (iii) options to purchase shares of ZeroFox common stock and IDX common stock were assumed by the Issuer and converted into comparable options to purchase shares of Common Stock based upon the respective exchange ratios applicable to the conversions of the shares of ZeroFox common stock and IDX capital stock, (iv) warrants to purchase shares of ZeroFox common stock were assumed by the Issuer and converted into comparable warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock based upon the exchange ratio applicable to the conversion of the shares of ZeroFox common stock, and (v) holders of IDX capital stock received aggregate cash consideration of approximately $49.4 million.

Also, upon the consummation of the Business Combination, Mr. Foster was appointed to serve as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer. In such capacity, Mr. Foster may have influence over the corporate activities of the Issuer, including actions or events described in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. Subject to the Issuer’s Insider Trading Policy, Mr. Foster directly, and indirectly through Wolf, may from time to time buy or sell securities of the Issuer as appropriate for his personal circumstances based on, among other things, market conditions and the availability of other investment opportunities. In addition, in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Foster may receive equity incentive awards for which he qualifies, including, but not limited to, awards of Common Stock, options to purchase shares of Common Stock, and restricted stock units for Common Stock. Subject to the foregoing, the Reporting Persons do not have any present plans or proposals that relate to or would result in any of the actions or events described in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.

 

Item 5.

Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

(a) Mr. Foster beneficially owns 8,649,995 shares of Common Stock, which includes 127,591 shares of Common Stock held by Wolf, representing 7.3% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock as of August 8, 2022, based on 117,983,659 shares of Common Stock outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 9, 2022. Wolf beneficially owns 127,591 shares of Common Stock, representing 0.1% of such outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(b) Each of Mr. Foster and Wolf has sole power to vote or direct the vote, and sole power to dispose or direct the disposition, of all of the shares of Common Stock that he or it beneficially owns.

(c) Except as described in this Statement, the Reporting Persons have not engaged in any transactions in the Common Stock in the past sixty days.

(d) No other person is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons, except that Mr. Foster has such rights with respect to Wolf.

(e) Not applicable.

 

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Item 6.

Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the closing of the Business Combination Agreement, the Issuer, JAR Sponsor, LLC, certain prior directors of L&F, Jefferies LLC, and certain former stockholders of IDX and ZeroFox, including the Reporting Persons, entered into an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to which, among other things, the Issuer granted to the other parties customary registration rights with respect to shares of Common Stock, and certain former stockholders of IDX and ZeroFox, including the Reporting Persons, will be subject to a 180-day lock-up period following the closing, during which period such stockholders may not transfer their shares (subject to customary exceptions). The lock-up period described above will not apply to any shares acquired in the Common Equity PIPE Financing (as defined below).

Common Equity PIPE Financing

Pursuant to subscription agreements (the “Common Equity Subscription Agreements”) entered into on December 17, 2021, by and among L&F and certain investors (collectively, the “PIPE Investors”), the Issuer issued and sold to the PIPE Investors (substantially concurrently with the consummation of the Mergers) an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of $20 million (the “Common Equity PIPE Financing”). Pursuant to the Common Equity Subscription Agreements, the Issuer has agreed to register the resale of the shares of Common Stock purchased in the Common Equity PIPE Financing and provide other customary registration rights. Wolf entered into a Common Equity Subscription Agreement to purchase 67,116 shares of Common Stock.

Redline Letter Agreement

On December 7, 2021, ZeroFox entered into a letter agreement with Redline Capital Fund Universal Investments, a sub-fund of Redline Capital Fund, FCP-FIS (“Redline Capital”), pursuant to which Redline Capital and its affiliates granted to the Issuer’s chief executive officer (currently Mr. Foster) an irrevocable proxy to vote all of their shares of Common Stock, which shall be voted proportionally to the overall votes cast by other stockholders of the Issuer on proposals or resolutions voted on by the Issuer’s stockholders.

 

Item 7.

Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 1:    Joint Filing Agreement.
Exhibit 2:    Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2021, by and among L&F Acquisition Corp., L&F Acquisition Holdings, LLC, ZF Merger Sub, Inc., IDX Merger Sub, Inc., IDX Forward Merger Sub, LLC, ZeroFox, Inc., and ID Experts Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Annex A of the definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus (File No. 333-262570) of L&F Acquisition Corp. filed with the SEC on July 14, 2022).
Exhibit 3:    Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2022, by and among ZeroFox Holdings, Inc. and the Stockholders Party Thereto (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Issuer’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-39722) filed with the SEC on August 9, 2022).
Exhibit 4:    Subscription Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2021, between L&F Acquisition Corp. and Wolf Acquisitions, L.P.

 

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Exhibit 5:    Letter Agreement, dated December 7, 2021, by and between ZeroFox, Inc. and Redline Capital Management S.A. acting on behalf and for the account of Redline Capital Fund Universal Instruments, a sub-fund of Redline Capital Fund, FCP-FIS (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-262570), Amendment No. 1, of L&F Acquisition Corp. filed with the SEC on April 8, 2022).

 

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SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: August 12, 2022

 

/s/ James C. Foster

  James C. Foster
Wolf Acquisitions, L.P.
By:  

/s/ James C. Foster

Name:   James C. Foster
Title:   Managing Member

 

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Exhibit 1

Exhibit 1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1)(iii) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of ZeroFox Holdings, Inc. This Joint Filing Agreement shall be filed as an Exhibit to such Statement.

Date: August 12, 2022

 

/s/ James C. Foster

            James C. Foster
Wolf Acquisitions, L.P.
By:  

/s/ James C. Foster

Name:   James C. Foster
Title:   Managing Member
Exhibit 4

Exhibit 4

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

L&F Acquisition Corp.

150 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 5200

Chicago, Illinois

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This Subscription Agreement (this “Subscription Agreement”) is being entered into as of the date set forth on the signature page hereto, by and between L&F Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company, which shall be domesticated as a Delaware corporation prior to the closing of the Transaction (as defined herein) (“SPAC”), and the undersigned investor (the “Investor”), in connection with the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among SPAC, L&F Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of SPAC (“L&F Holdings”), ZF Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings (“ZF Merger Sub”), IDX Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings (“IDX Merger Sub”), IDX Forward Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings (“IDX Forward Merger Sub,” and together with ZF Merger Sub and IDX Forward Merger Sub, the “Merger Subs”), ZeroFOX, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ZF”), and ID Experts Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“IDX,” and together with ZF, the “Company Parties”), pursuant to which, among other things, (i) ZF Merger Sub shall be merged with and into ZF (the “ZF Merger”), with ZF being the surviving entity in the ZF Merger and continuing (immediately following the ZF Merger) as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings, (ii) IDX Merger Sub shall be merged with and into IDX (the “IDX Merger”), with IDX being the surviving entity in the IDX Merger and continuing (immediately following the IDX Merger) as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings (“Transitional IDX Entity”), and (iii) Transitional IDX Entity shall be merged with and into IDX Forward Merger Sub (the “IDX Forward Merger,” and together with the ZF Merger and IDX Merger, the “Mergers”), with IDX Forward Merger Sub being the surviving entity in the IDX Forward Merger and continuing (immediately following the IDX Forward Merger) as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of L&F Holdings (the “Surviving IDX Entity”) and, after giving effect to such Mergers, the Company Parties will become direct subsidiaries of L&F Holdings and indirect subsidiaries of SPAC, on the terms and subject to the conditions therein (the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, including the Mergers, the “Transaction”). In connection with the Transaction, SPAC is seeking commitments from interested investors to purchase, following the consummation of the Domestication (as defined below) and substantially concurrent with the closing of the Transaction, shares of SPAC’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), in a private placement for a purchase price of $10.00 per share (the “Per Share Purchase Price”). On or about the date of this Subscription Agreement, SPAC is entering into subscription agreements (the “Other Subscription Agreements,” and together with the Subscription Agreement, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain other investors (the “Other Investors,” and together with the Investor, the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Investors have agreed to purchase on the closing date of the Transaction, inclusive of the Shares subscribed for by the Investor, an aggregate amount of up to 2,000,000 Shares, at the Per Share Purchase Price. The aggregate purchase price to be paid by the Investor for the subscribed Shares (as set forth on the signature page hereto) is referred to herein as the “Subscription Amount.”

Prior to the closing of the Transaction (and as more fully described in the Business Combination Agreement), SPAC will domesticate as a Delaware corporation in accordance with Section 388 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and de-register as a Cayman Islands exempted company in accordance with Part XII of the Cayman Islands Companies Act (As Revised) (the “Domestication”).

In connection therewith, and in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, each of the Investor and SPAC acknowledges and agrees as follows:

 

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1. Subscription. The Investor hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase from SPAC the number of Shares set forth on the signature page of this Subscription Agreement (the “Subject Shares”) on the terms and subject to the conditions provided for herein. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that SPAC reserves the right to accept or reject the Investor’s subscription for the Subject Shares for any reason or for no reason, in whole or in part, at any time prior to its acceptance, and the same shall be deemed to be accepted by SPAC only when this Subscription Agreement is signed by a duly authorized person by or on behalf of SPAC; SPAC may do so in counterpart form. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that, as a result of the Domestication, the Subject Shares that will be purchased by the Investor and issued by SPAC pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be shares of common stock in a Delaware corporation (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, ordinary shares in a Cayman Islands exempted company).

2. Closing. The closing of the sale of the Subject Shares contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) is contingent upon the consummation of the Domestication and the substantially concurrent consummation of the Transaction. The Closing shall occur substantially concurrently with and be conditioned upon the effectiveness of, the Transaction. Upon delivery of written notice from (or on behalf of) SPAC to the Investor (the “Closing Notice”), that SPAC reasonably expects all conditions to the closing of the Transaction to be satisfied or waived on a date that is not less than five (5) business days from the date on which the Closing Notice is delivered to the Investor, the Investor shall deliver to SPAC, three (3) business days prior to the closing date specified in the Closing Notice (the “Closing Date”), (i) the Subscription Amount by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by SPAC in the Closing Notice; provided, that, each of the Investor and SPAC agree that, in accordance with the terms of the Investor’s PIK Promissory Note, dated on or about the date hereof, with ZF, as payor, (the “ZF PIK Note”), any amounts due and owing to Investor as of the Closing in satisfaction of ZF’s obligations for repayment of principal amounts (up to an amount equal to the Original Principal Amount (as defined in the ZF PIK Note)) under the Investor’s ZF PIK Note in connection with the consummation of the Transaction (the “Investor PIK Note Payment”) shall be deemed satisfied by the issuance of the Subject Shares hereunder and such issuance in connection with the deemed satisfaction of ZF’s obligations for repayment of the principal amount ZF PIK Note shall, up to the amount of the Investor PIK Note Payment, be in lieu of the Investor’s delivery of the Subscription Amount pursuant to this clause (i) and the Investor shall only be required to deliver the amount, if any, by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds pursuant to this clause (i) by which the Investor’s Subscription Amount exceeds the Investor PIK Note Payment and (ii) any other information that is reasonably requested in the Closing Notice in order for the Subject Shares to be issued to the Investor, including, without limitation, the legal name of the person in whose name such Subject Shares are to be issued and a duly executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or W-8, as applicable. On the Closing Date, the Subject Shares shall be issued to the Investor as set forth on the signature page to this Subscription Agreement and subsequently such Subject Shares shall be registered in book entry form in the name of the Investor on SPAC’s share register; provided, however, that the obligation to issue the Subject Shares to the Investor is contingent upon SPAC having received the Subscription Amount in full accordance with this Section 2. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, without any liability to either party hereto, if the SPAC notifies the Investor that the SPAC has abandoned its plans to move forward with the Transaction. If the Closing does not occur within three (3) business days following the Closing Date specified in the Closing Notice, SPAC shall promptly (but not later than one (1) business day thereafter) return the Subscription Amount in full to the Investor. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “business day” shall mean a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

3. Closing Conditions.

a. The obligation of the parties hereto to consummate the purchase and sale of the Subject Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver (if permitted by law) of the following conditions:

(i) no applicable governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is then in effect and has the effect of making the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise restraining or prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and

(ii) all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction contained in the Business Combination Agreement shall have been satisfied (as determined by the parties to the Business Combination Agreement and other than those conditions under the Business Combination Agreement which, by their nature, are to be fulfilled at the closing of the Transaction, including to the extent that any such condition is dependent upon the substantially concurrent consummation of the purchase and sale of the Subject Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement) or waived according to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement.

 

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b. The obligation of SPAC to consummate the issuance and sale of the Subject Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be subject to the conditions that (i) all representations and warranties of the Investor contained in this Subscription Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date, and consummation of the Closing shall constitute a reaffirmation by the Investor of each of the representations and warranties of the Investor contained in this Subscription Agreement as of the Closing Date; and (ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Investor required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed in all material respects.

c. The obligation of the Investor to consummate the purchase of the Subject Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement shall be subject to the conditions that (i) all representations and warranties of SPAC contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect (as defined herein), which representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date, and consummation of the Closing shall constitute a reaffirmation by SPAC of each of the representations and warranties of SPAC contained in this Subscription Agreement as of the Closing Date; and (ii) all obligations, covenants and agreements of SPAC required by the Subscription Agreement to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed in all material respects.

4. Further Assurances. At or prior to the Closing Date, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional documents and take such additional actions as may be practical and necessary in order to consummate the subscription as contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.

5. SPAC Representations and Warranties. SPAC represents and warrants to the Investor that:

a. SPAC is an exempted company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (to the extent such concept exists in such jurisdiction). SPAC has all power (corporate or otherwise) and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement. As of the Closing Date, following the Domestication, SPAC will be duly incorporated, validly existing as a corporation and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

b. As of the Closing Date, the Subject Shares will be duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Investor against full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, the Subject Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights created under SPAC’s certificate of incorporation (as adopted in connection with the Domestication) or under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

c. This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by SPAC and, assuming that this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Investor, this Subscription Agreement is enforceable against SPAC in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

d. The issuance and sale of the Subject Shares and the compliance by SPAC with all of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of SPAC or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which SPAC or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which SPAC or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of SPAC is subject that would reasonably be expected to materially affect the validity of the Subject Shares or the legal authority of SPAC to timely comply in all material respects with the terms of this Subscription Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”); (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of SPAC after giving effect to the Domestication; or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over SPAC or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially affect the validity of the Shares or the legal authority of SPAC to timely comply in all material respects with this Subscription Agreement.

 

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e. As of their respective dates, all reports (the “SEC Reports”) required to be filed by SPAC with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) have been filed, and SPAC has complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed or, if amended prior to the date of this Subscription Agreement, as of the date of such amendment with respect to those disclosures that are amended, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each Investor acknowledges that (i) the Staff of the SEC issued the Staff Statement on Accounting and Reporting Considerations for Warrants Issued by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies on April 12, 2021 (together with any subsequent guidance, statements or interpretations issued by the SEC or the Staff relating thereto or to other accounting matters related to initial public offering securities or expenses, the “Statement”), (ii) based on its review of the Statement, on May 28, 2021, SPAC filed Amendment No. 1 to its annual report on Form 10-K/A (the “Restatement”) to amend and restate its annual report on Form 10-K as of and for the period ended December 31, 2020, that it originally filed with the SEC on March 30, 2021 and (iii) any restatement, revision or other modification of the SEC Reports, including, without limitation, the Restatement, or any changes to historical accounting policies of SPAC in connection with any order, directive, guideline, comment or recommendation from the SEC that is applicable to SPAC, including, without limitation, arising from or relating to SPAC’s review of the Statement shall be deemed not material for purposes of this Subscription Agreement, including for purposes of Section 5(d), this Section 5(e), and Sections 6(e) and 6(g), below.

f. Other than the Other Subscription Agreements, the Business Combination Agreement, any other subscription agreement consistent with the same terms herein and any other agreement expressly contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or described in the SEC Reports, SPAC has not entered into any side letter or similar agreement with any investor in connection with such investor’s direct or indirect investment in SPAC (other than any side letter or similar agreement relating to the transfer to any investor of (i) securities of SPAC by existing securityholders of SPAC, which may be effectuated as a forfeiture to SPAC and reissuance, or (ii) securities to be issued to the direct or indirect securityholders of the Company Parties pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement). No Other Subscription Agreement includes terms and conditions that are materially more advantageous to any such Other Investor than Investor hereunder, and no Other Subscription Agreements have been amended in any material respect following the date of this Subscription Agreement.

g. Assuming the accuracy of the Investor’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Subject Shares by SPAC to the Investor hereunder. Neither the Subject Shares nor the Shares subject to the Other Subscription Agreements (i) were offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws.

h. Except for such matters as have not had and would not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on SPAC’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Subject Shares, as of the date hereof, there is no (i) suit, action, proceeding or arbitration before a governmental authority or arbitrator pending, or, to the knowledge of SPAC, threatened in writing against SPAC or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental authority or arbitrator outstanding against SPAC.

i. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investors, SPAC is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization (including NASDAQ or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Subject Shares)), other than (i) filings required by applicable state securities laws, (ii) those required by NASDAQ, including with respect to obtaining stockholder approval and (iii) the failure of which to obtain would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on SPAC’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance and sale of the Subject Shares.

 

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j. No broker or finder is entitled to any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission from SPAC solely in connection with the sale of the Subject Shares to the Investors.

6. Investor Representations and Warranties. The Investor represents and warrants to SPAC that:

a. The Investor, or each of the funds managed by or affiliated with the Investor for which the Investor is acting as nominee, as applicable, (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), a “qualified purchaser” (as defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act) or an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7), (8), (9), (12) or (13) of Regulation D under the Securities Act), in each case, satisfying the applicable requirements set forth on Schedule A hereto, (ii) is acquiring the Subject Shares only for his, her or its own account and not for the account of others, or if the Investor is subscribing for the Subject Shares as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, each owner of such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) and satisfies the applicable requirements set forth on Schedule A hereto, the Investor has full investment discretion with respect to each such account, and has the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account, and (iii) is not acquiring the Subject Shares with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any securities laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction. The Investor has completed Schedule A following the signature page hereto and the information contained therein is accurate and complete. The Investor is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Subject Shares, unless such newly formed entity is an entity in which all of the investors are institutional accredited investors, and is an “institutional account” as defined by FINRA Rule 4512(c). The Investor further acknowledges that it is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on a private placement exempt from registration under the Securities Act and is acquiring the Subject Shares for its own account or for an account over which it exercises sole discretion for another qualified institutional buyer or accredited investor.

b. The Investor (i) is an institutional account as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c), (ii) is a sophisticated investor, experienced in investing in private equity transactions and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities and (iii) has exercised independent judgment in evaluating its participation in the purchase of the Subject Shares. Accordingly, the Investor understands that the offering meets (A) the exemptions from filing under FINRA Rule 5123(b)(1)(A) and (B) the institutional customer exemption under FINRA Rule 2111(b).

c. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Subject Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Subject Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Subject Shares are being offered for resale in transactions not requiring registration under the Securities Act, and unless so registered, may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by the Investor absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act except in compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws, pursuant to any exemption therefrom or in a transaction not subject thereto. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Subject Shares will be subject to transfer restrictions and, as a result of these transfer restrictions, the Investor may not be able to readily offer, resell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the Subject Shares and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the Subject Shares for an indefinite period of time. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Subject Shares will not be eligible for offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act until at least one year from date that the SPAC files a Current Report on Form 8-K following the Closing Date that includes the “Form 10” information required under applicable SEC rules and regulations. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that it has been advised to consult legal counsel and tax and accounting advisors prior to making any offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition of any of the Subject Shares.

d. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is purchasing the Subject Shares directly from SPAC. The Investor further acknowledges that there have not been, and the Investor hereby agrees that it is not relying on, any representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made to the Investor by or on behalf of SPAC and the Company Parties, any of their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of SPAC expressly set forth in Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement.

 

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e. The Investor’s acquisition and holding of the Subject Shares will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any applicable similar law.

f. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor has received access to, and has had an adequate opportunity to review, such information as the Investor deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the Subject Shares, including, with respect to SPAC, the Transaction and the business of the Company Parties and their subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor acknowledges that he, she or it has reviewed the SEC Reports and other information as the Investor has deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Subject Shares. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Investor and the Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as the Investor and such Investor’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Subject Shares, including but not limited to access to marketing materials and a virtual data room containing information about the Company Parties and their financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient, in the Investor’s judgment, to enable the Investor to evaluate its investment. The Investor acknowledges that certain information provided by the Company Parties was based on projections, and such projections were prepared based on assumptions and estimates that are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the projections. The Investor further acknowledges that he, she or it has reviewed or had the full opportunity to review all disclosure documents provided to such Investor in the offering of the Subject Shares and no statement or printed material which is contrary to such disclosure documents has been made or given to the Investor by or on behalf of the SPAC or the Company Parties.

g. The Investor became aware of this offering of the Subject Shares solely by means of direct contact between the Investor and SPAC, the Company Parties or a representative of SPAC or the Company Parties, and the Subject Shares were offered to the Investor solely by direct contact between the Investor and SPAC, the Company Parties or a representative of SPAC or the Company Parties. The Investor did not become aware of this offering of the Subject Shares, nor were the Subject Shares offered to the Investor, by any other means and none of the SPAC, Company Parties or their respective representatives or any person acting on behalf of any of them acted as investment advisor, broker or dealer to the Investor. The Investor acknowledges that the Subject Shares (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws. The Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, SPAC, the Company Parties any of their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the representations and warranties of SPAC contained in Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in SPAC.

h. The Investor acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Subject Shares, including but not limited to, those set forth in the SEC Reports. The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Subject Shares, and the Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as the Investor has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision and the Investor has made its own assessment and has satisfied itself concerning relevant tax and other economic considerations relative to its purchase of the Subject Shares. The Investor is able to sustain a complete loss on its investment in the Subject Shares, has no need for liquidity with respect to its investment in the Subject Shares and has no reason to anticipate any change in circumstances, financial or otherwise, which may cause or require any sale or distribution of all or any part of the Subject Shares.

 

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i. Alone, or together with any professional advisor(s), the Investor has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the Subject Shares and determined that the Subject Shares are a suitable investment for the Investor and that the Investor is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of the Investor’s investment in SPAC. The Investor acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

j. In making its decision to purchase the Subject Shares, the Investor has relied solely upon independent investigation made by the Investor.

k. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Shares or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

l. The Investor, if not an individual, has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, with power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

m. The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein are within the powers of the Investor, have been duly authorized and will not constitute or result in a breach or default under or conflict with any order, ruling or regulation of any court or other tribunal or of any governmental commission or agency, or any agreement or other undertaking, to which the Investor is a party or by which the Investor is bound, and, if the Investor is not an individual, will not violate any provisions of the Investor’s organizational documents, including, without limitation, its incorporation or formation papers, bylaws, indenture of trust or partnership or operating agreement, as may be applicable. The signature on this Subscription Agreement is genuine, and the signatory, if the Investor is an individual, has legal competence and capacity to execute the same or, if the Investor is not an individual, the signatory has been duly authorized to execute the same, and, assuming that this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of SPAC, this Subscription Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

n. The Investor is not (i) a person or entity named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, the Executive Order 13599 List, the Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, or the Sectoral Sanctions Identification List, each of which is administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) (collectively, “OFAC Lists”), (ii) owned, directly or indirectly, or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, one or more persons that are named on the OFAC Lists; (iii) organized, incorporated, established, located, resident or born in, or a citizen, national or the government, including any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof, of, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the Crimea region of Ukraine or any other country or territory embargoed or subject to substantial trade restrictions by the United States, (iv) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, or (v) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank (each, a “Prohibited Investor”). The Investor agrees to provide law enforcement agencies, if requested thereby, such records as required by applicable law, provided that the Investor is permitted to do so under applicable law. Investor represents that if it is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. section 5311 et seq.) (the “BSA”), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”), and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), the Investor maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. The Investor also represents that, to the extent required, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with OFAC-administered sanctions programs, including for the screening of its investors against the OFAC sanctions programs, including the OFAC Lists. The Investor further represents and warrants that, to the extent required by applicable law, the Investor maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the funds held by the Investor and used to purchase the Subject Shares were legally derived and were not obtained, directly or indirectly, from a Prohibited Investor.

o. The Investor has or has commitments to have and, when required to deliver payment to SPAC pursuant to Section 2 above, will have, sufficient funds to pay the Subscription Amount and consummate the purchase and sale of the Subject Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement.

 

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p. As of the date hereof, the Investor does not have any “put equivalent position” as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act or short sale positions with respect to the securities of the SPAC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6(p) (i) shall apply to any entities under common management with the Investor (including the Investor’s controlled affiliates and/or affiliates) from entering into any such transactions; and (ii) in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Investor’s assets, the representations set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Subject Shares covered by this Subscription Agreement.

q. The Investor is not currently (and at all times through Closing will refrain from being or becoming) a member of a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of equity securities of the SPAC (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than a group consisting solely of the Investor and its affiliates.

7. Registration Rights.

a. In the event that the Subject Shares are not registered in connection with the consummation of the Transaction, SPAC agrees that, as soon as practicable (but in any case no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the Closing Date), it will file with the SEC (at its sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of the Subject Shares (the “Registration Statement”), and it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (i) ninety (90) calendar days after the filing thereof (or one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the filing thereof if the SEC notifies SPAC that it will “review” the Registration Statement) and (ii) ten (10) business days after SPAC is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. In connection with the foregoing, Investor shall not be required to execute any lock-up or similar agreement or otherwise be subject to any contractual restriction on the ability to transfer the Subject Shares. SPAC agrees to cause such Registration Statement, or another shelf registration statement that includes the Subject Shares to be sold pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, to remain effective until the earliest of (A) the second anniversary of the Closing, (B) the date on which the Investor ceases to hold any Subject Shares issued pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, or (C) on the first date on which the Investor is able to sell all of its Subject Shares issued pursuant to this Subscription Agreement (or shares received in exchange therefor) under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) within ninety (90) days without the public information, volume or manner of sale limitations of such rule (such date, the “End Date”). Prior to the End Date, SPAC will use commercially reasonable efforts to qualify the Shares for listing on the applicable stock exchange. The Investor agrees to disclose its ownership to SPAC upon request to assist it in making the determination with respect to Rule 144 described in clause (C), above. In no event shall the Investor be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement unless in response to a comment or request from the staff of the SEC or another regulatory agency; provided, that if the SEC requests that the Investor be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, the Investor will have an opportunity to withdraw its Shares from the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the SEC prevents SPAC from including any or all of the Shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Shares by the applicable shareholders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of Shares which is equal to the maximum number of Shares as is permitted by the SEC. In such event, the number of Shares to be registered for each selling shareholder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling shareholders. SPAC may amend the Registration Statement so as to convert the Registration Statement to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 at such time after SPAC becomes eligible to use such Form S-3. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that SPAC may delay or postpone the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and from time to time require the Investor not to sell under the Registration Statement or to suspend the use of any such registration statement if it determines that in order for such registration statement not to contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed to include information that would at that time not otherwise be required in a current, quarterly, or annual report under the Exchange Act, provided, that, (I) SPAC shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of the Registration Statement for a period of more than ninety (90) consecutive days or more than a total of one hundred-twenty (120) calendar days in any three hundred sixty (360) day period and (II) SPAC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make such Registration Statement available for the sale by the Investor of such securities as soon as practicable thereafter. SPAC’s obligations to include the Subject Shares issued

 

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pursuant to this Subscription Agreement (or shares issued in exchange therefor) for resale in the Registration Statement are contingent upon the Investor furnishing in writing to SPAC such information regarding the Investor, the securities of SPAC held by the Investor and the intended method of disposition of such Shares, which shall be limited to non-underwritten public offerings, as shall be reasonably requested by SPAC to effect the registration of such Shares, and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as SPAC may reasonably request that are customary of a selling shareholder in similar situations. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that if it does not provide SPAC with such requested information, SPAC may not be able to register the Investor’s Shares for resale pursuant this Section 7.

b. SPAC will provide a draft of the Registration Statement to the Investor for review at least two (2) business days in advance of filing the Registration Statement. In no event shall the Investor be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement unless in response to a comment or request from the staff of the SEC or another regulatory agency; provided, however, that if the SEC requests that the Investor be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, the Investor will have an opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement.

c. Prior to the End Date, SPAC shall advise the Investor within five (5) business days (at SPAC’s expense): (i) when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to any Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose; (iv) of the receipt by SPAC of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and (v) subject to the provisions in this Subscription Agreement, of the occurrence of any event that requires the making of any changes in any Registration Statement or prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (provided that any such notice pursuant to this Section 7(c)(iv) shall solely provide that the use of the Registration Statement or prospectus has been suspended without setting forth the reason for such suspension). SPAC shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable. Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated in clauses (i) through (v) above, except for such times as SPAC is permitted hereunder to suspend, and has suspended, the use of a prospectus forming part of a registration statement, SPAC shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as soon as reasonably practicable prepare a posteffective amendment to such registration statement or a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Shares included therein, such prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Investor agrees that it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Shares using a Registration Statement until the Investor receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above in clause (v) and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by SPAC that it may resume such offers and sales. If so directed by SPAC, the Investor will deliver to SPAC or, in the Investor’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Shares in the Investor’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Shares shall not apply (x) to the extent the Investor is required to retain a copy of such prospectus in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (y) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.

d. Indemnification

(i) SPAC agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by law, the Investor, its directors, and officers, employees, and agents, and each person who controls the Investor (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) and each affiliate of the Investor (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) from and against any and all out-of-pocket losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, any reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus

 

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included in any Registration Statement or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to SPAC by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use therein.

(ii) The Investor agrees, severally and not jointly with any person that is a party to the Other Subscription Agreements, to indemnify and hold harmless SPAC, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls SPAC (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Investor expressly for use therein. In no event shall the liability of the Investor be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by the Investor upon the sale of the Shares purchased pursuant to this Subscription Agreement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

(iii) Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (1) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (2) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent. An indemnifying party who elects not to assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of legal counsel to any indemnified party a conflict of interest exists between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

(iv) The indemnification provided for under this Subscription Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director, employee, agent, affiliate or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of the Shares purchased pursuant to this Subscription Agreement.

(v) If the indemnification provided under this Section 7(d) from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by or on behalf of, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Any contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) by any seller of Shares shall be limited in amount to the amount of net proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event will any party be liable for consequential, special, exemplary or punitive damages in connection with this Subscription Agreement.

 

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8. Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earlier to occur of (a) such date and time as the Business Combination Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms without the Transaction being consummated, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of each of the parties hereto to terminate this Subscription Agreement, or (c) upon written notice by SPAC or the Investor to the other (provided that the party delivering such notice is not in material breach of its obligations under this Subscription Agreement) if, on the Closing Date of the Transaction, any of the conditions to Closing of the other party set forth in Section 3 of this Subscription Agreement have not been satisfied as of the time required hereunder to be so satisfied or waived (to the extent a valid waiver is capable of being issued) by the party entitled to grant such waiver and, as a result thereof, the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement are not consummated, or (d) by written notice by SPAC or the Investor to the other at any time after 11:59 pm prevailing Eastern time on the earlier of (i) the Termination Date (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) or (ii) August 23, 2022, in either case if the Closing has not occurred by such date other than as a result of a breach by the terminating party (the termination events described in clauses (a)-(e), above, collectively, the “Termination Events”); provided that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful breach hereof prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from any such willful breach. SPAC shall notify the Investor in writing of the termination of the Business Combination Agreement promptly after the termination of such agreement. Upon the occurrence of any Termination Event, this Subscription Agreement shall be void and of no further effect and any monies paid by the Investor to SPAC in connection herewith shall promptly (and in any event within one (1) business day) following the Termination Event be returned to the Investor.

9. Trust Account Waiver. The Investor acknowledges that SPAC is a blank check company with the powers and privileges to effect a merger, asset acquisition, reorganization or similar business combination involving SPAC and one or more businesses or assets. The Investor further acknowledges that, as described in SPAC’s prospectus relating to its initial public offering dated November 18, 2020 (the “Prospectus”) available at www.sec.gov, substantially all of SPAC’s assets consist of the cash proceeds of SPAC’s initial public offering and private placement of its securities, and substantially all of those proceeds have been deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of SPAC, its public shareholders and the underwriters of SPAC’s initial public offering. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to SPAC to pay its tax obligations and to fund certain of its working capital requirements, the cash in the Trust Account may be disbursed only for the purposes set forth in the Prospectus. For and in consideration of SPAC entering into this Subscription Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Investor, on behalf of itself and its representatives hereby irrevocably waives any and all right, title and interest, or any claim of any kind it has or may have in the future arising out of this Subscription Agreement, in or to any monies held in the Trust Account (or distributions therefrom to SPAC’s public shareholders or to the underwriter of SPAC’s initial public offering in respect of its deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Account), and agrees not to seek recourse against the Trust Account as a result of, or arising out of, this Subscription Agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 9 shall be deemed to limit the Investor’s right, title, interest or claim to any monies held in the Trust Account by virtue of its record or beneficial ownership of Shares currently outstanding on the date hereof, pursuant to a validly exercised redemption right with respect to any such Shares, except to the extent that the Investor has otherwise agreed with SPAC to not exercise such redemption right.

10. Miscellaneous.

a. Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the parties hereunder (other than the Shares acquired hereunder, if any) may be transferred or assigned without the prior written consent of each of the other parties hereto; provided that (i) this Subscription Agreement and any of the Investor’s rights and obligations hereunder may be assigned to any fund, account, co-investment arrangement or other investment vehicle managed, advised, administered, arranged, sponsored or serviced by the same investment manager as the Investor or by an affiliate (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such investment manager without the prior consent of SPAC and (ii) the Investor’s rights under Section 7 may be assigned to an assignee or transferee of the Subject Shares; provided further that prior to such assignment any such assignee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms hereof; provided, that no assignment pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 10(a) shall relieve the Investor of its obligations hereunder unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the SPAC.

 

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b. SPAC may request from the Investor such additional information as SPAC may deem necessary to evaluate the eligibility of the Investor to acquire the Shares, and the Investor shall promptly provide such information as may reasonably be requested to the extent readily available; provided that SPAC agrees to keep any such information provided by Investor confidential except (i) as necessary to include in any registration statement SPAC is required to file hereunder, (ii) as required by the federal securities law or pursuant to other routine proceedings of regulatory authorities or (iii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, at the request of the staff of the SEC or regulatory agency or under the regulations of any national securities exchange on which SPAC’s securities are listed for trading. The Investor acknowledges that SPAC may file a copy of this Subscription Agreement (or a form of this Subscription Agreement) with the SEC as an exhibit to a periodic report or a registration statement of SPAC.

c. The Investor acknowledges that SPAC, the Company Parties and others will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement, including Schedule A hereto. Prior to the Closing, the Investor agrees to promptly notify SPAC and the Company Parties in writing (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by email) if any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Investor as set forth in Section 6 above are no longer accurate in any material respect (other than those acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties qualified by materiality, in which case the Investor shall notify SPAC if they are no longer accurate in any respect). The Investor acknowledges and agrees that each purchase by the Investor of Shares from SPAC will constitute a reaffirmation of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties herein (as modified by any such notice) by the Investor as of the time of such purchase.

d. SPAC and the Company Parties are each entitled to rely upon this Subscription Agreement and each is irrevocably authorized to produce this Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby; provided, however, that the foregoing clause of this Section 10(d) shall not give the Company Parties any rights other than those expressly set forth herein and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Company Parties be entitled to rely on any of the representations and warranties of SPAC set forth in this Subscription Agreement.

e. All the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing until eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date.

f. This Subscription Agreement may not be amended, modified, waived or terminated (other than pursuant to the terms of Section 8 above) except by an instrument in writing, signed by each of the parties hereto, provided, however, that no modification or waiver by SPAC of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall be effective without the prior written consent of the Company Parties (other than modifications or waivers that are solely ministerial in nature or otherwise immaterial and do not affect any economic or any other material term of this Subscription Agreement). No failure or delay of any party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any course of conduct, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereto and third-party beneficiaries hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have hereunder. The parties hereto expressly agree that ZF is an express third-party beneficiary of the provision in clause (i) of Section 2 hereof.

g. This Subscription Agreement (including the schedule hereto) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties hereto, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as set forth in Section 8, Section 10(c), Section 10(d), Section 10(f), this Section 10(g), Section 10(l) and Section 11 with respect to the persons specifically referenced therein this Subscription Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such persons so referenced are express third party beneficiaries of this Subscription Agreement with right of enforcement for the purposes of, and to the extent of, the rights granted to them, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions.

 

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h. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns, and the agreements, representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments contained herein shall be deemed to be made by, and be binding upon, such heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

i. If any provision of this Subscription Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.

j. This Subscription Agreement may be executed and delivered in one (1) or more counterparts (including by electronic means, such as facsimile, in .pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000 (e.g., www.docusign.com or other transmission method)) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement.

k. Each party shall pay all of its own expenses in connection with this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein.

l. At any time, the SPAC may (i) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of the Investor, (ii) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Investor contained herein or in any document delivered by the Investor pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance with any agreement of the Investor or any condition to its own obligations contained herein; provided, however, that no extension or waiver by SPAC of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall be effective without the prior written consent of the Company Parties (other than extensions or waivers that are solely ministerial in nature or otherwise immaterial and do not affect any economic or any other material term of this Subscription Agreement). At any time, the Investor may (A) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of the SPAC, (B) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the SPAC contained herein or in any document delivered by the SPAC pursuant hereto and (C) waive compliance with any agreement of the SPAC or any condition to its own obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall only be valid if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby.

m. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Subscription Agreement, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages, to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise.

n. If any change in the number, type or classes of authorized shares of SPAC (including the Shares), other than as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or any agreement contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, shall occur between the date hereof and immediately prior to the Closing by reason of reclassification, recapitalization, stock split (including reverse stock split) or combination, exchange or readjustment of shares, or any stock dividend, the number of Shares issued to the Investor shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such change.

o. This Subscription Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof) as to all matters (including any action, suit, litigation, arbitration, mediation, claim, charge, complaint, inquiry, proceeding, hearing, audit, investigation or reviews by or before any governmental entity related hereto), including matters of validity, construction, effect, performance and remedies.

p. Each party hereto hereby, and any person asserting rights as a third party beneficiary may do so only if he, she or it, irrevocably agrees that any action, suit or proceeding between or among the parties hereto, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, arising in connection with any disagreement, dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement or any related document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (“Legal Dispute”) shall be brought only to the exclusive

 

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jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware or the federal courts located in the State of Delaware, and each party hereto hereby consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding that is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. During the period a Legal Dispute that is filed in accordance with this Section 10(p) is pending before a court, all actions, suits or proceedings with respect to such Legal Dispute or any other Legal Dispute, including any counterclaim, cross-claim or interpleader, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court. Each party hereto and any person asserting rights as a third party beneficiary may do so only if he, she or it hereby waives, and shall not assert as a defense in any Legal Dispute, that (a) such party is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason, (b) such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in such court, (c) such party’s property is exempt or immune from execution, (d) such action, suit or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, or (e) the venue of such action, suit or proceeding is improper. A final judgment in any action, suit or proceeding described in this Section 10(p) following the expiration of any period permitted for appeal and subject to any stay during appeal shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by applicable laws. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY MAY DO SO ONLY IF HE, SHE OR IT IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY ON ANY CLAIMS OR COUNTERCLAIMS ASSERTED IN ANY LEGAL DISPUTE RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM RELATING THERETO. IF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE IS ONE IN WHICH THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL IS PROHIBITED, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL ASSERT IN SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE A NONCOMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. FURTHERMORE, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE WITH A SEPARATE ACTION OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE WAIVED.

q. Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder to be given to the Investor shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed, sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to such address(es) or email address(es) set forth on the signature page hereto, and shall be deemed to be given and received (i) when so delivered personally, (ii) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email, or (iii) three (3) business days after the date of mailing to the address below or to such other address or addresses as such person may hereafter designate by notice given hereunder:

 

  (i)

if to the Investor, to such address or addresses set forth on the signature page hereto;

 

  (ii)

if to SPAC, to:

 

L&F Acquisition Corp.      
150 North Riverside Plaza, Suite 5200      
Chicago, Illinois      
Attn:    Adam Gerchen, Chief Executive Officer
Email:    [***]
with a required copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue

 

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New York, New York 10022
Attn:    Richard J. Campbell, P.C., Peter Seligson and Aslam A. Rawoof
Email:    [***]
  
and
  
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
401 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
Attn:    John Kaercher, P.C.
Email:    [***]

r. If Investor is a Massachusetts Business Trust, a copy of the Declaration of Trust of Investor or any affiliate thereof is on file with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and notice is hereby given that the Subscription Agreement is executed on behalf of the trustees of Investor or any affiliate thereof as trustees and not individually and that the obligations of the Subscription Agreement are not binding on any of the trustees or stockholders of Investor or any affiliate thereof individually but are binding only upon Investor or any affiliate thereof and its assets and property.

11. Non-Reliance and Exculpation. . The Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation, other than the statements, representations and warranties of SPAC expressly contained in Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in SPAC. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that none of (i) any Other Investor pursuant to any Other Subscription Agreement (including such Other Investor’s respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), or (ii) any other party to the Business Combination Agreement or any Non-Party Affiliate (other than SPAC with respect to the previous sentence), shall have any liability to the Investor, or to any Other Investor, pursuant to, arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement or any other subscription agreement related to the private placement of the Shares, the negotiation hereof or thereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, with respect to any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken by any of them in connection with the purchase of the Shares or with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract, under federal or state securities laws or otherwise) for breach of this Subscription Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, as expressly provided herein, or for any actual or alleged inaccuracies, misstatements or omissions with respect to any information or materials of any kind furnished by SPAC, the Company Parties or any Non-Party Affiliate concerning SPAC, the Company Parties, any of their controlled affiliates, this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. For purposes of this Subscription Agreement, “Non-Party Affiliates” means each former, current or future officer, director, employee, partner, member, manager, direct or indirect equityholder or affiliate of SPAC, the Company Parties or any of SPAC’s or the Company Parties’ controlled affiliates or any family member of the foregoing.

12. No Short Sales. The Investor agrees that, from the date hereof until the Closing Date or the earlier termination of this Subscription Agreement, none of the Investor its controlled affiliates or any person or entity acting on behalf of the Investor or pursuant to the direction of the Investor will (i) engage in any transaction or arrangement (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or similar instrument, including without limitation equity repurchase agreements and securities lending arrangements, however described or defined) that has, or is designed or intended to have, or that could reasonably be expected to lead to or result in a sale, loan, pledge or other disposition or transfer by any person (whether the Investor or any other person) that is reasonably expected to have, the same economic effect, on a net basis, to any such person as a “short sale” (as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act) by such person of any economic consequences of ownership (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any consequences resulting solely from foreign exchange

 

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fluctuations), in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, physically or synthetically, of any Shares or any securities of SPAC, whether any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of securities of SPAC, in cash or otherwise, or (ii) publicly disclose the intention to undertake any of the foregoing; provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 12 shall not apply to long sales (including sales of securities held by the Investor, its controlled affiliates or any person or entity acting on behalf of, or at the direction of, the Investor, or any of its controlled affiliates prior to the date hereof or securities purchased by the Investor, its controlled affiliates or any person or entity acting on behalf of, or at the direction of, the Investor, in the open market after the date hereof or the hedging of any such securities). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 12 (i) shall prohibit any entities under common management with the Investor that have no knowledge (constructive or otherwise) of this Subscription Agreement or of Investor’s participation in the transactions contemplated hereby from entering into any of the transactions set forth in the first sentence of this Section 12; and (ii) in the case of an Investor that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers or desks manage separate portions of such Investor’s assets and the portfolio managers have no knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Investor’s assets, this Section 12 shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Shares covered by this Subscription Agreement.

13. Disclosure. SPAC shall, by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, no later than on the first (1st) business day immediately following the date hereof, issue one or more press releases or file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K (collectively, the “Disclosure Document”) disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Other Subscription Agreements and Business Combination Agreement, the Transaction and any other material, nonpublic information that SPAC has provided to the Investor at any time prior to the filing of the Disclosure Document. Upon the issuance of the Disclosure Document, to the actual knowledge of SPAC, the Investor shall not be in possession of any material, non-public information received from SPAC or any of its officers, directors, or employees or agents, and the Investor shall no longer be subject to any confidentiality or similar obligations under any current agreement, whether written or oral, with SPAC or any of its affiliates, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Subscription Agreement to the contrary, SPAC shall not publicly disclose the name of the Investor or any of its affiliates or advisers, or include the name of the Investor or any of its affiliates or advisers in any press release or in any filing with the SEC or any regulatory agency or trading market, without the prior written consent of the Investor, except (i) as required by the federal securities law or pursuant to other routine proceedings of regulatory authorities, (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, at the request of the staff of the SEC or regulatory agency or under the regulations of any national securities exchange on which SPAC’s securities are listed for trading or (iii) to the extent such announcements or other communications contain only information previously disclosed in a public statement, press release or other communication previously approved in accordance with this Section 13.

14. Separate Obligations. For ease of administration, this single Subscription Agreement is being executed so as to enable each Investor identified on the signature page to enter into a Subscription Agreement, severally, but not jointly. The parties hereto agree that each Subscription Agreement shall be treated as if it were a separate agreement with respect to each Investor listed on the signature page, as if each Investor entity had executed a separate Subscription Agreement naming only itself as the Investor, and no Investor listed on the signature page shall have any liability under the Subscription Agreement for the obligations of any other Investor so listed. For the avoidance of doubt, all obligations of the Investor hereunder are separate and several from the obligations of any Other Investor. The decision of the Investor to purchase the Subject Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement has been made by Investor independently of any Other Investor or any other investor and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, financial condition or results of operations of the SPAC, the Company Parties, or any of their respective subsidiaries which may have been made or given by any Other Investor or by any agent or employee of any Other Investor, and neither the Investor nor any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any Other Investor (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained herein or in any Other Subscription Agreement, and no action taken by the Investor or Other Investors pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investor and Other Investor as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investor and the Other Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements. The Investor acknowledges that no Other Investor has acted as agent for the Investor in connection with making its investment hereunder and no Other Investor will be acting as agent of the Investor in connection with monitoring its investment in the Shares or enforcing its rights under this Subscription Agreement. The Investor shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Subscription Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any Other Investor to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

 

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Confidential

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

Name of Investor: Wolf Acquisitions, L.P.          State/Country of Formation or Domicile:
                      
By:  

/s/ James C. Foster

                 
                      
Name:   James C. Foster                  
                      
Title:   Managing Member                  
                      
Name in which Shares are to be registered (if different):          Date: December 17, 2021
                      
Investor’s EIN:               
                      
Business Address-Street:          Mailing Address-Street (if different):
                      
City, State, Zip:          City, State, Zip:
                      
Attn:  

 

            Attn:   

 

                      
                      
Telephone No.:                  Telephone No.:   
                      
Facsimile No.:                  Facsimile No.:   
                      
Email:                       
                      
Number of Shares subscribed for: 67,116               
                      
Aggregate Subscription Amount: $671,160          Price Per Share: $10.00   

You must pay the Subscription Amount by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by SPAC in the Closing Notice. To the extent the offering is oversubscribed the number of Shares received and the Subscription Amount may be less than the maximum number of Shares subscribed for.

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]


Confidential

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, SPAC has accepted this Subscription Agreement as of the date set forth below.

 

L&F ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

/s/ Adam Gerchen

Name:   Adam Gerchen
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Date: December 17, 2021

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]


SCHEDULE A

ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF THE INVESTOR

This Schedule must be completed by Investor and forms a part of the Subscription Agreement to which it is attached. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Schedule have the meanings given to them in the Subscription Agreement. The Investor must check the applicable box in either Section A, Section B or Section C below.

 

A.

QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS

(Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

☐ We are a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB”)).

** OR **

 

B.

INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS

(Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

1.  ☐ We are an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act or an entity in which all of the equity holders are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act), and have marked and initialed the appropriate box below indicating the provision under which we qualify as an “accredited investor.”

2.  ☐ We are not a natural person.

Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, in relevant part, states that an “accredited investor” shall mean any person who comes within any of the below listed categories, or who the issuer reasonably believes comes within any of the below listed categories, at the time of the sale of the securities to that person. The Investor has indicated, by marking and initialing the appropriate box below, the provision(s) below which apply to the Investor and under which the Investor accordingly qualifies as an “accredited investor.”

☐ Any bank, registered broker or dealer, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company;

☐ Any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

☐ Any employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if a bank, insurance company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

☐ Any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

☐ Any trust with assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed to acquire the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person; or

☐ Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors meeting one or more of the above tests.

 

C.

QUALIFIED PURCHASER STATUS

(Please check the applicable subparagraphs):


FOR INDIVIDUALS:

1.  ☐ A natural person who owns not less than U.S. $5,000,000 in investments. For this purpose, investments owned by the Investor include all investments that are the Investor’s separate property and any investments held jointly with the Investor’s spouse, as community property or otherwise, but do not include investments that are the separate property of the Investor’s spouse unless the interest will be a joint investment of the Investor and the Investor’s spouse.

2.  ☐ A natural person who has discretionary investment authority with regard to at least U.S.$25,000,000 of investments, including for this purpose solely the Investor’s own investments and investments of third parties that are themselves accurately described by one or more paragraphs of this Section C.

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FOR ENTITIES:

3.  ☐ A corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other organization that: (i) was not organized or reorganized and is not operated for the specific purpose of acquiring the interest or any other interest in SPAC, and less than 40% of the assets of which will consist of interests in SPAC (calculated as of the time of the Investor’s execution of this Subscription Agreement); (ii) owns not less than U.S.$5,000,000 in investments; and (iii) is owned directly or indirectly solely by or for two or more natural persons who are related as siblings or spouses (including former spouses), or direct lineal descendants by birth or adoption, spouses of such persons, the estates of such persons, or foundations, charitable organizations, or trusts established by or for the benefit of such persons.

4.  ☐ A trust: (i) that is not described in paragraph (3) of this Section C; (ii) that was not organized or reorganized and is not operated for the specific purpose of acquiring the interest or any other interest in SPAC, and less than 40% of the assets of which will consist of interests in SPAC (calculated as of the time of the Investor’s execution of this Subscription Agreement); and (iii) with respect to which each of the settlors and other contributors of assets, trustees, and other authorized decision makers is a person described in paragraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) of this Section C.

5.  ☐ An entity that: (i) was not organized or reorganized and is not operated for the specific purpose of acquiring the interest or any other interest in SPAC, and less than 40% of the assets of which will consist of interests in SPAC (calculated as of the time of the Investor’s execution of this Subscription Agreement); and (ii) has discretionary investment authority with regard to at least U.S.$25,000,000 of investments, whether for its own account or for the account of other persons that are themselves accurately described by one or more other paragraphs of this Section C.

6.  ☐ An entity, each and every beneficial owner of which is a person accurately described by one or more of the foregoing paragraphs of this Section C or is itself an entity each and every beneficial owner of which is a person accurately described by one or more of the foregoing paragraphs of this Section C. If the Investor is a qualified purchaser solely for the reason described in this paragraph 6, the Investor shall, at the request of the SPAC, submit to SPAC a separate qualified purchaser questionnaire for each beneficial owner of the Investor’s securities.

This page should be completed by the Investor

and constitutes a part of the Subscription Agreement.