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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 22, 2026

 

MATTERNET, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   000-56769   39-2522950
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

355 Ravendale Drive
Mountain View, California
  94043
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (650) 260-2727

 

Los Altos Ventures Corp.,
55 NE 5th Ave
., Suite 401

Boca Raton, Florida 33432

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) is being filed to report matters under the following Items:

 

Item 1.01Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Item 2.01Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

Item 3.02Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

Item 3.03Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

Item 4.01Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

 

Item 5.01Changes in Control of Registrant.

 

Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

Item 5.06Change in Shell Company Status.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

We were incorporated as Los Altos Ventures Corp. in the State of Delaware on June 2, 2025. Prior to the Merger (as defined below), we were a “shell company” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)). As a result of the Merger, we have ceased to be a “shell company.” The information included in this Current Report constitutes the current “Form 10 information” necessary to satisfy the conditions contained in Rule 144(i)(2) of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

As used in this Current Report, unless otherwise stated or the context clearly indicates otherwise, the terms the “Company,” “Matternet,” the “Registrant,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries after giving effect to the Merger and the company name change described below.

 

This Current Report contains summaries of the material terms of various agreements executed in connection with the transactions described herein. The summaries of these agreements are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by, reference to these agreements, which are filed as exhibits hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Overview of the Transactions

 

The Merger

 

On May 22, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), Matternet, Inc., a private Delaware corporation (“Legacy Matternet”), Los Altos Ventures Corp. (“LAVC”) and Matternet Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of LAVC (“Acquisition Sub”), consummated the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated May 22, 2026, by and among Legacy Matternet, LAVC and Acquisition Sub (the “Merger Agreement”). The Merger Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the merger (the “Merger”), were approved by all the stockholders of LAVC and the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock of Legacy Matternet (the “Legacy Matternet Common Stock”), a majority of the outstanding shares of preferred stock of Legacy Matternet, and a majority of outstanding capital stock of Legacy Matternet. Immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger, each share of preferred stock of Legacy Matternet was converted into shares of Legacy Matternet Common Stock. At the time the certificate of merger effectuating the Merger was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware (the “Effective Time”), each share of Legacy Matternet Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was exchanged for the right to receive 2.0801 shares of our common stock rounded to the nearest whole share. Pursuant to the Merger, the following actions were taken:

 

●we changed our name from Los Altos Ventures Corp. to Matternet, Inc. (“Matternet” or the “Company”);

 

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●Legacy Matternet changed its name to Matternet Operations, Inc.;

 

●we amended and restated our certificate of incorporation, dated June 2, 2025 (the “certificate of incorporation”) and amended and restated our bylaws (the “bylaws”); and

 

●all of the outstanding shares of common stock and convertible securities of Legacy Matternet were exchanged for, or became exercisable, for shares of Matternet common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

As a result of the Merger, we acquired the business of Legacy Matternet and will continue the existing business operations of Legacy Matternet as a public reporting company under the name Matternet, Inc., and Legacy Matternet (now renamed Matternet Operations, Inc.) became our wholly owned subsidiary.

 

Additional information concerning (i) our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws is presented below under Item 2.01, “Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets–Description of Capital Stock–Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Restated Bylaw Provisions” and Item 5.03, “Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year” and (ii) the private placement is presented below under Item 2.01, “Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets–The Private Placement” and under Item 3.02, “Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.”

 

In addition, in connection with the Merger, the board of directors appointed new directors and executive officers. Information concerning the new board members and their terms and the new executive officers is presented below under Item 5.02, “Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.”

 

In accordance with “reverse merger” or “reverse acquisition” accounting treatment, our historical financial statements prior to the Merger will be replaced with the historical financial statements of Legacy Matternet prior to the Merger, in all future filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

Private Placement

 

Immediately following the Effective Time of the Merger, we issued and sold 9,212,773 shares of common stock in a private placement pursuant to a subscription agreement by and between us and certain accredited and institutional investors (collectively, the “Subscription Agreements”) at a purchase price of $3.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $27.6 million. The private placement is referred to herein as the “Private Placement” and the Merger and the Private Placement together are referred to herein as the “Transactions.” See Item 2.01, “Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets–The Private Placement” and Item 3.02, “Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities” for additional information. The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of Subscription Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Legacy Matternet Bridge Financing

 

In March 2026, Legacy Matternet issued and sold $6.0 million in aggregate principal amount of secured promissory notes (the “Bridge Notes”) to certain accredited investors. The Bridge Notes bore interest at 10% per annum and were payable six months from the date of issuance. The Bridge Notes were secured by a perfected first priority security interest pursuant to a security agreement with the holders of the Bridge Notes. At the Effective Time of the Merger, all interest under the Bridge Notes was forgiven and the Bridge Notes were automatically converted into 2,499,998 shares of common stock at a conversion rate of $2.40 per share. In addition, we issued to the former holders of the Bridge Notes warrants to purchase up to 2,499,998 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $3.00 per share (the “Bridge Warrants”). The Bridge Warrants have a term commencing on the Effective Time to five years after the Effective Time. They have weighted-average price based anti-dilution provisions, which extend from the Effective Time until the six-month anniversary of the listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange.

 

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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

The information contained in Item 2.01 below relating to the Merger Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Post-Merger Indemnification Agreements is hereby incorporated herein by reference. All descriptions of the foregoing agreements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the form of the relevant agreement that is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

In connection with the issuance and sale of the Bridge Notes and the Merger, the officers and directors of Legacy Matternet, and the holders of substantially all Legacy Matternet Common Stock, as well as option holders and warrant holders, entered into a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), restricting, among other things and subject to customary exceptions, the transfer of the shares of common stock until six months following the listing of the common stock on a national securities exchange. The foregoing description of the Lock-Up Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of Lock-Up Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 10.13 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

The disclosure set forth in the “Introductory Note” above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01 of this Current Report.

 

Merger Agreement

 

On the Closing Date, LAVC, Acquisition Sub and Legacy Matternet entered into the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, on the Closing Date, Acquisition Sub merged with and into Legacy Matternet, with Legacy Matternet (renamed Matternet Operations, Inc.) continuing as the surviving corporation and as our wholly owned subsidiary.

 

As a result of the Merger, we acquired the business of Legacy Matternet, which is a leading developer of commercial drone delivery systems for urban and suburban environments. Legacy Matternet develops drone aircraft, ground infrastructure, and software for autonomous aerial logistics. Matternet has achieved multiple industry firsts, including being the first company authorized for commercial Beyond Visual Line of Sight (“BVLOS”) drone delivery operations over cities in Switzerland, the first to launch routine revenue-generating drone delivery operations in the United States, and the first drone delivery company to achieve standard Type Certification and Production Certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Matternet’s technology has powered commercial operations in healthcare and home delivery use cases across the U.S. and Europe. See “Description of Business” below.

 

At the Effective Time of the Merger:

 

●each outstanding share of Legacy Matternet preferred stock was automatically converted into shares of Legacy Matternet Common Stock;

 

●each outstanding share of Legacy Matternet Common Stock was canceled and converted into the right to receive 2.0801 shares of our common stock (the “Conversion Ratio”);

 

●each option to purchase Legacy Matternet Common Stock that was outstanding under Legacy Matternet’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, was assumed by us and converted into an option to purchase a number of shares of common stock equal to the product (rounded to the nearest whole number) of (a) the number of shares of common stock subject to such option immediately prior to the Effective Time and (b) the Conversion Ratio, at an exercise price per share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to (i) the exercise price per share of such option immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by (ii) the Conversion Ratio; provided, however, that the exercise price and the number of shares of common stock purchasable pursuant to the Converted Options will be determined in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); provided, further, however, that in the case of any such option to which Section 422 of the Code applies, the exercise price and the number of shares of common stock purchasable pursuant to such option will be determined in accordance with the foregoing, subject to such adjustments in a manner consistent with Treasury Regulation Section 1.424-1, such that the option will not constitute a modification of such option for purposes of Section 409A or Section 424 of the Code. Except as specifically provided above, following the Effective Time, each option will continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions (including vesting and exercisability terms) as were applicable to the corresponding former option immediately prior to the Effective Time;

 

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●each warrant to purchase Legacy Matternet Common Stock that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, was assumed by us and converted into a warrant to purchase a number of shares of common stock equal to the product (rounded to the nearest whole number) of (a) the number of shares of common stock subject to such warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time and (b) the Conversion Ratio, at an exercise price per share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to (i) the exercise price per share of such warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by (ii) the Conversion Ratio, except as specifically provided above, following the Effective Time, each such warrant will continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the corresponding former warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time; and

 

●each outstanding Bridge Note issued in March 2026, was converted into shares of common stock at a conversion price of $2.40 per share, and investors in the Bridge Notes received Bridge Warrants to purchase that number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares of common stock into which the Bridge Notes were converted.

 

The issuance of shares of common stock to Legacy Matternet’s former security holders is collectively referred to as the “Share Exchange.”

 

The Merger Agreement contained customary representations and warranties and pre- and post-closing covenants of each party and customary closing conditions.

 

Immediately prior to the Effective Time, an aggregate of 7,300,000 shares (out of the 10,000,000 shares then issued and outstanding) of our common stock owned by our stockholders prior to the Merger were forfeited and cancelled (the “Stock Forfeiture”), and 2,700,000 shares of common stock were then held by such stockholders immediately after the Merger (the “Retained Pre-Merger Shares”) a purchase price of $3.00 per share

 

On the Closing Date, we also issued 104,166 shares of common stock (the “Advisor Shares”) to two accredited investors in consideration for services rendered pursuant to advisory agreements (the “Advisor Agreements”).

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, we and our stockholders approved and adopted:

 

●the 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2026 EIP”) and the reservation of 3,825,000 shares of common stock for future issuance of equity awards at the discretion of our board of directors to officers, employees, consultants and directors; and

 

●the 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2026 ESPP”) and the reservation of 675,000 shares of common stock for future purchase by employees.

 

For a description of the 2026 EIP and the 2026 ESPP, see “Executive Compensation–2026 Equity Incentive Plan” and “Executive Compensation–2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan,” respectively.

 

The Merger was treated as a recapitalization and reverse acquisition for financial reporting purposes. Legacy Matternet was considered the acquiror for accounting purposes, and our historical financial statements before the Merger have been replaced with the historical financial statements of Legacy Matternet before the Merger in future filings with the SEC. The Merger is intended to be treated as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code.

 

The shares of common stock issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement and to the Advisors were not registered under the Securities Act, and were sold and issued in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, which exempts transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering, and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC thereunder. These shares of common stock may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirement and are subject to further contractual restrictions on transfer as described below under “Shares Eligible for Future Sales.”

 

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The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Indemnification Agreements

 

On the Closing Date, we entered into indemnification agreements with our former executive officers and directors (the “Pre-Merger Indemnification Agreements”), pursuant to which we agreed to indemnify such former executive officers and directors for certain actions for certain actions to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company or Acquisition Sub in effect on the date thereof or as such law or constitutive document may from time to time be amended in accordance with the Pre-Merger Indemnification Agreements.

 

On the Closing Date, we also entered into indemnification agreements with each of our current directors and executive officers (the “Post-Merger Indemnification Agreements”). These indemnification agreements require us to indemnify our directors and executive officers for certain expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by a director or executive officer in any action or proceeding arising out of their services as one of our directors or executive officers or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at our request.

 

The foregoing description of the Pre-Merger Indemnification Agreements and the Post-Merger Indemnification Agreements is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the forms of such agreements, copies of which are attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Private Placement

 

Immediately following the Effective Time of the Merger, we sold 9,212,773 shares of our common stock in the Private Placement pursuant to Subscription Agreements by and between us and certain accredited and institutional investors at a purchase price of $3.00 per share.

 

The aggregate gross proceeds from the Private Placement were $27.6 million, before deducting Placement Agent fees and other expenses payable by us of approximately $6.9 million.

 

The shares issued in the Private Placement were exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC thereunder and were sold to “accredited investors,” as defined in Regulation D. The Private Placement was conducted by Seaport Global Securities LLC (“Seaport”), The Benchmark Company, LLC (“Benchmark”), Dinosaur Financial Group, LLC (“Dinosaur”), Network 1 Financial Securities, Inc. (“Network 1”) and PHX Financial, Inc. d/b/a Phoenix Financial Services (“Phoenix,” and together with Seaport, Benchmark, Dinosaur and Network 1, the “Placement Agents”), each a U.S. registered broker-dealer, on a “reasonable best efforts” basis.

 

We paid the Placement Agents an aggregate cash fee of $2.1 million and issued the Placement Agents warrants to purchase an aggregate of 666,089 shares of common stock (the “Placement Agent Warrants”). The Placement Agent Warrants expire on the earlier of (i) five years after the date of issuance and (ii) three years after our shares of common stock are listed on a national securities exchange, and have an exercise price of $3.00 per share. For a further discussion of the terms of the Placement Agent Warrants, see the section titled “Description of Capital Stock – Warrants”.

 

Subject to certain customary exceptions, we have agreed to indemnify the Placement Agents to the fullest extent permitted by law against certain liabilities that may be incurred in connection with the Private Placement, including certain civil liabilities under the Securities Act, and, where such indemnification is not available, to contribute to the payments the Placement Agents and their sub-agents may be required to make in respect of such liabilities.

 

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We currently intend to use the net proceeds from the Private Placement to immediately retire our outstanding indebtedness, and for operating expenses, capital expenditures, working capital, and other general corporate purposes. These uses are expected to include the commercial deployment of our M3 drone platform, expansion of our active drone fleet and related launch, landing, and operational infrastructure, geographic expansion into additional domestic and international markets, and increased headcount to support engineering, flight operations, regulatory compliance, and commercial partnerships. The proceeds will also support investments in software, autonomy, and systems required to scale delivery volumes over time.

 

The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of Subscription Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Additionally, in connection with the Transactions and subject to the closing of the Transactions, we agreed to reimburse Mark Tompkins, a stockholder and former director of LAVC, for certain fees and expenses incurred by LAVC, as evidenced by a promissory note, dated June 2, 2025, by and between LAVC and Mr. Tompkins (the “Note”). Upon the closing of the Private Placement, we repaid $55,000 to Mr. Tompkins, representing payment in full under such Note.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

In connection with the Merger and the Private Placement, we entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which we have agreed to promptly, but no later than 45 calendar days after the date of filing of this Current Report, file, subject to customary exceptions, a registration statement with the SEC (the “Registration Statement”), covering the sale, transfer or disposition of:

 

●shares of common stock issued in the Share Exchange to the former stockholders of Legacy Matternet;

 

●shares of common stock issued in the Private Placement;

 

●shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants;

 

●shares of common stock issued upon conversion of the Bridge Notes;

 

●shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Bridge Warrants;

 

●Retained Pre-Merger Shares; and

 

●Advisor Shares.

 

Collectively, the above shares of common stock are the “Registrable Shares.” The holders of the Registrable Shares are required to provide us with certain information to be included in the Registration Statement under applicable SEC rules and regulations. We will use our commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such Registration Statement is declared effective upon the earlier to occur of: (i) five trading days after the SEC’s notification that it will not review the Registration Statement, or that the Registration Statement will no longer be subject to further review or comment; and (ii) within 120 calendar days after the date of the filing of this Current Report (as such period may be extended by the obligation under applicable rules and regulations of the SEC under the Securities Act to include updated financial statements before it can be declared effective).

 

The holders of Registrable Shares have “piggyback” registration rights for any Registrable Shares not registered as provided above with respect to any registration statement filed by us following the effectiveness of the aforementioned Registration Statement that would permit the inclusion of such underlying shares, subject, in an underwritten offering, to customary cut-back on a pro rata basis among the holders of Registrable Shares if the either the underwriter or we determine that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares of stock or other securities to be underwritten.

 

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We will pay all expenses in connection with the registration obligations provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration, filing, and stock exchange fees, printing expenses, all fees and expenses of complying with applicable securities laws, the fees and disbursements of our counsel and of our independent public accountants, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of a single counsel to the holders of the Registrable Shares, not to exceed $35,000 per Registration Statement. Each holder will be responsible for its own sales commissions, if any, transfer taxes and the expenses of any other attorney or advisor such holder decides to employ.

 

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 10.4 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

OTC Quotation

 

Our common stock is currently not listed on a national securities exchange or any other exchange, and is not quoted on an over-the-counter market. We intend to have our common stock quoted on the OTC Markets QB tier (the “OTCQB”) as soon as practicable following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to do so and, even if we do so, there can be no assurance that our common stock will continue to be quoted on the OTC Markets or quoted or listed on any other market or exchange, or that an active trading market for our common stock will develop or continue. See “Risk Factors–There is currently no market for our common stock and there can be no assurance that any market will ever develop. You may therefore be unable to re-sell shares of our common stock at times and prices that you believe are appropriate.”

 

2026 Equity Incentive Plan

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, our board of directors and our stockholders approved the 2026 EIP, which provides for the issuance of equity awards consisting of stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance awards, cash awards and stock bonus awards. We have initially reserved 3,825,000 shares of common stock for future issuances of awards under the 2026 EIP at the discretion of our board of directors to officers, employees, consultants and directors. The number of shares reserved for issuance under our 2026 EIP will increase automatically on the six-month anniversary of the date our common stock is first listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, New York Stock Exchange or NYSE American and on the annual anniversary thereafter through the tenth anniversary of approval of the 2026 EIP by our stockholders, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 5% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the day immediately preceding such anniversary, and (ii) an amount as determined by the Board in its discretion. Future awards under the 2026 EIP following the Closing shall dilute all our stockholders on a pro rata basis.

 

See “Executive Compensation–2026 Equity Incentive Plan” below for more information about the 2026 EIP. The foregoing description of the 2026 EIP is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of 2026 EIP, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 10.7 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, our board of directors and our stockholders approved the 2026 ESPP, and reserved 675,000 shares of common stock for future purchase by employees. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2026 ESPP will increase automatically on six-month anniversary of the date our common stock is first listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, New York Stock Exchange or NYSE American and on the annual anniversary thereafter through the tenth anniversary of approval of the 2026 ESPP by our stockholders in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 1% of the shares of common stock outstanding on the day immediately preceding such anniversary, (ii) 2,000,000 shares and (iii) an amount as determined by the board of directors in its discretion.

 

See “Executive Compensation - 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan” below for more information about the 2026 ESPP. The foregoing description of the 2026 ESPP is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of 2026 ESPP, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 10.10 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Departure and Appointment of Directors and Officers

 

Pursuant to our amended and restated bylaws, the authorized number of directors will be fixed by the board of directors from time to time. Immediately prior to the Effective Time, the board consisted of two members. At the Effective Time, Mark Tompkins and Ian Jacobs resigned from the board of directors, the authorized board size was increased to five and Andreas Raptopoulos, Chris Dawson, Sanjay Kotte, Laurence J. Marton, M.D. and Saurabh Ranjan were appointed to the board of directors. The board of directors has determined that other than Mr. Raptopoulos, due to his position as our Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Ranjan, due to his position as the Manager of EpiThauma LLC (an advisory firm we have engaged within the past three years), qualifies as an independent director within the meaning of the Nasdaq Listing Rules and the Exchange Act.

 

Also, as of the Effective Time, Ian Jacobs resigned from all officer positions with us, Andreas Raptopoulos was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer, Jason Secore was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer and Alexander Norman-Elvenich was appointed as our Chief Operating Officer.

 

See “Management” below for information about our new directors and executive officers.

 

Capitalization

 

Immediately after giving effect to the Merger, the Stock Forfeiture, the closing of the Private Placement, and the issuance of the Advisor Shares, there were 47,968,776 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, as follows:

 

●stockholders of Legacy Matternet hold 33,451,839 shares of common stock, excluding any shares purchased by them in the Private Placement;

 

●investors in the Private Placement hold 9,212,773 shares of common stock, excluding any shares issued to them in connection with the Merger as a result of being a holder of Legacy Matternet stock prior to the Merger;

 

●investors in the Bridge Financing hold 2,499,998 shares of common stock;

 

●2,700,000 Retained Pre-Merger Shares are held by persons who purchased such shares from, or received such shares for, services rendered to LAVC prior to the Merger; and

 

●104,166 Advisor Shares are held by two accredited investors.

 

In addition, as of the Closing Date, the following shares were reserved for future issuance:

 

●666,089 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants;

 

●2,499,998 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Bridge Warrants;

 

●381,797 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Legacy Matternet Warrants;

 

●3,825,000 shares of common stock issuable under the 2026 EIP;

 

●675,000 shares of common stock issuable under the 2026 ESPP; and

 

●11,166,364 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options under the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (post-Merger).

 

Except as set forth above, no other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock are outstanding as of the date of this Current Report.

 

Accounting Treatment; Change of Control

 

The Merger is being accounted for as a “reverse merger” or “reverse acquisition,” as a result of which Legacy Matternet is deemed to be the acquiror in the reverse merger. Consequently, the assets and liabilities and the historical operations that will be reflected in our financial statements relating to periods prior to the Merger will be those of Legacy Matternet, and will be recorded at the historical cost basis of Legacy Matternet, and the consolidated financial statements after completion of the Merger will include the consolidated assets and liabilities of Legacy Matternet, historical consolidated operations of Legacy Matternet, and operations of Legacy Matternet and its subsidiaries from the Closing Date. As a result of the issuance of the shares of our common stock pursuant to the Merger, a change in control of LAVC occurred as of the date of consummation of the Merger.

 

Except as described in this Current Report, no arrangements or understandings exist among present or former controlling stockholders with respect to the election of members of our board of directors and, to our knowledge, no other arrangements exist that might result in a change of control of the combined company.

 

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FORM 10 INFORMATION

 

Item 2.01(f) of this Current Report states that if the predecessor registrant was a shell company, as LAVC was immediately before the Merger, then the registrant must disclose the information that would be required if the registrant were filing a general form for registration of securities on Form 10. Accordingly, Matternet, as the successor registrant to LAVC, is providing the information below that would be included in a Form 10 if it were to file a Form 10. Please note that the information provided below relates to the combined company after the closing of the Merger unless otherwise specifically indicated or the context otherwise requires. As a result of the Merger, we have ceased to be a “shell company” (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act).

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Current Report, including the sections titled “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Description of Business,” includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements relate to, among others, our plans, objectives and expectations for our business, operations and financial performance and condition, and can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “will,” “could,” “project,” “target,” “potential,” “continue” and similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters or actual results. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s belief and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements.

 

Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

 

●the impact of current and future laws and regulations, especially those related to the drone delivery industry;

 

●our ability to achieve profitability and continue as a going concern;

 

●changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions;

 

●our ability to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights and the scope and duration of such rights;

 

●our reliance on third-parties, including suppliers, licensing partners, government entities and strategic partners, and our ability to maintain our relationships with such parties and enter into additional strategic partnerships in the future;

 

●our ability to commercialize our products and services on a large scale and grow effectively;

 

●our management team’s ability to successfully achieve our business objectives;

 

●our ability to raise additional capital to continue to maintain sufficient liquidity, develop our technology and scale our operations;

 

●the impact on us and our potential customers from changes in interest rates, inflation, tariffs, trade policies and rising costs, including commodity and labor costs;

 

●developments and projections relating to our business and the drone delivery industry;

 

●our ability to adequately control the costs associated with our operations;

 

●risks relating to the negative public or political perception of us or the drone delivery industry in general;

 

●the outcome of any potential litigation, government and regulatory proceedings, investigations and inquiries that may be instituted against us in the future;

 

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●potential cybersecurity risks to our operational systems and infrastructure;

 

●the development of an active trading market for our common stock;

 

●the impact of global events, disruptions, pandemics and geo-political tensions on our business, including our supply chain, and our customers;

 

●our intended use of proceeds from the Private Placement; and

 

●other risks and uncertainties, including those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors.”

 

We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, operating results, business strategy, short-term and long-term business operations and objectives, and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including those described in the section below titled “Risk Factors.” Moreover, we operate in a highly regulated environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, the future events and trends discussed in this Current Report may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.

 

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, performance, or achievements. We undertake no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this Current Report or to conform these statements to actual results or revised expectations, except as required by law.

 

You should read this Current Report and the documents that we reference in this Current Report as exhibits with the understanding that our actual future results, performance, and events and circumstances may be materially different from what we expect.

 

In addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Current Report, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.

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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Overview

 

We are an autonomous aerial logistics technology company. We design, develop and manufacture commercial drone delivery systems for urban and suburban environments, comprising an integrated platform of unmanned aircraft, ground infrastructure and cloud-based software that together enable highly automated, battery-powered package delivery. Our revenue model consists of (i) providing enterprise platform access to our drone platform and related operational infrastructure, including route planning, cloud-based software access, maintenance, training, technical support, and logistics coordination and (ii) delivery-as-a-service (“DaaS”) offerings, in which we provide end-to-end drone delivery operations.

 

Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, we have achieved a series of industry-defining milestones that, in our view, position us at the forefront of the emerging drone logistics industry:

 

●First and only FAA Type Certification and Production Certification for a drone delivery system. Our Matternet M2 drone became the first non-military unmanned aircraft to achieve Type Certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (the “FAA”) in September 2022, and we subsequently obtained an FAA Production Certificate, making us the only drone delivery platform holding both certifications.

 

●First commercial BVLOS urban drone delivery operations. In 2017, we began commercial BVLOS drone delivery operations over cities in Switzerland, which we believe were the first such authorized operations anywhere in the world.

 

●First routine revenue-generating drone delivery operations in the United States. In 2019, in partnership with UPS Flight Forward, Inc. (“UPS Flight Forward”), we supported the launch of the first U.S. drone airline to receive FAA’s full Part 135 Standard certification, enabling the first routine commercial drone delivery operations between hospital facilities.

 

●More than 60,000 flights across nine countries. Our drone delivery platforms have completed more than 60,000 cumulative flights across nine countries — including the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Malawi, the Dominican Republic, Papua New Guinea and Bhutan.

 

●No injuries or third-party property damage. Across more than 60,000 cumulative commercial, humanitarian and test flights to date, our systems have maintained a record of no incidents resulting in injury to persons or damage to third-party property, a performance standard we believe is critical to scaling autonomous aerial logistics.

 

We operate through our wholly-owned operating subsidiary, Matternet Operations, Inc. Our international commercial operations are conducted by our subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Greece.

 

Our business model is structured around two complementary commercial approaches. Under our enterprise platform access model, we provide drone access, operational software, support tools, spare parts, maintenance, cloud access, and related support services to enterprise customers under annual term arrangements. We also offer delivery as a service (“DaaS”) that includes the enterprise platform services together with delivery operations performed by FAA Part 135 operators or equivalent operators outside the United States, including operational responsibilities that enterprise customers may otherwise perform directly under the enterprise platform model.

 

Our Platform

 

Our technology platform consists of three integrated components:

 

●the M2 aircraft;

 

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●our automated ground station; and

 

●our software platform.

 

Together, these components are designed to enable autonomous, point-to-point package delivery at a unit cost that we believe is lower at scale than on-demand ground delivery.

 

Aircraft — Matternet M2

 

The M2 is a purpose-built, battery-powered, vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft system engineered specifically for urban and suburban package delivery. The M2 is the only drone delivery system holding FAA Type Certification and Production Certification, and is authorized for BVLOS deliveries over urban and suburban areas. Key M2 performance characteristics include:

 

●Maximum range: approximately 20 kilometers (12.4 miles).

 

●Maximum payload weight: 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds).

 

●Fleet control ratio: FAA-approved ratios from 3:1 up to 20:1, with a long-term objective of exceeding 100:1 as automation capabilities mature.

 

●Safety systems: the M2 is equipped with anti-collision lights and an ADS-B traffic awareness system for airspace visibility, a 3D geo-fence to keep the aircraft within its authorized zone, and a Flight Termination System. Navigation safety is supported by multi-sensor fusion and in-flight monitoring.

 

●Low-noise propulsion: 22-inch propellers chosen for a low acoustic signature of the aircraft in populated environments.

 

●Swappable systems: a swappable lithium-ion battery pack enabling aircraft turnaround in less than 60 seconds, and swappable payload boxes of varying volumes including reusable and disposable options.

 

●Operational life: 1,000 flight hours per aircraft under current design, with increased operational life targeted for the M3 platform.

 

Ground Station

 

Our ground station provides automated charging, payload loading and battery swap, enabling high-tempo fleet operations with a minimal on-site physical footprint. The station is designed for merchant-side deployment, allowing store staff or warehouse personnel to load packages into the station in a matter of seconds without specialized training. The ground station architecture underlies our “micro-hub” operating model, in which drones are co-located with customer points of origin rather than located in centralized hubs, reducing real estate costs and “dead legs” in each delivery cycle, that we believe characterize competing architectures.

 

Precision Delivery

 

Our aircraft supports two delivery methods, enabling flexible deployment across a wide range of use cases.

 

●Land and Deliver. For bi-directional deliveries, our aircraft can land at a destination to both drop off and pick up packages. This is particularly valuable in B2B and healthcare use cases where return logistics, sample collection, or multi-stop exchange missions are required.

 

●Tether Drop. For direct-to-consumer and dedicated delivery locations, our aircraft uses an infrastructure-free, tether-based package drop system that enables high-accuracy placement of a package without the need for dedicated landing pads or ground equipment installed at the customer site. This capability is central to addressing consumer use cases including restaurant, convenience retail, and top-up grocery delivery.

 

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Software Platform

 

Our proprietary cloud platform serves as the integrated operating system for our delivery network. Its capabilities include FAA-approved fleet supervision, real-time mission monitoring, and scalable routing across geographically distributed operations. It is designed to allow a single remotely located pilot-in-command to supervise multiple aircraft conducting simultaneous flights, and we are targeting an operational ratio of over 100 aircraft per pilot over time. The platform integrates order management, drop zone database management, aircraft configurations, simulation and training tools, ground control station interfaces, and FAA-approved pilot interfaces.

 

Next-Generation Platform (Matternet M3)

 

We are developing the Matternet M3, our next-generation drone delivery platform, which is designed to expand the addressable market of our system by supporting larger payloads, a larger service radius and a lower-cost production architecture. The M3 is targeted to support a maximum payload of approximately 5 kilograms (11 pounds), a service radius of approximately 10 miles and a per-hub coverage area of approximately 314 square miles, which we estimate to be approximately four times the coverage area of the M2. These specifications are intended to unlock use cases including larger restaurant meal delivery, multi-item grocery delivery and a broader range of industrial applications.

 

Under our current development roadmap, engineering validation unit builds for the M3 are targeted in the first half of 2026, with prototype testing and initiation of regulatory approval activities in the second half of 2026, flight testing and customer pilots in the first half of 2027, and targeted commercial service entry in late 2027. Due to our extensive certification and operational experience with the M2 in the United States and abroad, we believe the path to commercial operations for the M3 will be substantially faster than the path for the M2, and substantially faster than the timeline faced by new entrants to the industry. The M3 program is subject to customary technology, certification and regulatory risks, and the development timeline could be delayed or modified based on engineering, regulatory, supply chain or customer factors.

 

Industry and Market Opportunity

 

We operate at the intersection of two large and structurally challenged markets: last-mile parcel delivery and on-demand delivery. We estimate that in the United States alone, there are more than 5 billion on-demand deliveries per year across food, convenience retail, grocery and healthcare verticals, with this aggregate volume growing at an estimated 9% compound annual growth rate. Today, these deliveries are overwhelmingly performed by a human driving a multi-thousand-pound vehicle across an urban or suburban area, typically transporting one to three packages at a time, with typical delivery times of 30 to 90 minutes and typical end-user delivery fees of more than $10 plus tip.

 

We believe autonomous drone delivery represents a new logistics layer capable of addressing these inefficiencies. Our internal unit economics modeling indicates that, at scale, our platform can deliver packages in 5 to 15 minutes at a cost below $3 per delivery, representing what we believe is an up to 10x improvement in speed at substantially reduced cost and zero direct emissions relative to incumbent ground-based alternatives. These unit economics assume targeted fleet utilization, station density and drone-to-operator ratios that have not yet been achieved at scale, and actual results will depend on our ability to execute against our operating plan.

 

Why Now

 

We believe three forces are converging to create an inflection point for drone delivery in the United States and other developed markets:

 

●Regulatory progress. The FAA is advancing a comprehensive beyond visual line of sight rulemaking framework (proposed Part 108) that, if and when finalized, is expected to provide a standardized pathway from one-off, exemption-based approvals to scaled national drone delivery operations.

 

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●Federal policy backing U.S. platforms. Recent U.S. federal policy actions aimed at accelerating domestic drone integration into U.S. logistics, together with restrictions on Chinese-origin unmanned aircraft systems, have strengthened the competitive position of trusted U.S.-based providers.

 

●Enterprise adoption. Leading enterprises, including Walmart, Amazon, DoorDash and Uber, have publicly committed to drone delivery programs, signaling a shift from isolated pilots to scaled deployment and, in our view, accelerating enterprise customer demand across the food, retail and parcel verticals.

 

Our Strategy

 

Our strategy is to build the leading autonomous aerial logistics technology platform serving urban and suburban delivery markets by combining certified, safe-by-design technology; a scalable, partner-led operating model; and a dual-track commercial approach that combines customer-operated services with DaaS. The principal components of our strategy are:

 

●Maintain and extend our regulatory leadership. We intend to build on our FAA Type Certification and Production Certification by seeking timely regulatory approvals for the M3 platform, expanding the envelope of authorized operations under existing and future rulemakings, and pursuing regulatory approvals in additional international markets.

 

●Scale through a partner-led operating model. Rather than operating our own airline in every geography, we have developed a partner-led model under which FAA Part 135-certified operators perform commercial flight operations using our systems. Our operating partners include UPS Flight Forward (the first FAA Part 135 Standard-certificated drone airline in the United States) and Ameriflight (the largest Part 135 cargo airline in the United States). Outside the United States, we plan to partner with suitably approved operators that hold the equivalent authorizations under their respective civil aviation authorities. We believe this approach allows us to enter new geographies and use cases without having to scale operating infrastructure or headcount in lockstep with demand.

 

●Extend commercial reach through strategic partnerships. In April 2026, we announced a strategic partnership with SoftBank Robotics America (“SBRA”), the North American arm of SoftBank Robotics. Under the partnership, Matternet and SBRA plan to collaborate on the commercialization and deployment of drone delivery solutions for enterprise customers. SBRA is also expected to support manufacturing, installation and maintenance of our ground infrastructure.

 

●Pursue a disciplined dual-track go-to-market. Our customer-operated services model targets large logistics operators, including UPS, FedEx and Amazon, that operate their own flight operations. Our DaaS model targets retailers, delivery marketplaces and healthcare providers who wish to purchase delivery services rather than aircraft, and is delivered through our operating partners. We can tailor our commercial posture to the needs of each vertical, which we believe maximizes the addressable customer base for our platform.

 

●Expand into high-volume verticals. Our M2 platform’s FAA Type Certification and Production Certification, together with the FAA operational authorities held by our Part 135 operating partners, provide a foundation we intend to leverage to expand from our initial healthcare and early enterprise deployments into the largest-volume segments of the on-demand delivery market. We are prioritizing food and grocery on-demand delivery, which we believe together represent the largest on-demand delivery volume opportunity in the United States, together with convenience retail, e-commerce last-mile and other high-volume verticals.

 

●Protect and extend our intellectual property position. We have developed a foundational intellectual property portfolio spanning system and network architecture as well as software and hardware inventions, with our earliest filings dating from 2012. We intend to continue investing in the creation and protection of intellectual property that we believe is difficult to replicate or design around.

 

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Commercial Operations and Customers

 

Our systems are currently operating primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. Commercial operations to date have focused primarily on healthcare logistics, in which our drones are used to move clinical samples, pharmaceuticals and other items between hospital facilities, and on selected food delivery pilots. Representative current and recent commercial engagements include the following:

 

●NHS England / Apian (London). We have launched an operation to deliver clinical samples, blood products and pharmaceuticals between central London hospital facilities under an operation conducted by our UK subsidiary together with Apian, a healthcare logistics partner of NHS. The program was announced publicly in April 2026.

 

●Atrium Health / UPS Flight Forward. Since 2020, we have supported UPS Flight Forward in delivering clinical samples, pharmaceuticals and other medical items between Atrium Health hospital facilities in the United States, following the first routine revenue-generating drone delivery operations in the United States, which UPS conducted using our M2 drone delivery platform at WakeMed Health, also in North Carolina.

 

●Dave’s Hot Chicken. In October 2025, we announced a drone delivery pilot with Dave’s Hot Chicken under which eligible residents of Northridge, a suburb of Los Angeles, California, were able to place orders through the Dave’s Hot Chicken website and receive hot food delivered directly to their homes by our autonomous M2 drones from Dave’s Hot Chicken’s Northridge location. The pilot built on our direct-to-home drone delivery service in Silicon Valley, which has been in operation since October 2024.

 

In addition to our publicly announced commercial engagements, we are engaged in discussions with prospective customers across food delivery, convenience retail, healthcare and industrial logistics. Our commercial pipeline is currently weighted toward DaaS opportunities and is U.S.-focused in the near term. There can be no assurance that any of these opportunities will result in definitive contracts or, if so, will generate material revenue. Customers contracting for service on the M2 platform are generally expected to transition to the M3 platform upon commercial availability.

 

Revenue Model

 

We generate revenue through the following principal streams:

 

●Enterprise platform access. We provide customers access to our integrated drone platform and related operational infrastructure, including aircraft availability, cloud-based software access, tooling and spare parts, maintenance, support, training, and reporting services, while the customer performs delivery operations using our technology.

 

●Delivery-as-a-Service (“DaaS”). We install, operate, and manage drone delivery networks on behalf of customers, including remote piloting, ground operations, system maintenance, cloud platform access, reporting, training, and operational support services.

 

Strategic and Operating Partnerships

 

A central element of our strategy is to scale our platform through a network of specialized partners whose capabilities complement our core strengths in technology development, certification and system integration.

 

SoftBank Robotics America. Our strategic partnership with SBRA, announced in April 2026, is expected to support M3 ground infrastructure manufacturing, installation and maintenance, and to extend our commercial reach through co-selling. We believe SBRA’s experience integrating and deploying robotics at scale for enterprise customers across multiple industries is complementary to our go-to-market strategy for the M3 platform.

 

UPS Flight Forward. Our longest-standing U.S. commercial and operating partner, UPS Flight Forward is the first FAA Part 135 Standard-certificated drone airline in the United States. UPS Flight Forward has operated our M2 drones continuously since 2019 for customers under commercial contracts entered into by UPS, and runs a central remote operations center that can support operations at multiple customer sites.

 

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Ameriflight. Ameriflight is the largest FAA Part 135 cargo airline in the United States. Ameriflight is authorized to operate the M2 under its Part 135 certificate, enabling geographic and use-case expansion without Matternet operating its own airline.

 

We believe this partner-led model creates a structural advantage by expanding our commercial footprint and operating capacity without requiring proportional growth in Matternet headcount, without tying the business to a single operator.

 

Technology, Research and Development

 

Technological Capabilities

 

Over more than a decade of research, development, and commercial operations, we have built what we believe is one of the most extensive sets of technological capabilities across the full stack of autonomous drone delivery; from aircraft design and certification to ground infrastructure, fleet automation, and network operations. These capabilities include autonomous BVLOS flight systems for urban and suburban environments; modular, certifiable aircraft architecture; automated payload handling, battery swap, and charging; infrastructure-free tether-based delivery; and fleet supervision and routing through our cloud-based software platform. We believe this depth of experience and breadth of capability is reflected in the only drone delivery system in its class to have received FAA Type Certification.

 

Research and Development

 

Our research and development efforts are focused on (i) sustaining engineering and incremental capability expansion of the M2 platform in support of our existing customers and operating partners, (ii) development and certification of the M3 platform, and (iii) continued advancement of our autonomy, precision delivery and fleet management software. A portion of our research and development spending is expected to support the expansion of our engineering and operations headcount, including hiring in aerospace engineering, software and systems integration disciplines. A portion of the net proceeds of the Private Placement is expected to be allocated to the development and commercial launch of the M3 platform and related production infrastructure.

 

Intellectual Property

 

As of March 31, 2026, we have six patents issued in the United States, seven patents issued in international jurisdictions, three patent applications pending in the United States, and eight patent applications pending in international jurisdictions, with our earliest foundational filings dating to 2012. Our U.S. patents expire between approximately 2033 and 2036. Our intellectual property portfolio spans network- and system-level architecture — including patents directed to autonomous delivery network architectures comprising autonomous drones, ground infrastructure (stations) and software, dynamic route generation based on payload, station and aircraft availability, and multi-aircraft route orchestration — and hardware-level inventions, including patents directed to landing systems for package dropoff and automated drone loading, automated battery charger and swapping, airspace sensing and obstacle detection, and package and aircraft diagnostics for predictive maintenance and servicing. We believe this combination of overlapping network-, system- and hardware-level protection, together with our brand and regulatory assets, makes our platform difficult to copy and difficult to design around.

 

We also rely on a combination of trade secrets, know-how, copyrights, trademarks and confidentiality and invention assignment agreements with our employees, contractors and partners to protect our proprietary technology. Our existing and future issued patents may be contested, challenged, circumvented, invalidated or limited in scope in the future, and our current and future patent applications may not result in issued patents. If we cannot protect, maintain and, if necessary, enforce our intellectual property rights, our ability to develop and commercialize products will be adversely impacted.

 

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Competition

 

The drone delivery industry is rapidly evolving and competitive, and we expect competition to intensify as the market matures. We believe the principal competitive factors in our markets are: regulatory status and authorized operating envelope; safety record; unit economics at scale; payload, range and coverage capabilities; speed and reliability of delivery; ability to serve urban and suburban environments; breadth and quality of operating partnerships; strength of intellectual property position; and trusted-vendor status with government and enterprise customers.

 

Our principal competitors include Amazon Prime Air (a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc.), Wing Aviation LLC (a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.) and Zipline International Inc. Each of these competitors has substantially greater financial, technical and operational resources than we do, and in some cases has deployed commercial operations in other geographies or use cases. We also face potential competition from large logistics companies that may develop or acquire proprietary drone delivery capabilities, from emerging drone manufacturers and software companies, and from adjacent autonomous delivery technologies including sidewalk and wheeled delivery robots. Rapid technological change could render our current products less competitive if we are unable to continue to innovate.

 

We believe our key differentiators relative to our competitors include: our FAA Type Certification and Production Certification; our more than 60,000 cumulative commercial and test flights across nine countries with no incidents resulting in injury to persons or damage to third-party property; our micro-hub operating model, which reduces dead legs and merchant-side handling relative to centralized hub architectures; our partner-led operating model, which leverages multiple FAA Part 135 operators without single-operator dependency; and the breadth of our foundational intellectual property portfolio.

 

Manufacturing and Operations

 

We operate a production facility in Mountain View, California, supporting the assembly, test, quality acceptance and delivery of our M2 aircraft and ground stations. Our production processes are designed to comply with our FAA Production Certificate, which imposes quality management, documentation and conformity requirements. As we scale the M2 platform and prepare for the commercial launch of the M3 platform, we intend to expand our production capacity. Depending on commercial requirements, capital efficiency and the availability of qualified partners, we may continue to manage aircraft production directly at facilities operated by us, whether in the United States or internationally, or we may elect to outsource all or a portion of aircraft production to qualified third-party contract manufacturers. We may similarly produce our ground infrastructure in-house or through partners, including pursuant to our strategic partnership with SoftBank Robotics America, which is expected to support manufacturing, installation and maintenance of our M3 ground infrastructure.

 

Raw Materials and Suppliers

 

The manufacture of our systems depends on the availability of a range of raw materials and components, including airframe composites, electric propulsion systems, lithium-ion batteries, sensors, semiconductors and cellular communications modules. We source components from a combination of domestic and international suppliers, and in certain cases from single or limited sources. We seek to mitigate supply chain risk through qualification of alternative suppliers, inventory management and long-term supply arrangements where appropriate. Our business is subject to supply chain disruptions, geopolitical risks and macroeconomic conditions that could affect component availability, manufacturing costs and customer demand. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”

 

Government Regulation

 

Our business is subject to extensive regulation in the United States and in each jurisdiction in which we or our operating partners conduct flight operations. We are particularly dependent on regulatory frameworks governing the design, certification, production, maintenance and operation of unmanned aircraft systems, as well as on the terms of the specific type, production, maintenance, operating and airspace authorizations we and our partners hold.

 

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U.S. Regulation

 

In the United States, commercial drone operations are regulated by the FAA, which has authority over airspace, aircraft certification, aircraft production, aircraft maintenance and flight operations. Our M2 drone holds a Standard Type Certificate issued by the FAA, which authorizes the aircraft’s design, and we hold a Production Certificate issued by the FAA, which authorizes its series production. In addition, we hold an FAA Air Agency Certificate authorizing us to operate an FAA-approved repair station under Part 145, which allows us to perform maintenance, preventive maintenance and alterations on our aircraft and supporting systems. We believe we are the only drone delivery platform that holds FAA Type Certification and FAA Production Certification.

 

Commercial flight operations of our aircraft in the United States are conducted under FAA Part 135 authority held by our operating partners, including UPS Flight Forward and Ameriflight. Operations beyond visual line of sight are currently conducted pursuant to specific FAA waivers and authorizations. The FAA has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for a standardized regulatory framework for routine BVLOS operations of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly referred to as proposed Part 108. Although we believe the finalization of Part 108 would expand the operating envelope for our platform and accelerate the scale of the drone delivery industry, the timing and final content of Part 108 are uncertain. Changes to, or delays in, the rulemaking process could alter the assumptions underlying our operating plan. We, directly and through industry associations, actively engage with the FAA and other U.S. government stakeholders on rulemaking activities relevant to our industry.

 

Flight operations of our aircraft are federally regulated under the exclusive jurisdiction of the FAA, while the siting of ground infrastructure and related land-use matters remain subject to state and local zoning, noise, privacy and similar laws. In addition to the FAA, our U.S. operations are subject to regulation by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to the wireless spectrum used by our systems.

 

International Regulation

 

Our international operations are subject to the aviation and related laws and regulations of each jurisdiction in which we or our local partners operate. These frameworks may include civil aviation authority approvals, operator certifications, cross-border data transfer requirements and operational airspace limitations. BVLOS frameworks remain under development in many jurisdictions and may develop unevenly across markets. Our principal international regulatory authorizations are summarized below.

 

●Switzerland — Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (“FOCA”). We have held BVLOS operational approvals from FOCA since 2017, when we believe we became the first company in the world authorized for commercial BVLOS drone delivery operations over cities. In 2022, we launched what we believe is the longest urban BVLOS drone delivery route over a major city, connecting Triemli and Waid Hospitals (part of Stadtspital Zürich) over a five-kilometer route. In 2024, we received from FOCA a Light UAS Operator Certificate (known as an “LUC”) for higher-risk SAIL III operations, which we believe was the first LUC of its kind issued by FOCA. The LUC allows us to self-authorize new BVLOS operations within Switzerland, subject to the scope of the certificate, and is generally recognized for purposes of accelerating similar approvals throughout the European Union.

 

●Germany — Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (“LBA”). In December 2023, we received approval from the LBA, Germany’s Federal Aviation Office, to operate the M2 platform on a BVLOS basis in central Berlin, which we believe was the first BVLOS drone delivery approval of its kind in Berlin. The LUC referenced above also allows us to self-authorize new BVLOS operations within the Federal State of Berlin, subject to the scope of the certificate.

 

●United Kingdom — Civil Aviation Authority (“CAA”). Our United Kingdom operations are conducted under BVLOS authorizations issued by the UK CAA, which regulates UK airspace and civil aviation activities, including unmanned aircraft systems. Our current UK program, operated by our UK subsidiary, provides drone delivery of diagnostic samples, laboratory specimens and pharmaceuticals between central London hospital facilities of the National Health Service.

 

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●Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — General Authority of Civil Aviation (“GACA”). In September 2023, we received a Type Acceptance Certificate from GACA for the Matternet M2, which recognizes our FAA Type Certificate as meeting GACA’s airworthiness requirements for the M2. We believe we were the first drone delivery platform to receive such Type Acceptance from GACA.

 

●United Arab Emirates — General Civil Aviation Authority. In September 2021, we conducted drone delivery operations over the city of Abu Dhabi. We believe we were the first company to receive authorization for drone delivery services in the Emirate.

 

We expect our international regulatory footprint to continue to evolve as we and our partners pursue additional authorizations in existing and new jurisdictions. In addition, we believe our FAA Type Certification and Production Certification provide a meaningful basis for the recognition of the M2 platform’s airworthiness by foreign civil aviation authorities, and we expect to continue to pursue such recognition as a path to accelerated international approvals.

 

Other Regulations

 

We are subject to U.S. export control laws, including the Export Administration Regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, as well as economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. We are also subject to privacy, data protection and cybersecurity laws and regulations in the jurisdictions in which we operate, including the General Data Protection Regulation in the European Union and the United Kingdom and the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended) in California, which govern the collection, use, transfer and storage of personal information.

 

Human Capital Resources

 

As of March 31, 2026, we had a multidisciplinary workforce of 31 employees distributed primarily across our Mountain View, California headquarters, additional employee locations elsewhere in the United States, and our subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

 

We are committed to operating a safe workplace. Our safety philosophy extends from the design and operation of our aircraft, where we have a record of no incidents resulting in injury to persons or damage to third-party property across more than 60,000 cumulative flights, to the physical safety and well-being of our employees and contractors.

 

Competitive Pay and Benefits

 

We provide compensation and benefits packages that are competitive within our industry, offering a combination of cash and equity compensation, among other benefits, to attract, motivate and retain employees, including retirement programs, paid time off and health benefits.

 

Employee Recruitment, Retention, and Development

 

We believe our unique corporate culture, competitive compensation and benefits programs, and career growth and development opportunities promote longer employee tenure and reduce turnover. We monitor employee turnover rates as our success depends upon retaining and investing in its highly skilled technical staff.

 

Property

 

We do not own real property. We lease our facilities, which currently consist of the following:

 

●approximately 12,769 rentable square feet in Mountain View, California, which serves as our corporate headquarters and production facility;

 

●a flight-test site in Pittsburg, California used for flight testing and related drone operations;

 

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●approximately 1,500 square feet of office and storage space in Dübendorf, Switzerland, used by our Swiss subsidiary to support our European commercial operations; and

 

●an office in central London used by our United Kingdom subsidiary to support our United Kingdom commercial operations.

 

We believe our facilities are adequate and suitable for our current needs and that, should it be needed, suitable additional or alternative space will be available to accommodate our operations in the future.

 

Litigation

 

From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are not subject to any pending legal proceedings, notices, citations, or requests for any corrective action by any state or federal court, local, state, or federal government agency or body which we believe could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

Available Information

 

Our website is www.matternet.com. We can be contacted at [email protected]. We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and file or furnish reports, proxy statements, and other information with the SEC. Such reports and other information filed by us with the SEC will be available free of charge at www.matternet.com when such reports are available on the SEC’s website. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information that issuers file electronically with the SEC at www.sec.gov.

 

The contents of the websites referred to above are not incorporated into this Current Report. Further, our references to the URLs for these websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below together with all of the other information contained in this Current Report, including our audited annual and interim unaudited financial statements, unaudited pro forma financial statements and the related notes included in this Current Report, before deciding to invest in our common stock. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition could suffer materially. In such event, the trading price of our common stock could decline and you might lose all or part of your investment.

 

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

 

Our future growth depends on the demand for, and customers’ willingness to adopt, our products and drone delivery services.

 

We operate in the new and evolving drone delivery industry. Our business and operating results depend in large part on the acceptance of and demand for our drone delivery systems. The success of these products and services are and will be subject to risks, including with respect to:

 

●the extent of market reception and adoption of drone delivery in urban and suburban environments;

 

●our navigating a new and evolving regulatory environment;

 

●our timely fulfillment of product orders;

 

●our ability to produce safe, high-quality and cost-effective aircraft on an ongoing basis;

 

●the performance of our drone delivery systems relative to customer expectations and customers’ interest in and demand for our drone delivery systems and solutions; and

 

●our building a well-recognized and respected brand.

 

If we fail to manage the risks described above, we may discourage current or potential customers from purchasing our products or using our commercial solutions, and there may be downward price pressure on our products and commercial solutions. If the market for drone delivery solutions does not develop as we expect or develops more slowly than we expect, our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results will be materially and adversely affected.

 

We may be unable to make timely product deliveries due to limited production capacity.

 

Commercial production of our aircraft and ground infrastructure requires timely and adequate supply of various types of raw materials and components, as well as mass production capacity and efficient manufacturing and assembly. We have limited experience in high-volume manufacturing of our aircraft and ground infrastructure. We cannot assure you that we will be able to expand our production capacity efficiently and cost-effectively, or be able to procure sufficient raw materials and components to meet our production volume. While we are looking into expanding our manufacturing capacity through partnerships, such partnerships may not be successful, or we may not be able to do so in a timely manner to fulfill our backlog orders. While we obtain components from multiple sources whenever possible, some of the components used in our products are currently selected to be purchased from a single source to improve cost-efficiency or due to regulatory constraints. Disruption in the supply of components, whether or not from a single-source supplier, could temporarily disrupt commercial production of our products. We also outsource certain manufacturing activities to third party contract manufacturers. We may experience operational difficulties with our contract manufacturers, including reductions in the availability of production capacity, failure to comply with product specifications, insufficient quality control, failure to meet production deadlines, increases in manufacturing costs and longer lead time.

 

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Any of the foregoing could result in our failure to make timely deliveries to our customers. Such failure would materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

 

We may have significant customer concentration, and the loss of one or more key customers contracts could materially harm our business.

 

Our revenue and order backlog may be concentrated among a limited number of customers, commercial partners, or government entities that have contracted for drone delivery services or logistics infrastructure. The drone delivery market is at an early stage of commercialization, and a significant portion of our near-term revenue is likely to depend on a small number of anchor customers or pilot program agreements. If any such customer were to reduce delivery volumes, terminate its relationship with us, decline to renew a contract, shift to a competing drone delivery provider, or revert to conventional ground-based logistics, our revenues could decline materially and abruptly.

 

Government customers and publicly funded programs, which may represent a meaningful share of our early revenue, are subject to budgetary constraints, changes in procurement priorities, and shifts in policy toward drone delivery that are outside our control and that could result in the reduction, modification, or cancellation of contracts with limited notice. Commercial customers in the healthcare, retail, and logistics sectors, which are among the primary target markets for drone delivery, may also face industry-specific pressures that affect their willingness or ability to maintain or expand drone delivery programs.

 

Our reliance on a small number of customers also limits our negotiating leverage and may result in pricing pressure, route exclusivity demands, or service level commitments that increase our operating costs and constrain our network flexibility. Any loss of, or material reduction in business from, a key customer could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

We may not be successful in competing in the drone delivery industry.

 

We operate in the drone delivery industry and in addition to competing with other drone delivery companies, we compete with traditional industry players providing on-demand delivery through road-based solutions. Many of our current and potential competitors have significantly greater financial, technical, manufacturing, marketing and other resources than we do and may be able to devote greater resources to the design, development, manufacturing, distribution, promotion, sale and support of their products.

 

We expect competition in our industry to intensify in the future in light of increased demand for cost-efficient on-demand and instant delivery. Factors affecting competition include, among others, ability to innovate, development speed, product quality, reliability, safety and features, pricing and customer service. Increased competition may lead to lower product unit sales and increased inventory, which may result in downward price pressure and adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and prospects.

 

Our ability to successfully compete in our industry will be fundamental to our future success in existing and new markets and will affect our market share. If our competitors introduce products or services that are superior in quality or performance and/or lower in price compared with our offerings, we may lose existing customers or be unable to attract new customers at prices that would allow us to generate attractive rates of return on our investment, if at all.

 

An accident involving a drone delivery system provided by us or another manufacturer could harm the drone delivery industry.

 

An accident involving a drone delivery system provided by us or another manufacturer could cause regulatory agencies around the world to tighten restrictions on the use of drone delivery systems, particularly over-populated areas, and could cause the public to lose confidence in our products and drone delivery systems generally. There are risks associated with autopilot, flight control, communications and other advanced technologies, and, from time to time, there have been accidents associated with these technologies. The safety of certain cutting-edge technologies depends in part on user interaction, and users may not be accustomed to using such technologies. We could face unfavorable and tightened regulatory control and intervention on the use of drone delivery systems and be subject to liability and government scrutiny to the extent accidents associated with our systems occur. Should a high-profile accident occur resulting in substantial casualty or damages, either involving our products or products offered by other companies, public confidence in and regulatory attitudes toward drone delivery could deteriorate. Any of the foregoing could materially and adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and growth prospects.

 

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We are subject to extensive laws and regulations relating to various aspects of our business, including licensing by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. There can be no assurance that the necessary approvals and licenses will be granted on a timely basis, if at all, which could significantly delay or prevent the commercialization of our products.

 

We are subject to a wide variety of laws and regulations relating to various aspects of our business, including with respect to the design, manufacture, operations, and marketing of drone delivery solutions; employment and labor; tax; data security of the operational and information technology we use; health and safety; and zoning and environmental issues. Laws and regulations at the foreign, federal, state and local levels may change and may be interpreted in different ways, especially in relation to new and emerging industries, and we cannot always reasonably predict the impact from, or the ultimate cost of compliance with, current or future regulatory or administrative changes. We cannot guarantee that our measures to monitor these developments and the time and resources we spend to comply with these laws, regulations and guidelines will be satisfactory to regulators or other third parties, such as our customers, who may also be subject to extensive governmental regulation.

 

We may need to expend substantial efforts to comply with any new and evolving laws and regulations applicable to our business, which may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention. Moreover, changes in laws, the imposition of new or additional regulations or the enactment of any new or more stringent legislation that impacts our business could require us to change the way we operate and could have a material adverse effect on our sales, profitability, cash flows and financial condition, and lead to regulatory delays that could impact our ability to obtain licenses, certificates, authorizations, permits, and other types of regulatory approvals. Similarly, changes in the priorities, mandates and funding levels of the governmental entities with which we interact could impact our relationships with such entities; reduce the number of staff available to review and issue the requisite regulatory approvals, permits and licenses; influence the public’s perception of our company and our industry; and influence decisions by clients, governmental agencies or other industry participants with whom we do business. Any such change thus carries the possibility of reducing demand for our services or increasing our costs of operations, which could have a negative impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows, but we cannot reasonably or reliably estimate whether such changes will occur, when they will occur or if they will impact us.

 

If we fail to comply with the laws applicable to our business and operations, we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties or private lawsuits, or the suspension or revocation of regulatory approvals, which would prevent us from operating our business. Regulatory approval processes may be subject to change, can be technically challenging to address, may result in the imposition of conditions that impact the financial viability of our facilities, and may also provide opportunities for third parties to lodge objections or file petitions against the licensing of our facilities. Failure to comply with these laws, obtain the required regulatory approvals, or receive exemptions from such regulations, as needed, could result in regulatory enforcement, violations, fines, penalties, or the inability to operate our commercial deployments. Any delays in regulatory approvals could also adversely affect our ability to meet commercialization timelines and thereby affect our financial performance and future growth objectives.

 

We must also comply with extensive government laws and regulations related to, among other things, health, safety and the environment. We may be unable to meet the compliance standards of such laws and regulations, and our inability to do so may cause us to lose prospective business and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. Further, environmental, health and safety laws change frequently, and we may not be able to anticipate such changes or the impact of such changes. There is no assurance that we can avoid significant costs, liabilities and penalties imposed as a result of such governmental regulation in the future.

 

Our business could be subject to stringent U.S. export control laws and regulations as well. Unfavorable changes in these laws and regulations or U.S. government licensing policies, our failure to comply with or secure timely U.S. government authorizations under these laws and regulations could harm us and our ability to expand and thereby affect our business prospects, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Moreover, the inability to secure and maintain required export licenses or authorizations could negatively impact our ability to compete successfully or market our technology outside the United States. Similarly, if export control laws and regulations prevent us from sharing certain export controlled information with suppliers we intend to partner with to operate our business or develop and produce our products, we may not be able to work with our preferred suppliers, which may impact our finances, business plans, and the competitiveness of our offerings. Failure to comply with export control laws and regulations could expose us to civil or criminal penalties, fines, investigations, more onerous compliance requirements, loss of export privileges, debarment from government contracts or limitations on our ability to enter into contracts with the U.S. government. Any changes in export control regulations or U.S. government licensing policy, such as that necessary to implement U.S. government commitments to multilateral control regimes, may restrict our market size.

 

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We are an early-stage company with a history of financial losses, and we expect to continue to incur financial losses for the foreseeable future. We cannot assure you that we can or will be able to operate profitably.

 

We are an early-stage company formed in 2011. We face all the risks commonly encountered by newer companies, as well as risks related to the nature of the emerging drone logistics industry, and we may experience unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays and effects caused by other known and unknown factors.

 

We have not been profitable to date, and we expect to incur operating losses for the near future. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 and six months ended March 31, 2026, we incurred net losses of $31.0 million and $7.2 million, respectively, on a consolidated basis. There can be no assurance that we will not continue to incur net losses in the future. We may not succeed in expanding our customer base, and market acceptance of our technology and products may never occur. Even if we are successful in generating a broader customer base or promoting market acceptance of our offerings, we may never generate revenue that is significant enough to achieve profitability. Even if we do achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Our failure to become and remain profitable would depress our value and could impair our ability to raise capital, expand our business, diversify our product offerings, or even continue our operations.

 

If we fail to manage our growth effectively, we may be unable to execute our business plan, which could harm our business prospects, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

 

We intend to invest significantly in order to expand our business from an early-stage company to a company capable of supporting large-scale commercial activities. Any failure to manage our growth effectively could harm our business, prospects, financial condition, and operating results. We expect our expansion to include:

 

●launching commercialization of our products and services;

 

●forecasting production and revenue;

 

●completing the testing, licensing and production of our products and services;

 

●developing the supply chain necessary to supply components for our products and services;

 

●entering into relationships with multiple government entities and strategic partners to expand our customer base and facilitate market adoption of our products and services;

 

●controlling expenses and investments in anticipation of expanded operations;

 

●carrying out acquisitions and entering into collaborations, in-licensing arrangements, joint ventures, strategic alliances or partnerships;

 

●conducting demonstrations;

 

●hiring and training new personnel; and

 

●expanding and enhancing administrative infrastructure, systems, and processes.

 

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If our operations continue to grow, of which there can be no assurance, we will need to continue to expand our sales and marketing, research and development, commercial strategy, permitting and licensing, products and services, manufacturing, supply and operations functions. These efforts will require us to invest significant financial and other resources. There is no guarantee that we will be able to scale our business as currently planned or within the planned timeframe. The continued expansion of our business may in the future require additional operational facilities, as well as space for administrative support, and there is no guarantee that we will be able to find suitable locations for such facilities if needed.

 

Our continued growth could increase the strain on our resources, and we could experience operating difficulties, including difficulties in hiring and training employees, delays in production, challenges in scaling-up operations, and difficulty sourcing adequate production materials. These difficulties may divert the attention of management and key employees and impact financial and operational results. If we are unable to drive commensurate growth, these costs could result in decreased margins, which could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

Our future revenue plans rely on partnerships with strategic and government entities. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in entering into such needed partnerships.

 

Our largest stream of projected revenue comes from maximizing adoption of our drone delivery products and services. We may be unable to maximize utilization due to a variety of reasons, including, inability to timely enter into desirable strategic partnerships and failure to obtain necessary regulatory approvals and permits. Our services are new solutions in the delivery industry and as such, represent an unproven model. If we are unable to realize these sales, our business model and go-to-market strategy will be jeopardized.

 

We depend on third-party FAA Part 135 operating partners to conduct commercial flight operations in the United States, and the loss or unreliability of these partners could materially harm our business.

 

Our commercial strategy in the United States relies on FAA Part 135-certificated operators – including UPS Flight Forward and Ameriflight – to conduct commercial drone delivery flights using our M2 platform. We do not currently hold our own Part 135 certificate in the United States, and certain customer programs are served by a single operator. Our ability to deliver revenue from our DaaS model, and to scale commercial operations in the United States more broadly, depends on the continued availability, performance and economic terms of these partners.

 

A partner may experience operational, financial, regulatory or safety issues that limit its ability to operate our platform, including suspension or revocation of its Part 135 certificate. A partner may elect to reduce or terminate operations using our systems, to prioritize competing platforms, or to be acquired by or aligned with a competitor. Commercial terms, including operator margins, revenue share and minimum commitments, may become less favorable to us or make our DaaS offering uneconomic. A partner may also fail to achieve targeted utilization, on-time performance or service-level metrics, harming our customer relationships and reputation. The loss or material underperformance of any single operator, or our inability to identify and onboard additional qualified operators on acceptable terms, could disrupt or terminate customer programs, delay new program launches, require us to expend significant resources to transition operations or to develop our own operating capability, and result in lost or delayed revenue. Any of the foregoing could materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our drone delivery operations depend on obtaining regulatory approvals for beyond visual line of sight operations and integration into low-altitude airspace management frameworks that are still being developed.

 

The commercial viability of our drone delivery systems depends on our ability to conduct routine delivery operations BVLOS, at scale in urban and suburban environments. BVLOS operations currently require case-by-case FAA waivers or exemptions and there is no assurance that we or our partners will obtain such approvals for our target delivery corridors on a timely basis, on acceptable terms, or at all.

 

In addition, the FAA’s UAS Traffic Management (“UTM”), framework, which is intended to manage low-altitude drone traffic and enable scalable BVLOS operations, remains under development. The rules, technical standards, and operational requirements that ultimately emerge from this framework may impose certification burdens, equipage mandates, or operational constraints that require significant modification to our delivery systems or ground infrastructure.

 

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Delays in the development or implementation of UTM frameworks or BVLOS regulatory pathways could prevent us from operating in the delivery areas and service frequencies required to achieve commercial viability and meet the commitments we have made to customers and strategic partners. State, county, and municipal governments may also impose restrictions on low-altitude drone operations over populated areas, noise-sensitive zones, or critical infrastructure, creating a fragmented regulatory environment that increases compliance costs and limits the geographic scope of our delivery network. Any failure to obtain or maintain the regulatory approvals necessary for scalable BVLOS drone delivery operations could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

Our operating and financial projections rely on management assumptions and analyses. If these assumptions or analyses prove to be incorrect, our actual operating results may be materially different from our forecasted results.

 

We have limited experience commercializing our products and services. Our projected financial and operating information reflect estimates of future performance and is based on multiple financial, technical, and operational assumptions, including the level of demand for our products and services, cost of manufacturing, cost of components and availability of adequate supply, the nature and length of the sales cycle, and the costs of maintaining and operating our network. However, given our limited commercial experience and the fact that many of the factors on which these assumptions are based are outside of our control, it is possible that many of these assumptions will prove incorrect. The projections are forward-looking statements that are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control. Whether actual operating and financial results and business developments will be consistent with our expectations and assumptions as reflected in our forecast depends on a number of other factors, many of which are outside our control, including, but not limited to:

 

●whether we can obtain sufficient capital to sustain and grow our business;

 

●our ability to manage our growth;

 

●the contractual terms of our agreements with strategic partners and customers;

 

●whether we can manage relationships with key suppliers and partners;

 

●the timing and costs of the required marketing and promotional efforts;

 

●competition, including from future competitors;

 

●our ability to retain existing key management, to attract additional leaders as needed, to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel;

 

●the overall strength and stability of domestic and international economies;

 

●regulatory, legislative, and political changes; and

 

●customer requirements and preferences.

 

Unfavorable changes in any of these or other factors, most of which are beyond our control, could cause us to fail to meet our operating and financial projections and could harm our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

 

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We have limited experience commercializing our products at a large scale and may not be able to do so efficiently or effectively.

 

We have limited experience commercializing our products and services at a large scale and may not be able to do so efficiently or effectively. A key element of our long-term business strategy is the success of our product and service offerings in facilitating adoption of our solutions, continued testing of our technologies, engagement with key stakeholders and collaboration with leaders in the drone delivery industry. Commercialization of our operations will also require growth in sales, marketing, training, customer relations and maintenance and servicing operations, including hiring select personnel with the necessary experience and expertise. Managing and maintaining these operations is expensive and time consuming, and an inability to leverage such an organization effectively or at all could inhibit potential sales or subscriptions and the penetration and adoption of our products into new markets. In addition, certain decisions we make regarding staffing in these areas in our efforts to maintain an adequate spending level could have unintended negative effects on our revenues, such as by weakening the sales, marketing and maintenance and servicing infrastructures or lowering the quality of customer service.

 

Our business is substantially dependent on a small number of key personnel, and the loss of any such personnel could adversely affect our operations.

 

We are an early-stage company with a small management team and a concentrated base of technical expertise. Our success depends in large part on the continued contributions of our executive officers, key engineers, and other technical personnel who have specialized knowledge of our drone delivery systems, autonomous flight software, logistics network design, and regulatory strategy specific to the drone delivery industry. The loss of any of these individuals, whether due to resignation, illness, retirement, or competition from other employers, could significantly disrupt our operations, delay our product development and commercialization timelines, and impair our ability to execute our business plan.

 

Competition for qualified personnel with experience in drone delivery, logistics technology, and autonomous systems is intense, and we may not be able to attract or retain the personnel we need on acceptable terms, or at all. Additionally, certain institutional knowledge regarding our delivery network architecture, customer relationships, and regulatory approvals resides with a limited number of individuals, and the departure of any such person could result in the loss of capabilities that would be difficult and time-consuming to replace. Any failure to retain or attract key personnel could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

If we cannot protect, maintain and, if necessary, enforce our intellectual property rights, our ability to develop and commercialize products will be adversely impacted.

 

Our success, in large part, depends on our ability to protect and maintain the proprietary nature of our technology. We rely upon a combination of the intellectual property protections afforded by patents, trademarks/service marks and trade secret laws in the United States and other jurisdictions, as well as commercial agreements, such as confidentiality agreements, assignment agreements, and license agreements to establish, maintain and enforce rights associated with our proprietary technologies. Our success depends in part on our ability to obtain and enforce patent protection for such solutions and technologies, but our patent applications may not result in issued patents, given the complexity of questions around patentability and the large number of patents and patent applications in related fields. Failure to obtain additional patent protection in connection with currently pending or future patent applications may impair our ability to prevent others from commercially exploiting products similar to ours.

 

Further, our existing issued patents may be contested, challenged, circumvented, invalidated or limited in scope in the future. The rights granted under our issued patents may not provide us with meaningful protection or competitive advantages, and some foreign countries provide significantly less effective patent enforcement as compared to the United States. In addition, the claims of our existing patents and any patents that issue from our currently pending or any future patent applications may be narrowed in scope during prosecution, challenged as invalid, or may simply not be broad enough to prevent others from developing technologies that are similar or that achieve results similar to ours (for example, if competitors can “design around” our patents). We cannot assure you that our means of protecting our proprietary rights will suffice in affording the desired protection.

 

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We also rely upon unpatented trade secret protection, unpatented know-how and continuing technological innovation to develop our business and competitive position. We may not be able to prevent the unauthorized disclosure or use of our trade secrets, know-how or information that we consider to be confidential by our contractual counterparties, despite our efforts. If any of the suppliers, subcontractors, venture partners, employees or consultants, or other third parties with whom we do business or otherwise collaborate breach or violate the terms of any of our agreements, we may not have adequate remedies for any such breach or violation, and we could lose the protections afforded by our trade secrets as a result. It is also possible that our trade secrets, know-how or other proprietary information could be obtained by third parties as a result of breaches of our physical or electronic security systems. Even where remedies are available, enforcing a claim that a party illegally disclosed or misappropriated our trade secrets is expensive and time consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. Courts outside the United States are sometimes less willing to protect trade secrets. Additionally, our trade secrets could become known or be independently discovered by potential or existing competitors. If any of our trade secrets were to be lawfully obtained or independently developed by a competitor or other third party, we would have no right to prevent them, or those with whom they communicate, from using that technology or information to compete with us.

 

We do not have worldwide patent rights for our proprietary technologies because worldwide patent or “international patent rights” currently do not exist. We also do not have worldwide trademark protection for our brand for similar reasons. Accordingly, we may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights in certain jurisdictions and their legal systems. Our competitors may operate in countries where we do not have patent protection and can freely use our technologies and discoveries in such countries to the extent such technologies and discoveries are publicly known or disclosed in countries where we do have patent protection.

 

We may need to defend ourselves against intellectual property infringement claims, which may be time-consuming and could cause us to incur substantial fees and costs.

 

Companies, organizations or individuals, including any existing and potential competitors, may hold or obtain patents, trademarks/service marks or other intellectual property rights that would prevent, limit or interfere with our ability to develop our intellectual property and make, use, develop, import, offer or sell our products and services and related equipment, which could make it more difficult for us to operate our company. From time to time, we may receive inquiries from holders of patents or trademarks/service marks inquiring whether we are infringing their proprietary rights. Companies, organizations or individuals, including any existing and future competitors, may also seek court declarations that they do not infringe our intellectual property rights. Companies holding patents or other intellectual property rights similar to our technology may bring proceedings alleging infringement of such rights or otherwise asserting their rights and seeking licenses. In addition, if it is determined that we have infringed a third party’s intellectual property rights, we may be required to do, among other things, one or more of the following:

 

●cease making, using, offering to sell, selling or importing our products and services that incorporate the challenged intellectual property;

 

●pay substantial damages;

 

●pay for and obtain a license from the holder of the infringed intellectual property right, which may not be available on reasonable terms or at all; or

 

●redesign part or all of our technology.

 

In the event of a successful claim of infringement against us and our failure or inability to obtain a license to the infringed technology, our business, prospects, operating results, and financial condition could be harmed. In addition, any litigation, or claims, whether or not valid, could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management’s focus and attention.

 

We also license the patents and intellectual property of third parties and anticipate continuing to do so in the future, and we may face claims that the use of this intellectual property infringes the rights of other third parties. Our rights to indemnification or damages under our license contracts may be unavailable or insufficient to cover our costs and losses, depending on our use of the technology, whether we choose to retain control over conduct of the litigation and other factors.

 

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Additionally, our confidentiality and intellectual property assignment agreements with our employees, consultants and contractors generally provide that inventions conceived by the party in the course of rendering services to us will be our exclusive intellectual property. Those agreements may not be honored and obligations to assign intellectual property may be challenged or breached. Moreover, there may be some circumstances where we are unable to negotiate for such ownership rights or where others misappropriate those rights.

 

We may be subject to claims that former employees, collaborators or other third parties have an interest in our patents or other intellectual property as an owner, a joint owner, a licensee, an inventor or a co-inventor. In the latter two cases, the failure to name the proper inventors on a patent application can result in the patents issuing thereon being unenforceable. Inventorship disputes may arise from conflicting views regarding the contributions of different individuals named as inventors, the effects of foreign laws where foreign nationals are involved in the development of the subject matter of the patent, conflicting obligations of third parties involved in developing our patented technology or as a result of questions regarding co-ownership of potential joint inventions. Litigation may be necessary to resolve these and other claims challenging inventorship and ownership. Alternatively, or additionally, we may enter into agreements to clarify the scope of our rights in such intellectual property. If we fail in defending any such claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose exclusive ownership of, or right to use or license valuable intellectual property. Such an outcome could harm our business. Even if we are successful in defending against such claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management and other employees.

 

The benefits to customers of our products could be supplanted by other technologies or solutions or competitors’ products that utilize similar technology to ours in a more effective way.

 

The benefits our products and services offer could be supplanted by other drone technologies or mobility solutions or potential competitors’ products that address the need in a more effective way. The development of any alternative technology that can compete with or supplant our products and services may harm our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results, including in ways we do not currently anticipate. Any failure by us to develop new or enhanced technologies or processes, or to react to changes in existing technologies, could materially delay our development and result in the loss of competitiveness of our product offerings, decreased revenue and a loss of actual or projected market share.

 

Our auditor has issued a “going concern” opinion.

 

Our auditor included an explanatory paragraph in its report on our financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 regarding substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. During fiscal 2025, we sustained a net loss of $31.0 million and, as of September 30, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $130.6 million. For the six months ended March 31, 2026, we incurred a net loss of $7.2 million and, as of such date, we had an accumulated deficit of $137.8 million. Based on recurring losses from operations incurred since inception and the expectation of continued operating losses for at least the near term, there can be no assurance that our existing cash, together with the net proceeds from the Private Placement, will be sufficient to fund our operations for the next twelve months. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, the timing and extent of spending to support development efforts, the expansion of commercial operations and market adoption of our platforms. We are actively evaluating potential financing sources available to us, but there can be no assurance that financing will be available on terms acceptable to us, on a timely basis, or at all. If we fail to raise additional capital or generate sufficient operating cash flows, our financial condition and ability to execute our business plan could be materially adversely affected. In addition, to the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interests of our stockholders may be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of common stockholders.

 

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Our auditor identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting.

 

In connection with the preparation of our financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2025, our auditor identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. We do not currently have a comprehensive and formalized accounting and financial reporting policies and procedures manual. Additionally, our controls are generally overseen by a limited number of personnel leading to a lack of segregation of duties. This material weakness could result in a misstatement of substantially all of our accounts or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.

 

The measures we have taken to date, and are continuing to design and implement, may not be sufficient to remediate the material weakness we have identified or avoid potential future material weaknesses. If the steps we take do not correct this material weakness in a timely manner, we will be unable to conclude that we maintain effective internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, there could continue to be a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

Our business plans require a significant amount of capital. Our future capital needs may require us to sell additional equity or debt securities that may dilute our stockholders or contain terms unfavorable to us or our investors. Moreover, there can be no assurance that such capital will be available to us on a timely basis, if at all.

 

We will require significant capital to operate our business and fund our capital expenditures for the next several years. The level and timing of future expenditures will depend on a number of factors, many of which are outside our control. We expect that we will need to raise additional capital to fund our business, including to finance ongoing research and development costs, manufacturing, any significant unplanned or accelerated expenses, and new strategic alliances or acquisitions. The fact that we have limited experience commercializing our products and services on a large scale, means we have limited historical data on the demand for our products and services. In addition, we expect that our level of capital expenditures will be significantly affected by customer demand for our proprietary technology. As a result, our future capital requirements may be uncertain and actual capital requirements may be different from those we currently anticipate. We may need to seek equity or debt financing to finance all or a portion of our capital expenditures. Such financing might not be available to us in a timely manner or on terms that are acceptable, or at all, or that such funds, if raised, would be sufficient.

 

Our ability to obtain the necessary financing to carry out our business plan is subject to a number of factors, including general market conditions and investor acceptance of our business model. These factors may make the timing, amount, terms, and conditions of such financing unattractive or unavailable to us. If we are unable to raise sufficient funds, we will have to significantly reduce our spending, delay or cancel our planned activities or substantially change our corporate structure. We might not be able to obtain any funding, and we might not have sufficient resources to conduct business as projected, both of which could mean that we would be forced to curtail or discontinue our operations. In addition, our future capital needs and other business reasons could require us to sell additional equity or debt securities or incur indebtedness. Even if we complete such financings, they may result in dilution to our existing investors and include additional rights or terms that may be unfavorable to our existing shareholders. These circumstances could harm our financial results and impair our ability to achieve our business objectives. Additionally, we may be required to accept terms that restrict our ability to incur additional indebtedness or take other actions (including terms that require us to maintain specified liquidity or other ratios) that would otherwise be in the best interests of our shareholders. The sale of additional equity or equity-linked securities could dilute our stockholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in debt service obligations and could result in operating and financing covenants that would restrict our operations. If we cannot raise additional funds when we need or want them, we may be forced to curtail or abandon our growth plans, which could adversely impact us, our business, development, financial condition, operating results or prospects.

 

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Adverse developments affecting the financial services industry, such as actual events or concerns involving liquidity, defaults, or non-performance by domestic and international financial institutions or transactional counterparties, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

Actual events involving reduced or limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments that affect domestic and international financial institutions or other companies in the financial services industry or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds, have in the past and may in the future lead to market-wide liquidity problems. Investor concerns regarding the U.S. or international financial systems could result in less favorable commercial financing terms, including higher interest rates or costs and tighter financial and operating covenants, or systemic limitations on access to credit and liquidity sources, thereby making it more difficult for us to acquire financing on acceptable terms or at all. Any decline in available funding or access to our cash and liquidity resources could, among other risks, adversely impact our ability to meet our operating expenses, financial obligations or fulfill our other obligations, or result in breaches of our financial and/or contractual obligations. Any of these impacts, or any other impacts resulting from the factors described above or other related or similar factors not described above, could harm our liquidity and our current and/or projected business operations and financial condition and results of operations.

 

Any acquisitions, partnerships, or joint ventures that we enter into could disrupt our operations and harm on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

From time to time, we may evaluate potential strategic acquisitions of businesses, including partnerships or joint ventures with third parties. We may not be successful in identifying candidates for acquisitions, strategic partnerships and joint ventures. In addition, we may not be able to continue the operational success of such businesses or successfully finance or integrate any businesses that we acquire or with which we form a partnership or joint venture. We may have potential write-offs of acquired assets and/or an impairment of any goodwill recorded as a result of acquisitions. Furthermore, the integration of any acquisition may divert management’s time and resources from our core business and disrupt our operations or may result in conflicts with our business. Any acquisition, partnership or joint venture may not be successful or otherwise generate the financial results we expect, may reduce our cash reserves, may negatively affect our earnings and financial performance and, to the extent financed with the proceeds of debt, may increase our indebtedness. Further, depending on market conditions, investor perceptions of us and other factors, we might not be able to obtain financing on acceptable terms, or at all, to implement any such transaction. Any acquisition, partnership, or joint venture we make may harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

We may be unable to adequately control the costs associated with our operations.

 

We will require significant capital to develop and grow our business, including developing and manufacturing our products and services, conducting research and development, and building our brand and partnerships. We have incurred and expect to continue incurring significant expenses which will impact our profitability, including research and development expenses, procurement costs, business development, operation expenses, and general and administrative expenses as we scale our operations, identify and commit resources to investigate new areas of demand and incur costs as a public company. Our ability to become profitable in the future will not only depend on our ability to continue the development of our products and services to meet projected performance metrics and regulatory requirements and to achieve market acceptance of our technology, but also to sell our products and services at prices needed to achieve our expected margins and control our costs. If we are unable to efficiently design, develop, manufacture, market, deploy, distribute and operate our technology in a cost-effective manner, our margins, profitability and prospects would be harmed.

 

Security breaches and other disruptions could compromise our proprietary information and expose us to liability, which would cause our business and reputation to suffer.

 

We maintain various information technology systems and procedures to protect our trade secrets, technical know-how, and other unpatented proprietary information relating to our product development and operating activities, and to restrict unauthorized access to the dissemination of our proprietary information. However, internal and external data security threats cannot be mitigated entirely. For example, current, departing or former employees or third parties could attempt to improperly use or access our computer systems and networks to copy, obtain or misappropriate our proprietary information or otherwise interrupt our business. Additionally, members of our management team work remotely, which could have the effect of increasing the likelihood of cybersecurity breaches. Like others, we are also subject to significant system or network disruptions from numerous causes, including computer viruses and other cyber-attacks, facility access issues, new system implementations, and energy blackouts.

 

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Security breaches, computer malware, phishing, spoofing, and other cyber-attacks have become more prevalent and sophisticated in recent years. While we defend against these threats daily, we do not believe that such attacks have caused us any material damage to date. Because the techniques used by computer hackers and others to access or sabotage networks constantly evolve and generally are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate, counter or ameliorate all these techniques. As a result, our and our customers’ proprietary information may be misappropriated, and we cannot predict the impact of any future incident. Any loss of such information could harm our competitive position, result in a loss of customer confidence in the adequacy of our threat mitigation and detection processes and procedures, cause us to incur significant costs to remedy the damages caused by the incident, and divert management and other resources. We routinely implement improvements to our network security safeguards, and we believe that we devote appropriate resources to the security of our information technology systems. However, we cannot assure you that our efforts will be sufficient to prevent or limit the damage from any future cyber-attack or network disruptions.

 

The costs related to cyber-attacks or other security threats or computer systems disruptions typically would not be fully insured or indemnified by others. As a result, the occurrence of any of the events described above could result in the loss of competitive advantages derived from our intellectual property. Moreover, these events may result in the diversion of the attention of management and critical information technology and other resources, or otherwise adversely affect our internal operations and reputation or degrade our financial results and stock price.

 

A cybersecurity incident affecting our drones, ground infrastructure or software platform could disrupt flight operations, compromise safety and harm our reputation.

 

Our drone delivery platform is a highly interconnected, software-defined system that depends on digital infrastructure, wireless communications, and third-party services. As a result, our platform is subject to a broad range of cybersecurity risks, including ransomware, intrusions targeting our cloud infrastructure, supply chain attacks affecting hardware or third-party software, spoofing or jamming of GPS or command-and-control links, attempts to gain unauthorized control of an aircraft in flight, and exploitation of vulnerabilities in our autonomy or fleet management software.

 

The techniques used to attack connected systems are continually evolving and may be carried out by sophisticated actors, including nation-state actors, criminal organizations and insiders. Despite our investments in secure software development, monitoring, access controls and incident response, we cannot guarantee that our measures will prevent or detect all attacks. A successful cyber-attack could cause loss of command or control of aircraft in flight, trigger flight termination or emergency landing events, result in injury to persons or damage to property, compromise the integrity of payloads, expose customer or personal data, and disrupt or suspend commercial operations while remediation is completed. A cybersecurity incident could also result in regulatory consequences, including investigations, enforcement actions or the modification, suspension or revocation of our FAA Type Certificate, Production Certificate, Part 145 Repair Station Certificate or related international authorizations, as well as actions under the General Data Protection Regulation, the California Consumer Privacy Act and similar laws. Any real or perceived cybersecurity weakness in our platform, or any high-profile cyber incident involving drones or autonomous systems more generally, could damage public confidence in drone delivery and harm our reputation. Any of the foregoing could materially and adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Current and future geopolitical and macroeconomic events outside of our control, including changes in interest rates, levels of inflation and foreign currency exchange rates, could adversely impact our business, results of operations, cash flows, financial condition and liquidity.

 

We face risks related to geopolitical events, international hostility, epidemics, outbreaks and other macroeconomic events that are outside of our control. The occurrence of certain geopolitical events, including those arising from terrorist activity, international hostility, public health crises and the economic impact of global trade tensions, could significantly disrupt our business and operational plans and adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows, financial condition and liquidity. For instance, the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and between Russia and Ukraine have and may continue to cause geopolitical instability and adverse effects on the global economy, supply chains and specific markets and industries. Although we are not able to enumerate all potential risks to our business resulting from these and other similar events, we believe that such risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

●disruption to our supply chain for materials essential to our business, including restrictions on importing and exporting products;

 

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●customers, suppliers and other third parties asserting that their non-performance under our contracts with them is permitted as a result of force majeure or other reasons;

 

●cybersecurity attacks, particularly as digital technologies may become more vulnerable and experience a higher rate of cyberattacks in the current environment of remote connectivity;

 

●any reductions of our workforce to adjust to market conditions, including severance payments, retention issues and possible inability to hire employees when market conditions improve;

 

●logistical challenges, including those resulting from border closures and travel restrictions, as well as the possibility that our ability to achieve commercialization of our operations may be interrupted, limited or curtailed;

 

●economic, political and regulatory conditions domestically and internationally, including imposition of tariffs or other tax incentives or disincentives; and

 

●effects of sanctions and other penalties imposed on foreign countries by the U.S., the European Union and other countries.

 

We cannot reasonably estimate the period of time that these conditions will persist; the full extent of the impact they will have on our business, results of operations, cash flows, financial condition and liquidity; or the pace or extent of any subsequent recovery.

 

Uncertain global macroeconomic and political conditions could harm our business prospects, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

Our results of operations could be materially affected by economic and political conditions in the United States and internationally, including inflation, deflation, fluctuations in interest rates, fluctuations in exchange rates, availability of capital, energy and commodity prices, trade laws and the effects of governmental initiatives to manage economic conditions.

 

Our business model is dependent on government entities and companies around the world adopting and entering into contracts for the implementation for our technologies and services. Adverse national and international economic conditions may reduce the future availability of funding counterparties have to spend on our services, which would negatively impact our revenues and our ability to commercialize our operations. Such conditions could also make it difficult or impossible for us to secure financing on acceptable terms or at all, and could materially increase the cost of our operations. Our cost estimates and assumptions are also sensitive to macroeconomic factors, and their accuracy could likely be impacted by unanticipated changes in such factors. It is not possible to accurately predict all of the potential adverse impacts, if any, of current and future economic conditions on its financial condition, operating results and cash flow; however, any of these macroeconomic conditions could negatively impact our strategic partners, suppliers, customers and the industry as a whole, which could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

Our ability to rely on global supply chains for source components and/or raw materials may be impacted by tariffs, trade disputes, or other changes in trade policy or trade regulation.

 

We plan to rely on global supply chains to source components and materials essential for our business. The imposition of new or increased tariffs, trade restrictions, or other changes in trade policy by the United States or other countries could increase our costs of materials and components, require us to find additional or alternative suppliers, or force adjustments to our pricing structure and capital budget. These changes could reduce our profit margins, may impact our licenses or may require additional regulatory approval, or could otherwise disrupt our business operations. In particular, recent global trade tensions and policy shifts have created an unpredictable environment for businesses operating across international borders. Changes in trade agreements, sanctions, export controls, and customs regulations may limit our ability to source materials from certain countries or entities, potentially forcing rapid and costly adjustments to our supply chain. Trade policies can change with limited notice, making long-term planning difficult and increasing operational costs. Any significant disruption to our supply chain resulting from tariffs or trade policy changes could harm our business, financial condition, and ability to meet projected deadlines and milestones.

 

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Our customers could incur substantial costs as a result of violations of, or liabilities under, environmental laws.

 

The operations and properties of our customers are subject to a variety of federal, state, local and foreign environmental, health and safety laws and regulations governing, among other things, air emissions, noise pollutions, hazardous materials handling and disposal, waste management, electromagnetic interference, land use and occupational health and safety. We must design and operate our products and services and comply with such laws and regulations. Compliance with environmental requirements could require our customers to incur significant expenditures or result in significant restrictions on their operations, and the failure to comply with such laws and regulations, including failing to obtain any necessary permits, could result in substantial fines or enforcement actions, including regulatory or judicial orders enjoining or curtailing operations or requiring our customers to conduct or fund remedial or corrective measures, install pollution control equipment or perform other actions. More vigorous enforcement by regulatory agencies, the future enactment of more stringent laws, regulations or permit requirements, including relating to climate change, or other unanticipated events may arise in the future and adversely impact the market for our products, which could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Litigation or legal proceedings could expose us to significant liabilities, occupy a considerable amount of our management’s time and attention, and damage our reputation.

 

We may, from time to time, be a party to various litigation claims and legal proceedings. We will evaluate these claims and proceedings to assess the likelihood of unfavorable outcomes and estimate, if possible, the amount of potential losses. Claims made or threatened by our suppliers, customers, competitors, or current or former employees could adversely affect our relationships, damage our reputation or otherwise adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations. The costs associated with defending legal claims and paying damages could be substantial. Our reputation could also be adversely affected by such claims, whether or not successful.

 

We are subject to U.S. and foreign anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws and regulations. We can face criminal liability and other serious consequences for violations, which can harm our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results.

 

We are subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), the U.S. domestic bribery statute contained in 18 U.S.C. § 201, the U.S. Travel Act, and other anti-corruption, anti-bribery and anti-money laundering laws in countries in which we conduct activities. Anti-corruption laws are interpreted broadly and prohibit companies and their employees, business partners, third-party intermediaries, representatives, and agents from authorizing, promising, offering or providing, directly or indirectly, improper payments or anything else of value to government officials, political candidates, political parties, or commercial partners for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or securing an improper business advantage. The FCPA and other applicable laws and regulations also require that we keep accurate books and records and maintain internal controls and compliance procedures designed to prevent any such actions. While we have policies and procedures to address compliance with such laws, there can be no assurance that all of our employees, business partners, third-party intermediaries, representatives and agents will not take actions in violation of our policies and applicable law, for which we may be ultimately held responsible.

 

Any violations of the laws and regulations described above may result in whistleblower complaints, adverse media coverage, investigations, substantial civil and criminal fines and penalties, damages, settlements, prosecution, enforcement actions, imprisonment, the loss of export or import privileges, suspension or debarment from government contracts, tax reassessments, breach of contract and fraud litigation, reputational harm and other consequences, any of which could adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results. In addition, responding to any investigation or action will likely result in a significant diversion of management’s attention and resources and significant defense costs and other professional fees.

 

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Being a public company can be administratively burdensome and will significantly increase our legal and financial compliance costs.

 

As a public reporting company, we are subject to the information and reporting requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other federal securities laws, rules and regulations related thereto, including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. In addition, the listing requirements of any national securities exchange or other exchange and other applicable securities rules and regulations impose various requirements on public companies. Our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives. Moreover, these rules and regulations will significantly increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly. Among other things, we are required to:

 

●maintain and evaluate a system of internal controls over financial reporting in compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the related rules and regulations of the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board;

 

●maintain policies relating to disclosure controls and procedures;

 

●prepare and distribute periodic reports in compliance with our obligations under federal securities laws;

 

●institute a more comprehensive compliance function, including with respect to corporate governance; and

 

●involve, to a greater degree, our outside legal counsel and accountants in the above activities.

 

The costs of preparing and filing annual and quarterly reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC and furnishing audited reports to stockholders is expensive and much greater than that of a privately-held company, and compliance with these rules and regulations will require us to hire additional financial reporting, internal controls and other finance personnel, and will involve a material increase in regulatory, legal and accounting expenses and the attention of our board of directors and management. In addition, being a public company makes it more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance. In the future, we may be required to accept reduced coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain this coverage. These factors could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified executives and members of our board of directors.

 

Our management as a group has limited experience operating a publicly traded company.

 

Our management team has a high degree of drone systems product development and operational expertise, but limited experience operating a publicly traded company subject to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under U.S. securities laws. Their limited experience in dealing with the increasingly complex laws applicable to public companies could be a significant disadvantage in that it is likely that an increasing amount of their time may be devoted to these activities, which will result in less time being devoted to the management and growth of our company. We may not have adequate personnel with the appropriate level of knowledge, experience and training in the accounting policies, practices or internal control over financial reporting required of public companies. Any failure by us to effectively and efficiently meet our obligations as a publicly traded company could harm our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results and/or result in legal liability or other negative consequences.

 

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Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock

 

The shares of common stock issued in the Merger and the Private Placement are “restricted securities” and, as such, may not be sold except in limited circumstances. If we are unable to register such securities in a timely manner, then the ability to re-sell shares of our common stock so issued will be delayed.

 

The offer and sale of the shares of common stock issued in the Merger and the Private Placement have not been registered under the Securities Act or registered or qualified under any state securities laws in reliance on exemptions contained in and under those laws. Accordingly, such shares of common stock are “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act and must, therefore, be held indefinitely unless their offer and sale is registered under applicable federal and state securities laws, or an exemption is available from the registration requirements of those laws, including the exemptions provided by Rule 144. The book-entry accounts representing the shares of common stock issued in the Merger and the Private Placement reflect their restricted status.

 

We have agreed, at our expense, to prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement to register the resale of the shares of common stock issued in the Merger and the Private Placement; the shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants; the Retained Pre-Merger Shares; and the Advisor Shares. There are many reasons, including some over which we have little or no control, which could keep the registration statement from being declared effective by the SEC, including delays resulting from the SEC review process and comments raised by the SEC during that process. The shares of common stock covered by such registration statement will not be eligible for resale until the registration statement is effective or an exemption from registration, such as Rule 144, becomes available. In addition, Rule 144 under the Securities Act, which permits the resale, subject to various terms and conditions, of limited amounts of restricted securities after they have been held for six months, will not immediately apply to our common stock because we were at one time designated as a “shell company” under SEC regulations. Pursuant to Rule 144(i), securities issued by a current or former shell company that otherwise meet the holding period and other requirements of Rule 144 nevertheless cannot be sold in reliance on Rule 144 until one year after the date on which the issuer filed current “Form 10 information” (as defined in Rule 144(i)) with the SEC reflecting that it ceased being a shell company, and provided that at the time of a proposed sale pursuant to Rule 144, the issuer has satisfied certain reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. We believe this requirement to file Form 10 information has been satisfied by the filing of this Current Report. If the registration statement is not filed within 45 days of the filing of this Current Report, then we may be subject to certain liquidated damages pursuant to the registration rights agreement we entered into with certain holders of shares of our common stock issued in connection with the Private Placement. See “Registration Rights Agreement” above for more information.

 

There is currently no market for our common stock and there can be no assurance that any market will ever develop. You may therefore be unable to re-sell shares of our common stock at times and prices that you believe are appropriate.

 

Our common stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or any other exchange, or quoted on an over-the-counter market. Therefore, there is no trading market, active or otherwise, for our common stock and our common stock may never be included for trading on any stock exchange, automated quotation system or any over-the-counter market. Accordingly, our common stock is highly illiquid and you will likely experience difficulty in re-selling such shares at times and prices that you may desire.

 

Our common stock may not be eligible for listing or quotation on any securities exchange or over-the-counter trading system.

 

We do not currently meet the initial quantitative listing standards of any national securities exchange or over-the-counter trading system. We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet the initial listing standards of any national securities exchange, or, if we do meet such initial listing standards, that we will be able to maintain any such listing. Further, the national securities exchanges are adopting so-called “seasoning” rules that will require that we meet certain requirements, including prescribed periods of time trading over-the-counter and minimum filings of periodic reports with the SEC, before we are eligible to apply for listing on such national securities exchanges. We intend to contact an authorized market maker for an over-the-counter quotation system for sponsorship of our common stock, but we cannot guarantee that such sponsorship will be approved and our common stock listed and quoted for sale. Even if our common stock is quoted for sale on an over-the-counter quotation system, buyers may be insufficient in numbers to allow for a robust market and it may prove impossible to sell your shares. In addition, an investor may find it difficult to obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of our common stock. In addition, if we fail to meet the criteria set forth in SEC regulations, various requirements would be imposed by law on broker-dealers who sell our securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. Consequently, such regulations may deter broker-dealers from recommending or selling our common stock, which may further affect its liquidity. This would also make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital.

 

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The market price and trading volume of our common stock may be volatile and could decline significantly following the Merger.

 

The quotation systems, including the OTCQB, or stock exchanges, including Nasdaq, on which our common stock may be quoted or on which our common stock may be listed in the future have from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations. Even if an active, liquid and orderly trading market develops and is sustained for our common stock following the Merger, the market price of our common stock may be volatile and could decline significantly. In addition, the trading volume in our common stock may fluctuate and cause significant price variations to occur. If the market price of our common stock declines significantly, you may be unable to resell your shares at or above the market price of our common stock as of the date of the consummation of the Merger. We cannot assure you that the market price of common stock will not fluctuate widely or decline significantly in the future in response to a number of factors, including, among others, the following:

 

●the realization of any of the risks facing our company;

 

●actual or anticipated differences in our estimates, or in the estimates of analysts, for our revenues, results of operations, level of indebtedness, liquidity or financial condition;

 

●additions and departures of key personnel;

 

●failure to comply with the requirements of the OTCQB market, or following our potential up listing on Nasdaq;

 

●failure to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or other laws or regulations;

 

●future issuances, sales, resales or repurchases or anticipated issuances, sales, resales or repurchases, of our common stock;

 

●publication of research reports about us, or our industry;

 

●the performance and market valuations of other similar companies;

 

●broad disruptions in the financial markets, including sudden disruptions in the credit markets;

 

●speculation in the press or investment community;

 

●actual, potential or perceived control, accounting or reporting problems; and

 

●changes in accounting principles, policies and guidelines.

 

In the past, securities class-action litigation has often been instituted against companies following periods of volatility in the market price of their shares. This type of litigation could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention and resources, which could harm our business.

 

The designation of our common stock as “penny stock” would limit the liquidity of our common stock.

 

Our common stock may be deemed a “penny stock” (as that term is defined under Rule 3a51-1 of the Exchange Act) in any market that may develop in the future. Generally, a “penny stock” is a common stock that is not listed on a securities exchange and trades for less than $5.00 a share. Prices often are not available to buyers and sellers and the market may be very limited. Penny stock in start-up companies is among the riskiest equity investments. Broker-dealers who sell penny stock must provide purchasers with a standardized risk-disclosure document prepared by the SEC. The document provides information about penny stock and the nature and level of risks involved in investing in the penny stock market. A broker must also provide purchasers with bid and offer quotations and information regarding broker and salesperson compensation and make a written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and obtain the purchaser’s written agreement to the purchase. Many brokers choose not to participate in penny stock transactions. If our common stock is deemed “penny stock,” because of penny stock rules, there may be less trading activity in any market that develops for our common stock in the future and stockholders are likely to have difficulty selling their shares.

 

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FINRA sales practice requirements may limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our common stock.

 

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), has adopted rules requiring that, in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative or low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA has indicated its belief that there is a high probability that speculative or low-priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. If these FINRA requirements are applicable to us or our securities, they may make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that at least some of their customers buy our common stock, which may limit the ability of our stockholders to buy and sell our common stock and could have an adverse effect on the market for and price of our common stock.

 

Because we became a reporting company under the Exchange Act by means other than a traditional underwritten initial public offering, we may not be able to attract the attention of research analysts at major brokerage firms.

 

We became a public reporting company through a “reverse merger” and not by conducting an underwritten initial public offering of our common stock. Because we will not initially be listed on a national securities exchange, security analysts of brokerage firms may not provide coverage of us. Investment banks may be less likely to agree to underwrite secondary offerings on our behalf than they might if we became a public reporting company by means of an underwritten initial public offering, because they may be less familiar with our Company as a result of more limited coverage by analysts and the media, and because we became public at an early stage in our development. In addition, securities analysts of major brokerage firms may not provide coverage of our capital stock or business. We cannot assure you that brokerage firms will want to provide analyst coverage of our capital stock or business in the future. The failure to receive research coverage or support in the market for our shares will have an adverse effect on our ability to develop a liquid market for our common stock.

 

As a result of the consummation of the Merger, we are now obligated to develop and maintain proper and effective internal control over financial reporting. If we fail to develop and maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements or comply with applicable laws and regulations could be impaired. In addition, the presence of material weaknesses increases the risk of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements.

 

Following the consummation of the Merger, we became a public company and are required, pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to furnish a report by management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting on our annual report on Form 10-K. Effective internal control over financial reporting is necessary for reliable financial reports and, together with adequate disclosure controls and procedures, such internal controls are designed to prevent fraud. Any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could cause us to fail to meet its reporting obligations. Ineffective internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our common stock.

 

The report by management will need to include disclosure of any material weaknesses identified in internal control over financial reporting. However, for as long as we are an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act following the consummation of the Merger, our independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to attest to the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Management’s assessment of internal controls, when implemented, could detect problems with internal controls, and an independent assessment of the effectiveness of internal controls by our auditors could detect further problems that management’s assessment might not, and could result in the identification of material weaknesses that were not otherwise identified. Undetected material weaknesses in internal controls could lead to financial statement restatements and require us to incur the expense of remediation. We are required to disclose changes made in internal controls and procedures on a quarterly basis. To comply with the public company requirements, we may need to undertake various actions, such as implementing new internal controls and procedures and hiring accounting or internal audit staff.

 

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We are in the early stages of developing the system and processing documentation necessary to perform the evaluation needed to comply with Section 404. We may not be able to complete its evaluation, testing, and any required remediation in a timely fashion. During the evaluation and testing process, if we identify material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting, we will be unable to assert that internal control over financial reporting is effective.

 

If we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion on the effectiveness of its internal control, including as a result of the material weaknesses described above, we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of financial reports, which would cause the price of our common stock to decline, and we may be subject to investigation or sanctions by the SEC. In addition, if we are unable to continue to meet these requirements, we may not be able to remain quoted on any over-the-counter trading system, or following any potential listing, listed on any securities exchange.

 

A majority of the voting power of our common stock is consolidated among our executive officers and directors, which may prevent you or any new investors from influencing significant corporate decisions.

 

As of the Closing Date, our executive officers and principal stockholders own shares beneficially own approximately 23.9% of the voting power of our common stock. As a result, such stockholders may have the ability to control the outcome of matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions, such as a merger, other sale of our company or our assets or significant acquisitions. This concentration of voting control will limit the ability of other stockholders to influence corporate matters and may cause us to make strategic decisions that could involve risks to you or that may not be aligned with your interests. Our stockholders are entitled to vote their shares in their own interests, which may not always be in the interests of our stockholders generally. The concentration of voting power held by our executive officers and directors may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

We are an emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company, and any decision on our part to comply only with certain reduced reporting and disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies and smaller reporting companies could make our common stock less attractive to investors.

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and, for as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may choose to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to emerging growth companies, including:

 

●exemption from the requirement that our independent registered public accounting firm audit our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;

 

●reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and annual report on Form 10-K; and

 

●exemptions from the requirements of holding non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

 

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Our status as an emerging growth company will end as soon as any of the following takes place:

 

●the last day of the fiscal year in which we have more than $1.235 billion in annual revenues;

 

●the date we qualify as a “large accelerated filer,” with at least $700 million of equity securities held by non-affiliates;

 

●the date on which we have issued, in any three-year period, more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities; or

 

●the last day of the fiscal year ending after the fifth anniversary of the first sale of our common equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act.

 

We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive if we choose to rely on any of the exemptions afforded emerging growth companies. If some investors find our common stock less attractive because we rely on any of these exemptions, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock, to the extent that such a market develops, and the market price of our common stock may be more volatile.

 

Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can also delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to avail ourselves of this provision of the JOBS Act. As a result, we will not be subject to new or revised accounting standards at the same time as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies. Therefore, our consolidated financial statements may not be comparable to those of companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

 

We are also a “smaller reporting company” as defined in the Exchange Act. We may continue to be a “smaller reporting company” even after we are no longer an emerging growth company. We may take advantage of certain of the scaled disclosures available to smaller reporting companies and will be able to take advantage of these scaled disclosures for so long as our voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates is less than $250.0 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter, or our annual revenues is less than $100.0 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and our voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700.0 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter.

 

We may face risks related to securities litigation that could result in significant legal expenses and settlement or damage awards.

 

We may in the future become subject to claims and litigation alleging violations of the securities laws or other related claims, which could harm our business and require us to incur significant costs. Significant litigation costs could impact our ability to comply with certain financial covenants under our credit agreement. We are generally obliged, to the extent permitted by law, to indemnify our current and former directors and officers who are named as defendants in these types of lawsuits. Regardless of the outcome, litigation may require significant attention from management and could result in significant legal expenses, settlement costs or damage awards that could have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us, which may be beneficial to our stockholders, more difficult and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.

 

Our restated certificate of incorporation and our restated bylaws that became effective upon completion of the Merger contain provisions that could delay or prevent a change in control of our company. These provisions could also make it difficult for stockholders to elect directors who are not nominated by current members of our board of directors or take other corporate actions, including effecting changes in our management. These provisions:

 

●establish a classified board of directors so that not all members of our board are elected at one time;

 

●permit only the board of directors to establish the number of directors and fill vacancies on the board;

 

●provide that directors may only be removed “for cause” and only with the approval of a majority of our stockholders;

 

●require majority voting to amend some provisions in our restated certificate of incorporation and restated bylaws;

 

●authorize the issuance of “blank check” preferred stock that our board could use to implement a stockholder rights plan;

 

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●eliminate the ability of our stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders;

 

●prohibit stockholder action by written consent, which requires all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders;

 

●prohibit cumulative voting; and

 

●establish advance notice requirements for nominations for election to our board or for proposing matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at annual stockholder meetings.

 

In addition, our restated certificate of incorporation will provide that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the exclusive forum for: any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty; any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to the DGCL, our restated certificate of incorporation, or our restated bylaws; or any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

 

Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all claims brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Our restated certificate of incorporation provides that the federal district courts of the United States of America will, unless we consent in writing to an alternative forum, be the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act (“Federal Forum Provision”). Our decision to adopt a Federal Forum Provision followed a decision by the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware holding that such provisions are facially valid under Delaware law. While there can be no assurance that federal courts or state courts will follow the holding of the Delaware Supreme Court or determine that the Federal Forum Provision should be enforced in a particular case, application of the Federal Forum Provision means that suits brought by our stockholders to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act must be brought in federal court and cannot be brought in state court. While neither the exclusive forum provision nor the Federal Forum Provision applies to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all claims brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Accordingly, actions by our stockholders to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder also must be brought in federal court. Our stockholders will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in any of our securities shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to our exclusive forum provisions, including the Federal Forum Provision. These provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum of their choosing for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, and other employees.

 

In addition, Section 203 of the DGCL may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company. Section 203 imposes certain restrictions on mergers, business combinations and other transactions between us and holders of 15% or more of our common stock.

 

We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future and, as a result, your ability to achieve a return on your investment will depend on appreciation in the price of our common stock.

 

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock, and we do not intend to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors. Accordingly, investors must rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their investments.

 

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or publish unfavorable or inaccurate research about our business, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

 

Our stock price and trading volume following our quotation on the OTCQB, if any, or following our potential listing on a securities exchange, if any, will be heavily influenced by the way analysts and investors interpret our financial information and other disclosures. Securities and industry analysts do not currently, and may never, publish research on our business. If few securities or industry analysts commence coverage of us, our stock price could be negatively affected. If securities or industry analysts downgrade our common stock, or publish negative reports about our business, our stock price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our common stock could decrease, which might cause our stock price to decline and could decrease the trading volume of our common stock.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the audited financial statements for the years ended September 30, 2024 and 2025 as well as the unaudited interim condensed financial statements for the six months ended March 31, 2025 and 2026 and the related notes thereto, included elsewhere in this Current Report. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Current Report, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties as described under the heading “Forward-Looking Statements” elsewhere in this Current Report. You should review the section titled “Risk Factors” in this Current Report for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements and could otherwise affect our intended plans of operations.

 

Overview

 

We are an autonomous aerial logistics technology company. We design, develop and manufacture commercial drone delivery systems for urban and suburban environments, comprising an integrated platform of unmanned aircraft, ground infrastructure and cloud-based software that together enable highly automated, battery-powered package delivery. Our systems are expected to be operated on a DaaS basis by us directly or by third-party logistics operators certified and trained to operate our technology. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, we are a leading technology platform for drone delivery.

 

The Merger

 

On May 22, 2026, LAVC, Acquisition Sub and Legacy Matternet entered into the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, on the Closing Date, Acquisition Sub merged with and into Legacy Matternet, with Legacy Matternet continuing as the surviving corporation. As a result of the Merger, Legacy Matternet became our wholly owned subsidiary and will continue its existing business operations. Additionally, we changed our name to Matternet, Inc. and will continue to be a public reporting company. At the Effective Time of the Merger, we issued 33,451,839 shares of our common stock to existing holders of Legacy Matternet common stock. LAVC’s existing stockholders continued to hold an aggregate of 2,700,000 Retained Pre-Merger Shares.

 

The Private Placement

 

Immediately following the Effective Time of the Merger, we sold 9,212,773 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $3.00 per share in a private placement to certain accredited and institutional investors. In connection with the Private Placement, we also issued to the Placement Agents the Placement Agent Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 666,089 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share. Net of offering expenses, we received approximately $20.7 million in net proceeds from the Private Placement. We used $4.2 million of the net proceeds to immediately retire outstanding indebtedness under certain promissory notes as discussed below under “Indebtedness – 2025 Promissory Notes.” We expect to use the balance of the net proceeds for operating expenses, capital expenditures, working capital, and other general corporate purposes. These uses are expected to include the commercial deployment of our drone platform, expansion of our active drone fleet and related launch, landing, and operational infrastructure, geographic expansion into additional domestic and international markets, and increased headcount to support engineering, flight operations, regulatory compliance, and commercial partnerships. The proceeds will also support investments in software, autonomy, and systems required to scale delivery volumes over time.

 

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The table below presents a fully-diluted capitalization table after giving effect to the Merger, the Private Placement, and adoption of the 2026 EIP and 2026 ESPP, and related transactions:

 

   Shares 
Ownership  Number   Percentage 
Legacy Matternet Stockholders   33,451,839    49.8 
Private Placement Investors   9,212,773    13.7 
Bridge Investors   2,499,998    3.7 
Retained Pre-Merger Shares   2,700,000    4.0 
Advisor Shares   104,166    0.2 
Placement Agent Warrants   666,089    1.0 
Legacy Matternet Warrants   381,797    0.6 
Bridge Warrants   2,499,998    3.7 
2026 EIP (reserved and unissued)   3,825,000    5.7 
2026 ESPP (reserved and unissued)   675,000    1.0 
2011 Plan (options outstanding)   11,166,364    16.6 
Total shares outstanding and reserved for issuance   67,183,024    100.0 

 

Accounting Considerations

 

The historical financial statements and related footnotes filed as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this Current Report include descriptions of Legacy Matternet’s previously outstanding common stock; however, in connection with the Merger, all shares of Legacy Matternet common stock were converted into shares of our common stock. See “Merger Agreement” and “The Private Placement” above for detailed information regarding the Transactions and the related conversion of the shares of Legacy Matternet’s common stock.

 

For financial reporting purposes, the Merger was treated as a recapitalization and reverse acquisition. Legacy Matternet is considered the acquiror for accounting purposes, meaning that the historical financial results of Legacy Matternet prior to the Merger are considered our historical financial results under applicable accounting principles. Thus, a discussion of the past financial results of LAVC is not pertinent.

 

Components of Results of Operations

 

Revenue

 

We generate revenue through the following principal streams:

 

●Enterprise platform access. We provide customers access to our integrated drone platform and related operational infrastructure, including aircraft availability, cloud-based software access, tooling and spare parts, maintenance, support, training, and reporting services, while the customer performs delivery operations using our technology.

 

●Delivery-as-a-Service (“DaaS”). We install, operate, and manage drone delivery networks on behalf of customers, including remote piloting, ground operations, system maintenance, cloud platform access, reporting, training, and operational support services.

 

Operating Expenses

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses primarily consist of personnel compensation costs, including stock-based compensation for executive management and administrative functions, including finance and accounting, legal, and human resources, as well as general corporate expenses and general insurance.

 

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Research and Development Expenses

 

Research and development (“R&D”) expenses primarily represent costs incurred to develop our technology. These costs consist of personnel compensation costs, including stock-based compensation, for employees in engineering, design and product development, and prototype materials (hardware and software) costs incurred during the product design process. Substantially all of our R&D expenses are related to developing new products and services, improving existing products and services, and developing product production processes. We expense all R&D costs in the periods in which they are incurred.

 

Sales and Marketing Expenses

 

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of compensation and related costs for personnel, including stock-based compensation, employee benefits, and associated travel costs. We expense sales and marketing expenses as incurred.

 

Other Income (Expense)

 

Other income (expense), net consists primarily of interest expense associated with our convertible notes and non-cash gains and losses resulting from changes in the fair value of our derivative liabilities and warrant liabilities.

 

Results of Operations

 

Certain amounts included herein have been rounded for ease of presentation. Accordingly, numbers presented may not sum precisely due to rounding.

 

Comparison of the Six Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

 

The following table sets forth our consolidated financial data for the periods indicated (in thousands):

 

   Six Months Ended
March 31,
     
   2026   2025   Change 
Revenues  $134   $132   $3 
Cost of revenues   194    125    69 
Gross profit   (59)   7    (66)
Operating expenses:               
Research and development   2,171    1,631    540 
General and administrative   4,253    2,312    1,941 
Sales and marketing   267    109    158 
Total operating expenses   6,691    4,052    2,639 
Loss from operations   (6,750)   (4,046)   (2,705)
Other income (expense):               
Interest expense (non-cash)   (297)   (1,611)   1,314 
Interest expense   (678)   (508)   (170)
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities   -    1,306    (1,306)
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities   (725)   (85)   (641)
Other income (expense)   1,286    349    936 
Total other expense   (414)   (547)   133 
Net loss before income taxes   (7,164)   (4,593)   (2,572)
Income tax provision (benefit)   4    8    (4)
Net loss  $(7,168)  $(4,601)  $(2,567)

 

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Revenue

 

Revenues did not change materially in the six months ended March 31 2026, compared to the six months ended March 31, 2025.

 

Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of revenues increased $0.1 million in the six months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the six months ended March 31, 2025, primarily due to an increase in depreciation expense as additional drones were placed into service.

 

Operating Expenses

 

R&D expenses increased by $0.5 million in the six months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the six months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was primarily driven by a non-recurring bonus of $0.5 million. In addition, R&D expenses increased due to higher prototype drone costs.

 

General and administrative expenses increased by $1.9 million in the six months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the six months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was primarily driven by a non-recurring bonus of $0.7 million and an increase in salaries and related expenses. Consulting expenses increased by approximately $0.5 million, with the remaining increase attributable to higher legal fees and start-up costs associated with our Matternet UK entity.

 

Sales and marketing expenses increased by $0.2 million in the six months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the six months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was driven by higher marketing consulting expenses during the six months ended March 31, 2026.

 

Other Income (Expense)

 

Interest expense (non cash) decreased by $1.3 million in the six months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the six months ended March 31, 2025. The decrease was due to a decrease in the amortization of debt discount as the 2023 and 2024 notes were converted in September 2025.

 

Interest expense increased by $0.2 million in the six months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the six months ended March 31, 2025. The increase is related to promissory notes issued in January 2025 and March 2026 and still outstanding as of March 31, 2026.

 

Changes in fair value of derivative and warrant liabilities for the six months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the six months ended March 31, 2025 are due to recognition of changes in the fair value during the periods.

 

Other income (expense) increased by $0.9 million in the six months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the six months ended March 31, 2025. The increase was related to the receipt of proceeds from our federal COVID-19 employee retention credit (“ERC”) claim.

 

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Comparison of the Fiscal Years Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024

 

The following table sets forth our consolidated statements of operations data for the periods indicated (in thousands):

 

   Year ended
September 30,
     
   2025   2024   Change 
Revenues  $393   $543   $(150)
Cost of revenues   598    906    (308)
Gross profit (loss)   (205)   (363)   158 
Operating expenses:               
Research and development   2,998    3,411    (413)
General and administrative   4,719    4,922    (203)
Sales and marketing   220    222    (2)
Total operating expenses   7,936    8,554    (618)
Loss from operations   (8,141)   (8,917)   776 
Other income (expense):               
Interest expense (non-cash)   (4,643)   (2,053)   (2,590)
Interest expense   (1,070)   (674)   (396)
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities   (19,026)   (1,568)   (17,459)
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities   (365)   131    (496)
Gain on extinguishment on debt   1,573    -    1,573 
Other income   696    188    508 
Total other expense   (22,837)   (3,976)   (18,861)
Net loss before income taxes   (30,978)   (12,894)   (18,085)
Income tax provision   8    4    5 
Net loss  $(30,987)  $(12,897)  $(18,089)

 

Revenue

 

Revenues decreased $0.2 million in fiscal 2025, compared to fiscal 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to a contract change with a customer that decreased recurring revenue.

 

Cost of Revenues

 

Cost of revenues decreased by $0.3 million in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024, primarily due to a write-off of obsolete materials and drones recognized in fiscal 2024 that did not recur in the current period. In addition, cost of revenues decreased due to lower salaries and related costs associated with customer support personnel.

 

Operating Expenses

 

R&D expenses decreased by $0.4 million in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024. The decrease in R&D expenses is primarily attributable to a reduction in salaries and benefits associated with lower headcount. The decrease in headcount occurred during fiscal 2024 and resulted in reduced payroll-related costs in the current period.

 

General and administrative expenses decreased by $0.2 million in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024, primarily due to a reduction in salaries and benefits associated with lower headcount. The decrease in headcount occurred during fiscal 2024 and resulted in reduced payroll-related costs in the current period.

 

Sales and marketing expenses did not change materially in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024.

 

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Other Income (Expense)

 

Interest expense (non cash) increased by $2.6 million in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024. The increase was due to increased amortization of debt discounts associated with convertible notes, including the impact of embedded derivative features, that were issued in fiscal 2024 and were outstanding for the majority of fiscal 2025.

 

Interest expense increased by $0.4 million in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024. The increase was due to the additional convertible notes that were issued in fiscal 2024 and were outstanding for the majority of fiscal 2025.

 

Changes in fair value of derivative and warrant liabilities in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024 are due to the fair value changes in the warrants and embedded derivatives during fiscal 2025.

 

Gain on extinguishment of debt increased by $1.6 million in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024 due to the derecognition of the embedded derivative liability associated with the convertible notes, along with the extinguishment of the existing debt, partially offset by the recognition of the modified debt instrument and related components.

 

Other income increased by $0.5 million in fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024. The increase was primarily related to $0.4 million of proceeds received from our ERC claim during fiscal 2025.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Since inception, we have financed our operations primarily through the issuance and sale of equity securities and debt instruments. Our primary requirements for liquidity and capital are to finance working capital and capital expenditures associated with operating and managing the company, as well as for general corporate purposes. As of March 31, 2026, our principal source of liquidity was our cash balance of $4.6 million and we anticipate that future sources of liquidity will principally come from sales of common stock and other equity instruments. Since our inception, we have generated significant operating losses as reflected in our accumulated deficit of $137.8 million as of March 31, 2026. We also generated negative operating cash flow of $4.8 million for the six months ended March 31, 2026.

 

We used $4.2 million of the net proceeds to immediately retire outstanding indebtedness under certain promissory notes as discussed below under “Indebtedness – 2025 Promissory Notes”. We expect to use the balance of the net proceeds for operating expenses, capital expenditures, working capital, and other general corporate purposes. These uses are expected to include the commercial deployment of our M3 drone platform, expansion of our active drone fleet and related launch, landing, and operational infrastructure, geographic expansion into additional domestic and international markets, and increased headcount to support engineering, flight operations, regulatory compliance, and commercial partnerships. The proceeds will also support investments in software, autonomy, and systems required to scale delivery volumes over time. Based on recurring losses from operations incurred since inception and the expectation of continued operating losses for at least the near term, there can be no assurance that our existing cash, together with the net proceeds from the Private Placement, will be sufficient to fund our operations for the next twelve months. Accordingly, we determined that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our independent registered public accounting firm included an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We are actively evaluating potential financing sources available to us, but there can be no assurance that financing will be available on terms acceptable to us, on a timely basis, or at all. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of our stockholders will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of common stockholders. However, our management team will have broad discretion in making strategic decisions to execute our growth plans, and there can be no assurance that management’s decisions will result in successful achievement of our business objectives. In addition, our estimate as to the sufficiency of our current cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments and our current operating plan as discussed above are based on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could deplete our capital resources sooner than we currently anticipate.

 

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Cash Flows

 

Six Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

 

As of March 31, 2026, our cash and cash equivalents were $4.6 million. The following table shows a summary of our cash flows for the periods presented (in thousands):

 

   Six Months Ended
March 31,
     
   2026   2025   Change 
Net cash used in operating activities  $(4,781)  $(3,187)  $1,593 
Net cash used in investing activities   (405)   (3)   402 
Net cash provided by financing activities   9,525    2,378    (7,147)
Net increase (decrease) in cash  $4,339   $(812)  $(5,151)
Cash, beginning of period   294    1,415    1,121 
Cash, end of period  $4,633   $603   $(4,030)

 

Operating Activities

 

Net cash used in operating activities was $4.8 million and $3.2 million for the six months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The increase in cash used of approximately $1.6 million was primarily driven by a higher net loss of $7.2 million in the 2026 period compared to $4.6 million in the 2025 period, partially offset by higher non-cash adjustments including stock-based compensation of $0.5 million, depreciation of $0.1 million, and a loss on remeasurement of warrant liabilities of $0.7 million. Amortization of debt discount decreased to $0.3 million in the 2026 period from $1.6 million in the prior period, reflecting lower outstanding debt balances following prior-year debt conversions.

 

Investing Activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $0.4 million and negligible for the six months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The increase reflects a significant uptick in capital expenditures during 2026, as we invested in property, plant, and equipment, compared to minimal capital spending in the prior period.

 

Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was $9.5 million and $2.4 million for the six months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The increase reflects substantially greater capital-raising activity in 2026, including proceeds from debt of $6.0 million and proceeds from the issuance of preferred stock of $3.9 million, partially offset by debt issuance costs of $0.4 million. In comparison, 2025 consisted solely of debt proceeds of $2.4 million, net of issuance costs.

 

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Fiscal Years Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024

 

As of September 30, 2025, our cash and cash equivalents were $0.3 million. The following table shows a summary of our cash flows for the periods presented:

 

   Fiscal Years Ended
September 30,
     
   2025   2024   Change 
Net cash used in operating activities  $(6,939)  $(6,700)  $239 
Net cash used in investing activities   (85)   (131)   (46)
Net cash provided by financing activities   5,903    1,531    (4,372)
Net increase (decrease) in cash  $(1,120)  $(5,300)  $(4,179)
Cash, beginning of period   1,415    6,715    5,300 
Cash, end of period  $294   $1,415   $1,121 

 

Operating Activities

 

Net cash used in operating activities was $6.9 million and $6.7 million for fiscal 2025 and 2024, respectively. Despite a significantly larger net loss in fiscal 2025 of $31.0 million compared to $12.9 million in fiscal 2024, operating cash consumption remained relatively consistent, as the incremental loss was substantially offset by non-cash charges including amortization of debt discount, remeasurement losses on derivative and warrant liabilities, and stock-based compensation.

 

Investing Activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $0.1 million and $0.1 million for fiscal 2025 and 2024, respectively. In both years, investing outflows consisted entirely of purchases of property, plant, and equipment, reflecting our measured approach to capital spending given our liquidity position.

 

Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities was $5.9 million and $1.5 million for fiscal 2025 and 2024, respectively. The increase reflects expanded capital-raising activity in fiscal 2025, including proceeds from the issuance of debt of $4.6 million and net proceeds from the issuance of preferred stock of $1.3 million, compared to debt proceeds of $1.6 million in fiscal 2024.

 

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

 

As of March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025, we did not have any material contractual obligations or commitments.

 

Indebtedness

 

2025 Promissory Notes

 

In January 2025, we entered into a note and warrant purchase agreement and issued secured promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $2.0 million and accompanying warrants to purchase shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.01 per share. In August 2025, we amended the note and warrant purchase agreement and increased the interest rate under the promissory notes from 20% to 25% per annum and issued additional promissory notes of $2.2 million and additional warrants to purchase shares of common stock. The promissory notes were originally due on December 31, 2025 and later extended to April 30, 2026. In March 2026, we and the noteholders agreed to further extend the maturity date of the promissory notes to the earlier of (i) the Closing of the Merger and (ii) the maturity date of the Bridge Notes. The promissory notes were secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all our assets, including accounts receivable, equipment, inventory, intellectual property, deposit accounts, and general intangibles.

 

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As of March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025, we owed $4.2 million and $4.2 million, respectively under the promissory notes. Upon the Closing of the Merger we repaid in full the principal balance and all accrued interest due under the promissory notes.

 

2026 Bridge Notes

 

On March 3, 2026, we issued and sold convertible promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $6.0 million (the “Bridge Notes”). The Bridge Notes bore interest at 10% per annum and were payable six months from the date of issuance. The Bridge Notes were secured by a perfected first priority security interest pursuant to a security agreement with the holders of the Bridge Notes. Upon the Closing of the Merger, all accrued interest under the Bridge Notes was forgiven, and the Bridge Notes were converted into an aggregate of 2,499,998 shares of common stock at a conversion rate of $2.40 per share. In addition, we issued the holders of the Bridge Notes, warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,499,998 shares of common stock, with an exercise price per share of $3.00.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Transactions

 

We did not have during the periods presented, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities, that were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Our consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included in this Current Report are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of consolidated financial statements also requires us to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses and related disclosures. These estimates are developed based on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by management. To the extent that there are differences between our estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, results of operation, and cash flows will be affected. We believe that the accounting policies described below involve a greater degree of judgment and complexity. Accordingly, these are the estimates we believe are most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our consolidated financial condition, results of operations and future performance. We have described our significant accounting policies within Note 2 to our audited consolidated financial statements filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

 

Revenue

 

We recognize revenue in accordance with ASC 606. We primarily generate revenue from enterprise platform access and DaaS, which are accounted for as single, integrated performance obligations representing stand-ready access to and operation of a drone logistics network over the contractual service term.

 

Revenue is recognized over time as customers simultaneously receive and consume the benefits of these services throughout the contract period. Our arrangements typically include a series of integrated activities, including network deployment, operation, maintenance, and support, which are not separately identifiable within the context of the contract.

 

We generally do not adjust for significant financing components as the period between payment and performance is typically one year or less.

 

Amounts invoiced or received in advance of performance are recorded as deferred revenue and recognized as revenue as the related services are performed.

 

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Stock-Based Compensation

 

We account for stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation. We measure all stock-based awards granted to employees, directors and non-employee consultants based on the fair value on the date of the grant and recognizes compensation expense for those awards over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the respective award.

 

The fair value of each stock option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. We have historically been a private company and lacks company-specific historical information for our stock. Determining the appropriate fair value of stock-based awards requires the input of subjective assumptions. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. As a result, if factors change and management uses different assumptions, stock-based compensation expenses could be materially different for future awards.

 

Warrants

 

We accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the instruments’ specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the instruments are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the instruments meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the instruments are indexed to our common stock and whether the instrument holders could potentially require net cash settlement in a circumstance outside of our control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and, for liability-classified warrants, at each reporting period end date while the warrants are outstanding. Liability classified warrants are revalued on each subsequent balance sheet date until such instruments are exercised or expired, with any changes in the fair value between reporting periods recorded in the statements of operations.

 

Classification of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock

 

We have applied the guidance in ASC 480-10-S99-3A, SEC Staff Announcement: Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities and have therefore classified our redeemable convertible preferred stock as temporary equity. The redeemable convertible preferred stock was recorded outside of stockholders’ deficit because, in the event of certain deemed liquidation events considered not solely within our control, such as a merger, acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of our assets, the convertible preferred stock would have become redeemable at the option of the holders.

 

Convertible Instruments

 

U.S. GAAP requires companies to bifurcate conversion options from their host instruments and account for them as free-standing derivative financial instruments when specified criteria are met, unless an exception applies for conventional host instruments. We evaluate our convertible instruments, options, warrants or other contracts to determine whether embedded components require separate derivative accounting under ASC 815. The result of this accounting treatment is that the fair value of the derivative is marked-to-market at each balance sheet date and recorded as a liability. In the event that the fair value is recorded as a liability, the change in fair value is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations as other income (expense). Upon conversion or exercise of a derivative instrument, the instrument is marked to fair value at the conversion date and then that fair value is reclassified to equity. Equity instruments that are initially classified as equity and subsequently become subject to reclassification under ASC 815 are reclassified to liabilities at the fair value of the instrument on the reclassification date.

 

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

A discussion of recently issued accounting pronouncements and recently adopted accounting pronouncements is included in Note 2 to our financial statements under the heading “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.”

 

Emerging Growth Company and Smaller Reporting Company Status

 

As an “emerging growth company,” under the JOBS Act, we are permitted to take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. We may elect to avail ourselves of such extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard and may do so until such time that we either irrevocably elect to opt out of such extended transition period or no longer qualify as an emerging growth company. We may choose to adopt any new or revised accounting standards early whenever such early adoption is permitted for private companies.

 

Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an emerging growth company, we choose to rely on available exemptions we may not be required to, among other things,

 

●provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes Oxley Act;

 

●provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act;

 

●comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the consolidated financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis);

 

●or disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation.

 

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest to occur of the following:

 

●the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of our first sale of common equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement;

 

●the last day of the fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenue is equal to or more than $1.235 billion;

 

●the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or

 

●the date on which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act.

 

We are also a “smaller reporting company,” as defined in the Exchange Act. We may continue to be a smaller reporting company even after we are no longer an emerging growth company. We may take advantage of certain of the scaled disclosures available to smaller reporting companies and will be permitted to do so for so long as (i) our voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates is less than $250.0 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter, or (ii) our annual revenue is less than $100.0 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and our voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700.0 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter.

 

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MANAGEMENT

 

Executive Officers and Directors

 

The following table provides information regarding our executive officers and directors immediately following the closing of the Merger:

 

Name   Age   Positions
Executive Officers        
Andreas Raptopoulos   52   Director, Chief Executive Officer
Jason Secore   45   Chief Financial Officer
Alexander Norman-Elvenich   34   Chief Operating Officer
         
Directors
Chris Dawson   57   Director
Sanjay Kotte   43   Director
Laurence J. Marton, M.D.   82   Director
Saurabh Ranjan   56   Director

 

Executive Officers

 

Andreas Raptopoulos founded Matternet and has served as Matternet’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since 2011. From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Raptopoulos served as founder and Chief Executive Officer of Future Acoustic LLP, a company which developed and licensed technology in the field of adaptive sound environments. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Raptopoulos served as founder and Director of Aylo Ltd, a London-based design studio focused on the invention of new technologies in the field of adaptive architecture. Mr. Raptopoulos holds a Master of Arts in Industrial Design Engineering from the Royal College of Art, a Diploma of Imperial College in Industrial Design Engineering from Imperial College London, and a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece. Mr. Raptopoulos is named as lead inventor on 18 Matternet patents and patent applications.

 

Jason Secore has served as Matternet’s Chief Financial Officer since February 2023. From 2022 to 2023, Mr. Secore was employed by Resources Connection, Inc. (d/b/a RGP), a publicly traded professional services company, where he served as a Chief Financial Officer and advisor to client companies. From 2020 to 2021, Mr. Secore served as Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations of Arconic Inc., a Fortune 500 publicly traded company. From 2016 to 2020, Mr. Secore served as Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations of AAR Corp., a Fortune 1000 publicly traded company. From 2012 to 2016, Mr. Secore held various finance leadership roles at Republic Airways Holdings Inc., a Fortune 1000 publicly traded company, most recently serving as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. Mr. Secore holds a B.A. in History and International Studies from Northwestern University, an M.S. in Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis and an M.B.A. from IE Business School (formerly Instituto de Empresa), Madrid, Spain. Mr. Secore is a certified public accountant (inactive) in Illinois.

 

Alexander Norman-Elvenich has served as Matternet’s Chief Operating Officer since October 2025. Mr. Norman-Elvenich has held various leadership roles at Matternet since 2017, including Head of Global Flight Operations and Services, supporting the establishment of Matternet’s commercial drone operations, leading key regulatory work across multiple jurisdictions, and overseeing international operations and expansion into new markets. Since 2018, Mr. Norman-Elvenich has served as a Lecturer at ENAC (École Nationale de l’Aviation Civile) in France. Prior to joining Matternet, Mr. Norman-Elvenich held engineering roles at Airbus and other aviation companies, where he focused on aircraft systems design, testing, and operational support. Mr. Norman-Elvenich holds a BSc and MSc in Engineering with a specialization in Aerospace Engineering from FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Austria, and an Advanced Master in Aerospace Project Management from ISAE-SUPAERO, ENAC, and École de l’Air in France.

 

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Directors

 

Chris Dawson has served on Matternet’s board of directors since 2024. Since 2026, Mr. Dawson has served as co-founder and chief executive officer of Catalyx Home Services. From 2025 to 2026, Mr. Dawson served as president of growth initiatives at Palmetto, having previously served as an advisor since 2023. From 2022 to 2025, Mr. Dawson served as a senior advisor in McKinsey & Company’s sustainability practice. From 2017 to 2021, Mr. Dawson served as chief operating officer of Sunrun. Mr. Dawson holds a BCOMM from Queen’s University and an M.B.A. from INSEAD.

 

Sanjay Kotte has served on Matternet’s board of directors since 2026. Since 2025, Mr. Kotte has served as Chief Commercial Officer of Robinhood Money. From 2018 to 2025, Mr. Kotte served as Head of Strategic Partnerships of DoorDash. From 2017 to 2018, Mr. Kotte served as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Piggybak. From 2008 to 2017, Mr. Kotte served in various investment banking roles at J.P. Morgan Securities, most recently from 2016 to 2017 as Executive Director. Mr. Kotte holds a B.B.A. in finance and management from Emory University as well as an M.B.A. and J.D. from The University of Michigan.

 

Laurence J. Marton, M.D. has served on Matternet’s board of directors since 2018. Dr. Marton has served as a consultant to industry and to nonprofit, government, and academic institutions for over three decades. Dr. Marton is a prominent expert in drug development, polyamine metabolism, and cancer research, and currently serves on the boards of several privately and publicly held life science companies. Dr. Marton is an Emeritus Board Member of the American Association for Cancer Research Foundation and serves on the Cancer Commons Board. Previously, Dr. Marton was Dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School and Chaired the Department of Laboratory Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, where he was a Professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Neurological Surgery. Dr. Marton serves on the board of directors of RenovoRx, Inc. Dr. Marton holds an M.D. from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

 

Saurabh Ranjan has served on Matternet’s board of directors since 2025. Since 2015, Mr. Ranjan has served as the founding managing partner of Cerracap Impact Venture Capital. From 2004 to 2015, Mr. Ranjan served as the Chief Operating Officer at UST Global, a systems integrator. Mr. Ranjan holds a certification in human resource and law from University California, Irvine, a M.A. from Delhi University, and an M.B.A. from the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), India.

 

Corporate Governance

 

Classified Board of Directors

 

Our board of directors is divided into three classes of directors, designated Class I, Class II and Class III, with staggered three-year terms. At each annual meeting of stockholders, a class of directors will be elected for a three-year term to succeed the same class whose term is then expiring. As a result, only one class of directors will be elected at each annual meeting of our stockholders, with the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms. Our current directors are divided among the three classes as follows:

 

●the Class I directors are Laurence J. Marton, M.D. and Saurabh Ranjan, and their terms will expire at the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders;

 

●the Class II directors are Chris Dawson and Sanjay Kotte, and their terms will expire at the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders; and

 

●the Class III director is Andreas Raptopoulos, and his term will expire at the 2029 annual meeting of stockholders.

 

Each director’s term continues until the election and qualification of their successor, or their earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws in effect from and after the effective time of the Merger authorize, subject to the special rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors, only our board of directors to fill vacancies on the board of directors. Any increase or decrease in the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes so that, as nearly as possible, each class will consist of an equal number of directors. This classification of our board of directors may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes in control of Matternet.

 

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Director Independence

 

Our common stock is not listed for trading on a national securities exchange or on any inter-dealer quotation system that has a requirement that a majority of directors be independent. In addition, for companies subject to reporting obligations under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the rules of the OTCQB do not provide for any requirements relating to director independence or board committees. Nonetheless, we have evaluated the independence by the standards for director independence set forth in the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.

 

Under the rules of Nasdaq, independent directors must comprise a majority of a listed company’s board of directors within a specified period of listing. In addition, rules require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s audit, compensation, and nominating, governance, and corporate responsibility committees be independent. Under the rules, a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of that company’s board of directors, that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.

 

Our board of directors has undertaken a review of the independence of each director and considered whether each director has a material relationship with us that could compromise their ability to exercise independent judgment in carrying out their responsibilities. As a result of this review, our board of directors determined that other than Mr. Raptopoulos, due to his position as our Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Ranjan due to his position as the Manager of EpiThauma LLC (an advisory firm we have within the past three years engaged) each member is an “independent director” as defined under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing requirements and rules of Nasdaq. In making these determinations, our board of directors reviewed and discussed information provided by the directors and us with regard to each director’s business and personal activities and current and prior relationships as they may relate to us and our management, including the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by each non-employee director and the transactions involving them described in the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

 

Family Relationships

 

There are no family relationships among our directors and executive officers.

 

Committees of the Board of Directors

 

The board of directors does not currently have any committees. We intend to establish an audit committee, a compensation committee, and a nominating and governance committee in the near future.

 

LAVC - Non-Employee Director Compensation

 

LAVC did not have a policy or program for the compensation of non-employee directors.

 

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Legacy Matternet - Non-Employee Director Compensation

 

We do not have a policy or program for the compensation of our non-employee directors. We intend to adopt a non-employee director compensation policy, which will set forth the terms upon which non-employee directors will be compensated for their service on the board of directors consistent with market-standard practices.

 

The following table sets forth information regarding the compensation earned for service on our board of directors during fiscal 2025. We did not pay our non-employee directors any cash fees during fiscal 2025. Andreas Raptopoulos, our Chief Executive Officer, is also a member of our board of directors, but did not receive any additional compensation for his service as a director. Mr. Raptopoulos’ compensation as an executive officer is set in the section titled “Executive Compensation - Summary Compensation Table.”

 

Name  Option
Awards($)
(1)(2)
   All Other
Compensation($)
(3)
   Total($) 
Chris Dawson   -    -    - 
Sanjay Kotte   -    -    - 
Laurence J. Marton, M.D.   13,175    -    13,175 
Saurabh Ranjan(4)              81,000    81,000 
Ioannis Mendrinos(4)   -    -    - 
Ritesh Agarwal(4)   -    -    - 

 

 

(1)The amounts reported in this column do not reflect dollar amounts actually received by the non-employee director. Instead, the amounts in this column reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of the shares underlying option awards granted in fiscal 2025, computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718 for stock-based compensation transactions. Unlike the calculations contained in our financial statements, this calculation does not give effect to any estimate of forfeitures related to service-based vesting, but assumes that non-employee director will perform the requisite service for the award to vest in full.

 

(2)As of September 30, 2025, our non-employee directors held the following stock option awards:

 

Name  Number of
Option
Awards
 
Chris Dawson   531,590 
Sanjay Kotte   - 
Laurence J. Marton, M.D.   489,988 
Saurabh Ranjan   - 
Ioannis Mendrinos   448,386 
Ritesh Agarwal   - 

 

(3)Represents fees paid to EpiThauma LLC, an advisory firm. Mr. Ranjan serves as the Manager of EpiThauma LLC.

 

(4)Mr. Mendrinos resigned from our board of directors, effective October 9, 2025.

 

(5)Mr. Agarwal resigned from our board of directors, effective December 14, 2024.

 

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Emerging Growth Company Status

 

We are an emerging growth company, as defined in the JOBS Act. As an emerging growth company, we are exempt from certain requirements related to executive compensation, including, but not limited to, the requirements to hold a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and to provide information relating to the ratio of total compensation of our Chief Executive Officer to the median of the annual total compensation of all of our employees, each as required by the Investor Protection and Securities Reform Act of 2010, which is part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

 

LAVC - Executive Officer Compensation

 

In 2025, LAVC’s sole “named executive officer” was Ian Jacobs who served as Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and as a director. None of LAVC’s executive officers received any cash compensation for services rendered to LAVC.

 

Legacy Matternet - Executive Compensation

 

In fiscal 2025, the “named executive officers” of Legacy Matternet and their positions were as follows:

 

●Andreas Raptopoulos: Chief Executive Officer

 

●Jason Secore: Chief Financial Officer

 

●Alexander Norman-Elvenich: Chief Operating Officer

 

Fiscal 2025 Summary Compensation Table

 

The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation earned by or paid to the Legacy Matternet named executive officers for the year ended September 30, 2025.

 

Name and Principal Position  Fiscal
Year
  Salary($)(1)   Stock
Options($)(2)
   Total($) 
Andreas Raptopoulos  2025   224,000(3)   191,039    622,122 
Chief Executive Officer                  
Jason Secore  2025   220,000(4)   62,582    508,381 
Chief Financial Officer                  
Alexander Norman-Elvenich  2025   192,356(5)   19,763    333,447 
Chief Operating Officer                  

 

 

(1)Salary and bonus figures represent amounts earned during the fiscal year, regardless of whether part or all of such amounts were paid in subsequent fiscal year(s).

 

(2)The amounts reported in this column do not reflect dollar amounts actually received by the named executive officer. The amounts in this column reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of the shares underlying option awards granted in the applicable fiscal year, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 for stock-based compensation transactions. Unlike the calculations contained in our financial statements, this calculation does not give effect to any estimate of forfeitures related to service-based vesting, but assumes that the named executive officer will perform the requisite service for the award to vest in full.

 

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(3)Effective December 15, 2022, Mr. Raptopoulos voluntarily agreed to a temporary reduction in his annual base salary from $280,000 to $224,000. The reduced base salary remained in effect throughout fiscal 2025 and the amount reported in the Salary column above reflects the reduced rate. Effective December 1, 2025, Mr. Raptopoulos’s annual base salary was restored to $280,000.

 

(4)Effective May 1, 2023, Mr. Secore voluntarily agreed to a temporary reduction in his annual base salary from $290,000 to $220,000. The reduced base salary remained in effect throughout fiscal year 2025, and the amount reported in the Salary column above reflects the reduced rate. Effective December 1, 2025, Mr. Secore’s annual base salary was restored to $290,000.

 

(5)Effective December 15, 2022, Mr. Norman-Elvenich voluntarily agreed to a temporary reduction in his annual base salary from $210,000 to $178,500. On April 1, 2025, his regular annual base salary was increased, and he voluntarily agreed to a temporary reduction in his annual base salary from $245,000 to $208,250. The reduced base salary remained in effect throughout fiscal 2025. The amount reported in the Salary column above reflects salary earned at each rate during the applicable portion of the fiscal year. Effective October 1, 2025, in connection with his promotion to Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Norman-Elvenich’s regular annual base salary was increased, and he voluntarily agreed to a temporary reduction in his annual base salary from $265,000 to $225,250. Effective December 1, 2025, Mr. Norman-Elvenich’s annual base salary was restored to $265,000.

 

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

 

Our named executive officers did not participate in, or earn any benefits under, any nonqualified deferred compensation plan sponsored by us during fiscal 2025. Our board of directors may elect to provide our officers and other employees with nonqualified deferred compensation benefits in the future if it determines that doing so is in our best interests.

 

Pension and Defined Benefit Plan Retirement Benefits

 

Our named executive officers did not participate in, or otherwise receive any benefits under, any pension or defined benefit retirement plan sponsored by us during fiscal 2025.

 

Benefits and Perquisites

 

In fiscal 2025, we provided benefits to our named executive officers on the same basis as provided to all of our employees, including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D, and short- and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, vacation and paid holidays. The named executive officers are also eligible to participate in our 401(k) plan.

 

Other than the director and officer insurance coverage we maintain for our directors and officers, we do not maintain any executive-specific health and welfare benefits or perquisites.

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards at September 30, 2025

 

The following table sets forth information regarding unvested stock awards held by each of the Legacy Matternet named executive officer as of September 30, 2025.

 

      Option Awards    
Name  Grant
Date
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options(#)
Exercisable
   Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options(#)
Unexercisable
   Option
Exercise
Price($)
   Option
Expiration
Date
Andreas Raptopoulos  12/24/2018   1,200,227(1)   -    0.33   12/23/2028
   11/19/2023   645,316(2)   -    0.68   11/18/2033
   12/20/2024   163,375(3)   439,859    0.52   12/19/2034
Jason Secore  3/9/2023   357,520(4)   214,512    1.10   3/8/2033
   12/20/2024   53,519(3)   144,092    0.52   12/19/2034
Alexander Norman-Elvenich  12/24/2018   10,401(1)   -    0.33   12/23/2028
   10/14/2020   31,202(1)   -    0.89   10/13/2030
   10/27/2021   76,270(4)   6,935    1.00   10/26/2031
   10/12/2023   70,204(3)   54,603    0.68   10/11/2033
   12/20/2024   16,901(3)   45,502    0.52   12/19/2034

 

 

(1)The stock option is subject to a 4-year vesting schedule, with 25% of the shares vesting on November 1, 2019 and 1/48th of the shares vesting monthly over the 36-month period thereafter, subject to the executive’s continued employment through each vesting date.

 

(2)The stock grant is subject to a 2-year vesting schedule, with 1/24th of the shares vesting monthly beginning on June 9, 2022, subject to the executive’s continued employment through each vesting date.

 

(3)The stock grant is subject to a 4-year vesting schedule, with 1/48th of the shares vesting monthly beginning on September 1, 2024, subject to the executive’s continued employment through each vesting date. The stock optionwill accelerate upon a Change of Control (as defined in the 2011 Plan), such that the number of outstanding and unvested shares then-subject to such option that would have vested over the following 12 months will immediately become vested and exercisable.

 

(4)The stock option is subject to a 4-year vesting schedule, with 25% of the shares vesting on November 1, 2019 and 1/48th of the shares vesting monthly over the 36-month period thereafter, subject to the executive’s continued employment through each vesting date. The stock option shall accelerate upon a Change of Control (as defined in the 2011 Plan), such that the number of outstanding and unvested shares then-subject to such option that would have vested over the following 12 months will immediately become vested and exercisable.

 

Option Awards

 

Our equity awards are designed to align our interests and those of our stockholders with those of our employees and consultants, including our executive officers. Our board of directors is responsible for approving equity awards.

 

All stock options were granted with an exercise price per share that is no less than the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant of such award. Our stock option awards generally vest over a four-year period and may be subject to acceleration of vesting under certain termination and change in control events, as described in more detail under the subsection titled “—2026 Plan—Corporate Transactions and Change in Control” below.

 

Executive Compensation Arrangements

 

General

 

Following the Merger, the board of directors will oversee the compensation policies, plans and programs and review and determine compensation to be paid to executive officers, directors and other senior management, as appropriate. The compensation policies followed by the us will be intended to provide for compensation that is sufficient to attract, motivate and retain our executive officers and potential other individuals and to establish an appropriate relationship between executive compensation and the creation of stockholder value.

 

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Qualified Financing Bonuses

 

In connection with liquidity preservation initiatives we implemented in fiscal 2023, certain employees, including the named executive officers, voluntarily agreed to temporary reductions in base salary. The arrangements provided that, upon completion of a “Qualified Financing” defined as the sale and issuance of equity securities (or securities convertible or exchangeable into equity securities) primarily for capital raising purposes where we raise at least $10.0 million, as determined by our board of directors in its sole discretion, or similar event and subject to continued employment, participating employees could be considered by our board of directors for discretionary compensation adjustments and bonus payments. In November 2025, following our Series B-3 preferred stock financing, our board of directors approved discretionary bonus payments in the amounts set forth below to our named executive officers, which were paid in fiscal 2026.

 

Name  Bonus($) 
Andreas Raptopoulos   207,083 
Jason Secore   225,799 
Alexander Norman-Elvenich   121,328 

 

Key Employee Retention Plan

 

In February 2025, we implemented a Key Employee Retention Plan (the “Retention Plan”) to provide designated key employees, including the named executive officers, the opportunity to receive certain bonuses upon or in connection with the occurrence of a (i) transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which we issue and sell shares of our preferred stock for aggregate gross proceeds of at least $20.0 million (excluding indebtedness that is converted into such preferred stock, or otherwise cancelled in consideration for the issuance of such preferred stock) with the principal purpose of raising capital and (ii) a Change of Control (as defined in the Retention Plan). The Retention Plan automatically terminates upon the earlier of (i) December 21, 2026, provided that if a Qualified Financing or Change of Control (each as defined in the Retention Plan) occurs on or before such date, the Retention Plan will not be terminated until the completion of all payments with respect to such transaction under the terms of the Retention Plan, (ii) the completion of all payments under the terms of the Retention Plan, (iii) the closing of our first underwritten public offering of equity securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (iv) a determination by the board of directors to terminate the Retention Plan. No bonuses have been paid in connection with the Retention Plan.

 

Jason Secore Offer Letter

 

Pursuant to Mr. Secore’s offer letter, dated February 12, 2023, if we experience a “Qualifying Event” defined as the initial closing of a transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which we issue and sell shares of preferred stock with the principal purpose of raising capital, for aggregate gross proceeds of at least $20.0 million, or a Change of Control (as defined in the 2011 Plan) in which we are acquired for at least $400 million, our board of directors will consider whether to award Mr. Secore a discretionary bonus in the amount of $90,000. No bonus has been paid pursuant to this arrangement.

 

2026 Equity Incentive Plan

 

The 2026 EIP was approved by the board of directors and stockholders of LAVC in connection with the Merger. Set forth below is a summary of the material features of the 2026 EIP. The 2026 EIP is set forth in its entirety as Exhibit 10.7 to this Current Report, and all descriptions of the 2026 EIP contained in this section are qualified by reference to the complete text of the 2026 EIP.

 

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Purpose

 

The 2026 EIP is intended to (i) attract and retain the best available personnel to ensure our success and accomplish our goals, (ii) incentivize employees, directors and independent contractors with long-term equity-based compensation to align their interests with our stockholders, and (iii) promote the success of our business.

 

Types of Stock Awards

 

The 2026 EIP permits the grant of incentive stock options (ISOs) to employees, including employees of any parent or subsidiary, and for the grant of NSOs, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, performance awards and other forms of stock awards to employees, directors and consultants, including employees and consultants of our affiliates.

 

Share Reserve

 

Subject to adjustments as set forth in the 2026 EIP, the maximum aggregate number of shares of our common stock that may initially be issued under the 2026 EIP will not exceed 3,825,000 shares of common stock. The shares may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired common stock. Furthermore, subject to adjustments as set forth in the 2026 EIP, in no event shall the maximum aggregate number of shares that may be issued under the 2026 EIP pursuant to an incentive stock option exceed the number set forth above plus, to the extent allowable under Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, any shares that again become available for issuance pursuant to the 2026 EIP.

 

In addition, the number of shares reserved for issuance under our 2026 EIP will increase automatically on the six-month anniversary of the date our common stock is first listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, New York Stock Exchange or NYSE American and on the annual anniversary thereafter through the tenth anniversary of approval of the 2026 EIP by our stockholders, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 5% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the day immediately preceding such anniversary, and (ii) an amount as determined by the Board in its discretion.

 

Shares subject to stock awards granted under our 2026 EIP that expire or terminate without being exercised in full, or that are paid out in cash rather than in shares, do not reduce the number of shares available for issuance under our 2026 EIP. Additionally, shares become available for future grant under our 2026 EIP if they were issued stock awards under our 2026 EIP and we repurchase them or they are forfeited. This includes shares used to pay the exercise price of a stock award or to satisfy the tax withholding obligations related to a stock award.

 

Assumption or Substitution of Awards

 

The Plan Administrator (as defined below), from time to time, may determine to substitute or assume outstanding awards granted by another company, whether in connection with an acquisition of such other company or otherwise, by either: (a) assuming such award under the 2026 EIP or (b) granting a stock award under the 2026 EIP in substitution of such other company’s award. Such assumption or substitution will be permissible if the holder of the substituted or assumed award would have been eligible to be granted a stock award under the 2026 EIP if the other company had applied the rules of the 2026 EIP to such grant. In the event the Plan Administrator elects to assume an award granted by another company, subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”), the purchase price or the exercise price, as the case may be, and the number and nature of shares issuable upon exercise or settlement of any such stock award will be adjusted appropriately. In the event the Plan Administrator elects to grant a new option in substitution rather than assuming an existing option, such new option may be granted with a similarly adjusted exercise price. Any awards that are assumed or substituted under the 2026 EIP shall not reduce the number of shares authorized for grant under the 2026 EIP or authorized for grant to a participant in any fiscal year.

 

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Eligibility

 

Employees, directors and independent contractors of us or our affiliates are all eligible to participate in the 2026 EIP. ISOs may only be granted to employees. As of the Closing Date, we have approximately 35 employees who are eligible to be granted stock awards under the 2026 EIP.

 

Administration

 

The 2026 EIP is administered by our board of directors or a committee thereof, which committee will be constituted to satisfy applicable laws (the “Plan Administrator”). To the extent desirable to qualify transactions under the 2026 EIP as exempt under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act, the transactions contemplated under the 2026 EIP is structured to satisfy the requirements for exemption under Rule 16b-3.

 

Subject to the terms of the 2026 EIP, the Plan Administrator has the authority, in its discretion, to:

 

●determine the fair market value in accordance with the 2026 EIP;

 

●select the service providers to whom stock awards may be granted under the 2026 EIP;

 

●determine the number of shares to be covered by each stock award granted under the 2026 EIP;

 

●approve forms of stock award agreements for use under the 2026 EIP;

 

●determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the 2026 EIP, of any stock award granted thereunder;

 

●institute and determine the terms and conditions of an exchange program under the terms of the 2026 EIP (subject to stockholder approval);

 

●construe and interpret the terms of the 2026 EIP and stock awards granted pursuant to the 2026 EIP;

 

●correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the 2026 EIP, any stock award or any award agreement;

 

●prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the 2026 EIP;

 

●modify or amend each stock award (subject to the terms of the 2026 EIP);

 

●adjust performance goals to take into account changes in applicable laws or in accounting or tax rules, or such other extraordinary, unforeseeable, nonrecurring or infrequently occurring events or circumstances as the Plan Administrator deems necessary or appropriate to avoid windfalls or hardships;

 

●allow participants to satisfy tax withholding obligations in such manner as prescribed in the 2026 EIP;

 

●authorize any person to execute on our behalf any instrument required to effect the grant of a stock award previously granted by the Plan Administrator;

 

●allow a participant to defer the receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of shares that would otherwise be due to such participant under a stock award;

 

●reduce the exercise price of any award to the then current fair market value; and

 

●and make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the 2026 EIP.

 

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To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion and on such terms and conditions as it may provide, may delegate all or any part of its authority and powers under the 2026 EIP to one or more of our directors or officers. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, the Plan Administrator may delegate to one or more officers who may be (but are not required to be) insiders subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the authority to do any of the following (i) designate employees who are not insiders to be recipients of stock awards, (ii) determine the number of shares to be subject to such stock awards granted to such designated employees, and (iii) take any and all actions on behalf of the Plan Administrator other than any actions that affect the amount or form of compensation of Insiders or have material tax, accounting, financial, human resource or legal consequences to us or our affiliates; provided, however, that the Plan Administrator resolutions regarding any delegation with respect to (i) and (ii) will specify the total number of shares that may be subject to the stock awards granted by such officer and that such officer may not grant a stock award to himself or herself. Any stock awards will be granted on the form of award agreement most recently approved for use by the Plan Administrator, unless otherwise provided in the resolutions approving the delegation authority.

 

The Plan Administrator will, in its sole discretion, determine the performance goals, if any, applicable to any stock award (including any adjustment(s) thereto that will be applied in determining the achievement of such performance goals) on or prior to the Determination Date (as defined in the 2026 EIP). The performance goals may differ from participant to participant and from stock award to stock award. The Plan Administrator shall determine and approve the extent to which such performance goals have been timely achieved and the extent to which the shares subject to such stock award have thereby been earned. Please refer to the discussion below under “-Performance Goals” for more information.

 

Stock awards granted to participants who are insiders subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act must be approved by two or more “non-employee directors” of the board of directors (as defined in the regulations promulgated under Section 16 of the Exchange Act).

 

Stock Options

 

Each stock option will be designated in the stock award agreement as either an incentive stock option (which is entitled to potentially favorable tax treatment) or a nonstatutory stock option (“NSO”). However, notwithstanding such designation, to the extent that the aggregate fair market value of the shares with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by the participant during any calendar year exceeds $100,000, such stock options will be treated as NSOs. ISOs may only be granted to employees.

 

The term of each stock option will be stated in the stock award agreement. In the case of an incentive stock option, the term will be ten years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the stock award agreement. Moreover, in the case of an incentive stock option granted to a participant who owns stock representing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock or the stock of any subsidiary, the term of the incentive stock option will be five years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the stock award agreement.

 

The per share exercise price for the shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of a stock option will be determined by the Plan Administrator, subject to the following: in the case of an incentive stock option (i) granted to an employee who, at the time the incentive stock option is granted, owns stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of our stock or the stock of any subsidiary, the per share exercise price will be no less than 110% of the fair market value per share on the date of grant; and (ii) granted to any other employee, the per share exercise price will be no less than 100% of the fair market value per share on the date of grant. In the case of an NSO, the per share exercise price will be no less than 100% of the fair market value per share on the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, stock options may be granted with a per share exercise price of less than 100% of the fair market value per share on the date of grant pursuant to a corporate reorganization, liquidation, etc., described in Section 424(a) of the Code.

 

At the time a stock option is granted, the Plan Administrator will fix the period within which the stock option may be exercised and will determine any conditions that must be satisfied before the stock option may be exercised. A stock option may become exercisable upon completion of a specified period of service with us or one of our affiliates and/or based on the achievement of performance goals during a performance period as set out in advance in the participant’s award agreement. If a stock option is exercisable based on the satisfaction of performance goals, then the Plan Administrator will: (x) determine the nature, length and starting date of any performance period for such stock option; (y) select the performance goals to be used to measure the performance; and (z) determine what additional vesting conditions, if any, should apply. Please refer to the discussion below under “-Performance Goals” for more information. The Plan Administrator will also determine the acceptable form of consideration for exercising a stock option, including the method of payment.

 

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If a participant ceases to be a service provider other than for “Cause” (as defined in the 2026 EIP), the participant may exercise his or her stock option within such period of time as is specified in the stock award agreement to the extent that the stock option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such stock option). In the absence of a specified time in the stock award agreement, to the extent vested as of a participant’s termination, the stock option will remain exercisable for 12 months following a termination for death or disability, and 3 months following a termination for any other reason. Any outstanding stock option (including any vested portion thereof) held by a participant shall immediately terminate in its entirety upon the participant being first notified of his or her termination for Cause.

 

Stock Appreciation Rights

 

The Plan Administrator will determine the terms and conditions of each stock appreciation right (“SAR”), provided that the exercise price for each SAR will be no less than 100% of the fair market value of the underlying shares of common stock on the date of grant. A SAR may become exercisable upon completion of a specified period of service with us or one of our affiliates and/or based on the achievement of performance goals during a performance period as set out in advance in the participant’s award agreement. If a SAR is exercisable based on the satisfaction of performance goals, then the Plan Administrator will: (x) determine the nature, length and starting date of any performance period for such SAR; (y) select the performance goals to be used to measure the performance; and (z) determine what additional vesting conditions, if any, should apply. Please refer to the discussion below under “-Performance Goals” for more information. Upon exercise of a SAR, a participant will receive payment from us in an amount determined by multiplying the difference between the fair market value of a share on the date of exercise over the exercise price by the number of shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised. SARs may be paid in cash or shares of common stock, as determined by the Plan Administrator. SARs are exercisable at the times and on the terms established by the Plan Administrator.

 

Restricted Stock and RSUs

 

Restricted stock awards are grants of shares of common stock that are subject to various restrictions, including restrictions on transferability and forfeiture provisions. Shares of restricted stock will vest and the restrictions on such shares will lapse in accordance with terms and conditions established by the Plan Administrator. Each RSU is a bookkeeping entry representing an amount equal to the fair market value of one share of common stock. Restrictions may lapse upon the completion of a specified period of service with us or one of our affiliates and/or based on the achievement of performance goals during a performance period as set out in advance in the participant’s award agreement. If the unvested shares of restricted stock or RSUs are being earned upon the satisfaction of performance goals, then the Plan Administrator will: (x) determine the nature, length and starting date of any performance period for each unvested share or RSU; (y) select the performance goals to be used to measure the performance; and (z) determine what additional vesting conditions, if any, should apply.

 

In determining whether restricted stock or RSUs should be granted, and/or the vesting schedule for such a stock award, the Plan Administrator may impose whatever conditions on vesting as it determines to be appropriate. For example, the Plan Administrator may determine to grant restricted stock or RSUs only if performance goals established by the Plan Administrator are satisfied. Any performance goals may be applied on a Company-wide or an individual business unit basis, as determined by the Plan Administrator. Please refer to the discussion below under “-Performance Goals” for more information.

 

During the period of restriction, participants holding restricted stock may exercise full voting rights and will be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid, in each case with respect to such shares unless the Plan Administrator determines otherwise. If any such dividends or distributions are paid in shares, the shares will be subject to the same restrictions, including without limitation restrictions on transferability and forfeitability, as the restricted stock with respect to which they were paid. During the period of restriction, such dividends or other distributions shall be subject to the same restrictions and risk of forfeiture as the shares of restricted stock with respect to which the dividends accrue and shall not be paid or distributed unless and until such related shares have vested and been earned.

 

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During the vesting period, participants holding RSUs will hold no voting rights by virtue of such RSUs. The Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion, award dividend equivalents in connection with the grant of RSUs that may be settled in cash, in shares of equivalent value, or in some combination thereof.

 

Nontransferability of Stock Awards

 

Unless determined otherwise by the Plan Administrator, a stock award may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of the participant, only by the participant. If the Plan Administrator makes a stock award transferable, such stock award will contain such additional terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator deems appropriate; provided, however, that in no event may any stock award be transferred for consideration to a third-party financial institution.

 

Recoupment Policy

 

All benefits under the 2026 EIP are subject to our ability to recover incentive-based compensation from executive officers, as is or may be required by the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, any regulations promulgated thereunder, or any “clawback” provision required by applicable law or the listing standards of any applicable stock exchange or national market system.

 

Adjustment

 

In the event of a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination, consolidation, recapitalization or reclassification of the shares, subdivision of the shares, a rights offering, a reorganization, merger, spin-off, split-up, repurchase, or exchange of common stock or other securities of us or other significant corporate transaction, or other change affecting common stock occurs, the Plan Administrator, in order to prevent dilution, diminution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the 2026 EIP, will, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust the number, kind and class of securities that may be delivered under the 2026 EIP and/or the number, class, kind and price of securities covered by each outstanding stock award; provided that all such adjustment will be made in a manner that does not result in taxation under Section 409A.

 

Corporate Transactions and Change in Control

 

In the event of (i) a transfer of all or substantially all of our assets, (ii) a merger, consolidation or other capital reorganization or business combination transaction of us with or into another corporation, entity or person, (iii) the consummation of a transaction, or series of related transactions, in which any person becomes the beneficial owner directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of our then outstanding capital stock or (iv) a Change in Control (as defined in 2026 EIP), each outstanding stock award (vested or unvested) will be assumed by the buyer subject to accelerated vesting if the service provider’s employment is terminated without cause by the buyer within the 24-month period immediately following consummation of such Change in Control. Additionally, if the buyer does not assume each outstanding stock award, then such award shall become fully vested immediately prior to consummation of such Change in Control.

 

Amendment, Termination and Duration of the 2026 EIP

 

The 2026 EIP will continue in effect for a term of 10 years measured from the date the 2026 EIP was approved by the board of directors, unless terminated earlier under the terms of the 2026 EIP. The Plan Administrator may at any time amend, alter, suspend or terminate the 2026 EIP.

 

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U.S. Federal Tax Aspects

 

A participant who receives a stock option or SAR will not have taxable income upon the grant of the stock option or SAR. For NSOs and SARs, the participant will recognize ordinary income upon exercise in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares over the exercise price-the appreciation value-on the date of exercise. Any additional gain or loss recognized upon any later disposition of the shares generally will be long-term or short-term capital gain or loss, depending on whether the shares are held for more than one year.

 

The purchase of shares upon exercise of an ISO will not result in any taxable income to the participant, except for purposes of the alternative minimum tax. Gain or loss recognized by the participant on a later sale or other disposition of the shares will be capital gain or loss and/or ordinary income depending upon whether the participant holds the shares transferred upon exercise for a specified period. If the shares are held for the specified period, any gain generally will be taxed at long-term capital-gain rates. If the shares are not held for the specified period, generally any gain up to the excess of the fair market value of the shares on the date of exercise over the exercise price will be treated as ordinary income. Any additional gain generally will be taxable at long-term or short-term capital-gain rates, depending on whether the participant held the shares for more than one year after the exercise date.

 

A participant who receives restricted stock will not have taxable income until vesting unless the participant timely files an election under Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed at the time of grant (“Section 83(b) election”). The participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the fair market value of the shares at the time of vesting less the amount paid for such shares (if any) if no such election is made. Any additional gain or loss recognized upon any later disposition of the shares generally will be long-term or short-term capital gain or loss, depending on whether the shares are held for more than one year. If a participant timely files a Section 83(b) election, the participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the fair market value of the shares at the time of purchase or grant less the amount paid for such shares (if any).

 

A participant who receives RSUs, performance units or performance shares will not have taxable income upon grant of the stock award; instead the participant will be taxed upon settlement of the stock award. The participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the fair market value of the shares or the amount of cash received by the participant. In addition, Section 409A imposes certain restrictions on deferred compensation arrangements. Stock awards that are treated as deferred compensation under Section 409A are intended to meet the requirements of this section of the Code.

 

The Plan Administrator may, at its discretion and pursuant to such procedures as it may specify from time to time, permit a participant to satisfy such withholding or deduction obligations or any other tax-related items, in whole or in part by (without limitation) paying cash, electing to have us withhold otherwise deliverable cash or shares, or delivering to us already-owned shares; provided that, unless the Plan Administrator permits otherwise, any proceeds derived from a cashless exercise must be an approved broker-assisted cashless exercise or the cash or shares withheld or delivered must be limited to avoid financial accounting charges under applicable accounting guidance or shares must have been previously held for the minimum duration required to avoid financial accounting charges under applicable accounting guidance. The fair market value of the shares to be withheld or delivered will be determined based on such methodology that we deem to be reasonable and in accordance with applicable laws.

 

We will be entitled to a tax deduction in connection with a stock award under the 2026 EIP only in an amount equal to the ordinary income realized by the participant and at the time the participant recognizes the income. Section 162(m) of the Code places a limit of $1 million on the amount of compensation that we may deduct as a business expense in any year with respect to certain of our most highly paid executive officers. While the Plan Administrator considers the deductibility of compensation as one factor in determining executive compensation, the Plan Administrator retains the discretion to award and pay compensation that is not deductible as it believes that it is in the best interests of our stockholders to maintain flexibility in our approach to executive compensation and to structure a program that we consider to be the most effective in attracting, motivating and retaining key employees.

 

2011 Equity Incentive Plan (Pre-Merger)

 

Set forth below is a summary of the material features of the 2011 Plan. The 2011 Plan is set forth in its entirety as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report, and all descriptions of the 2011 Plan contained in this section are qualified by reference to the complete text of the 2011 Plan. Upon the adoption of our 2026 EIP, we ceased making grants from the 2011 Plan.

 

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Purpose

 

The purpose of the 2011 Plan was to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to provide additional incentive to employees, directors and consultants, and to promote the success of the our business.

 

Types of Stock Awards

 

The 2011 Plan provides for the grant of ISOs, NSOs, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, and restricted stock unit awards.

 

Share Reserve

 

Subject to adjustments as set forth in the 2011 Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares of our common stock issuable under the 2011 Plan were not to exceed 19,050,157 shares of Legacy Matternet common stock.

 

Eligibility

 

Employees, directors and consultants were all eligible to receive awards under the 2011 Plan.

 

Administration

 

The 2011 Plan is administered by the Plan Administrator.

 

Stock Options

 

NSOs have been granted under the 2011 Plan pursuant to stock option agreements adopted by the Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator determined the exercise price for a stock option, which was not less than 100% of the fair market value of Legacy Matternet’s common stock on the date of grant. Unless the terms of an option holder’s stock option agreement provide otherwise, if an option holder’s service relationship with us, or any of Legacy Matternet’s affiliates, ceases for any reason other than disability, death or cause, the option holder may generally exercise any vested options for a period of three months following the cessation of service, or such other period specified in the applicable award agreement. The option term may be extended in the event that the exercise of the option following such a termination of service is prohibited by applicable securities laws or our insider trading policy. If an option holder’s service relationship with us or any of Legacy Matternet’s affiliates ceases due to disability or death, or an option holder dies within a certain period following cessation of service, the option holder or a beneficiary may generally exercise any vested options for a period of 12 months. In no event may an option be exercised beyond the expiration of its term. Acceptable consideration for the purchase of Legacy Matternet Common Stock issued upon the exercise of a stock option include (i) cash or check, or (ii) at the discretion of the plan administrator, one of the following: (1) by delivery of Legacy Matternet’s Common Stock (2) according to a deferred payment or similar arrangement, (3) by authorizing Legacy Matternet to withhold shares of Legacy Matternet’s Common Stock from the shares otherwise issuable to the option holder as a result of the exercise, or (4) in any other form of consideration that is acceptable to the plan administrator, including, without limitation, a promissory note.

 

Recoupment Policy

 

All benefits under the 2011 Plan are subject to our ability to recover incentive-based compensation from executive officers, as is or may be required by the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, any regulations promulgated thereunder, or any “clawback” provision required by applicable law or the listing standards of any applicable stock exchange or national market system.

 

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Adjustment

 

In the event a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, large nonrecurring cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure, or any similar equity restructuring transaction occurs, the class, number and price per share of the outstanding awards will be proportionally and automatically adjusted; provided that all such adjustment will be made in a manner that does not result in taxation under Section 409A.

 

Corporate Transactions and Change in Control

 

In the event of (i) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all our consolidated assets and those of our subsidiaries, (ii) a sale or other disposition of more than 50% of our outstanding securities; (iii) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which we are not the surviving corporation; (iv) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which we are the surviving corporation but the shares of common stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger, consolidation or similar transaction are converted or exchanged by virtue of the merger, consolidation or similar transaction into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise, each outstanding Stock Award (as defined in the 2011 Plan) will, at the option of the board of directors among other alternatives, (x) be assumed by the surviving corporation or acquiring corporation or a similar award substituted therefor, (y) accelerate vesting to a date immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction or Change in Control or (z) be cancelled, to the extent to vested, for certain cash consideration.

 

Amendment, Termination and Duration of the 2011 Plan

 

At the Effective Time, we assumed all outstanding stock options under the 2011 Plan and such options were converted into options to purchase shares of our common stock. Such stock options will continue to be governed by the terms of the 2011 Plan and the stock option agreements thereunder, until such outstanding options are exercised or until they terminate or expire by their terms. No further awards shall be made under the 2011 Plan.

 

2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

The 2026 ESPP was approved by the board of directors and stockholders of LAVC in connection with the Merger. Set forth below is a summary of the material features of the 2026 ESPP. The 2026 ESPP is set forth in its entirety as Exhibit 10.10 to this Current Report, and all descriptions of the 2026 ESPP contained in this section are qualified by reference to the complete text of the 2026 ESPP.

 

Purpose

 

The purpose of the 2026 ESPP is to secure and retain the services of new employees, to retain the services of existing employees, and to provide incentives for such individuals to exert maximum efforts toward our success. The 2026 ESPP will include two components. One component will be designed to allow eligible U.S. employees to purchase our ordinary shares in a manner that may qualify for favorable tax treatment under Section 423 of the Code. The other component will permit the grant of purchase rights that do not qualify for such favorable tax treatment in order to allow deviations necessary to permit participation by eligible employees who are foreign nationals or employed outside of the U.S. while complying with applicable foreign laws.

 

Authorized Shares

 

Subject to adjustments as set forth in the 2026 ESPP, the maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may initially be issued under the 2026 ESPP will not exceed 675,000 shares of common stock. Shares issuable under the ESPP may be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired common stock, including shares purchased by uson the open market. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2026 ESPP will increase automatically on six-month anniversary of the date our common stock is first listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, New York Stock Exchange or NYSE American and on the annual anniversary thereafter through the tenth anniversary of approval of the 2026 ESPP by our stockholders in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 1% of the shares of common stock outstanding on the day immediately preceding such anniversary, (ii) 2,000,000 shares and (iii) an amount as determined by the board of directors in its discretion. As of the date hereof, no shares of our common stock have been purchased under the 2026 ESPP.

 

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Administration

 

Our board of directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, will administer the 2026 ESPP. The 2026 ESPP is implemented through a series of offerings under which eligible employees are granted purchase rights to purchase shares of our common stock on specified dates during such offerings. Under the 2026 ESPP, we may specify offerings with durations of not more than 27 months and may specify shorter purchase periods within each offering. Each offering will have one or more purchase dates on which shares of our common stock will be purchased for employees participating in the offering. An offering under the 2026 ESPP may be terminated under certain circumstances.

 

Payroll Deductions

 

Generally, all regular employees, including executive officers, employed by us or by any of our designated affiliates, may participate in the 2026 ESPP and may contribute, normally through payroll deductions, up to 15% of their earnings (as defined in the 2026 ESPP) for the purchase of our common stock under the 2026 ESPP. Unless otherwise determined by our board of directors, common stock will be purchased for the accounts of employees participating in the 2026 ESPP at a price per share equal to the lower of (i) 85% of the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the first trading date of an offering; or (ii) 85% of the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the date of purchase.

 

Limitations

 

Employees may have to satisfy one or more of the following service requirements before participating in the 2026 ESPP, as determined by our board of directors, including: (i) being customarily employed with us or one of our affiliates for more than 20 hours per week and more than five months per calendar year; or (ii) continuous employment with us or one of our affiliates for a minimum period of time (not to exceed two years). No employee may purchase shares under the 2026 ESPP at a rate in excess of $25,000 worth of our common stock based on the fair market value per share of our common stock at the beginning of an offering for each year such a purchase right is outstanding. Finally, no employee will be eligible for the grant of any purchase rights under the 2026 ESPP if immediately after such rights are granted, such employee has voting power over 5% or more of our outstanding capital stock measured by vote or value under Section 424(d) of the Code.

 

Changes to Capital Structure

 

In the event that there occurs a change in our capital structure through such actions as a stock split, merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, large nonrecurring cash dividend, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or similar transaction, the board of directors will make appropriate adjustments to: (i) the number of shares reserved under the 2026 ESPP; (ii) the maximum number of shares by which the share reserve may increase automatically each year; (iii) the number of shares and purchase price of all outstanding purchase rights; and (iv) the number of shares that are subject to purchase limits under ongoing offerings.

 

Corporate Transactions

 

In the event of certain significant corporate transactions, including: (i) a sale of all or substantially all of our assets; (ii) the sale or disposition of more than 50% of our outstanding securities; (iii) the consummation of a merger or consolidation where we do not survive the transaction; and (iv) the consummation of a merger or consolidation where we do survive the transaction but the shares of our common stock outstanding immediately before such transaction are converted or exchanged into other property by virtue of the transaction, any then-outstanding rights to purchase our stock under the 2026 ESPP may be assumed, continued or substituted for by any surviving or acquiring entity (or its parent company). If the surviving or acquiring entity (or its parent company) elects not to assume, continue, or substitute for such purchase rights, then the participants’ accumulated payroll contributions will be used to purchase shares of our common stock within ten business days before such corporate transaction, and such purchase rights will terminate immediately.

 

Amendment and Termination

 

Our board of directors has the authority to amend or terminate our 2026 ESPP, provided that except in certain circumstances such amendment or termination may not materially impair any outstanding purchase rights without the holder’s consent. We will obtain stockholder approval of any amendment to our 2026 ESPP as required by applicable law or listing requirements.

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Below, we describe transactions since October 1, 2023, in which LAVC or Legacy Matternet was or is to be a participant and the amounts involved exceeded or will exceed the lesser of:

 

●$120,000; and

 

●1% of the average total assets of the respective company at year end for the last two completed fiscal years, between it and any of its directors, executive officers, or beneficial holders of more than 5% of LAVC or Matternet’s pre-Merger capital stock.

 

Other than as described below, there have not been transactions to which LAVC or Legacy Matternet have been a party other than compensation arrangements, which are described under “Executive Compensation.”

 

LAVC

 

Promissory Note

 

On June 2, 2025, LAVC issued a promissory note (the “Note”) to Mark Tompkins, a stockholder and director of LAVC, pursuant to which LAVC agreed to repay the sum of any and all amounts advanced to LAVC, on or before the date that LAVC consummates a business combination with a private company or reverse takeover transaction or other transaction after which LAVC would cease to be a shell company. Interest shall not accrue on the outstanding principal amount of the note except if an Event of Default (as defined in the Note) has occurred. In the event of an Event of Default, the entire note shall automatically become due and payable (the “Default Date”) and starting from five days after the Default Date, the interest rate on the note shall accrue at the rate of 18% per annum. As of March 31, 2026, and December 31, 2025, the amount due under the note payable was $45,000 and $30,000, respectively. Upon the closing of the Private Placement, we repaid $55,000 to Mr. Tompkins, representing payment in full under such Note.

 

Common Stock Purchase Agreements

 

On June 2, 2025, LAVC issued, pursuant to common stock purchase agreements:

 

  ● 7,500,000 shares of common stock to Mr. Tompkins, for an aggregate purchase price equal to $750, which dollar amount represents advanced by Mr. Tompkins to counsel for LAVC in connection with the formation and organization of LAVC; and

 

  ● 2,500,000 shares of common stock to Ian Jacobs, an officer and director of LAVC, for an aggregate cash purchase price equal to $250.

 

As of the Effective Time of the Merger, pursuant to a share cancellation agreement, Messrs. Tompkins and Jacobs canceled 5,125,000 and 2,175,000 shares of common stock, respectively.

 

After the Effective Time of the Merger, Mr. Tompkins transferred 16,667 shares of common stock to LAVC’s legal counsel as payment for legal services rendered to LAVC.

 

Legacy Matternet

 

Series B-3 and B-4 Preferred Stock Financing

 

From September to December 2025, we issued and sold:

 

  ● an aggregate of 916,106 shares of our Series B-3 convertible preferred stock at a purchase price of $6.23665 per share;

 

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●an aggregate of 3,419,398 shares of our Series B-4 convertible preferred stock upon conversion of outstanding convertible promissory notes at a purchase price of $2.68790; and

 

●an aggregate of 551,935 shares of our Series B-5 convertible preferred stock upon conversion of outstanding convertible promissory notes at a purchase price of $3.83986.

 

Purchasers of our Series B-3 and Series B-4 convertible preferred stock included our executive officers, immediate family members of our executive officers, members of our board of directors and venture capital funds that beneficially owned more than 5% of our outstanding capital stock and/or are represented on our board of directors. The following table presents the number of shares and the total purchase price paid by these persons. The terms for these purchases were the same for all purchasers of our Series B-3 and Series B-4 convertible preferred stock.

 

Investor  Series B-3
Shares(#)(1)
   Series B-4
Shares(#)(1)
   Purchase
Price for
Series B-3
Shares($)
   Purchase
Price for
Series B-4
Shares($)
 
5G Ventures S.A. in its capacity as Manager of and representing Phaistos Investment Fund   263,121    214,150    1,640,994    575,616 
Cerracap Growth Fund I LP(2)   199,626    -    1,244,998    - 
Olympic Investments Inc.   -    428,301    -    1,151,233 
Ioannis Mendrinos(3)   3,219    -    20,076    - 
Jason Secore(4)   -    42,830    -    115,123 

 

 

(1)Upon the closing of the Merger, each share of Series B-3 and Series B-4 convertible preferred stock was exchanged for the right to receive 2.0801 shares of our common stock.

 

(2)Saurabh Ranjan, a member of our board of directors is the Managing Partner of CerraCap Impact Venture Capital.

 

(3)Mr. Mendrinos resigned from our board of directors, effective October 9, 2025.

 

(4)Mr. Secore is our Chief Financial Officer.

 

2026 Bridge Note Financing

 

In March 2026, Legacy Matternet issued and sold $6.0 million in Bridge Notes to certain accredited investors. The Bridge Notes bore interest at 10% per annum and were payable six months from the date of issuance. The Bridge Notes were secured by a perfected first priority security interest pursuant to a security agreement with the holders of the Bridge Notes. At the Effective Time of the Merger, all interest under the Bridge Notes was forgiven and the Bridge Notes were automatically converted into 2,499,998 shares of common stock at a conversion rate of $2.40 per share. In addition, we issued to the former holders of the Bridge Warrants to purchase up to 2,499,998 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $3.00 per share. The Bridge Warrants have a term commencing on the Effective Time to five years after the Effective Time. They have weighted-average price based anti-dilution provisions, which extend from the Effective Time until the six-month anniversary of the listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange. Purchasers of the Bridge Notes included persons who were directors and officers of LAVC. The following table presents the principal amount of Bridge Notes purchased by such persons as well as certain other information.

 

Noteholder  Principal
Amount of
Bridge
Notes($)
   Shares of
Common
Stock
   Bridge
Warrants
 
Mark Tompkins(1)   2,045,000    852,083    852,083 
Paul Tompkins(2)   250,000    104,166    104,166 
Ian Jacobs(3)   180,000    75,000    75,000 

 

 

(1)Mr. Tompkins is a stockholder and former member of the board of directors of LAVC.

 

(2)Paul Tompkins is the brother of Mark Tompkins.

 

(3)Mr. Jacobs is a stockholder and former executive officer and former member of the board of directors of LAVC.

 

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Investors’ Rights Agreement

 

We were party to an Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of September 2, 2025 (the “Rights Agreement”) which provides, among other things, that certain holders of our capital stock, including entities affiliated with 5G Ventures S.A. in its capacity as Manager of and representing Phaistos Investment Fund (“5G”), CerraCap II, LP (“CerraCap”), Olympic Investments Inc. (“Olympic”), AE Industrial HorizonX Venture Fund I, LP. (“HorizonX”) and Die Schweizerische Post AG (“Post AG”), have the right to demand that we file a registration statement or request that their shares of our capital stock be covered by a registration statement that we are otherwise filing. Ioannis Mendrinos, a former member of our board of directors, is or has been affiliated with Olympic. Saurabh Ranjan, a member of our board of directors, is or has been affiliated with CerraCap. See the section titled “The Merger and Related Transactions - Registration Rights” for additional information regarding these registration rights. The Rights Agreement was terminated upon the Closing of the Merger.

 

Right of First Refusal

 

We were party to an Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement, dated as of September 2, 2025 (the “ROFR Agreement”), we or our assignees and certain investors had a right to purchase shares of our capital stock which certain stockholders may propose to sell to other parties. Entities affiliated with 5G, CerraCap, Olympic, HorizonX and Post AG are party to the ROFR Agreement. Ioannis Mendrinos, a former member of our board of directors, is or has been affiliated with Olympic. Saurabh Ranjan, a member of our board of directors, is or has been affiliated with CerraCap. Each of (i) Andreas Raptopoulos, our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors, (ii) Jason Secore, our Chief Financial Officer, and (iii) Ioannis Mendrinos, a former member of our board of directors, were also a party to the ROFR Agreement. The ROFR Agreement was terminated upon the Closing of the Merger.

 

Voting Agreement

 

We are party to an Amended and Restated Voting Agreement, dated as of September 2, 2025, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Voting Agreement, dated December 5, 2025 (the “Voting Agreement”), under which certain holders of our capital stock, including entities affiliated with 5G, CerraCap, Olympic, HorizonX and Post AG, have agreed to vote their shares of our capital stock on certain matters, including with respect to the election of directors. Ioannis Mendrinos, a former member of our board of directors, is or has been affiliated with Olympic. Saurabh Ranjan, a member of our board of directors, is or has been affiliated with CerraCap. Each of (i) Andreas Raptopoulos, our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors, (ii) Jason Secore, our Chief Financial Officer, and (iii) Ioannis Mendrinos, a former member of our board of directors, is also a party to the Voting Agreement. The Voting Agreement was terminated upon the Closing of the Merger.

 

Secured Promissory Note and Warrant

 

In May 2025, we entered into a secured promissory note in the principal amount of $500,000 with Emmanuel Raptopoulos, the brother of Andreas Raptopoulos, our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors (the “May 2025 Note”). Also in May 2025, we issued a warrant to Emmanuel Raptopoulos to purchase that number of shares equal to the quotient of (i) $250,000 and (ii) the price per share paid by the cash purchasers of our next qualified preferred stock financing. In August 2025, we entered into another secured promissory note in the principal amount of $226,510 with Emmanuel Raptopoulos (the “August 2025 Note” and together with the May 2025 Note, the “2025 Notes”). Also in August 2025, we issued a warrant to Emmanuel Raptopoulos to purchase that number of shares equal to the quotient of (i) $113,255 and (ii) the price per share paid by the cash purchasers of our next qualified preferred stock financing. The 2025 Notes issued to Emmanuel Raptopoulos were due on December 31, 2025 and were secured by a security agreement. The May 2025 Note bore interest at the rate of 20% per annum, and the August 2025 Note bore interest at the rate of 25% per annum. The 2025 Notes were amended by that certain Omnibus Amendment No. 1 to Secured Promissory Notes, dated as of August 8, 2025. The 2025 Notes were amended and restated further by that certain Omnibus Amendment No. 2 to Secured Promissory Notes, dated as of December 12, 2025, to extend the maturity date of the 2025 Notes to April 30, 2026. In February 2026, pursuant to that certain Intercreditor Agreement, entered into in connection with the issuance of the Bridge Notes, the maturity date of the 2025 Notes was extended to the earlier of (i) the Closing of the Merger and (ii) September 30, 2026. Upon the Closing of the Merger, we repaid Emmanuel Raptopoulos an aggregate of $737,000 in principal and interest pursuant to such promissory notes, and Emmanuel Raptopoulos exercised all of his warrants for 120,838 shares of common stock. Each of the foregoing transactions with Emmanuel Raptopoulos were on terms substantially the same as the terms negotiated by other noteholders.

 

Matternet

 

Private Placement

 

We issued and sold 666,667 shares of our common stock in the Private Placement to Mr. Tompkins, a stockholder and former member of the board of directors of LAVC, at a purchase price of $3.00 per share. In addition, Paul Tompkins, the brother of Mark Tompkins, purchased 83,333 shares of our common stock in the Private Placement at a purchase price of $3.00 per share.

 

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Registration Rights Agreement

 

The description set forth above under the caption “The Merger and Related Transactions - Registration Rights” is incorporated herein by reference. All of our directors, executive officers and holders of more than 5% of our capital stock are parties to the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Pre-Merger Indemnification Agreements

 

On the Closing Date, we entered into indemnification agreements with Messrs. Tompkins and Jacobs, pursuant to which we agreed to indemnify such persons for actions taken by them in their official capacities relating to the consideration, approval and consummation of the Merger and certain related transactions.

 

Post-Merger Indemnification Agreements

 

On the Closing Date, we entered into indemnification agreements with each of our current directors and executive officers. The indemnification agreements, together with our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws, require us to indemnify our directors and executive officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by DGCL. Subject to very limited exceptions, our amended and restated bylaws also require us to advance expenses incurred by our directors and officers.

 

Related Party Transactions Policy

 

We intend to adopt a written related person transactions policy that sets forth our policies and procedures regarding the identification, review, consideration and oversight of “related person transactions.” For purposes of the policy only, a “related person transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which we or any of our subsidiaries are participants involving an amount that exceeds $120,000, in which any “related person” has a material interest.

 

Transactions involving compensation for services provided to us by an employee, consultant or director will not be considered related person transactions under this policy. A related person is any executive officer, director, nominee to become a director or a holder of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities (including our common stock), including any of their immediate family members and affiliates, including entities owned or controlled by such persons.

 

Under the policy, the related person in question or, in the case of transactions with a holder of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, an officer with knowledge of a proposed transaction, must present information regarding the proposed related person transaction to our audit committee (or, where review by our audit committee would be inappropriate or if such committee has not yet been established when the policy is adopted, to another independent body of our board of directors) for review. To identify related person transactions in advance, we will rely on information supplied by our executive officers, directors and certain significant stockholders. In considering related person transactions, our audit committee (or another independent body of our board of directors) will take into account the relevant available facts and circumstances, which may include, but are not limited to:

 

●the risks, costs, and benefits to us;

 

●the impact on a director’s independence in the event the related person is a director, immediate family member of a director or an entity with which a director is affiliated;

 

●the terms of the transaction;

 

●thee availability of other sources for comparable services or products; and

 

●the terms available to or from, as the case may be, unrelated third parties.

 

Our audit committee (or if such committee has not yet been established when the policy is adopted, another independent body of our board of directors) will approve only those transactions that such committee or body determines are fair to us and in the company’s best interests. All of the transactions described above were entered into prior to the adoption of such policy.

 

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Security Ownership of certain beneficial owners and management

 

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of the Closing Date, immediately following the closing of the Transactions, by:

 

●each of our named executive officers;

 

●each of our directors;

 

●all of our current directors and executive officers as a group; and

 

●each person, or group of affiliated persons, who beneficially own more than 5% of our common stock.

 

We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC, and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Except as indicated by the footnotes below, we believe, based on information furnished to us, that the persons and entities named in the table below have sole voting and sole investment power with respect to all shares of common stock that they beneficially owned, subject to applicable community property laws.

 

The percentage of shares beneficially owned is computed on the basis of 47,968,776 shares of common stock outstanding as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions. Shares of common stock that a person has the right to acquire within 60 days of the Closing Date are deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage ownership of the person holding such rights, but are not deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other person, except with respect to the percentage ownership of all directors and executive officers as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each beneficial owner in the table below is c/o Matternet, Inc., 355 Ravendale Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043.

 

   Beneficial Ownership 
Name  Shares   Percentage(%) 
5% Stockholders:        
Andreas Raptopoulos(1)   8,062,927    16.1 
Mark Tompkins(2)   4,729,166    9.9 
5G Ventures S.A.(3)   3,771,587    7.9 
Entities affiliated with CerraCap(4)   2,407,247    5.0 
Directors and Named Executive Officers:          
Alexander Norman-Elvenich(5)   361,420    * 
Jason Secore(6)   677,063    1.4 
Chris Dawson(7)   344,763    * 
Sanjay Kotte(8)   23,401    * 
Laurence J. Marton, M.D.(9)   520,322    1.1 
Saurabh Ranjan(4)   2,407,247    5.0 
Directors and executive officers as a group (7 persons)(10)   12,397,143    23.9 

 

 

*Less than 1%.

 

(1)Includes (i) 5,928,335 shares of common stock and (ii) 2,134,592 shares underlying options that have vested as of the Closing Date or will vest within 60 days of such date.

 

(2)Includes (i) 2,358,333 Retained Pre-Merger Shares, (ii) 852,083 shares issued upon conversion of a Bridge Note, (iii) 852,083 shares issuable upon exercise of a Bridge Warrant and (iii) 666,667 shares purchased by Mr. Tompkins in the Private Placement. The address of Mr. Tompkins is App 1, Via Guidino 23, 6900 Lugano-Paradiso, Switzerland.

 

(3)Includes (i) 3,591,557 shares of common stock and (ii) 180,030 shares issuable upon exercise of a warrant held by 5G Ventures S.A. in its capacity as Manager of and representing Phaistos Investment Fund. The address of 5G is 83 Marathonodromou Street, 15125 Marousi, Greece.

 

(4)Includes (i) 413,902 shares held by Cerracap Growth Fund I LP, (ii) 784,545 shares held by Cerracap II, LP, (iii) 368,041 shares held by Cerracap International Investments SPC, (iv) 782,426 shares held by Cerracap Ventures Matternet LLC ((i) - (iv) collectively, “Cerracap”) and (v) 58,333 shares purchased by Cerracap Growth Fund I LP in the Private Placement. Saurabh Ranjan is Managing Partner of Cerracap and may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held by Cerracap and as a result may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of such shares. The address for Cerracap is 650 Town Center Drive, Suite # 1870, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

 

(5)Includes 361,420 shares underlying options that have vested as of the Closing Date or will vest within 60 days of such date.

 

(6)Includes (i) 105,682 shares of common stock and (ii) 571,381 shares underlying options that have vested as of the Closing Date or will vest within 60 days of such date.

 

(7)Includes 344,763 shares underlying options that have vested as of the Closing Date or will vest within 60 days of such date.

 

(8)Includes 23,401 shares underlying options that have vested as of the Closing Date or will vest within 60 days of such date.

 

(9)Includes (i) 52,003 shares of common stock and (ii) 468,319 shares underlying options that have vested as of the Closing Date or will vest within 60 days of such date.

 

(10)Includes (i) 8,493,267 shares of common stock and (ii) 3,903,876 shares underlying options that have vested as of the Closing Date or will vest within 60 days of such date.

 

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MARKET PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY
AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

Our common stock is not listed on a national securities exchange, an over-the-counter market or any other exchange. Therefore, there is no trading market, active or otherwise, for our common stock and our common stock may never be included for trading on any stock exchange, automated quotation system or any over-the-counter market.

 

As of the date of this Current Report, we have 47,968,776 shares of common stock outstanding held by approximately 400 stockholders of record.

 

Dividend Policy

 

We have never paid any cash dividends on our capital stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We intend to retain future earnings to fund ongoing operations and future capital requirements. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will be dependent upon financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and such other factors as the board of directors deems relevant.

 

Shares Eligible for Future Sale

 

Prior to the Merger, there has been a limited public market for our common stock. Future sales of our common stock, including shares issued upon the exercise of options or warrants that we may issue, in the public market after the Merger, or the perception that those sales may occur, could cause the prevailing price for our common stock to fall or impair our ability to raise equity capital in the future. As described below, only a limited number of shares of our common stock will be available for sale in the public market for a period of several months after consummation of the Merger due to legal restrictions on resale. Future sales of our common stock in the public market either before (to the extent permitted) or after restrictions lapse, or the perception that those sales may occur, could adversely affect the prevailing price of our common stock at such time and our ability to raise equity capital at a time and price we deem appropriate.

 

Upon the closing of the Private Placement, we had 47,968,776 shares of our common stock outstanding, of which our directors and executive officers beneficially own an aggregate of 11,438,832 shares. Of those outstanding shares, no shares of common stock are freely tradable, without restriction, as of the date of this Current Report. No shares issued in connection with the Merger or the Private Placement can be publicly sold under Rule 144 under the Securities Act until 12 months after the date of filing this Current Report.

 

Sale of Restricted Shares

 

Of the 47,968,776 shares of common stock outstanding upon completion of the Transactions, all of such shares will be “restricted securities” as such term is defined in Rule 144. These restricted securities were issued and sold by us, or will be issued and sold by us, in private transactions and are eligible for public sale only if registered under the Securities Act or if they qualify for an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, including the exemptions provided by Rule 144, which rules are summarized below.

 

Lock-Up Agreements

 

In connection with the Merger, the officers and directors of Legacy Matternet, and the holders of substantially all of the shares of Matternet Common Stock issued in exchange for the equity securities of Legacy Matternet (as well as option holders and warrant holders) entered into Lock-Up Agreements restricting, among other things and subject to customary exceptions, the transfer of such shares of Matternet Common Stock for six months following the listing our common stock on a national securities exchange. An aggregate of approximately 33,168,684 shares of Matternet Common Stock are subject to such Lock-Up Agreements. See “Item 1.01 – Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.” The foregoing description of the Lock-Up Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of Lock-Up Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 10.13 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Rule 144

 

Pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, sales of the securities of a former shell company, such as us, under that rule are not permitted (i) until at least 12 months have elapsed from the date on which this Current Report, reflecting our status as a non-shell company, is filed with the SEC and (ii) unless at the time of a proposed sale, we are subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and have filed all reports and other materials required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable, during the preceding 12 months, other than Current Reports on Form 8-K. We intend to register such shares for re-sale under the Securities Act but are currently a “voluntary filer” and are not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. As a result, unless we register such shares for sale under the Securities Act, most of our stockholders will be forced to hold their shares of our common stock for at least that 12-month period before they are eligible to sell those shares, and even after that 12-month period, sales may not be made under Rule 144 unless we and the selling stockholders are in compliance with other requirements of Rule 144.

 

In general, Rule 144 provides that (i) any of our non-affiliates that has held restricted common stock for at least 12 months is thereafter entitled to sell its restricted stock freely and without restriction, provided that we remain compliant and current with our SEC reporting obligations, and (ii) any of our affiliates, which includes our directors, executive officers and other person in control of us, that has held restricted common stock for at least 12 months is thereafter entitled to sell its restricted stock subject to the following restrictions: (a) we are compliant and current with our SEC reporting obligations, (b) certain manner of sale provisions are satisfied, (c) a Form 144 is filed with the SEC, and (d) certain volume limitations are satisfied, which limit the sale of shares within any three-month period to a number of shares that does not exceed 1% of the total number of outstanding shares or, if our common stock is then listed or quoted for trading on a national securities exchange, then the greater of 1% of the total number of outstanding shares and the average weekly trading volume of our common stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of the Form 144 with respect to the sale. A person who has ceased to be an affiliate at least three months immediately preceding the sale and who has owned such shares of common stock for at least one year is entitled to sell the shares under Rule 144 without regard to any of the limitations described above.

 

Stock Plans

 

We intend to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act covering the shares of common stock that are reserved for issuance under the 2026 EIP and the 2026 ESPP, as well as the shares issuable pursuant to stock awards under the 2011 Plan. Such registration statement is expected to be filed no earlier than 60 days after the filing of this Current Report. Accordingly, shares registered under such registration statement will be available for sale in the open market following its effective date, subject to Rule 144 volume limitations and the lock-up agreements described above, if applicable.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

 

The following description summarizes the certain terms of our capital stock following Transactions. Because it is only a summary, it does not contain all the information that may be important to you and the descriptions herein are qualified by reference to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws. For a complete description, you should refer to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, which are included as exhibits hereto, and to the applicable provisions of Delaware law.

 

Our authorized capital stock consists of 500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. As of the closing of the Transactions, we had 47,968,776 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, and no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.

 

Common Stock

 

Dividend Rights

 

Subject to applicable law and the rights and preferences, if any, of any holders of any outstanding series of preferred stock, the holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends if our board of directors, in its discretion, determines to issue dividends and then only at the times and in the amounts that our board of directors may determine, payable either in cash, in property or in shares of capital stock.

 

Voting Rights

 

Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of common stock are not entitled to vote on any amendment to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of preferred stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of preferred stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together as a class with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote on such amendment pursuant to the amended and restated certificate (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of preferred stock). We have not provided for cumulative voting for the election of directors in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. Accordingly, holders of a majority of the shares of our common stock will be able to elect all of our directors. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation establishes a classified board of directors, to be divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. Only one class of directors will be elected at each annual meeting of our stockholders, with the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms.

 

No Preemptive or Similar Rights

 

Our common stock is not entitled to preemptive rights and is not subject to conversion, redemption or sinking fund provisions.

 

Right to Receive Liquidation Distributions

 

Upon our liquidation, dissolution, or winding-up and after payment in full of all amounts required to be paid to creditors and to any holders of preferred stock having liquidation preferences, if any, the assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders would be distributable ratably among the holders of our common stock.

 

Preferred Stock

 

Our board of directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by Delaware law, to issue preferred stock in one or more series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each series, and to fix the designation, vesting, powers (including voting powers), preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights of the shares of each series and any of its qualifications, limitations, or restrictions, in each case without further vote or action by our stockholders.

 

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Our board of directors can also increase or decrease the number of shares of any series of preferred stock, but not below the number of shares of that series then outstanding or above the total number of authorized shares of the class, without any further vote or action by our stockholders. Our board of directors may, without stockholder approval, authorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting or other rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our common stock and could have anti-takeover effects. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring, or preventing a change in our control or the removal of existing management and might adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

Stock Options

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, we approved and adopted the 2026 EIP and reserved 3,825,000 shares of our common stock for future issuances of incentive awards under the 2026 EIP at the discretion of our board of directors to officers, employees, consultants and directors. As of the Closing Date, no stock awards were outstanding under the 2026 EIP and 11,166,364 shares were issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options under the 2011 Plan.

 

Warrants

 

As of the Closing Date we had outstanding:

 

●Placement Agent Warrants to purchase up to 666,089 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $3.00 per share;

 

●Bridge Warrants to purchase up to 2,499,998 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $3.00 per share; and

 

●Legacy Matternet Warrants to purchase up to 381,797 shares of common stock with an exercise price $0.01 per share.

 

Placement Agent Warrants

 

The Placement Agent Warrants are exercisable until the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance and (ii) the third anniversary of the date on which the common stock is first listed any market tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, the New York Stock Exchange or NYSE American, and have an option for cashless (net) exercise at any time after the registration effectiveness deadline when there is no effective registration statement registering, or such registration statement is not available for, the resale of the shares issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants. The Placement Agent Warrants have customary adjustment provisions for stock splits, share dividends, and fundamental transactions. The form of Placement Agent Warrant is filed as Exhibit 10.14 to this Current Report.

 

Bridge Warrants

 

The Bridge Warrants are exercisable until the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance and have an option for cashless (net) exercise at any time after the registration effectiveness deadline when there is no effective registration statement registering, or such registration statement is not available for, the resale of the shares issuable upon exercise of the Bridge Warrants. The Bridge Warrants have price-based weighted average anti-dilution protection, subject to customary exceptions, including, but not limited to, issuances of awards under the equity incentive plan and sales under the employe stock purchase plan (each as defined below), as well as customary adjustment provisions for stock splits, share dividends, and fundamental transactions. Such price-based weighted average anti-dilution protection will terminate six months after our common stock is listed on any market tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, the New York Stock Exchange or NYSE American. The form of Bridge Warrant is filed as Exhibit 10.15 to this Current Report.

 

Legacy Matternet Warrants

 

The Legacy Matternet Warrants are exercisable until the earlier of (i) the tenth anniversary of the date of issuance and (ii) the closing of our first initial public offering of common stock, and have an option for cashless (net) exercise. The Legacy Matternet Warrants have customary adjustment provisions for stock splits, share dividends, and fundamental transactions. The form of Legacy Matternet Warrant is filed as Exhibit 10.16 to this Current Report.

 

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Anti-Takeover Provisions

 

The provisions of the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, and our amended and restated bylaws could have the effect of delaying, deferring, or discouraging another person from acquiring control of Matternet by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise, or to remove incumbent officers and directors. These provisions, which are summarized below, are expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids and encourage persons seeking to acquire control of Matternet to first negotiate with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with an unfriendly or unsolicited acquirer outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging a proposal to acquire us because negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms. However, these provisions may delay, deter or prevent a merger or acquisition of us that a stockholder might consider is in their best interest or in our best interests, including transactions that might result in a premium over the prevailing market price of our common stock.

 

Section 203 of the DGCL

 

We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL regulating corporate takeovers. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a three-year period following the time that this stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner as summarized below. Under Section 203, a business combination between a corporation and an interested stockholder is prohibited unless it satisfies one of the following conditions:

 

●before the stockholder became interested, our board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

 

●upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding shares owned by persons who are directors and also officers, and employee stock plans in some instances, but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder; or

 

●at or after the time the stockholder became interested, the business combination was approved by our board and authorized at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

Section 203 defines a business combination to include:

 

●any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;

 

●any sale, transfer, lease, pledge, or other disposition involving the interested stockholder of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation;

 

●subject to exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance of transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder;

 

●subject to exceptions, any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; and

 

●the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation.

 

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In general, Section 203 defines an interested stockholder as any entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation and any entity or person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by the entity or person.

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws include a number of provisions that may have the effect of deterring hostile takeovers, or delaying or preventing changes in control of our management team or changes in our board of directors or our governance or policy, including the following:

 

●Board Vacancies. Our amended and restated bylaws and certificate of incorporation provide, subject to the special rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors, that any vacancy on the board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and not by the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law. Any director chosen to fill a vacancy will hold office until the expiration of the term of the class for which he or she was elected and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. In addition, the number of directors constituting the total number of authorized directors whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships is permitted to be set only by a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board. These provisions prevent a stockholder from increasing the size of our board of directors and gaining control of our board of directors by filling the resulting vacancies with its own nominees. This makes it more difficult to change the composition of the board of directors, but promotes continuity of management.

 

●Classified Board. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that our board of directors is classified into three classes of directors. The existence of a classified board of directors could delay a successful tender offeror from obtaining majority control of our board of directors, and the prospect of that delay might deter a potential offeror. See the section titled “Management-Corporate Governance-Classified Board of Directors” for additional information.

 

●Directors Removed Only for Cause. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that stockholders may remove directors only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

●Requirements for Amendments of Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation further provides that the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of our capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, will be required to amend certain provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, including provisions relating to the classified board, the size of the board of directors, removal of directors, special meetings, actions by written consent, and designation of our preferred stock. The affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of our capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, will be required to amend or repeal our amended and restated bylaws, although our amended and restated bylaws may be amended by the approval of a majority of the whole Board.

 

●Stockholder Action; Special Meetings of Stockholders. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that our stockholders may not take action by written consent but may only take action at annual or special meetings of our stockholders. As a result, holders of our capital stock would not be able to amend our amended and restated bylaws or remove directors without holding a meeting of our stockholders called in accordance with our amended and restated bylaws. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by the chairperson of the board of directors, our chief executive officer or the board of directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board, thus prohibiting a stockholder from calling a special meeting. These provisions might delay the ability of our stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or for stockholders to take any action, including the removal of directors.

 

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●Advance Notice Requirements for Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations. Our amended and restated bylaws provide advance notice procedures for stockholders seeking to bring business before our annual meeting of stockholders or to nominate candidates for election as directors at our annual meeting of stockholders. Our amended and restated bylaws also specify certain requirements regarding the form and content of a stockholder’s notice. These provisions may preclude our stockholders from bringing matters before our annual meeting of stockholders or from making nominations for directors at our annual meeting of stockholders. We expect that these provisions might also discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our Company.

 

●No Cumulative Voting. The DGCL provides that stockholders are not entitled to the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless a corporation’s certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws do not provide for cumulative voting.

 

●Issuance of Undesignated Preferred Stock. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides our board the authority, without further action by the stockholders, to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock with rights and preferences, including voting rights, designated from time to time by our board of directors. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock enables our board of directors to render more difficult or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest, or otherwise.

 

Choice of Forum

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum and to the fullest extent permitted by law, that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if and only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any state court located within the State of Delaware or, if and only if all such state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) and any appellate court therefrom, will be the sole and exclusive forum for:

 

●any derivative action, suit or proceeding brought on behalf of us;

 

●any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer, employee, or agent of ours;

 

●any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim against us or any current or former director, officer or employee of ours arising out of or pursuant to, or seeking to enforce any right, obligation or remedy under, or to interpret, apply, or determine the validity of, any provision of the DGCL, the amended and restated certificate of incorporation or the amended and restated bylaws (as each may be amended from time to time);

 

●any action, suit or proceeding as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; or

 

●any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim against us or any current or former director, officer or employee of ours governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in all cases subject to the court’s having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants.

 

However, such forum selection provisions will not apply to actions, suits or proceedings brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts of the United States have exclusive jurisdiction. The amended and restated certificate of incorporation also provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act.

 

Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all claims brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Accordingly, both state and federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain such claims. As noted above, the amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the federal district courts of the United States will have exclusive jurisdiction over any action asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act. Accordingly, there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provision. Our stockholders will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

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Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all claims brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As noted above, the amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the choice of forum provision does not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act. Accordingly, actions by our stockholders to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder must be brought in federal court. Our stockholders will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of our capital stock shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the forum selection provisions in the amended and restated certificate of incorporation.

 

The choice of forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other employees, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, and other employees. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provisions contained in the amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

 

Limitation on Liability and Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

The amended and restated bylaws provide that our directors and officers, and directors and officers of our predecessor, will be indemnified and advanced expenses by us to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the DGCL as it now exists or may in the future be amended. In addition, the amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that our directors and officers will not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors or officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it now exists or may in the future be amended.

 

The amended and restated bylaws also permit us to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or agent of ours for any liability arising out of his or her status as such, regardless of whether the DGCL would permit indemnification.

 

These provisions may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against our directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. Furthermore, a stockholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against our directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is VStock Transfer, LLC. The transfer agent’s address is 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, NY 11598, and its telephone number is (212) 828-8436.

 

Stock Quotation

 

Our common stock is currently not listed on a national securities exchange or any other exchange, or quoted on an over the counter market. Following completion of the Merger, we intend to cause our common stock to be quoted on the OTC markets QB tier as soon as practicable following the effectiveness of the registration statement. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to do so and, even if we do so, there can be no assurance that our common stock will continue to be quoted on the OTC markets or quoted or listed on any other market or exchange, or that an active trading market for our common stock will develop or continue.

 

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Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

Matternet - Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

Private Placement

 

The information regarding the Private Placement and the Placement Agent Warrants set forth in Item 2.01, “Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets–The Private Placement” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The securities issued in connection with the Subscription Agreements have not been registered under the Securities Act, and were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation D of the Securities Act.

 

Share Exchange

 

On the Closing Date, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, each share of Legacy Matternet Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into the right to receive 2.0801 shares of our common stock, rounded down to the nearest whole share.

 

The securities issued in connection with the Merger have not been registered under the Securities Act, in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation D of the Securities Act.

 

Advisor Shares

 

On the Closing Date, we issued 104,166 Advisor Shares to two accredited investors in consideration for services rendered in connection with the Merger in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation D of the Securities Act.

 

Bridge Warrants

 

On the Closing Date, we issued Bridge Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,499,998 shares of common stock to six accredited investors in connection with the Merger in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation D of the Securities Act.

 

LAVC - Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

Common Stock Purchase Agreements

 

On June 2, 2025, LAVC issued, pursuant to common stock purchase agreements:

 

  ● 7,500,000 shares of common stock to Mr. Tompkins, for an aggregate purchase price equal to $750, which dollar amount represents amounts advanced by Mr. Tompkins to counsel for LAVC in connection with the formation and organization of LAVC; and

 

  ● 2,500,000 shares of common stock to Ian Jacobs, an officer and director of LAVC, for an aggregate cash purchase price equal to $250.

 

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Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The information contained in Item 5.03, “Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in fiscal year” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

 

As of the Effective Time, Grassi & Co., CPAs, P.C. (“Grassi”), was dismissed as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company. Effective as of May 22, 2026, the board of directors approved the appointment of dbbmckennon (“dbbmckennon”) to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.

 

During the interim period from June 2, 2025 to September 30, 2025, and the subsequent interim period through May 22, 2026, there were no disagreements with Grassi on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Grassi, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter thereof in connection with its report, nor did its report contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, or was qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principle.

 

During the interim period from June 2, 2025 to September 30, 2025, and the subsequent interim period through May 22, 2026, neither we nor anyone acting on our behalf consulted with dbbmckennon with respect to (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to us that dbbmckennon concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions thereof; or (iii) a reportable event as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions thereof.

 

We have provided Grassi with a copy of this Current Report prior to the filing hereof and Grassi has furnished us a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether Grassi agrees with the statements made by us under this Item 4.01 which letter is filed as Exhibit 16.1 hereto, as required by Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K.

 

Item 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant.

 

The information regarding change of control in connection with the Merger set forth in Item 2.01, “Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets-The Merger” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

The information regarding departure and election of our directors and departure and appointment of our principal officers in connection with the Merger set forth in Item 2.01, “Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets–The Merger” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

For information regarding the terms of employment of our newly appointed executive officers, see “Executive Compensation–Executive Compensation Arrangements” in Item 2.01 of this Current Report, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

 

For certain biographical, related party and other information regarding our newly appointed executive officers, see the disclosure under the headings “Management” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” in Item 2.01 of this Current Report, which disclosures are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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For information about compensation to our directors, see “Executive Compensation” in Item 2.01 of this Current Report, which description is incorporated herein by reference. There are no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which any of our current directors was appointed as a director.

 

For certain biographical, related party and other information regarding our newly appointed directors, see the disclosure under the headings “Management” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” in Item 2.01 of this Current Report, which disclosures are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

 

At the Effective Time, we amended and restated our certificate of incorporation. Stockholders holding all of the then outstanding shares of our common stock approved the amendment and restatement to our certificate of incorporation. See the description of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation in Item 2.01, “Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets—Description of Capital Stock–Anti-Takeover Provisions” for a summary of its terms. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation is filed as Exhibit 3.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

At the Effective Time, we amended and restated our bylaws in their entirety. See the description of the amended and restated bylaws in Item 2.01, “Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets–Description of Capital Stock-Anti-Takeover Provisions.” Our amended and restated bylaws are filed as Exhibit 3.3 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Change in Fiscal Year

 

At the Effective Time, we changed our fiscal year from December 31 to September 30, which is the fiscal year of Legacy Matternet.

 

Item 5.06 Change in Shell Company Status.

 

Prior to the Merger, we were a “shell company” (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act). As a result of the Merger, we have ceased to be a shell company. The information contained in this Current Report constitutes the current “Form 10 information” necessary to satisfy the conditions contained in Rule 144(i)(2) under the Securities Act.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a)As a result of our acquisition of Legacy Matternet as described in Item 2.01, we are filing herewith audited financial statements of Legacy Matternet as of and for the years ended September 30, 2024 and 2025 as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

 

(b)As a result of our acquisition of Legacy Matternet, as described in Item 2.01, we are filing herewith unaudited financial statements of Legacy Matternet as of and for the six months ended March 31, 2026 as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report.

 

(c)Unaudited pro forma combined financial information as of and for the year ended September 30, 2025 and as of and for the six months ended March 31, 2026 is attached as Exhibit 99.3 to this Current Report.

 

(d)Shell Company Transactions. Reference is made to Items 9.01(a) and 9.01(b) and the exhibits referred to therein, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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(e)Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
2.1§   Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization among Los Altos Ventures Corp., Acquisition Sub and Matternet, Inc.
3.1   Certificate of Merger, dated May 22, 2026.
3.2   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
3.3   Amended and Restated Bylaws.
10.1   Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement (Pre-Merger).
10.2   Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement (Post-Merger).
10.3§   Form of Subscription Agreement, dated May 22, 2026, by and between the Company and the parties thereto.
10.4§   Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 22, 2026, by and between the Company and the parties thereto.
10.5+   Matternet, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.6+   Forms of Option Grant Notice and Option Agreement under 2011 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.7+   Matternet, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.8+   Forms of Option Grant Notice and Option Agreement under 2026 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.9+   Forms of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice and Award Agreement under 2026 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.10+   Matternet, Inc. 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
10.11+   Matternet, Inc. Key Employee Retention Plan and Form of Participation Agreement
10.12+   Offer letter, dated February 12, 2023, by and between the Company and Jason Secore.
10.13   Form of Lock-Up Agreement.
10.14   Form of Placement Agent Warrant.
10.15   Form of Bridge Warrant.
10.16   Form of Legacy Matternet Warrant.
10.17§   Mountain View Research Park Office Lease, dated May 13, 2025, by and between Matternet, Inc. and BXP Research Park LP.
10.18   Share Cancellation Agreement, dated May 22, 2026, by and between Mark Tompkins, Ian Jacobs and Los Altos Ventures Corp.
16.1   Letter from Grassi & Co., CPAs, P.C. as to the change in certifying accountant, dated May 29, 2026.
21.1   Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
99.1   Audited financial statements of Matternet, Inc., as of and for the years ended September 30, 2024 and 2025.
99.2   Unaudited financial statements of Matternet, Inc., as of and for the six months ended March 31, 2026.
99.3   Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements.
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

+Indicates a management contract or any compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.

 

§Certain exhibits or schedules to this exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant hereby agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the SEC upon its request.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  MATTERNET, INC.
     
Date: May 29, 2026 By:  /s/ Andreas Raptopoulos
    Andreas Raptopoulos
    Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 2.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION

 

among

 

LOS ALTOS VENTURES CORP., A DELAWARE CORPORATION,

 

MATTERNET ACQUISITION CO., a Delaware corporation

 

and

 

MATTERNET, INC., a Delaware corporation

 

May 22, 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I. THE MERGER 2
1.1    The Merger 2
1.2    The Closing. 3
1.3    Actions at the Closing. 3
1.4    Additional Actions. 3
1.5    Conversion of Company Securities. 4
1.6    Dissenting Shares 4
1.7    Fractional Shares 5
1.8    Options, Warrants, Restricted Stock 5
1.9    Directors and Officers 7
1.10    Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws 8
1.11    No Further Rights 9
1.12    Closing of Transfer Books 9
1.13    Exemption from Registration; Rule 144 9
1.14    Certain Tax Matters 10
     
ARTICLE II.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY 11
2.1    Organization, Qualification and Corporate Power 11
2.2    Capitalization 12
2.3    Authorization of Transaction 12
2.4    Non-contravention 13
2.5    Subsidiaries 13
2.6    Compliance with Laws 14
2.7    Financial Statements 15
2.8    Absence of Certain Changes 15
2.9    Undisclosed Liabilities 15
2.10    Contracts 15
2.11    Litigation 16
2.12    Brokers’ Fees 16
2.13    Books and Records 16
2.14    No Other Representations 16
     
ARTICLE III.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARENT AND THE ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY 16
3.1    Organization, Qualification and Corporate Power 17
3.2    Capitalization 17
3.3    Authorization of Transaction 18
3.4    Non-contravention 18
3.5    Subsidiaries 19
3.6    SEC Reports and Prior Registration Statement Matters 19
3.7    Compliance with Laws 20
3.8    Financial Statements 21
3.9    Absence of Certain Changes 21
3.10    Undisclosed Liabilities 22

 

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3.11    Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements 22
3.12    Tax Matters 22
3.13    Assets 23
3.14    Real Property 23
3.15    Contracts 23
3.16    Powers of Attorney 24
3.17    Insurance 24
3.18    Litigation 24
3.19    Employees 24
3.20    Employee Benefits 25
3.21    Environmental Matters 25
3.22    Permits 26
3.23    Certain Business Relationships with Affiliates 26
3.24    Tax-Free Reorganization 26
3.25    Brokers’ Fees 27
3.26    Interested Party Transactions 27
3.27    Accountants 27
3.28    Minute Books 27
3.29    Board Action 27
3.30    Intellectual Property 28
3.31    Investment Company 28
3.32    Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 28
3.33    No Integrated Offering 28
3.34    No General Solicitation 28
3.35    Application of Takeover Provisions 28
3.36    No Other Representations 29
     
ARTICLE IV.    COVENANTS 29
4.1    Conduct of the Business Prior to Closing; Closing Efforts 29
4.2    Governmental and Third-Party Notices and Consents 29
4.3    Super 8-K 30
4.4    Access to Company Information 30
4.5    Expenses 31
4.6    Indemnification; Insurance 31
4.7    Name 32
4.8    Parent Board; Amendment of Charter Documents; Corporate Policies 33
4.9    Equity Plans 33
4.10    Information Provided to Stockholders 33
4.11    Securities Exemptions 34
4.12    Parent Auditor Letter 34
4.13    Private Placement 34
4.14    Failure to Fulfill Conditions 34
4.15    Notification of Certain Matters 34
     
ARTICLE V.    CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF MERGER 35
5.1    Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations 35
5.2    Conditions to Obligations of the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary 35
5.3    Conditions to Obligations of the Company 37

 

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ARTICLE VI.      DEFINITIONS 41
7.1    Termination 41
7.2    Effect of Termination 42
     
ARTICLE VIII.    MISCELLANEOUS 42
8.1    Press Releases and Announcements 42
8.2    No Third Party Beneficiaries 42
8.3    Entire Agreement 42
8.4    Succession and Assignment 43
8.5    Counterparts and Facsimile Signature 43
8.6    Headings 43
8.7    Notices 43
8.8    Governing Law 44
8.9    Amendments and Waivers 44
8.10    Severability 44
8.11    Submission to Jurisdiction 44
8.12    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 45
8.13    Remedies; Specific Performance 45
8.14    Survival 45
8.15    Construction 45

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Parent
Exhibit B Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Parent
Exhibit C Form of Pre-Merger Indemnity Agreement
   
SCHEDULES
   
Schedule 1.5(a) Conversion Ratios
Schedule I Lock-Up Parties
Schedule II Company Knowledge Persons
Schedule 4.6(c) Parent Indemnified Executives
Schedule 5.1(c) Terminated Agreements
Schedule 5.2(a) Company Closing Consents
Schedule 5.3(b) Parent Closing Consents
Schedule 5.3(m) Debt Holder

Company Disclosure Schedule

Parent Disclosure Schedule

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION

 

INTRODUCTION

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 22, 2026, by and among LOS ALTOS VENTURES CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), MATTERNET ACQUISITION CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Acquisition Subsidiary”), and MATTERNET, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). The Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary and the Company are each a “Party” and referred to collectively herein as the “Parties.”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, this Agreement contemplates a merger of the Acquisition Subsidiary with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity after the merger (the “Merger”), whereby the stockholders of the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (“Company Stockholders”) who are accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), will receive shares of Parent’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Parent Common Stock”), in exchange for their capital stock of the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, immediately prior to the Merger, pursuant to pursuant to Article V, Section 4 of the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Current Certificate”), each issued and outstanding share of the Company’s (i) Series Seed Preferred Stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Company Series Seed Preferred Shares”), (ii) Series A Preferred Stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Company Series A Preferred Shares”), (iii) Series A-2 Preferred Stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Company Series A-2 Preferred Shares”), (iv) Series B-1 Preferred Stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Company Series B-1 Preferred Shares”), (v) Series B-2 Preferred Stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Company Series B-2 Preferred Shares”), (vi) Series B-3 Preferred Stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Company Series B-3 Preferred Shares”), (vii) Series B-4 Preferred Stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Company Series B-4 Preferred Shares”), and (viii) Series B-5 Preferred Stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Company Series B-5 Preferred Shares,” and, together with the Company Series Seed Preferred Shares, the Company Series A Preferred Shares, the Company Series A-2 Preferred Shares, the Company Series B-1 Preferred Shares, the Company Series B-2 Preferred Shares, the Company Series B-3 Preferred Shares, the Company Series B-4 Preferred Shares, and the Company Series B-5 Preferred Shares, the “Company Preferred Shares”) shall automatically be converted into shares of Voting Common Stock (as described below) at the then effective Conversion Rate (as defined in the Current Certificate); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 3, 2026 (the “Bridge SPA”), by and among the Company and the purchasers set forth on the signature pages affixed thereto, the Company issued and sold $6,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 10% Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (the “Bridge Notes”) to certain accredited investors; and

 

 

 

WHEREAS, immediately following the Merger, the Parent will complete a private placement offering pursuant to Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (the “Private Placement Offering”) of a minimum of 4,666,666 shares of Parent Common Stock, at a purchase price of $3.00 per share (the “Offering Price”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions of subscription agreements in a form reasonably acceptable to the Parent and the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, as an inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parties, certain stockholders of the Parent prior to the Merger have entered into share cancellation agreements with the Parent (the “Share Cancellation Agreements”), to be effective only upon the Effective Time (as defined below), pursuant to which an aggregate of 7,300,000 shares of Parent Common Stock (the “Cancelled Shares”) will be cancelled immediately prior to the Effective Time; and

 

WHEREAS, as an inducement to the Parties to enter into this Agreement, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parties, each individual or entity identified on Schedule I hereto has entered into a lock-up agreement with respect to their Parent Common Stock (the “Lock-Up Agreements”); and

 

WHEREAS, for U.S. federal and applicable state and local tax purposes, the Parties intend for the Merger to qualify as a transaction described in Section 351(a) of the Code, and also as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and this Agreement to constitute a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-2(g) (collectively, the “Intended Tax Treatment”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending legally to be bound, agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I. THE MERGER

 

1.1 The Merger. Upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Acquisition Subsidiary shall merge with and into the Company at the Effective Time (as defined below). From and after the Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of the Acquisition Subsidiary shall cease, and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”). The “Effective Time” shall be the time at which a certificate of merger in proper form and duly executed, reflecting the Merger (the “Certificate of Merger”) pursuant to Section 251(c) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) is filed with and accepted by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Merger shall have the effects set forth herein and in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, except as provided herein, all the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and the Acquisition Subsidiary shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Company and Acquisition Subsidiary shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation. The Parent, the Company and the Acquisition Subsidiary, respectively, shall each use its best efforts to take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the Merger in accordance with the DGCL at the Effective Time. If at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all properties, rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises of either the Company or the Acquisition Subsidiary, the officers of the Surviving Corporation are fully authorized in the name of Parent, the Company and Acquisition Subsidiary or otherwise to take, and shall take, all such lawful and necessary action.

 

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1.2 The Closing. The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place remotely, via electronic exchange of documents, simultaneous with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if all of the conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby have not been satisfied or waived by such date, on such mutually agreeable later date as soon as practicable (and in any event not later than three Business Days) after the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions (excluding the delivery of any documents to be delivered at the Closing by any of the Parties) set forth in ARTICLE V hereof (the “Closing Date”). As used in this Agreement, the term “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks in the state of New York are required or authorized by applicable Law to close.

 

1.3 Actions at the Closing. At the Closing:

 

(a) the Company shall deliver to the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary the various certificates, instruments and documents to be delivered by the Company pursuant to Sections 5.1 and 5.2;

 

(b) the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary shall deliver to the Company the various certificates, instruments and documents to be delivered by the Parent and/or Acquisition Subsidiary pursuant to Sections 5.1 and 5.1; and

 

(c) the Surviving Corporation shall file the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the DGCL.

 

1.4 Additional Actions. If at any time after the Effective Time the Surviving Corporation or Parent shall consider or be advised that any deeds, bills of sale, assignments or assurances or any other acts or things are necessary, desirable or proper (a) to vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in the Surviving Corporation or Parent, its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, privileges, powers, franchises, properties or assets of either the Company or the Acquisition Subsidiary or (b) otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, the Surviving Corporation, Parent and its officers and directors or their designees shall be authorized (to the fullest extent allowed under applicable Law) to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of either the Company, Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, all such deeds, bills of sale, assignments and assurances and do, in the name and on behalf of the Company, Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, all such other acts and things necessary, desirable or proper to vest, perfect or confirm its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, privileges, powers, franchises, properties or assets of the Company, Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, as applicable, and otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

 

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1.5 Conversion of Company Securities. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holder of any of the following securities:

 

(a) Subject to Section 1.6 and Section 1.8, at the Effective Time, each share of (i) common stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share, designated Voting Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock (the “Company Common Shares”; the Company Preferred Shares, together with the Company Common Shares, are referred to herein as the “Company Shares”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Dissenting Shares as defined below), shall be converted into and represent the right to receive (subject to the provisions of Section 1.6) such number of shares of Parent Common Stock as is equal to the number of Company Shares multiplied by the “Conversion Ratio” for that class or series set forth on Schedule 1.5(a) hereto (such Conversion Ratio for each class or series of Company Shares, the “Conversion Ratio”), rounded to the nearest whole share, with five tenths (0.5) of a share rounded up. The shares of Parent Common Stock into which the Company Shares are converted pursuant to this Section 1.5(a) shall be referred to herein as the “Merger Shares.” The Merger Shares shall be adjusted to reflect appropriately the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Parent Common Stock or Company Shares), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change with respect to Parent Common Stock or Company Shares occurring or having a record date on or after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time.

 

(b) After the Effective Time, the Parent shall deliver or cause to be delivered certificates (which, for all purposes in this Agreement, may be in book entry form or in electronic form in the books of the Parent’s transfer agent) for the Merger Shares to each Company Stockholder entitled thereto pursuant to Section 1.5(a) who shall have presented a certificate that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented Company Shares (including, without limitation, evidencing Company Restricted Stock (as defined below)) to be converted into Merger Shares pursuant to Section 1.5(a), as applicable (the “Company Shares Certificates”). If any Company Shares Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Parent may, in its sole discretion and as a condition to the issuance of any certificates representing Merger Shares, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Shares Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit with respect to such Company Shares Certificate (without the requirement to post a bond).

 

(c) Each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Acquisition Subsidiary shall be converted into one (1) validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation.

 

1.6 Dissenting Shares.

 

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “Dissenting Shares” means Company Shares held as of the Effective Time by a Company Stockholder who has not voted such Company Shares in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger and with respect to which appraisal shall have been duly demanded and perfected in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL and the Company’s by-laws and not effectively withdrawn or forfeited prior to the Effective Time. Dissenting Shares shall not be converted into or represent the right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock unless such Company Stockholder’s right to appraisal shall have ceased in accordance with the DGCL and the Company’s by-laws. If such Company Stockholder has so forfeited or withdrawn his, her or its right to appraisal of Dissenting Shares, then (i) as of the occurrence of such event, such holder’s Dissenting Shares shall cease to constitute Dissenting Shares and shall be converted into and represent the right to receive the Merger Shares issuable in respect of such Company Shares pursuant to Section 1.5(a), and (ii) promptly following the occurrence of such event and, if requested by the Parent, the proper surrender of such person’s Company Shares Certificate, the Parent shall deliver to such Company Stockholder the Merger Shares (which may be in book entry form or in electronic form in the books of the Parent’s transfer agent) to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.5(a).

 

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(b) The Company shall give the Parent prompt notice of any written demands for appraisal of any Company Shares, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments that relate to such demands received by the Company. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of the Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal of Company Shares or offer to settle or settle any such demands unless required by the court of the State of Delaware having jurisdiction thereof.

 

1.7 Fractional Shares. No certificates or scrip representing fractional Merger Shares shall be issued to Company Stockholders on the surrender for exchange of Company Shares, and such Company Stockholders shall not be entitled to any voting rights, rights to receive any dividends or distributions or other rights as a stockholder of the Parent with respect to any fractional Merger Shares that would have otherwise been issued to such Company Stockholders. No payment shall be made with respect to any fractional Merger Shares to which the holder would otherwise be entitled, and the number thereof shall be rounded to the nearest whole share, with five tenths (0.5) of a share rounded up.

 

1.8 Options, Warrants, Restricted Stock.

 

(a) As of the Effective Time, all options to purchase any Company Common Shares pursuant to a Company Equity Plan or otherwise (the “Company Options”) that remain outstanding and unexercised as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, shall be assumed by the Parent and shall be converted into options to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock (“Parent Options”) without further action by the holder thereof. Each Parent Option as so assumed and converted shall constitute an option to acquire such number of shares of Parent Common Stock as is equal to the number of Company Common Shares subject to the unexercised portion of the Company Option multiplied by the Conversion Ratio for Company Common Shares (rounded to the nearest whole share, with five tenths (0.5) of a share rounded up). The exercise price per share of each Parent Option as so assumed and converted shall be equal to the exercise price of the Company Option prior to the assumption divided by the Conversion Ratio (rounded up to the nearest whole cent). Each Parent Option shall otherwise be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable under the respective Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time (including applicable vesting conditions), except to the extent such terms or conditions are rendered inoperative by the Merger or such other immaterial administrative or ministerial changes as the Parties may determine are appropriate to effectuate the administration of the Parent Options; provided that the Board of Directors of the Parent or a committee thereof shall succeed to the authority and responsibility of the Company’s board of directors or any committee thereof with respect to each Company Option assumed by the Parent. It is the intention of the Parties that (i) each Parent Option that qualified as an incentive stock option (as defined in Section 422 of the Code) immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue to so qualify, to the maximum extent permissible, immediately following the Effective Time, (ii) in the case of any Company Option to which Section 422 of the Code applies, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock and exercise price per share of Parent Common Stock under each Parent Option shall be determined in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code and (iii) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock and exercise price per share of Parent Common Stock under each Parent Option shall be determined in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

 

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(b) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent and the Company shall take such actions (including adopting any necessary resolutions) as are reasonably necessary to (i) cause the Company Equity Plans to terminate effective as of the Effective Time (provided that, notwithstanding such termination, each outstanding Company Option assumed by Parent in accordance with this Section 1.8 shall remain subject to the terms of the applicable Company Equity Plans) and (ii) effect the treatment of the Company Options as contemplated by this Section 1.8(b). At the Effective Time, the Parent shall assume each Company Option that remains outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and the agreements evidencing the grants thereof and shall administer and honor all such awards in accordance with the terms and conditions of such awards and the applicable Company Equity Plan (subject to the adjustments required by reason of this Agreement or such other adjustments or amendments made by the Company prior to the Effective Time or by the Parent in accordance with such terms and conditions). Following the Closing, the Company shall notify each holder of the conversion of Company Options and Company Restricted Stock into Parent Options and Parent Restricted Stock, respectively, and any restrictions on the exercise thereof (as applicable) during the period prior to the registration of the shares of Parent Common Stock underlying any such Parent Options on a Registration Statement on Form S-8.

 

(c) As of the Effective Time, each In-the-Money Warrant as set forth on Section 2.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule (“In-the-Money Warrants”) that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be net exercised at the Effective Time and the holder thereof shall have the right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock as set forth therein.

 

(d) As of the Effective Time, each outstanding Company Warrant (as defined below), other than the In-the-Money Warrants and the Bridge Warrants (as defined below), that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be assumed by Parent and shall be converted into warrants to purchase Parent Common Stock (“Parent Warrants”) without further action by the holder thereof. Accordingly, from and after the Effective Time: (i) each Company Warrant assumed by the Parent may be exercised solely for shares of Parent Common Stock; (ii) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to each Company Warrant assumed by the Parent shall be determined by multiplying (A) the number of Company Common Shares that would have been issuable upon exercise of each such Company Warrant had such Company Warrant been exercised prior to the Effective Time by (B) the Conversion Ratio for Company Common Shares and rounding the resulting number down to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock; (iii) the per share exercise price for the Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise of each Company Warrant assumed by the Parent shall be determined by dividing the per share exercise price of Company Common Shares subject to such Company Warrant, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, by the Conversion Ratio for the Company Common Shares and rounding the resulting exercise price up to the nearest whole cent; and (iv) any restriction on any Company Warrant assumed by the Parent shall continue in full force and effect and the term and other provisions of such Company Warrant shall otherwise remain unchanged.

 

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(e) As of the Effective Time, each restricted Company Common Share granted pursuant to the Company Equity Plans or otherwise, including any Company Common Shares for which restrictions were subsequently imposed following their issuance that in each case, are subject to vesting based on the passage of time and/or the achievement of performance goals (“Company Restricted Stock”) that is outstanding and unvested as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into and become a restricted stock award with respect to a number of Merger Shares determined in accordance with Section 1.5 (“Parent Restricted Stock”). Each share of Parent Restricted Stock shall otherwise be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the respective Company Restricted Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time (including applicable vesting conditions), except to the extent such terms or conditions are rendered inoperative by the Merger or such other immaterial administrative or ministerial changes as the Parties may determine are appropriate to effectuate the administration of the Parent Restricted Stock; provided that the Board of Directors of the Parent or a committee thereof shall succeed to the authority and responsibility of the Company’s Board of Directors or any committee thereof with respect to each share Company Restricted Stock assumed by the Parent.

 

(f) As of the Effective Time, the outstanding principal amount of each Bridge Note that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and converted at the Effective Time by their terms into shares of Parent Common Stock, at a conversion price of $2.40 per share, accrued interest on the Bridge Notes will be forgiven, and the initial investors in the Bridge Notes will receive a warrant, substantially in the form attached as an exhibit to the Bridge SPA, to purchase a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock into which the Bridge Notes are converted, at an exercise price per share of $3.00, with a term of five (5) years (the “Bridge Warrants”).

 

(g) The Parent shall take all corporate action necessary to reserve for issuance a sufficient number of shares of Parent Common Stock for delivery upon exercise of the Parent Options to be issued in exchange for the unexercised Company Options, for delivery upon exercise of the Parent Warrants to be issued for the Company Warrants, and for delivery upon exercise of the Bridge Warrants, in each case, in accordance with this Section 1.8. As soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing, but in any case no earlier than sixty (60) days following Parent filing with the SEC the Super 8-K, the Parent shall register the shares issuable upon exercise of the Parent Options under a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other applicable securities registration.

 

1.9 Directors and Officers.

 

(a) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Parent, Acquisition Subsidiary, the Company or the holders of any shares of capital stock of any of the foregoing, the directors and officers of the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time or such other persons as are designated by the Company shall be the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office until the earlier of his/her resignation or removal or until his/her respective successors are duly appointed and qualified, as the case may be, and the Surviving Corporation and the Parent shall take any necessary actions (whether prior to, at or after the Effective Time) as shall be necessary or appropriate to effectuate or carry out the purpose of this Section 1.9.

 

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(b) At or prior to the Closing, the Board of Directors of Parent shall, subject to compliance with Section 14(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and Rule 14f-1 promulgated thereunder, take the following action, to be effective upon the Effective Time: (i) elect to the Board of Directors of Parent the persons who were directors of the Company immediately prior to the Closing with Laurence J. Marton and Saurabh Ranjan as the Class I directors, Chris Dawson and Sanjay Kotte as the Class II directors and Andreas Raptopoulos as the Class III director, as set forth in certificate of incorporation of the Parent (ii) appoint as the officers of Parent those persons who were the officers of the Company immediately prior to the Closing, or, in either case with regard to clauses (i) and (ii), such other persons designated by the Company (including any replacement for a director of the Company immediately prior to the Closing who is either unwilling or unable to serve as a director of the Parent upon the Effective Time); and (iii) appoint such persons set forth in (ii) as an “officer” within the meaning of Section 16 and Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act and as an “executive officer” within the meaning of Item 401(b) of Regulation S-K, Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act and Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Exchange Act. All of the persons serving as directors of the Parent immediately prior to the Closing shall resign effective immediately following the election of the new directors, and all of the persons serving as officers of the Parent immediately prior to the Closing shall resign effective immediately following the appointment of the new officers, all subject to compliance with Rule 14f-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act. Subject to applicable law, the Parent, with the assistance of the Company, has taken or shall take all action reasonably requested by the Company, but consistent with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Parent, that is reasonably necessary to effect any such election or appointment of the designees of the Company to the Parent’s Board of Directors, including mailing to the Parent’s stockholders an information statement containing the information required by Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14f-1 promulgated thereunder at least 10 days prior to the Effective Time. The Company has supplied the Parent all information with respect to it and its nominees, officers, directors and Affiliates required by such Section 14(f) and Rule 14f-1.

 

(c) The provisions of this Section 1.9 are in addition to and shall not limit any rights which the Company or any of its Affiliates may have as a holder or beneficial owner of shares of capital stock of the Parent as a matter of applicable Law with respect to the election of directors or otherwise. The newly-appointed directors and officers of the Parent shall hold office for the term specified in, and subject to the provisions contained in, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Parent and applicable law.

 

1.10 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Surviving Corporation or the Parent may make any necessary filings in the State of Delaware as shall be necessary or appropriate to effectuate or carry out fully the purpose of this Section 1.10:

 

(a) the certificate of incorporation of the Company and the bylaws of the Company shall be amended and restated in their entirety to be in the form of the certificate of incorporation of the Acquisition Subsidiary and the bylaws of the Acquisition Subsidiary, respectively, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time (except that (i) references to the name of the Acquisition Subsidiary shall be replaced by references to the name of the Surviving Corporation and (ii) the reference to the incorporator will be removed), in each case until thereafter amended as provided by Delaware Law and such certificate of incorporation;

 

(b) the certificate of incorporation of the Parent will be amended and restated at the Effective Time to read in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit A hereto, and, as so amended and restated, will be the certificate of incorporation of the Parent until thereafter amended as provided by Delaware Law and such certificate of incorporation; and

 

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(c) the bylaws of the Parent will be amended and restated at the Effective Time to read in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit B hereto, and, as so amended and restated, will be the bylaws of the Parent until thereafter amended as provided by Delaware law and the Parent’s certificate of incorporation.

 

1.11 No Further Rights. From and after the Effective Time, no Company Shares shall be deemed to be outstanding, and holders of Company Shares, certificated or uncertificated, shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except as provided herein or by applicable Law, other than the right to receive Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger.

 

1.12 Closing of Transfer Books. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and no transfer of Company Shares shall thereafter be made. If, after the Effective Time, Company Shares Certificates are presented to the Parent or the Surviving Corporation, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for Merger Shares in accordance with Section 1.5, subject to the provisions hereof and applicable Law in the case of Dissenting Shares.

 

1.13 Exemption from Registration; Rule 144.

 

(a) The Parent and the Company intend that the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to Section 1.5 and Section 1.16, upon exercise of the Bridge Warrants, or upon exercise of Parent Warrants granted pursuant to Section 1.8(d) or pursuant to Section 4.5 will be issued in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act, by reason of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) thereunder and that any recipient of such shares of Parent Common Stock either (i) shall be an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Regulation D or (ii) any person other than one described in the foregoing clause (i), provided that the number of such persons described in this clause (ii) shall not exceed thirty-five (35) and such persons shall be represented by a “purchaser representative” (as such term is defined in Regulation D) (the “Purchaser Representative”) in connection with their evaluation of the merits and risks of the Merger. In addition, the Parent and the Company intend that the deemed offer and sale of Parent Common Stock to any stockholder of Parent prior to the Merger under Rule 145a under the Securities Act will be exempt from registration under the Securities Act by reason of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated by the SEC thereunder and that each holder of such shares of Parent Common Stock shall have represented to the Parent that such holder constitutes an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Regulation D. The Parent and the Company intend that the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of Parent Options issued pursuant to Section 1.8 will either be issued in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act by reason of Rule 701 of the Securities Act or be issued pursuant to the registration of such shares on a Registration Statement on Form S-8. The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to Section 1.5 and Section 1.16 hereof or upon exercise of Parent Options and Parent Warrants issued pursuant to Section 1.8 will be “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and may not be offered, sold, pledged, assigned or otherwise transferred unless (A) a registration statement with respect thereto is effective under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, or (B) an exemption from such registration exists and either the Parent receives an opinion of counsel to the holder of such securities, which counsel and opinion are satisfactory to the Parent, that such securities may be offered, sold, pledged, assigned or transferred in the manner contemplated without an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws; and the certificates (or book-entry security entitlements) representing such shares of Parent Common Stock will bear an appropriate legend and restriction on the books of the Parent or its transfer agent to that effect.

 

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(b) The Parent is a “shell company” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act. The Company acknowledges that pursuant to Rule 144(i), securities issued by a former shell company (such as the Merger Shares) that otherwise meet the holding period and other requirements of Rule 144 nevertheless cannot be sold in reliance on Rule 144 until one year after the Parent (i) is no longer a shell company; and (ii) has filed with the SEC current “Form 10 information” (as defined in Rule 144(i)) of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act reflecting that it is no longer a shell company, and provided that at the time of a proposed sale pursuant to Rule 144, the Parent is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and has filed all reports and other materials required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable, during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports and materials), other than Form 8-K reports. As a result, the restrictive legends on certificates for the Merger Shares cannot be removed except in connection with an actual sale meeting the foregoing requirements or pursuant to an effective registration statement.

 

(c) Notwithstanding Section 1.13(a) and (b), upon the initial closing of the Private Placement Offering, the Parent will enter into that certain Registration Rights Agreement, on or about the date hereof, by and among the Parent, the Purchasers (as defined therein), the persons or entities holding Bridge Notes and Bridge Warrants, the persons or entities holding Placement Agent Warrants (each as defined therein), the persons or entities that will receive Merger Shares (as defined therein), and the persons or entities holding Registrable Pre-Merger Shares (as defined therein) (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which after the Effective Time the Parent will file, subject to customary exceptions and the other terms and conditions provided therein, a registration statement with the SEC, covering the Registrable Securities (as defined therein) as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

1.14 Certain Tax Matters. Each of the Parties shall use its best efforts, to the extent commercially reasonable in light of the circumstances (“Reasonable Best Efforts”), to cause the transactions contemplated hereby to qualify for the Intended Tax Treatment. None of the Parties shall (and each of the Parties shall cause their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates not to) take any action, or fail to take any action, that could reasonably be expected to cause the Merger to fail to qualify for the Intended Tax Treatment. The Parties intend to report and, except to the extent otherwise required by a “final determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code, shall report (including, without limitation, on all applicable United States, state, local or foreign government reports, returns, declarations, statements or other information required to be supplied to a taxing authority in connection with Taxes (collectively, “Tax Returns”) and in connection with any Tax audit), for all tax purposes, transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the Intended Tax Treatment. For purposes of this Agreement, “Taxes” means all taxes or levies or other similar assessments or liabilities in the nature of a tax, including without limitation income, gross receipts, ad valorem, premium, value-added, excise, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, withholding, employment, unemployment insurance, social security, business license, business organization, environmental, workers compensation, payroll, profits, license, lease, service, service use, severance, stamp, occupation, windfall profits, customs, duties, franchise and other taxes imposed by the United States of America or any state, local or foreign government, or any agency thereof, or other political subdivision of the United States or any such government, and any interest, fines, penalties, assessments or additions to tax resulting from, attributable to or incurred in connection with any tax or any contest or dispute thereof.

 

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1.15 Withholding. Parent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold (or cause to be deducted and withheld) from any consideration payable or transferrable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deduced and withheld under applicable Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and timely remitted to the applicable taxing authority, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made. The Parties shall cooperate in good faith to eliminate or reduce any such deduction or withholding (including through the request and provision of any statements, form or other documents to reduce or eliminate any such deduction or withholding).

 

1.16 Referral Shares. At the Closing, Parent shall issue to (i) Ali Kashani 83,333 shares of Parent Common Stock and (ii) Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP 20,833 shares of Parent Common Stock (the “Referral Shares”).

 

ARTICLE II. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company represents and warrants to the Parent that the statements contained in this ARTICLE II are true and correct, except as set forth in the disclosure schedule provided by the Company to the Parent on the date hereof (the “Company Disclosure Schedule”). The Company Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the numbered and lettered paragraphs contained in this ARTICLE II; and to the extent that it is reasonably apparent from the context thereof that such disclosure also applies to any other numbered paragraph contained in this ARTICLE II, the disclosures in any numbered paragraph of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall qualify such other corresponding numbered paragraph in this ARTICLE II. For purposes of this ARTICLE II, the phrase “to the knowledge of the Company” or any phrase of similar import shall be deemed to refer to the actual knowledge of any of the individuals identified on Schedule 2 and knowledge such person would reasonably be expected to have after due inquiry.

 

2.1 Organization, Qualification and Corporate Power. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. The Company is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction in which the nature of its businesses or the ownership or leasing of its properties requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged and to own and use the properties owned and used by it. The Company has furnished or made available to the Parent complete and accurate copies of its certificate of incorporation and by-laws, each as amended to date. The Company is not in default under or in violation of any provision of its certificate of incorporation, as amended to date, or its by-laws, as amended to date, or under any Material Contract (as defined below), except where such default or violation would not be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Material Adverse Effect” means any effect that either alone or in combination with any other effect has a material adverse effect on (i) the assets, business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (as defined below), taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that, in no event shall any effects (whether alone or in combination) resulting from or arising in connection with any of the following be deemed to constitute, nor shall any of the following be taken into account in determining whether there has occurred, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (a) conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Company participates or the U.S. or global economy or capital markets as a whole; (b) any failure by the Company or its Subsidiaries to meet internal projections, budgets, or forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions; (c) the execution, delivery, announcement or performance of the obligations under this Agreement or the announcement, pendency or anticipated consummation of the Merger; (d) any acts of terrorism, sabotage, military action or war (whether or not declared) or other international or national calamity or any escalation or worsening thereof; (e) earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, epidemics or disease outbreaks or other natural disasters or Acts of God; (f) any changes (after the date of this Agreement) in United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), other applicable accounting rules or applicable Law, or changes or developments in political, regulatory or legislative conditions; (g) general financial, credit, capital market or regulatory conditions or any changes therein (provided, however, that such effects do not affect the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole disproportionately as compared to the Company’s competitors); (h) any matter disclosed in the Company Disclosure Schedule or the draft Super 8-K (as defined below) provided to Parent (excluding any disclosures (whether contained under the heading “Risk Factors,” in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or in any other section) to the extent they are cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature) or (i) the taking of any action required by this Agreement.

 

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2.2 Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital of the Company consists of (a) 40,000,000 Company Common Shares, of which 39,000,000 authorized Company Common Shares are designated as Voting Common Stock and l,000,000 authorized Company Common Shares are designated as Non-Voting Common Stock, (b) 21,987,039 Company Preferred Shares, of which 2,500,435 authorized Company Preferred Shares are designated as Company Series Seed Preferred Shares, 4,883,780 authorized Company Preferred Shares are designated as Company Series A Preferred Shares, 1,918,688 authorized Company Preferred Shares are designated as Company Series A-2 Preferred Shares, 5,494,038 authorized Company Preferred Shares are designated as Company Series B-1 Preferred Shares, 11,921 authorized Company Preferred Shares are designated as Company Series B-2 Preferred Shares, 3,206,844 authorized Company Preferred Shares are designated as Company Series B-3 Preferred Shares, 3,419,398 authorized Company Preferred Shares are designated as Company Series B-4 Preferred Shares, and 551,935 authorized Company Preferred Shares are designated as Company Series B-5 Preferred Shares. As of the date of this Agreement, 16,081,717 Company Common Shares, no Company Series Seed Preferred Shares, no Company Series A Preferred Shares, no Company Series A-2 Preferred Shares, no Company Series B-1 Preferred Shares, no Company Series B-2 Preferred Shares, no Company Series B-3 Preferred Shares, no Company Series B-4 Preferred Shares, and no Company Series B-5 Preferred Shares are issued and outstanding, and no Company Shares are held in the treasury of the Company. As of the date of this Agreement and as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, there are and will be outstanding Company Options to purchase Company Common Shares as set forth on Section 2.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. As of the date of this Agreement and as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, there are and will be outstanding warrants to purchase Company Shares as set forth on Section 2.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule (“Company Warrants”). As of the date of this Agreement and as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, there are and will be no Company Shares issuable upon the conversion of any promissory notes issued by the Company. Section 2.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of (a) all Company Stockholders, indicating the number and class of Company Shares held by each Company Stockholder and, to the extent such Company Shares are Company Restricted Stock, the vesting schedules and terms of regarding the acceleration of vesting for such Company Restricted Stock, (b) all stock option plans and other stock or equity-related plans of the Company (“Company Equity Plans”) and the number of Company Common Shares remaining available for future awards thereunder, (c) all outstanding Company Options, indicating (i) the holder thereof, (ii) the number of Company Common Shares subject to each Company Option, (iii) the exercise price, date of grant, vesting schedule and expiration date for each Company Option, and (iv) any terms regarding the acceleration of vesting, (d) all outstanding Company Warrants, indicating (i) the holder thereof, (ii) the number of Company Common Shares subject to each Company Warrant, (iii) the exercise price, date of grant, vesting schedule and expiration date for each Company Warrant, and (iv) any terms regarding the acceleration of vesting. All of the issued and outstanding Company Shares are, and all Company Common Shares that may be issued upon exercise or conversion of Company Options, all Company Common Shares that may be issued upon exercise of Company Warrants, will be (upon issuance in accordance with their terms) duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and, effective as of the Effective Time, free of all preemptive rights, and have been or will be issued in accordance with applicable laws, including but not limited to, the Securities Act. Other than the Company Options, Company Warrants, and Bridge Notes listed in Section 2.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, or as contemplated by the Private Placement Offering, there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, phantom stock or similar rights, securities, rights, agreements or commitments to which the Company is a party or which are binding upon the Company providing for the issuance or redemption of any Company Shares or pursuant to which any outstanding Company Share is subject to vesting. Other than as listed in Section 2.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no agreements to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound with respect to the voting (including without limitation voting trusts or proxies), registration under the Securities Act, or sale or transfer (including without limitation agreements relating to pre-emptive rights, rights of first refusal, co-sale rights or “drag-along” rights) of any securities of the Company. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no agreements among other parties, to which the Company is not a party and by which it is not bound, with respect to the voting (including without limitation voting trusts or proxies) or sale or transfer (including without limitation agreements relating to rights of first refusal, co- sale rights or “drag-along” rights) of any securities of the Company. All of the issued and outstanding Company Shares were issued in compliance with applicable securities laws.

 

2.3 Authorization of Transaction. The Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Transaction Documentation to which it is a party, and, subject to the adoption of this Agreement and (a) the approval of the Merger by the vote of Company Stockholders required by the DGCL and the Company’s by-laws and (b) the approvals and waivers set forth in Section 2.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule (collectively, the “Company Consents”), the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the board of directors of the Company (i) determined that the Merger is fair and in the best interests of the Company and the Company Stockholders, (ii) adopted this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the DGCL, and (iii) directed that this Agreement and the Merger be submitted to the Company Stockholders for their adoption and approval and resolved to recommend that the Company Stockholders vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming it is a valid and binding obligation of the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws, rules or regulations affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and to general principles of equity, whether applied in a court of Law or a court of equity.

 

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2.4 Non-contravention. Subject to the receipt of Company Consents and the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, neither the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the Transaction Documentation to which it is a party, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will (a) conflict with or violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the Company, each as amended to date, (b) require on the part of the Company any filing with, or any permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any court, arbitrational tribunal, administrative agency or commission or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency (a “Governmental Entity”), except for such permits, authorizations, consents and approvals as to which the failure to obtain or make the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (c) except as set forth in Section 2.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result in the acceleration of obligations under, create in any party the right to terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any Material Contract, except, in the case of the foregoing clause (c), for any conflict, breach, default, acceleration, termination, modification or cancellation which would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or any notice, consent or waiver the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (d) result in the imposition of any Security Interest upon any material assets of the Company or (e) violate any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational, Governmental Entity or other constitution, law, statute, ordinance, principle of common law, rule, regulation, code, governmental determination, order, writ, injunction, decree, treaty, convention, governmental certification requirement or other public limitation, U.S. or non-U.S., including Tax and U.S. antitrust laws (collectively, “Laws”) applicable to the Company, except, in the case of the foregoing clause (e), such violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Security Interest” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, charge or other lien (whether arising by contract or by operation of law), other than (i) mechanic’s, materialmen’s and similar Security Interests, (ii) Security Interests arising under worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, social security, retirement and similar legislation, or (iii) Security Interests on goods in transit incurred pursuant to documentary letters of credit, in each case arising in the Ordinary Course of Business (as defined below) of the Company and not material to the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “Ordinary Course of Business” means the ordinary course of such person’s business, consistent with past practice (including with respect to frequency and amount).

 

2.5 Subsidiaries.

 

(a) Section 2.5(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth: (i) the name of each Company Subsidiary; (ii) the number and type of outstanding equity securities of each Company Subsidiary and a list of the holders thereof; and (iii) the jurisdiction of organization of each Company Subsidiary. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity in which a Party has, directly or indirectly, an equity interest representing 50% or more of the equity securities thereof or other equity interests therein; a “Company Subsidiary” is a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

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(b) Each Company Subsidiary is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Each Company Subsidiary is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction in which the nature of its businesses or the ownership or leasing of its properties requires qualification to do business, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Company Subsidiary has all requisite power and authority to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged and to own and use the properties owned and used by it. No Company Subsidiary is in default under or in violation of any provision of its charter, bylaws or other organizational documents. All of the issued and outstanding equity securities of each Company Subsidiary (i) are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, (ii) are held of record and beneficially by either the Company or any other Company Subsidiary and (iii) are held or owned free and clear of any restrictions on transfer (other than restrictions under the Securities Act and state or other applicable securities laws), claims, Security Interests, options, warrants, rights, contracts, calls, commitments, equities and demands. Except as set forth in Section 2.5(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, agreements or commitments to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or which are binding on any of them providing for the issuance, disposition or acquisition of any equity securities of any Company Subsidiary.

 

(c) Except as set forth in Section 2.5(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not control directly or indirectly or have any direct or indirect equity participation or similar interest in any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other business association that is not a Company Subsidiary.

 

2.6 Compliance with Laws. The Company:

 

(a) and the conduct and operations of its business, are in compliance with each Law applicable to the Company or any of its properties or assets, except for any violations or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect;

 

(b) has complied with all federal and state securities laws and regulations, except for any violations or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c) has not been the subject of any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding, nor has it been a party to any material litigation or, within the past two years, the subject of any threat of material litigation; and

 

(d) is not and has not, and to the knowledge of the Company, the officers and directors of the Company are not and have not in their capacity as an officer or director of the Company, as applicable, been the subject of any civil, criminal or administrative investigation or proceeding brought by any federal or state agency having regulatory authority over such entity or person or alleging a violation of securities laws (in the case of an individual, that is described in Item 401(f)(1)-(3) of SEC Regulation S-K).

 

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2.7 Financial Statements. The Company has provided or made available to the Parent: (a) the audited balance sheet of the Company at September 30, 2025, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 (collectively, the “Company Financial Statements”) and its unaudited balance sheet (the “Company Balance Sheet”) as of March 31, 2026 (the “Company Balance Sheet Date”), and the related unaudited statements of operations and cash flows of the Company for the three- and six-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 (the “Company Interim Statements”). The Company Financial Statements and the Company Interim Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby (except in each case as described in the notes thereto), and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of the respective dates thereof and for the periods referred to therein and comply as to form with the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC for inclusion of such Company Financial Statements and Company Interim Statements in the Parent’s filings with the SEC as required by the Exchange Act.

 

2.8 Absence of Certain Changes. Since the Company Balance Sheet Date, to the knowledge of the Company, there has occurred no event or development which, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

2.9 Undisclosed Liabilities. To the knowledge of the Company, except as set forth in Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no liability (whether absolute or contingent, whether liquidated or unliquidated and whether due or to become due), except for (a) liabilities shown on the Company Balance Sheet, (b) liabilities not exceeding $100,000 in the aggregate that have arisen since the Company Balance Sheet Date in the Ordinary Course of Business, (c) contractual and other liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business which are not required by GAAP to be reflected on a balance sheet, and (d) liabilities under this Agreement.

 

2.10 Contracts. (i) Each Material Contract (as defined below) of the Company is a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the Company and in full force and effect, except as such enforceability may be limited under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws, rules or regulations affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and to general principles of equity whether applied in a court of Law or a court of equity, (ii) neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party, is in breach or violation of, or default under, any such Material Contract, except for any breach, violation or default that has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) no event has occurred, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened, which, after the giving of notice, with lapse of time, or otherwise, would constitute a breach or default by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party under such Material Contract, except for any breach, violation or default that has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Section 2.10, a “Material Contract” is a material contract as defined by Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K that was entered into not more than two years before the date of this Agreement and/or is to be performed in whole or in part at or after the Effective Time.

 

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2.11 Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding, claim, arbitration or investigation before any Governmental Entity or before any arbitrator (a “Legal Proceeding”) which is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company in writing which (a) seeks either damages in excess of $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (b) if determined adversely to the Company, would have or be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect or (c) in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

2.12 Brokers’ Fees. Other than as set forth on Section 2.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

2.13 Books and Records. The Company has made available to Parent its minute books and other similar records of the Company, which, to the Company’s knowledge, include records, which records are complete and accurate in all material respects, of meetings of the Company Stockholders, board of directors or any committees thereof and written consents executed in lieu of the holding of any such meetings.

 

2.14 No Other Representations. The representations and warranties contained in this ARTICLE II are the only representations and warranties made by the Company. The Company disclaims any and all other representations and warranties other than those contained in this ARTICLE II, whether express or implied. The Company hereby expressly disclaims any such other representation or warranty, whether by the Company, or any of its representatives or any other person, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to Parent, Acquisition Subsidiary or any other person of any documentation or other written or oral information by the Company or any of its representatives.

 

ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARENT AND THE
ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY

 

The Parent represents and warrants to the Company that the statements contained in this ARTICLE III are true and correct, except as set forth in the disclosure schedule provided by the Parent to the Company on the date hereof (the “Parent Disclosure Schedule”). The Parent Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the numbered and lettered paragraphs contained in this ARTICLE III; and to the extent that it is reasonably apparent from the context thereof that such disclosure also applies to any other numbered paragraph contained in this ARTICLE III, the disclosures in any numbered paragraph of the Parent Disclosure Schedule shall qualify such other corresponding numbered paragraph in this ARTICLE III. For purposes of this ARTICLE III, the phrase “to the knowledge of the Parent” or any phrase of similar import shall be deemed to refer to the actual knowledge of any executive officer or director of the Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time and knowledge such person would reasonably be expected to have after due inquiry.

 

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3.1 Organization, Qualification and Corporate Power. The Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and the Acquisition Subsidiary is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. The Parent is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction in which the nature of its businesses or the ownership or leasing of its properties requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). The Parent has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged and to own and use the properties owned and used by it. The Parent has furnished or made available to the Company complete and accurate copies of its certificate or articles of incorporation and bylaws. Neither the Parent nor the Acquisition Subsidiary is in default under or in violation of any provision of its certificate or articles of incorporation, as amended to date, its bylaws, as amended to date, or any mortgage, indenture, lease, license or any other agreement or instrument referred to in Sections 3.15 or 3.16, except where such default or violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. The Parent is a “shell company,” formed as a vehicle to pursue a business combination and has no current or historical operations and only nominal assets. For purposes of this Agreement, “Parent Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the assets, business, financial condition, or results of operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that, in no event shall any effects (whether alone or in combination) resulting from or arising in connection with any of the following be deemed to constitute, nor shall any of the following be taken into account in determining whether there has occurred, a Parent Material Adverse Effect: (a) conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Parent participates or the U.S. or global economy or capital markets as a whole; (b) any failure by the Parent to meet internal projections or forecasts or revenue or earnings predictions; (c) the execution, delivery, announcement or performance of the obligations under this Agreement or the announcement, pendency or anticipated consummation of the Merger; (d) any natural disaster or any acts of terrorism, sabotage, military action or war or any escalation or worsening thereof; (e) any changes (after the date of this Agreement) in GAAP, other applicable accounting rules or applicable Law, or changes or developments in political, regulatory or legislative conditions, or (f) the taking of any action required by this Agreement.

 

3.2 Capitalization. As of immediately prior to the Effective Time, after giving effect to the surrender and cancellation of the Cancelled Shares, but prior to giving effect to the issuance of the Merger Shares or the shares to be issued in the Private Placement Offering, the authorized capital stock of the Parent will consist of 50,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of which 2,700,000 shares will be issued and outstanding (the “Pre-Merger Shares”), and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of which no shares will be outstanding. Section 3.2 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all stockholders of the Parent, indicating the number and class of Pre-Merger Shares held by each stockholder. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of all preemptive, anti-dilution and similar rights and have been issued in accordance with applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the Securities Act. Except in connection with the Private Placement Offering, as expressly contemplated by the Transaction Documentation, there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, agreements or commitments to which the Parent is a party or which are binding upon the Parent providing for the issuance or redemption of any of its capital stock. There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock or similar rights with respect to the Parent. Except in connection with the Private Placement Offering or as contemplated by the Transaction Documentation, there are no agreements to which the Parent is a party or by which it is bound with respect to the voting (including, without limitation, voting trusts or proxies), registration under the Securities Act, or sale or transfer (including without limitation agreements relating to pre-emptive rights, rights of first refusal, co-sale rights or “drag-along” rights) of any securities of the Parent. There are no agreements among other parties, to which the Parent is not a party and by which it is not bound, with respect to the voting (including, without limitation, voting trusts or proxies) or sale or transfer (including, without limitation, agreements relating to rights of first refusal, co- sale rights or “drag-along” rights) of any securities of the Parent. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock were issued in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. The Merger Shares to be issued at the Closing pursuant to Section 1.5 and the Referral Shares to be at the Closing pursuant to Section 1.16, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Certificate of Merger, shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of all preemptive rights and will be issued in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.

 

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3.3 Authorization of Transaction. Each of the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary of this Agreement and the agreements contemplated hereby and thereby (collectively, the “Transaction Documentation”) to which it is a party, and the consummation by the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary, respectively. Each of the documents included in the Transaction Documentation has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, as the case may be, and, assuming it is a valid and binding obligation of the Company, and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, as the case may be, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws, rules or regulations affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and to general principles of equity, whether applied in a court of Law or a court of equity.

 

3.4 Non-contravention. Subject to the filing of the Certificate of Merger as required by the DGCL, neither the execution and delivery by the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, as the case may be, of this Agreement or the Transaction Documentation to which it is a party, nor the consummation by the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, as the case may be, of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will (a) conflict with or violate any provision of the organizational documents or bylaws of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) require on the part of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, as the case may be, any filing with, or permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, other than filing of Form D with the SEC and any applicable state securities filings with respect to the offering of the Merger Shares, which will be completed by Parent following the Effective Time, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result in the acceleration of obligations under, create in any party any right to terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any contract or instrument to which the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, as the case may be, is a party or by which either is bound or to which any of their assets are subject, except, in the case of the foregoing clauses (b) and (c), for (i) any conflict, breach, default, acceleration, termination, modification or cancellation which would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect and would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) any notice, consent or waiver the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect and would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, (d) result in the imposition of any Security Interest upon any assets of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary or (e) violate any Laws applicable to the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, except, in the case of the foregoing clause (e), such violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

 

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3.5 Subsidiaries.

 

(a) The Parent has no Subsidiaries, nor does it have any direct or indirect interest in any Subsidiary other than the Acquisition Subsidiary. The Acquisition Subsidiary is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in corporate and Tax good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. The Acquisition Subsidiary was formed solely to effectuate the Merger and has not conducted any business operations since its organization. The Parent has delivered or made available to the Company complete and accurate copies of the charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Acquisition Subsidiary. The Acquisition Subsidiary has no assets other than minimal paid-in capital, has no liabilities or other obligations, and is not in default under or in violation of any provision of its charter, bylaws or other organizational documents. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Acquisition Subsidiary are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. All shares of the Acquisition Subsidiary are owned by the Parent, free and clear of any restrictions on transfer (other than restrictions under the Securities Act and state securities laws), claims, Security Interests, options, warrants, rights, contracts, calls, commitments, equities and demands. There are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, rights, agreements or commitments to which the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary is a party or which are binding on any of them providing for the issuance, disposition or acquisition of any capital stock of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary (except as contemplated by this Agreement). There are no outstanding stock appreciation, phantom stock or similar rights with respect to the Acquisition Subsidiary. There are no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements or understandings with respect to the voting of any capital stock of the Acquisition Subsidiary.

 

(b) At all times from May 7, 2026 (inception) through the date of this Agreement, the business and operations of the Acquisition Subsidiary have been conducted exclusively through the Parent.

 

(c) The Parent does not control, directly or indirectly, or have any direct or indirect participation or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other business association which is not a Subsidiary.

 

3.6 SEC Reports and Prior Registration Statement Matters. Since the filing of the Parent’s Registration Statement on Form 10 on August 1, 2025 (the “Parent Form 10”), the Parent has timely filed (or has been deemed to have timely filed pursuant to Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act) all reports, forms and documents that it was required to file with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act (together with the Parent Form 10, the “Parent Previous Filings”). The Parent shall notify the Company immediately and in writing of the filing of any additional forms, reports or documents with the SEC by the Parent after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time, provided that Company is aware that the Parent will timely file a Form 8-K Current Report with respect to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (together with the Parent Previous Filings, the “Parent SEC Filings”). The Parent has timely filed (or has been deemed to have timely filed pursuant to Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act) and made publicly available on the SEC’s EDGAR system, and the Company may rely upon, all certifications and statements required by (i) Rule 13a-14 or Rule 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and (ii) Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to any documents filed with the SEC. The Parent is in compliance in all material respects with all of the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable to it. The Parent SEC Filings complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder when filed. As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the staff of the SEC with respect to any of the Parent SEC Filings. As of their respective dates, the Parent SEC Filings, including any financial statements, schedules or exhibits included or incorporated by reference therein, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the Subsidiaries of the Parent is required to file or furnish any forms, reports or other documents with the SEC. No order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement of the Parent under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act has been issued by the SEC and, to the Parent’s knowledge after reasonable inquiry, no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or threatened by the SEC. Since the most recent filing of such certifications and statements, there have been no significant changes in the Parent’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act), or in other factors that could significantly affect its disclosure controls and procedures. The Parent has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act) and such controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that material information relating to the Parent, including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer.

 

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3.7 Compliance with Laws. Each of the Parent and its Subsidiaries:

 

(a) and the conduct and operations of their respective businesses, are in compliance in all material respects with each Law applicable to the Parent, any Subsidiary of the Parent or any of their properties or assets;

 

(b) has complied with all federal and state securities laws and regulations, including being current in all of its reporting obligations under such federal and state securities laws and regulations, except for any violations or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, and all prior issuances of its securities have been either registered under the Securities Act or exempt from registration;

 

(c) has not been the subject of any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceeding, nor has it been a party to any material litigation or, within the past three years, the subject of any threat of material litigation;

 

(d) is not and has not, and the past and present officers, directors and Affiliates of the Parent are not and have not, been the subject of, nor does any officer or director of the Parent have any reason to believe that the Parent or any of its officers, directors or Affiliates are the subject of, any civil, criminal or administrative investigation or proceeding brought by any federal or state agency having regulatory authority over such entity or person or alleging a violation of securities laws (in the case of an individual, that is described in Item 401(f)(1)-(3) of SEC Regulation S-K);

 

(e) except as set forth in Section 3.7(e) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, does not and will not on the Closing Date, have any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, including, but not limited to, notes payable and accounts payable, and is not a party to any executory agreements; and

 

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(f) is not a “blank check company” as such term is defined by Rule 419 of the Securities Act, except for Parent which is a “blank check company.”

 

3.8 Financial Statements. The audited financial statements and unaudited interim financial statements of the Parent included in the Parent SEC Filings (collectively, the “Parent Financial Statements”) (a) complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and, as appropriate, the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto when filed, (b) were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto, and in the case of quarterly financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act), (c) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Parent as of the respective dates thereof and for the periods referred to therein, and (d) are consistent in all material respects with the books and records of the Parent. There has been no change in Parent accounting policies except as described in the notes to the Parent Financial Statements.

 

3.9 Absence of Certain Changes. Since the date of the most recent balance sheet contained in a Parent SEC Filing, Parent has conducted its business only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and there has not occurred or been entered into, as the case may be, any (a) event or development which, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have in the future, a Parent Material Adverse Effect, (b) event that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the performance of the Parent’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement, (c) material change by the Parent in its accounting methods, principles or practices, (d) declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or distribution in respect of the shares of capital stock of the Parent or any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any of the Parent’s securities, (e) increase in the compensation or benefits payable or to become payable to any officers or directors of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary or establishment or modification of any compensatory plan of the Parent, (f) issuance, grants or sale of any stock, options, warrants, notes, bonds or other securities, or entry into any agreement with respect thereto by the Parent, (g) amendment to the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Parent, (h) capital expenditures by the Parent, purchase, sale, assignment or transfer of any material assets by the Parent, mortgage, pledge or existence of any lien, encumbrance or charge on any material assets or properties, tangible or intangible of the Parent, except for liens for Taxes not yet due and such other liens, encumbrances, restrictions or charges, or cancellation, compromise, release or waiver by the Parent of any rights of material value or any material debts or claims, (i) incurrence by the Parent of any material liability (absolute or contingent), except for current liabilities and obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business (which liabilities are not material, individually or in the aggregate), (j) damage, destruction or similar loss, whether or not covered by insurance, materially affecting the business or properties of the Parent, (k) entry by the Parent into any agreement, contract, lease or license, (l) acceleration, termination, modification or cancellation of any agreement, contract, lease or license to which the Parent is a party or by which any of them is bound, (m) entry by the Parent into any loan or other transaction with any officers, directors or employees of the Parent, (n) charitable or other capital contribution by the Parent or pledge therefore, (o) entry by the Parent into any transaction of a material nature, or (p) negotiation or agreement by the Parent to do any of the things described in the preceding clauses (a) through (o), other than activities in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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3.10 Undisclosed Liabilities. None of the Parent and its Subsidiaries has any liability (whether known or unknown, whether absolute or contingent, whether liquidated or unliquidated and whether due or to become due), except for (a) liabilities shown on the most recent balance sheet contained a Parent SEC Filing, (b) liabilities which have arisen since the date of the most recent balance sheet contained a Parent SEC Filing in the Ordinary Course of Business which do not exceed $25,000 in the aggregate and (c) contractual and other liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business which are not required by GAAP to be reflected on a balance sheet.

 

3.11 Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or has any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off balance sheet partnership or any similar contract or arrangement (including any contract or arrangement relating to any transaction or relationship between or among the Parent and any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated Affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity or person, on the other hand, or any “off balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act)), where the result, purpose or intended effect of such contract is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material liabilities of, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in the Parent’s or such Subsidiary’s published financial statements or other Parent SEC Filings.

 

3.12 Tax Matters.

 

(a) Each of the Parent and its Subsidiaries has filed on a timely basis all Tax Returns that it was required to file, and all such Tax Returns were complete and accurate in all material respects. The officers of the Parent and its Subsidiaries after the Effective Time shall be responsible for preparing and filing all Tax Returns required to be filed after the Effective Time. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has ever been a member of a group of corporations with which it has filed (or been required to file) consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Returns, other than a group of which the Parent was the common parent. Each of the Parent and its Subsidiaries has paid on a timely basis all Taxes that were due and payable. The unpaid Taxes of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for tax periods through the date of the balance sheet contained in the most recent Parent SEC Filing do not exceed the accruals and reserves for Taxes (excluding accruals and reserves for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth on such balance sheet. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has any actual or potential liability for any Tax obligation of any taxpayer (including without limitation any affiliated group of corporations or other entities that included the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries during a prior period) other than the Parent and its Subsidiaries. All Taxes that the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is or was required by law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected and, to the extent required, have been paid to the proper Governmental Entity. There are no liens for Taxes (other than Taxes not yet due and payable) upon any of the assets of the Parent or its Subsidiaries.

 

(b) The Parent has delivered or made available to the Company complete and accurate copies of all federal and state income Tax Returns, examination reports and statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries since June 2, 2025 (the Parent’s inception). No examination or audit of any Tax Return of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries by any Governmental Entity is currently in progress or, to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened or contemplated. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has been informed by any jurisdiction that the jurisdiction believes that the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries was required to file any Tax Return that was not filed. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed to an extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency.

 

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(c) Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, including any adjustment pursuant to Code Sections 481 or 263A (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Law); (ii) use of an improper method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of U.S. state, local or non-U.S. Law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (v) prepaid amount or any other income eligible for deferral under the Code or Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 455 or 456 of the Code, Treasury Regulations Section 1.451-5 and Revenue Procedure 2004-34, 2004-33 I.R.B. 991) received on or prior to the Closing Date; (vi) intercompany transactions or any excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of U.S. state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Law); (vii) election made under Section 108(i) of the Code prior to the Closing or (viii) any similar election, action, or agreement that would have the effect of deferring any liability for Taxes of the Company from any period ending on or before the Closing Date to any period ending after such date.

 

(d) Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in any “listed transaction,” as defined in Section 6706A(c)(2) of the Code and Treasury Regulations Sections 1.6011- 4(b)(2).

 

(e) Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken or agreed to take any action not contemplated by this Agreement that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger, together with the Private Placement Offering, from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment. To the knowledge of Parent, no facts or circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger, together with the Private Placement Offering, from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

3.13 Assets. Each of the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary owns or leases all tangible assets necessary for the conduct of its businesses as presently conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. Each such tangible asset is free from material defects, has been maintained in accordance with normal industry practice, is in good operating condition and repair (subject to normal wear and tear) and is suitable for the purposes for which it presently is used. No asset of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary (tangible or intangible) is subject to any Security Interest.

 

3.14 Real Property. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries owns, leases or uses any real property, nor have they ever owned, leased or used any real property.

 

3.15 Contracts. Except for this Agreement, the agreements to be executed by the Parent that are included as exhibits to this Agreement or such agreements that comprise the Transaction Documentation, the agreements filed as exhibits to the Parent SEC Filings, and the agreements set forth on Section 3.15 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, the Parent is not a party to any contract, agreement, arrangement or other understanding, whether written or oral, which is currently in effect. All agreements or commitments set forth on Section 3.15 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule shall either be cancelled or satisfied at the Effective Time except for outstanding liabilities set forth in Section 3.7(e) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule.

 

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3.16 Powers of Attorney. There are no outstanding powers of attorney executed on behalf of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

3.17 Insurance. The Parent does not own or maintain any insurance policies, nor is any insurance necessary for the operation of its business.

 

3.18 Litigation. There is no Legal Proceeding which is pending or, to the Parent’s knowledge, threatened against the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent and there is no reasonable basis for any proceeding, claim, action or governmental investigation directly or indirectly involving the Parent, Acquisition Subsidiary, or the Parent’s officers, directors or employees, in their capacities as such, individually or in the aggregate. Neither the Parent nor Acquisition Subsidiary are party to any order, judgment or decree issued by any federal, state or other governmental department, court, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign.

 

3.19 Employees.

 

(a) The Parent has one officer, and the Parent and the Subsidiaries of the Parent have no employees.

 

(b) Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is or ever has been a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement, nor have any of them experienced any strikes, grievances, claims of unfair labor practices or other collective bargaining disputes. There has been no organizational effort made or, to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened, either currently or since the date of organization of the Parent, by or on behalf of any labor union with respect to the service providers of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. Each individual providing services to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has been properly classified as an employee or a non- employee service provider with respect to each such entity for all purposes under applicable law. No current or former employee, consultant or director of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary owes any indebtedness to the Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary or their Affiliates, nor does the Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary or their Affiliates owe any indebtedness to any current or former employee, consultant or director of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, other than in connection with the Parent’s obligations under that certain Promissory Note, by and between the Parent and Mark Tompkins, dated June 2, 2025.

 

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3.20 Employee Benefits. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates maintains, sponsors or contributes to or in the past has maintained, sponsored or contributed to any Employee Benefit Plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not ERISA applies to the arrangement) or multiemployer plan (each capitalized term in this sentence as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall, individually or in the aggregate, (a) result in any payment becoming due to any officer, employee, consultant or director of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, (b) increase or modify any benefits otherwise payable by the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary to any employee, consultant or director of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, or (c) result in the acceleration of time of payment or vesting of any such benefits.

 

3.21 Environmental Matters.

 

(a) Each of the Parent and its Subsidiaries has complied with all applicable Environmental Laws, except for violations of Environmental Laws that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened civil or criminal litigation, written notice of violation, formal administrative proceeding, or investigation, inquiry or information request by any Governmental Entity, relating to any Environmental Law involving the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except for litigation, notices of violations, formal administrative proceedings or investigations, inquiries or information requests that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) The Parent has no environmental reports, investigations or audits relating to premises currently or previously owned or operated by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (whether conducted by or on behalf of the Parent or its Subsidiaries or a third party, and whether done at the initiative of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or directed by a Governmental Entity or other third party) which were issued or conducted during the past five years and which the Parent has possession of or access to.

 

(c) To the knowledge of the Parent, there is no material environmental liability of any solid or hazardous waste transporter or treatment, storage or disposal facility that has been used by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Environmental Law” means any Law relating to the environment, including, without limitation, any Law pertaining to (i) treatment, storage, disposal, generation and transportation of industrial, toxic or hazardous materials or substances or solid or hazardous waste; (ii) air, water and noise pollution; (iii) groundwater and soil contamination; (iv) the release or threatened release into the environment of industrial, toxic or hazardous materials or substances, or solid or hazardous waste, including, without limitation, emissions, discharges, injections, spills, escapes or dumping of pollutants, contaminants or chemicals; (v) the protection of wild life, marine life and wetlands, including without limitation all endangered and threatened species; (vi) storage tanks, vessels, containers, abandoned or discarded barrels, and other closed receptacles; (vii) the reclamation of mines; (viii) health and safety of employees and other persons; and (ix) manufacturing, processing, using, distributing, treating, storing, disposing, transporting or handling of materials regulated under any Law as pollutants, contaminants, toxic or hazardous materials or substances or oil or petroleum products or solid or hazardous waste. As used above, the terms “release” and “environment” shall have the meaning set forth in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.

 

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3.22 Permits. Parent has no licenses, permits and certificates from federal, state, local and foreign authorities (including, without limitation, federal and state agencies regulating occupational health and safety), and none are necessary to its operations and business.

 

3.23 Certain Business Relationships with Affiliates. No Affiliate of the Parent or of any of its Subsidiaries (a) owns any property or right, tangible or intangible, which is used in the business of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) has any claim or cause of action against the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or (c) owes any money to, or is owed any money by, the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries except as disclosed in the Parent SEC Filings.

 

3.24 Tax-Free Reorganization.

 

(a) The Parent (i) is not an “investment company” as defined in Section 368(a)(2)(F)(iii) and (iv) of the Code; (ii) has no present plan or intention to liquidate the Surviving Corporation or to merge the Surviving Corporation with or into any other corporation or entity, or to sell or otherwise dispose of the stock of the Surviving Corporation which the Parent will acquire in the Merger, or to cause the Surviving Corporation to sell or otherwise dispose of its assets, all except in the Ordinary Course of Business or if such liquidation, merger or disposition is described in Section 368(a)(2)(C) or Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-2(d)(4) or Section 1.368-2(k); and (iii) has no present plan or intention, following the Merger, to issue any additional shares of stock of the Surviving Corporation or to create any new class of stock of the Surviving Corporation.

 

(b) The Acquisition Subsidiary is a direct wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent, formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the Merger, and will carry on no business prior to the Merger.

 

(c) Immediately prior to the Merger, the Parent will be in control of Acquisition Subsidiary within the meaning of Section 368(c) of the Code.

 

(d) Neither the Parent, nor, to the knowledge of the Parent, any person related to the Parent (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-1(e)(3)) or any person acting as an intermediary for the Parent, has any present plan or intention to reacquire any of the Merger Shares.

 

(e) The Acquisition Subsidiary will have no liabilities assumed by the Surviving Corporation and will not transfer to the Surviving Corporation any assets subject to liabilities in the Merger.

 

(f) Parent conducts no activities other than activities related to maintaining its legal and/or corporate existence, its status as a “shell company” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act and holding the capital stock of Acquisition Subsidiary and any related accounting, legal, financial, administrative, tax and other similar activities related to such matters.

 

(g) Acquisition Subsidiary does not hold any property and does not have any tax attributes immediately prior to the Merger, other than a de minimis amount of assets to facilitate its organization or maintain its legal existence and tax attributes related to holding those assets.

 

(h) The Parent has not made purchases of its own stock described in Code Section 1202(c)(3)(B) during the one (1) year period preceding the Closing Date, except for purchases that are disregarded for such purposes under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1202-2.

 

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3.25 Brokers’ Fees. Except as listed on Section 3.25 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

3.26 Interested Party Transactions. To the knowledge of the Parent, no officer, director or stockholder of the Parent or any “affiliate” (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) (each, an “Affiliate”) or “associate” (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of any such person currently has or has had, either directly or indirectly, (a) an interest in any person that (i) furnishes or sells services or products that are furnished or sold or are proposed to be furnished or sold by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) purchases from or sells or furnishes to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries any goods or services, or (b) other than as disclosed in the Parent SEC Filings, a beneficial interest in any contract or agreement to which the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it may be bound or affected. Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Filings, Parent is not indebted to any officer, director or stockholder of the Parent or any “affiliate” or “associate” of any such person (each such person, a “Parent Insider”) (except for reimbursement of ordinary business expenses) and no Parent Insider is indebted to the Parent (except for cash advances for ordinary business expenses), all of which shall be paid or cancelled immediately at or prior to the Effective Time by Parent’s stockholders. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer (or equivalent thereof) of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

3.27 Accountants. Except for the preparation and filing of the Parent’s corporate Tax Returns, there have been no non-audit services performed by Grassi & Co., CPAs, P.C. (the “Parent Auditor”) for the Parent and/or any of its Subsidiaries, and the Parent has not taken any action or failed to take any action that would reasonably be expected to impair the independence of the Parent Auditor. The report of the Parent Auditor on the financial statements of the Parent for the past fiscal year did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, or was qualified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles, although it did express uncertainty as to the Parent’s ability to continue as a going concern. During the Parent’s most recent fiscal year and the subsequent interim periods, there were no disagreements with the Parent Auditor on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures. None of the reportable events listed in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) or (v) of Regulation S-K occurred with respect to the Parent Auditor.

 

3.28 Minute Books. The minute books and other similar records of the Parent and each of its Subsidiaries contain, in all material respects, complete and accurate records of all actions taken at any meetings of directors (or committees thereof) and stockholders or actions by written consent in lieu of the holding of any such meetings since the time of organization of each such corporation through the date of this Agreement. The Parent has provided true and complete copies of all such minute books and other similar records to the Company’s representatives.

 

3.29 Board Action. The Parent’s Board of Directors (a) has unanimously determined that the Merger is advisable and in the best interests of the Parent’s stockholders and is on terms that are fair to such Parent stockholders, (b) has caused the Parent, in its capacity as the sole stockholder of the Acquisition Subsidiary, and the Board of Directors of the Acquisition Subsidiary, to approve the Merger and this Agreement by unanimous written consent, and (c) adopted this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the DGCL.

 

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3.30 Intellectual Property. The Parent does not own or license the right to use any patents, copyrights, trademarks, know-how or software, and none are or ever have been necessary for the operation of its business. To the Parent’s knowledge, the Parent is not infringing, and has never infringed, upon the intellectual property or proprietary rights of any person. There are no claims pending or, to the Parent’s knowledge, threatened alleging that the Parent is currently infringing upon or using in an unauthorized manner or violating the intellectual or proprietary rights of any person, and the Parent is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim. The Parent is not, nor will it be as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, in breach of any license, sublicense or other agreement or contract relating to intellectual property.

 

3.31 Investment Company. None of the Parent or Acquisition Subsidiary is, as of the date of this Agreement, nor upon the Closing will be, an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company,” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

3.32 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Parent nor its Subsidiaries, nor to the Parent’s knowledge, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Parent or its Subsidiaries, has: (a) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (b) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (c) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Parent is aware) which is in violation of Law, or (d) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

3.33 No Integrated Offering. Neither Parent nor any Affiliates of Parent, nor any person acting on the behalf of any of the foregoing, has, directly or indirectly, (a) made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to purchase any security, under circumstances that would require registration of any of the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement under the Securities Act or cause this offering of such shares of Parent Common Stock to be integrated with prior offerings by Parent for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable shareholder approval requirements of any authority, or (b) made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the shares to be issued in the Private Placement Offering under the Securities Act or cause Private Placement Offering to be integrated with prior offerings by the Parent for purposes of the Securities Act.

 

3.34 No General Solicitation. Neither the Parent nor any of its Affiliates, nor, to the knowledge of the Parent, any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the shares to be issued in the Private Placement Offering.

 

3.35 Application of Takeover Provisions. The Parent and its Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, or other similar takeover, anti-takeover, moratorium, fair price, interested shareholder or similar provision under the certificate of incorporation of the Parent or the Laws of the State of Delaware to the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger and the Parent’s issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock to the Company Stockholders. The Parent has never adopted any shareholder rights plan or similar arrangement relating to accumulations of beneficial ownership of Parent Common Stock or a change in control of the Parent.

 

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3.36 No Other Representations. The representations and warranties contained in this ARTICLE III are the only representations and warranties made by the Parent and Acquisition Subsidiary. The Parent disclaims any and all other representations and warranties other than those contained in this ARTICLE III, whether express or implied. The Parent hereby expressly disclaims any such other representation or warranty, whether by the Parent, Acquisition Subsidiary, or any of its representatives or any other person, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to the Company or any other person of any documentation or other written or oral information by the Parent, Acquisition Subsidiary or any of their respective representatives.

 

ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS

 

4.1 Conduct of the Business Prior to Closing; Closing Efforts.

 

(a) From the date hereof to the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement, the Parent shall not take any of the actions specified in Section 3.9 except (i) as consented to by the Company, (ii) as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or (iii) as required by applicable Law.

 

(b) Each of the Parties shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts, to take all actions and to do all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, using its Reasonable Best Efforts to ensure that (a) its representations and warranties remain true and correct in all material respects through the Closing Date and (b) the conditions to the obligations of the other Parties to consummate the Merger are satisfied.

 

4.2 Governmental and Third-Party Notices and Consents.

 

(a) Each Party shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to obtain, at its expense, all waivers, permits, consents, approvals or other authorizations from Governmental Entities, and to effect all registrations, filings and notices with or to Governmental Entities, as may be required for such Party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to comply with all applicable Laws in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Parent will, and the Company undertakes and agrees that it will use its Reasonable Best Efforts to cause the Parent, following the Effective Time, to timely complete all filings with the SEC and individual states required by Regulation D under the Securities Act with respect to the issuance of the Merger Shares and in connection with the Private Placement Offering.

 

(b) The Company shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to obtain, at its expense, all such waivers, consents or approvals from third parties, and to give all such notices to third parties, if any, as are required to be listed in Section 2.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.

 

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4.3 Super 8-K. Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, the Parties shall complete a Current Report on Form 8-K relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the “Form 10 information” required by Items 2.01(f) and 5.01(a)(8) of Form 8-K and the financial statements required thereby) (the “Super 8-K”). Each of the Company and the Parent shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to cause the Super 8-K to be filed with the SEC within four Business Days after the Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to otherwise comply with all requirements of applicable federal and state securities laws.

 

4.4 Access to Company Information.

 

(a) During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, the Company shall permit representatives of the Parent to have reasonable access (at all reasonable times, and in a manner so as not to interfere with the normal business operations of the Company) to all premises, properties, financial and accounting records, contracts, other records and documents, and personnel, of or pertaining to the Company, subject to applicable restrictions under applicable Law regarding access to certain information.

 

(b) The Parent and each of its Subsidiaries (i) shall treat and hold as confidential any Company Confidential Information (as defined below), (ii) shall not use any of the Company Confidential Information except in connection with this Agreement, and (iii) if this Agreement is terminated for any reason whatsoever, shall return to the Company all tangible embodiments (and all copies) thereof which are in its possession. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Confidential Information” means any information of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries that is furnished to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries by the Company in connection with this Agreement; provided, however, that it shall not include any information that (A) at the time of disclosure, is available publicly other than as a result of non-permitted disclosure by the Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or their respective directors, officers, or employees, (B) after disclosure, becomes available publicly through no fault of the Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or their respective directors, officers, or employees, (C) the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries knew or to which the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries had access prior to disclosure, as demonstrated by competent evidence, provided that the source of such information is not known by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to be bound by a confidentiality obligation to the Company, or (D) the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries rightfully obtains from a source other than the Company; provided that the source of such information is not known by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to be bound by a confidentiality obligation to the Company.

 

(c) The Company (i) shall treat and hold as confidential any Parent Confidential Information (as defined below), (ii) shall not use any of the Parent Confidential Information except in connection with this Agreement, and (iii) if this Agreement is terminated for any reason whatsoever, shall return to the Parent all tangible embodiments (and all copies) thereof which are in its possession. For purposes of this Agreement, “Parent Confidential Information” means any information of the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent that is furnished to the Company by the Parent or its Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement; provided, however, that it shall not include any information that (A) at the time of disclosure, is available publicly other than as a result of non-permitted disclosure by the Company or their respective directors, officers, or employees, (B), after disclosure, becomes available publicly through no fault of the Company or their respective directors, officers, or employees, (C) that the Company knew or to which the Company had access prior to disclosure, as demonstrated by competent evidence; provided that the source of such information is not known by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to be bound by a confidentiality obligation to the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent or (D) which the Company rightfully obtains from a source other than the Parent or a Subsidiary of the Parent; provided that the source of such information is not known by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to be bound by a confidentiality obligation to the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent.

 

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4.5 Expenses. The costs and expenses of each Party (including legal fees and expenses of such Party) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the Party that incurred such costs and expenses, unless otherwise agreed to by such Parties. The Parties agree that $175,000 of the fees of Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP (“SRFC”), plus its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, shall be paid from the gross proceeds of the Private Placement Offering at the first closing thereof.

 

4.6 Indemnification; Insurance.

 

(a) The Parent shall not, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation not to, after the Effective Time, take any action to alter or impair any exculpatory or indemnification provisions now existing in the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the Company for the benefit of any individual who served as a director or officer of the Company at any time prior to the Effective Time, except for any changes that may be required to conform with changes in applicable Law and any changes that do not affect the application of such provisions to acts or omissions of such individuals prior to the Effective Time.

 

(b) From and after the Effective Time, the Parent agrees that it will, and will cause the Surviving Corporation to, indemnify and hold harmless each current and former director and officer of the Company (the “Indemnified Executives”) against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities or amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware Law (and the Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware Law, provided the Indemnified Executive to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Executive is not entitled to indemnification).

 

(c) From and after the Effective Time, the Parent and the Company agree that it will, and will cause the Surviving Corporation to, indemnify each former director and officer of the Parent listed on Schedule 4.6(c) attached hereto (the “Parent Indemnified Executives”) for actions arising out of or pertaining to actions relating to the approval of and entering into the this Agreement, the Transaction Documentation, the Merger and each of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to an agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (collectively, the “Pre-Merger Indemnity Agreements”).

 

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(d) The Company shall obtain and purchase, to be effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date, director and officer liability insurance (“D&O Insurance”) covering the directors and officers of the Parent immediately after the Effective Time, and such Company D&O Insurance shall include coverage for any acts or omissions that take place on or after the Effective Time, including, without limitation, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and shall be maintained in effect for a period of at least six years following the Effective Time. The Company shall also obtain and purchase, to be effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the Closing Date (i) directors’ and officers’ liability insurance “tail policy” with a claims period of six (6) years following the Effective Time, and on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Parent Indemnified Executives than those in effect under the D&O Insurance for the benefit of the Parent Indemnified Executives with respect to their acts and omissions as directors and officers of the Parent or its Subsidiaries occurring prior to the Effective Time, including, without limitation, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) directors’ and officers’ liability insurance “tail policy” with a claims period of six (6) years following the Effective Time, and on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Indemnified Executives than those in effect under the D&O Insurance for the benefit of the Indemnified Executives with respect to their acts and omissions as directors and officers of the Company occurring prior to the Effective Time, including, without limitation, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (such policy, the “D&O Tail Policies”).

 

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.6, from and after the Effective Time, each of the Parent and the Company agrees that any indemnification available to any Indemnified Executive who on or prior to the Closing Date was a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by virtue of such Indemnified Executive’s service as a partner or employee of any investment fund affiliated with or managed by any Company Stockholder or any of such Company Stockholder’s Affiliates on or prior to the Closing Date (any such Indemnified Executive, a “Stockholder Nominated Director”) shall be secondary to the indemnification to be provided by the Parent, the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Section 4.6 and that the Parent, the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries (i) shall be the primary indemnitors of first resort for the Stockholder Nominated Directors pursuant to this Section 4.6, (ii) shall be fully responsible for the indemnification and exculpation from liabilities with respect to the Stockholder Nominated Directors which are addressed by this Section 4.6 and (iii) shall not make any claim for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect of any other indemnification or insurance available to any Stockholder Nominated Director with respect to any matter addressed by this Section 4.6.

 

(f) The provisions of this Section 4.6 shall survive the Closing and are intended to be for the benefit of, and enforceable by, each Indemnified Executive, Parent Indemnified Executive and Stockholder Nominated Director, as applicable, and nothing in this Agreement shall affect any indemnification rights that any such person may have under the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the Company or the Parent or any contract or instrument or applicable Law, including any contract, agreement or arrangement between the Parent, the Company, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries (on the one hand) and any such Indemnified Executive, any investor or third party (on the other hand). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the obligations under this Section 4.6 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any Indemnified Executive, Parent Indemnified Executive or Stockholder Nominated Director without the written consent of such person.

 

4.7 Name. Promptly after the Effective Time, the Parent shall amend its certificate of incorporation to change its corporate name to “Matternet, Inc.” or such other name as specified by the Company.

 

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4.8 Parent Board; Amendment of Charter Documents; Corporate Policies. The Parent shall take such actions as are necessary (including the solicitation of approvals by the Board of Directors and the stockholders of the Parent), if the Parent has not already done so prior to the Effective Time, (a) to authorize the Parent’s Board of Directors to consist of five (5) members, (b) to amend and restate its certificate of incorporation to read in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit A hereto in a manner satisfactory to the Company, (c) to amend and restate its bylaws to read in their entirety as set forth on Exhibit B hereto in a manner satisfactory to the Company; and (d) to adopt various corporate policies and charters in a manner satisfactory to the Company.

 

4.9 Equity Plans. Prior to the Effective Time, (i) the Board of Directors of Parent shall (a) adopt the equity incentive plan provided to Parent by the Company (the “2026 Plan”) and the employee stock purchase plan provided to Parent by the Company (the “ESPP”) and (b) take all such steps as are necessary to cause the Parent to assume the Company Options outstanding under the Company Equity Plans and (ii) the stockholders of the Parent shall approve and adopt the 2026 Plan, subject to effectiveness in accordance with Regulation 14C of the Exchange Act, if applicable. After such assumption, (i) 11,166,364 shares of Parent Common Stock will be issuable upon the exercise of Parent Options converted from assumed Company Options issued under the Company Equity Plans and (ii) 3,825,000 shares of Parent Common Stock will be reserved for future issuance under the 2026 Plan and 675,000 shares of Parent Common Stock will be reserved for future issuance under the ESPP. The 2026 Plan will provide that the shares of Parent Common Stock reserved for issuance thereunder will be subject to increase annually, beginning on the date six months after the date that the Parent Common Stock is listed on any market tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, the New York Stock Exchange or NYSE American (each, an “Exchange”), in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) five percent (5%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding on the day immediately preceding such date and on each annual anniversary thereof and (ii) such lesser amount as determined by the Board of Directors in its discretion. The ESPP will provide that shares of Parent Common Stock reserved for issuance thereunder will be subject to increase annually, beginning on the date six months after the date that the Parent Common Stock is listed on an Exchange, in an amount equal to the least of (i) one percent (1%) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the day preceding such date and on each annual anniversary thereof, (ii) 2,000,000 and (iii) such lesser amount as determined by the Board of Directors in its discretion.

 

4.10 Information Provided to Stockholders. The Company shall prepare, with the cooperation of the Parent, information to be sent to the holders of Company Shares in connection with receiving their approval and adoption of the Merger, this Agreement and the related transactions (including, without limitation, a substantially complete draft of the Super 8-K and information related to the appointment of the Purchaser Representative), and the Parent shall prepare, with the cooperation of the Company, information to be sent to the holders of shares of Parent Common Stock in connection with receiving their approval and adoption of the Merger, this Agreement and related transactions. The Parent and the Company shall each use Reasonable Best Efforts to cause information provided to such party’s stockholders to comply with applicable federal and state securities laws requirements. Each of the Parent and the Company agrees to provide promptly to the other such information concerning its business and financial statements and affairs as, in the reasonable judgment of the providing party or its counsel, may be required or appropriate for inclusion in the information sent, or in any amendments or supplements thereto, and to cause its counsel and auditors to cooperate with the other’s counsel and auditors in the preparation of the information to be sent to the stockholders of each Party. The Company will promptly advise the Parent, and the Parent will promptly advise the Company, in writing if at any time prior to the Effective Time either the Company or the Parent shall obtain knowledge of any facts that might make it necessary or appropriate to amend or supplement the information sent in order to make the statements contained or incorporated by reference therein not misleading or to comply with applicable Law. The information sent by the Company shall contain the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company that the holders of Company Shares approve and adopt the Merger and this Agreement and the conclusion of the Board of Directors of the Company that the terms and conditions of the Merger are advisable and fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and such holders. The information sent by the Parent shall contain the conclusion of the Board of Directors of the Parent that the terms and conditions of the Merger are advisable and fair to, and in the best interests of, the Parent. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, the Company shall not include in the information sent to its Company Stockholders any information with respect to the Parent or its Affiliates or associates, the form and content of which information shall not have been approved by such entity or person, as the case may be, in its reasonable discretion prior to such inclusion.

 

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4.11 Securities Exemptions. Each of the Company and the Parent will use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from each Company Stockholder and each stockholder of the Parent prior to the Merger, respectively, a certification noting whether such stockholder is an “accredited investor”, as such term is defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act, and the Company will appoint the Purchaser Representative for Company Stockholders that are not “accredited investors” in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

4.12 Parent Auditor Letter. The Parent shall provide the Parent Auditor with a copy of the Super 8-K and shall request that the Parent Auditor furnish a letter (the “Auditor Letter”) addressed to the SEC stating whether the Parent Auditor agrees with the statements made about it by the Parent in the Super 8-K.

 

4.13 Private Placement. Each of the Company and the Parent shall use commercially Reasonable Best Efforts to ensure that the issuance of the Merger Shares to Company Stockholders and the deemed offer and sale of shares of Parent Common Stock to Parent’s stockholders prior to the Merger are each exempt from registration under the Securities Act.

 

4.14 Failure to Fulfill Conditions. In the event that any of the Parties determines that a condition to its respective obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby cannot be fulfilled on or prior to the termination of this Agreement, it will promptly notify the other Parties.

 

4.15 Notification of Certain Matters. At or prior to the Effective Time, each Party shall give prompt notice to the other Parties of (a) the occurrence or failure to occur of any event or the discovery of any information, which occurrence, failure or discovery would be likely to cause any representation or warranty on its part contained in this Agreement to be untrue, inaccurate or incomplete after the date hereof in any material respect or, in the case of any representation or warranty given as of a specific date, would be likely to cause any such representation or warranty on its part contained in this Agreement to be untrue, inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect as of such specific date, and (b) any material failure of such party to comply with or satisfy any covenant or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder.

 

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ARTICLE V. CONDITIONS TO CONSUMMATION OF MERGER

 

5.1 Conditions to Each Party’s Obligations. The respective obligations of each Party to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:

 

(a) the Company shall have obtained (and shall have provided copies thereof to the Parent) the written consents of (i) all of the members of its Board of Directors to approve the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documentation to which the Company is a party and to recommend approval by the Company Stockholders, and (ii) Company Stockholders holding Company Shares representing at least a majority of the votes represented by the outstanding Company Shares entitled to vote on this Agreement and the Merger, voting together as a single class on an as-converted basis, and (iii) Company Stockholders holding Company Common Shares representing at least a majority of the votes represented by the outstanding Company Common Shares entitled to vote on this Agreement and the Merger and (iv) Company Stockholders holding Company Preferred Shares representing at least a majority of the votes represented by the outstanding shares of each series of Company Preferred Shares entitled to vote on this Agreement and the Merger, in each case to approve and adopt the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documentation to which the Company is a party, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent;

 

(b) prior to the Closing, the Company and the Parent shall have in escrow in connection with the Private Placement Offering an amount of cash that equals at least $14,000,000, and the conditions to the closing of such Private Placement Offering shall have been satisfied (other than the consummation of the Merger and those other conditions that, by their nature, will be satisfied at the Closing of the Private Placement Offering) and such amount of gross proceeds shall be unencumbered cash available to the Parent and the Surviving Corporation at the Effective Time (other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement);

 

(c) the Company shall have provided evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary of the termination of the Company agreements set forth on Schedule 5.1(c); and

 

(d) the Lock-Up Agreements and the Registration Rights Agreement shall have been duly executed by the parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect subject to consummation of the Merger and shall not have been revoked, rescinded or otherwise repudiated by such parties.

 

5.2 Conditions to Obligations of the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary. The obligation of each of the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary to consummate the Merger is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Parent) of the following additional conditions:

 

(a) the Company shall have obtained (and shall have provided copies thereof to the Parent) all waivers, permits, consents, approvals or other authorizations, and effected all of the registrations, filings and notices set forth on Schedule 5.2(a), except for such waivers, permits, consents, approvals or other authorizations the failure of which to obtain or effect does not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

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(b) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement (when read without regard to any qualification as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect contained therein) shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Effective Time as though made as of the Effective Time (provided, however, that to the extent such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date), except for any untrue or incorrect representations and warranties that, individually or in the aggregate, do not have a Company Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c) the Company shall have performed or complied with its agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with under this Agreement as of or prior to the Effective Time, except for such non-performance or non-compliance as does not have a Company Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(d) no Legal Proceeding shall be pending wherein an unfavorable judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction would (i) prevent consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) cause any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following consummation, and no such judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction shall be in effect;

 

(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary a copy of each written consent received from a Company Stockholder consenting to the Merger, together with a copy of each certification received from a Company Stockholder that such person is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act or with respect to the Company Stockholders that is not an “accredited investor” that such Company Stockholder has the knowledge and experience in financial and business matters necessary to evaluate the merits and risks of its prospective investment in Parent Common Stock;

 

(f) the Company shall have delivered to each Company Stockholder that has not provided to the Company a certification that such person is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act the information required by Section 4.10, including a substantially complete draft of the Super 8-K, which information shall satisfy the requirements of Rule 502(b)(2)(B)(2) under the Securities Act, at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Effective Time, and shall have provided to the Parent evidence thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Parent;

 

(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary a certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “Company Certificate”) to the effect that each of the conditions specified in clause (a) of Section 5.1 and clauses (a) through (d) (insofar as clause (d) relates to Legal Proceedings involving the Company) of this Section 5.2 has been satisfied in all respects;

 

(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary a certificate executed by the Secretary of the Company, certifying as to (i) true, correct and complete copies of the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the Company; (ii) the valid adoption of resolutions at a duly called meeting of, or by the unanimous written consent of each member of, the Company’s board of directors and Company Stockholders (whereby this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereunder were unanimously approved by the board of directors and approved and adopted by the requisite vote of the Company Stockholders); and (iii) a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware dated within five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date; and (iv) incumbency of the officers of the Company executing this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated by this Agreement;

 

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(i) the Company shall have delivered to the Parent audited and interim unaudited financial statements of the Company pro forma in respect of the Merger, compliant in all material respects with applicable SEC regulations for inclusion under Item 2.01(f) and/or 5.01(a)(8) of Form 8-K in substantially final form;

 

(j) the Company shall have delivered the Pre-Merger Indemnity Agreements to the Parent, duly executed by the Company; and

 

(k) the Company shall have delivered to the Parent evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Parent of the Discharge of the 2025 First Lien Obligations and the release of Lien in favor of the 2025 First Lien Claimholders upon the Shared Collateral (as each such capitalized term is defined in the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement dated March 3, 2026, among Jeffrey B. Russell, as 2025 First Lien Agent, Ian Jacobs, as 2026 First Lien Agent, the Company and the Guarantor Subsidiaries (as defined therein)).

 

5.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The obligation of the Company to consummate the Merger is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Company) of the following additional conditions: 

 

(a) the Parent shall have obtained (and shall have provided copies thereof to the Company) the written consents of (i) all of the members of its Board of Directors of Parent to the execution, delivery and performance by each such entity of this Agreement and/or the other Transaction Documentation to which Parent such entity is a party, (ii) all the stockholders of Parent approving and adopting the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documentation to which the Parent is a party, (iii) all of the members of the Board of Directors of Acquisition Subsidiary to the execution, delivery and performance by each such entity of this Agreement and/or the other Transaction Documentation to which the Acquisition Subsidiary is a party, and (iv) the sole stockholder of Acquisition Subsidiary, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company;

 

(b) the Parent shall have obtained (and shall have provided copies thereof to the Company) all of the other waivers, permits, consents, approvals or other authorizations, and effected all of the registrations, filings and notices set forth on Schedule 5.1(b), except for waivers, permits, consents, approvals or other authorizations the failure of which to obtain or effect does not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(c) the representations and warranties of the Parent set forth in this Agreement (when read without regard to any qualification as to materiality or Parent Material Adverse Effect contained therein) shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct as of the Effective Time as though made as of the Effective Time (provided, however, that to the extent such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date), except for any untrue or incorrect representations and warranties that, individually or in the aggregate, do not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(d) each of the Parent and the Acquisition Subsidiary shall have performed or complied with its agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied with under this Agreement as of or prior to the Effective Time, except for such non-performance or non-compliance as does not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(e) no Legal Proceeding shall be pending wherein an unfavorable judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction would (i) prevent consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) cause any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following consummation, and no such judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction shall be in effect;

 

(f) the Board of Directors of the Parent and the stockholders of the Parent shall each have adopted the 2026 Plan and the ESPP (such stockholder approval subject to effectiveness in accordance with Regulation 14C of the Exchange Act, if applicable), and the Board of Directors of the Parent shall have approved the assumption of the Company Equity Plans and the Company Options;

 

(g) the Parent shall have delivered to the Company a certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer or President of the Parent (the “Parent Certificate”) to the effect that each of the conditions specified in clause (b) of Section 5.1 and clauses (a) through (e) (insofar as clause (e) relates to Legal Proceedings involving the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary) of this Section 5.1 has been satisfied in all respects;

 

(h) Each of the Parent and Acquisition Subsidiary shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, validly executed by the Secretary of the Parent and the Secretary of the Acquisition Subsidiary, as applicable, certifying as to (i) true, correct and complete copies of its certificate of incorporation and bylaws; (ii) the valid adoption by unanimous written consent of resolutions of the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Parent or Acquisition Subsidiary, as applicable (whereby this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereunder were unanimously approved by the board of directors and, if requested, the requisite vote of the stockholders of Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, as applicable); (iii) a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware dated within five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date; (iv) incumbency of the officers of the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary, as applicable, executing this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated by this Agreement; and (v) a true, correct and complete list of all stockholders of Parent as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and the shares of Parent Common Stock held by each such stockholder that are then-outstanding, which shares shall equal, in the aggregate, 2,700,000 shares of Parent Common Stock;

 

(i) the Share Cancellation Agreements executed by certain stockholders of the Parent concurrently with this Agreement shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been revoked, rescinded or otherwise repudiated by such stockholders of the Parent;

 

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(j) the Parent shall have delivered to the Company (i) evidence that the Parent’s Board of Directors is, as of the Effective Time, authorized to consist of five (5) individuals, (ii) evidence of the resignations of all individuals who served as directors and/or officers of the Parent as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, which resignations shall be effective as of the Effective Time, (iii) evidence of the appointment effective as of the Effective Time of the following persons to serve as directors immediately following the Effective Time: Laurence J. Marton and Saurabh Ranjan as the Class I directors, Chris Dawson and Sanjay Kotte as the Class II directors and Andreas Raptopoulos as the Class III director and (iv) evidence effective as of the Effective Time of the appointment of such executive officers of the Parent to serve immediately following the Effective Time as shall have been designated by the Company, including Andreas Raptopoulos, Chief Executive Officer, Alexander Norman-Elvenich, Chief Operating Officer, and Jason Secore, Chief Financial Officer;

 

(k) the Auditor Letter shall have been furnished to the Parent and the Parent shall have delivered a copy of such Auditor Letter to the Company, and the Parent Auditor shall have consented to the filing of the Auditor Letter in the Super 8-K;

 

(l) the Parent shall be in compliance in all material respects with all requirements of applicable securities laws, including, without limitation, the filing of reports required by the Exchange Act, and shall have taken all actions with respect thereto as shall be required or reasonably requested by the Company in connection therewith;

 

(m) the Parent shall have delivered to the Company a payoff letter executed by the individual listed on Schedule 5.1(m) (the “Debt Holder”) in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Debt Holder (the “Payoff Letter”) setting forth (x) the amount required to pay off the indebtedness owing to the Debt Holder, not to exceed $15,000 of expenses of the Parent advanced by the Debt Holder in preparing the Parent for the Transactions (such as registered agent and EDGAR filing fees and expenses and accounting or audit fees incurred prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement), and not more than $100,000 of other amounts previously advanced to the Parent by the Debt Holder for the Parent’s operating expenses, (y) upon payment of such amount, the termination of the contract with respect to such indebtedness and release of the Parent therefrom, and (z) the Debt Holder’s commitment to release at or prior to the Effective Time (subject to receipt of the payment in accordance with clause (y)) all liens that the Debt Holder may hold on the Parent prior to the Closing Date or an authorization for the Parent to do so; and

 

(n) the Parent shall have delivered the Pre-Merger Indemnity Agreements to the Company, duly executed by the Parent and the Parent Indemnified Executives.

 

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ARTICLE VI. DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of this Agreement, each of the following defined terms is defined in the Section of this Agreement indicated below.

 

Definition   Section
2026 Plan   4.9
Acquisition Subsidiary   INTRODUCTION
Agreement   INTRODUCTION
Auditor Letter   4.12
Bridge Notes   RECITALS
Bridge SPA   RECITALS
Bridge Warrants   1.8(f)
Business Day   1.2
Certificate of Merger   1.1
Closing   1.2
Closing Date   1.2
Code   RECITALS
Company   INTRODUCTION
Company Balance Sheet   2.7
Company Balance Sheet Date   2.7
Company Certificate   5.2(f)
Company Common Stock   1.5(a)
Company Confidential Information     4.4(a)
Company Consents   2.3
Company Disclosure Schedule   Article II
Company Equity Plan(s)   2.2
Company Financial Statements   2.7
Company Material Adverse Effect   2.1
Company Options   2.2
Company Preferred Stock   1.5(a)
Company Restricted Stock   1.8(e)
Company Stock   1.5(a)
Company Warrants   2.2
Conversion Ratio   1.5(a)
D&O Insurance   4.6(d)
D&O Tail Policies   4.6(d)
Defaulting Party   8.13
DGCL   1.1
Effective Time   1.1
Environmental Law   3.21(d)
ESPP   4.9
Exchange Act   1.13(b)
GAAP   2.1
Governmental Entity   2.4
Indemnified Executives   4.6(b)
Laws   2.4
Legal Proceeding   2.10
Lock-Up Agreements   RECITALS
Merger   RECITALS
Merger Shares   1.5(a)
Non-Defaulting Party   8.13
Offering Price   RECITALS
Parent   INTRODUCTION
Parent Auditor   3.27

 

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Parent Certificate   5.1(g)
Parent Common Stock   RECITALS
Parent Confidential Information   4.4(c)
Parent Disclosure Schedule   Article III
Parent Financial Statements   3.8
Parent Form 10   3.6
Parent Material Adverse Effect   3.1
Parent Options   1.8(a)
Parent Previous Filings   3.6
Parent Restricted Stock   1.8(e)
Parent SEC Filings   3.6
Party   INTRODUCTION
Payoff Letter   5.1(m)
Private Placement Offering   RECITALS
Purchaser Representative   1.13(a)
Referral Shares   1.16
Registration Rights Agreement   1.14(d)
Reasonable Best Efforts   1.14
SEC   1.13(a)
Securities Act   1.9(b)
Subsidiary   3.5
Super 8-K   4.3
Surviving Corporation   1.1
Tax Returns   1.14
Taxes   1.14
Transaction Documentation   3.3

 

ARTICLE VII. TERMINATION

 

7.1 Termination. Except as provided in Section 7.2, this Agreement may be terminated and the Merger abandoned at any time prior to the Closing only:

 

(a) by the mutual agreement of the Company and the Parent:

 

(b) by the Company or the Parent if the Closing Date shall not have occurred within ten (10) Business Days after the date hereof; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section (b) shall not be available to any party whose action or failure to act has been a principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the Merger to occur on or before such date and such action or failure to act constitutes a breach of this Agreement;

 

(c) by the Company if (i) any Law shall be in effect which has the effect of making the Merger illegal or otherwise prohibits or prevents the consummation of the Merger or (ii) the consummation of the Merger would violate any final and non-appealable order;

 

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(d) by the Company if it is not in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement and there has been a breach of or inaccuracy in any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the Parent contained in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Sections 5.1(c) or 5.1(d) would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or inaccuracy and such breach or inaccuracy has not been cured within ten (10) calendar days after written notice thereof to the Parent; provided, however, that no cure period shall be required (i) for a breach or inaccuracy which by its nature cannot be cured or (ii) if any of the conditions to Closing in Section 5.3 for the benefit of the Company are incapable of being satisfied on or before the Closing Date; or

 

(e) by the Parent if it is not in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement and there has been a breach of or inaccuracy in any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the Company contained in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Sections 5.2(b) or 5.2(c) would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or inaccuracy and such breach or inaccuracy has not been cured within ten (10) calendar days after written notice thereof to the Company; provided, however, that no cure period shall be required (i) for a breach or inaccuracy which by its nature cannot be cured or (ii) if any of the conditions to Closing in Section 5.2 for the benefit of the Parent are incapable of being satisfied on or before the Closing Date.

 

7.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 7.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability or obligation hereunder on the part of the Parent, the Acquisition Subsidiary or the Company, or their respective representatives, as applicable; provided, however, that each party hereto shall remain liable for any willful breaches of this Agreement, or any certificate or other instruments delivered pursuant to this Agreement prior to its termination; and provided further, however, that, the provisions of ARTICLE VIII (Miscellaneous) and this Section 7.2 shall remain in full force and effect and survive any termination of this Agreement pursuant to the terms of this ARTICLE VII.

 

ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1 Press Releases and Announcements. No Party shall issue any press release or public announcement relating to the subject matter of this Agreement without the prior written approval of the other Parties; provided, however, that any Party may make any public disclosure it believes in good faith is required by applicable Law or stock market rules (in which case the disclosing Party shall use reasonable efforts to advise the other Parties and provide them with a copy of the proposed disclosure prior to making the disclosure).

 

8.2 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that (a) the provisions in ARTICLE I concerning issuance of the Merger Shares is intended for the benefit of the Company Stockholders and (b) the provisions in Section 4.8 concerning indemnification are intended for the benefit of the Indemnified Executives and the Parent Indemnified Executives, respectively, and their respective successors and assigns.

 

8.3 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the documents referred to herein) constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties and supersedes any prior or (other than as set forth in the Transaction Documentation) contemporaneous understandings, agreements or representations by or among the Parties, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Schedules, schedules and similar documents and instruments delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall not be deemed part of this Agreement for purposes of Section 268(b) of the DGCL, but shall have the effects provided in this Agreement otherwise (including with respect to this Section 8.3).

 

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8.4 Succession and Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties named herein and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No Party may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the other Parties.

 

8.5 Counterparts and Facsimile Signature. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile signatures delivered by fax and/or e-mail/.pdf transmission shall be sufficient and binding as if they were originals and such delivery shall constitute valid delivery of this Agreement.

 

8.6 Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

8.7 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly delivered four Business Days after it is sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or one Business Day after it is sent for next Business Day delivery via a reputable nationwide overnight courier service, in each case to the intended recipient as set forth below:

 

If to the Company or the Company Stockholders:  

Matternet, Inc.

355 Ravendale Drive

Mountain View, CA 94043

Attention: Andreas Raptopoulos, CEO

     
With copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice hereunder):  

Cooley LLP

3175 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention: John McKenna

     
If to the Parent or the Acquisition Subsidiary (prior to the Closing):  

Los Altos Ventures Corp.

55 NE 5th Ave., Suite 401

Boca Raton, FL 33432

Attention: Ian Jacobs, CEO

     
With copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice hereunder):  

Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP

1185 Avenue of the Americas, 26th Floor

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Barrett S. DiPaolo

 

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Any Party may give any notice, request, demand, claim or other communication hereunder using any other means (including personal delivery, expedited courier, messenger service, telecopy, telex, ordinary mail or electronic mail), but no such notice, request, demand, claim or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given unless and until it actually is received by the Party for whom it is intended. Any Party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other Parties notice in the manner herein set forth.

 

8.8 Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim or dispute arising hereunder or relating hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal Laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of Law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of Laws of any jurisdictions other than those of the State of Delaware.

 

8.9 Amendments and Waivers. The Parties may mutually amend any provision of this Agreement at any time prior to the Effective Time; provided that no such amendment shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by all of the Parties. No waiver of any right or remedy hereunder shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Party giving such waiver. No waiver by any Party with respect to any default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder shall be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence.

 

8.10 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision hereof is invalid or unenforceable, the Parties agree that the court making the determination of invalidity or unenforceability shall have the power to limit the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified.

 

8.11 Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Delaware Court of Chancery and any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware) in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Agreement or the matters contemplated herein, agrees that process may be served upon such Party in any manner authorized by the Laws of the State of Delaware for such persons and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, and covenants not to assert or plead any objection 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 brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Any Party may make service on another Party by sending or delivering a copy of the process to the Party to be served at the address and in the manner provided for the giving of notices in Section 8.7. Nothing in this Section 8.11, however, shall affect the right of any Party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

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8.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BETWEEN THE PARTIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

 

8.13 Remedies; Specific Performance. The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof, and agree that in the event that any Party shall fail or refuse to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or if any default under or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or condition of this Agreement on the part of any Party (the “Defaulting Party”) shall have occurred that results in the failure to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, then in addition to the other remedies provided herein, the other Party or Parties (the “Non-Defaulting Party”) shall be entitled to seek and obtain money damages from the Defaulting Party, and shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to an order of specific performance thereof against the Defaulting Party from a court of competent jurisdiction, in each case without the requirement of posting any other bond or other type of security. In addition, the Non-Defaulting Party shall be entitled to obtain from the Defaulting Party court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with or in pursuit of enforcing the rights and remedies provided hereunder. Each of the Parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief on the basis that any other party has an adequate remedy at Law or that any award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at Law or in equity.

 

8.14 Survival. The representations or warranties in this Agreement and in any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time.

 

8.15 Construction.

 

(a) The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Party.

 

(b) Any reference to any federal, state, local or foreign statute or Law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization as of the date first above written.

 

  PARENT:
  LOS ALTOS VENTURES CORP.
   
  By: /s/ Ian Jacobs
    Name: Ian Jacobs
    Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
   
  ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY:
  MATTERNET ACQUISITION CO.
   
  By: /s/ Ian Jacobs
    Name: Ian Jacobs
    Title: President
   
  COMPANY:
  MATTERNET, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Andreas Raptopoulos
    Name: Andreas Raptopoulos
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Merger Agreement]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Pre-Merger Indemnity Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

STATE OF DELAWARE CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

FOR THE MERGER OF

MATTERNET ACQUISITION CO. WITH AND INTO MATTERNET, INC.

 

May 22, 2026

 

 

 

Pursuant to Section 251(c) of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

 

 

 

Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify to the following facts relating to the merger (the “Merger”) of Matternet Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), with and into the Corporation, with the Corporation remaining as the surviving corporation of the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”):

 

FIRST:  The name of each constituent corporation is Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Matternet Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation.

 

SECOND:  An Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of May 22, 2026 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Los Altos Ventures Corp., a Delaware corporation, Merger Sub and the Corporation has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the Corporation and Merger Sub and the requisite stockholders of each of the Corporation and of Merger Sub, the constituent corporations.

 

THIRD:  In accordance with the Merger Agreement and upon the effectiveness of this filing, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Corporation. The name of the Surviving Corporation of the Merger shall be “Matternet, Inc.”.

 

FOURTH:  Upon the effectiveness of the Merger, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as in effect immediately prior to the Merger, shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation.

 

FIFTH:  The Merger shall become effective upon filing of this Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the provisions of Sections 103 and 251(c) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

SIXTH:  The executed Merger Agreement is on file at an office of the Surviving Corporation at 355 Ravendale Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043.

 

SEVENTH:  A copy of the executed Merger Agreement will be furnished by the Surviving Corporation on request and without cost, to any stockholder of any constituent corporation of the Merger.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Merger to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

 

  Matternet, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Andreas Raptopoulos 
  Name: Andreas Raptopoulos
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

 

LOS ALTOS VENTURES CORP.

 

 

 

Los Altos Ventures Corp., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), does hereby certify that:

 

ONE: The name of this corporation is Los Altos Ventures Corp. The date of filing of the original certificate of incorporation of this corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was June 2, 2025.

 

TWO: This certificate of incorporation was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the DGCL, and has been duly approved by the written consent of the stockholders of this corporation in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.

 

THREE: Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation of this corporation, as heretofore amended, is hereby amended, integrated and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

Section 1.

 

The name of this corporation is Matternet, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

Section 2.

 

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801, and the name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Delaware at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 3.

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

 

Section 4.

 

Section 4.1 The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares that the Corporation is authorized to issue is 510,000,000 shares, consisting of 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

Section 4.2 The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) is hereby expressly authorized to provide for the issue of all or any of the unissued and undesignated shares of the Preferred Stock, in one or more series, and to fix the number of shares of such series and to determine for each such series, such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designation, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other rights and such qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, as shall be set forth in a certificate of designation adopted by the Board and filed in accordance with the DGCL.

 

 

 

Section 4.3 Irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, but subject to the terms of any certificate of designation filed with respect to any series of Preferred Stock, the holders of Preferred Stock and Common Stock shall vote together, and not as separate classes, on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation to increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock.

 

Section 4.4 Each outstanding share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on each matter properly submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their vote; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by applicable law, holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this certificate of incorporation (as amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) (including any certificate of designation filed with respect to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series of Preferred Stock are entitled, either separately or together as a class with the holders of one or more other affected series of Preferred Stock, to vote thereon pursuant to applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation filed with respect to any series of Preferred Stock).

 

Section 5.

 

For the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and in further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation, of its directors and stockholders, or any class thereof, as the case may be, it is further provided that:

 

Section 5.1 Management of the Business.

 

Except as otherwise provided by the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. Subject to any rights of the holders of shares of any one or more series of Preferred Stock then outstanding to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors that shall constitute the Board shall be fixed exclusively by the Board.

 

Section 5.2 Board of Directors

 

Subject to the rights of the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the directors shall be divided into three classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. Each class shall consist, as nearly as practicable, of a number of directors equal to one third of the number of members of the Board authorized as provided in Section 5.1. The Board is authorized to assign members of the Board already in office to such classes at the time the classification becomes effective. At the first annual meeting of stockholders following the filing of the Certificate of Incorporation (the “Filing Date”), the initial term of office of the Class I directors shall expire and Class I directors shall be elected for a full term of three years. At the second annual meeting of stockholders following the Filing Date, the initial term of office of the Class II directors shall expire and Class II directors shall be elected for a full term of three years. At the third annual meeting of stockholders following the Filing Date, the initial term of office of the Class III directors shall expire and Class III directors shall be elected for a full term of three years. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, directors shall be elected for a full term of three years to succeed the directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual meeting.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, each director shall serve until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board shall remove or shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

Section 5.3 Removal of Directors

 

Subject to the rights of the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock to remove directors elected by such series of Preferred Stock, any individual director or the entire Board may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause, and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally at an election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

Section 5.4 Vacancies.

 

Subject to any limitations imposed by applicable law and subject to the rights of the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors or fill vacancies in respect of such directors, any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, shall be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board, or by a sole remaining director, and not by the stockholders. Any director elected to fill a newly created directorship or vacancy in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders held to elect the class of directors to which such director is elected and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified or such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

Section 5.5 Preferred Stockholders Election Rights.

 

Whenever the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more such other series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, removal and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) applicable thereto. The number of directors that may be elected by the holders of any such series of Preferred Stock shall be in addition to the number fixed pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, and the total number of directors constituting the whole Board shall be automatically adjusted accordingly. Except as otherwise provided by the Board in the resolution or resolutions establishing such series, whenever the holders of any series of Preferred Stock having such right to elect additional directors are divested of such right pursuant to the provisions of such stock, the terms of office of all such additional directors elected by the holders of such stock, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of such additional directors, shall forthwith terminate (in which case each such director thereupon shall cease to be qualified as, and shall cease to be, a director) and the total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be reduced accordingly.

 

Section 5.6 Bylaw Amendments.

 

The Board is expressly authorized and empowered to adopt, amend or repeal any provisions of the bylaws of the Corporation (as amended from time to time, the “Bylaws”) without the assent or vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or the Certificate of Incorporation. The stockholders shall also have power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws; provided, however, that, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by applicable law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, such action by stockholders shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

 

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Section 5.7 Stockholder Actions.

 

a. The directors of the Corporation need not be elected by written ballot unless the Bylaws so provide.

 

b. Subject to any rights of the holders of shares of any one or more series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders and may not be effected by consent in lieu of a meeting, unless taking such action by consent in lieu of a meeting is approved by all directors of the Corporation then in office.

 

c. Subject to any rights of the holders of shares of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Board, but a special meeting may not be called by any other person or persons and any power of stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders is specifically denied. Only such business shall be considered at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been stated in the notice for such meeting.

 

Section 6.

 

No director or officer of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. Any amendment, modification or repeal of the foregoing sentence shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal. Solely for purposes of this Section 6, “officer” shall have the meaning provided in Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL.

 

Section 7.

 

Section 7.1 Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and any appellate court therefrom shall be the sole and exclusive forum for: (A) any derivative claim or cause of action brought on behalf of the Corporation; (B) any claim or cause of action that is based upon a violation of a duty owed by any current or former director, officer, other employee or stockholder of the Corporation, to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders; (C) any claim or cause of action against the Corporation or any current or former director, officer or other employee of the Corporation, arising out of or pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws; (D) any claim or cause of action seeking to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws (including any right, obligation, or remedy thereunder); (E) any claim or cause of action as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; and (F) any claim or cause of action against the Corporation or any current or former director, officer or other employee of the Corporation, governed by the internal-affairs doctrine or otherwise related to the Corporation’s internal affairs, in all cases to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law; provided, however, that if the designation of such court as the sole and exclusive forum for a claim or action referred to in foregoing clauses (A) through (F) of this Section would violate applicable law, then the United States District Court for the District of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for such claim or cause of action.

 

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Section 7.2 Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including all causes of action asserted against any defendant named in such complaint. For the avoidance of doubt, this provision is intended to benefit and may be enforced by the Corporation, its officers and directors, the underwriters for any offering giving rise to such complaint, and any other professional entity whose profession gives authority to a statement made by that person or entity and who has prepared or certified any part of the documents underlying the offering.

 

Section 8.

 

Section 8.1 Any person or entity holding, owning, or otherwise acquiring any interest in any security of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 8.2 The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal, at any time and from time to time, any provision contained in the Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, except as provided in Section 8.3, and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon the stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation are granted subject to this reservation. For the avoidance of doubt, but subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, Section 242(d) of the DGCL shall apply to amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 8.3 Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of applicable law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by applicable law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or any certificate of designation filed with respect to a series of Preferred Stock, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter, amend or repeal (whether by merger, consolidation, conversion or otherwise), or adopt any provision inconsistent with, Sections 5, 6, 7 and this Section 8.

 

Section 9.

 

Section 9.1 If any provision or provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of the Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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The Corporation has caused this certificate of incorporation to be signed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation on May 22, 2026.

 

  Matternet, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Andreas Raptopoulos
    Andreas Raptopoulos
    Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.3

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

 

MATTERNET, INC.

(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)

 

 

 

section 1.

Offices

 

Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of Matternet, Inc. (the “Corporation”) in the State of Delaware and the name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address shall be as set forth in the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation (as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”).

 

Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may at any time establish other offices both within and without the State of Delaware.

 

section 2.

Corporate Seal

 

Section 2.1 Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) may adopt a corporate seal. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

 

section 3.

Stockholders’ Meetings

 

Section 3.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be determined from time to time by the Board (or its designee). The Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as provided under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”) and Section 3.9 below.

 

Section 3.2 Annual Meetings.

 

(a) The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, for the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may properly come before it, shall be held on such date and time as may be determined from time to time by the Board (or its designee). Any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board may be postponed, rescheduled or cancelled by the Board, or any director or officer of the Corporation to whom the Board delegates such authority, at any time before or after notice of such meeting has been given to stockholders. Nominations of persons for election to the Board and proposals of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders: (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting of stockholders (or any supplement thereto); (ii) by or at the direction of the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof; or (iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving the stockholder’s notice provided for in Section 3.2(b) of these bylaws (as may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Bylaws”) and who is a stockholder of record at the time of the annual meeting of stockholders, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.2. For the avoidance of doubt, clause (iii) above shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations and submit other business before an annual meeting of stockholders.

 

 

 

(b) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as is a proper matter for stockholder action under the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws, and only such nominations shall be made and such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures below.

 

(1)For nominations for the election to the Board to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 3.2(a), the stockholder must deliver written notice to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation on a timely basis as set forth in Section 3.2(b)(3) and must update and supplement the information contained in such written notice on a timely basis as set forth in Section 3.2(c). Such stockholder’s notice shall include: (A) as to each nominee such stockholder proposes to nominate at the meeting: (1) the name, age, business address and residence address of such nominee, (2) the principal occupation or employment of such nominee, (3) the class or series and number of shares of each class or series of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned of record and beneficially by such nominee and list of any pledge of or encumbrances on such shares, (4) the date or dates on which such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, (5) the questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 3.2(e), completed and signed by such nominee, and (6) all other information concerning such nominee as would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of such nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved and whether or not proxies are being or will be solicited), or that is otherwise required to be disclosed or provided to the Corporation pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) (including such person’s written consent to being named in a proxy statement, associated proxy card and other filings as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (B) all of the information required by Section 3.2(b)(4). The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or to serve on any committee or sub-committee of the Board, in either case under any applicable stock exchange listing requirements, applicable law or the Policies, or that the Board determines, in good faith, could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the background, qualifications, experience, independence, or lack thereof, of such proposed nominee. The number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at an annual meeting on its own behalf (or in the case of a stockholder giving the notice on behalf of a beneficial owner, the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at an annual meeting on behalf of such beneficial owner) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such annual meeting. A stockholder may not designate any substitute or alternate nominees unless the stockholder provides timely notice of such substitute or alternate nominee(s) in accordance with this Section 3.2, in the case of an annual meeting, or Section 3.3, in the case of a special meeting (and such notice contains all of the information, representations, questionnaires and certifications with respect to such substitute or alternate nominee(s) that are required by the Bylaws with respect to nominees for director).

 

(2)For business other than nominations for the election to the Board to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 3.2(a), the stockholder must deliver written notice to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation on a timely basis as set forth in Section 3.2(b)(3), and must update and supplement the information contained in such written notice on a timely basis as set forth in Section 3.2(c). Such stockholder’s notice shall include: (A) as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, and any material interest (including any anticipated benefit of such business to any Proponent (as defined below) other than solely as a result of its ownership of the Corporation’s capital stock, that is material to any Proponent individually, or to the Proponents in the aggregate) in such business of any Proponent; and (B) all of the information required by Section 3.2(b)(4).

 

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(3)To be timely, the written notice required by Section 3.2(b)(1) or 3.2(b)(2) must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 90th day, nor earlier than the 120th day, prior to the first anniversary of the immediately preceding year’s annual meeting (for purposes of notice required for action to be taken at the Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders, the date of the immediately preceding year’s annual meeting shall be deemed to have occurred on June 1st in such immediately preceding calendar year); provided, however, that, subject to the last sentence of this Section 3.2(b)(3), in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 70 days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, or if no annual meeting was held (or deemed to have been held), notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the later of the close of business on (i) the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or (ii) the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall an adjournment or postponement (or the public announcement thereof) of an annual meeting for which notice has been given, or for which a public announcement of the date of the meeting has been made by the Corporation, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

(4)The written notice required by Sections 3.2(b)(1) or 3.2(b)(2) shall also include, as of the date of the notice and as to the stockholder giving the notice, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made and any affiliate who controls either of the foregoing stockholder or beneficial owner, directly or indirectly (each, a “Proponent” and collectively, the “Proponents”): (A) the name and address of each Proponent, including, if applicable, such name and address as they appear on the Corporation’s books and records; (B) the class, series and number of shares of each class or series of the capital stock of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) by each Proponent (provided, that for purposes of this Section 3.2(b)(4), such Proponent shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own all shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation as to which such Proponent or any of its affiliates or associates has a right to acquire beneficial ownership whether immediately or at any time in the future); (C) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether oral or in writing) with respect to such nomination or proposal (and/or the voting of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, other than a revocable proxy given in response to a proxy solicitation made to 10 or more persons) between or among any Proponent and any of its affiliates or associates, and/or any other persons (including their names) including without limitation, any agreements, arrangements or understandings required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 5 or Item 6 of 1934 Act Schedule 13D, regardless of whether the requirement to file a Schedule 13D is applicable; (D) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of shares of the Corporation at the time of giving notice, will be entitled to vote at the meeting, and that such stockholder (or a qualified representative thereof) intends to appear at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice (with respect to a notice under Section 3.2(b)(1)) or to propose the business that is specified in the notice (with respect to a notice under Section 3.2(b)(2)); (E) a representation whether any Proponent or any other participant (as defined in Item 4 of Schedule 14A under the 1934 Act) will engage in a solicitation with respect to such nomination or proposal and, if so, the name of each participant in such solicitation and the amount of the cost of solicitation that has been and will be borne, directly or indirectly, by each participant in such solicitation, and a representation as to whether the Proponents intend or are part of a group which intends (x) to deliver, or make available, a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s voting shares required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee, (y) to otherwise solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination and/or (z) to solicit proxies in support of any proposed nominee in accordance with Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the 1934 Act; (F) a description of all Derivative Transactions (as defined below) by each Proponent during the previous 12-month period, including the date of the transactions and the class, series and number of securities involved in, and the material economic or voting terms of, such Derivative Transactions; (G) a certification regarding whether each Proponent has complied with all applicable federal, state and other legal requirements in connection with such Proponent’s acquisition of shares of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation and/or such Proponent’s acts or omissions as a stockholder or beneficial owner of the Corporation; and (H) any other information relating to each Proponent required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14 of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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(c) A stockholder providing the written notice required by Section 3.2(b)(1) or (2) shall update and supplement such notice in writing, if necessary, so that the information (other than the representations required by Section 3.2(b)(4)(E)) provided or required to be provided in such notice is true and correct in all material respects as of (i) the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting and (ii) the date that is five Business Days (as defined below) prior to the meeting and, in the event of any adjournment or postponement thereof, five Business Days prior to such adjourned or postponed meeting; provided, that no such update or supplement shall cure or affect the accuracy (or inaccuracy) of any representations made by any Proponent, any of its affiliates or associates, or a nominee or the validity (or invalidity) of any nomination or proposal that failed to comply with this Section 3.2 or is rendered invalid as a result of any inaccuracy therein. In the case of an update and supplement pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 3.2(c), such update and supplement must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five Business Days after the later of the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting or the public announcement of such record date. In the case of an update and supplement pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 3.2(c), such update and supplement shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than two Business Days prior to the date for the meeting, and, in the event of any adjournment or postponement thereof, two Business Days prior to such adjourned or postponed meeting (or if there are fewer than two Business Days between the date for the meeting, or the date of the immediately preceding adjournment or postponement thereof, and the date for the adjourned or postponed meeting, not later than the day prior to such adjourned or postponed meeting).

 

(d) Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.2(b)(3) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board at least 10 days before the last day a stockholder may deliver a notice of nomination in accordance with Section 3.2(b)(3), a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 3.2 and that complies with the requirements in Section 3.2(b)(1), other than the timing requirements in Section 3.2(b)(3), shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

(e) To be eligible to be a nominee for election or re-election as a director of the Corporation pursuant to a nomination under clause (iii) of Section 3.2(a) or clause (ii) of Section 3.3(c), each Proponent must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Sections 3.2(b)(3), 3.2(d) or 3.3(c), as applicable) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background, qualifications, stock ownership and independence of such proposed nominee and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (in the form provided by the Secretary within 10 days following a written request therefor by a stockholder of record) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary within 10 days following written request therefor by a stockholder of record) that such person (i) is not and will not become a party to (A) any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether oral or in writing) with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed in the questionnaire or (B) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law; (ii) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether oral or in writing) with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director of the Corporation or a nominee that has not been disclosed in such questionnaire; (iii) would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with, all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation that are publicly disclosed or which were provided by the Secretary with the written representation and agreement required by this Section 3.2(e) (together, the “Policies”); and (iv) if elected as a director of the Corporation, intends to serve the entire term until the next meeting at which such candidate would face re-election.

 

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(f) A person shall not be eligible for election or re-election as a director, unless the person is nominated, in the case of an annual meeting, in accordance with clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 3.2(a) and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.2(b), Section 3.2(c), Section 3.2(d), Section 3.2(e) and Section 3.2(f), as applicable, or in the case of a special meeting, in accordance with Section 3.3(c) of the Bylaws and the requirements thereof. Only such business shall be conducted at any annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with Section 3.2(a) and in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.2(b), Section 3.2(c) and Section 3.2(f), as applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Bylaws, unless otherwise required by applicable law, in the event that any Proponent (i) provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) promulgated under the 1934 Act with respect to one or more proposed nominees and (ii) subsequently (x) fails to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the 1934 Act (or fails to timely provide reasonable evidence sufficient to satisfy the Corporation that such Proponent has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) promulgated under the 1934 Act in accordance with the next sentence) or (y) fails to inform the Corporation that they no longer plan to solicit proxies in accordance with the requirements of Rule 14a-19 under the 1934 Act by delivering a written notice to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of such change, then the nomination of each such proposed nominee shall be disregarded (and such nominee disqualified from standing for election or re-election), notwithstanding that the nominee is included (as applicable) as a nominee in the Corporation’s proxy statement, notice of meeting or other proxy materials for any stockholder meeting (or any supplement thereto) and notwithstanding that proxies or votes in respect of the election of such proposed nominees may have been received by the Corporation (which proxies and votes shall be disregarded). If any Proponent provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) promulgated under the 1934 Act, such Proponent shall deliver to the Corporation, no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the applicable meeting, reasonable evidence sufficient to demonstrate that it has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) promulgated under the 1934 Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, and for the avoidance of doubt, the nomination of any person whose name is included (as applicable) as a nominee in the Corporation’s proxy statement, notice of meeting or other proxy materials for any stockholder meeting (or any supplement thereto) as a result of any notice provided by any Proponent pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) promulgated under the 1934 Act with respect to such proposed nominee and whose nomination is not made by or at the direction of the Board or any authorized committee thereof shall not be deemed (for purposes of clause (i) of Section 3.2(a) or otherwise) to have been made pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) and any such nominee may only be nominated by a Proponent pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 3.2(a) and, in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, pursuant to and to the extent permitted under Section 3.3(c). Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the chairperson of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made, or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Bylaws (including, without limitation, compliance with Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the 1934 Act) and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with the Bylaws, or the Proponent does not act in accordance with the representations required in this Section 3.2, to declare that such proposal or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded (and such nominee disqualified from standing for election or re-election), or that such business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that such proposal or nomination is set forth in (as applicable) the Corporation’s proxy statement, notice of meeting or other proxy materials and notwithstanding that proxies or votes in respect of such nomination or such business may have been solicited or received. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.2, unless otherwise required by applicable law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded (and such nominee disqualified from standing for election or re-election) and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that such nomination or proposed business is set forth in (as applicable) the Corporation’s proxy statement, notice of meeting or other proxy materials and notwithstanding that proxies or votes in respect of such vote may have been solicited or received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 3.2, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager, trustee or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders, and such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, shall be provided to the Secretary of the Corporation at least five Business Days prior to the meeting of stockholders.

 

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(g) For purposes of Sections 3.2 and 3.3,

 

(1)“affiliates” and “associates” shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”);

 

(2)“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks are closed in New York City, New York;

 

(3)“close of business” means 6:00 p.m. local time at the principal executive offices of the Corporation on any calendar day, whether or not the day is a Business Day;

 

(4)“Derivative Transaction” means any agreement, arrangement, interest or understanding entered into by, or on behalf or for the benefit of, any Proponent or any of its affiliates or associates, whether record or beneficial: (A) the value of which is derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares or other securities of the Corporation; (B) that otherwise provides any direct or indirect opportunity to gain or share in any gain derived from a change in the value of securities of the Corporation; (C) the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss, manage risk or benefit from changes in value or price with respect to any securities of the Corporation; or (D) that provides the right to vote (other than a revocable proxy given in response to a proxy solicitation made to 10 or more persons) or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Proponent, or any of its affiliates or associates, directly or indirectly, with respect to any securities of the Corporation, which agreement, arrangement, interest or understanding may include, without limitation, any option, warrant, debt position, note, bond, convertible security, swap, stock appreciation or similar right, short position, profit interest, hedge, right to dividends, voting agreement, performance-related fee or arrangement to borrow or lend shares (whether or not subject to payment, settlement, exercise or conversion in any such class or series), and any proportionate interest of such Proponent in the securities of the Corporation held by any general or limited partnership, or any limited liability company, of which such Proponent is, directly or indirectly, a general partner or managing member; and

 

(5)“public announcement” means disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Business Wire, GlobeNewswire or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or by such other means reasonably designed to inform the public or security holders in general of such information, including, without limitation, posting on the Corporation’s investor relations website.

 

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Section 3.3 Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may only be called in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board may be postponed, rescheduled or cancelled by the Board, or any director or officer to whom the Board has delegated such authority, at any time before or after notice of such meeting has been given to stockholders.

 

(b) The Board (or its designee) shall determine the date and time of such special meeting. Upon determination of the date, time and place, if any, of the meeting, the Secretary shall cause a notice of meeting to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.4.

 

(c) Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected (i) by or at the direction of the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving notice provided for in this paragraph and who is a stockholder of record at the time of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with Sections 3.2(b)(1), 3.2(b)(4), 3.2(c), 3.2(e) and 3.2(f). The number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at a special meeting on its own behalf (or in the case of a stockholder giving the notice on behalf of a beneficial owner, the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at a special meeting on behalf of such beneficial owner) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such special meeting. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of submitting a proposal to stockholders for the election of one or more directors, any such stockholder of record entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if written notice setting forth the information required by Sections 3.2(b)(1) and 3.2(b)(4) shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the 90th day prior to such meeting or (ii) the tenth day following the day on which the Corporation first makes a public announcement of the date of the special meeting at which directors are to be elected. The stockholder shall also update and supplement such information as required under Section 3.2(c). In no event shall an adjournment or a postponement (or the public announcement thereof) of a special meeting for which notice has been given, or for which a public announcement of the date of the meeting has been made by the Corporation, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

(d) A person shall not be eligible for election or re-election as a director at the special meeting unless the person is nominated either in accordance with clause (i) or clause (ii) of Section 3.3(c). Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the chairperson of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination was made in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination is not in compliance with the Bylaws (including, without limitation, compliance with Rule 14a-19 under the 1934 Act), or if the Proponent does not act in accordance with the representations required in Section 3.2, to declare that such nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded (and such nominee disqualified from standing for election or re-election), notwithstanding that such nomination is set forth in (as applicable) the Corporation’s proxy statement, notice of meeting or other proxy materials and notwithstanding that proxies or votes in respect of such nomination may have been solicited or received. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.3, unless otherwise required by applicable law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder (meeting the requirements specified in Section 3.2(f)) does not appear at the special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination, such nomination shall be disregarded (and such nominee disqualified from standing for election or re-election), notwithstanding that the nomination is set forth (as applicable) in the Corporation’s proxy statement, notice of meeting or other proxy materials and notwithstanding that proxies or votes in respect of such nomination may have been solicited or received by the Corporation.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Sections 3.2 and 3.3, a stockholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in Sections 3.2 and 3.3, and any failure to comply with such requirements shall be deemed a failure to comply with Sections 3.2 or 3.3, as applicable; provided, however, that, to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law, any references in the Bylaws to the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to proposals and/or nominations to be considered pursuant to Sections 3.2(a)(iii) and 3.3(c). Nothing in the Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of holders of any class or series of preferred stock to nominate and elect directors pursuant to and to the extent provided in any applicable provision of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 3.4 Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, notice of each meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of such meeting. Such notice shall specify the date, time and place, if any, of the meeting, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such record date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at any such meeting, and, in the case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes of the meeting. Notice shall be deemed given as provided in Section 232 of the DGCL.

 

Section 3.5 Quorum and Vote Required. At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by the Bylaws, the presence, in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

Unless a different or minimum vote is provided by law or by applicable stock exchange rules, or by the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, in which case such different or minimum vote shall be the applicable vote on the matter, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on such matter, voting affirmatively or negatively (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) shall be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote in the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, except as required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or classes or series, present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter. Unless a different or minimum vote is provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws or any applicable stock exchange rules, in which case such different or minimum vote shall be the applicable vote on the matter, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority (or plurality, in the case of the election of directors) of the votes cast on such matter, voting affirmatively or negatively (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) shall be the act of such class or classes or series.

 

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Section 3.6 Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned Meetings. Any meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time either by the chairperson of the meeting or by the stockholders by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast, voting affirmatively or negatively (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes). When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, if any, (including an adjournment taken to address a technical failure to convene or continue a meeting using remote communication) notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed present in person and may vote at such meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken or are (i) displayed, during the time scheduled for the meeting, on the same electronic network used to enable stockholders and proxy holders to participate in the meeting by means of remote communication or (ii) set forth in the notice of meeting given in accordance with Section 3.4. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

 

Section 3.7 Voting Rights. For the purpose of determining those stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders or adjournment thereof, except as otherwise provided by applicable law, only persons in whose names shares stand on the stock records of the Corporation on the record date shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy. No proxy shall be voted after three years from its date of creation unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot. Any stockholder directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other stockholders must use a proxy card color other than white, which shall be reserved for the exclusive use by the Board.

 

Section 3.8 List of Stockholders. The corporation shall prepare, no later than the tenth day before each meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder; provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect all of the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date. Nothing in this Section 3.8 shall require the corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of ten days ending on the day before the meeting date: (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation.

 

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Section 3.9 Remote Communication; Delivery to the Corporation.

 

(a) If authorized by the Board in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a stockholder meeting may, by means of remote communication:

 

(1)participate in a meeting of stockholders; and

 

(2)be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder, (ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings, and (iii) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

 

(b) Whenever Section 3.2 or 3.3 requires one or more persons (including a record or beneficial owner of capital stock) to deliver a document or information to the Corporation or any officer, employee or agent thereof (including any notice, request, questionnaire, revocation, representation or other document or agreement), such document or information shall be in writing exclusively (and not in an electronic transmission) and shall be delivered exclusively by hand (including, without limitation, overnight courier service) or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested and the Corporation shall not be required to accept delivery of any document not in such written form or so delivered.

 

Section 3.10 Organization.

 

(a) At every meeting of stockholders, a person designated by the Board shall act as chairperson of the meeting of stockholders. If no chairperson of the meeting of stockholders is so designated, then the Chairperson of the Board, or if no Chairperson has been appointed, is absent or refuses to act, the Chief Executive Officer, or if no Chief Executive Officer is then serving or the Chief Executive Officer is absent or refuses to act, the President, or, if the President is absent or refuses to act, a chairperson of the meeting chosen by the stockholders by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast, voting affirmatively or negatively (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes), shall act as chairperson of the meeting of stockholders. A person designated by the Board shall act as secretary of the meeting. If no secretary of the meeting is designated, then the Secretary, or, in the Secretary’s absence, an Assistant Secretary or other officer or other person directed to do so by the chairperson of the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

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(b) The Board shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board, if any, the chairperson of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairperson, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairperson shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters that are to be voted on by ballot. The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the chairperson of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

(c) The Corporation may and shall, if required by applicable law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairperson of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of inspector, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspectors shall: (1) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each; (2) determine the shares represented at a meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots; (3) count all votes and ballots; (4) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors; and (5) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting, and their count of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of the duties of the inspectors. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots, the inspectors shall be limited to an examination of the proxies, any envelopes submitted with those proxies, any information provided in accordance with Sections 211(e) or 212(c)(2) of the DGCL, or any information provided pursuant to Sections 211(a)(2)b.(i) or (iii) of the DGCL, ballots and the regular books and records of the Corporation, except that the inspectors may consider other reliable information for the limited purpose of reconciling proxies and ballots submitted by or on behalf of banks, brokers, their nominees or similar persons which represent more votes than the holder of a proxy is authorized by the record owner to cast or more votes than the stockholder holds of record. If the inspectors consider other reliable information for the limited purpose permitted herein, the inspectors at the time they make their certification pursuant to Section 231(b)(5) of the DGCL shall specify the precise information considered by them including the person or persons from whom they obtained the information, when the information was obtained, the means by which the information was obtained and the basis for the inspectors’ belief that such information is accurate and reliable.

 

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section 4.

Directors

 

Section 4.1 Number. The authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 4.2 Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board, except as may be otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL.

 

Section 4.3 Terms. The terms of directors shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 4.4 Vacancies; Newly Created Directorships. Vacancies and newly created directorships on the Board shall be filled as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, except as otherwise required by applicable law.

 

Section 4.5 Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by delivering such director’s notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time of delivery of the notice or at any later time specified therein. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the director whose place shall be vacated and until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

Section 4.6 Removal. Directors shall be removed as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 4.7 Meetings.

 

(a) Regular Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, regular meetings of the Board may be held at any time or date and at any place, if any, within or outside of the State of Delaware that has been designated by the Board and publicized among all directors, either orally or in writing, by telephone, including a voice-messaging system or other system designed to record and communicate messages, facsimile or by electronic mail or other electronic means. No further notice shall be required for regular meetings of the Board.

 

(b) Special Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the Board may be held at any time and place, if any, within or without the State of Delaware as designated and called by the Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer (if a director) or by a majority of the directors then in office.

 

(c) Meetings by Electronic Communications Equipment. Any member of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

(d) Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of the time and place, if any, of all special meetings of the Board shall be given orally or in writing, by telephone, including a voice messaging system or other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages, or by electronic mail or other means of electronic transmission at least 24 hours before the date and time of the meeting. If notice is sent by U.S. mail, it shall be sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least three days before the date of the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting of the Board need be specified in any such notice.

 

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Section 4.8 Quorum and Voting.

 

(a) Except as otherwise required by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, a quorum of the Board shall consist of a majority of the authorized number of directors fixed from time to time by the Board in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation; provided, however, at any meeting whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting to another time, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting.

 

(b) At each meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present, all questions and business shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, unless a different vote be required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws.

 

Section 4.9 Action without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. After an action is taken, such consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

 

Section 4.10 Fees and Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, the Board, or any duly authorized committee thereof, shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity.

 

Section 4.11 Committees.

 

(a) Committees. The Board may, from time to time, appoint such committees as may be permitted by applicable law. Such committees appointed by the Board shall consist of one or more members of the Board and to the extent permitted by applicable law and provided in the resolution of the Board shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopting, amending or repealing any Bylaw of the Corporation.

 

(b) Term. The Board, subject to any requirements of any outstanding series of preferred stock and the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section 4.11, may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee. The membership of a committee member shall terminate on the date of such committee member’s death, such person’s resignation from the committee or on such date that the committee member, for any reason, is no longer a member of the Board. The Board may at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member and the Board may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, and, in addition, in the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

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(c) Meetings. Unless the Board shall otherwise provide, regular meetings of any committee appointed pursuant to this Section 4.11 shall be held at such times and places, if any, as are determined by the Board, or by any such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to each member of such committee, no further notice of such regular meetings need be given thereafter. Special meetings of any such committee may be held at such place, if any, that has been determined from time to time by such committee, and may be called by any director who is a member of such committee, upon notice to the members of such committee of the time and place, if any, of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving of notice to members of the Board of the time and place, if any, of special meetings of the Board. Unless otherwise provided by the Board in the resolutions authorizing the creation of the committee, the presence of at least a majority of the members of the committee then serving shall be necessary to constitute a quorum unless the committee shall consist of one or two members, in which event one member shall constitute a quorum; and all matters shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting of the committee at which a quorum is present.

 

Section 4.12 Duties of Chairperson of the Board. The Board shall elect from its ranks a Chairperson of the Board. The Chairperson of the Board shall perform such other duties customarily associated with the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board shall designate from time to time. The Chairperson of the Board, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the Board in accordance with Section 4.13 of the Bylaws.

 

Section 4.13 Organization. At every meeting of the directors, the Chairperson of the Board shall act as chairperson of the meeting. If a Chairperson has not been appointed or is absent, the Chief Executive Officer (if a director), or, if no Chief Executive Officer is then serving or the Chief Executive Officer is absent, the President (if a director), or, in the absence of any such person, a chairperson of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside over the meeting. The Secretary, or in the Secretary’s absence, any Assistant Secretary or other officer, director or other person directed to do so by the person presiding over the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

section 5.

Officers

 

Section 5.1 Officers Designated. The officers of the Corporation shall include, if and when designated by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, one or more Vice Presidents, the Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer and the Treasurer. The Board may also appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers and such other officers and agents with such powers and duties as it shall deem appropriate or necessary. The Board may assign such additional titles to one or more of the officers as it shall deem appropriate. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the Corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws.

 

Section 5.2 Tenure and Duties of Officers.

 

(a) General. All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, subject to such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board or by a committee thereof to which the Board has delegated such responsibility or, if so authorized by the Board, by the Chief Executive Officer or another officer of the Corporation.

 

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(b) Duties of Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall preside, if a director, at all meetings of the Board, unless a Chairperson of the Board has been appointed and is present thereat. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board, shall have the general powers and duties of supervision, direction, management and control of the business and officers of the Corporation as are customarily associated with the position of Chief Executive Officer. To the extent that a Chief Executive Officer has been appointed and no President has been appointed, all references in the Bylaws to the President shall be deemed references to the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform other duties customarily associated with the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board shall designate from time to time.

 

(c) Duties of President. The President shall preside, if a director, at all meetings of the Board, unless a Chairperson of the Board or Chief Executive Officer has been appointed and is present and willing to act. Unless another officer has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board, shall have the general powers and duties of supervision, direction, management and control of the business and officers of the Corporation as are customarily associated with the position of chief executive officer. The President shall perform other duties customarily associated with the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board (or the Chief Executive Officer, if the Chief Executive Officer and President are not the same person and the Board has delegated the designation of the President’s duties to the Chief Executive Officer) shall designate from time to time.

 

(d) Duties of Secretary and Assistant Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board and shall record, or cause to be recorded, all acts, votes and proceedings thereof in the minute books of the Corporation. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice in conformity with the Bylaws of all meetings of the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board and any committee thereof requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform all other duties provided for in the Bylaws and other duties customarily associated with the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers, as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, or if no Chief Executive Officer is then serving, the President shall designate from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer, or if no Chief Executive Officer is then serving, the President may direct any Assistant Secretary or other officer to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform other duties customarily associated with the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, or if no Chief Executive Officer is then serving, the President shall designate from time to time.

 

(e) Duties of Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the Corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the Corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. The Treasurer, subject to the order of the Board, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform other duties customarily associated with the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, or if no Chief Executive Officer is then serving, the President shall designate from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer, or if no Chief Executive Officer is then serving, the President may direct any Assistant Treasurer or other officer to assume and perform the duties of the Treasurer in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, and each Assistant Treasurer shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, or if no Chief Executive Officer is then serving, the President shall designate from time to time.

 

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Section 5.3 Delegation of Authority. The Board may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

 

Section 5.4 Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board, the Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. Any such resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons to whom such notice is given, unless a later time is specified therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective at such later time. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of any such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract with the resigning officer.

 

Section 5.5 Removal. Any officer may be removed from office at any time, either with or without cause, by the Board, or by any duly authorized committee thereof or any officer upon whom such power of removal may have been conferred by the Board.

 

section 6.

Execution Of Corporate Instruments And Voting Of Securities Owned By The Corporation

 

Section 6.1 Execution of Corporate Instruments. The Board may, in its discretion, determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person or persons, to execute, sign or endorse on behalf of the Corporation any corporate instrument or document, or to sign on behalf of the Corporation the corporate name without limitation, or to enter into contracts on behalf of the Corporation, except where otherwise provided by applicable law or the Bylaws, and such execution or signature shall be binding upon the Corporation.

 

(a) All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on funds to the credit of the Corporation or in special accounts of the Corporation shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board shall from time to time authorize so to do.

 

(b) Unless otherwise specifically determined by the Board or otherwise required by applicable law, the execution, signing or endorsement of any corporate instrument or document by or on behalf of the Corporation may be effected manually, by facsimile or (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law and subject to such policies and procedures as the Corporation may have in effect from time to time) by electronic signature.

 

(c) Unless authorized or ratified by the Board or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.

 

Section 6.2 Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation. All stock and other securities of or interests in other corporations or entities owned or held by the Corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies and consents with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of the Board, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President.

 

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section 7.

Shares Of Stock

 

Section 7.1 Form and Execution of Certificates. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, or shall be uncertificated if so provided by resolution or resolutions of the Board. Certificates for the shares of stock of the Corporation, if any, shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock in the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by any two authorized officers of the Corporation (including, without limitation, the Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary), certifying the number, and the class or series, of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation in certificated form. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.

 

Section 7.2 Lost Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. The Corporation may require, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or the owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond (or other adequate security) sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed or the issuance of such new certificate(s) or uncertificated shares.

 

Section 7.3 Transfers.

 

(a) Transfers of record of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by attorney duly authorized, and, in the case of stock represented by certificate, upon the surrender of a properly endorsed certificate or certificates for a like number of shares.

 

(b) The Corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes or series of stock of the Corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the Corporation of any one or more classes or series owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.

 

Section 7.4 Fixing Record Dates.

 

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall, subject to applicable law, not be more than 60 nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting. If the Board so fixes a record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of such meeting, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determining the stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.4(a).

 

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(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating to such action.

 

Section 7.5 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

 

Section 7.6 Additional Powers of the Board. In addition to, and without limiting, the powers set forth in the Bylaws, the Board shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it shall deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, including the use of uncertificated shares of stock, subject to the provisions of the DGCL, other applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws. The Board may appoint and remove transfer agents and registrars of transfers, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of any such transfer agent and/or any such registrar of transfers.

 

section 8.

Other Securities Of The Corporation

 

Section 8.1 Execution of Other Securities. All bonds, debentures and other corporate securities of the Corporation, other than stock certificates (covered in Section 7.1), may be signed by the Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board; provided, however, that where any such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature, or where permissible facsimile signature, of a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be issued, the signatures of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond, debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons. Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation or such other person as may be authorized by the Board, or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be such officer before the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the Corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the Corporation.

 

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section 9.

Dividends

 

Section 9.1 Declaration of Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law, if any, may be declared by the Board. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.

 

Section 9.2 Dividend Reserve. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board from time to time, in its absolute discretion, determines proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose or purposes as the Board shall determine to be conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Board may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

section 10.

Fiscal Year

 

Section 10.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board and may be changed by the Board.

 

section 11.

Indemnification

 

Section 11.1 Indemnification of Directors, Executive Officers, Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents.

 

(a) Directors and Executive Officers. The Corporation shall indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in a Proceeding, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or executive officer (for the purposes of this Section 11.1, “executive officer” has the meaning defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the 1934 Act) of the Corporation, or while serving as a director or executive officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, whether the basis of such Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or executive officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director or executive officer, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith; provided, however, that the Corporation will not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any director or executive officer in connection with any Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) the Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board or (ii) the Proceeding (or part thereof) is initiated to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses as provided under subsection (d) of this Section 11.1 or is a compulsory counterclaim brought by such person.

 

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(b) Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents. The Corporation shall have power to indemnify and advance expenses to its other officers, employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

 

(c) Expenses. The Corporation shall advance to any current or former director or executive officer of the Corporation, or to any person, who while serving as a director or executive officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by such person in defending (or participating as a witness in) any Proceeding referred to in Section 11.1(a), or in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under subsection (d) of this Section 11.1, provided, however, that any advancement of expenses incurred by a current or former director or executive officer in such director’s or executive officer’s capacity as a director or executive officer will be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified or entitled to advancement for such expenses under this Section 11.1 or otherwise.

 

(d) Enforcement. Without the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to current and former directors and executive officers under this Section 11.1 will be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between the Corporation and such director or executive officer. Any right to indemnification or advancement of expenses granted by this Section 11.1 to a current or former director or executive officer will be enforceable by or on behalf of the person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses is denied, in whole or in part, (ii) no disposition of a claim for indemnification is made within 60 days of request therefor, or (iii) no disposition of a claim for an advance is made within 30 days of request therefor. The indemnitee in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, will be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending the claim to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. In (i) any suit brought to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, will be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by a current or former director or executive officer to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the director or executive officer is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Section 11.1 or otherwise is on the Corporation.

 

(e) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Section 11.1 are not exclusive of any other right that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any applicable law, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office. The Corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL.

 

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(f) Survival of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Section 11.1 will continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or executive officer and will inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

(g) Insurance. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Corporation may purchase insurance on behalf of any person required or permitted to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 11.1.

 

(h) Amendments. Any repeal or modification of this Section 11.1 is only prospective and does not affect the rights under this Bylaw in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that is the cause of any Proceeding against any current or former director or executive officer of the Corporation.

 

(i) Saving Clause. If this Section 11 or any portion hereof is invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation will nevertheless indemnify and advance expenses to each director and executive officer to the full extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this Section 11 that has not been invalidated, or by any. If this Section 11 is invalid due to the application of the indemnification and advancement provisions of another jurisdiction, then the Corporation will indemnify and advance expenses to each director and executive officer to the full extent under applicable law.

 

(j) Certain Definitions. For the purposes of this Section 11, the following definitions apply:

 

(1)The term “Proceeding” is to be broadly construed and includes, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

 

(2)The term “expenses” is to be broadly construed and includes, without limitation, court costs, attorneys’ fees, witness fees, fines, amounts paid in settlement or judgment and any other costs and expenses of any nature or kind incurred in connection with any proceeding.

 

(3)The term the “Corporation” includes, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger that, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, stands in the same position under the provisions of this Section 11 with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

(4)References to “fines” include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan.

 

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section 12.

Notices

 

Section 12.1 Notices.

 

(a) Notice to Stockholders. Notice to stockholders of stockholder meetings shall be given as provided in Section 3.4. Without limiting the manner by which notice may otherwise be given effectively to stockholders under any agreement or contract with such stockholder, and except as otherwise required by applicable law, notice to stockholders for purposes other than stockholder meetings may be sent by U.S. mail or courier service, facsimile or by electronic mail or other means of electronic transmission in accordance with Section 232 of the DGCL.

 

(b) Notice to Directors. Any notice required to be given to any director may be given by the method stated in subsection (a) or as otherwise provided in the Bylaws, with notice other than one that is delivered personally to be sent to such address or electronic mail address as such director shall have filed in writing with the Secretary, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known address or electronic mail address of such director.

 

(c) Affidavit of Mailing. An affidavit of notice, executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the Corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected, or other agent, specifying the name and address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving the same, shall in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained.

 

(d) Methods of Notice. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all recipients of notice, but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others.

 

(e) Notice to Person with Whom Communication is Unlawful. Whenever notice is required to be given, under applicable law or any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting that shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.

 

(f) Notice to Stockholders Sharing an Address. Except as otherwise prohibited under the DGCL, any notice given under the provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Such consent shall have been deemed to have been given if such stockholder fails to object in writing to the Corporation within 60 days of having been given notice by the Corporation of its intention to send the single notice. Any consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation.

 

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(g) Waiver. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws.

 

section 13.

Amendments

 

Section 13.1 Amendments. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 11.1(h) or the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. The stockholders also shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation; provided, however, that, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by applicable law or by the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation)), such action by stockholders shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

 

This Indemnity Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of May 22, 2026, is entered into by and among Los Altos Ventures Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Matternet” and together with the Parent, the “Companies”), and the undersigned Indemnitee (the “Indemnitee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, Indemnitee is a director on the board of directors of the Parent (the “Parent Board of Directors”) and/or an officer of the Parent, and/or a director or an officer of Merger Sub (hereinafter defined), and in such capacity(ies) is performing valuable services for the Parent; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parent, Matternet Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Merger Sub”), and Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Matternet”) plan to enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) substantially concurrently with the date hereof, pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub shall merge with and into Matternet, with Matternet remaining as the surviving entity and as a wholly-owned operating subsidiary of the Parent (the “Merger”); and

 

WHEREAS, it is intended that Indemnitee shall, to the extent applicable, be paid promptly by the Companies all amounts necessary to effectuate in full the indemnity provided herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants in this Agreement, and of Indemnitee and the Companies intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Indemnification. Subject to the limitations set forth herein and in Section 5 hereof, the Companies hereby agree to indemnify Indemnitee as follows:

 

The Companies shall, from and after the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), with respect to any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined), indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by (in the case of the Parent) Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Parent or Merger Sub in effect on the date hereof or as such law or constitutive document may from time to time be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent such amendment permits the relevant Company to provide broader indemnification rights than applicable Law or constitutive document permitted the applicable Company to provide before such amendment). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Companies shall not be required to indemnify Indemnitee for acts or omissions of Indemnitee constituting fraud, gross negligence, intentional misconduct or breach of the duty of loyalty. The right to indemnification conferred herein and in the constitutive documents of the Companies shall be presumed to have been relied upon by Indemnitee in serving the Parent and shall be enforceable as a contract right. Without in any way diminishing the scope of the indemnification provided by this Section 1, the Companies will, from and after the Effective Time, indemnify Indemnitee against Expenses (as hereinafter defined) and Liabilities (as hereinafter defined) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on its behalf in connection with the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such Proceeding (as defined below). In addition to, and not as a limitation of, the foregoing, the rights of indemnification of Indemnitee provided under this Agreement shall include those rights set forth in Section 7 below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after the Effective Time, the Companies shall be required to indemnify Indemnitee in connection with a Proceeding commenced by Indemnitee (other than a Proceeding commenced by Indemnitee to enforce Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement) only if the commencement of such Proceeding was authorized by the Parent Board following the Effective Time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Parent nor Matternet shall have any obligation to indemnify the Indemnitee to the extent such indemnification would not be permitted under Section 145 of the DGCL or the Parent’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, in the case of Parent, or the Matternet certificate of incorporation or bylaws, in each case as in effect on the date hereof.

 

 

 

 

2. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings. Upon making a request for indemnification, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, and the Companies shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in reaching any contrary determination. Except as determined by a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to Indemnitee, the termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, arbitration award or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not affect this presumption or establish a presumption with regard to any factual matter relevant to determining Indemnitee’s rights to indemnification hereunder.

 

3. Advancement of Expenses. To the extent not prohibited by applicable Law (as hereinafter defined), from and after the Effective Time, the Companies shall advance the Expenses or Liabilities incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding, and such advancement shall be made within thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt by the Companies of a statement or statements requesting such advances (which shall include invoices received by Indemnitee in connection with such Expenses or Liabilities but, in the case of invoices in connection with legal services, any references to legal work performed or to expenditures made that would cause Indemnitee to waive any privilege accorded by applicable Law shall not be included with the invoice) and upon request of the Companies, an undertaking to repay the Expenses or Liabilities so advanced if and to the extent that it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Companies. Advances shall be unsecured, interest free and without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the expenses. Advances shall include any and all Expenses and/or Liabilities actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee pursuing an action to enforce Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under this Agreement, or otherwise and this right of advancement, including Expenses and/or Liabilities incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. Indemnitee acknowledges that the execution and delivery of this Agreement shall constitute an undertaking providing that Indemnitee shall, to the fullest extent required by applicable Law, repay the advance if and to the extent that it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The right to advances under this Section shall continue until final disposition of any proceeding, including any appeal therein. This Section 3 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 14(e)(ii) below.

 

4. Procedure for Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification.

 

(a) Whenever Indemnitee believes that he or she is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit a written request for indemnification or advancement of expenses to the Companies. Any request for indemnification or advancement of expenses shall include sufficient documentation or information reasonably available to Indemnitee for the determination of entitlement to indemnification or advancement of expenses. In any event, Indemnitee shall submit Indemnitee’s claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses within a reasonable time, not to exceed sixty calendar (60) days, after any judgment, order, settlement, dismissal, arbitration award, conviction, acceptance of a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or final termination, whichever is the later date for which Indemnitee requests indemnification.

 

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(b) Independent Legal Counsel (as hereinafter defined) shall determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses. The determination of Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification or advancement of expenses shall be made not later than ninety calendar (90) days after the Companies’ receipt of Indemnitee’s written request for such indemnification or advancement of expenses, provided that any request for indemnification or advancement of expenses for Liabilities, other than amounts paid in settlement, shall have been made after a determination thereof in a Proceeding.

 

5. Specific Limitations on Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Companies shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity or payment to Indemnitee in connection with any claim against Indemnitee:

 

(a) to the extent that payment is actually made to Indemnitee under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise or is made to Indemnitee by either of the Companies or affiliates otherwise than pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the availability of such insurance, Indemnitee also may claim indemnification from the Companies pursuant to this Agreement by assigning to the Companies any claims under such insurance to the extent Indemnitee is paid by the Companies;

 

(b) for Liabilities in connection with Proceedings settled without the Companies’ consent, which consent, however, shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed;

 

(c) in no event shall the Companies be liable to pay the fees and disbursements of more than one counsel in any single Proceeding except to the extent that, in the written opinion of counsel of the Indemnitee, the Indemnitee has conflicting interests in the outcome of such Proceeding;

 

(d) to the extent it would be otherwise prohibited by applicable Law, if so established by a final judgment or other final adjudication adverse to Indemnitee;

 

(e) for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Companies within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law;

 

(f) in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Companies or their directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the commencement of such Proceeding was authorized by the Parent Board of Directors (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation and following the Effective Time, or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable Law; or

 

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(g) for any reimbursement of the Companies by Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Companies, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Companies of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), if Indemnitee is held liable therefor.

 

6. Fees and Expenses of Independent Legal Counsel. The Companies agree to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Legal Counsel and to fully indemnify such Independent Legal Counsel against any and all reasonable expenses and losses incurred by any of them arising out of or relating to this Agreement or their engagement pursuant hereto.

 

7. Remedies of Indemnitee.

 

(a) In the event that (i) a determination pursuant to Section 4 hereof is made that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, (ii) payment has not been timely made following a determination of entitlement to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) the person or persons empowered to make a determination pursuant to Section 4 hereof shall have failed to make the requested determination within ninety calendar (90) days after the Companies’ receipt of Indemnitee’s written request for such indemnification or advancement of expenses, or (iv) Indemnitee otherwise seeks enforcement of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to a final adjudication in a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware of the remedy sought.

 

(b) If a determination that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification has been made pursuant to Section 4 hereof, or is deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 4 hereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Companies shall be bound by such determination in the absence of a misrepresentation or omission of a material fact by Indemnitee in connection with such determination.

 

(c) The Companies shall be precluded from asserting that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable. The Companies shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Companies are bound by all the provisions of this Agreement and are precluded from making any assertion to the contrary.

 

(d) Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with Indemnitee’s request for indemnification under, seeking enforcement of or to recover damages for breach of this Agreement shall be borne by the Companies when and as incurred by Indemnitee, to the extent it is determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification hereunder.

 

8. Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable Law, in the event the Companies are obligated to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement and the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Companies, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Companies and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Companies (and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).

 

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9. Modification, Waiver, Termination and Cancellation. No supplement, modification, termination, cancellation or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by all of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

 

10. Subrogation. In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Companies shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Companies effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

11. Notice by Indemnitee and Defense of Claim. Indemnitee shall promptly notify the Companies in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any matter, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative for which such Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or an advancement of expenses hereunder, but the omission so to notify either of the Companies will not relieve such Company, as applicable, from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee if such omission does not prejudice the Companies’ rights. If such omission does prejudice the Companies’ rights, the Companies will be relieved from liability only to the extent of such prejudice. No such omission shall relieve the Companies of any liability they may otherwise have to Indemnitee outside of this Agreement under applicable law, the Companies’ constitutive documents or any agreements.

 

12. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly delivered and received hereunder (a) one business day after being sent for next business day delivery, fees prepaid, via a reputable international overnight courier service, (b) upon delivery in the case of delivery by hand, or (c) on the date delivered in the place of delivery if sent by email (with a written or electronic confirmation of delivery from the recipient, excluding any automated response) prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, otherwise on the next succeeding business day, in each case to the intended recipient as set forth below:

 

(a)

If to the Parent

(prior to Merger closing):

Los Altos Ventures Corp.
    55 NE 5th Ave., Suite 401
    Boca Raton, Florida 33432
    Attention: Ian Jacobs, CEO

 

(b) If to Matternet: Matternet, Inc.
   

355 Ravendale Drive

Mountain View, CA 94043

    Attention: Andreas Raptopoulos
     
(c) If to Indemnitee: The address set forth on the signature page hereto.

 

or any party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other parties notice in the manner herein set forth.

 

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13. Non-Exclusivity. The rights of Indemnitee hereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may be entitled under applicable law, the Companies’ constitutive documents, or any agreements, vote of stockholders, resolution of the Boards of Directors or otherwise with respect to any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined) associated with Indemnitee acting in his official capacity as an officer and director of the Parent arising out of or pertaining to actions relating to the approval of and entering into the Merger Agreement, the Transaction Documentation (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the Merger and each of the transactions contemplated thereby, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time.

 

14. Certain Definitions.

 

(a) “Expenses” shall include all direct and indirect costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcripts, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, all other disbursements or out-of-pocket expenses) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with either the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of a Proceeding or establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification under this Agreement, applicable Law or otherwise; provided, however, that “Expenses” shall not include any Liabilities.

 

(b) “Independent Legal Counsel” means a law firm or a member of a firm selected by the Companies and approved by Indemnitee (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Legal Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Companies or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under this Agreement.

 

(c) “Law” means federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational, Governmental Entity or other constitution, law, statute, ordinance, principle of common law, rule, regulation, code, governmental determination, order, writ, injunction, decree, treaty, convention, governmental certification requirement or other public limitation, U.S. or non-U.S., including Tax and U.S. antitrust laws.

 

(d) “Liabilities” means liabilities of any type whatsoever including, but not limited to, any judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of any Proceeding.

 

(e) “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending or completed action, claim, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, administrative hearing or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that (i) is asserted or claimed or otherwise arises after the Effective Time, (ii) is associated with Indemnitee’s actions as an officer and/or director of the Parent arising out of or pertaining to actions relating to the approval of and entering into the Merger Agreement, the Transaction Documentation (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the Merger and each of the transactions contemplated thereby, including any action brought by or in the right of the Parent or Merger Sub, and (iii) is not initiated or brought by one or more Indemnitee(s).

 

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15. Binding Effect; Duration and Scope of Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Companies), spouses, heirs and personal and legal representatives. This Agreement shall continue in effect for six (6) years subsequent to the date of this Agreement, regardless of whether Indemnitee continues to serve as director or an officer of the Parent.

 

16. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement (or any portion thereof) shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever:

 

(a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and

 

(b) to the fullest extent legally possible, the provisions of this Agreement shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent of any provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

17. Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim or dispute arising hereunder or relating hereto shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, as applied to contracts between Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely within the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of laws rules.

 

18. Consent to Jurisdiction. The Companies and Indemnitee each irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware for all purposes in connection with any action or Proceeding that arises out of or relates to this Agreement and agree that any action instituted under this Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of the State of Delaware.

 

19. Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents the entire agreement between the parties hereto, and there are no other agreements, contracts or understandings between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. This Agreement and any documents relating to it may be executed and transmitted to any other party by email of a PDF, which PDF shall be deemed to be, and utilized in all respects as, an original, wet-inked document.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

LOS ALTOS VENTURES CORP.

 
     

By:

 
Name:  
Its:  
   

MATTERNET, INC.

 
     

By:

   
Name: Andreas Raptopoulos  
Its: Chief Executive Officer  
     

INDEMNITEE

 
     

By:

   
Name:    
Address:     
     
     
     

 

[Signature Page to Indemnity Agreement]

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

This Indemnification Agreement is dated as of _______, 2026 (this “Agreement”) and is between Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and ________________ (“Indemnitee”).

 

Background

 

The Company believes that in order to attract and retain highly competent persons to serve as directors or in other capacities, including as officers, it must provide such persons with adequate protection through indemnification against the risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their services to and activities on behalf of the Company.

 

The Company desires and has requested Indemnitee to serve as a director and/or executive officer of the Company and, in order to induce the Indemnitee to serve in such capacity, the Company is willing to grant the Indemnitee the indemnification provided for herein. Indemnitee is willing to so serve on the basis that such indemnification be provided.

 

The parties by this Agreement desire to set forth their agreement regarding indemnification and the advancement of expenses.

 

In consideration of Indemnitee’s service to the Company, the covenants and agreements set forth below and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Indemnification.

 

To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”):

 

(a) The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is made or is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, as a witness or otherwise, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought in the right of the Company or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory or investigative and whether formal or informal, including appeals, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director and/or executive officer of the Company, or, while serving in such capacity, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in any such capacity, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement.

 

(b) The indemnification provided by this Section 1 shall be from and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals.

 

(c) If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for a portion of any expenses, losses, liabilities, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by Indemnitee, but not for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for such portion.

 

 

 

Section 2. Advance Payment of Expenses. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by Indemnitee in appearing at, participating in or defending any action, suit or proceeding or in connection with an enforcement action as contemplated by Section 3(e), shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding within 30 days after receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances (including any invoices received by Indemnitee, which invoices may be redacted as necessary to avoid the waiver of any privilege accorded by applicable law) from time to time. The Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay any amounts advanced (without interest) to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled under this Agreement to be indemnified by the Company in respect thereof. Such repayment obligation shall be unsecured and shall not bear interest. The Company shall not impose on Indemnitee additional conditions to advancement or require from Indemnitee additional undertakings regarding repayment other than the execution of this Agreement. The Company agrees that for the purposes of any advancement of expenses for which Indemnitee has made a written demand in accordance with this Agreement, all expenses included in such demand that are certified by affidavit of Indemnitee’s counsel as being reasonable shall be presumed conclusively to be reasonable. This Section 2 shall be subject to Section 3(b) and shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 6 and Section 7.

 

Section 3. Procedure for Indemnification; Notification and Defense of Claim.

 

(a) Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company hereunder, notify the Company in writing of the commencement thereof. The failure to promptly notify the Company of the commencement of the action, suit or proceeding, or of Indemnitee’s request for indemnification, will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee hereunder, except to the extent the Company is actually and materially prejudiced in its defense of such action, suit or proceeding as a result of such failure. To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request therefor including such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to enable the Company to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification.

 

(b) With respect to any action, suit or proceeding of which the Company is so notified as provided in this Agreement, the Company shall, subject to the last two sentences of this paragraph, be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, with counsel reasonably acceptable to Indemnitee, upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any subsequently-incurred fees of separate counsel engaged by Indemnitee with respect to the same action, suit or proceeding unless the employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized in writing by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Indemnitee, based on the advice of his or her counsel, shall have reasonably concluded (with written notice being given to the Company setting forth the basis for such conclusion) that, in the conduct of any such defense, there is or is reasonably likely to be a conflict of interest or position between the Company and Indemnitee with respect to a significant issue, then the Company will not be entitled, without the written consent of Indemnitee, to assume such defense. In addition, the Company will not be entitled, without the written consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Company.

 

(c) To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Company’s assumption of the defense of an action, suit or proceeding in accordance with paragraph 3(b) will constitute an irrevocable acknowledgement by the Company that any loss and liability suffered by Indemnitee and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement by or for the account of Indemnitee incurred in connection therewith are indemnifiable by the Company under Section 1 of this Agreement.

 

(d) The determination whether to grant Indemnitee’s indemnification request shall be made promptly and in any event within 30 days following the Company’s receipt of a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 3(a). If the Company determines that Indemnitee is entitled to such indemnification or, as contemplated by paragraph 3(c) the Company has acknowledged such entitlement, the Company will make payment to Indemnitee of the indemnifiable amount within such 30 day period. If the Company is not deemed to have so acknowledged such entitlement or the Company’s determination of whether to grant Indemnitee’s indemnification request shall not have been made within such 30 day period, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, subject to Section 6, nonetheless be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under the DGCL.

 

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(e) In the event that (i) the Company determines in accordance with this Section 3 that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, in whole or in part, under this Agreement, (ii) the Company fails to respond or make a determination of entitlement to indemnification within 30 days following receipt of a request for indemnification as described above, (iii) payment of indemnification is not made within such 30 day period, (iv) advancement of expenses is not timely made in accordance with Section 2, or (v) the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, the Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in any court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of expenses. Indemnitee’s expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with successfully establishing Indemnitee’s right to indemnification or advancement of expenses, in whole or in part, in any such proceeding or otherwise shall also be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

 

(f) Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification and advancement of expenses under this Agreement upon submission of a request therefor in accordance with Section 2 or Section 3 of this Agreement, as the case may be. The Company shall have the burden of proof in overcoming such presumption, and such presumption shall be used as a basis for a determination of entitlement to indemnification and advancement of expenses unless the Company overcomes such presumption by clear and convincing evidence.

 

Section 4. Insurance and Subrogation.

 

(a) The Company may purchase and maintain a policy or policies of insurance, providing Indemnitee with coverage for any liability asserted against, and incurred by, Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director and/or executive officer of the Company, or, while serving in such capacity, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or arising out of Indemnitee’s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify Indemnitee against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement. If the Company has such insurance in effect at the time the Company receives from Indemnitee any notice of the commencement of an action, suit or proceeding, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the policy. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policy.

 

(b) In the event of any payment by the Company under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee with respect to any insurance policy. Indemnitee shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights in accordance with the terms of such insurance policy. The Company shall pay or reimburse all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such subrogation.

 

(c) The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under this Agreement or any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

 

Section 5. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(a) The term “action, suit or proceeding” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute mechanism or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

 

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(b) The term “by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director and/or executive officer of the Company, or, while serving in such capacity, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any actual or alleged act or omission to act.

 

(c) The term “expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, all direct and indirect costs of any type or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, all attorneys’ fees and related disbursements, appeal bonds, other out-of-pocket costs and reasonable compensation for time spent by Indemnitee for which Indemnitee is not otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party), actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with either the investigation, defense or appeal of an action, suit or proceeding or establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise incurred in connection with a claim that is indemnifiable hereunder.

 

(d) The term “judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, all direct and indirect payments of any type or nature whatsoever, as well as any penalties or excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan).

 

Section 6. Limitation on Indemnification. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Agreement:

 

(a) Claims Initiated by Indemnitee. To indemnify or advance expenses to Indemnitee with respect to an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof), however denominated, initiated by Indemnitee, except with respect to any compulsory counterclaim brought by Indemnitee or an action, suit or proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Agreement (which shall be governed by the provisions of Section 6(b) of this Agreement), unless such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).

 

(b) Action for Indemnification. To indemnify Indemnitee for any expenses incurred by Indemnitee with respect to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, unless Indemnitee is successful in such action, suit or proceeding in establishing Indemnitee’s right, in whole or in part, to indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder (in which case such indemnification or advancement shall be to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL), or unless and to the extent that the court in such action, suit or proceeding shall determine that, despite Indemnitee’s failure to establish their right to indemnification, Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification for such expenses; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6(b) is intended to limit the Company’s obligations with respect to the advancement of expenses to Indemnitee in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, as provided in Section 2 hereof.

 

(c) Certain Exchange Act Claims. To indemnify Indemnitee in connection with any action, suit or proceeding made against Indemnitee for (i) an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by the Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) or (iii) any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any compensation pursuant to any compensation recoupment or clawback policy adopted by the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, including but not limited to any such policy adopted to comply with stock exchange listing requirements implementing Section 10D of the Exchange Act.

 

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(d) Fraud or Willful Misconduct. To indemnify Indemnitee on account of conduct by Indemnitee where such conduct has been determined by a final (not interlocutory) judgment or other adjudication of a court or arbitration or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as to which there is no further right or option of appeal or the time within which an appeal must be filed has expired without such filing to have been knowingly fraudulent or constitute willful misconduct.

 

(e) Prohibited by Law. To indemnify Indemnitee in any circumstance where such indemnification has been determined by a final (not interlocutory) judgment or other adjudication of a court or arbitration or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as to which there is no further right or option of appeal, or the time within which an appeal must be filed has expired without such filing having been made, to be prohibited by law.

 

Section 7. Certain Settlement Provisions. The Company shall have no obligation to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any action, suit or proceeding without the Company’s prior written consent. The Company shall not settle any action, suit or proceeding in any manner that would impose any fine or other obligation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s prior written consent. Neither the Company nor Indemnitee will unreasonably withhold his, her, its or their consent to any proposed settlement.

 

Section 8. Savings Clause. If any provision or provisions (or portion thereof) of this Agreement shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought in the right of the Company or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, including appeals, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director and/or executive officer of the Company, or, while serving in such capacity, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, from and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Agreement that shall not have been invalidated.

 

Section 9. Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for herein is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or in part, it is agreed that, in such event, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, contribute to the payment of all of Indemnitee’s loss and liability suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals, in an amount that is just and equitable in the circumstances; provided that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such contribution shall not be required where such holding by the court is due to any limitation on indemnification set forth in Section 4(c), 6 (other than clause (e)) or 7 hereof.

 

Section 10. Form and Delivery of Communications. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand, upon receipt by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (c) mailed by reputable overnight courier, one day after deposit with such courier and with written verification of receipt, or (d) sent by email or facsimile transmission, with receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has been received. Notice to the Company shall be directed to Matternet, Inc., 355 Ravendale Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043, Attention: Andreas Raptopoulos.

 

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Section 11. Nonexclusivity. The provisions for indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights which Indemnitee may have under any provision of law, in any court in which a proceeding is brought, the Company’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws, other agreements or otherwise, and Indemnitee’s rights hereunder shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of Indemnitee. No amendment or alteration of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any other agreement shall adversely affect the rights provided to Indemnitee under this Agreement.

 

Section 12. No Construction as Employment Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as giving Indemnitee any right to be retained as a director of the Company or in the employ of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided under this Agreement shall continue as to the Indemnitee even though Indemnitee may have ceased to be a director or executive officer of the Company.

 

Section 13. Interpretation of Agreement. It is understood that the parties hereto intend this Agreement to be interpreted and enforced so as to provide indemnification to Indemnitee to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the DGCL.

 

Section 14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents expressly referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the matters covered hereby, and any other prior or contemporaneous oral or written understandings or agreements with respect to the matters covered hereby are expressly superseded by this Agreement.

 

Section 15. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification, waiver or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement may not be terminated by the Company without Indemnitee’s prior written consent.

 

Section 16. Successor and Assigns. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

 

Section 17. Service of Process and Venue. The Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (a) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (b) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (c) appoint, to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, irrevocably COGENCY GLOBAL INC. located at 850 New Burton Road, Suite 201, City of Dover, County of Kent, 19904 as its agent in the State of Delaware as such party’s agent for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (d) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (e) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.

 

Section 18. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall make a final determination that the provisions of the law of any state other than Delaware govern indemnification by the Company of Indemnitee, then the indemnification provided under this Agreement shall in all instances be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted under such law, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary.

 

Section 19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument, notwithstanding that both parties are not signatories to the original or same counterpart.

 

Section 20. Headings and Section References. The section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Section references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

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This Indemnification Agreement has been duly executed and delivered to be effective as of the date stated above.

 

  MATTERNET, INC.
     
  By  
  Name: Andreas Raptopoulos
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

  INDEMNITEE
   
 
  Signature of Indemnitee
   
 
  Print or Type Name of Indemnitee

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

This Subscription Agreement (this “Agreement”) has been entered into by and between the purchaser set forth on the Omnibus Signature Page hereof (the “Purchaser”) and Los Altos Ventures Corp. (to be renamed “Matternet, Inc.” upon consummation of the Merger (as defined below)), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with a private placement offering (the “Offering”) by the Company of Common Stock (as defined below).

 

R E C I T A L S

 

A. The Company is offering, pursuant to this Agreement and the Other Subscription Agreements (as defined below), a minimum of 4,666,666 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $3.00 per share (the “Per Share Purchase Price”), for an aggregate purchase price of $14,000,000 (the “Minimum Offering Amount”), and a maximum of 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock at the Per Share Purchase Price for an aggregate purchase price of

$24,000,000 (the “Maximum Offering Amount”).

 

B. The Company may also sell an additional 3,333,333 shares of Common Stock at the Per Share Purchase Price for an aggregate purchase price of $10,000,000 to cover over-subscriptions (the “Over- Subscription Option”), in the event the Offering is oversubscribed.

 

C. The Initial Closing (as defined below) in an amount no less than the Minimum Offering Amount is contingent upon, and shall be consummated simultaneously with, the closing of a reverse triangular merger in accordance with the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, to be dated on or prior to the Initial Closing Date (as defined below) (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Matternet Acquisition Co., a newly formed, wholly owned acquisition subsidiary of the Company incorporated in Delaware (“Merger Sub”), and Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be renamed “Matternet Operations, Inc.” upon consummation of the Merger) (“Matternet,” and, collectively with the Company and Merger Sub, the “Merger Parties”), pursuant to which (i) Merger Sub will merge with and into Matternet, with Matternet surviving the merger as a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”), (ii) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Matternet will be cancelled in exchange for shares of the Company’s Common Stock, (iii) all outstanding Matternet vested or unvested options, warrants, and convertible debt will be either cancelled or assumed by the Company, or exchanged for new securities to acquire Common Stock of the Company, at the same ratio at which outstanding shares of capital stock of Matternet are exchanged, with appropriate adjustments to the per share exercise or conversion price thereof, and otherwise on their original terms and conditions, and (iv) the Bridge Notes (as defined below) will be converted into shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The total number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock that will be issued to pre-Merger securityholders of Matternet or reserved for issuance upon exercise of warrants, options and any other convertible or exchangeable securities of Matternet is expected to be approximately 45,000,000 (subject to rounding for fractions) shares, which includes shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under outstanding pre-Merger Matternet incentive options and other incentive awards to be assumed by, or exchanged for, options and other incentive awards of, the Company.

 

 

 

 

D. Upon the closing of the Merger and at least the Minimum Offering Amount, $6,000,000 outstanding principal amount of Matternet’s 10% Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (the “Bridge Notes”) issued in March 2026, will convert into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $2.40 per share (2,500,000 shares), and investors in the Bridge Notes will receive warrants to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which the Bridge Notes are converted (2,500,000 shares), with an exercise price per share of $3.00, with a term of five (5) years (the “Bridge Warrants”). The Bridge Warrants will have an option for cashless (net) exercise at any time after the Registration Effectiveness Deadline (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below)) when there is no effective registration statement registering, or such registration statement is not available for, the resale of the shares issuable upon exercise of the Bridge Warrants. The Bridge Warrants will have price-based weighted average antidilution protection, subject to customary exceptions, including, but not limited to, issuances of awards under the EIP (as defined below) and sales under the ESPP (as defined below), as well as customary adjustment provisions for stock splits, share dividends, fundamental transactions, etc. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, such price-based weighted average anti-dilution protection will terminate six (6) months after the Common Stock is first listed on any market tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, the New York Stock Exchange or NYSE American (each, an “Exchange”). In connection with the sale of the Bridge Notes, Matternet paid to certain of the Placement Agents (as defined below) cash commissions of four percent (4.0)% of the aggregate principal amount of the Bridge Notes.

 

E. Before the Initial Closing (as defined below), the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) will have adopted and its stockholders will have approved: (i) a tax-qualified equity incentive plan reserving 3,825,000 shares of Common Stock for the future issuance, at the discretion of the Board, of incentive awards to officers, employees, consultants and directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries (the “EIP”), and (ii) a tax-qualified employee stock purchase plan reserving 675,000 shares of Common Stock for future purchase by employees (the “ESPP”). In accordance with the terms of the EIP, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the EIP will be increased on the date six (6) months after the date that the Common Stock is first listed on an Exchange and on each annual anniversary thereof, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) five percent (5.0%) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the day immediately preceding such date and on each annual anniversary thereof and (ii) such lesser amount as determined by the Board in its discretion. In accordance with the terms of the ESPP, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP will be increased on the first day of each calendar year beginning on the date six (6) months after the date that the Common Stock is first listed on an Exchange in an amount equal to the lesser of: (i) one percent (1.0%) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the day immediately preceding such date and on each annual anniversary thereof, (ii) 2,000,000 shares and (iii) such lesser amount as determined by the Board in its discretion.

 

F. All officers and directors of Matternet, including any person that will be an officer or director of the Company following the consummation of the Merger, and the holders of substantially all equity securities of Matternet that will receive shares of Common Stock to be issued in the Merger (each a “Restricted Holder”) have entered into customary lock-up agreements (the “Lock-Up Agreements”) with the Company (which will be assigned to the Placement Agents upon the Initial Closing) for a term commencing upon the closing of the Merger and ending on the date that is six (6) months after the date on which the Common Stock is first listed on an Exchange, whereby they have agreed to certain restrictions on the sale, transfer or other disposition of all of the Common Stock, and any securities convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock, held by (or issuable to) them (other than any Common Stock purchased by such Restricted Holder(s) in the Offering). The Lock-Up Agreements contain customary transfer exceptions.

 

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G. Holders of Common Stock of the Company prior to the Merger will retain an aggregate of 2,700,000 shares of Common Stock immediately following the consummation of the Merger.

 

H. At the Initial Closing, the Company will issue 104,166 shares of Common Stock to two certain advisors (the “Advisor Shares”).

 

I. On or before the consummation of the Merger, the Company will change its name to “Matternet, Inc.” and Matternet will change its name to “Matternet Operations, Inc.”

 

J. The Shares (as defined below) subscribed for pursuant to this Agreement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”) or any state or foreign securities Law. The Offering is being made on a reasonable best efforts basis to “accredited investors,” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Agreement, “Law” or “Laws” means any federal, state, local or foreign or provincial statute, law (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any statutory, common, or civil law), ordinance, rule, regulation, order, injunction, decree or agency requirement having the force of law or any undertaking to or agreement with any Governmental Authority (as defined below).

 

K. The Merger Parties intend to treat the Merger, together with the Initial Closing and the Subsequent Closing, if relevant, as part of a transaction that is described in Section 351(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), to the extent property is exchanged for stock as described therein.

 

AGREEMENT

 

The Company and the Purchaser hereby agree as follows:

 

1.Subscription.

 

(a)Purchase and Sale of the Shares.

 

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Purchaser agrees to purchase, and the Company agrees to sell and issue to the Purchaser, that number of Shares set forth on the Purchaser’s Omnibus Signature Page attached hereto at the Per Share Purchase Price, for a total aggregate purchase price for the Shares as set forth on such Omnibus Signature Page (the “Purchase Price”). The minimum subscription amount for each purchaser in the Offering is $25,000 (or 8,333 Shares). The Company may accept subscriptions for less than $25,000 from any Purchaser in the Offering in its sole discretion. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Shares” means the shares of Common Stock being issued and sold to the Purchaser hereunder in the Offering at the Initial Closing (as defined below) and at any Subsequent Closing (as defined below), subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

(ii) In connection with the Offering, the Company has entered or will enter into other subscription agreements in the same form and containing the same terms and conditions as this Agreement (each, an “Other Subscription Agreement”) for shares of Common Stock (“Other Shares”) with purchasers in the Offering other than the Purchaser (collectively, “Other Purchasers”).

 

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(b)Subscription Procedure; Closing.

 

(i) Initial Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the initial closing of the Offering shall take place upon the satisfaction (or waiver as provided herein) of the conditions set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 of this Agreement (other than those conditions that by their nature will be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction (or waiver as provided herein) of such conditions) or at such other time and place as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Placement Agents contingent upon and simultaneously with the closing of the Merger (the “Initial Closing” and the date that the Initial Closing occurs, the “Initial Closing Date”).

 

(ii) Subsequent Closings. If the Maximum Offering Amount is not sold at the Initial Closing, at any time prior to May 28, 2026 (or such later date as the Company and Placement Agents may mutually agree, without notice to or consent from the Purchaser or any Other Purchaser), subject to the satisfaction (or waiver as provided herein) of the conditions set forth in Section 5 and Section 6 of this Agreement (other than those conditions that by their nature will be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction (or waiver as provided herein) of such conditions) (each, a “Subsequent Closing” and, collectively, the “Subsequent Closings” and the date that a Subsequent Closing occurs, a “Subsequent Closing Date”), the Company may sell in the Offering additional shares of Common Stock up to the Maximum Offering Amount, and if there are over-subscriptions, additional shares of Common Stock may be sold at the Per Share Purchase Price in connection with the Over-Subscription Option (collectively, the “Subsequent Closing Shares”) to such persons as may be approved by the Company and who are reasonably acceptable to the Placement Agents. Any Subsequent Closing Shares issued and sold pursuant to this Section 1(b)(ii) shall be deemed to be “Shares” for all purposes under this Agreement.

 

The Initial Closing and the Subsequent Closings, if any, shall be known collectively herein as the “Closings” or individually as a “Closing.” The Initial Closing Date and the Subsequent Closing Dates are each referred to herein as a “Closing Date.” Closings may take place remotely via the exchange by electronic transmission of documents and signatures.

 

(iii) Subscription Procedure. To complete a subscription for the Shares, the Purchaser must fully comply with the subscription procedure provided in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this paragraph (iii) on or before the applicable Closing Date:

 

(A) Subscription Documents. At or before the applicable Closing, the Purchaser shall review, complete and execute the Omnibus Signature Page to this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), the Selling Securityholder Questionnaire (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Purchaser Profile, the Anti-Money Laundering Form and the Accredited Investor Certification, attached hereto following the Omnibus Signature Page (collectively, the “Subscription Documents”), and deliver the Subscription Documents to the party indicated thereon at the address set forth under the caption “How to Subscribe for Shares in the Private Offering of Los Altos Ventures Corp. (to be renamed “Matternet, Inc.”)” below. At or promptly following the applicable Closing, the Purchaser shall review, complete and execute the Selling Securityholder Questionnaire (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) that is included as an exhibit to the Registration Rights Agreement and deliver such executed questionnaires to the Company at the address specified in the Registration Rights Agreement. Executed documents may be delivered to such party by.pdf sent by electronic mail (e-mail).

 

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(B) Purchase Price. At or before the applicable Closing and subject to the conditions thereto, the Purchaser shall deliver to CSC Delaware Trust Company, in its capacity as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), under an escrow agreement among the Company, Matternet, the Placement Agents and the Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Agreement”) the full Purchase Price set forth on the Purchaser’s Omnibus Signature Page attached hereto, by certified or other bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, pursuant to the instructions set forth under the caption “How to subscribe for Shares in the private offering of Los Altos Ventures Corp. (to be renamed “Matternet, Inc.”)” below. Pending the applicable Closing, such funds will be held for the Purchaser’s benefit in the escrow account established for the Offering (the “Escrow Account”), without interest or offset.

 

(C) Termination. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect, and any amounts deposited into the Escrow Account by or on behalf of the Purchaser shall be returned to the Purchaser or its designee promptly, without interest, charges, withholding or offset, if (i) the Purchaser and the Company agree in writing to terminate this Agreement prior to the applicable Closing, (ii) the subscription has been revoked in full by the Purchaser in accordance with Section 8, (iii) prior to the applicable Closing, in the Purchaser’s sole and absolute discretion, upon written notice to the Company, if any representation or warranty of the Company set forth in Section 3 hereof shall be or shall have become inaccurate or the Company shall have breached or failed to perform any of its covenants or other agreements set forth in this Agreement, which inaccuracy, breach or failure to perform would give rise to the failure to satisfy any of the conditions set forth in Section 6(a) or Section 6(b) of this Agreement and which inaccuracy, breach or failure to perform cannot be cured by the Company or, if capable of being cured, is not cured within two (2) Business Days of the Purchaser’s notice to the Company thereof; or (iv) the Merger Agreement is terminated pursuant to its terms. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which commercial banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business. The Company shall promptly (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) provide the Purchaser with written notice of the termination of the Merger Agreement.

 

(D) Company Discretion. The Purchaser understands and agrees that, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the Company, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to accept or reject the Purchaser’s tender of this subscription for Shares, in whole or in part. The Company and the Purchaser shall have no obligation hereunder until the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchaser an executed copy of this Agreement.

 

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2. Placement Agents. The Benchmark Company, LLC, Seaport Global Securities LLC, Network 1 Financial Services, Inc., PHX Financial, Inc. (d/b/a Phoenix Financial Services) and Dinosaur Financial Group, LLC (each, a “Placement Agent” and, together, the “Placement Agents”), each a U.S.-registered broker-dealer, have been engaged by the Company as placement agents, on a reasonable “best-efforts” basis, for the Offering. The Placement Agents for the Offering (a) will be paid a total cash commission equal to eight percent (8.0%) of the aggregate Purchase Price paid by the Purchaser and all Other Purchasers in the Offering or four percent (4.0%) in the case of any Shares purchased in the Offering by pre-Merger shareholders of the Company or existing officers, directors, or securityholders of Matternet or their friends and family (“Existing Investors”) (such cash commission, the “Cash Fee”) and (b) will receive at each applicable Closing warrants to purchase a total number of shares of Common Stock equal to eight percent (8.0%) of the number of shares of Common Stock sold in the Offering other than any sold to Existing Investors, with a term ending on the earlier of the fifth (5th) anniversary of the date of issuance and three (3) years after the Common Stock is first listed on an Exchange, with an exercise price of $3.00 per share (the “Placement Agent Warrants”). The Placement Agent Warrants will have an option for cashless (net) exercise at any time after the Registration Effectiveness Deadline (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) when there is no effective registration statement registering, or such registration statement is not available for, the resale of the shares issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Placement Agents will be paid a cash fee equal to two percent (2.0%) of the aggregate Purchase Price paid if the Purchaser or Other Purchaser is one of certain identified entities or individuals agreed with the Placement Agents, and any other third-party placement agents will be paid a cash fee equal to six percent (6%) of such aggregate Purchase Price, but none of the Placement Agents or any other third-party placement agent will receive any Placement Agent Warrants or other warrants with respect to such Purchaser or Other Purchaser. Each of the Placement Agent Warrants shall be transferable by the holder thereof only to an affiliate of the initial holder thereof unless at the time of transfer the Common Stock is then listed on a national securities exchange. Subject to the terms of the Placement Agent agreements and the right of Matternet to consent to the appointment of any sub-agent, any sub-agent of a Placement Agent that introduces new investors to the Offering will be entitled to share in the Cash Fee and Placement Agent Warrants, as applicable, attributable to those investors that would otherwise be payable to such Placement Agent pursuant to the terms of an executed sub-agent agreement with such Placement Agent, which Cash Fee shall be payable to such sub-agent by the Placement Agent and such Placement Agent shall provide the Company with customary transfer documentation with respect to the Placement Agent Warrant to be transferred to such sub-agent. The Company has agreed to pay certain other expenses of the Placement Agents, including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses of their counsel, in connection with the Offering. For the avoidance of doubt, no Cash Fee will be paid and no Placement Agent Warrants will be issuable in respect of the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of the Bridge Notes.

 

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3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth in (i) the Disclosure Schedule delivered to the Purchaser prior to or concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “Disclosure Schedule”), (ii) the Company’s SEC Reports, or (iii) the Delivered Super 8-K (as defined below) delivered to the Purchaser in accordance with Section 6(k) of this Agreement and provided that the Company Fundamental Representations (as defined below) shall not be qualified by the disclosures in the Delivered Super 8-K, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of each applicable Closing Date, the following (provided that (x) as used in this Section 3, the term “Subsidiaries” shall be construed to include (without limitation) Matternet and its subsidiaries as of each applicable Closing Date, (y) representations and warranties referencing the “Delivered Super 8-K” prior to the filing of the Super 8-K with the SEC shall be deemed to be based on the assumption that the Merger has been consummated in accordance with the terms described in the Delivered Super 8-K (as defined below), and (z) any qualification as to “knowledge” shall refer to the knowledge of the officers of the Company (for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to the Merger) and of Matternet, in each case, both actual knowledge or knowledge that they would have had upon reasonable inquiry of the personnel of the Company or Matternet, as applicable, responsible for the applicable subject matter):

 

(a) Organization and Qualification. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is a corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, and has the requisite corporate or limited liability company power to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as currently conducted and as described in the Delivered Super 8-K. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business as currently conducted and as described in the Delivered Super 8-K makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means any event, circumstance, development, condition, occurrence, state of facts, change or effect that, individually or in the aggregate with any other event, circumstance, development, condition, occurrence, state of facts, change or effect, has or would reasonably be expected to (x) prevent or materially delay or materially impair the ability of the Company or its Subsidiaries to carry out its obligations under this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents (as defined below), or (y) have any material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, liabilities, operations or condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or future prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, provided, however, that for purposes of clause (y), none of the following shall be deemed in themselves, either alone or in combination, to constitute, and none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been or would reasonably be expected to have a “Material Adverse Effect”: (i) general economic, financial, credit, capital market or regulatory conditions or any changes therein (provided, however, that such effects do not affect the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole disproportionately as compared to the Company’s similarly-situated competitors), (ii) any effects alone or in combination that arise out of, or result from, directly or indirectly, the announcement, pendency, execution or performance of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or any action contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) acts of God, war (whether or not declared), disease, including pandemics, the commencement, continuation or escalation of a war, acts of armed hostility, sabotage or terrorism or other international or national calamity or any material worsening of such conditions (provided, however, that such changes do not affect the Company or its Subsidiaries disproportionately as compared to the Company’s similarly-situated competitors), (iv) any matter disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule or the Delivered Super 8-K, (v) any failure by the Company or its Subsidiaries to meet any projections, budgets or estimates of revenue or earnings (it being understood that the facts giving rise to such failure may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect (except to the extent such facts are otherwise excluded from being taken into account by this proviso)), (vi) changes affecting the industry generally in which the Company or its Subsidiaries operate (provided, however, that such changes do not affect the Company or its Subsidiaries disproportionately as compared to the Company’s similarly-situated competitors), or (vii) changes in Law or U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) (provided, however, that such changes do not affect the Company or its Subsidiaries disproportionately as compared to the Company’s similarly-situated competitors). For purposes of this Agreement, “Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Company, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other legal entity of any kind (i) of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the capital stock or other equity interests or voting power are, directly or indirectly, controlled, owned or held by, or (ii) that is, at the time any determination is made, controlled (whether by voting power, Contract (as defined below) or otherwise) by, in each case, the Company (either alone or through or together with one or more of its other Subsidiaries); provided that for all purposes of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement, whether made as of the date hereof or as of the Closing Date, Matternet and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be Subsidiaries of the Company regardless of whether the Merger has been consummated.

 

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(b) Authorization, Enforcement, Compliance with Other Instruments. (i) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries party thereto has the requisite corporate or limited liability company power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Merger Agreement (collectively with all other documents, certificates or instruments executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the “Transaction Documents”) and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including to issue the Shares, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; (ii) the execution and delivery by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries party thereto of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Shares, have been, or will be at the time of execution of such Transaction Document, duly authorized by the Board or other applicable governing body of the Company or such Subsidiary, and no further action, proceeding, consent, waiver or authorization is, or will be at the time of execution of each such Transaction Document, required by or from the Company or any such Subsidiary, its respective board of directors or other governing body or its respective stockholders or equity holders; (iii) this Agreement and the Merger Agreement have been, and at the Closing each of the other Transaction Documents will be when delivered at the Closing, duly executed and delivered by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries party thereto; and (iv) this Agreement and the Merger Agreement constitute and, when delivered at the Closing or at the closing of the Merger, as applicable, the other Transaction Documents will constitute, the valid and binding obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries party thereto, enforceable against the Company and its Subsidiaries party thereto in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies and, with respect to any rights to indemnity or contribution contained in the Transaction Documents, as such rights may be limited by state or federal laws or public policy underlying such laws.

 

(c) Capitalization. Immediately following the effective time of the Merger and giving effect to the conversion in full of the Bridge Notes, but immediately before the Initial Closing, the certificate of incorporation of the Company has been amended and restated to, among other things, increase the authorized capital stock of the Company to 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), and the Company has (i) up to approximately 50,304,164 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding (assuming the exchange of all Matternet securities, as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and including all warrants (except the Bridge Warrants), options and any other convertible or exchangeable securities of Matternet exchanged for securities of the Company, on an as-exercised or as-converted basis) and (ii) no shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and of the capital stock of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries are, and the shares of Common Stock issued upon consummation of the Merger have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and free of preemptive or similar rights and other Liens (as defined below) and have been and, when issued, will be issued in compliance with all applicable Laws. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary of the Company are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, free and clear of any Liens other than restrictions on transfer under applicable federal or state securities Laws. Immediately after giving effect to the Merger and the Closing: (i) no shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will be subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any Liens suffered or permitted by the Company; (ii) except as disclosed in the Delivered Super 8-K, there will be no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Contracts by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound, or pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is otherwise obligated to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there will be no outstanding debt securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) other than pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, there will be no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities under the Securities Act; (v) there will be no outstanding registration statements of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement; (vi) there will be no securities or instruments of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries containing anti-dilution or similar provisions, including the right to adjust the exercise, exchange or reset price of such securities, that will be triggered by the issuance of the Shares as described in this Agreement; (vii) no co-sale right, right of first refusal or other similar right will exist with respect to the Shares or the issuance and sale thereof and (viii) no shares of Common Stock shall be reserved for future issuances, other than the shares of Common Stock reserved for future issuances (A) under the EIP and the ESPP and (B) upon exercise or conversion of the securities listed in clause (ii) above. The Company has made available to the Purchaser true and correct copies of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as in effect as of (and immediately following) the Initial Closing, and the Company’s Bylaws, as in effect as of (and immediately following) the Initial Closing, and the terms of all securities exercisable for Common Stock and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto, other than stock options issued to officers, directors, employees and consultants. Except for the interests in the Company’s Subsidiaries, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any equity interest or other interest of any nature in, or any interest convertible, exchangeable, or exercisable for, equity interests or other interests of any nature in any other person. The Company does not have outstanding stockholder purchase rights or a “poison pill” or any similar arrangement in effect giving any person the right to purchase any equity interest in the Company upon the occurrence of certain events.

 

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(d) Issuance of Shares. The Shares that are being issued to the Purchaser hereunder, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the terms and upon payment of the consideration therefor as set forth in this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free of preemptive or similar rights, Taxes and other Liens with respect to the issuance thereof, and restrictions on transfer other than restrictions on transfer under the Transaction Documents, applicable state and federal securities Laws and Liens created by or imposed by the Purchaser. Assuming the accuracy of each of the representations and warranties of the Purchaser herein, and of the Other Purchasers in each of their respective Other Subscription Agreements, the offer, issuance and sale by the Company of the Shares to the Purchaser is exempt from registration under the Securities Act and exempt from (or not subject to) registration, qualification or prospectus delivery requirements under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction.

 

(e) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance and sale of the Shares in accordance with this Agreement, have not and will not (i) result in a violation of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws (or equivalent constitutive document) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any Contract to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in a violation of any Law applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of or in default under, any provision of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or any other constitutive documents. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any term of or in default under any Contract, judgment, decree or order or any Law applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary, which violation or breach has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate with any other such violation or breach, a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to obtain any Authorization of, or provide any notice to or make any filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, other than (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 9(k), (ii) the filing with the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware of the certificate of merger relating to the Merger, (iii) the filing of the registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (iv) the filing of a Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities on Form D with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under Regulation D. Neither the execution and delivery by the Company of the Transaction Documents, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will require any notice, consent or waiver under any Contract to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or to which any of their assets or businesses is subject, except for any notice, consent or waiver, the absence of which would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. All notices, consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to deliver or obtain pursuant to the two immediately preceding sentences have been or will be delivered or obtained or effected, and shall remain in full force and effect, on or prior to each Closing.

 

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(f) Absence of Litigation. There is no action, suit, claim, inquiry, notice of violation, arbitration, petition, charge, citation, summons, subpoena, proceeding (including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation of any nature, civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory or otherwise, whether at law or in equity, before or by any Governmental Authority (an “Action”) pending or threatened in writing or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened orally, against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to their knowledge, any of their respective officers or directors or any of their respective assets or businesses, which has had, or would be reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, and since September 1, 2021 (the “Lookback Date”) has not been, subject to any judgment, decree, or order which has been, or would reasonably be expected to be material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(g) Acknowledgment Regarding Purchaser’s Purchase of the Shares. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company further acknowledges that the Purchaser is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby and any advice given by the Purchaser or any of its representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby is merely incidental to the Purchaser’s purchase of the Shares.

 

(h) No General Solicitation. Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor to its or their knowledge any of its or their Affiliates (as defined below), or any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares. “Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any other person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”). With respect to the Purchaser, any investment fund or managed account that is managed on a discretionary basis by the same investment manager as the Purchaser will be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Purchaser.

 

(i) No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would eliminate or otherwise adversely affect the availability of the exemption from registration under Rule 506(b) of Regulation D or afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act in connection with the Offering of the Shares contemplated hereby or cause this Offering of the Shares to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act or any other applicable securities Laws.

 

(j) Employee Relations. There is, and since the Lookback Date there has been, no actual or threatened in writing, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened orally, labor dispute, work stoppage, request for representation, union organizing activity, or unfair labor practice charges involving the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to any collective bargaining agreement. The Company’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ employees are not members of any union, and the Company believes that its and its Subsidiaries’ relationships with their respective employees are good.

 

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(k) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries exclusively owns, possesses, or has valid and enforceable rights to use, license, and exploit all Intellectual Property used in, necessary or advisable for the conduct of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ businesses as currently conducted and as described in the Delivered Super 8-K, except for a failure to own, possess or have such rights that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There are no unreleased liens or security interests which have been filed, or which the Company has received notice of, against any of the Intellectual Property owned by the Company. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Contracts pursuant to which they license Intellectual Property, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Furthermore, except as has not been and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, since the Lookback Date (A) to the Company’s knowledge, there has been no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (B) there has been no Action pending or threatened in writing (or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened orally) by others challenging the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ ownership of or any rights in or to any such Intellectual Property; (C) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the Company’s knowledge, the Intellectual Property licensed to the Company and its Subsidiaries, has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there has been no Action, pending or threatened in writing (or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened orally), by others challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any such Intellectual Property; (D) there has been no Action pending or threatened in writing (or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened orally) by others that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights of others, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of such Action; and (E) to the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has violated any term of any employment Contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with 37 C.F.R. §1.56 (Duty to disclose information material to patentability). The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents will not result in the loss or impairment of or payment of any additional amounts with respect to, nor require the consent of any other person in respect of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries’ right to own, use or hold for use any Intellectual Property as owned, used or held for use in the conduct of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ business as currently conducted and as described in the Delivered Super 8-K, except in each case, which individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has taken reasonable steps to maintain their Intellectual Property and to protect and preserve the confidentiality of all of their Trade Secrets. To the Company’s knowledge, there has not been any disclosure or access to any Trade Secrets of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries by any unauthorized person. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken and continue to take commercially reasonable measures, at least consistent with prevailing industry practice, to ensure that all personal information in their possession, custody or control is protected against loss and against unauthorized, access, use, modification, disclosure or other misuse. “Intellectual Property” shall mean any and all rights, title and interest in, arising out of, or associated with any intellectual or intangible property, whether protected, created or arising in any jurisdiction throughout the world, including the following: (a) issued patents and patent applications (whether provisional or non-provisional), including divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, substitutions, reissues, reexaminations, extensions, or restorations of any of the foregoing, and other Governmental Authority (as defined below) issued indicia of invention ownership (including certificates of invention, petty patents, and patent utility models) (“Patents”); (b) trademarks, service marks, brands, certification marks, logos, trade dress, slogans, trade names, and other similar indicia of source or origin, together with the goodwill connected with the use of and symbolized by, and all registrations, applications for registration, and renewals of, any of the foregoing (“Trademarks”); (c) copyrights and works of authorship, whether or not copyrightable, and all registrations, applications for registration, and renewals of any of the foregoing (“Copyrights”); (d) internet domain names and social media account or user names (including “handles”), whether or not Trademarks, all associated web addresses, URLs, websites and web pages, social media sites and pages, and all content and data thereon or relating thereto, whether or not Copyrights; (e) mask works, and all registrations, applications for registration, and renewals thereof; (f) industrial designs, and all Patents, registrations, applications for registration, and renewals thereof; (g) trade secrets, know-how, inventions (whether or not patentable), discoveries, improvements, technology, business and technical information, databases, data compilations and collections, tools, methods, processes, techniques, and other confidential and proprietary information and all rights therein (“Trade Secrets”); (h) computer programs, operating systems, applications, firmware and other code, including all source code, object code, application programming interfaces, data files, databases, protocols, specifications, and other documentation thereof; (i) rights of publicity; and (j) all other intellectual or industrial property and proprietary rights.

 

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(l) Environmental Laws.

 

(i) Except as, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (x) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance and has complied with all applicable Environmental Laws (as defined below); (y) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in possession of all Authorizations required pursuant to Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted and as described in the Delivered Super 8-K and (z) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all terms and conditions of such Authorizations. There is no Action pending or threatened in writing (or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened orally) relating to any violation or noncompliance with any Environmental Law involving the Company or any Subsidiary, except for litigation, notices of violations, formal administrative proceedings or investigations, inquiries or information requests that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Environmental Law” means any national, state, provincial or local Law, statute, rule or regulation or the common law relating to the environment or occupational health and safety, including, without limitation, any statute, regulation, administrative decision or order pertaining to (A) treatment, storage, disposal, generation and transportation of Hazardous Substances; (B) air, water and noise pollution; (C) groundwater and soil contamination; (D) the release or threatened release into the environment of industrial, toxic or hazardous materials or substances, or solid or hazardous waste, including, without limitation, emissions, discharges, injections, spills, escapes or dumping of pollutants, contaminants or chemicals; (E) the protection of wild life, marine life and wetlands, including, without limitation, all endangered and threatened species; (F) storage tanks, vessels, containers, abandoned or discarded barrels, and other closed receptacles; (G) health and safety of employees and other persons; and (H) manufacturing, processing, using, distributing, treating, storing, disposing, transporting or handling of Hazardous Substances. As used above, the terms “release” and “environment” shall have the meaning set forth in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.

 

(ii) None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation under any Environmental Law with respect to any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, leaching, escaping, dumping, injection, deposit, discharge or disposing of any Hazardous Substance in, onto or through the environment, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Hazardous Substances” means all materials, wastes, or substances defined by, or regulated under, any Environmental Laws, including as a hazardous waste, hazardous material, hazardous substance, extremely hazardous waste, restricted hazardous waste, contaminant, pollutant, toxic waste, or toxic substance, and specifically including petroleum and petroleum products, asbestos, radon, lead, toxic mold, radioactive materials, and polychlorinated biphenyls.

 

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(m) Authorizations. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(m) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries holds, and is operating in compliance with, all authorizations, licenses, permits, approvals, clearances, registrations, exemptions, consents, certificates, waivers, filings, qualifications and orders issued by any Governmental Authority (as defined below), including the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, the Civil Aviation Bureau of Japan and any other applicable aviation, airspace, telecommunications, transportation, export control, data protection, privacy, safety, environmental or similar regulatory authorities in the jurisdictions in which the Company or its Subsidiaries conducts their businesses as currently conducted and as such currently conducted business is described in the Delivered Super 8-K (the “Business”) or operate their systems and any other entity or body exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to United States federal, state or local government or foreign, or other governmental, including any department, commission, board, agency, bureau, official or other regulatory, administrative or judicial or arbitral authority thereto (each a “Governmental Authority”) and supplements and amendments thereto (collectively, “Authorizations”) required for the conduct of the Business, or that are otherwise material to the Business, in all applicable jurisdictions except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. All Authorizations held by the Company or its Subsidiaries are valid and in full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in material violation of any terms of any such Authorizations, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice from any Governmental Authority of any revocation or modification of any such Authorization, or written notice (or to the Company’s knowledge, oral notice) that such revocation or modification is being considered.

 

(n) Regulatory Compliance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance, and has since the Lookback Date been in compliance, with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign Laws, promulgated by any applicable Governmental Authority relating to the conduct of the Business, except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, provided that such Material Adverse Effect qualifier shall not apply to compliance with Export Control Laws (as defined below). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written correspondence or notice from any Governmental Authority, alleging or asserting noncompliance with applicable federal, state, local and foreign Laws. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries, and to the Company’s knowledge, each of their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, is and has been in material compliance with applicable Laws of the United States, including, to the extent applicable, without limitation, the laws and regulations (i) pertaining to the development, manufacture, operation, sale and lease of autonomous airborne beyond-visual-line-of-sight commercial delivery drones and their landing and loading stations, software and unmanned aircraft traffic management systems, and the transport and delivery (business-to-business and business-to-consumer) of their cargo (payload), including food, medical diagnostics and pharmaceuticals (collectively, the “UAV Laws”), and (ii) pertaining to export of equipment, software and technology, such as the U.S. Export Control Reform Act of 2018 and the U.S. International Emergency Economic Powers Act, each as amended, and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Export Administration Regulations found in 15 C.F.R. Part 730 et seq., and comparable state Laws and foreign Laws (collectively, “Export Control Laws”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice (or to the Company’s knowledge, oral notice) of any ongoing claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any product, operation or activity of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in material violation of any applicable Laws, including UAV Laws and Export Control Laws, or any Authorizations. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments thereto as required by any applicable Laws, including UAV Laws and Export Control Laws, or any Authorizations and all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were complete, correct and not misleading on the date filed in all material respects (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has, either voluntarily or involuntarily, initiated, conducted, or issued or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, any other notice or action relating to any alleged product defect or violation, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no third party has initiated or conducted any such notice or action relating to any of the Company’s products in development. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any corporate integrity agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, monitoring agreement, consent decree, settlement order, or similar agreements, or has any reporting obligations pursuant to any such agreement, plan or correction or other remedial measure entered into with any Governmental Authority. The Delivered Super 8-K and the Super 8-K will fairly and accurately describe, in all material respects, the regulatory environment applicable to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ businesses, including risks associated with obtaining and maintaining Authorizations, compliance with applicable Laws and potential changes in applicable Laws that could affect the operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries. The Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented and maintain safeguards and security measures that are designed to comply in all material respects with applicable Laws, including those required by the applicable Governmental Authorities, to protect their respective facilities, materials and technology from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

 

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(o) Title. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(o) of the Disclosure Schedule, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all of its personal property and other tangible assets (i) purportedly owned or used by each of them, as reflected in the Delivered Super 8-K, or (ii) necessary for the conduct of their business as currently conducted and as described in the Delivered Super 8-K, free and clear of any legal or equitable, specific or floating, lien (statutory or otherwise), restriction, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest, restrictive covenant, or other adverse right, charge, claim or encumbrance of any kind or nature whatsoever (collectively, “Liens”), except for Liens which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(o) of the Disclosure Schedule, with respect to properties and assets it leases, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with such leases and holds a valid leasehold interest free of any Liens, except for such Liens which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p) Tax Status. The Company and each Subsidiary has filed (taking into account any valid extensions) all federal, state, local and foreign income and all other material returns, declarations, reports, elections, designations, or information returns or statements made to a Governmental Authority relating to Taxes, including any schedules or attachments thereto and any amendments thereof (collectively, “Tax Returns”) required to be made or filed by it or with respect to it by any jurisdiction to which it is subject. Such Tax Returns accurately reflect, in all material respects, the Tax liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than Taxes not yet due and payable). The Company and each Subsidiary has timely paid all income Taxes and all other material Taxes and other material governmental assessments and material charges, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and for which the Company and its Subsidiaries have adequately reserved and accrued for in accordance with GAAP. The Company has reserved and accrued on its books provisions in accordance with GAAP amounts that are reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid Taxes in any material amount claimed to be due from the Company or any Subsidiary by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction. There are no, and since the Lookback Date there have been no, pending or threatened in writing (or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened orally) Actions by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or otherwise bound by, any Tax indemnity, Tax sharing or Tax allocation agreement (but not including any agreement whose primary subject matter is not Taxes) (a “Tax Agreement”). Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (other than the affiliated group of which the Company is the common parent). The Company is not a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c) of the Code. For purposes of this Agreement, “Tax” or “Taxes” means (i) any and all U.S. federal, state, local, or non-U.S. taxes, assessment, levy or other charges, including net or gross income, gross receipts, net proceeds, estimated, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, franchise, license, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, property (including both real and personal), unclaimed property remittance/escheat, deed, stamp, alternative or add-on minimum, occupation, severance, unemployment, social security, workers’ compensation, capital, premium, windfall profit, environmental, custom duties, fees, transfer and registration taxes, and any governmental charges in the nature of a tax imposed by a Governmental Authority, (ii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of any of the foregoing types as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group, or being a party to any agreement or arrangement whereby liability for payment of such amounts was determined or taken into account with reference to the liability of any other person and (iii) any liability for the payment of any amounts as a result of being a party to any Tax Agreement.

 

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(q) Certain Transactions. All transactions that are required to be disclosed by the Company pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act are disclosed in the SEC Reports (as defined below) or the Delivered Super 8-K in accordance with Item 404 of Regulation S-K.

 

(r) Rights of First Refusal. The Company is not obligated to offer the securities offered hereunder on a right of first refusal basis or otherwise to any third parties, including, but not limited to, current or former stockholders of the Company, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties.

 

(s) Insurance. The Company and its Subsidiaries have insurance policies (including director and officer liability insurance policies) of the type and in amounts customarily carried by organizations conducting businesses or owning assets similar to those of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and in any event maintain insurance policies in amounts as required by applicable Law or any Contract to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or to which any of its assets or businesses is subject. All such insurance policies are in full force and effect and binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms, and all premiums due and payable thereon have been timely paid in full. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default with respect to its obligations under any such insurance policy, nor has there been any failure to give any notice or present any claim under any such insurance policy in due and timely fashion, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no material claim pending under any such policy as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriter of such policy and there has been no notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of any such insurance policy received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Since the Lookback Date, no limits on any insurance policy of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been exhausted, materially eroded or materially reduced.

 

(t) SEC Reports. The Company has timely filed or furnished, as applicable, all reports, proxy statements, schedules, forms, statements, certifications and other documents (including exhibits and all other information incorporated by reference therein) required to be filed or furnished by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”) (the “SEC Reports”) since the Company was first required by Law or regulation to file such material. The Delivered Super 8-K complies, the Super 8-K when filed will be substantially identical to the Draft Super 8-K (as defined below) and will comply, and the SEC Reports at the time they were filed complied, in all material respects with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable. There are no Contracts (or any material change or amendment thereto, or any waiver of any material right thereunder) that are required to be described in the SEC Reports or will be required to be described in the Super 8-K that were or are not described, in all material respects, therein or, in the case of Contracts (or any material change or amendment thereto, or any waiver of any material right thereunder) that will be required to be described in the Super 8-K, are not described in the Delivered Super 8-K. There are no Contracts (or any material change or amendment thereto, or any waiver of any material right thereunder) that are required to be filed as exhibits to the SEC Reports or the Super 8-K that were not or will not have been filed as required in the SEC Reports or the Super 8-K. There are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC staff with respect to the SEC Reports. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the SEC Reports is the subject of an ongoing SEC review. There are no SEC inquiries or investigations, other governmental inquiries or investigations or internal investigations pending or threatened in writing (or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened orally), in each case regarding any accounting practice of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(u) Financial Statements.

 

(i) The audited consolidated financial statements of Matternet and its Subsidiaries as of, and for the fiscal years ended, September 30, 2025 and 2024, and the unaudited interim consolidated condensed financial statements of Matternet and its Subsidiaries as of, and for the six months ended, March 31, 2026 (in each case consisting of the balance sheets, related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows), and the unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements of the Company (after taking into effect the Merger) (including, in each case, the notes thereto) included in the Delivered Super 8-K and to be included in the Super 8-K (the foregoing financial statements, the “Financial Statements”) comply in all material respects with GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved and include all adjustments that are necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial condition of Matternet and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, subject, in the case of the unaudited interim consolidated condensed financial statements of Matternet and its Subsidiaries as of, and for the six months ended, March 31, 2026, to normal year-end adjustments that are not expected, individually or in the aggregate, be material, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of Matternet and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented, subject, in the case of unaudited interim condensed financial statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments that will not, individually or in the aggregate, be material. The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information and the related notes included in the Delivered Super 8-K and to be included in the Super 8-K have been, and, when filed with the Super 8-K, will be, properly compiled and prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and fairly present in all material respects the information shown therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein.

 

(ii) Except as disclosed in the Delivered Super 8-K, Matternet (A) maintains a standard system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, (B) has established and maintains a system of internal controls over financial reporting designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the financial reporting and the preparation of the Financial Statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, (C) there are no material weaknesses in any system of internal accounting controls used by Matternet or its Subsidiaries (D) there has not at any time been any fraud or other unlawful act on the part of any of management or other employees of Matternet or its Subsidiaries who have a role in the preparation of Financial Statements or the internal accounting controls used by Matternet or its Subsidiaries related to such preparation or controls and (E) there has not at any time been any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.

 

(iii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) other than (A) liabilities disclosed on the latest balance sheet of the Company and the latest balance sheet of Matternet included in the Financial Statements balance sheet (including the notes thereto) and (B) liabilities that have been incurred since the date of the latest balance sheet of the Company and the latest balance sheet of Matternet included in the Financial Statements in the ordinary course of business, which liabilities, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole).

 

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(iv) To the knowledge of the Company, dbbmckennon (the “Auditor”), whose report on the audited Financial Statements will be filed with the SEC and included in the Super 8-K, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company as required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and the rules and regulations of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The Auditor has not, during the periods covered by the Financial Statements, provided to Matternet or its Subsidiaries any prohibited non-audit services, as such term is used in Section 10A(g) of the Exchange Act.

 

(v) Material Changes. Except for the transactions contemplated hereby or in the Merger Agreement, since the date of the latest balance sheet of the Company and the latest balance sheet of Matternet included in the Financial Statements, (i) there have been no events, occurrences or developments that have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) there have not been any changes in the assets, financial condition, business or operations of the Company or Matternet from that reflected in the Financial Statements contained in the Delivered Super 8-K and to be contained in the Super 8-K, except changes in the ordinary course of business which have not been, either individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse to the business, properties, financial condition, results of operations or future prospects of the Company or Matternet, (iii) none of the Company or Matternet or any of their respective Subsidiaries has altered its method of accounting or the manner in which it keeps its accounting books and records, and (iv) none of the Company or Matternet or any of their respective Subsidiaries has declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or equity holders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock (other than in connection with repurchases of unvested stock issued to employees of the Company). The Company and its Subsidiaries, individually and on a consolidated basis, are not as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur at the Initial Closing, will not be Insolvent (as defined below). “Insolvent” means, with respect to the Company, on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries, (i) the present fair saleable value of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ assets is less than the amount required to pay the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ total indebtedness, (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries are unable to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured or (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries intend to incur or believe that they will incur debts that would be beyond their ability to pay as such debts mature.

 

(w) Disclosure Controls. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-14 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) and except as disclosed in the Delivered Super 8-K, such controls and procedures are effective at the reasonable assurance level to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer.

 

(x) Sarbanes-Oxley. The Company is, and has been since the Lookback Date, to the extent applicable, in compliance in all material respects with all of the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are applicable to it.

 

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(y) Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company or any Subsidiary and an unconsolidated or other off-balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in the Delivered Super 8-K and is not disclosed in the Delivered Super 8-K.

 

(z) Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries, nor any of its or their respective directors, managers, officers, agents or employees or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has: (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment or offered anything of value to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, to the Company’s knowledge, made by any person acting on their behalf) which is in violation of Law or (iv) violated any applicable anti-terrorism Law or regulation, nor have any of them otherwise taken any action which would reasonably cause the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to be in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable Law of similar effect.

 

(aa) Office of Foreign Assets Control. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, manager, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary is, or is acting under the direction of, on behalf of or for the benefit of a person that is, or is owned or controlled by a person that is, currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.

 

(bb) Money Laundering. The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and other applicable money laundering Laws and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”), and no Action by or before any Governmental Authority involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or threatened in writing (or threatened orally).

 

(cc) Regulation M Compliance. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has, and to its knowledge no one acting on its or their behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Shares, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 3(cc), compensation paid to the Placement Agents in connection with the placement of the Shares.

 

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(dd) Privacy and Data Security.

 

(i) “Business Privacy and Data Security Policies” means all of the Company’s or one of its Subsidiaries’ present, internal or public-facing policies, notices, and statements concerning the privacy, security, or Processing of Personal Information in the conduct of the Company’s business. “Personal Information” means any information that identifies or, alone or in combination with any other information, could reasonably be used to identify, locate, or contact a natural person, including name, street address, telephone number, email address, identification number issued by a Governmental Authority, credit card number, bank information, customer or account number, online identifier, device identifier, IP address, browsing history, search history, or other website, application, or online activity or usage data, location data, biometric data, medical or health information, or any other information that is considered “personally identifiable information,” “personal information,” or “personal data” under applicable Law, and all data associated with any of the foregoing that are or could reasonably be used to develop a profile or record of the activities of a natural person across multiple websites or online services, to predict or infer the preferences, interests, or other characteristics of a natural person, or to target advertisements or other content to a natural person. “Privacy Laws” means all applicable Laws, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees, stipulations, determinations or awards entered by or with any Governmental Authority, and binding guidance issued by any Governmental Authority concerning the privacy, security, or Processing of Personal Information (including Laws of jurisdictions where Personal Information was collected), including, as applicable, data breach notification Laws, consumer protection Laws, Laws concerning requirements for website and mobile application privacy policies and practices, Social Security number protection Laws, data security Laws, and Laws concerning email, text message, or telephone communications. Without limiting the foregoing, Privacy Laws include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended and supplemented by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and all other similar international, federal, state, provincial, and local Laws. “Processing” means any operation performed on Personal Information, including the collection, creation, receipt, access, use, handling, compilation, analysis, monitoring, maintenance, storage, transmission, transfer, protection, disclosure, destruction, or disposal of Personal Information.

 

(ii) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries, and, to the Company’s knowledge, all vendors, processors, or other third parties acting for or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Processing of Personal Information or that otherwise have been authorized to have access to Personal Information in the possession or control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, comply and at all times since the Lookback Date have complied, with all of the following in the conduct of its business as currently conducted and as disclosed in the Delivered Super 8-K: (A) Privacy Laws; (B) rules of self-regulatory organizations; (C) industry standards, guidelines, and best practices; (D) the Business Privacy and Data Security Policies; and (E) all obligations or restrictions concerning the privacy, security, or Processing of Personal Information under any Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise bound as of the date hereof, in each case, except for violations that, individually or in the aggregate, have not been and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(iii) Neither the consummation of the Merger nor the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, does or will: (A) conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any Privacy Laws or Business Privacy and Data Security Policies (as currently existing or as existing at any time during which any Personal Information was collected or Processed by or for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the conduct of its business as now being conducted); or (B) require the consent of or notice to any person concerning such person’s Personal Information, in each case, except as has not been and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(iv) Since the Lookback Date, (A) to the Company’s knowledge, no Personal Information in the possession or control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or held or Processed by any vendor, processor, or other third party for or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in the conduct of its business has been subject to any data or security breach or unauthorized access, disclosure, use, loss, denial or loss of use, alteration, destruction, compromise, or Processing (a “Security Incident”), and (B) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has notified and, to the Company’s knowledge, there have been no facts or circumstances that would require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to notify, any Governmental Authority or other person of any Security Incident in the conduct of its business, in each case, except as has not been and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(v) Since the Lookback Date, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice, request, claim, complaint, correspondence, or other communication in writing (or to the Company’s knowledge, orally) from any Governmental Authority or other person, and to the Company’s knowledge there has not been any audit, investigation, enforcement action (including any fines or other sanctions), or other Action relating to, any actual, alleged, or suspected Security Incident or violation of any Privacy Law involving Personal Information in the possession or control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or held or Processed by any vendor, processor, or other third party for or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in the conduct of its business, in each case, except as has not been and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(vi) In the conduct of its business, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has at all times since the Lookback Date implemented and maintained, and required all vendors, processors, and other third parties that Process any Personal Information for or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to implement and maintain, all security measures, plans, procedures, controls, and programs, including written information security programs, to (A) identify and address internal and external risks to the privacy and security of Personal Information in their possession or control; (B) implement, monitor, and improve adequate and effective administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect such Personal Information and the operation, integrity, and security of its software, systems, applications, and websites involved in the Processing of Personal Information; and (C) provide notification in compliance with applicable Privacy Laws in the case of any Security Incident, in each case, except as has not been and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ee) Brokers’ Fees. Neither of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the payment of fees and expenses to the Placement Agents and issuance of the Placement Agent Warrants as described in Section 2 above.

 

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(ff) Disclosure Materials. Each of the SEC Reports and the Disclosure Materials, at the time filed with, or furnished to, the SEC or, in the case of Disclosure Materials (including the Delivered Super 8-K) not filed with or furnished to the SEC, at the time delivered to the Purchaser, were (or in the case of the Super 8-K, will be) true and correct in all material respects and did not or will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Disclosure Materials” means the Confidential and Non- Binding Summary Term Sheet of the Company (the “Term Sheet”) previously provided to the Purchaser (which Term Sheet shall be deemed to be read together with this Agreement, including the Disclosure Schedule, and the Delivered Super 8-K), and any roadshow presentation delivered to the Purchaser in connection with the contemplated purchase of the Shares, each as amended from time to time, relating to the Offering and any supplement or amendment thereto, and any disclosure schedule or other information document, including the Disclosure Schedule and the Delivered Super 8-K, delivered to the Purchaser prior to its execution of this Agreement, and any such document delivered to the Purchaser after its execution of this Agreement and prior to the closing of the Purchaser’s subscription hereunder.

 

(gg) Investment Company. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, is an Affiliate of, or immediately following the Closing will be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(hh) Reliance. The Company acknowledges that the Purchaser is relying on the representations and warranties (as modified or qualified by the disclosures on the Disclosure Schedule or, except in the case of the Company Fundamental Representations, in the Delivered Super 8-K made by the Company hereunder and that such representations and warranties (as modified or qualified by disclosures on the Disclosure Schedule or, except in the case of the Company Fundamental Representations, the Delivered Super 8-K) are a material inducement to the Purchaser purchasing the Shares. The Company further acknowledges that without such representations and warranties of the Company made hereunder, the Purchaser would not enter into this Agreement with the Company.

 

(ii) Bad Actor Disqualification. No “bad actor” disqualifying event described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) of the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”) is applicable to the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any Company Covered Person, except for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii–iv) or (d)(3), is applicable. “Company Covered Person” means, with respect to the Company as an “issuer” for purposes of Rule 506 promulgated under the Securities Act, any person listed in the first paragraph of Rule 506(d)(1). The Company represents that it has exercised reasonable care to determine the accuracy of the representation made by the Company in this paragraph.

 

(jj) Anti-Dilution. There are no securities or instruments issued by or to which the Company is a party as of the date hereof or as of the Closing containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of shares of Common Stock in connection with the Offering or pursuant to any Other Subscription Agreements entered into in connection with the Offering.

 

(kk) Other Purchasers. The Company has not entered into any side letter or similar agreement with any Other Purchaser in connection with such Other Purchaser’s direct or indirect investment in the Company other than the applicable Other Subscription Agreement with such Other Purchaser. Each Other Purchaser will enter into its applicable Other Subscription Agreement and no other side letters or similar agreements with respect to its investment in the shares of Common Stock in connection with the Offering. Each Other Subscription Agreement is in the same form and contains the same terms and provisions as this Agreement.

 

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(ll) Leased Real Property. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, any threatened condemnation proceedings, lawsuits or other Actions relating to any real property leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the buildings, structures and facilities located thereon (the “Leased Real Property”) or other matters affecting adversely the current use, occupancy or value thereof. The Company and its applicable Subsidiaries enjoy quiet possession under all leases for each parcel of Leased Real Property (each, a “Lease”) and no Leased Real Property under any such Lease is subject to any Lien, easement, right-of-way, building or use restriction, exception, variance, reservation or limitation, as might, in any material respect, interfere with or impair the present and continued use thereof by the Company or its Subsidiaries in the usual and normal conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(mm) Material Contracts. Each Material Contract (as defined below) is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries that is a party thereto, and is enforceable against the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and, to the knowledge of the Company, the counterparties, in accordance with its terms, other than, in all cases, Material Contracts that have expired, been terminated or superseded in accordance with their terms following the date hereof. Neither the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any counterparty, is in violation, breach or default under any such Contract or has improperly terminated, revoked or accelerated any Material Contract and no event or condition exists or has occurred which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would, under any Material Contract, (A) constitute a breach or default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the knowledge of the Company, a counterparty, (B) give to the counterparty any rights of termination, acceleration or cancellation of, (C) result in any obligation imposed on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder or a loss of a benefit in favor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder, (D) allow the imposition of any fees or penalties on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder, require the offering or making of any payment or redemption by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder or (E) give rise to any increased, guaranteed, accelerated or additional rights or entitlements to the counterparty thereunder, in each case, except for (i) such breaches, defaults and events which have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect , and (ii) any Material Contracts that will expire or terminate in accordance with their terms in connection with or as contemplated by or directly related to the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including to the extent applicable, Contracts with the stockholders or investors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, indemnification agreements with each of their respective directors or officers, employment, consulting agreements or equity award agreements with each of their employees or other service providers. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of the intention of any person to terminate, fail to renew or materially and adversely modify any Material Contract.

 

As used herein, “Material Contract” means any written or oral agreement, contract, commitment, arrangement, subcontract, license, sublicense, lease, sublease, sales order, purchase order, indenture, mortgage, note, bond, letter of credit, warrant, instrument, obligation, or understanding (collectively, including all amendments, supplements and modifications thereto, “Contracts”) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their respective assets or businesses are bound:

 

(i) that is, or will be, required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act;

 

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(ii) that contains an exclusivity clause that restricts the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or a covenant not to compete in any line of business with any person in any geographical area that restricts the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or that otherwise restricts the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from freely providing products or services to any customer or potential customer, or that restricts the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to sell to or purchase from any other person;

 

(iii) that relates to the acquisition or disposition of any business (whether by merger, sale of stock or assets or otherwise) at any time since the Lookback Date, other than those related to the Company’s efforts to seek the acquisition of an operating company prior to the acquisition of Matternet;

 

(iv) that is with any Related Person (as defined pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(v) that grants to the counterparty a right of first refusal, first offer or first negotiation outside of the ordinary course of business of the Company, except for any such preemptive or similar rights in favor of the equity holders of Matternet that will be terminated or extinguished in connection with the Merger; or

 

(vi) that grants the other party or any third party “most favored nation” status or any similar rights.

 

(nn) Employee Benefits.

 

(i) “Benefit Plan” means any plan, program, arrangement or agreement that is a pension, profit-sharing, savings, retirement, employment, consulting, severance pay, termination, executive compensation, incentive compensation, deferred compensation, bonus, stock purchase, stock option, phantom stock or other equity-based compensation, change-in-control, retention, salary continuation, vacation, sick leave, disability, death benefit, group insurance, hospitalization, medical, dental, life (including all individual life insurance policies as to which the Company is the owner, the beneficiary, or both), Code Section 125 “cafeteria” or “flexible” benefit, employee loan, educational assistance or fringe benefit plan, program, arrangement or agreement, whether written or oral, including, without limitation, any (A) “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“ERISA”) or (B) other employee benefit plans, agreements, programs, policies, arrangements or payroll practices, whether or not subject to ERISA (including any funding mechanism therefor now in effect or required in the future as a result of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise), which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries sponsors or maintains for the benefit of its current or former officers, directors, employees, leased employees, consultants or agents (or their respective beneficiaries), or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, or could reasonably be expected to have, any direct or indirect present or future liability.

 

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(ii) Each Benefit Plan has been established, maintained and operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance with all applicable provisions of applicable Laws, including Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance issued thereunder, in each case, except as has not been and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. There are no investigations by any Governmental Authority, termination proceedings or other claims (except routine claims for benefits payable under the Benefit Plans) or Actions pending in writing (or to the Company’s knowledge, orally) against any Benefit Plan or asserting any rights to or claims for benefits under any Benefit Plan that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any material liability. No non-exempt “prohibited transaction” (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Benefit Plan. No Benefit Plan is (A) subject to Section 412 of the Code, Title IV of ERISA or Section 302 of ERISA (including a “multiemployer” plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA), (B) a “multiple employer plan” as defined in Section 413(c) of the Code, or (C) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA. No Benefit Plan is subject to the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States.

 

(iii) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall, in connection with any other event(s), (i) result in any payment or benefit becoming due to any current or former employee, contractor or director of the Company or its Subsidiaries or under any Benefit Plan, (ii) increase any amount of compensation or benefits otherwise payable to any current or former employee, contractor or director of the Company or its Subsidiaries or under any Benefit Plan, (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting of any benefits to any current or former employee, contractor or director of the Company or its Subsidiaries or under any Benefit Plan, (iv) limit the right to merge, amend or terminate any Benefit Plan (except any limitations imposed by applicable Law, if any), or (v) give rise to any “excess parachute payment” as defined in Section 280G(b)(l) of the Code, any excise tax owing under Section 4999 of the Code or any other amount that would not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code.

 

(oo) Sanctions. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors, officers, or employees, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”); nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or the target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, the Crimea region and the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic in Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria (collectively, “Sanctioned Countries”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of this offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, or any joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of such financing, is the subject or the target of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of applicable Sanctions. Since the Lookback Date, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.

 

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4. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Purchaser. The Purchaser represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the applicable Closing Date, the following:

 

(a) The Purchaser has the knowledge and experience in financial and business matters necessary to evaluate the merits and risks of its prospective investment in the Company, and has carefully reviewed and understands the risks of, and other considerations relating to, the purchase of Shares and the tax consequences of the investment. The Purchaser has adequate means of providing for its current and anticipated financial needs and contingencies and is able to bear the economic risks of the investment for an indefinite period of time and has no need for liquidity of the investment in the Shares. The Purchaser can afford the loss of his, her or its entire investment.

 

(b) The Purchaser is acquiring the Shares for investment for his, her or its own account and not with the view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof. The Purchaser understands and acknowledges that the Offering and sale of the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities Laws, by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act and applicable state securities Laws, which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent as expressed herein. The Purchaser further represents that he, she or it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participation to any third person with respect to any of the Shares, other than with respect to an Affiliate of the Purchaser. By making the representations herein, the Purchaser does not agree to hold any of the Shares for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to, subject to any other written agreement to the contrary, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Shares at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a registration statement or an exemption under the Securities Act. The Purchaser understands and acknowledges that the Offering of the Shares will not be registered under the Securities Act nor under the state securities laws on the ground that the sale of the Shares to the Purchaser as provided for in this Agreement and the issuance of securities hereunder is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws. The Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D as promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act for the reason(s) specified on the Accredited Investor Certification attached hereto as completed by the Purchaser, and Purchaser shall submit to the Company such further assurances of such status as may be reasonably requested by the Company. The Purchaser resides in the jurisdiction set forth on the Purchaser’s Omnibus Signature Page affixed hereto. If the Purchaser is, with respect to the Company, (i) a predecessor of the Company; (ii) an affiliated issuer; (iii) a director, executive officer, other officer participating in the offering, general partner or managing member of the Company; (iv) any beneficial owner of twenty percent (20%) or more of the Company’s outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power; (v) any promoter connected with the Company in any capacity at the time of such sale; (vi) any person that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the Offering; (vii) any general partner or managing member of any such investment manager or solicitor; or (viii) any director, executive officer or other officer participating in the offering of any such investment manager or solicitor or general partner or managing member of such investment manager or solicitor (each such category, a “Covered Person”), the Purchaser has not taken any of the actions set forth in, and is not subject to, the disqualification provisions of Rule 506(d)(1) of the Securities Act.

 

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(c) The Purchaser (i) if a natural person, represents that he or she is the greater of (A) 21 years of age or (B) the age of legal majority in his or her jurisdiction of residence, and has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof; (ii) if a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, represents that such entity is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the state or jurisdiction of its organization, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby is authorized by, and will not result in a violation of applicable Law or its charter or other organizational documents, such entity has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other related agreements or certificates and to carry out the provisions hereof and thereof and to purchase and hold the Shares, the execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such entity and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such entity; or (iii) if executing this Agreement in a representative or fiduciary capacity, represents that he, she or it has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement in such capacity and on behalf of the subscribing individual, ward, partnership, trust, estate, corporation, or limited liability company or partnership, or other entity for whom the Purchaser is executing this Agreement, and such individual, partnership, ward, trust, estate, corporation, or limited liability company or partnership, or other entity has full right and power to perform pursuant to this Agreement and make an investment in the Company, and represents that this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such entity. The execution and delivery of this Agreement will not violate or be in conflict with any order, judgment, injunction, agreement or controlling document to which the Purchaser is a party or by which it is bound, except for any violation or conflict that, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents or to consummate any transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(d) The Purchaser understands that the Shares are being offered and sold to him, her or it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities Laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Purchaser to acquire such securities. The Purchaser further acknowledges and understands that the Company is relying on the representations and warranties made by the Purchaser hereunder and that such representations and warranties are a material inducement to the Company to sell the Shares to the Purchaser. The Purchaser further acknowledges that without such representations and warranties of the Purchaser made hereunder, the Company would not enter into this Agreement with the Purchaser.

 

(e) The Purchaser understands that, other than as expressly provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company does not currently intend to register the Shares under the Securities Act at any time in the future; and the undersigned will not immediately be entitled to the benefits of Rule 144 with respect to the Shares. The Purchaser understands that no public market exists for the Company’s Common Stock and that there can be no assurance that any public market for the Common Stock will exist or continue to exist. The Common Stock is not approved for quotation on either the OTCQX Best Market or OTCQB Venture Market of the OTC Markets Group, Inc. or any other quotation system or listed on any exchange.

 

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(f) The Purchaser has received, reviewed and understood the information about the Company, including all Disclosure Materials provided to it by the Company and/or a Placement Agent (at the Company’s direction), and has had an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with the Company’s management. However, neither any such review or inquiries, nor any due diligence investigation conducted by the Purchaser or any of the Purchaser’s professional advisors, nor anything else contained herein, including, without limitation, discussions and presentations made by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser and any “road show” presentation, shall modify, limit or otherwise affect Purchaser’s right to rely on the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or any of the other Transactions Documents and on the information contained in the Disclosure Materials. The Purchaser understands that such discussions, as well as any Disclosure Materials provided by the Company and/or a Placement Agent (at the Company’s direction), were intended to describe the aspects of the Company’s business and prospects and the Offering which the Company believes to be material and, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (as modified or qualified by the disclosures on the Disclosure Schedule or, except in the case of the Company Fundamental Representations, in the Delivered Super 8-K (excluding any disclosures contained under the heading “Risk Factors,” any disclosures of risks included in any “forward looking statements” or disclosures that are cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature)), the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to the completeness of such information and makes no representation or warranty of any kind with respect to any information provided by or on behalf of any entity other than the Company and its Subsidiaries. Some of such information may include projections as to the future performance of the Company, which projections are made by the Company in good faith but are subject to numerous uncertainties outside the Company’s control and may not be realized, actual results may differ substantially from those set forth in the projections, may be based on assumptions which may not prove to be correct and may be subject to numerous factors beyond the Company’s control. The Purchaser acknowledges that he, she or it is not relying upon any person or entity, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries and its and their officers and directors, in making its investment or decision to invest in the Company. In entering into this Agreement, the Purchaser has not relied on any oral or, except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents or the Disclosure Materials, written information provided by the Company, Matternet or any Placement Agent, or by their respective affiliates, agents, employees, representatives or trustees, or by any other agent or broker. No agent, employee or representative of the Company, Matternet or any Placement Agent, nor other agent or broker, has been authorized to make, and the Purchaser has not relied on, any statements other than those expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents or the Disclosure Materials. Without limiting or derogating from Section 3(ff), the Purchaser understands and represents that he, she or it is purchasing the Shares notwithstanding the fact that the Company may disclose in the future certain material information the Purchaser has not received that is not required to be disclosed in the Super 8-K, including (without limitation) financial statements of the Company and/or Matternet for the current fiscal period, and any subsequent period financial statements that will be filed with the SEC, that he, she or it is not relying on any such information in connection with his, her or its purchase of the Shares. Each Purchaser has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as the Purchaser has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to his, her or its acquisition of the Shares.

 

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(g) The Purchaser acknowledges that neither the Company nor any Placement Agent is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Purchaser (or in any similar capacity) with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and that no investment advice has been given by the Company, any Placement Agent or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Purchaser further represents to the Company that the Purchaser’s decision to enter into the Transaction Documents has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Purchaser and the Purchaser’s representatives (if any).

 

(h) As of the applicable Closing, all actions on the part of the Purchaser, and its officers, directors and partners, if applicable, necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and the performance of all obligations of the Purchaser hereunder and thereunder shall have been taken, and this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, assuming due execution by the parties hereto and thereto, constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar Laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies and, with respect to any rights to indemnity or contribution contained in the Transaction Documents, as such rights may be limited by state or federal laws or public policy underlying such laws.

 

(i) The Purchaser represents that neither it nor, to its knowledge, any person or entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with it, nor any person having a beneficial interest in the Purchaser, nor any person on whose behalf the Purchaser is acting: (i) is a person listed in the Annex to Executive Order No. 13224 (2001) issued by the President of the United States (Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism); (ii) is named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control; (iii) is a non-U.S. shell bank or is providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank; (iv) is a senior non-U.S. political figure or an immediate family member or close associate of such figure; or (v) is otherwise prohibited from investing in the Company pursuant to applicable U.S. anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist and asset control Laws, regulations, rules or orders (categories (i) through (v), each a “Prohibited Purchaser”). The Purchaser (A) agrees to provide the Company, promptly upon request, all information that the Company reasonably deems necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable U.S. anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist and asset control Laws, regulations, rules and orders and (B) consents to the disclosure to U.S. regulators and law enforcement authorities by the Company and its Affiliates and agents of such information about the Purchaser as the Company reasonably deems necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable U.S. anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist and asset control Laws, regulations, rules and orders. If the Purchaser is a financial institution that is subject to the USA Patriot Act, the Purchaser represents that it has met all of its obligations under the USA Patriot Act. The Purchaser acknowledges that if, following its investment in the Company, the Company reasonably believes that the Purchaser is a Prohibited Purchaser or is otherwise engaged in suspicious activity or refuses to promptly provide information that the Company requests, the Company has the right or may be obligated to prohibit additional investments, segregate the assets constituting the investment in accordance with applicable regulations or immediately require the Purchaser to transfer the Shares. The Purchaser further acknowledges that neither the Purchaser nor any of the Purchaser’s Affiliates or agents will have any claim against the Company or Matternet for any form of damages as a result of any of the foregoing actions.

 

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(j) If the Purchaser is an Affiliate of a non-U.S. banking institution (a “Foreign Bank”), or if the Purchaser receives deposits from, makes payments on behalf of, or handles other financial transactions related to a Foreign Bank, the Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company that: (1) the Foreign Bank has a fixed address, other than solely an electronic address, in a country in which the Foreign Bank is authorized to conduct banking activities; (2) the Foreign Bank maintains operating records related to its banking activities; (3) the Foreign Bank is subject to inspection by the banking authority that licensed the Foreign Bank to conduct banking activities; and (4) the Foreign Bank does not provide banking services to any other Foreign Bank that does not have a physical presence in any country and that is not a regulated Affiliate.

 

(k) The Purchaser or its duly authorized representative realizes that because of the inherently speculative nature of businesses of the kind conducted and contemplated by the Company, the Company’s financial results may be expected to fluctuate from month to month and from period to period and will, generally, involve a high degree of financial and market risk that could result in substantial or, at times, even total losses for investors in securities of the Company. The Purchaser has considered the risk factors in the Delivered Super 8-K before deciding to invest in the Shares.

 

(l) The Purchaser is not subscribing for Shares as a result of or subsequent to any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television, radio, or the internet, or presented at any seminar or meeting, or any solicitation of a subscription by a person not previously known to the Purchaser in connection with investments in securities generally.

 

(m) The Purchaser acknowledges that no U.S. federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon the Shares or made any finding or determination as to the fairness, suitability or wisdom of any investments therein.

 

(n) Other than consummating the transactions contemplated hereunder, the Purchaser has not directly or indirectly, nor has any individual or entity acting on behalf of or pursuant to any understanding with the Purchaser, executed any purchases or sales, including Short Sales (as defined below), of the securities of the Company during the period commencing at the time the Purchaser was first contacted by the Company or any other individual or entity representing the Company (including a Placement Agent) regarding the transactions contemplated hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of the Purchaser being a multi-managed investment vehicle, whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of the Purchaser’s assets and the portfolio managers do not communicate or share information with, and have no direct knowledge of the investment decisions made by, the portfolio managers managing other portions of the Purchaser’s assets, the representation set forth above in this Section 4(n) 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 Agreement. Other than to other individuals or entities party to this Agreement, or to the Purchaser’s representatives, agents or advisors, such Purchaser has maintained the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with this transaction (including the existence and terms of this transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall constitute a representation or warranty, or preclude any actions, with respect to the identification of the availability of, or securing of, available shares to borrow in order to effect Short Sales or similar transactions in the future. For purposes of this Agreement, “Short Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).

 

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(o) The Purchaser is aware that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of the Shares and other activities with respect to the Shares by the Purchaser, and will comply with such anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M.

 

(p) All of the information concerning the Purchaser set forth herein, and any other information furnished by the Purchaser in writing to the Company or a Placement Agent for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, is true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement, and, if there should be any material change in such information prior to the Purchaser’s purchase of the Shares, the Purchaser will promptly furnish revised or corrected information to the Company.

 

(q) The Purchaser has reviewed with its own tax advisors the U.S. federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of this investment and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. With respect to such matters, the Purchaser has relied, is relying and will rely solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents, written or oral. The Purchaser understands that it (and not the Company) shall be responsible for its own tax liability that may arise as a result of this investment or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(r) If the Purchaser is not a United States person (as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), the Purchaser hereby represents that it has satisfied itself as to the observance in all material respects of the Laws of its jurisdiction in connection with any invitation to subscribe for the Shares or any use of this Agreement, including (a) the legal requirements within its jurisdiction for the purchase of the Shares; (b) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to such purchase; (c) any governmental or other consents that may need to be obtained; and (d) the income tax and other tax consequences, if any, that may be relevant to the purchase, holding, redemption, sale or transfer of the Shares. The Purchaser’s subscription and payment for and continued beneficial ownership of the Shares will not violate any applicable securities or other Laws of the Purchaser’s jurisdiction.

 

(s) The Purchaser represents that it is not a “foreign person” for purposes of Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (as amended) or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder (including 31 C.F.R. Part 800 and 31 C.F.R. part 801); provided, however, that if the Purchaser is a “foreign person” for such purposes, it agrees that it will not (i) obtain any control rights over the Company, including the ability to determine, direct, or decide important matters affecting the Company; (ii) have access to any material nonpublic technical information in the possession of the company; (iii) obtain membership or observer rights on the Board or the right to nominate an individual to a position on the Board; or (iv) have any involvement, other than through voting of shares, in substantive decision making of the Company regarding the use, development, acquisition or release of the Company’s technology.

 

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(t) (For ERISA plans only) The fiduciary of the ERISA plan (the “Plan”) represents that such fiduciary has been informed of and understands the Company’s investment objectives, policies and strategies, and that the decision to invest “plan assets” (as such term is defined in ERISA) in the Company is consistent with the provisions of ERISA that require diversification of plan assets and impose other fiduciary responsibilities. The Purchaser fiduciary or Plan (i) is responsible for the decision to invest in the Company; (ii) is independent of the Company or any of its Affiliates; (iii) is qualified to make such investment decision; and (iv) in making such decision, the Purchaser fiduciary or Plan has not relied primarily on any advice or recommendation of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

(u) If the Purchaser is a Covered Person, neither the Purchaser nor, to the Purchaser’s knowledge, any of its directors, executive officers, other officers that may serve as a director or officer of any company in which it invests, general partners or managing members is subject to any Disqualification Events, except for Disqualification Events covered by Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) under the Securities Act, and disclosed reasonably in advance of the applicable Closing in writing in reasonable detail to the Company.

 

(v) The Purchaser understands that there are substantial restrictions on the transferability of the Shares and that the certificates or book-entry positions representing the Shares shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such certificates or other instruments):

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND NEITHER SUCH SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (2) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION EXISTS AND THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, WHICH COUNSEL AND OPINION ARE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED IN THE MANNER CONTEMPLATED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (3) SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

In addition, if the Purchaser is an Affiliate of the Company, certificates or book-entry positions evidencing the Shares issued to the Purchaser may bear a customary “Affiliates” legend.

 

Any fees (with respect to the Company’s transfer agent for the Common Stock (the “Transfer Agent”), counsel or otherwise) associated with the removal of such legend(s) shall be borne by the Company.

 

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Upon the receipt by the Company of a request from Purchaser and subject to receipt by the Company and its Transfer Agent from the Purchaser of customary representations and other customary documentation reasonably required by the Transfer Agent in connection therewith, the Company shall be obligated to promptly reissue unlegended certificates or book entry positions at such time as the securities evidenced by such book entry positions (x) are sold pursuant to Rule 144 or another applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act has been satisfied, provided that Rule 144 or such other applicable exemption is available and, if the Transfer Agent requires an opinion, the Company shall cause its legal counsel to deliver an opinion in a form reasonably acceptable to the Transfer Agent, to the effect that the removal of such restrictive legends in such circumstances may be effected under the Securities Act or (y) are sold pursuant to an effective resale registration statement under the Securities Act, provided that if the Transfer Agent requires an opinion, the Company shall cause its legal counsel to deliver an opinion in a form reasonably acceptable to the Transfer Agent, to the effect that the removal of such restrictive legends in such circumstances may be effected under the Securities Act, or (z) are covered by an effective resale registration statement under the Securities Act and are Legend Removal Shares (as defined in the next sentence). If a resale registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Shares becomes effective, then the Company shall cause legal counsel to the Company, at the Company’s expense: (a) to issue to the Transfer Agent for the Common Stock, within one (1) Trading Day after the effective date thereof, a “blanket” legal opinion in customary form to the effect that the Shares covered by the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) have been registered for resale under the Securities Act and, if such counsel has received a signed certificate in the form attached as Exhibit B to the Registration Rights Agreement (a “Legend Removal Certificate”) from the holder of the Shares, (subject to the assumption by such counsel that such holder complies with the covenants set forth in such signed certificate) may then be reissued without any legend or restriction relating to their status as “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 (“Legend Removal Shares”), or, otherwise, may then be reissued without any legend or restriction relating to their status as “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 upon resale pursuant to such registration statement; and (b) promptly to amend such opinion to cause the Shares to be Legend Removal Shares after later receipt of a Legend Removal Certificate from the holder. Under the foregoing circumstances, the Company shall direct its Transfer Agent to issue unlegended shares, in the case of clause (x) above, within one (1) Trading Day after the Transfer Agent’s receipt of such opinion or, in the case of clause (y) above, within one (1) Trading Day after the Transfer Agent’s receipt of such legal opinion with respect to Legend Removal Shares or otherwise within one (1) Trading Day after the Transfer Agent’s receipt of evidence in customary form that the Shares have been sold pursuant to an effective resale registration statement under the Securities Act, in either case via DWAC or as otherwise requested by the holder.

 

(w) If the Purchaser is an individual, then the Purchaser resides in the state or province identified in the address of the Purchaser set forth on such Purchaser’s Omnibus Signature Page to this Agreement; if the Purchaser is a partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other entity, then the office or offices of the Purchaser in which its principal place of business is identified in the address or addresses of the Purchaser set forth on such Purchaser’s Omnibus Signature Page to this Agreement.

 

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(x) The Purchaser understands that (i) the Company prior to the Merger will have been a “shell company” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, and that upon filing with the SEC of the Super 8-K reporting the consummation of the Merger and related transactions and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and otherwise containing “Form 10 information” discussed below, the Company will reflect therein that it is no longer a shell company; and (ii) pursuant to Rule 144(i), securities issued by a current or former shell company (including the Shares) that otherwise meet the holding period and other requirements of Rule 144 nevertheless cannot be sold in reliance on Rule 144 until one (1) year after the Company (a) is no longer a shell company; and (b) has filed current “Form 10 information” (as defined in Rule 144(i)) with the SEC reflecting that it is no longer a shell company, and provided that at the time of a proposed sale pursuant to Rule 144, the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and has filed all reports and other materials required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable, during the preceding twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports and materials), other than Form 8- K reports. As a result, the restrictive legends on certificates or book-entry positions for the Shares cannot be removed except in connection with (i) an actual sale meeting the foregoing requirements or (ii) pursuant to an effective registration statement.

 

(y) The Purchaser, if and to the extent that it purchases Shares in any Subsequent Closing, represents that it (i)(A) has a substantive, pre-existing relationship with the Company or (B) had direct contact by the Company or a Placement Agent outside of the Offering, and (ii) did not contact the Company or a Placement Agent or become interested in the Offering as a result of reading or otherwise being aware of the Super 8-K or any press release or any other public disclosure disclosing the terms of the Offering.

 

(z) To effectuate the terms and provisions hereof, the Purchaser hereby appoints each of the Placement Agents as its attorney-in-fact for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Escrow Agreement, including, without limitation, taking any action on behalf of, or at the instruction of, the Purchaser and executing any release notices required under the Escrow Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that a Placement Agent may deem necessary or advisable (and lawful) to accomplish the purposes hereof, in each case, subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. All lawful acts done under the foregoing authorization are hereby ratified and approved, and no Placement Agent nor any designee nor agent thereof shall be liable in connection therewith for any acts of commission or omission, for any error of judgment, for any mistake of fact or law except for acts of fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. This power of attorney, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable while the Escrow Agreement remains in effect.

 

5. Conditions to Company’s Obligations at Closing. The Company’s obligation to complete the sale and issuance of the Shares and deliver the Shares to the Purchaser and to consummate the other transactions contemplated hereby at the Initial Closing and, if applicable, a Subsequent Closing, shall be subject to the satisfaction or written waiver by the Company (in whole or in part) of the following conditions, to the extent such condition can be waived, in its sole discretion, on or prior to the Initial Closing Date and each Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable (provided that any waiver by the Company of the condition set forth in Section 5(f) shall require the prior written consent of the Purchaser):

 

(a) Receipt of Payment. The Company shall have received payment, by certified or other bank check or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the full amount of the Purchase Price for the number of Shares being purchased by the Purchaser at the Initial Closing and, if applicable, a Subsequent Closing.

 

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(b) Receipt of Executed Transaction Documents. The Purchaser shall have executed and delivered to the Company the Omnibus Signature Page, Accredited Investor Certification, the Purchaser Profile and the Anti-Money Laundering Information Form.

 

(c) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the Purchaser in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of such Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such Closing Date (except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date), except for the failure of any such representation or warranty to be so true and correct as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(d) Performance. The Purchaser shall have performed or complied with in all material respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by the Purchaser on or prior to the applicable Closing.

 

(e) Effectiveness of the Merger Transactions. The Merger and each of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement shall have been effected and consummated.

 

(f) Minimum Offering. In connection with the Initial Closing only, the Company shall be receiving gross proceeds from the Offering (before deducting the Cash Fee or any other fees or expenses related to the Offering) equal to or greater than the Minimum Offering Amount (inclusive of any shares of Common Stock that may be purchased in the Offering by the Placement Agents).

 

(g) Qualifications. All Authorizations of, or notices to, any Governmental Authority that are required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the lawful issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement at each Closing, except for blue sky law notifications that may be properly submitted after such Closing and filing of a Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities on Form D with the SEC under Regulation D, which may be filed no later than fifteen (15) calendar days after the “date of first sale” in the Offering.

 

6. Conditions to Purchaser’s Obligations at the Applicable Closing. The Purchaser’s obligation to accept delivery of the Shares and to pay for the Shares to be issued to the Purchaser hereunder at the Initial Closing and, if applicable, a Subsequent Closing, and to consummate the other transactions contemplated hereby, shall be subject to the satisfaction by the Company or written waiver by the Purchaser (in whole or in part) of the following conditions, to the extent such condition can be waived, in its sole discretion, on or prior to the Initial Closing Date and each Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable:

 

(a) Representations and Warranties. (i) The representations and warranties made by the Company (as modified by the disclosures on the Disclosure Schedule or in the Delivered Super 8-K (excluding any disclosures that (whether contained under the heading “Risk Factors,” in any “forward- looking statements” disclaimer or in any other section) to the extent they are cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature) set forth in Sections 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 3(d), 3(e), 3(g), 3(h), 3(i), 3(r), 3(t), 3(u), 3(v), 3(cc), 3(ee), 3(ff), 3(gg), 3(hh), 3(ii), 3(jj) and 3(ee) and 3(kk) hereof) (collectively, the “Company Fundamental Representations”) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of such Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such Closing Date (except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date) and (ii) the other representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 3 shall be true and correct in all material respects (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or similar qualifier) as of the date of this Agreement and as of such Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they had been made on and as of such Closing Date (except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or similar qualifier) in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

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(b) Performance. The Company shall have performed or complied with in all material respects all obligations and covenants herein required to be performed by it on or prior to the applicable Closing.

 

(c) Receipt of Executed Transaction Documents. The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to the Placement Agents on behalf of the Purchaser a counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.

 

(d) Effectiveness of the Merger Transactions. The Merger and each of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement shall have been effected and consummated.

 

(e) Minimum Offering. In connection with the Initial Closing only, the Company shall be receiving aggregate proceeds from the Offering (before deducting the Cash Fee or any other fees or expenses related to the Offering) equal to or greater than the Minimum Offering Amount (inclusive of any shares of Common Stock that may be purchased in the Offering by the Placement Agents).

 

(f) EIP and ESPP. The Board and the stockholders of the Company shall have duly adopted( i) the EIP and (ii) the ESPP, each as described in Recital D above.

 

(g) Officer’s Certificate. At each applicable Closing, an executive officer of the Company shall have duly executed and delivered or caused to be delivered to the Placement Agents a certificate addressed to the Purchaser and the Placement Agents certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 6(a) and Section 6(b) as of the applicable Closing Date.

 

(h) Secretary’s Certificate. At the Initial Closing Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Placement Agents a certificate, validly executed by the Secretary of the Company certifying as to (i) true, correct and complete copies of its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, each as amended and in effect after the Merger; (ii) the valid adoption of resolutions of the Board (whereby this Agreement, the Offering and the transactions contemplated hereunder were unanimously approved by the Board); and (iii) a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware dated within five (5) Business Days prior to the Initial Closing Date.

 

(i) Good Standing. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall be a corporation or other business entity duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation.

 

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(j) Judgments. No judgment, writ, order, injunction, award or decree of or by any court, or judge, justice or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, or any order of or by any Governmental Authority, shall have been issued, and no action or proceeding shall have been instituted by any Governmental Authority, enjoining or preventing the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(k) Delivery of Super 8-K and Merger Agreement. The Company shall have delivered to the Purchaser, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing, (A) (1) in the case of Purchasers participating in the Initial Closing, a substantially complete draft of the Current Report on Form 8-K describing the Merger, the Offering and the related transactions, including “Form 10 information” (as defined in Rule 144(i)(3) under the Securities Act) (the “Draft Super 8-K”), or (2) in the case of Purchasers participating in any subsequent Closing, the Current Report on Form 8-K describing the Merger, the Offering and the related transactions, including “Form 10 information” as filed by the Company with the SEC within four (4) Business Days after the closing of the Merger and the Initial Closing of the Offering (which shall be substantially identical to the Draft Super 8-K) (the “Super 8-K”), including any audited and interim unaudited financial statements of Matternet and pro forma financial information reflecting the Merger, as required by Item 9.01 of the Current Report on Form 8-K (the Draft Super 8-K or Super 8-K, as the case may be, so delivered to the Purchaser, the “Delivered Super 8-K”), (B) upon request of the Purchaser a copy of any exhibit to the Delivered Super 8-K or the Super 8-K, as applicable (in the form filed or intended to be filed with the SEC), and (C) a substantially final draft of the Merger Agreement and each other material transaction document contemplated by or related to the Merger Agreement, including the disclosure schedules thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, after the Initial Closing such delivery shall be deemed to have been effected to the extent such document has been filed with the SEC pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System.

 

(l) Legal Opinion. Cooley LLP (“Cooley”), legal counsel for Matternet, shall deliver an opinion addressed to the Purchaser and the Placement Agents, dated as of the applicable Closing Date, in form and substance mutually acceptable to Cooley and the Placement Agents.

 

(m) Lock-Ups. The Placement Agents shall have received the Lock-Up Agreements duly executed by each Restricted Holder.

 

(n) Compliance with Laws. The transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including the sale and issuance of the Shares in the Offering, shall be legally permitted by all Laws and regulations to which the Company is subject or which are otherwise applicable to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

(o) Qualifications. All Authorizations of, or notices to, any Governmental Authority that are required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the lawful issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement at each Closing, shall have been delivered or obtained and effective as of such Closing except for Blue Sky law notifications that may be properly submitted after such Closing and filing of a Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities on Form D with the SEC under Regulation D which may be filed no later than fifteen (15) calendar days after the “date of first sale” in the Offering.

 

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(p) No Material Adverse Effect. There shall have been no Material Adverse Effect.

 

7. Indemnification.

 

(a) In addition to the indemnity provided to the Purchaser in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser and its Affiliates, and its and their respective directors, officers, stockholders, equity holders, members, managers, partners, investment advisers, employees, attorneys, consultants, representatives and agents (and any other persons with a functionally equivalent role of a person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title), each person who controls the Purchaser (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, stockholders, equity holders, members, managers, partners, investment advisers, employees, attorneys, consultants, representatives and agents (and any other persons with a functionally equivalent role of a person holding such titles notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of such controlling person (collectively, the “Purchaser Indemnitees”), from and against all losses, liabilities, claims, damages, costs, fees, charges, Taxes, judgements, fines, penalties and expenses whatsoever (including, but not limited to, amounts paid in settlement and any and all out-of- pocket expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation commenced or threatened) (collectively, “Indemnified Liabilities”) arising out of or relating to: (i) the inaccuracy, violation or breach of any of the Company’s representations or warranties made in Section 3 of this Agreement; (ii) any breach or failure to perform by the Company of any of its covenants and obligations contained herein or (iii) any Action brought or made against such Purchaser Indemnitee by a third party (including for these purposes a derivative action brought on behalf of the Company) and arising out of, relating to or resulting from (A) the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including the issuance of the Shares and the Merger, or (B) the status of the Purchaser merely as a shareholder of the Company pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities that is permissible under applicable Law. The liability of the Company under this paragraph shall not exceed the total Purchase Price paid by the Purchaser hereunder, except in the case of fraud. The Purchaser Indemnitees are intended third party beneficiaries of the provisions of this Section 7, entitled to enforce such provisions as if directly party to this Agreement.

 

(b) The Company shall have the right to control the investigation and defense of any Action for which a Purchaser Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification hereunder with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Purchaser Indemnitee, at the sole cost and expense of the Company, upon written notice to the applicable Purchaser Indemnitee; provided, that (i) such notice contains confirmation that the Company has agreed to indemnify the Purchaser Indemnitee (subject to the limitations on indemnification set forth herein) for the Indemnified Liabilities arising out of, relating to or resulting from such Action and (ii) the Company shall not be entitled to assume or control the investigation and defense, if (A) such claim seeks non-monetary, equitable or injunctive relief or alleges any violation of criminal Law or (B) the Company is also a party and the Purchaser Indemnitee determines in good faith after consultation with counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to such Purchaser Indemnitee that are different or additional to those available to the Company. If the Company assumes the investigation and defense of such Action in accordance herewith, the Purchaser Indemnitee may retain separate co-counsel at its sole cost and expense and participate in the investigation and defense of such Action.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser Indemnitee, the Company shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its Subsidiaries or its or their respective Related Parties to, negotiate, consent to or enter into any settlement, or consent to the entry of any judgment, with respect to any Action for which such Purchaser Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification hereunder, unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such Purchaser Indemnitee from all liability arising out of such proceeding, (ii) does not require any admission of wrongdoing or failure to act by any Purchaser Indemnitee, and (iii) does not obligate or require any Purchaser Indemnitee to take, or refrain from taking, any action.

 

(d) The Purchaser acknowledges on behalf of itself and each Purchaser Indemnitee that, other than (i) for Actions seeking specific performance of the obligations under this Agreement; or (ii) in the case of a breach or violation of this Agreement by the Company which has resulted from either (A) intentional fraud or (B) a willful and intentional act or a willful and intentional failure to act in either case with actual knowledge that the act or failure to act constituted or would result in a breach or violation, in each case, the sole and exclusive remedy of the Purchaser and the Purchaser Indemnitees with respect to any and all claims relating to this Agreement shall be pursuant to the indemnification provisions (including the limitations thereof) set forth in this Section 7.

 

8. Revocability; Binding Effect. The subscription hereunder may be revoked, in whole or in part, prior to the Initial Closing or any Subsequent Closing, as applicable, in the sole discretion of the Purchaser, for any reason or no reason, provided that written notice of revocation is sent and is received by the Company or a Placement Agent at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Initial Closing Date or the applicable Subsequent Closing Date, as applicable. The Purchaser hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement shall survive the death or disability of the Purchaser and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns. If the Purchaser is more than one person, the obligations of the Purchaser hereunder shall be joint and several and the agreements, representations, warranties and acknowledgments herein shall be deemed to be made by and be binding upon each such person and such person’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

9. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Use of Proceeds. The net proceeds to the Company from the Minimum Offering Amount and from the Maximum Offering Amount are estimated to be approximately $17 million and $26 million, respectively, after deducting estimated Placement Agents’ Cash Fees and accounting, audit, legal, and other offering expenses payable by the Company (assuming no exercise of the Over-Subscription Option). The Company currently intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering (i) to immediately retire its outstanding indebtedness, in the amount of approximately $4,175,000, and (ii) for operating expenses, capital expenditures, working capital, and other general corporate purposes. These uses are expected to include the commercial deployment of Matternet’s M3 drone platform, expansion of its active drone fleet and related launch, landing, and operational infrastructure, geographic expansion into additional domestic and international markets, and increased headcount to support engineering, flight operations, regulatory compliance, and commercial partnerships. The proceeds will also support investments in software, autonomy, and systems required to scale delivery volumes over time. Pending such uses, the Company intends to invest the net proceeds in short-term, interest-bearing instruments consistent with its investment policy.

 

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(b) Modification. Prior to the Initial Closing, this Agreement shall not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Purchaser. Following the Initial Closing, this Agreement shall not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Purchasers that hold at least a majority of the outstanding Shares and Other Shares (the “Requisite Holders”); provided that this Agreement may not be amended and the observance of any term hereof may not be waived with respect to the Purchaser without the written consent of the Purchaser if such amendment or waiver materially and adversely affects the rights of the Purchaser under this Agreement in a manner that is different than the Other Purchasers. Any amendment, modification or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 9(b) shall be binding upon the Purchaser and its successors and assigns and the Company and its successors and assigns.

 

(c) Third-Party Beneficiary. Each Placement Agent shall be an express third party beneficiary of the representations and warranties of the Company included in Section 3 and of the Purchaser included in Section 4 of this Agreement. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person, except as otherwise set forth in Section 7, this Section 9(c) and Section 9(cc).

 

(d) Notices. Any notice, consents, waivers or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when personally delivered; (ii) upon receipt when sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; (iii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); (iv) when sent, if by e-mail (provided that such sent e-mail is kept on file (whether electronically or otherwise) by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipient’s e-mail server that such e- mail could not be delivered to such recipient); or (v) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, in each case, properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses, facsimile numbers and email addresses for such communications shall be:

 

(i) if to the Company, at

 

Matternet, Inc.

355 Ravendale Dr.

Mountain View, CA 94043

Attention: Andreas Raptopoulos

 

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with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP

1185 Avenue of the Americas, 26th Floor

New York, NY 10036

Attention: Barrett S. DiPaolo

 

and

 

Cooley LLP

3175 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention: John T. McKenna; or

 

(ii) if to the Purchaser, at the address set forth on each such Omnibus Signature Page hereof( or, in either case, to such other address as the party shall have furnished in writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section).

 

(e) Assignability. This Agreement is binding upon, and is enforceable by, each of the Company and the Purchaser and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement and the rights, interests and obligations hereunder are not transferable or assignable by the Purchaser other than an assignment of the rights, interests and obligations hereunder in connection with any transfer of the Shares by a Purchaser to a Permitted Assignee (as such term is defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchaser may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more of its Affiliates or, with the Company’s prior written consent, to another person, in either case that is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D; provided, that no such assignment shall relieve the Purchaser of its obligations hereunder if any such assignee fails to perform such obligations, unless the Company has given its prior written consent to such relief. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 9(e) is intended to, or shall have the effect of, restricting or otherwise impairing any transfer of the Shares by the Purchaser. This Agreement and the rights, interests and obligations hereunder are not transferable or assignable by the Company.

 

(f) Applicable Law. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal Laws of the State of New York, without reference to the principles thereof relating to the conflict of Laws to the extent they would result in the application of the Laws of any other jurisdiction. Any claim, dispute or litigation based hereon, or arising out of, under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be brought and maintained exclusively in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and the appellate courts therefrom, in each case sitting in New York County, New York. Each party irrevocably consents to the service of process of any of the aforementioned courts in any such suit, action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to such party’s address set forth in Section 9(d), such service to become effective ten (10) days after such mailing.

 

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(g) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY OR THE ACTIONS OF SUCH PARTY IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.

 

(h) Form D; Blue Sky Qualification. The Company shall timely file a Form D with respect to the Shares and provide a copy thereof, promptly upon request of the Purchaser. The Company shall take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary in order to obtain an exemption for, or to qualify the Shares for, sale to the Purchaser at such Closing under applicable securities or “blue sky” laws of the states of the United States, and shall provide evidence of such actions promptly upon request of the Purchaser.

 

(i) Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires, (i) all references to Sections, Schedules or Exhibits are to Sections, Schedules or Exhibits contained in or attached to this Agreement, (ii) each accounting term not otherwise defined in this Agreement has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP, (iii) words in the singular or plural include the singular and plural and pronouns stated in either the masculine, the feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter, (iv) the use of the word “including” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than limitation, and (v) the word “or” shall not be exclusive.

 

(j) Stockholder Rights Plan. No claim will be made or enforced by the Company or, with the consent of the Company, any other person, that the Purchaser is an “Acquiring Person” under any control share acquisition, business combination, “poison pill” (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or similar anti-takeover plan or arrangement in effect or hereafter adopted by the Company, or that the Purchaser could be deemed to trigger the provisions of any such plan or arrangement, by virtue of receiving the Shares or any other securities of the Company under this Agreement or under any other agreement between the Company and the Purchaser.

 

(k) Securities Law Disclosure; Publicity. By 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the trading day immediately following the Initial Closing, the Company shall issue a press release disclosing all material terms of the Offering. The Company will also file the Super 8-K (and including as exhibits to such Super 8-K, the material Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement)), in each case without redaction and including all schedules, exhibits and appendices, except as permitted by applicable SEC rules and instructions and provided that any redaction or schedule, exhibit or appendix not so filed in reliance on such rules and instructions shall not contain any material non-public information, as soon as practicable following the Initial Closing Date but in no event more than four (4) Business Days following the Initial Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of the Purchaser or an Affiliate of the Purchaser, or include the name of the Purchaser or an Affiliate of the Purchaser in any press release or filing with the SEC (other than the Registration Statement) or any regulatory agency or principal trading market, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, except (i) as required by federal securities Law in connection with (A) any registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (B) the filing of final Transaction Documents with the SEC, or (ii) in connection with a request by FINRA relating to the Form 211 to be filed by a market maker on the Company’s behalf, or (iii) to the extent such disclosure is required by applicable Law, request of the staff of the SEC or of any regulatory agency or principal trading market regulations, in which case the Company shall to the extent legally permissible provide the Purchaser with prior written notice of such disclosure permitted under this sub-clause (ii). The Company represents and warrants that, from and after the filing of the Super 8-K, no Purchaser shall be in possession of any material, non-public information received from the Company or its Subsidiaries any of its or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents or any other person acting on its behalf in connection with the Offering that is not disclosed in the Super 8-K unless the Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement with the Company regarding the confidentiality and use of such information or is otherwise subject to confidentiality restrictions as an officer or director of the Company. The Purchaser, severally and not jointly with the Other Purchasers, covenants that until such time as the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed by the Company as described in this Section 9(k), the Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of all disclosures made to it in connection with such transactions (including the existence and terms of such transactions), except to the extent such disclosure is required by applicable Law and then only after providing the Company with advance notice of such disclosure to the extent legally permissible so that the Company may seek a protective order to prevent such disclosure. In addition, the Purchaser acknowledges that it is aware that United States securities laws may restrict persons who have material, non-public information about a company and are subject to a duty of trust or confidence in respect of such information from purchasing or selling any securities of such company while in possession of such information. The provisions of this Section 9(k) are in addition to and not in replacement of any other confidentiality agreement, if any, between the Company and the Purchaser.

 

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(l) Non-Public Information. Except for information (including the terms of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby) that will be disclosed in the Super 8-K and filed with the SEC, the Company has not provided, shall not provide and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and their officers, directors, employees, agents and other representatives, not to, provide the Purchaser with any material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s securities without the express prior written consent of the Purchaser. The Company understands, acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Purchaser, its Affiliates and persons acting on its or their behalf will rely on the provisions of Section 9(k) and this Section 9(l) in effecting transactions in the Shares and other securities of the Company and of other persons, and (b) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Purchaser shall not (nor shall any of the Purchaser’s Affiliates, attorneys, agents or representatives) have, solely as a result of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or the purchase of the Shares, any duty of trust or confidence with respect to, or any obligation not to trade in any securities while aware of, any material non-public information (i) provided by, or on behalf of, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their officers, directors (or equivalent persons), employees, attorneys, agents or representatives in violation of any of the representations, covenants, provisions or agreements set forth in Section 9(k) or this Section 9(l) or (ii) otherwise possessed (or continued to be possessed) by the Purchaser (or any Affiliate, agent or representative thereof) as a result of any breach or violation by the Company of any representation, covenant, provision or agreement set forth in Section 9(k) or this Section 9(l).

 

(m) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Registration Rights Agreement and each other Transaction Document, and all exhibits, schedules and attachments hereto and thereto, including the Disclosure Schedule and any confidentiality agreement between the Purchaser and the Company, constitute the entire agreement between the Purchaser and the Company with respect to the Offering and supersede all prior oral or written agreements and understandings, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

(n) Share Certificates. The Shares issued at any Closing will not be certificated but will be represented by book-entry positions on the books of the Transfer Agent. If the Shares are subsequently certificated and any certificate or instrument evidencing any Shares is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent of such loss, theft or destruction and the execution by the holder thereof of a customary lost certificate affidavit of that fact and an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its Transfer Agent for any losses in connection therewith and/or, if required by such Transfer Agent, a bond in such form and amount as is reasonably required by the Transfer Agent. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Shares. If a replacement certificate or instrument evidencing any Shares is requested due to a mutilation thereof, the Company may require delivery of such mutilated certificate or instrument as a condition precedent to any issuance of a replacement.

 

(o) Expenses. Except as explicitly provided otherwise in this Agreement, all parties shall bear their own fees and expenses in connection with the Offering and the Merger and any due diligence activities relating thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees, stamp taxes and other Taxes and duties levied in connection with the sale and issuance of the Shares, and the Company shall file all necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to such fees, Taxes and duties, and the Company shall pay all fees and expenses of its counsel in connection with the issuance of any opinion required by Section 4(a)(v) or Section 6(a)(l) above and of any opinion to the Transfer Agent for the removal of any legend on the Shares. The Placement Agents’ cash commission and any expenses of the Placement Agents (or any sub-agents), including fees and expenses of their legal counsel, will be paid or reimbursed as agreed by Matternet and the Company with each Placement Agent in the Placement Agent Agreement by and between the Company and such Placement Agent. All other fees and expenses relating to the Merger and the Offering, including but not limited to legal and accounting fees of Matternet, and any expenses of the Company incurred in connection with the Merger and the Offering, will be payable at each closing of the Offering from the proceeds thereof.

 

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(p) Tax Treatment. The Merger, the Initial Closing and the Subsequent Closing, if relevant, are part of an integrated plan with mutually interdependent steps in which (a) the Matternet equity holders will be treated as contributing their Matternet equity to the Company in exchange for Common Stock pursuant to the Merger, and (b) certain investors contributed cash to the Company in exchange for Common Stock pursuant to the Offering. The Merger Parties agree to treat the Merger, together with the Initial Closing and the Subsequent Closing, if relevant, as an exchange of property to the Purchaser in exchange for stock, other property or money within the meaning of Section 351(a) of the Code (such treatment, the “Intended Tax Treatment”) and shall not take any action reasonably likely to cause such transactions not to so qualify. Each of the Merger Parties agrees to file all Tax Returns consistent with the Intended Tax Treatment, except as otherwise required by a final determination by an applicable taxing authority.

 

(q) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature pages that contain copies of an executed signature page such as in .pdf format shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement as to the parties and may be used in lieu of the original Agreement for all purposes. Signatures of the parties transmitted by facsimile or by e-mail of a document in .pdf format shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

(r) Severability. Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered separable and, if for any reason any provision or provisions hereof are determined to be invalid or contrary to applicable Law, such invalid or contrary provision shall be replaced with a valid provision that as closely as possible reflects the parties’ intent with respect thereto, and invalidity or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect the remaining portions of this Agreement.

 

(s) Headings. Paragraph titles are for descriptive purposes only and shall not control or alter the meaning of this Agreement as set forth in the text.

 

(t) Multiple Closings. The Purchaser understands and acknowledges that there may be multiple Closings for the Offering.

 

(u) Additional Information; Further Assurances. The Purchaser hereby agrees to furnish the Company such other information as the Company may reasonably request prior to the applicable Closing with respect to its subscription hereunder. Each party hereto shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party hereto may reasonably request in order to effect the transactions contemplated hereby and to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, the satisfaction of the conditions and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(v) Survival. The parties agree that, if the Closing occurs (i) the Company Fundamental Representations shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement for a period of eighteen (18) months from the Initial Closing Date and (ii) the other the representations and warranties of the Company and the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Shares for a period of one (1) year from the Initial Closing Date and the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement (including the covenants and agreements set forth in Section 7 hereof) shall survive the Closing and delivery of the Shares in accordance with their terms or, if no term is specified, such covenants and agreements shall survive indefinitely. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Purchaser have any liability to the Company or to any other person in connection with the Offering other than pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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(w) Omnibus Signature Page. This Agreement is intended to be read and construed in conjunction with the Registration Rights Agreement. Accordingly, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, it is hereby agreed that the execution by the Purchaser of this Agreement, in the place set forth on the Omnibus Signature Page below, shall constitute agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof and the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, with the same effect as if each of such separate but related agreement were separately signed.

 

(x) Public Disclosure. Neither the Purchaser nor any officer, manager, director, member, partner, stockholder, employee, Affiliate, Affiliated person or entity of the Purchaser shall make or issue any press releases or otherwise make any public statements or make any disclosures to any third person or entity with respect to the transactions contemplated herein and will not make or issue any press releases or otherwise make any public statements of any nature whatsoever with respect to the Company without the Company’s express prior approval (which may be withheld in the Company’s sole discretion), except to the extent such disclosure is required by applicable Law, request of the staff of the SEC or of any regulatory agency or by principal trading market regulations.

 

(y) Potential Conflicts. Each Placement Agent, its sub-agents, legal counsel to the Company, the Placement Agents or Matternet and/or their respective Affiliates, principals, representatives or employees may now or hereafter own shares of the Company.

 

(z) Independent Nature of the Purchaser’s Obligations and Rights. For avoidance of doubt, the obligations of the Purchaser under this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and any other agreements delivered in connection herewith are several and not joint with the obligations of any Other Purchaser in connection with the Offering, and the Purchaser shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any Other Purchaser in connection with the Offering. The decision of the Purchaser to purchase Shares pursuant to this Agreement has been made by the Purchaser independently of any Other Purchaser or any other investor and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which may have been made or given by any Other Purchaser or investor or by any agent or employee of any Other Purchaser or investor, and neither the Purchaser nor any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any Other Purchaser or investor (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained herein and no action taken by the Purchaser shall be deemed to constitute the Purchaser as a partnership, an association, a joint venture, or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchaser is in any way acting in concert or as a group with any Other Purchaser in connection with the Offering with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any Other Subscription Agreement. Except as specifically set forth herein, the Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other party to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

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(aa) Waiver of Conflicts. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that each of Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP (“SRFC”), counsel to the Company prior to the Merger, Cooley, counsel to Matternet prior to the Merger and to the Company after the Merger, and McGuireWoods LLP (“McGuireWoods”), counsel to the Placement Agents, may have in the past performed and may continue to or in the future perform legal services for certain of the Purchasers in matters unrelated to the transactions described in this Agreement, including financings and other matters. Accordingly, each party to this Agreement hereby (a) acknowledges that it has had an opportunity to ask for information relevant to this disclosure; (b) acknowledges that SRFC, Cooley and McGuireWoods represented the Company, Matternet and the Placement Agents, respectively, in the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and have not represented any individual Purchaser in connection with such transaction; and (c) gives its informed consent to SRFC’s, Cooley’s, and McGuireWoods’ representation of certain of the Purchasers in unrelated matters and to SRFC’s, Cooley’s and McGuireWoods’ representation of the Company, Matternet and the Placement Agents, respectively, in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(bb) Adjustments. In the event of any stock split, subdivision, dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock (or other securities or rights convertible into, or entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly shares of Common Stock), combination or other similar recapitalization or event occurring after the date hereof, each reference in any Transaction Document to a number of Shares or the Per Share Purchase Price (or other price per share of Common Stock) shall be deemed to be amended to appropriately account for such event.

 

(cc) Remedies. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed by them in accordance with the terms hereof and that each party hereto shall be entitled to protective orders, injunctive relief and other remedies available at Law or in equity (including, without limitation, seeking specific performance or rescission of purchases, sales and other transfers). The parties hereto agree not to raise any objections to the availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance to prevent or restrain breaches of this Agreement by the Purchaser or the Company, as applicable, and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions of this Agreement to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of, or to enforce compliance with, the respective covenants and obligations of the Purchaser and the Company, as applicable, under this Agreement all in accordance with the terms of this Section 9(cc). Neither the Purchaser nor the Company, as applicable, shall be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with seeking an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, all in accordance with the terms of this Section 9(cc).

 

(dd) Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document, and notwithstanding the fact that the Purchaser may be partnerships or limited liability companies, the Company hereto covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no recourse under this Agreement or any Transaction Document shall be had against any the Purchaser’s future, present or former Affiliates, or the Purchaser’s or its Affiliates’ respective future, present or former officers, directors, managers, employees, partners, investment advisers, equity holders, controlling persons, members, agents, attorneys, representatives, successors or permitted assigns (the “Purchaser Parties”) (other than the Purchaser and its successors and Permitted Assignees under this Agreement), whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any applicable Law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any of the Purchaser Parties, as such, for any obligation or liability of any party under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or liabilities or their creation; provided, however, nothing in this Section 9(dd) shall relieve or otherwise limit the liability of the Purchaser or any of its successors or Permitted Assignees, for any breach or violation of its obligations under such agreements, documents or instruments. The liability limitation provision in this Section 9(dd) shall survive termination of this Agreement. The Purchaser Parties are intended third party beneficiaries of the provisions of this Section 9(dd), entitled to enforce such provisions as if directly party to this Agreement.

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  LOS ALTOS VENTURES CORP.
  (to be renamed “Matternet, Inc.” upon consummation of the Merger)
   
  By:  
    Name: Ian Jacobs
    Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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LOS ALTOS VENTURES CORP. (to be renamed “MATTERNET, INC.”)

OMNIBUS SIGNATURE PAGE TO

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, desiring to: (i) enter into the Subscription Agreement, dated as of                         1 , 2026 (the “Subscription Agreement”), between the undersigned, Los Altos Ventures Corp. (to be renamed “Matternet, Inc.”, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the other parties thereto, in the form furnished to the undersigned, (ii) enter into the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the undersigned, the Company and the other parties thereto, in the form furnished to the undersigned, and (iii) purchase the Shares of the Company’s securities as set forth in the Subscription Agreement and below, hereby agrees to purchase such Shares from the Company and further agrees to join the Subscription Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement as a party thereto, with all the rights and privileges appertaining thereto, and to be bound in all respects by the terms and conditions thereof. The undersigned specifically acknowledges having read the representations section in the Subscription Agreement entitled “Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser” and hereby confirms that the statements contained therein are complete and accurate with respect to the undersigned as a Purchaser.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser hereby executes the Subscription Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Dated: ____________________, 2026

 

  × $3.00              = $                           
Number of Shares   Purchase Price per Share   Total Purchase Price

 

PURCHASER (individual)   PURCHASER (entity)
     
     
Signature   Name of Entity
     
    By:  
Print Name     Signature
     
    Print Name:  
Signature (if Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common)   Title:  
     
Address of Principal Residence:   Address of Executive Offices:
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Social Security Number(s):   IRS Tax Identification Number:
     
     
Telephone Number:   Telephone Number:
     
     
Facsimile Number:   Facsimile Number:
     
     
E-mail Address:   E-mail Address:
     

 

1Will reflect the Closing Date. Not to be completed by Subscriber.

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of May 22, 2026, by and among Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (f/k/a Los Altos Ventures Corp.) (the “Company”), the persons identified on Schedule 1 hereto who have purchased the Offering Shares (as defined below) and have executed omnibus or counterpart signature page(s) hereto (each, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”), the persons or entities identified on Schedule 2 hereto holding Bridge Notes (collectively, the “Bridge Holders”), the persons or entities identified on Schedule 3 hereto holding Placement Agent Warrants (collectively, the “Brokers”), the persons or entities identified on Schedule 4 hereto holding Merger Shares (as defined below), the persons or entities identified on Schedule 5 hereto holding Registrable Pre-Merger Shares (as defined below), and the person holding Advisor Shares (as defined below). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 1 below or in the Subscription Agreement (as defined below).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, Matternet Operations, Inc., a Delaware corporation (f/k/a Matternet, Inc.) (“Legacy Matternet”), has offered and sold, in compliance with Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, to accredited investors in a private placement offering (the “Note Offering”), Legacy Matternet’s 10% Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (the “Bridge Notes”), and agreed upon closing of the Merger (as defined below) and the Minimum Offering to issue to the Bridge Holders the Bridge Warrants, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 3, 2026, entered into by and among Legacy Matternet and the purchasers of the Bridge Notes set forth on the signature pages affixed thereto (the “Bridge Purchase Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Note Offering, Legacy Matternet agreed to cause the Company to enter into a registration rights agreement with each of the Bridge Holders granting such Purchasers registration rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock to be issued to such Bridge Holders upon the conversion of the Bridge Notes and upon exercise of the Bridge Warrants, in each case on a pari passu basis with, and upon substantially the same terms as the registration rights granted to, the Purchasers of Common Stock in the Offering (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the closing of the Merger and the Offering, all of the Bridge Notes have been converted into shares of Common Stock and the Bridge Warrants have been issued to the Bridge Holders;

 

WHEREAS, the Company has offered and sold, in compliance with Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder, to accredited investors in a private placement offering (the “Offering”) shares of the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to certain Subscription Agreements entered into by and between the Company and each of the Purchasers of the Offering Shares set forth on the signature pages affixed thereto (the “Subscription Agreements”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to enter into a registration rights agreement with each of the Purchasers in the Offering who purchased the Offering Shares, with the Brokers, or their designees, who hold Placement Agent Warrants, and with the holders of Merger Shares or Registrable Pre-Merger Shares, as applicable; and

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the initial closing of the Offering, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 22, 2026 (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Legacy Matternet, and the Acquisition Subsidiary (as defined below), all of the outstanding capital stock of Legacy Matternet was exchanged for shares of the Company’s Common Stock and Legacy Matternet became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual promises, representations, warranties, covenants and conditions set forth herein, the parties mutually agree as follows:

 

1. Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

“Acquisition Subsidiary” means Matternet Acquisition Co.

 

“Advisor Shares” means the 104,166 shares of Restricted Common Stock issued to two advisors upon consummation of the Merger.

 

“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble.

 

“Approved OTC Market” means the OTCQB Venture Market or OTCQX Best Market of the OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or, in each case, a successor over-the-counter trading market thereto).

 

“Blackout Period” means, with respect to a distribution or registration, a period during which the Company, in the good faith judgment of its board of directors, determines (because of the existence of, or in anticipation of, any acquisition, financing activity, or other material corporate development or other material transaction involving the Company, or the unavailability for reasons beyond the Company’s reasonable control of any required financial statements, or any other event or condition of similar material significance to the Company) that the registration and/or distribution of the Registrable Securities to be covered by such registration statement, if any, or the circumstances described in Section 4(h) below, would require additional disclosure by the Company in such registration statement of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for keeping confidential and the non-disclosure of which in such registration statement would be expected, in the reasonable determination of the Company’s board of directors, to cause such registration statement to fail to comply with applicable disclosure requirements, in each case commencing on the day the Company notifies the Holders that they are required, because of the determination described above, to suspend offers and sales of Registrable Securities and ending on the earlier of (1) the date upon which the material non-public information resulting in the applicable Blackout Period is disclosed to the public or ceases to be material and (2) such time as the Company notifies the selling Holders that sales pursuant to such Registration Statement or a new or amended Registration Statement or prospectus may resume; provided, however, that the aggregate of all Blackout Periods shall not exceed twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days or more than forty-five (45) Trading Days in any twelve- (12-) month period.

 

“Bridge Note Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Bridge Notes.

 

“Bridge Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the Bridge Warrants.

 

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“Brokers” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble.

 

“Business Day” means any day of the year, other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which banks in the State of New York are required or authorized to close.

 

“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

 

“Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company and any and all shares of capital stock or other equity securities of: (i) the Company which are added to or exchanged or substituted for the Common Stock by reason of the declaration of any stock dividend or stock split, the issuance of any distribution or the reclassification, readjustment, recapitalization or other such modification of the capital structure of the Company; and (ii) any other corporation, now or hereafter organized under the laws of any state or other governmental authority, with which the Company is merged, which results from any consolidation or reorganization to which the Company is a party, or to which is sold all or substantially all of the shares or assets of the Company, if immediately after (and as a result of) such merger, consolidation, reorganization or sale, the Holders own equity securities of such other corporation.

 

“Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.

 

“Effective Date” means the date of the final closing of the Offering.

 

“Effectiveness Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3(a).

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

“Excluded Registrable Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(d)(i) of this Agreement.

 

“Family Member” means (a) with respect to any individual, such individual’s spouse, any descendants (whether natural or adopted), any trust all of the beneficial interests of which are owned by any of such individuals or by any of such individuals, together with any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the estate of any such individual, and any corporation, association, partnership or limited liability company all of the equity interests of which are owned by those above described individuals, trusts or organizations and (b) with respect to any trust, the owners of the beneficial interests of such trust.

 

“Free Writing Prospectus” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8(a).

 

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“Holder” means (i) each Purchaser or any of such Purchaser’s respective successors and Permitted Assignees who acquire rights in accordance with this Agreement with respect to any Registrable Securities directly or indirectly from a Purchaser or from any Permitted Assignee; (ii) each Bridge Holder or any of such Bridge Holder’s respective successors and Permitted Assignees who acquire rights in accordance with this Agreement with respect to any Registrable Securities directly or indirectly from a Bridge Holder or from any Permitted Assignee; (iii) each Broker or any of such Broker’s respective successors and Permitted Assignees who acquire rights in accordance with this Agreement with respect to any Registrable Securities directly or indirectly from a Broker or from any Permitted Assignee; (iv) each holder of Registrable Pre-Merger Shares or its respective successors and Permitted Assignees who acquire rights in accordance with this Agreement with respect to any Registrable Securities directly or indirectly from such holder or from any Permitted Assignee thereof; and (v) each holder of the Merger Shares or its respective successors and Permitted Assignees who acquire rights in accordance with this Agreement with respect to any Registrable Securities directly or indirectly from such holder or from any Permitted Assignee thereof.

 

“Holder Indemnified Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8(a).

 

“Issuer Filing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4(z).

 

“Initial Registration Statement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3(a).

 

“Legacy Matternet” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.

 

“Legend Removal Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4(aa).

 

“Legend Removal Shares” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4(aa).

 

“Losses” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8(a).

 

“Majority Holders” means, at any time, Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then issuable and/or outstanding. For purposes of this Agreement, a person is deemed to be a holder of Shares or Registrable Securities whenever such person owns of record, or owns beneficially through a “street name” holder, such Shares or Registrable Securities or securities upon exercise, conversion or exchange of which such Shares or Registrable Securities are issuable.

 

“Merger” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.

 

“Merger Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.

 

“Merger Shares” means the 21,633,410 shares of Common Stock issued or issuable in exchange for all of the shares of capital stock of Legacy Matternet that were outstanding immediately prior to the closing of the Merger, and any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable with respect to such shares upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing.

 

“National Securities Exchange” means each of the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American and any other U.S. national securities exchange which the Majority Holders identify in writing as a National Securities Exchange for purposes hereof (and, in each case, a successor U.S. national securities exchange thereto).

 

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“New Registration Statement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3(c).

 

“New Registration Statement Effectiveness Deadline” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3(c).

 

“New Registration Statement Filing Deadline” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3(c).

 

“Offering” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.

 

“Offering Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued to the Purchasers pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, and any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable with respect to such shares upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing.

 

“Permitted Assignee” means (a) with respect to a partnership, its partners or former partners in accordance with their partnership interests, (b) with respect to a corporation, its stockholders in accordance with their interest in the corporation, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, its members or former members in accordance with their interest in the limited liability company, (d) with respect to an individual party, any Family Member of such party and any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of an individual or a Family Member of such individual, (e) with respect to a trust, to the trustor or beneficiary of such trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust, (f) an entity or trust that is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with a transferor, (g) any affiliate of a transferor in any transaction in which the transferor distributes Restricted Securities to such affiliate for no consideration, (h) a party to this Agreement, or (i) any other person approved by the Company in writing in advance.

 

“Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(d)(i) of this Agreement.

 

“Placement Agent Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants.

 

“Placement Agent Warrants” shall have the meaning set forth in the Subscription Agreement.

 

The terms “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act, and such registration statement becoming effective.

 

“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

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“Purchaser” or “Purchasers” have the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.

 

“Reduction Securities” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3(c).

 

“Registrable Pre-Merger Shares” means 2,700,000 shares of Common Stock held by stockholders of the Company prior to the Merger and remaining outstanding immediately following the effective time of the Merger, and any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable with respect to such shares upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing.

 

“Registrable Pre-Merger Stockholder” means a person holding Registrable Pre-Merger Shares immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger.

 

“Registrable Securities” means the following held by a Holder, as applicable: (a) the Offering Shares, (b) the Bridge Note Shares, (c) the Bridge Warrant Shares, (d) the Placement Agent Warrant Shares, (e) the Merger Shares, (f) the Registrable Pre-Merger Shares, (g) the Advisor Shares and (h) other shares of Restricted Common Stock held by the Holders, hereinafter acquired or issuable in respect of the foregoing shares of Common Stock by way of conversion, dividend, stock-split, distribution or exchange, merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reclassification or similar transaction. Such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities hereunder with respect to any Holder on the earlier of (x) the date on which they have been sold or otherwise transferred other than to a Permitted Assignee, (y) the date on which Rule 144 becomes available for a Holder, permitting such Holder to sell within a ninety (90)-day period all the Registrable Securities held by such Holder without volume or manner of sale restrictions, and (z) the date on which such securities cease to be outstanding.

 

“Registration Default Period” means the period beginning on the date on which any Registration Event occurs and ending on the date on which such Registration Event is cured, inclusive.

 

“Registration Effectiveness Date” means the date that is the earlier of (a) five (5) Trading Days after the Company is notified by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comment, and (b) one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the date on which the Super 8-K is first filed with the Commission (as such period may be extended by the obligation under applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act to include updated financial statements before it can be declared effective).

 

“Registration Event” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a) the Company fails to file with the Commission the Initial Registration Statement on or before the Registration Filing Date;

 

(b) the Initial Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission on or before the Registration Effectiveness Date;

 

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(c) any New Registration Statement (as defined below) has not been filed by the New Registration Statement Filing Deadline (as defined below);

 

(d) any New Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the New Registration Statement Effectiveness Deadline (as defined below);

 

(e) after the SEC Effective Date and during the Effectiveness Period, any Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain effective or the Holders of any of the Registrable Securities covered thereby are otherwise not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell the Registrable Securities covered thereby for a period of more than thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days or more than ninety (90) Trading Days in any twelve- (12-) month period, except for Blackout Periods permitted herein, including with respect to the suspension of the use of any Registration Statement on Form S-1 in connection with the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to update the prospectus therein in connection with the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or of any other report reporting a fundamental change, which Blackout Period may extend for the amount of time reasonably required to respond to comments of the Staff on such amendment;

 

(f) following the inclusion for quotation on an Approved OTC Market, the Registrable Securities, if issued and outstanding, are not listed or included for quotation on an Approved OTC Market or a National Securities Exchange, or trading of the Common Stock is suspended or halted on the Approved OTC Market, which at the time constitutes the principal market for the Common Stock, for more than three (3) full, consecutive Trading Days (other than as a result of suspension or halt of substantially all trading in equity securities (including the Common Stock)) on such Approved OTC Market; or

 

(g) following the inclusion for quotation on a National Securities Exchange, the Registrable Securities, if issued and outstanding, are not listed on a National Securities Exchange, or trading of the Common Stock is suspended or halted on the National Securities Exchange, which at the time constitutes the principal market for the Common Stock, for more than three (3) full, consecutive Trading Days (other than as a result of suspension or halt of substantially all trading in equity securities (including the Common Stock)) on the National Securities Exchange.

 

“Registration Filing Date” means the date that is forty-five (45) calendar days after the date on which the Super 8-K is first filed by the Company with the Commission.

 

“Registration Statement” means any registration statement that the Company is required to file or files pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section 3(d) of this Agreement to register the Registrable Securities and any successor registration statement.

 

“Restricted Common Stock” means any shares of Common Stock that are subject to resale restrictions pursuant to the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including, but not limited to, securities: (1) acquired directly or indirectly from the issuer or an affiliate of the issuer in unregistered offerings such as private placements; (2) acquired through an employee stock benefit plan or as compensation for professional services; or (3) considered “restricted securities” under Rule 144. For purposes of clarity, Restricted Common Stock does not include Common Stock that is restricted solely as a result of contractual restrictions, including, but not limited to, lock-up or similar contractual agreements.

 

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“Road Show Communication” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8(a).

 

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended or supplemented from time to time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the Commission.

 

“Rule 145” means Rule 145 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended or supplemented from time to time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the Commission.

 

“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended or supplemented from time to time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the Commission.

 

“SEC Effective Date” means the date the Initial Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute promulgated in replacement thereof, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

“Selling Securityholder Questionnaire” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(b).

 

“Specified Holders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(a).

 

“Staff” means any member of the staff of the Commission.

 

“Subscription Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals.

 

“Super 8-K” means the Current Report on Form 8-K describing the Merger, the Offering and the related transactions, including “Form 10 information,” to be filed by the Company with the Commission within four (4) Business Days after the closing of the Merger and the Initial Closing of the Offering.

 

“Suspension Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(a).

 

“Suspension Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(a).

 

“Testing the Water Communication” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8(a).

 

“Trading Day” means any day on which the Approved OTC Market or National Securities Exchange that at the time constitutes the principal securities market for the Common Stock, is open for general trading of securities (or if there is no Approved OTC Market or National Securities Exchange that at the time constitutes the principal securities market for the Common Stock, then any day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for general trading of securities).

 

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2. Term. This Agreement shall terminate with respect to each Holder on the earlier of: (i) the date that is five (5) years from the SEC Effective Date, and (ii) the date on which no Registrable Securities are outstanding (the “Term”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 3(b), Section 6, Section 8, Section 9 and Section 10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

3. Registration.

 

(a) Registration on Form S-1. The Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-1, or any other form for which the Company then qualifies or which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate, and which form shall be available for the resale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities on a delayed or continuous basis (including in stock exchange transactions and underwritten offerings) (the “Initial Registration Statement”), and the Company shall (i) make the initial filing of the Initial Registration Statement with the Commission no later than the Registration Filing Date, (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Initial Registration Statement to be declared effective no later than the Registration Effectiveness Date and (iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective (including by filing a new Registration Statement if the initial Registration Statement expires) for a period of five (5) years after the SEC Effective Date or for such shorter period ending on the earlier of (x) the date on which there no longer any outstanding Registrable Securities and (y) the date on which all Registrable Securities have been transferred other than to a Permitted Assignee (the “Effectiveness Period”). Any Registration Statement shall contain the “Plan of Distribution” section in substantially the form thereof attached as Exhibit A hereto; provided, however, that the Company may make changes to such Plan of Distribution to the extent required by regulation of the Commission or in response to comments from the Staff. Upon the Company becoming eligible to register the Registrable Securities for resale by the Holders on Form S-3, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend the Registration Statement to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 in substitution of the Registration Statement as initially filed as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter (provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement (or post-effective amendment) on Form S-3 covering such Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission). The Company shall be entitled to suspend sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and the use of any related prospectus during a Blackout Period for the reasons and time periods set forth in the definition thereof.

 

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(b) Liquidated Damages. If a Registration Event occurs, then the Company will make payments to each Holder of Registrable Securities, as liquidated damages to such Holder by reason of the Registration Event, a cash sum calculated at a rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum (for the duration of the applicable Registration Default Period) of the total of the following, to the extent applicable to such Holder: (i) if the Holder purchased Registrable Securities pursuant to a Subscription Agreement, the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Subscription Agreement for the Registrable Securities held by such Holder as of the date of such Registration Event, (ii) if the Holder is a Holder of Bridge Note Shares or Bridge Warrant Shares, the product of $2.40 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations or similar events) multiplied by the number of Bridge Note Shares and/or Bridge Warrant Shares held by or issuable to such Holder as of the date of such Registration Event, or (iii) if the Holder is a Holder of Placement Agent Warrant Shares, Merger Shares, Advisor Shares or Registrable Pre-Merger Shares, the product of $3.00 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, recapitalizations or similar events) multiplied by the number of Placement Agent Warrant Shares, Merger Shares, Advisor Shares or Registrable Pre-Merger Shares held by or issuable to such Holder as of the date of such Registration Event, but in the case of the immediately preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), only with respect to such Holder’s Registrable Securities that are affected by such Registration Event and only for the applicable Registration Default Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the maximum amount of liquidated damages that may be paid by the Company to any Holder pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the applicable foregoing amounts described in clauses (i) and (ii) in the preceding sentence with respect to such Holder’s Registrable Securities that are affected by all Registration Events in the aggregate, and (y) no penalties shall accrue with respect to any Registrable Securities (A) removed from the Registration Statement in response to a comment from the Staff limiting the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the Registration Statement (provided that the Company continues to use commercially reasonable efforts to register such Reduction Securities (as defined below) for resale by other available means as set forth herein), (B) after they cease to be Registrable Securities, or (C) with respect to any Registration Event defined by clause (b) or (d) of the definition of “Registration Event” set forth above, that are held by any Holder who delayed or failed to provide information reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation of the applicable Registration Statement. For clarity, and by way of example, if the sum of the amounts in clauses (i) and (ii) for a specified Holder as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 3(b) is equal to $10,000,000, liquidated damages payable by the Company to such Holder by reason of one or more Registration Events affecting all Registrable Securities of such Holder would accrue at a rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum (for the duration of the applicable Registration Default Period) until such time that all liquidated damages payable to such Holder reached a cap of $500,000 in the aggregate for all Registration Events. Each payment of liquidated damages pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be due and payable in cash in arrears within five (5) days after the end of each full 30-day period of the Registration Default Period until the termination of the Registration Default Period and within five (5) days after such termination. Until the maximum amount of liquidated damages is paid, such payments shall constitute the Holder’s sole and exclusive remedy for money damages in respect of any Registration Event; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that the foregoing shall not affect any Holder’s right, at any time, to seek or obtain injunction or other equitable relief in respect of any Registration Event. The Registration Default Period shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) such time as the Registrable Securities that are affected by the Registration Event cease to be Registrable Securities or (ii)(A) the filing of the Registration Statement in the case of clause (a) or (c) of the definition of Registration Event, (B) the SEC Effective Date in the case of clause (b) or (d) of the definition of Registration Event, (C) the ability of the Holders to effect sales pursuant to the Registration Statement in the case of clause (e) of the definition of Registration Event, and (D) the listing or inclusion and/or trading of the Common Stock on an Approved OTC Market or National Securities Exchange, as the case may be, in the case of clause (f) or (g) of the definition of Registration Event; provided that in the event of a cure of one or more of the Registration Events described in clauses (A)-(D) above when a separate Registration Event shall be continuing, the Registration Default Period shall continue until all such Registration Events have ceased. The amounts payable as liquidated damages pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be payable in lawful money of the United States. No liquidated damages shall accrue or be payable to any Holder pursuant to this Section 3(b) with respect to any Registrable Securities that are excluded by reason of (i) the Staff limiting the number of Registrable Securities that may be registered or sold pursuant to a Registration Statement as set forth in Section 3(c) below (provided that the Company continues to use commercially reasonable efforts to register such Reduction Securities for resale by other available means as set forth herein) or (ii) such Holder failing to provide to the Company information concerning the Holder and the manner of distribution of the Holder’s Registrable Securities that is required by the Commission (including in response to Commission comments) to be disclosed in a registration statement utilized in connection with the registration of Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Commission limits the Company’s ability to file, or prohibits or delays the filing of a New Registration Statement, the Company’s compliance with such limitation, prohibition or delay solely to the extent of such limitation, prohibition or delay shall not be deemed a failure by the Company to use commercially reasonable efforts as set forth above or elsewhere in this Agreement and shall not require the payment of any liquidated damages by the Company under this Agreement.

 

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(c) Other Limitations. Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Section 3(a), if the Staff informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415 under the Securities Act, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single Registration Statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform each of the Holders thereof and file an amendment to the Registration Statement as required by the Staff covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Staff as a secondary offering; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment, the Company shall be obligated to use reasonably diligent efforts to advocate with the Staff for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable guidance of the Staff, including, without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the Staff limits the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used reasonably diligent efforts to advocate with the Staff for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities or by the Commission, the Company shall amend the Registration Statement to remove from the Registration Statement such number of Registrable Securities as specified by the Commission in the following order: (i) first from the Merger Shares, on a pro rata basis among the holders thereof; (ii) second from the Placement Agent Warrant Shares, on a pro rata basis among the holders thereof; (iii) third from the Registrable Pre-Merger Shares and the Advisor Shares, on a pro rata basis among the holders thereof; and (iv) fourth from the Bridge Note Shares, the Bridge Warrants Shares and the Offering Shares, on a pro rata basis among the holders thereof (such removed Registrable Securities, the “Reduction Securities”). In the event of such removal of Reduction Securities as provided in this Section 3(c), the Company shall give each applicable Holder at least three (3) Trading Days prior written notice, along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement in accordance with the foregoing, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts within sixty (60) calendar days after the SEC Effective Date, or within ten (10) Business Days after the first date that is permitted by the Staff if filing within such sixty (60) calendar day period is not permitted by the Staff (the “New Registration Statement Filing Deadline”) to register for resale as many of the Reduction Securities as the Commission will permit (pro rata among the Holders of such Reduction Securities) using one or more Registration Statements (any such Registration Statement, a “New Registration Statement”) that it is then entitled to use, and to cause such New Registration Statement(s) to become effective as soon as practicable, but no later than promptly after the initial filing date of the New Registration Statement, as such period may be extended by the obligation under applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act to include updated financial statements before it can be declared effective (the “New Registration Statement Effectiveness Deadline”), until all of the Reduction Securities have been so registered; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to register such Reduction Securities during a Blackout Period; provided, further, that the Company shall not be required to register such Reduction Securities at intervals more frequently than six (6) months or at such times as the Staff may permit until all of the Reduction Securities are registered. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such New Registration Statement continuously effective (including by filing an additional Registration Statement if the Initial Registration Statement expires) under the Securities Act during the Effectiveness Period.

 

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(d) Piggyback Registrations.

 

(i) With respect to any Registrable Securities not otherwise included in a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3(a) as a result of any limitation imposed by the Staff, or otherwise (the “Excluded Registrable Securities”), whenever the Company proposes to register (including, for this purpose, a registration effected by the Company for other stockholders) any of its securities under the Securities Act (other than pursuant to (i) a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof or (ii) a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor forms thereto), and the registration form to be used may be used for the registration of Registrable Securities, the Company will give written notice to each holder of Excluded Registrable Securities of its intention to effect such a registration and will, subject to the provisions of Section 3(d)(ii) hereof, and to the extent permitted by the Staff, include in such registration all Excluded Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received a written request for inclusion therein within twenty (20) days after the receipt by such holder(s) of the Company’s notice (a “Piggyback Registration”).

 

(ii) If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten secondary registration on behalf of holders of the Company’s securities, and the managing underwriter(s) of such proposed offering advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability of the offering, the Company will include in such registration a pro rata share of Excluded Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement as calculated by dividing the number of Excluded Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement by the number of the Company’s securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement by all selling security holders. In such event, the holder of Excluded Registrable Securities shall continue to have registration rights under this Agreement with respect to any Excluded Registrable Securities not so included in, and sold pursuant to, such Registration Statement.

 

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, at any time after giving a notice of Piggyback Registration and prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register or to delay registration of such securities, the Company may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to each record holder of Excluded Registrable Securities and, following such notice, (i) in the case of a determination not to register, shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Excluded Registrable Securities in connection with such registration, and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay registering, shall be permitted to delay registering any Excluded Registrable Securities for the same period as the delay in registering such other securities.

 

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4. Registration Procedures. The Company will keep each Holder reasonably advised as to the filing and effectiveness of any Registration Statement. At its expense with respect to any Registration Statement, the Company will:

 

(a) subject to compliance with Section 5(b), prepare and file with the Commission with respect to the Registrable Securities, any Registration Statement in accordance with Section 3(a), and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective as soon as possible after the filing thereof and to remain effective (with the Prospectus included therein available for the resale of the Registrable Securities) for the Effectiveness Period and file the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act within one (1) Trading Day following the date the Registration Statement is declared effective;

 

(b) not name any Holder in any Registration Statement as an underwriter without that Holder’s prior written consent;

 

(c) if any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto is subject to review by the Commission, promptly respond to all comments, diligently pursue resolution of any comments to the satisfaction of the Commission and file all amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement as may be required to respond to comments from the Commission and otherwise to enable such Registration Statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective;

 

(d) during the Effectiveness Period, prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to any Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective, current and up-to-date for the applicable time period required hereunder and, if applicable, file any Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act; and cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act;

 

(e) not less than four (4) Trading Days prior to filing any Registration Statement or any related prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish to the Holders (and/or, if so specified by any Holder, legal counsel to such Holder) copies of or a link to all such documents proposed to be filed (other than those incorporated by reference and those amendments and supplements that are solely composed of a cover page and the form of one or more of the Company’s reports previously filed under the Exchange Act) and duly consider in good faith any comments timely received from the Holders (or from legal counsel to any such Holder, as applicable);

 

(f) furnish, without charge, to each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (i) a reasonable number of copies of such Registration Statement (including any exhibits thereto other than exhibits incorporated by reference), each amendment and supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request, (ii) such number of copies of the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act) as such Holders may reasonably request, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and (iii) such other documents as such Holder may reasonably require to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided that the Company shall have no obligation to furnish any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system;

 

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(g) use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement under such other applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions within the United States, including “blue sky” laws, as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement reasonably requests and as may be reasonably necessary for the marketability of the Registrable Securities and do any and all other acts and things reasonably necessary to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph or (ii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it has not already done so;

 

(h) as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of any event, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities being offered or sold pursuant to any Registration Statement at any time when a Prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event that will, after the occurrence of such event, cause the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, if not amended or supplemented, to contain an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and the Company shall promptly thereafter prepare and furnish to such Holder a supplement or amendment to such Prospectus (or, if a Registration Statement is on Form S-3, prepare and file appropriate reports under the Exchange Act) so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such Prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except in the event of a Blackout Period, in which case no supplement or amendment need be furnished (or Exchange Act filing made) until the termination of such Blackout Period; provided that any and all information provided to the Holder pursuant to such notification shall remain confidential to each Holder until such information otherwise becomes public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required by applicable law (in which event such Holder shall (if legally permitted to do so) advise the Company not less than two (2) Trading Days before disclosing such information);

 

(i) comply, and continue to comply during the Effectiveness Period, in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement;

 

(j) as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities being offered or sold pursuant to any Registration Statement of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;

 

(k) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all other approvals, consents, exemptions or authorizations from such governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the Holders and underwriters to consummate the disposition of Registrable Securities;

 

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(l) enter into customary agreements (including any underwriting agreements in customary form, including any representations and warranties and lock-up provisions therein), and take such other actions as may be reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Piggyback Registration;

 

(m) use its commercially reasonable efforts to furnish, or cause to be furnished, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, (i) a legal opinion, dated as of such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the managing underwriter, addressed to the underwriters and (ii) a “comfort” letter dated as of such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the managing underwriter, addressed to the underwriters;

 

(n) use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and make available to its shareholders, as soon as reasonably practicable, but no later than sixteen (16) months after the effective date of any Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 168(c) under the Securities Act), an earnings statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

 

(o) provide officers’ certificates and other customary closing documents, if applicable;

 

(p) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the shares of Common Stock to be, and remain, quoted on an Approved OTC Market unless listed on a National Securities Exchange;

 

(q) upon request at any time or from time to time, cooperate with each Holder and each underwriter participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and underwriters’ counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”); and

 

(r) use its commercially reasonable efforts to:

 

(i) cause a FINRA-registered broker-dealer (the “Market Maker”) to (A) sponsor the Common Stock, (B) file with FINRA, no later than fifteen (15) days after the Registration Statement is initially filed with the Commission, a Form 211 together with the required documentation and information in connection therewith, (C) respond promptly to any requests from FINRA for additional information in connection therewith (and the Company will provide reasonable cooperation to the Market-Maker in fulfillment thereof), and (D) clear the Market Maker by FINRA to initiate quotation of the Common Stock on an Approved OTC Market at the earliest practicable date after the filing of the Form 211, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause a second Market Maker to register with FINRA in respect of the Common Stock as soon thereafter as possible; and

 

(ii) cause the Common Stock to be DTC-, DWAC- and DRS-eligible no later than the initiation of quotation of the Common Stock on an Approved OTC Market.

 

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(s) in the event of an underwritten public offering by the Company or a Holder of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, cause appropriate officers as are reasonably requested by the managing underwriter to participate in a “road show” or similar marketing effort being conducted by such underwriter with respect to such underwritten public offering;

 

(t) provide a transfer agent and registrar that is registered with the Commission and a participant in DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, which may be a single entity, for the shares of Common Stock at all times, and upon the reasonable request from any Holder(s) cooperate with such Holder(s) to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of the Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a resale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement (whether electronically or in certificated form) which Registrable Securities shall be free, to the extent permitted by the applicable Subscription Agreement and applicable law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder(s) may request;

 

(u) upon the receipt of a request at any time or from time to time from any Holder(s) of Registrable Securities being offered pursuant to any Registration Statement, cooperate with such Holder(s) of Registrable Securities being offered pursuant to any Registration Statement to issue and deliver, or cause its transfer agent to issue and deliver, certificates or evidence of book-entry positions representing Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to the Registration Statement within a reasonable time after the delivery of certificates or evidence of book-entry positions representing the Registrable Securities to the transfer agent or the Company, as applicable, and enable such certificates or positions to be in such denominations or amounts as the Holders may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Holders may request;

 

(v) notify the Holders, the Brokers and their counsel as promptly as reasonably possible and (if requested by any such person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day: (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed (other than those incorporated by reference and those amendments and supplements that are solely composed of a cover page and the form of one or more of the Company’s reports previously filed under the Exchange Act); (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “no review,” “review” or a “completion of a review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement (in which case the Company shall provide true and complete copies thereof and all written responses thereto after same are prepared and available to each of the Holders that pertain to the Holders as a selling stockholder, but not information which the Company believes would constitute material non-public information); and (C) with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has been declared effective; provided, however, that such notice under this clause (C) shall be delivered to each Holder whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement or post-effective amendment (as the case may be); (ii) during the Effectiveness Period, of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or prospectus or for additional information that pertains to any of the Holders as selling stockholders; or (iii) during the Effectiveness Period, of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;

 

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(w) during the Effectiveness Period, refrain from bidding for or purchasing any Common Stock or any right to purchase Common Stock or attempting to induce any person to purchase any such security or right if such bid, purchase or attempt would in any way limit the right of the Holders to sell Registrable Securities by reason of the limitations set forth in Regulation M under the Exchange Act;

 

(x) use its commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment;

 

(y) upon the receipt of a request from any Holder of Registrable Securities included in a Registration Statement, use commercially reasonable efforts to assist such Holder in facilitating any sales (including but not limited to private sales) or other transfers of Registrable Securities by, among other things, providing officers’ certificates and other customary closing documents reasonably requested by a Holder without charge to the Holder (but the Holder shall be responsible for any third-party expenses and for the avoidance of doubt, none of such certificates and other customary closing documents shall be deemed to include opinions or negative assurance letters from Company counsel or “comfort letters” delivered by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm);

 

(z) if required by the FINRA Corporate Financing Department, promptly effect, or cause to be effected, a filing with the FINRA Corporate Financing Department pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 (or successor thereto) with respect to the public offering contemplated by resales of securities under the Registration Statement (an “Issuer Filing”), pay the filing fee required by such Issuer Filing, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to pursue the Issuer Filing until FINRA issues a letter confirming that it does not object to the terms of the offering contemplated by the Registration Statement, and otherwise cooperate with any broker-dealer through which a Holder proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with the FINRA Corporate Financing Department pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 (or successor thereto), as requested by any such Holder, and the Company shall pay the filing fee required by such filing within two (2) Trading Days of its receipt of the request therefor;

 

(aa) (i) cause legal counsel to the Company, at the Company’s expense, (a) to issue to the transfer agent for the Common Stock, within one (1) Trading Day after the SEC Effective Date, a “blanket” legal opinion in customary form to the effect that the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement have been registered for resale under the Securities Act and, if such counsel has received a signed certificate in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto (a “Legend Removal Certificate”) from the holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, may then be reissued without any legend or restriction relating to their status as “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 (“Legend Removal Shares”), or, otherwise, may then be reissued without any legend or restriction relating to their status as “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 upon resale pursuant to the plan of distribution set forth in such registration statement; and (b) promptly to amend such opinion to cause the Registrable Securities to be Legend Removal Shares after later receipt of a Legend Removal Certificate from the Holder, and (ii) cause the transfer agent for the Common Stock to issue such Registrable Securities without any such legend within three (3) Trading Days after the transfer agent’s receipt of such legal opinion with respect to Legend Removal Shares or otherwise within three (3) Trading Days after the transfer agent’s receipt of evidence in customary form that the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to an effective resale registration statement under the Securities Act, in either case via DWAC or as otherwise requested by the Holder; and

 

(bb) take all other commercially reasonable actions necessary to enable, expedite or facilitate the Holders to dispose of the Registrable Securities by means of any Registration Statement contemplated hereby during the Term.

 

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5. Obligations of the Holders.

 

(a) At any time, and from time to time, after the Registration Effectiveness Date, the Company may notify one or more of the Holders (in each case, the “Specified Holders”) in writing (each, a “Suspension Notice”) of the happening of: (i) any event of the kind described in Section 4(h) or Section 4(j); (ii) any Blackout Period; or (iii) with respect to a Holder who is an “insider” covered by a written insider trading policy adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors, any suspension by the Company, pursuant to such policy, of the ability of all “insiders” covered by such policy to transact in the Company’s securities because of the existence of material non-public information (each, a “Suspension Event”). Upon receipt of any Suspension Notice, each Specified Holder shall as promptly as practicable discontinue disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement until such Specified Holder receives the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 4(h), such Blackout Period shall have terminated, (C) the stop order or other suspension of effectiveness contemplated by Section 4(j) is lifted or terminated, or (D) the restriction on the ability of “insiders” to transact in the Company’s securities is removed, as applicable. The foregoing right to suspend may be exercised by the Company for no longer than (i) in the case of a Suspension Event in respect of a Blackout Period, the period specified in the definition of Blackout Period and (ii) otherwise, thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days or more than ninety (90) Trading Days in any twelve- (12-) month period (except for suspension of the use of any Registration Statement on Form S-1 in connection with the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to update the prospectus therein in connection with the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or of any other report reporting a fundamental change, which Blackout Period may extend for the amount of time reasonably required to respond to comments of the Staff on such amendment; provided that (and as a condition to any such extension) the Company shall file any such post-effective amendment on the date of filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or such other report, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such post-effective amendment to become effective as soon as possible after the filing thereof), except, in the case of Holders that are subject to such policy by its terms, with respect to suspensions under the written insider trading policy adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors (and for the avoidance of doubt, if the delay or suspension relates to a Blackout Period, the period of delay or suspension shall also count against the maximum number of days for Blackout Periods in the definition of such term). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to a transferee of a Holder in accordance with any sale of Registrable Securities effected in accordance with the plan of distribution in the Registration Statement on which such Registrable Securities are registered for resale with respect to which a Holder has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Holder’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of a Blackout Period or other Suspension Event.

 

(b) The Holders of the Registrable Securities shall provide such information as may reasonably be requested by the Company in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, including amendments and supplements thereto, in order to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 3(a), Section 3(c) or Section 3(d) of this Agreement and in connection with the Company’s obligation to comply with federal and applicable state securities laws, including a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex A (a “Selling Securityholder Questionnaire”).

 

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(c) Each Holder, by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Holder has notified the Company in writing of its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

 

6. Registration Expenses. The Company shall pay all expenses arising from or incident to the performance of, or compliance with, this Agreement, including, without limitation, (i) the Commission, stock exchange, OTC Markets Group, FINRA and other registration and filing fees, (ii) rating agencies fees to the extent necessary to provide for blue sky qualification as required by Section 4(g) herein, (iii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with complying with any securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities), (iv) all printing (including financial printer), messenger and delivery expenses, (v) the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Company and of its independent registered public accounting firm and any other accounting and legal fees, charges and expenses incurred by the Company (including any expenses arising from any special audits or “comfort letters” required in connection with or incident to any registration), (vi) the fees, charges and disbursements of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with any registration pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (vii) all internal expenses of the Company (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (viii) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange, (ix) Securities Act liability insurance (if the Company elects to obtain such insurance), regardless of whether a Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration is declared effective and (x) reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single counsel to the Holders selected by at least a majority of the Registrable Securities, in an amount not to exceed $35,000 in the aggregate per Registration Statement or Piggyback Registration; provided that in any underwritten registration, the Company shall have no obligation to pay any underwriting discounts, selling commissions or transfer taxes attributable to the Registrable Securities being sold by the Holders thereof, which underwriting discounts, selling commissions and transfer taxes shall be borne by such Holders. Except as provided in this Section 6 and Section 8 of this Agreement, the Company shall not be responsible for the expenses of any attorney or other advisor employed by a Holder or for any other fees, disbursements and expenses incurred by Holders not specifically agreed to in this Agreement.

 

7. Assignment of Rights. No Holder may assign its rights under this Agreement to any party without the prior written consent of the Company; provided, however, that any Holder may assign its rights under this Agreement without such consent to a Permitted Assignee with respect to the Registrable Securities transferred or assigned to such Permitted Assignee (which Registrable Securities continue to constitute Restricted Common Stock following such transfer or assignment) as long as (i) such transfer or assignment is not a sale or transfer pursuant to a Registration Statement and is effected in accordance with applicable securities laws; (ii) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to become bound by and subject to the terms of this Agreement; and (iii) such Holder notifies the Company in writing of such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of the transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such rights are being transferred or assigned. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Majority Holders (other than by merger or consolidation or to a corporation which acquires the Company including by way of acquiring all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, if immediately after (and as a result of) such merger, consolidation, reorganization or sale, the Holders own equity securities of such other corporation, which shall not require such consent).

 

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8. Indemnification.

 

(a) The Company shall, and hereby does, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Holder, its affiliates, directors, officers, stockholders, members, managers, partners, investment advisers, employees and agents and each other person, if any, who controls or is under common control with such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act (collectively, the “Holder Indemnified Parties”), against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) (collectively, “Losses”) that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any registration statement prepared and filed by the Company under which Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, free writing prospectus as defined under Rule 433(d) of the Securities Act (“Free Writing Prospectus”), any “testing-the-water” communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act (“Testing the Water Communication”), any road show communication as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (“Road Show Communication”), final prospectus or summary prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances in which the statements were made), and the Company shall reimburse the Holder Indemnified Parties for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating, defending or settling any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon (x) an untrue statement in or omission from such registration statement, any such preliminary prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus, Testing the Water Communication, Road Show Communication, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information included in the Selling Securityholder Questionnaire, attached hereto as Annex A, furnished by a Holder or its representative (acting on such Holder’s behalf) to the Company expressly for use in the preparation thereof or (y) the failure of a Holder to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in Section 5 hereof respecting the sale of Registrable Securities. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Holder Indemnified Parties and shall survive the transfer of such shares by the Holder; provided, however, that no future transferee, other than a Permitted Assignee, shall be considered as a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement or the indemnification provided for herein.

 

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(b) As a condition to including Registrable Securities in the registration statement filed pursuant to this Agreement, each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to be bound by the terms of this Section 8 and to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company, each of its directors, officers, partners, and each underwriter, if any, and each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against any Losses, insofar as such Losses arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement, any preliminary prospectus, Free Writing Prospectus, Testing the Water Communication, Road Show Communication, final prospectus, summary prospectus, amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is included or omitted in reliance upon and in conformity with written information included in the Selling Securityholder Questionnaire, attached hereto as Annex A, furnished by the Holder or its representative (acting on such Holder’s behalf) to the Company expressly for use in the preparation thereof, and such Holder shall reimburse the Company, and its directors, officers, partners, and any such controlling persons for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating, defending, or settling any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, or proceeding; provided, however, that the indemnity obligation contained in this Section 8(b) shall in no event exceed the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder as a result of the sale of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person and shall survive the transfer by any Holder of such shares.

 

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding involving a claim referred to in this Section 8 (including any governmental action), such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party, give written notice to the indemnifying party of the commencement of such action; provided, however, that the failure of any indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations under this Section 8, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is actually prejudiced in defending such claim by such failure to give notice in any material respect. In case any such action is brought against an indemnified party, unless in the reasonable judgment of counsel to such indemnified party a conflict of interest between such indemnified party and indemnifying parties may exist or the indemnified party may have defenses not available to the indemnifying party in respect of such claim, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the latter in connection with the defense thereof, other than reasonable costs of investigation, unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties arises in respect of such claim or the indemnified party may have defenses not available to the indemnifying party in respect of such claim after the assumption of the defenses thereof or the indemnifying party fails to defend such claim in a diligent manner. Neither an indemnified party nor an indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action or proceeding effected without its consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement, which 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 of such claim or litigation or which includes any admission as to fault, culpability or failure to act on the part of such indemnified party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, and without limiting any of the rights set forth above, in any event any party shall have the right to retain, at its own expense, counsel with respect to the defense of a claim. Each indemnified party shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an indemnifying party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom.

 

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(d) If an indemnifying party does not or is not permitted to assume the defense of an action pursuant to Section 8(c) or in the case of the expense reimbursement obligation set forth in Sections 8(a) and 8(b), the indemnification required by Sections 8(a) and 8(b) shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Losses are incurred.

 

(e) If the indemnification provided for in Sections 8(a) and 8(b) is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein (other than by virtue on the limitation on indemnification contained in clause (x) or (y) of the first proviso in Section 8(a), in which event the contribution obligations in this Section 8(e) shall not apply), the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the proportionate relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other (determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission), or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law or provides a lesser sum to the indemnified party than the amount hereinafter calculated, then in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the proportionate relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, but also the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8(e), no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement exceeds the amount of damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission, except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct. No indemnified party guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any indemnifying party who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

(f) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 are in addition to any liability that the indemnifying parties may have to the indemnified parties and are not in diminution or limitation of the indemnification provisions under the applicable Subscription Agreement.

 

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9. Restricted Securities.

 

(a) Rule 144. The Company hereby represents and warrants to each of the Holders that the Common Stock is, and as of the Effective Date will be, registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. The Company shall file with the Commission a current report on Form 8-K containing “Form 10 information” (as defined in Rule 144(i)(3) under the Securities Act) reflecting its status as an entity that is no longer an issuer described in Rule 144(i)(1)(i) as promptly as practicable, but in no event more than four (4) Business Days, following the closing of the Merger. At all times on and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall timely file (or furnish, as applicable) all reports, statements and other documents required to be filed with (or furnished to) the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act (the “SEC Documents”), and without the prior written consent of the Majority Holders, the Company shall not terminate or suspend, or allow the termination or suspension of, the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or otherwise terminate or suspend, or allow the termination or suspension of, its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange Act, even if the applicable securities laws would otherwise permit any such termination or suspension, except in connection with a sale of the Company subject to approval by the requisite vote or consent of its stockholders required under applicable law. None of the SEC Documents, when filed, furnished or submitted, shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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 are made, not misleading. Without limiting the foregoing and with a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144, the Company hereby agrees to:

 

(i) for so long as any Holder holds Registrable Securities, make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144; and

 

(ii) so long as any of the Holders holds any Registrable Securities, promptly upon such Holder’s request at any time on or after the date that is one (1) year following the Company’s filing of the Super 8-K, furnish to such Holder (A) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act as required for applicable provisions of Rule 144, (B) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company and (C) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit such Holder to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.

 

(b) Stock Exchange Listing. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Common Stock to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and listed on a National Securities Exchange as soon as practicable after the Company meets all of the applicable listing criteria for any National Securities Exchange and use its best efforts to cause the Common Stock, at all times thereafter while any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, to remain registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and listed on a National Securities Exchange, including by ongoing compliance with all applicable listing requirements of the National Securities Exchange. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to meet the listing criteria for at least one National Securities Exchange as soon as reasonably possible after the Effective Date. Except as otherwise provided herein, all expenses in connection with the matters contemplated by this Section 9(b) shall be borne by the Company.

 

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10. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Governing Law. This Agreement and any matter related hereto (including any claim or dispute arising hereunder or relating hereto) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the federal securities laws of the United States of America (as applicable) and the laws of the State of New York, both substantive and remedial, without regard to New York conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. Any judicial proceeding brought against any of the parties to this Agreement or any dispute arising out of this Agreement or any matter related hereto shall be brought in the state or federal courts of the State of New York, New York County, and, by its execution and delivery of this Agreement, each party to this Agreement accepts the jurisdiction of such courts. The foregoing consent to jurisdiction shall not be deemed to confer rights on any person other than the parties to this Agreement. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY OR THE ACTIONS OF SUCH PARTY IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.

 

(b) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages (except as otherwise specifically set forth herein with respect to Registration Events), shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement, without the necessity of posting bond or other security. Each of the Company and the Holders agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(c) Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, Permitted Assignees, executors and administrators of the parties hereto.

 

(d) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not entered, as of the date hereof, and shall not enter, on or after the date of this Agreement, into any agreement with respect to its securities that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall not enter into any agreement that would require the inclusion of, and shall not include, any securities other than the Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder without the prior written consent of the Majority Holders.

 

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(e) Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents, instruments and other agreements specifically referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto (including the Subscription Agreements) constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof.

 

(f) Notices, consents, waivers, and other communications. All notices, consents, waivers, and other communications which are required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and will be deemed given to a party (a) upon receipt, when personally delivered; (b) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier service with next day delivery specified, costs prepaid on the date of delivery, if delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier service (costs prepaid); (c) the time of transmission if sent by facsimile or e-mail with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment if such notice or communication is delivered prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Trading Day, or the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on any Trading Day, provided confirmation of facsimile is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party and confirmation of email is kept on file, whether electronically or otherwise, by the sending party and the sending party does not receive an automatically generated message from the recipient’s email server that such e-mail could not be delivered to such recipient; (d) the date received or rejected by the addressee, if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid; or (e) seven (7) days after the placement of the notice into the mails (first class postage prepaid), in each case, to the party at the address, facsimile number, or e-mail address furnished by the such party,

 

If to the Company, to:

Matternet, Inc.
355 Ravendale Dr.
Mountain View, CA 94043
Attention: Andreas Raptopoulos

 

with copy to:

Cooley LLP
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Attention: John T. McKenna

 

if to a Holder, to:

such Holder at the address set forth on the signature page hereto or in the Company’s records;

 

or at such other address as any party shall have furnished to the other parties in writing in accordance with this Section 10(f).

 

(g) Delays or Omissions. No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any Holder, upon any breach or default of the Company under this Agreement, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of such Holder nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereunder occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any Holder of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on the part of any Holder of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law, in equity or otherwise afforded to any holder, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and with respect to any Purchaser, by execution of an Omnibus Signature Page to this Agreement and the applicable Subscription Agreement, each of which shall be enforceable against the parties actually executing such counterparts, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument. If any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by an e-mail, which contains a copy of an executed signature page such as a portable document format (.pdf) file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or e-mail of an executed signature page such as a .pdf signature page were an original thereof.

 

(i) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be replaced with a valid, legal and enforceable provision that as closely as possible reflects the parties’ intent with respect thereto, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

(j) Amendments. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Agreement may be amended at any time and from time to time, and particular provisions of this Agreement may be waived, with and only with an agreement or consent in writing signed by the Company and the Majority Holders; provided that this Agreement may not be amended and the observance of any term hereof may not be waived with respect to any Holder without the written consent of such Holder if such amendment or waiver adversely affects the rights of such Holder under this Agreement in a manner that is different than the other Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of one or more Holder and that does not adversely directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holder may be given by Holders holding all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Schedule 3 may be amended by the Company from time to time to update the list of Brokers who hold Placement Agent Warrants (or the amount of Placement Agent Warrant Shares that such Broker is entitled to pursuant to the terms thereof) in compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the Subscription Agreement without the consent of the other parties hereto.

 

(k) Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of group or entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert or as a group or entity with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other matters and the Company acknowledges that the Holders are not acting in concert or as a group, and the Company shall not assert any such claim, with respect to such obligations or transactions. Except as expressly provided herein, each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including, without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The use of a single agreement with respect to the obligations of the Company contained herein was solely in the control of the Company, not the action or decision of any Holder, and was done solely for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by any Holder. Except as expressly provided herein, it is expressly understood and agreed that each provision contained in this Agreement is between the Company and a Holder, solely, and not between the Company and the Holders collectively and not between and among Holders.

 

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(l) Subsequent Registration Rights. Until all of the Registrable Securities have been registered for resale under an effective Registration Statement and the Common Stock is quoted on an Approved OTC Market, the Company shall not enter into any agreement granting registration rights more favorable than the registration rights set forth in this Agreement without the written consent of the Majority Holders.

 

(m) Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires, (i) all references to Sections, Schedules or Exhibits are to Sections, Schedules or Exhibits contained in or attached to this Agreement, (ii) each accounting term not otherwise defined in this Agreement has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP, (iii) words in the singular or plural include the singular and plural and pronouns stated in either the masculine, the feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter, (iv) the use of the word “including” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than limitation, and (v) the word “or” shall not be exclusive.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

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This Registration Rights Agreement is hereby executed as of the date first above written.

 

THE COMPANY: MATTERNET, INC.   PURCHASERS
   
By:   See Omnibus Signature Pages to Subscription Agreement
Name:  Andreas Raptopoulos                                                 
Title: Chief Executive Officer    
     
BRIDGE HOLDER (INDIVIDUAL):   BRIDGE HOLDER (ENTITY):
     
     
Print Name   Print Name of Entity
     
    By:   
Signature   Name: 
    Title: 
     
REGISTRABLE PRE-MERGER STOCKHOLDER (INDIVIDUAL):   REGISTRABLE PRE-MERGER STOCKHOLDER (ENTITY):
     
     
Print Name    Print Name of Entity
     
    By:                                                                     
Signature   Name: 
    Title: 
     
HOLDER OF MERGER SHARES (INDIVIDUAL):   HOLDER OF MERGER SHARES (ENTITY):
     
     
Print Name   Print Name of Entity
     
    By:  
Signature   Name: 
    Title: 
     
BROKER (INDIVIDUAL):   BROKER (ENTITY):
     
     
Print Name   Print Name of Entity
     
    By:  
Signature   Name:
    Title: 
     
HOLDER OF ADVISOR SHARES (INDIVIDUAL):   HOLDER OF ADVISOR SHARES (ENTITY):
     
     
Print Name   Print Name of Entity
     
    By:  
Signature   Name:
    Title: 

 

  All Holders: Address  
     
     
     

 

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1

 

Purchasers of Offering Shares

 

Name  Number of
Shares
 
             
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
Total     

 

 

 

 

Schedule 2

 

Bridge Holders

 

Name  Number of
Bridge
Shares
   Number of
Bridge
Warrant
Shares
 
                          
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
Total          

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3

 

Holders of Placement Agent Warrants

 

Name  Number of
Shares
 
             
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
Total     

 

 

 

 

Schedule 4

 

Holders of Merger Shares

 

Name  Number of
Shares
 
            
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
Total     

 

 

 

 

Schedule 5

 

Registrable Pre-Merger Stockholders

 

Name  Number of
Registrable
Pre-Merger
Shares
 
             
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
Total     

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Plan of Distribution

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

The selling stockholders, which as used herein includes the selling stockholders listed in the table under the heading “Selling Stockholders” and includes donees, pledgees, transferees or other successors-in-interest selling shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock received after the date of this prospectus from a selling stockholder as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer who have been assigned the rights of the transferor holder or holders under the applicable Registration Rights Agreement, and any other permitted transferees, successors or assigns of the selling stockholders selling shares of Common Stock covered by this prospectus received by them after the date of this prospectus by operation of law, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their shares of common stock or interests in shares of common stock covered hereby on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. The selling stockholders will act independently of us in making decisions with respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale. The selling stockholders may sell all or a portion of their shares through public or private transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.

 

The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of shares or interests therein:

 

  ● purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by such broker-dealer for its own account pursuant to this prospectus;
     
  ● ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
     
  ● block trades in which the broker-dealer so engaged will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
     
  ● an over-the-counter distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange on which the shares are listed or admitted to trading;
     
  ● through trading plans entered into by a selling stockholder pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act that are in place at the time of an offering pursuant to this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement hereto that provide for periodic sales of their securities on the basis of parameters described in such trading plans;
     
  ● short sales, whether through a broker-dealer or themselves, effected after the date of this prospectus;
     
  ● through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise;
     
  ● by pledge to secure indebtedness and other obligations;
     
  ● through delayed delivery arrangements;
     
  ● to or through underwriters or agents;

 

 

 

 

  ● in “at the market” offerings, as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act, at negotiated prices, at prices prevailing at the time of sale or at prices related to such prevailing market prices, including sales made directly on a national securities exchange or sales made through a market maker other than on a national securities exchange or other similar offerings through sales agents;
     
  ● in privately negotiated transactions;
     
  ● in options transactions; and
     
  ● through a combination of any of the above methods of sale, as described below, or any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

The selling stockholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock, from time to time, under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus. The selling stockholders also may transfer the shares of common stock in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus. In addition, the selling stockholders may elect to make an in-kind distribution of securities to its members, partners or stockholders pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part by delivering a prospectus with a plan of distribution. To the extent a distributee is an affiliate of ours (or to the extent otherwise required by law), we may file a prospectus supplement in order to permit the distributees to use the prospectus to resell the securities acquired in the distribution.

 

There can be no assurance that the selling stockholders will sell all or any of the securities offered by this prospectus. In addition, the selling stockholders may also sell securities under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, or in other transactions exempt from registration, rather than under this prospectus.

 

In connection with the sale of our common stock or interests therein, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of our common stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling stockholders may also enter into options or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

 

The aggregate proceeds to the selling stockholders from the sale of the common stock offered by them will be the purchase price of the common stock less discounts or commissions, if any. Each of the selling stockholders reserves the right to accept and, together with their agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of common stock to be made directly or through agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of common stock by the selling stockholders.

 

The selling stockholders and any underwriters, broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the common stock or interests therein may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each selling stockholder in the Offering has informed us that it does not have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the common stock. If a selling stockholder is deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act, it will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

To the extent required, the shares of our common stock to be sold, the names of the selling stockholders, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agents, dealer or underwriter, any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement that includes this prospectus.

 

In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the common stock may be sold in these jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the common stock may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for sale or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.

 

We have advised the selling stockholders that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of common stock in the market and to the activities of the selling stockholders and their affiliates. In addition, we will make copies of this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time) available to the selling stockholders for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of Rule 172 under the Securities Act.

 

The selling stockholders may indemnify any broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving the sale of the shares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

 

We have agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act and state securities laws, relating to the registration of the shares offered by this prospectus.  

 

Agents, broker-dealers and underwriters may be entitled to indemnification by us and the selling stockholders against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments which the agents, broker-dealers or underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof.

 

We have agreed with the selling stockholders to keep this registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part effective for five years from the date it is declared effective by the SEC or until the date on which all of the shares of common stock required to be registered by us have been sold or otherwise transferred other than to assignees pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. See the section of this prospectus captioned [“Shares Eligible for Future Sale — Registration Rights.”]

 

Certain of our stockholders have entered into lock-up agreements. See the section of this prospectus captioned [“Shares Eligible for Future Sale — Lock-Up Agreements.”]

 

 

 

  

Exhibit B

 

Form of Legend Removal Certificate

 

MATTERNET, INC.

 

LEGEND REMOVAL CERTIFICATE

 

(Resale Registration Statement)

 

The undersigned securityholder (the “Securityholder”) of Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is delivering this certificate to the Company in connection with the Securityholder’s request to remove the transfer restriction legends under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), from certificates or book-entry notations issued in the Securityholder’s name with respect to the number of shares of common stock, par value of $0.0001 per share, of the Company set forth under the Securityholder’s name on the signature page hereof (the “Shares”).

 

A.The Securityholder hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

1.the Securityholder is sophisticated in financial matters and is familiar with the registration requirements under the Securities Act.

 

2.if the Securityholder is an investment fund, the Securityholder’s chief compliance officer (or the chief compliance officer of the general partner, manager or other entity which manages the Securityholder) has reviewed this certificate and is aware that the Securityholder will be executing and delivering this certificate to the Company and undertaking the obligations set forth herein.

 

3.the Securityholder is not currently an “affiliate” of the Company, as that term is used in Rule 144(a) under the Securities Act, and has not been an “affiliate” of the Company during the three months prior to the date hereof, and has or informed its brokerage firm of this fact.

 

4.the representations and warranties contained herein are accurate and complete to the best of the Securityholder’s knowledge on the date hereof.

 

B.The Securityholder hereby covenants to the Company that:

 

1.The Securityholder will transfer the Shares only:

 

(a)pursuant to an effective resale registration statement covering the Securityholder’s sale of the Shares, which includes a prospectus that is current, and in the manner contemplated by such registration statement, including the “Plan of Distribution” contained therein, provided that the Securityholder has not received oral or written notice from the Company that use of the prospectus is suspended or that the prospectus otherwise may not be used for transfers of the Shares;

 

(b)on or after the date that is one (1) year following the Company’s filing of the Super 8-K (as defined in the Subscription Agreement pursuant to which the Shares were originally issued), pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, subject to the satisfaction, as of the time of the transfer of the Shares, to the Company’s satisfaction of the “current public information” requirement of Rule 144, the holding period provisions of Rule 144(d) and, if applicable, the volume, manner-of-sale and notice provisions of Rule 144; or

 

(c)otherwise in accordance with the Securities Act, provided that the Securityholder provides the Company with advance notice of such transfer and an opinion of counsel in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company that the proposed transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

2.In connection with any sale of any Shares by the Securityholder, the Securityholder will have neither solicited nor made any arrangements for the solicitation of buy orders in connection with the proposed sale of such Shares, nor will the Securityholder make any payment to any person in connection with the proposed sale of such Shares except the payment of the usual and customary brokers’ commission with respect to any of the Shares that are sold in brokers’ transactions.

 

3.The Securityholder will notify the Company immediately of any development of which the Securityholder becomes aware that renders any of the representations and warranties contained herein inaccurate or incomplete.

 

4.Before the Securityholder sells any of the Shares, the Securityholder will file (or cause the Securityholder’s brokerage firm to file on my behalf) a Form 144, if such filing is required by the Securities Act.

 

5.The Securityholder will provide the Company with any update to the Securityholder’s contact information set forth on the signature page hereof for purposes of any notification to be delivered to the Securityholder relating hereto.

 

C.The Securityholder will indemnify and to hold harmless the Company (including inside counsel) and Cooley LLP (outside legal counsel), and their respective officers, employees or representatives, from any liability for any action by it with respect to the Shares that does not comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, including, but not limited to, the requirements of Rule 144, and the costs and expenses of defending against such liability or asserted liability.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

 

 

 

The Securityholder acknowledges and agrees that the Company’s inside counsel and Cooley LLP (outside legal counsel) are each authorized to rely on this certificate for purposes of preparing and delivering any legal opinion(s) required in connection with the removal of the transfer restriction legends from the Shares and the Company’s transfer agent is authorized to rely on this certificate in connection with the removal of the transfer restriction legends from the Shares.

 

Very truly yours,  
   
Name of Securityholder:  
   
Signature:  
   
Name of Signatory:  
   
Title of Signatory:  
   
Date:  
   
Address:  
   
E-mail address:  
   
Number of Shares for Legend Removal:  
   
Share Certificate No. or Book Entry Information:  

 

 

 

 

Annex A

 

Matternet, Inc.

 

Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire

 

The undersigned beneficial owner of Registrable Securities of Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

NOTICE

 

The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Securityholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.

 

The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:

 

QUESTIONNAIRE

 

1. Name:

 

  (a) Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

(b)Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (holder of record) (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held:

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

(c)If you are not a natural person, full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this Questionnaire):

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

 

2. Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephone: _____________________________________ Fax: _____________________________________

 

Email: _____________________________________

 

Contact Person _____________________________________

 

3. Broker-Dealer Status:

 

  (a) Are you a broker-dealer?

 

Yes    ☐    No    ☐

 

  (b) If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?

 

Yes    ☐    No    ☐

 

  Note:   If “no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

  (c) Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?

 

Yes    ☐    No    ☐

 

  (d) If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?

 

Yes    ☐    No    ☐

 

  Note:   If “no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

 

 

 

4. Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Securityholder:

 

Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company.

 

(a)Please list the type (common stock, warrants, etc.) and amount of all securities of the Company (including any Registrable Securities) beneficially owned1 by the Selling Securityholder:

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

5. Relationships with the Company:

 

Except as set forth below, neither you nor (if you are a natural person) any member of your immediate family, nor (if you are not a natural person) any of your affiliates2, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.

 

State any exceptions here:

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

____________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

 

1  Beneficially Owned: A “beneficial owner” of a security includes any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise has or shares (i) voting power, including the power to direct the voting of such security, or (ii) investment power, including the power to dispose of, or direct the disposition of, such security. In addition, a person is deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of a security of which such person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within sixty (60) days, including, but not limited to, any right to acquire such security: (i) through the exercise of any option, warrant or right, (ii) through the conversion of any security or (iii) pursuant to the power to revoke, or the automatic termination of, a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement.

 

 

 

 

It is possible that a security may have more than one “beneficial owner,” such as a trust, with two co-trustees sharing voting power, and the settlor or another third party having investment power, in which case each of the three would be the “beneficial owner” of the securities in the trust. The power to vote or direct the voting, or to invest or dispose of, or direct the investment or disposition of, a security may be indirect and arise from legal, economic, contractual or other rights, and the determination of beneficial ownership depends upon who ultimately possesses or shares the power to direct the voting or the disposition of the security.

 

The final determination of the existence of beneficial ownership depends upon the facts of each case. You may, if you believe the facts warrant it, disclaim beneficial ownership of securities that might otherwise be considered “beneficially owned” by you.

 

2  Affiliate: An “affiliate” is a company or person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls you, or is controlled by you, or is under common control with you.

 

The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any material inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective; provided, that the undersigned shall not be required to notify the Company of any changes to the number of securities held or owned by the undersigned or its affiliates.

 

By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

 

BENEFICIAL OWNER (individual)   BENEFICIAL OWNER (entity)
     
     
Signature   Name of Entity
     
     
Print Name    Signature
     
    Print Name:                  
Signature (if Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common)    
    Title:  

 

PLEASE E-MAIL A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED SELLING SECURITYHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE TO:

 

Cooley LLP

3175 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.5

 

MATTERNET, INC.

 

2011 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

(Amended on May 4, 2022)

(Amended on March 26, 2024)

(Amended on August 8, 2025)

 

1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this Plan are:

 

●to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility,

 

●to provide additional incentive to Employees, Directors and Consultants, and

 

●to promote the success of the Company’s business.

 

The Plan permits the grant of Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units.

 

2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions will apply:

 

(a) “Administrator” means the Board or any of its Committees as will be administering the Plan, in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.

 

(b) “Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity-based awards under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where Awards are, or will be, granted under the Plan.

 

(c) “Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, or Restricted Stock Units.

 

(d) “Award Agreement” means the written or electronic agreement setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan. The Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(e) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(f) “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(i) Change in Ownership of the Company. A change in the ownership of the Company which occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (“Person”), acquires ownership of the stock of the Company that, together with the stock held by such Person, constitutes more than 50% of the total voting power of the stock of the Company, except that any change in the ownership of the stock of the Company as a result of a private financing of the Company that is approved by the Board will not be considered a Change in Control; or

 

 

 

 

(ii) Change in Effective Control of the Company. If the Company has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, a change in the effective control of the Company which occurs on the date that a majority of members of the Board is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by Directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of the appointment or election. For purposes of this clause (ii), if any Person is considered to be in effective control of the Company, the acquisition of additional control of the Company by the same Person will not be considered a Change in Control; or

 

(iii) Change in Ownership of a Substantial Portion of the Company’s Assets. A change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets which occurs on the date that any Person acquires (or has acquired during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than 50% of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions. For purposes of this subsection (iii), gross fair market value means the value of the assets of the Company, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets.

 

For purposes of this Section 2(f), persons will be considered to be acting as a group if they are owners of a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar business transaction with the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed a Change in Control unless the transaction qualifies as a change in control event within the meaning of Code Section 409A, as it has been and may be amended from time to time, and any proposed or final Treasury Regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance that has been promulgated or may be promulgated thereunder from time to time.

 

Further and for the avoidance of doubt, a transaction will not constitute a Change in Control if: (i) its sole purpose is to change the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation, or (ii) its sole purpose is to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s securities immediately before such transaction.

 

(g) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a section of the Code herein will be a reference to any successor or amended section of the Code.

 

(h) “Committee” means a committee of Directors or of other individuals satisfying Applicable Laws appointed by the Board, or by the compensation committee of the Board, in accordance with Section 4 hereof.

 

(i) “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

 

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(j) “Company” means Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto.

 

(k) “Consultant” means any individual, including an advisor, engaged by the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary to render services to such entity. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Consultant” shall not include any entity or any non-natural person.

 

(l) “Director” means a member of the Board.

 

(m) “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Code Section 22(e)(3), provided that in the case of Awards other than Incentive Stock Options, the Administrator in its discretion may determine whether a permanent and total disability exists in accordance with uniform and non-discriminatory standards adopted by the Administrator from time to time.

 

(n) “Employee” means any person, including officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. Neither service as a Director nor payment of a director’s fee by the Company will be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company.

 

(o) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(p) “Exchange Program” means a program under which (i) outstanding Awards are surrendered or cancelled in exchange for Awards of the same type (which may have higher or lower exercise prices and different terms), Awards of a different type, and/or cash, (ii) Participants would have the opportunity to transfer any outstanding Awards to a financial institution or other person or entity selected by the Administrator, and/or (iii) the exercise price of an outstanding Award is reduced or increased. The Administrator will determine the terms and conditions of any Exchange Program in its sole discretion.

 

(q) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, its Fair Market Value will be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;

 

(ii) If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Share will be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the day of determination (or, if no bids and asks were reported on that date, as applicable, on the last trading date such bids and asks were reported), as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or

 

(iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value will be determined in good faith by the Administrator.

 

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(r) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that by its terms qualifies and is otherwise intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Code Section 422 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(s) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option that by its terms does not qualify or is not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(t) “Option” means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

(u) “Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Code Section 424(e).

 

(v) “Participant” means the holder of an outstanding Award.

 

(w) “Period of Restriction” means the period during which the transfer of Shares of Restricted Stock are subject to restrictions and therefore, the Shares are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. Such restrictions may be based on the passage of time, the achievement of target levels of performance, or the occurrence of other events as determined by the Administrator.

 

(x) “Plan” means this 2011 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

(y) “Restricted Stock” means Shares issued pursuant to an Award of Restricted Stock under Section 8 of the Plan, or issued pursuant to the early exercise of an Option.

 

(z) “Restricted Stock Unit” means a bookkeeping entry representing an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share, granted pursuant to Section 9. Each Restricted Stock Unit represents an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company.

 

(aa) “Service Provider” means an Employee, Director or Consultant.

 

(bb) “Share” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 13 of the Plan.

 

(cc) “Stock Appreciation Right” means an Award, granted alone or in connection with an Option, that pursuant to Section 7 is designated as a Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(dd) “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Code Section 424(f).

 

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3. Stock Subject to the Plan.

 

(a) Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to the provisions of Section 13 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be subject to Awards and sold under the Plan is 9,158,219 Shares. The Shares may be authorized but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock.

 

(b) Lapsed Awards. If an Award expires or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full, is surrendered pursuant to an Exchange Program, or, with respect to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, is forfeited to or repurchased by the Company due to the failure to vest, the unpurchased Shares (or for Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights the forfeited or repurchased Shares) which were subject thereto will become available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated). With respect to Stock Appreciation Rights, only Shares actually issued pursuant to a Stock Appreciation Right will cease to be available under the Plan; all remaining Shares under Stock Appreciation Rights will remain available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated). Shares that have actually been issued under the Plan under any Award will not be returned to the Plan and will not become available for future distribution under the Plan; provided, however, that if Shares issued pursuant to Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are repurchased by the Company or are forfeited to the Company due to the failure to vest, such Shares will become available for future grant under the Plan. Shares used to pay the exercise price of an Award or to satisfy the tax withholding obligations related to an Award will become available for future grant or sale under the Plan. To the extent an Award under the Plan is paid out in cash rather than Shares, such cash payment will not result in reducing the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing and, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 13, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options will equal the aggregate Share number stated in Section 3(a), plus, to the extent allowable under Code Section 422 and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, any Shares that become available for issuance under the Plan pursuant to Section 3(b).

 

(c) Share Reserve. The Company, during the term of this Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

 

4. Administration of the Plan.

 

(a) Procedure.

 

(i) Multiple Administrative Bodies. Different Committees with respect to different groups of Service Providers may administer the Plan.

 

(ii) Other Administration. Other than as provided above, the Plan will be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a Committee, which Committee will be constituted to satisfy Applicable Laws.

 

(b) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, and in the case of a Committee, subject to the specific duties delegated by the Board to such Committee, the Administrator will have the authority, in its discretion:

 

(i) to determine the Fair Market Value;

 

(ii) to select the Service Providers to whom Awards may be granted hereunder;

 

(iii) to determine the number of Shares to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;

 

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(iv) to approve forms of Award Agreements for use under the Plan;

 

(v) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder. Such terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, the exercise price, the time or times when Awards may be exercised (which may be based on performance criteria), any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and any restriction or limitation regarding any Award or the Shares relating thereto, based in each case on such factors as the Administrator will determine;

 

(vi) to institute and determine the terms and conditions of an Exchange Program;

 

(vii) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and Awards granted pursuant to the Plan;

 

(viii) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including rules and regulations relating to sub-plans established for the purpose of satisfying applicable foreign laws or for qualifying for favorable tax treatment under applicable foreign laws;

 

(ix) to modify or amend each Award (subject to Section 18(c) of the Plan), including but not limited to the discretionary authority to extend the post-termination exercisability period of Awards and to extend the maximum term of an Option (subject to Section 6(d));

 

(x) to allow Participants to satisfy withholding tax obligations in a manner prescribed in Section 14;

 

(xi) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of an Award previously granted by the Administrator;

 

(xii) to allow a Participant to defer the receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Shares that otherwise would be due to such Participant under an Award; and

 

(xiii) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Plan.

 

(c) Effect of Administrator’s Decision. The Administrator’s decisions, determinations and interpretations will be final and binding on all Participants and any other holders of Awards.

 

5. Eligibility. Nonstatutory Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, and Restricted Stock Units may be granted to Service Providers. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees.

 

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6. Stock Options.

 

(a) Grant of Options. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may grant Options in such amounts as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine.

 

(b) Option Agreement. Each Award of an Option will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify the exercise price, the term of the Option, the number of Shares subject to the Option, the exercise restrictions, if any, applicable to the Option, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine.

 

(c) Limitations. Each Option will be designated in the Award Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option. Notwithstanding such designation, however, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), such Options will be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 6(c), Incentive Stock Options will be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, the Fair Market Value of the Shares will be determined as of the time the Option with respect to such Shares is granted, and calculation will be performed in accordance with Code Section 422 and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(d) Term of Option. The term of each Option will be stated in the Award Agreement; provided, however, that the term will be no more than ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the term of the Incentive Stock Option will be five (5) years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Award Agreement.

 

(e) Option Exercise Price and Consideration.

 

(i) Exercise Price. The per Share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option will be determined by the Administrator, but will be no less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant. In addition, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an Employee who owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price will be no less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(e)(i), Options may be granted with a per Share exercise price of less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant pursuant to a transaction described in, and in a manner consistent with, Code Section 424(a).

 

(ii) Waiting Period and Exercise Dates. At the time an Option is granted, the Administrator will fix the period within which the Option may be exercised and will determine any conditions that must be satisfied before the Option may be exercised.

 

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(iii) Form of Consideration. The Administrator will determine the acceptable form of consideration for exercising an Option, including the method of payment. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Administrator will determine the acceptable form of consideration at the time of grant. Such consideration may consist entirely of: (1) cash; (2) check; (3) promissory note, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, (4) other Shares, provided that such Shares have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which such Option will be exercised and provided further that accepting such Shares will not result in any adverse accounting consequences to the Company, as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion; (5) consideration received by the Company under cashless exercise program (whether through a broker or otherwise) implemented by the Company in connection with the Plan; (6) by net exercise, (7) such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, or (8) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment. In making its determination as to the type of consideration to accept, the Administrator will consider if acceptance of such consideration may be reasonably expected to benefit the Company.

 

(f) Exercise of Option.

 

(i) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder. Any Option granted hereunder will be exercisable according to the terms of the Plan and at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Award Agreement. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

 

An Option will be deemed exercised when the Company receives: (i) notice of exercise (in such form as the Administrator may specify from time to time) from the person entitled to exercise the Option, and (ii) full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised (together with applicable tax withholding). Full payment may consist of any consideration and method of payment authorized by the Administrator and permitted by the Award Agreement and the Plan. Shares issued upon exercise of an Option will be issued in the name of the Participant or, if requested by the Participant, in the name of the Participant and his or her spouse. Until the Shares are issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder will exist with respect to the Shares subject to an Option, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company will issue (or cause to be issued) such Shares promptly after the Option is exercised. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the Shares are issued, except as provided in Section 13 of the Plan.

 

Exercising an Option in any manner will decrease the number of Shares thereafter available, both for purposes of the Plan and for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.

 

(ii) Termination of Relationship as a Service Provider. If a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider, other than upon the Participant’s termination as the result of the Participant’s death or Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option within thirty (30) days of termination, or such longer period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award Agreement) to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of termination. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, if on the date of termination the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option will revert to the Plan. If after termination the Participant does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified by the Administrator, the Option will terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option will revert to the Plan.

 

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(iii) Disability of Participant. If a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider as a result of the Participant’s Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option within six (6) months of termination, or such longer period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award Agreement) to the extent the Option is vested on the date of termination. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, if on the date of termination the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option will revert to the Plan. If after termination the Participant does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option will terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option will revert to the Plan.

 

(iv) Death of Participant. If a Participant dies while a Service Provider, the Option may be exercised within six (6) months following the Participant’s death, or within such longer period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award Agreement) to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of death, by the Participant’s designated beneficiary, provided such beneficiary has been designated prior to the Participant’s death in a form acceptable to the Administrator. If no such beneficiary has been designated by the Participant, then such Option may be exercised by the personal representative of the Participant’s estate or by the person(s) to whom the Option is transferred pursuant to the Participant’s will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, if at the time of death Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option will immediately revert to the Plan. If the Option is not so exercised within the time specified herein, the Option will terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option will revert to the Plan.

 

7. Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(a) Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, a Stock Appreciation Right may be granted to Service Providers at any time and from time to time as will be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion.

 

(b) Number of Shares. The Administrator will have complete discretion to determine the number of Shares subject to any Award of Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(c) Exercise Price and Other Terms. The per Share exercise price for the Shares that will determine the amount of the payment to be received upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right as set forth in Section 7(f) will be determined by the Administrator and will be no less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant. Otherwise, the Administrator, subject to the provisions of the Plan, will have complete discretion to determine the terms and conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan.

 

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(d) Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. Each Stock Appreciation Right grant will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify the exercise price, the term of the Stock Appreciation Right, the conditions of exercise, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine.

 

(e) Expiration of Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan will expire upon the date determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rules of Section 6(d) relating to the maximum term and Section 6(f) relating to exercise also will apply to Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(f) Payment of Stock Appreciation Right Amount. Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, a Participant will be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying:

 

(i) The difference between the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over the exercise price; times

 

(ii) The number of Shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised.

 

At the discretion of the Administrator, the payment upon Stock Appreciation Right exercise may be in cash, in Shares of equivalent value, or in some combination thereof.

 

8. Restricted Stock.

 

(a) Grant of Restricted Stock. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may grant Shares of Restricted Stock to Service Providers in such amounts as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine.

 

(b) Restricted Stock Agreement. Each Award of Restricted Stock will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify the Period of Restriction, the number of Shares granted, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine. Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, the Company as escrow agent will hold Shares of Restricted Stock until the restrictions on such Shares have lapsed.

 

(c) Transferability. Except as provided in this Section 8 or as the Administrator determines, Shares of Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until the end of the applicable Period of Restriction.

 

(d) Other Restrictions. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may impose such other restrictions on Shares of Restricted Stock as it may deem advisable or appropriate.

 

(e) Removal of Restrictions. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8, Shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Restricted Stock grant made under the Plan will be released from escrow as soon as practicable after the last day of the Period of Restriction or at such other time as the Administrator may determine. The Administrator, in its discretion, may accelerate the time at which any restrictions will lapse or be removed.

 

(f) Voting Rights. During the Period of Restriction, Service Providers holding Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may exercise full voting rights with respect to those Shares, unless the Administrator determines otherwise.

 

(g) Dividends and Other Distributions. During the Period of Restriction, Service Providers holding Shares of Restricted Stock will be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such Shares, unless the Administrator provides otherwise. If any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares, the Shares will be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the Shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid.

 

(h) Return of Restricted Stock to Company. On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, the Restricted Stock for which restrictions have not lapsed will revert to the Company and again will become available for grant under the Plan.

 

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9. Restricted Stock Units.

 

(a) Grant. Restricted Stock Units may be granted at any time and from time to time as determined by the Administrator. After the Administrator determines that it will grant Restricted Stock Units, it will advise the Participant in an Award Agreement of the terms, conditions, and restrictions related to the grant, including the number of Restricted Stock Units.

 

(b) Vesting Criteria and Other Terms. The Administrator will set vesting criteria in its discretion, which, depending on the extent to which the criteria are met, will determine the number of Restricted Stock Units that will be paid out to the Participant. The Administrator may set vesting criteria based upon the achievement of Company-wide, business unit, or individual goals (including, but not limited to, continued employment or service), or any other basis determined by the Administrator in its discretion.

 

(c) Earning Restricted Stock Units. Upon meeting the applicable vesting criteria, the Participant will be entitled to receive a payout as determined by the Administrator. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after the grant of Restricted Stock Units, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may reduce or waive any vesting criteria that must be met to receive a payout.

 

(d) Form and Timing of Payment. Payment of earned Restricted Stock Units will be made as soon as practicable after the date(s) determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Award Agreement. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may settle earned Restricted Stock Units in cash, Shares, or a combination of both.

 

(e) Cancellation. On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, all unearned Restricted Stock Units will be forfeited to the Company.

 

10. Compliance With Code Section 409A. Awards will be designed and operated in such a manner that they are either exempt from the application of, or comply with, the requirements of Code Section 409A, except as otherwise determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator. The Plan and each Award Agreement under the Plan is intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A and will be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent, except as otherwise determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator. To the extent that an Award or payment, or the settlement or deferral thereof, is subject to Code Section 409A the Award will be granted, paid, settled or deferred in a manner that will meet the requirements of Code Section 409A, such that the grant, payment, settlement or deferral will not be subject to the additional tax or interest applicable under Code Section 409A.

 

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11. Leaves of Absence/Transfer Between Locations. Unless the Administrator provides otherwise, vesting of Awards granted hereunder will be suspended during any unpaid leave of absence. A Participant will not cease to be an Employee in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Parent, or any Subsidiary. For purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such leave may exceed three (3) months, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, then six (6) months following the first (1st) day of such leave, any Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant will cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and will be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option.

 

12. Limited Transferability of Awards.

 

(a) Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, Awards may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, or otherwise transferred in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and may be exercised, during the lifetime of the Participant, only by the Participant. If the Administrator makes an Award transferable, such Award may only be transferred (i) by will, (ii) by the laws of descent and distribution, or (iii) as permitted by Rule 701 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

(b) Further, until the Company becomes subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or after the Administrator determines that it is, will, or may no longer be relying upon the exemption from registration under the Exchange Act as set forth in Rule 12h-1(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, an Option, or prior to exercise, the Shares subject to the Option, may not be pledged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred or disposed of, in any manner, including by entering into any short position, any “put equivalent position” or any “call equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) and Rule 16a-1(b) of the Exchange Act, respectively), other than to (i) persons who are “family members” (as defined in Rule 701(c)(3) of the Securities Act) through gifts or domestic relations orders, or (ii) to an executor or guardian of the Participant upon the death or disability of the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may determine to permit transfers to the Company or in connection with a Change in Control or other acquisition transactions involving the Company to the extent permitted by Rule 12h-1(f).

 

13. Adjustments; Dissolution or Liquidation; Merger or Change in Control.

 

(a) Adjustments. In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares occurs, the Administrator, in order to prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, will adjust the number and class of Shares that may be delivered under the Plan and/or the number, class, and price of Shares covered by each outstanding Award; provided, however, that the Administrator will make such adjustments to an Award required by Section 25102(o) of the California Corporations Code to the extent the Company is relying upon the exemption afforded thereby with respect to the Award.

 

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(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Administrator will notify each Participant as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. To the extent it has not been previously exercised, an Award will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.

 

(c) Merger or Change in Control. In the event of a merger or Change in Control, each outstanding Award will be treated as the Administrator determines (subject to the provisions of the following paragraph) without a Participant’s consent, including, without limitation, that (i) Awards will be assumed, or substantially equivalent Awards will be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof) with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and prices; (ii) upon written notice to a Participant, that the Participant’s Awards will terminate upon or immediately prior to the consummation of such merger or Change in Control; (iii) outstanding Awards will vest and become exercisable, realizable, or payable, or restrictions applicable to an Award will lapse, in whole or in part prior to or upon consummation of such merger or Change in Control, and, to the extent the Administrator determines, terminate upon or immediately prior to the effectiveness of such merger or Change in Control; (iv) (A) the termination of an Award in exchange for an amount of cash and/or property, if any, equal to the amount that would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights as of the date of the occurrence of the transaction (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if as of the date of the occurrence of the transaction the Administrator determines in good faith that no amount would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights, then such Award may be terminated by the Company without payment), or (B) the replacement of such Award with other rights or property selected by the Administrator in its sole discretion; or (v) any combination of the foregoing. In taking any of the actions permitted under this subsection 13(c), the Administrator will not be obligated to treat all Awards, all Awards held by a Participant, or all Awards of the same type, similarly.

 

In the event that the successor corporation does not assume or substitute for the Award (or portion thereof), the Participant will fully vest in and have the right to exercise all of his or her outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, including Shares as to which such Awards would not otherwise be vested or exercisable, all restrictions on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units will lapse, and, with respect to Awards with performance-based vesting, all performance goals or other vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at one hundred percent (100%) of target levels and all other terms and conditions met. In addition, if an Option or Stock Appreciation Right is not assumed or substituted in the event of a merger or Change in Control, the Administrator will notify the Participant in writing or electronically that the Option or Stock Appreciation Right will be exercisable for a period of time determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion, and the Option or Stock Appreciation Right will terminate upon the expiration of such period.

 

For the purposes of this subsection 13(c), an Award will be considered assumed if, following the merger or Change in Control, the Award confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share subject to the Award immediately prior to the merger or Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the merger or Change in Control by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the merger or Change in Control is not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or upon the payout of a Restricted Stock Unit, for each Share subject to such Award, to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the merger or Change in Control.

 

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Notwithstanding anything in this Section 13(c) to the contrary, an Award that vests, is earned or paid-out upon the satisfaction of one or more performance goals will not be considered assumed if the Company or its successor modifies any of such performance goals without the Participant’s consent; provided, however, a modification to such performance goals only to reflect the successor corporation’s post-Change in Control corporate structure will not be deemed to invalidate an otherwise valid Award assumption.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 13(c) to the contrary, if a payment under an Award Agreement is subject to Code Section 409A and if the change in control definition contained in the Award Agreement does not comply with the definition of “change of control” for purposes of a distribution under Code Section 409A, then any payment of an amount that is otherwise accelerated under this Section will be delayed until the earliest time that such payment would be permissible under Code Section 409A without triggering any penalties applicable under Code Section 409A.

 

14. Tax Withholding.

 

(a) Withholding Requirements. Prior to the delivery of any Shares or cash pursuant to an Award (or exercise thereof), the Company will have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local, foreign or other taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation) required to be withheld with respect to such Award (or exercise thereof).

 

(b) Withholding Arrangements. The Administrator, in its sole discretion and pursuant to such procedures as it may specify from time to time, may permit a Participant to satisfy such tax withholding obligation, in whole or in part by (without limitation) (i) paying cash, (ii) electing to have the Company withhold otherwise deliverable Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum statutory amount required to be withheld, (iii) delivering to the Company already-owned Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the statutory amount required to be withheld, provided the delivery of such Shares will not result in any adverse accounting consequences, as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion, or (iv) selling a sufficient number of Shares otherwise deliverable to the Participant through such means as the Administrator may determine in its sole discretion (whether through a broker or otherwise) equal to the amount required to be withheld. The amount of the withholding requirement will be deemed to include any amount which the Administrator agrees may be withheld at the time the election is made, not to exceed the amount determined by using the maximum federal, state or local marginal income tax rates applicable to the Participant with respect to the Award on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. The Fair Market Value of the Shares to be withheld or delivered will be determined as of the date that the taxes are required to be withheld.

 

15. No Effect on Employment or Service. Neither the Plan nor any Award will confer upon a Participant any right with respect to continuing the Participant’s relationship as a Service Provider with the Company, nor will they interfere in any way with the Participant’s right or the Company’s right to terminate such relationship at any time, with or without cause, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.

 

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16. Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Award will be, for all purposes, the date on which the Administrator makes the determination granting such Award, or such other later date as is determined by the Administrator. Notice of the determination will be provided to each Participant within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

 

17. Term of Plan. Subject to Section 21 of the Plan, the Plan will become effective upon its adoption by the Board. Unless sooner terminated under Section 18, it will continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years from the later of (a) the effective date of the Plan, or (b) the earlier of the most recent Board or stockholder approval of an increase in the number of Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan.

 

18. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.

 

(a) Amendment and Termination. The Board may at any time amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan.

 

(b) Stockholder Approval. The Company will obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment to the extent necessary and desirable to comply with Applicable Laws.

 

(c) Effect of Amendment or Termination. No amendment, alteration, suspension or termination of the Plan will impair the rights of any Participant, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Participant and the Administrator, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Participant and the Company. Termination of the Plan will not affect the Administrator’s ability to exercise the powers granted to it hereunder with respect to Awards granted under the Plan prior to the date of such termination.

 

19. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.

 

(a) Legal Compliance. Shares will not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Award unless the exercise of such Award and the issuance and delivery of such Shares will comply with Applicable Laws and will be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.

 

(b) Investment Representations. As a condition to the exercise of an Award, the Company may require the person exercising such Award to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required.

 

20. Inability to Obtain Authority. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority will not have been obtained.

 

21. Stockholder Approval. The Plan will be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. Such stockholder approval will be obtained in the manner and to the degree required under Applicable Laws.

 

22. Information to Participants. Beginning on the earlier of (i) the date that the aggregate number of Participants under this Plan is five hundred (500) or more and the Company is relying on the exemption provided by Rule 12h-1(f)(1) under the Exchange Act and (ii) the date that the Company is required to deliver information to Participants pursuant to Rule 701 under the Securities Act, and until such time as the Company becomes subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, is no longer relying on the exemption provided by Rule 12h-1(f)(1) under the Exchange Act or is no longer required to deliver information to Participants pursuant to Rule 701 under the Securities Act, the Company shall provide to each Participant the information described in paragraphs (e)(3), (4), and (5) of Rule 701 under the Securities Act not less frequently than every six (6) months with the financial statements being not more than 180 days old and with such information provided either by physical or electronic delivery to the Participants or by written notice to the Participants of the availability of the information on an Internet site that may be password-protected and of any password needed to access the information. The Company may request that Participants agree to keep the information to be provided pursuant to this section confidential. If a Participant does not agree to keep the information to be provided pursuant to this section confidential, then the Company will not be required to provide the information unless otherwise required pursuant to Rule 12h-1(f)(1) under the Exchange Act or Rule 701 of the Securities Act.

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

MATTERNET, INC.

 

2011 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) shall have the same defined meanings in this Stock Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”).

 

I. NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION GRANT

 

 

 

 Name:«Name»
   
Address:«Address»
«City_State_Zip»

 

The undersigned Participant has been granted an Option to purchase Common Stock of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, as follows:

 

  Date of Grant: «Grant_Date»
  Vesting Commencement Date: «Vest_Date»
  Exercise Price per Share: $ «Price_Per_Share»
  Total Number of Shares Granted: «Shares»
  Total Exercise Price: $ «Total_Price»
  Type of Option: «ISO»  Incentive Stock Option
    «NSO»  Nonstatutory Stock Option
  Term/Expiration Date: «Expire_Date»

 

Vesting Schedule:

 

This Option shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, according to the following vesting schedule:

 

[One-fourth (1/4) of the Shares subject to the Option shall vest on the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date, and one forty-eighth (1/48th) of the Shares subject to the Option shall vest each month thereafter on the same day of the month as the Vesting Commencement Date (and if there is no corresponding day, on the last day of the month), such that all of the Shares subject to the Option shall have vested on the fourth anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date, subject to Participant continuing to be a Service Provider through each such date.]

 

 

 

Termination Period:

 

This Option shall be exercisable for three (3) months after Participant ceases to be a Service Provider, unless such termination is due to Participant’s death or Disability, in which case this Option shall be exercisable for twelve (12) months after Participant ceases to be a Service Provider. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, in no event may this Option be exercised after the Term/Expiration Date as provided above and this Option may be subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 13 of the Plan.

 

II. AGREEMENT

 

1. Grant of Option. The Administrator of the Company hereby grants to the Participant named in the Notice of Stock Option Grant in Part I of this Agreement (“Participant”), an option (the “Option”) to purchase the number of Shares set forth in the Notice of Stock Option Grant, at the exercise price per Share set forth in the Notice of Stock Option Grant (the “Exercise Price”), and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. Subject to Section 18 of the Plan, in the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Plan shall prevail.

 

If designated in the Notice of Stock Option Grant as an Incentive Stock Option (“ISO”), this Option is intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option as defined in Section 422 of the Code. Nevertheless, to the extent that it exceeds the $100,000 rule of Code Section 422(d), this Option shall be treated as a Nonstatutory Stock Option (“NSO”). Further, if for any reason this Option (or portion thereof) shall not qualify as an ISO, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option (or portion thereof) shall be regarded as a NSO granted under the Plan. In no event shall the Administrator, the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary or any of their respective employees or directors have any liability to Participant (or any other person) due to the failure of the Option to qualify for any reason as an ISO.

 

2. Exercise of Option.

 

(a) Right to Exercise. This Option shall be exercisable during its term in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set out in the Notice of Stock Option Grant and with the applicable provisions of the Plan and this Option Agreement.

 

(b) Method of Exercise. This Option shall be exercisable by delivery of an exercise notice in the form attached as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”) or in a manner and pursuant to such procedures as the Administrator may determine, which shall state the election to exercise the Option, the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised (the “Exercised Shares”), and such other representations and agreements as may be required by the Company. The Exercise Notice shall be accompanied by payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as to all Exercised Shares, together with any applicable tax withholding. This Option shall be deemed to be exercised upon receipt by the Company of such fully executed Exercise Notice accompanied by the aggregate Exercise Price, together with any applicable tax withholding.

 

No Shares shall be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option unless such issuance and such exercise comply with Applicable Laws. Assuming such compliance, for income tax purposes the Shares shall be considered transferred to Participant on the date on which the Option is exercised with respect to such Shares.

 

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3. Participant’s Representations. In the event the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), at the time this Option is exercised, Participant shall, if required by the Company, concurrently with the exercise of all or any portion of this Option, deliver to the Company his or her Investment Representation Statement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

4. Lock-Up Period. Participant hereby agrees that Participant shall not offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company or enter into any swap, hedging or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company held by Participant (other than those included in the registration) for a period specified by the representative of the underwriters of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company not to exceed one hundred and eighty (180) days following the effective date of any registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act (or such other period as may be requested by the Company or the underwriters to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (i) the publication or other distribution of research reports and (ii) analyst recommendations and opinions, including, but not limited to, the restrictions contained in NASD Rule 2711(f)(4) or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto).

 

Participant agrees to execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the underwriter which are consistent with the foregoing or which are necessary to give further effect thereto. In addition, if requested by the Company or the representative of the underwriters of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, Participant shall provide, within ten (10) days of such request, such information as may be required by the Company or such representative in connection with the completion of any public offering of the Company’s securities pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act. The obligations described in this Section 4 shall not apply to a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S-1 or Form S-8 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future, or a registration relating solely to a Commission Rule 145 transaction on Form S-4 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the shares of Common Stock (or other securities) subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of said one hundred and eighty (180) day (or other) period. Participant agrees that any transferee of the Option or shares acquired pursuant to the Option shall be bound by this Section 4.

 

5. Method of Payment. Payment of the aggregate Exercise Price shall be by any of the following, or a combination thereof, at the election of the Participant:

 

(a) cash;

 

(b) check;

 

(c) consideration received by the Company under a formal cashless exercise program adopted by the Company in connection with the Plan; or

 

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(d) surrender of other Shares which (i) shall be valued at its Fair Market Value on the date of exercise, and (ii) must be owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests, if accepting such Shares, in the sole discretion of the Administrator, shall not result in any adverse accounting consequences to the Company.

 

6. Restrictions on Exercise. This Option may not be exercised until such time as the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company, or if the issuance of such Shares upon such exercise or the method of payment of consideration for such shares would constitute a violation of any Applicable Law.

 

7. Non-Transferability of Option.

 

(a) This Option may not be transferred in any manner otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised during the lifetime of Participant only by Participant. The terms of the Plan and this Option Agreement shall be binding upon the executors, administrators, heirs, successors and assigns of Participant.

 

(b) Further, until the Company becomes subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or after the Administrator determines that it is, will, or may no longer be relying upon the exemption from registration of Options under the Exchange Act as set forth in Rule 12h-1(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act (the “Reliance End Date”), Participant shall not transfer this Option or, prior to exercise, the Shares subject to this Option, in any manner other than (i) to persons who are “family members” (as defined in Rule 701(c)(3) of the Securities Act) through gifts or domestic relations orders, or (ii) to an executor or guardian of Participant upon the death or disability of Participant. Until the Reliance End Date, the Options and, prior to exercise, the Shares subject to this Option, may not be pledged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred or disposed of, including by entering into any short position, any “put equivalent position” or any “call equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) and Rule 16a-1(b) of the Exchange Act, respectively), other than as permitted in clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph.

 

8. Term of Option. This Option may be exercised only within the term set out in the Notice of Stock Option Grant, and may be exercised during such term only in accordance with the Plan and the terms of this Option Agreement.

 

9. Tax Obligations.

 

(a) Tax Withholding. Participant agrees to make appropriate arrangements with the Company (or the Parent or Subsidiary employing or retaining Participant) for the satisfaction of all Federal, state, local and foreign income and employment tax withholding requirements applicable to the Option exercise. Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Company may refuse to honor the exercise and refuse to deliver the Shares if such withholding amounts are not delivered at the time of exercise.

 

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(b) Notice of Disqualifying Disposition of ISO Shares. If the Option granted to Participant herein is an ISO, and if Participant sells or otherwise disposes of any of the Shares acquired pursuant to the ISO on or before the later of (i) the date two (2) years after the Date of Grant, or (ii) the date one (1) year after the date of exercise, Participant shall immediately notify the Company in writing of such disposition. Participant agrees that Participant may be subject to income tax withholding by the Company on the compensation income recognized by Participant.

 

(c) Code Section 409A. Under Code Section 409A, an Option that vests after December 31, 2004 (or that vested on or prior to such date but which was materially modified after October 3, 2004) that was granted with a per Share exercise price that is determined by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) to be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant (a “discount option”) may be considered “deferred compensation.” An Option that is a “discount option” may result in (i) income recognition by Participant prior to the exercise of the Option, (ii) an additional twenty percent (20%) federal income tax, and (iii) potential penalty and interest charges. The “discount option” may also result in additional state income, penalty and interest tax to the Participant. Participant acknowledges that the Company cannot and has not guaranteed that the IRS will agree that the per Share exercise price of this Option equals or exceeds the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant in a later examination. Participant agrees that if the IRS determines that the Option was granted with a per Share exercise price that was less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant, Participant shall be solely responsible for Participant’s costs related to such a determination.

 

10. Entire Agreement; Governing Law. The Plan is incorporated herein by reference. The Plan and this Option Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Participant with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be modified adversely to the Participant’s interest except by means of a writing signed by the Company and Participant. This Option Agreement is governed by the internal substantive laws but not the choice of law rules of California.

 

11. No Guarantee of Continued Service. PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE VESTING OF SHARES PURSUANT TO THE VESTING SCHEDULE HEREOF IS EARNED ONLY BY CONTINUING AS A SERVICE PROVIDER AT THE WILL OF THE COMPANY (OR THE PARENT OR SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYING OR RETAINING PARTICIPANT) AND NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING HIRED, BEING GRANTED THIS OPTION OR ACQUIRING SHARES HEREUNDER. PARTICIPANT FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER AND THE VESTING SCHEDULE SET FORTH HEREIN DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED PROMISE OF CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AS A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE VESTING PERIOD, FOR ANY PERIOD, OR AT ALL, AND SHALL NOT INTERFERE IN ANY WAY WITH PARTICIPANT’S RIGHT OR THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY (OR THE PARENT OR SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYING OR RETAINING PARTICIPANT) TO TERMINATE PARTICIPANT’S RELATIONSHIP AS A SERVICE PROVIDER AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.

 

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Participant acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and represents that he or she is familiar with the terms and provisions thereof, and hereby accepts this Option subject to all of the terms and provisions thereof. Participant has reviewed the Plan and this Option in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Option and fully understands all provisions of the Option. Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions arising under the Plan or this Option. Participant further agrees to notify the Company upon any change in the residence address indicated below.

 

PARTICIPANT   MATTERNET, INC.
     
     
Signature   By
     
«Name»    
Print Name   Print Name
     
«Address»    
    Title
«City_State_Zip»    
Residence Address    

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

2011 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

Matternet, Inc.

NASA Ames Research Park

Building 20 South Akron Road, MS 20-1

Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001

 

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

1. Exercise of Option. Effective as of today, ________________, ____, the undersigned (“Participant”) hereby elects to exercise Participant’s option (the “Option”) to purchase ________________ shares of the Common Stock (the “Shares”) of Matternet, Inc. (the “Company”) under and pursuant to the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the Stock Option Agreement dated ______________, _____ (the “Option Agreement”).

 

2. Delivery of Payment. Participant herewith delivers to the Company the full purchase price of the Shares, as set forth in the Option Agreement, and any and all withholding taxes due in connection with the exercise of the Option.

 

3. Representations of Participant. Participant acknowledges that Participant has received, read and understood the Plan and the Option Agreement and agrees to abide by and be bound by their terms and conditions.

 

4. Rights as Stockholder. Until the issuance of the Shares (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the Common Stock subject to an Award, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Shares shall be issued to Participant as soon as practicable after the Option is exercised in accordance with the Option Agreement. No adjustment shall be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date of issuance except as provided in Section 13 of the Plan.

 

5. Company’s Right of First Refusal. Before any Shares held by Participant or any transferee (either being sometimes referred to herein as the “Holder”) may be sold or otherwise transferred (including transfer by gift or operation of law), the Company or its assignee(s) shall have a right of first refusal to purchase the Shares on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 5 (the “Right of First Refusal”).

 

(a) Notice of Proposed Transfer. The Holder of the Shares shall deliver to the Company a written notice (the “Notice”) stating: (i) the Holder’s bona fide intention to sell or otherwise transfer such Shares; (ii) the name of each proposed purchaser or other transferee (“Proposed Transferee”); (iii) the number of Shares to be transferred to each Proposed Transferee; and (iv) the bona fide cash price or other consideration for which the Holder proposes to transfer the Shares (the “Offered Price”), and the Holder shall offer the Shares at the Offered Price to the Company or its assignee(s).

 

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(b) Exercise of Right of First Refusal. At any time within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Notice, the Company and/or its assignee(s) may, by giving written notice to the Holder, elect to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Shares proposed to be transferred to any one or more of the Proposed Transferees, at the purchase price determined in accordance with subsection (c) below.

 

(c) Purchase Price. The purchase price (“Purchase Price”) for the Shares purchased by the Company or its assignee(s) under this Section 5 shall be the Offered Price. If the Offered Price includes consideration other than cash, the cash equivalent value of the non-cash consideration shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith.

 

(d) Payment. Payment of the Purchase Price shall be made, at the option of the Company or its assignee(s), in cash (by check), by cancellation of all or a portion of any outstanding indebtedness of the Holder to the Company (or, in the case of repurchase by an assignee, to the assignee), or by any combination thereof within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Notice or in the manner and at the times set forth in the Notice.

 

(e) Holder’s Right to Transfer. If all of the Shares proposed in the Notice to be transferred to a given Proposed Transferee are not purchased by the Company and/or its assignee(s) as provided in this Section 5, then the Holder may sell or otherwise transfer such Shares to that Proposed Transferee at the Offered Price or at a higher price, provided that such sale or other transfer is consummated within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the date of the Notice, that any such sale or other transfer is effected in accordance with any applicable securities laws and that the Proposed Transferee agrees in writing that the provisions of this Section 5 shall continue to apply to the Shares in the hands of such Proposed Transferee. If the Shares described in the Notice are not transferred to the Proposed Transferee within such period, a new Notice shall be given to the Company, and the Company and/or its assignees shall again be offered the Right of First Refusal before any Shares held by the Holder may be sold or otherwise transferred.

 

(f) Exception for Certain Family Transfers. Anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5 notwithstanding, the transfer of any or all of the Shares during the Participant’s lifetime or on the Participant’s death by will or intestacy to the Participant’s immediate family or a trust for the benefit of the Participant’s immediate family shall be exempt from the provisions of this Section 5. “Immediate Family” as used herein shall mean spouse, lineal descendant or antecedent, father, mother, brother or sister. In such case, the transferee or other recipient shall receive and hold the Shares so transferred subject to the provisions of this Section 5, and there shall be no further transfer of such Shares except in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.

 

(g) Termination of Right of First Refusal. The Right of First Refusal shall terminate as to any Shares upon the earlier of (i) the first sale of Common Stock of the Company to the general public, or (ii) a Change in Control in which the successor corporation has equity securities that are publicly traded.

 

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6. Tax Consultation. Participant understands that Participant may suffer adverse tax consequences as a result of Participant’s purchase or disposition of the Shares. Participant represents that Participant has consulted with any tax consultants Participant deems advisable in connection with the purchase or disposition of the Shares and that Participant is not relying on the Company for any tax advice.

 

7. Restrictive Legends and Stop-Transfer Orders.

 

(a) Legends. Participant understands and agrees that the Company shall cause the legends set forth below or legends substantially equivalent thereto, to be placed upon any certificate(s) evidencing ownership of the Shares together with any other legends that may be required by the Company or by state or federal securities laws:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS AND UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OR, IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES, SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATION IS IN COMPLIANCE THEREWITH.

 

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL HELD BY THE ISSUER OR ITS ASSIGNEE(S) AS SET FORTH IN THE EXERCISE NOTICE BETWEEN THE ISSUER AND THE ORIGINAL HOLDER OF THESE SHARES, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE ISSUER. SUCH TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS AND RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL ARE BINDING ON TRANSFEREES OF THESE SHARES.

 

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE UNDERWRITTEN PUBLIC OFFERING OF THE COMPANY’S SECURITIES SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ISSUER AND THE ORIGINAL HOLDER OF THESE SHARES AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF BY THE HOLDER PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF SUCH PERIOD WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE MANAGING UNDERWRITER.

 

(b) Stop-Transfer Notices. Participant agrees that, in order to ensure compliance with the restrictions referred to herein, the Company may issue appropriate “stop transfer” instructions to its transfer agent, if any, and that, if the Company transfers its own securities, it may make appropriate notations to the same effect in its own records.

 

(c) Refusal to Transfer. The Company shall not be required (i) to transfer on its books any Shares that have been sold or otherwise transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Exercise Notice or (ii) to treat as owner of such Shares or to accord the right to vote or pay dividends to any purchaser or other transferee to whom such Shares shall have been so transferred.

 

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8. Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Exercise Notice to single or multiple assignees, and this Exercise Notice shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer herein set forth, this Exercise Notice shall be binding upon Participant and his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

 

9. Interpretation. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this Exercise Notice shall be submitted by Participant or by the Company forthwith to the Administrator, which shall review such dispute at its next regular meeting. The resolution of such a dispute by the Administrator shall be final and binding on all parties.

 

10. Governing Law; Severability. This Exercise Notice is governed by the internal substantive laws, but not the choice of law rules, of California. In the event that any provision hereof becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, this Exercise Notice shall continue in full force and effect.

 

11. Entire Agreement. The Plan and Option Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. This Exercise Notice, the Plan, the Option Agreement and the Investment Representation Statement constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Participant with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be modified adversely to the Participant’s interest except by means of a writing signed by the Company and Participant.

 

Submitted by:   Accepted by:
     
PARTICIPANT   MATTERNET, INC.
     
 
Signature   By
     
«Name»  
Print Name   Print Name
     
   
    Title
Address:    
    Address:
«Address»    
    NASA Ames Research Park
«City_State_Zip»   Building 20 South Akron Road, MS 20-1
    Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001
     
   
    Date Received

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION STATEMENT

 

PARTICIPANT : «Name»
     
COMPANY : MATTERNET, INC.
     
SECURITY : COMMON STOCK
     
AMOUNT : «Shares»
     
DATE :  

 

In connection with the purchase of the above-listed Securities, the undersigned Participant represents to the Company the following:

 

(a) Participant is aware of the Company’s business affairs and financial condition and has acquired sufficient information about the Company to reach an informed and knowledgeable decision to acquire the Securities. Participant is acquiring these Securities for investment for Participant’s own account only and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any “distribution” thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

(b) Participant acknowledges and understands that the Securities constitute “restricted securities” under the Securities Act and have not been registered under the Securities Act in reliance upon a specific exemption therefrom, which exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of Participant’s investment intent as expressed herein. In this connection, Participant understands that, in the view of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the statutory basis for such exemption may be unavailable if Participant’s representation was predicated solely upon a present intention to hold these Securities for the minimum capital gains period specified under tax statutes, for a deferred sale, for or until an increase or decrease in the market price of the Securities, or for a period of one (1) year or any other fixed period in the future. Participant further understands that the Securities must be held indefinitely unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available. Participant further acknowledges and understands that the Company is under no obligation to register the Securities. Participant understands that the certificate evidencing the Securities shall be imprinted with any legend required under applicable state securities laws.

 

(c) Participant is familiar with the provisions of Rule 701 and Rule 144, each promulgated under the Securities Act, which, in substance, permit limited public resale of “restricted securities” acquired, directly or indirectly from the issuer thereof, in a non-public offering subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. Rule 701 provides that if the issuer qualifies under Rule 701 at the time of the grant of the Option to Participant, the exercise shall be exempt from registration under the Securities Act. In the event the Company becomes subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ninety (90) days thereafter (or such longer period as any market stand-off agreement may require) the Securities exempt under Rule 701 may be resold, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions specified by Rule 144, including in the case of affiliates (1) the availability of certain public information about the Company, (2) the amount of Securities being sold during any three (3) month period not exceeding specified limitations, (3) the resale being made in an unsolicited “broker’s transaction”, transactions directly with a “market maker” or “riskless principal transactions” (as those terms are defined under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) and (4) the timely filing of a Form 144, if applicable.

 

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In the event that the Company does not qualify under Rule 701 at the time of grant of the Option, then the Securities may be resold in certain limited circumstances subject to the provisions of Rule 144, which may require (i) the availability of current public information about the Company; (ii) the resale to occur more than a specified period after the purchase and full payment (within the meaning of Rule 144) for the Securities; and (iii) in the case of the sale of Securities by an affiliate, the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in sections (2), (3) and (4) of the paragraph immediately above.

 

(d) Participant further understands that in the event all of the applicable requirements of Rule 701 or 144 are not satisfied, registration under the Securities Act, compliance with Regulation A, or some other registration exemption shall be required; and that, notwithstanding the fact that Rules 144 and 701 are not exclusive, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission has expressed its opinion that persons proposing to sell private placement securities other than in a registered offering and otherwise than pursuant to Rules 144 or 701 shall have a substantial burden of proof in establishing that an exemption from registration is available for such offers or sales, and that such persons and their respective brokers who participate in such transactions do so at their own risk. Participant understands that no assurances can be given that any such other registration exemption shall be available in such event.

 

  PARTICIPANT
   
   
  Signature
   
  «Name»
  Print Name
   
   
  Date

 

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Exhibit 10.7

 

Matternet, Inc.

2026 Equity Incentive Plan

 

Adopted by the Board of Directors: May 22, 2026

Approved by the Stockholders: May 22, 2026

 

1. General.

 

(a) Plan Purpose. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to secure and retain the services of Employees, Directors and Consultants, to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and any Affiliate and to provide a means by which such persons may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the Common Stock through the granting of Awards.

 

(b) Available Awards. The Plan provides for the grant of the following Awards: (i) Incentive Stock Options; (ii) Nonstatutory Stock Options; (iii) SARs; (iv) Restricted Stock Awards; (v) RSU Awards; (vi) Performance Awards; and (vii) Other Awards.

 

(c) Adoption Date; Effective Date. The Plan will come into existence on the Adoption Date, but no Award may be granted prior to the Effective Date.

 

2. Shares Subject to the Plan.

 

(a) Share Reserve. Subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 2(c) and any adjustments as necessary to implement any Capitalization Adjustments, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Awards will not exceed 3,825,000 shares (the “Initial Reserve”). In addition, subject to any adjustments as necessary to implement any Capitalization Adjustments, such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock will automatically increase on the six-month anniversary of the date our Common Stock is first listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Market or NYSE American and on the annual anniversary thereafter through the tenth anniversary of approval of the Plan by our stockholders, in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total number of shares of Capital Stock outstanding on the day immediately preceding such anniversary; provided, however, that the Board may act prior to the day of the anniversary to provide that the increase for such year will be a lesser number of shares of Common Stock.

 

(b) Aggregate Incentive Stock Option Limit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2(a) and subject to any adjustments as necessary to implement any Capitalization Adjustments, the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options is 11,475,000 shares (equal to three hundred percent (300%) of the total number of shares of Common Stock initially reserved for issuance under Section 2(a)).

 

(c) Share Reserve Operation.

 

(i) Limit Applies to Common Stock Issued Pursuant to Awards. For clarity, the Share Reserve is a limit on the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Awards and does not limit the granting of Awards, except that the Company will keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock reasonably required to satisfy its obligations to issue shares pursuant to such Awards. Shares may be issued in connection with a merger or acquisition as permitted by, as applicable, Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c), NYSE Listed Company Manual Section 303A.08, NYSE American Company Guide Section 711 or other applicable rule, and such issuance will not reduce the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan.

 

 

 

 

(ii) Actions that Do Not Constitute Issuance of Common Stock and Do Not Reduce Share Reserve. The following actions do not result in an issuance of shares under the Plan and accordingly do not reduce the number of shares subject to the Share Reserve and available for issuance under the Plan: (1) the expiration or termination of any portion of an Award without the shares covered by such portion of the Award having been issued; (2) the settlement of any portion of an Award in cash (i.e., the Participant receives cash rather than Common Stock); (3) the withholding of shares that would otherwise be issued by the Company to satisfy the exercise, strike or purchase price of an Award; or (4) the withholding of shares that would otherwise be issued by the Company to satisfy a tax withholding obligation in connection with an Award.

 

(iii) Reversion of Previously Issued Shares of Common Stock to Share Reserve. The following shares of Common Stock previously issued pursuant to an Award and accordingly initially deducted from the Share Reserve will be added back to the Share Reserve and again become available for issuance under the Plan: (1) any shares that are forfeited back to or repurchased by the Company because of a failure to meet a contingency or condition required for the vesting of such shares; (2) any shares that are reacquired by the Company to satisfy the exercise, strike or purchase price of an Award; and (3) any shares that are reacquired by the Company to satisfy a tax withholding obligation in connection with an Award.

 

3. Eligibility and Limitations.

 

(a) Eligible Award Recipients. Subject to the terms of the Plan, Employees, Directors and Consultants are eligible to receive Awards.

 

(b) Specific Award Limitations.

 

(i) Limitations on Incentive Stock Option Recipients. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees of the Company or a “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” thereof (as such terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f) of the Code).

 

(ii) Incentive Stock Option $100,000 Limitation. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Optionholder during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any Affiliates) exceeds $100,000 (or such other limit established in the Code) or otherwise does not comply with the rules governing Incentive Stock Options, the Options or portions thereof that exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) or otherwise do not comply with such rules will be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options, notwithstanding any contrary provision of the applicable Option Agreement(s).

 

(iii) Limitations on Incentive Stock Options Granted to Ten Percent Stockholders. A Ten Percent Stockholder may not be granted an Incentive Stock Option unless (1) the exercise price of such Option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant of such Option, and (2) the Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date of grant of such Option.

 

(iv) Limitations on Nonstatutory Stock Options and SARs. Nonstatutory Stock Options and SARs may not be granted to Employees, Directors and Consultants who are providing Continuous Service only to any “parent” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 405) unless the stock underlying such Awards is treated as “service recipient stock” under Section 409A because the Awards are granted pursuant to a corporate transaction (such as a spin off transaction) or unless such Awards otherwise comply with the distribution requirements of Section 409A.

 

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(c) Aggregate Incentive Stock Option Limit. The aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options is the number of shares specified in Section 2(b).

 

(d) Non-Employee Director Compensation Limit. The aggregate value of all compensation granted or paid, as applicable, to any individual for service as a Non-Employee Director with respect to any period commencing on the date of the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders for a particular year and ending on the day immediately prior to the date of the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders for the next subsequent year (the “Annual Period”), including Awards granted and cash fees paid by the Company to such Non-Employee Director, will not exceed (i) $ 750,000 in total value or (ii) in the event such Non-Employee Director is first appointed or elected to the Board during such Annual Period, $1,000,000 in total value, in each case, calculating the value of any equity awards based on the grant date fair value of such equity awards for financial reporting purposes.  The limitations in this Section 3(d) shall apply commencing with the Annual Period that begins on the Company’s first Annual Meeting of Stockholders following the Effective Date. For avoidance of doubt, compensation will count towards this limit for the Annual Period year in which it was granted or earned, and not later when distributed, in the event it is deferred.

 

4. Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

Each Option and SAR will have such terms and conditions as determined by the Board. Each Option will be designated in writing as an Incentive Stock Option or Nonstatutory Stock Option at the time of grant; provided, however, that if an Option is not so designated or if an Option designated as an Incentive Stock Option fails to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then such Option will be a Nonstatutory Stock Option, and the shares purchased upon exercise of each type of Option will be separately accounted for. Each SAR will be denominated in shares of Common Stock equivalents. The terms and conditions of separate Options and SARs need not be identical; provided, however, that each Option Agreement and SAR Agreement will conform (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Award Agreement or otherwise) to the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(a) Term. Subject to Section 3(b) regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, no Option or SAR will be exercisable after the expiration of ten years from the date of grant of such Award or such shorter period specified in the Award Agreement.

 

(b) Exercise or Strike Price. Subject to Section 3(b) regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, the exercise or strike price of each Option or SAR will not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant of such Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option or SAR may be granted with an exercise or strike price lower than 100% of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant of such Award if such Award is granted pursuant to an assumption of or substitution for another option or stock appreciation right pursuant to a Corporate Transaction and in a manner consistent with the provisions of Sections 409A and, if applicable, 424(a) of the Code.

 

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(c) Exercise Procedure and Payment of Exercise Price for Options. In order to exercise an Option, the Participant must provide notice of exercise to the Plan Administrator in accordance with the procedures specified in the Option Agreement or otherwise provided by the Company. The Board has the authority to grant Options that do not permit all of the following methods of payment (or otherwise restrict the ability to use certain methods) and to grant Options that require the consent of the Company to utilize a particular method of payment. The exercise price of an Option may be paid, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law and as determined by the Board, by one or more of the following methods of payment to the extent set forth in the Option Agreement:

 

(i) by cash or check, bank draft or money order payable to the Company;

 

(ii) pursuant to a “cashless exercise” program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to the issuance of the Common Stock subject to the Option, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds;

 

(iii) by delivery to the Company (either by actual delivery or attestation) of shares of Common Stock that are already owned by the Participant free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests, with a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise that does not exceed the exercise price, provided that (1) at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded, (2) any remaining balance of the exercise price not satisfied by such delivery is paid by the Participant in cash or other permitted form of payment, (3) such delivery would not violate any Applicable Law or agreement restricting the redemption of the Common Stock, (4) any certificated shares are endorsed or accompanied by an executed assignment separate from certificate, and (5) such shares have been held by the Participant for any minimum period necessary to avoid adverse accounting treatment as a result of such delivery;

 

(iv) if the Option is a Nonstatutory Stock Option, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise that does not exceed the exercise price, provided that (1) such shares used to pay the exercise price will not be exercisable thereafter, and (2) any remaining balance of the exercise price not satisfied by such net exercise is paid by the Participant in cash or other permitted form of payment; or

 

(v) in any other form of consideration that may be acceptable to the Board and permissible under Applicable Law.

 

(d) Exercise Procedure and Payment of Appreciation Distribution for SARs. In order to exercise any SAR, the Participant must provide notice of exercise to the Plan Administrator in accordance with the SAR Agreement. The appreciation distribution payable to a Participant upon the exercise of a SAR will not be greater than an amount equal to the excess of (i) the aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Common Stock equivalents that are vested and being exercised under such SAR, over (ii) the strike price of such SAR. Such appreciation distribution may be paid to the Participant in the form of Common Stock or cash (or any combination of Common Stock and cash) or in any other form of payment, as determined by the Board and specified in the SAR Agreement.

 

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(e) Transferability. Options and SARs may not be transferred to third party financial institutions for value. The Board may impose such additional limitations on the transferability of an Option or SAR as it determines. In the absence of any such determination by the Board, the following restrictions on the transferability of Options and SARs will apply, provided that except as explicitly provided herein, neither an Option nor a SAR may be transferred for consideration and provided, further, that if an Option is an Incentive Stock Option, such Option may be deemed to be a Nonstatutory Stock Option as a result of such transfer:

 

(i) Restrictions on Transfer. An Option or SAR will not be transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and will be exercisable during the lifetime of the Participant only by the Participant; provided, however, that the Board may permit transfer of an Option or SAR in a manner that is not prohibited by applicable tax and securities laws upon the Participant’s request, including to a trust if the Participant is considered to be the sole beneficial owner of such trust (as determined under Section 671 of the Code and applicable U.S. state law) while such Option or SAR is held in such trust, provided that the Participant and the trustee enter into a transfer and other agreements required by the Company.

 

(ii) Domestic Relations Orders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the execution of transfer documentation in a format acceptable to the Company and subject to the approval of the Board or a duly authorized Officer, an Option or SAR may be transferred pursuant to a domestic relations order.

 

(f) Vesting. The Board may impose such restrictions on or conditions to the vesting and/or exercisability of an Option or SAR as determined by the Board. Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement or other written agreement between a Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, vesting of Options and SARs will cease upon termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service.

 

(g) Termination of Continuous Service for Cause. Except as explicitly otherwise provided in the Award Agreement or other written agreement between a Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, if a Participant’s Continuous Service is terminated for Cause, the Participant’s Options and SARs will terminate and be forfeited immediately upon such termination of Continuous Service, and the Participant will be prohibited from exercising any portion (including any vested portion) of such Awards on and after the date of such termination of Continuous Service and the Participant will have no further right, title or interest in such forfeited Award, the shares of Common Stock subject to the forfeited Award, or any consideration in respect of the forfeited Award.

 

(h) Post-Termination Exercise Period Following Termination of Continuous Service for Reasons Other than Cause. Subject to Section 4(i), if a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates for any reason other than for Cause, the Participant may exercise his or her Option or SAR to the extent vested, but only within the following period of time or, if applicable, such other period of time provided in the Award Agreement or other written agreement between a Participant and the Company or an Affiliate; provided, however, that in no event may such Award be exercised after the expiration of its maximum term (as set forth in Section 4(a)):

 

(i) three months following the date of such termination if such termination is a termination without Cause (other than any termination due to the Participant’s Disability or death);

 

(ii) 12 months following the date of such termination if such termination is due to the Participant’s Disability;

 

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(iii) 18 months following the date of such termination if such termination is due to the Participant’s death; or

 

(iv) 18 months following the date of the Participant’s death if such death occurs following the date of such termination but during the period such Award is otherwise exercisable (as provided in (i) or (ii) above).

 

Following the date of such termination, to the extent the Participant does not exercise such Award within the applicable Post-Termination Exercise Period (or, if earlier, prior to the expiration of the maximum term of such Award), such unexercised portion of the Award will terminate, and the Participant will have no further right, title or interest in the terminated Award, the shares of Common Stock subject to the terminated Award, or any consideration in respect of the terminated Award.

 

(i) Restrictions on Exercise; Extension of Exercisability. A Participant may not exercise an Option or SAR at any time that the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon such exercise would violate Applicable Law. Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement or other written agreement between a Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, if a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates for any reason other than for Cause and, at any time during the last thirty days of the applicable Post-Termination Exercise Period: (i) the exercise of the Participant’s Option or SAR would be prohibited solely because the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon such exercise would violate Applicable Law, or (ii) the immediate sale of any shares of Common Stock issued upon such exercise would violate the Company’s Trading Policy, then the applicable Post-Termination Exercise Period will be extended to the last day of the calendar month that commences following the date the Award would otherwise expire, with an additional extension of the exercise period to the last day of the next calendar month to apply if any of the foregoing restrictions apply at any time during such extended exercise period, generally without limitation as to the maximum permitted number of extensions; provided, however, that in no event may such Award be exercised after the expiration of its maximum term (as set forth in Section 4(a)).

 

(j) Non-Exempt Employees. No Option or SAR, whether or not vested, granted to an Employee who is a non-exempt employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, will be first exercisable for any shares of Common Stock until at least six months following the date of grant of such Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in accordance with the provisions of the Worker Economic Opportunity Act, any vested portion of such Award may be exercised earlier than six months following the date of grant of such Award in the event of (i) such Participant’s death or Disability, (ii) a Corporate Transaction in which such Award is not assumed, continued or substituted, (iii) a Change in Control, or (iv) such Participant’s retirement (as such term may be defined in the Award Agreement or another applicable agreement or, in the absence of any such definition, in accordance with the Company’s then current employment policies and guidelines). This Section 4(j) is intended to operate so that any income derived by a non-exempt employee in connection with the exercise or vesting of an Option or SAR will be exempt from his or her regular rate of pay.

 

(k) Whole Shares. Options and SARs may be exercised only with respect to whole shares of Common Stock or their equivalents.

 

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5. Awards Other Than Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(a) Restricted Stock Awards and RSU Awards. Each Restricted Stock Award and RSU Award will have such terms and conditions as determined by the Board; provided, however, that each Restricted Stock Award Agreement and RSU Award Agreement will conform (through incorporation of the provisions hereof by reference in the Award Agreement or otherwise) to the substance of each of the following provisions:

 

(i) Form of Award.

 

(1) Restricted Stock Awards: To the extent consistent with the Company’s Bylaws, at the Board’s election, shares of Common Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Award may be (A) held in book entry form subject to the Company’s instructions until such shares become vested or any other restrictions lapse, or (B) evidenced by a certificate, which certificate will be held in such form and manner as determined by the Board. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, a Participant will have voting and other rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares subject to a Restricted Stock Award.

 

(2) RSU Awards: An RSU Award represents a Participant’s right to be issued on a future date the number of shares of Common Stock that is equal to the number of restricted stock units subject to the RSU Award. As a holder of an RSU Award, a Participant is an unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to the Company’s unfunded obligation, if any, to issue shares of Common Stock in settlement of such Award and nothing contained in the Plan or any RSU Award Agreement, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, will create or be construed to create a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between a Participant and the Company or an Affiliate or any other person. A Participant will not have voting or any other rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any RSU Award (unless and until shares are actually issued in settlement of a vested RSU Award).

 

(ii) Consideration.

 

(1) Restricted Stock Awards: A Restricted Stock Award may be granted in consideration for (A) cash or check, bank draft or money order payable to the Company, (B) past services to the Company or an Affiliate, or (C) any other form of consideration (including future services) as the Board may determine and permissible under Applicable Law.

 

(2) RSU Awards: Unless otherwise determined by the Board at the time of grant, an RSU Award will be granted in consideration for the Participant’s services to the Company or an Affiliate, such that the Participant will not be required to make any payment to the Company (other than such services) with respect to the grant or vesting of the RSU Award, or the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the RSU Award. If, at the time of grant, the Board determines that any consideration must be paid by the Participant (in a form other than the Participant’s services to the Company or an Affiliate) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock in settlement of the RSU Award, such consideration may be paid in any form of consideration as the Board may determine and permissible under Applicable Law.

 

(iii) Vesting. The Board may impose such restrictions on or conditions to the vesting of a Restricted Stock Award or RSU Award as determined by the Board. Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement or other written agreement between a Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, vesting of Restricted Stock Awards and RSU Awards will cease upon termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service.

 

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(iv) Termination of Continuous Service. Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement or other written agreement between a Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, if a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates for any reason, (1) the Company may receive through a forfeiture condition or a repurchase right any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant under his or her Restricted Stock Award that have not vested as of the date of such termination as set forth in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement, and (2) any portion of his or her RSU Award that has not vested will be forfeited upon such termination and the Participant will have no further right, title or interest in the RSU Award, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the RSU Award, or any consideration in respect of the RSU Award.

 

(v) Dividends and Dividend Equivalents. Dividends or dividend equivalents may be paid or credited, as applicable, with respect to any shares of Common Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Award or RSU Award, as determined by the Board and specified in the Award Agreement.

 

(vi) Settlement of RSU Awards. An RSU Award may be settled by the issuance of shares of Common Stock or cash (or any combination thereof) or in any other form of payment, as determined by the Board and specified in the RSU Award Agreement. At the time of grant, the Board may determine to impose such restrictions or conditions that delay such delivery to a date following the vesting of the RSU Award.

 

(b) Performance Awards. With respect to any Performance Award, the length of any Performance Period, the Performance Goals to be achieved during the Performance Period, the other terms and conditions of such Award, and the measure of whether and to what degree such Performance Goals have been attained will be determined by the Board.

 

(c) Other Awards. Other forms of Awards valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, Common Stock, including the appreciation in value thereof (e.g., options or stock rights with an exercise price or strike price less than 100% of the Fair Market Value at the time of grant), may be granted either alone or in addition to Awards provided for under Section 4 and the preceding provisions of this Section 5. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board will have sole and complete discretion to determine the persons to whom and the time or times at which such Other Awards will be granted, the number of shares of Common Stock (or the cash equivalent thereof) to be granted pursuant to such Other Awards and all other terms and conditions of such Other Awards.

 

6. Adjustments upon Changes in Common Stock; Other Corporate Events.

 

(a) Capitalization Adjustments. In the event of a Capitalization Adjustment, the Board shall appropriately and proportionately adjust: (i) the class(es) and maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan and the maximum number of shares by which the Share Reserve may annually increase pursuant to Section 2(a); (ii) the class(es) and maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options pursuant to Section 2(b); and (iii) the class(es) and number of securities and exercise price, strike price or purchase price of Common Stock subject to outstanding Awards. The Board shall make such adjustments, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no fractional shares or rights for fractional shares of Common Stock shall be created in order to implement any Capitalization Adjustment. The Board shall determine an appropriate equivalent benefit, if any, for any fractional shares or rights to fractional shares that might be created by the adjustments referred to in the preceding provisions of this Section.

 

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(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. Except as otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, in the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, all outstanding Awards (other than Awards consisting of vested and outstanding shares of Common Stock not subject to a forfeiture condition or the Company’s right of repurchase) will terminate immediately prior to the completion of such dissolution or liquidation, and the shares of Common Stock subject to the Company’s repurchase rights or subject to a forfeiture condition may be repurchased or reacquired by the Company notwithstanding the fact that the holder of such Award is providing Continuous Service, provided, however, that the Board may determine to cause some or all Awards to become fully vested, exercisable and/or no longer subject to repurchase or forfeiture (to the extent such Awards have not previously expired or terminated) before the dissolution or liquidation is completed but contingent on its completion.

 

(c) Corporate Transaction. The following provisions will apply to Awards in the event of a Corporate Transaction, unless otherwise provided in the instrument evidencing the Award or any other written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant or unless otherwise expressly provided by the Board at the time of grant of an Award.

 

(i) Awards May Be Assumed. In the event of a Corporate Transaction, any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or the surviving or acquiring corporation’s parent company) may assume or continue any or all Awards outstanding under the Plan or may substitute similar awards for Awards outstanding under the Plan (including but not limited to, awards to acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to the Corporate Transaction), and any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company in respect of Common Stock issued pursuant to Awards may be assigned by the Company to the successor of the Company (or the successor’s parent company, if any), in connection with such Corporate Transaction. A surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or its parent) may choose to assume or continue only a portion of an Award or substitute a similar award for only a portion of an Award, or may choose to assume, continue or substitute the Awards held by some, but not all Participants. The terms of any assumption, continuation or substitution will be set by the Board.

 

(ii) Awards Held by Current Participants. In the event of a Corporate Transaction in which the surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or its parent company) does not assume or continue such outstanding Awards or substitute similar awards for such outstanding Awards, then with respect to Awards that have not been assumed, continued or substituted and that are held by Participants whose Continuous Service has not terminated prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction (referred to as the “Current Participants”), the vesting of such Awards (and, with respect to Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, the time when such Awards may be exercised) will be accelerated in full to a date prior to the effective time of such Corporate Transaction (contingent upon the effectiveness of the Corporate Transaction) as the Board determines (or, if the Board does not determine such a date, to the date that is five days prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction), and such Awards will terminate if not exercised (if applicable) at or prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction, and any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company with respect to such Awards will lapse (contingent upon the effectiveness of the Corporate Transaction). With respect to the vesting of Performance Awards that will accelerate upon the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction pursuant to this subsection (ii) and that have multiple vesting levels depending on the level of performance, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, the vesting of such Performance Awards will accelerate at 100% of the target level upon the occurrence of the Corporate Transaction in which the Awards are not assumed, continued or substituted in accordance with Section 6(c)(i). With respect to the vesting of Awards that will accelerate upon the occurrence of a Corporate Transaction pursuant to this subsection (ii) and are settled in the form of a cash payment, such cash payment will be made no later than 30 days following the occurrence of the Corporate Transaction or such later date as required to comply with Section 409A of the Code.

 

(iii) Awards Held by Persons other than Current Participants. In the event of a Corporate Transaction in which the surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or its parent company) does not assume or continue such outstanding Awards or substitute similar awards for such outstanding Awards, then with respect to Awards that have not been assumed, continued or substituted and that are held by persons other than Current Participants, such Awards will terminate if not exercised (if applicable) prior to the occurrence of the Corporate Transaction; provided, however, that any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company with respect to such Awards will not terminate and may continue to be exercised notwithstanding the Corporate Transaction.

 

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(iv) Payment for Awards in Lieu of Exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event an Award will terminate if not exercised prior to the effective time of a Corporate Transaction, the Board may provide, in its sole discretion, that the holder of such Award may not exercise such Award but will receive a payment, in such form as may be determined by the Board, equal in value, at the effective time, to the excess, if any, of (1) the value of the property the Participant would have received upon the exercise of the Award (including, at the discretion of the Board, any unvested portion of such Award), over (2) any exercise price payable by such holder in connection with such exercise. For the avoidance of doubt, if the exercise price to be payable by a holder with respect to an Option or SAR exceeds the value of the property the Participant would have received upon the exercise of the Award (including, at the discretion of the Board, any unvested portion of such Award), such Option or SAR may be cancelled without any consideration.

 

(d) Appointment of Stockholder Representative. As a condition to the receipt of an Award under this Plan, a Participant will be deemed to have agreed that the Award will be subject to the terms of any agreement governing a Corporate Transaction involving the Company, including, without limitation, a provision for the appointment of a stockholder representative that is authorized to act on the Participant’s behalf with respect to any escrow, indemnities and any contingent consideration.

 

(e) No Restriction on Right to Undertake Transactions. The grant of any Award under the Plan and the issuance of shares pursuant to any Award does not affect or restrict in any way the right or power of the Company or the stockholders of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Company’s capital structure or its business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of stock or of options, rights or options to purchase stock or of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks whose rights are superior to or affect the Common Stock or the rights thereof or which are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

 

7. Administration.

 

(a) Administration by Board. The Board will administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees, as provided in subsection (c) below.

 

(b) Powers of Board. The Board will have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

 

(i) To determine from time to time (1) which of the persons eligible under the Plan will be granted Awards; (2) when and how each Award will be granted; (3) what type or combination of types of Award will be granted; (4) the provisions of each Award granted (which need not be identical), including the time or times when a person will be permitted to receive an issuance of Common Stock or other payment pursuant to an Award; (5) the number of shares of Common Stock or cash equivalent with respect to which an Award will be granted to each such person; (6) the Fair Market Value applicable to an Award; and (7) the terms of any Performance Award that is not valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, the Common Stock, including the amount of cash payment or other property that may be earned and the timing of payment.

 

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(ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it deems necessary or expedient to make the Plan or Award fully effective.

 

(iii) To settle all controversies regarding the Plan and Awards granted under it.

 

(iv) To accelerate the time at which an Award may first be exercised or the time during which an Award or any part thereof will vest, notwithstanding the provisions in the Award Agreement stating the time at which it may first be exercised or the time during which it will vest.

 

(v) To prohibit the exercise of any Option, SAR or other exercisable Award during a period of up to 30 days prior to the consummation of any pending stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares, merger, consolidation or other distribution (other than normal cash dividends) of Company assets to stockholders, or any other change affecting the shares of Common Stock or the share price of the Common Stock, including any Corporate Transaction, for reasons of administrative convenience.

 

(vi) To suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Suspension or termination of the Plan will not Materially Impair rights and obligations under any Award granted while the Plan is in effect except with the written consent of the affected Participant.

 

(vii) To amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable; provided, however, that stockholder approval will be required for any amendment to the extent required by Applicable Law. Except as provided above, rights under any Award granted before amendment of the Plan will not be Materially Impaired by any amendment of the Plan unless (1) the Company requests the consent of the affected Participant, and (2) such Participant consents in writing.

 

(viii) To submit any amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval.

 

(ix) To approve forms of Award Agreements for use under the Plan and to amend the terms of any one or more Awards, including, but not limited to, amendments to provide terms more favorable to the Participant than previously provided in the Award Agreement, subject to any specified limits in the Plan that are not subject to Board discretion; provided however, that, a Participant’s rights under any Award will not be Materially Impaired by any such amendment unless (1) the Company requests the consent of the affected Participant, and (2) such Participant consents in writing.

 

(x) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company and that are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan or Awards.

 

(xi) To adopt such procedures and sub-plans as are necessary or appropriate to permit and facilitate participation in the Plan by, or take advantage of specific tax treatment for Awards granted to, Employees, Directors or Consultants who are non-U.S. nationals or employed outside the United States (provided that Board approval will not be necessary for immaterial modifications to the Plan or any Award Agreement to ensure or facilitate compliance with the laws of the relevant non-U.S. jurisdiction).

 

(xii) To effect, at any time and from time to time, subject to the consent of any Participant whose Award is Materially Impaired by such action, (1) the reduction of the exercise price (or strike price) of any outstanding Option or SAR; (2) the cancellation of any outstanding Option or SAR and the grant in substitution therefor of (A) a new Option, SAR, Restricted Stock Award, RSU Award or Other Award, under the Plan or another equity plan of the Company, covering the same or a different number of shares of Common Stock, (B) cash and/or (C) other valuable consideration (as determined by the Board); or (3) any other action that is treated as a repricing under generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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(c) Delegation to Committee.

 

(i) General. The Board may delegate some or all of the administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees. If administration of the Plan is delegated to a Committee, the Committee will have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board that have been delegated to the Committee, including the power to delegate to another Committee or a subcommittee of the Committee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board will thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. Each Committee may retain the authority to concurrently administer the Plan with the Committee or subcommittee to which it has delegated its authority hereunder and may, at any time, revest in such Committee some or all of the powers previously delegated. The Board may retain the authority to concurrently administer the Plan with any Committee and may, at any time, revest in the Board some or all of the powers previously delegated.

 

(ii) Rule 16b-3 Compliance. To the extent an Award is intended to qualify for the exemption from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act that is available under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act, the Award will be granted by the Board or a Committee that consists solely of two or more Non-Employee Directors, as determined under Rule 16b-3(b)(3) of the Exchange Act and thereafter any action establishing or modifying the terms of the Award will be approved by the Board or a Committee meeting such requirements to the extent necessary for such exemption to remain available.

 

(d) Effect of Board’s Decision. All determinations, interpretations and constructions made by the Board or any Committee in good faith will not be subject to review by any person and will be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.

 

(e) Delegation to Other Person or Body. The Board or any Committee may delegate to one or more persons or bodies the authority to do one or more of the following to the extent permitted by Applicable Law: (i) designate recipients, other than Officers, of Options and SARs (and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, other Awards), provided that no person or body may be delegated authority to grant an Award to themself; (ii) determine the number of shares subject to such Awards; and (iii) determine the terms of such Awards; provided, however, that the Board or Committee action regarding such delegation will fix the terms of such delegation in accordance with Applicable Law, including without limitation Sections 152 and 157 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Unless provided otherwise in the Board or Committee action regarding such delegation, each Award granted pursuant to this section will be granted on the applicable form of Award Agreement most recently approved for use by the Board or the Committee, with any modifications necessary to incorporate or reflect the terms of such Award. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Board nor any Committee may delegate to any person or body (who is not a Director or that is not comprised solely of Directors, respectively) the authority to determine the Fair Market Value.

 

8. Tax Withholding

 

(a) Withholding Authorization. As a condition to acceptance of any Award under the Plan, a Participant authorizes withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to such Participant, and otherwise agrees to make adequate provision for (including), any sums required to satisfy any U.S. federal, state, local and/or non-U.S. tax or social insurance contribution withholding obligations of the Company or an Affiliate, if any, which arise in connection with the exercise, vesting or settlement of such Award, as applicable. Accordingly, a Participant may not be able to exercise an Award even though the Award is vested, and the Company shall have no obligation to issue shares of Common Stock subject to an Award, unless and until such obligations are satisfied.

 

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(b) Satisfaction of Withholding Obligation. To the extent permitted by the terms of an Award Agreement, the Company may, in its sole discretion, satisfy any U.S. federal, state, local and/or non-U.S. tax or social insurance withholding obligation relating to an Award by any of the following means or by a combination of such means: (i) causing the Participant to tender a cash payment; (ii) withholding shares of Common Stock from the shares of Common Stock issued or otherwise issuable to the Participant in connection with the Award; (iii) withholding cash from an Award settled in cash; (iv) withholding payment from any amounts otherwise payable to the Participant; (v) by allowing a Participant to effectuate a “cashless exercise” pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board; or (vi) by such other method as may be set forth in the Award Agreement.

 

(c) No Obligation to Notify or Minimize Taxes; No Liability to Claims. Except as required by Applicable Law, the Company has no duty or obligation to any Participant to advise such holder as to the time or manner of exercising such Award. Furthermore, the Company has no duty or obligation to warn or otherwise advise such holder of a pending termination or expiration of an Award or a possible period in which the Award may not be exercised. The Company has no duty or obligation to minimize the tax consequences of an Award to the holder of such Award and will not be liable to any holder of an Award for any adverse tax consequences to such holder in connection with an Award. As a condition to accepting an Award under the Plan, each Participant (i) agrees to not make any claim against the Company, or any of its Officers, Directors, Employees or Affiliates related to tax liabilities arising from such Award or other Company compensation, and (ii) acknowledges that such Participant was advised to consult with his or her own personal tax, financial and other legal advisors regarding the tax consequences of the Award and has either done so or knowingly and voluntarily declined to do so. Additionally, each Participant acknowledges any Option or SAR granted under the Plan is exempt from Section 409A only if the exercise or strike price is at least equal to the “fair market value” of the Common Stock on the date of grant as determined by the Internal Revenue Service and there is no other impermissible deferral of compensation associated with the Award. Additionally, as a condition to accepting an Option or SAR granted under the Plan, each Participant agrees to not make any claim against the Company, or any of its Officers, Directors, Employees or Affiliates in the event that the Internal Revenue Service asserts that such exercise price or strike price is less than the “fair market value” of the Common Stock on the date of grant as subsequently determined by the Internal Revenue Service.

 

(d) Withholding Indemnification. As a condition to accepting an Award under the Plan, in the event that the amount of the Company’s and/or its Affiliate’s withholding obligation in connection with such Award was greater than the amount actually withheld by the Company and/or its Affiliates, each Participant agrees to indemnify and hold the Company and/or its Affiliates harmless from any failure by the Company and/or its Affiliates to withhold the proper amount.

 

9. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Source of Shares. The stock issuable under the Plan will be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the Company on the open market or otherwise.

 

(b) Use of Proceeds from Sales of Common Stock. Proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Awards will constitute general funds of the Company.

 

(c) Corporate Action Constituting Grant of Awards. Corporate action constituting a grant by the Company of an Award to any Participant will be deemed completed as of the date of such corporate action, unless otherwise determined by the Board, regardless of when the instrument, certificate, or letter evidencing the Award is communicated to, or actually received or accepted by, the Participant. In the event that the corporate records (e.g., Board consents, resolutions or minutes) documenting the corporate action approving the grant contain terms (e.g., exercise price, vesting schedule or number of shares) that are inconsistent with those in the Award Agreement or related grant documents as a result of a clerical error in the Award Agreement or related grant documents, the corporate records will control and the Participant will have no legally binding right to the incorrect term in the Award Agreement or related grant documents.

 

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(d) Stockholder Rights. No Participant will be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Common Stock subject to such Award unless and until (i) such Participant has satisfied all requirements for exercise of the Award pursuant to its terms, if applicable, and (ii) the issuance of the Common Stock subject to such Award is reflected in the records of the Company.

 

(e) No Employment or Other Service Rights. Nothing in the Plan, any Award Agreement or any other instrument executed thereunder or in connection with any Award granted pursuant thereto will confer upon any Participant any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the time the Award was granted or affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate at will and without regard to any future vesting opportunity that a Participant may have with respect to any Award (i) the employment of an Employee with or without notice and with or without cause, (ii) the service of a Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant’s agreement with the Company or an Affiliate, or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of the U.S. state or non-U.S. jurisdiction in which the Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may be. Further, nothing in the Plan, any Award Agreement or any other instrument executed thereunder or in connection with any Award will constitute any promise or commitment by the Company or an Affiliate regarding the fact or nature of future positions, future work assignments, future compensation or any other term or condition of employment or service or confer any right or benefit under the Award or the Plan unless such right or benefit has specifically accrued under the terms of the Award Agreement and/or Plan.

 

(f) Change in Time Commitment. In the event a Participant’s regular level of time commitment in the performance of his or her services for the Company and any Affiliates is reduced (for example, and without limitation, if the Participant is an Employee and the Employee has a change in status from a full-time Employee to a part-time Employee or takes an extended leave of absence) after the date of grant of any Award to the Participant, the Board may determine, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, to (i) make a corresponding reduction in the number of shares or cash amount subject to any portion of such Award that is scheduled to vest or become payable after the date of such change in time commitment, and (ii) in lieu of or in combination with such a reduction, extend the vesting or payment schedule applicable to such Award. In the event of any such reduction, the Participant will have no right with respect to any portion of the Award that is so reduced or extended.

 

(g) Execution of Additional Documents. As a condition to accepting an Award under the Plan, the Participant agrees to execute any additional documents or instruments necessary or desirable, as determined in the Plan Administrator’s sole discretion, to carry out the purposes or intent of the Award, or facilitate compliance with securities and/or other regulatory requirements, in each case at the Plan Administrator’s request.

 

(h) Electronic Delivery and Participation. Any reference herein or in an Award Agreement to a “written” agreement or document will include any agreement or document delivered electronically, filed publicly at www.sec.gov (or any successor website thereto) or posted on the Company’s intranet (or other shared electronic medium controlled by the Company to which the Participant has access). By accepting any Award the Participant consents to receive documents by electronic delivery and to participate in the Plan through any on-line electronic system established and maintained by the Plan Administrator or another third party selected by the Plan Administrator. The form of delivery of any Common Stock (e.g., a stock certificate or electronic entry evidencing such shares) shall be determined by the Company.

 

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(i) Clawback/Recovery. All Awards granted under the Plan will be subject to recoupment in accordance with any clawback policy that the Company is required to adopt pursuant to the listing standards of any national securities exchange or association on which the Company’s securities are listed or as is otherwise required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or other Applicable Law and any clawback policy that the Company otherwise adopts, to the extent applicable and permissible under Applicable Law. In addition, the Board may impose such other clawback, recovery or recoupment provisions in an Award Agreement as the Board determines necessary or appropriate, including but not limited to a reacquisition right in respect of previously acquired shares of Common Stock or other cash or property upon the occurrence of Cause. No recovery of compensation under such a clawback policy will be an event giving rise to a Participant’s right to voluntarily terminate employment upon a “resignation for good reason,” or for a “constructive termination” or any similar term under any plan of or agreement with the Company.

 

(j) Securities Law Compliance. A Participant will not be issued any shares in respect of an Award unless either (i) the shares are registered under the Securities Act or (ii) the Company has determined that such issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Each Award also must comply with other Applicable Law governing the Award, and a Participant will not receive such shares if the Company determines that such receipt would not be in material compliance with Applicable Law.

 

(k) Transfer or Assignment of Awards; Issued Shares. Except as expressly provided in the Plan or the form of Award Agreement, Awards granted under the Plan may not be transferred or assigned by the Participant. After the vested shares subject to an Award have been issued, or in the case of a Restricted Stock Award and similar awards, after the issued shares have vested, the holder of such shares is free to assign, hypothecate, donate, encumber or otherwise dispose of any interest in such shares provided that any such actions are in compliance with the provisions herein, the terms of the Trading Policy and Applicable Law.

 

(l) Effect on Other Employee Benefit Plans. The value of any Award granted under the Plan, as determined upon grant, vesting or settlement, shall not be included as compensation, earnings, salaries, or other similar terms used when calculating any Participant’s benefits under any employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company or any Affiliate, except as such plan otherwise expressly provides. The Company expressly reserves its rights to amend, modify, or terminate any of the Company’s or any Affiliate’s employee benefit plans.

 

(m) Deferrals. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Board, in its sole discretion, may determine that the delivery of Common Stock or the payment of cash, upon the exercise, vesting or settlement of all or a portion of any Award may be deferred and may also establish programs and procedures for deferral elections to be made by Participants. Deferrals will be made in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A.

 

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(n) Section 409A. Unless otherwise expressly provided for in an Award Agreement, the Plan and Award Agreements will be interpreted to the greatest extent possible in a manner that makes the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder exempt from Section 409A, and, to the extent not so exempt, in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A. If the Board determines that any Award granted hereunder is not exempt from and is therefore subject to Section 409A, the Award Agreement evidencing such Award will incorporate the terms and conditions necessary to avoid the consequences specified in Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code, and to the extent an Award Agreement is silent on terms necessary for compliance, such terms are hereby incorporated by reference into the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan (and unless the Award Agreement specifically provides otherwise), if the shares of Common Stock are publicly traded, and if a Participant holding an Award that constitutes “deferred compensation” under Section 409A is a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A, no distribution or payment of any amount that is due because of a “separation from service” (as defined in Section 409A without regard to alternative definitions thereunder) will be issued or paid before the date that is six months and one day following the date of such Participant’s “separation from service” or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death, unless such distribution or payment can be made in a manner that complies with Section 409A, and any amounts so deferred will be paid in a lump sum on the day after such six month period elapses, with the balance paid thereafter on the original schedule.

 

(o) Choice of Law. This Plan and any controversy arising out of or relating to this Plan shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in any application of any law other than the law of the State of Delaware.

 

10. Covenants of the Company.

 

The Company will seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency, as may be deemed to be necessary, having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant Awards and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise or vesting of the Awards; provided, however, that this undertaking will not require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Award or any Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Award. If, after reasonable efforts and at a reasonable cost, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority that counsel for the Company deems necessary or advisable for the lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company will be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock upon exercise or vesting of such Awards unless and until such authority is obtained. A Participant is not eligible for the grant of an Award or the subsequent issuance of Common Stock pursuant to the Award if such grant or issuance would be in violation of any Applicable Law.

 

11. Severability.

 

If all or any part of the Plan or any Award Agreement is declared by any court or governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or invalidity shall not invalidate any portion of the Plan or such Award Agreement not declared to be unlawful or invalid. Any Section of the Plan or any Award Agreement (or part of such a Section) so declared to be unlawful or invalid shall, if possible, be construed in a manner which will give effect to the terms of such Section or part of a Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and valid.

 

12. Termination of the Plan.

 

The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. No Incentive Stock Options may be granted after the tenth anniversary of the earlier of: (a) the Adoption Date, or (b) the date the Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders. No Awards may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

 

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13. Definitions.

 

As used in the Plan, the following definitions apply to the capitalized terms indicated below:

 

(a) “Acquiring Entity” means the surviving or acquiring corporation (or its parent company) in connection with a Corporate Transaction.

 

(b) “Adoption Date” means the date the Plan is first approved by the Board or Compensation Committee, as applicable.

 

(c) “Affiliate” means, at the time of determination, any “parent” or “subsidiary” of the Company as such terms are defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act. The Board may determine the time or times at which “parent” or “subsidiary” status is determined within the foregoing definition.

 

(d) “Applicable Law” means the Code and any applicable U.S. and non-U.S. securities, exchange control, tax, federal, state, material local or municipal or other law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, listing rule, regulation, judicial decision, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Body (including under the authority of any applicable self-regulating organization such as the Nasdaq Stock Market, New York Stock Exchange, or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).

 

(e) “Award” means any right to receive Common Stock, cash or other property granted under the Plan (including an Incentive Stock Option, a Nonstatutory Stock Option, a Restricted Stock Award, an RSU Award, a SAR, a Performance Award or any Other Award).

 

(f) “Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement between the Company and a Participant evidencing the terms and conditions of an Award. The Award Agreement generally consists of the Grant Notice and the agreement containing the written summary of the general terms and conditions applicable to the Award and which is provided, including through electronic means, to a Participant along with the Grant Notice.

 

(g) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company (or its designee). Any decision or determination made by the Board shall be a decision or determination that is made in the sole discretion of the Board (or its designee), and such decision or determination shall be final and binding on all Participants.

 

(h) “Capital Stock” means each and every class of common stock of the Company, regardless of the number of votes per share.

 

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(i) “Capitalization Adjustment” means any change that is made in, or other events that occur with respect to, the Common Stock subject to the Plan or subject to any Award after the Effective Date without the receipt of consideration by the Company through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, large nonrecurring cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or any similar equity restructuring transaction, as that term is used in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor thereto). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company will not be treated as a Capitalization Adjustment.

 

(j) “Cause” has the meaning ascribed to such term in any written agreement between the Participant and the Company defining such term and, in the absence of such agreement, such term means, with respect to a Participant, the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) such Participant’s commission of any felony or any crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude under the laws of the United States or any state thereof; (ii) such Participant’s attempted commission of, or participation in, a fraud or act of dishonesty against the Company; (iii) such Participant’s material violation of any contract or agreement between the Participant and the Company or of any statutory duty owed to the Company; (iv) such Participant’s unauthorized use or disclosure of the Company’s confidential information or trade secrets; (v) such Participant’s gross misconduct; (vi) such Participant’s failure or refusal to comply with a lawful material directive from the Board, the Participant’s supervisor or, if applicable, the board of directors of any Affiliate; or (vii) such Participant’s breach of a fiduciary duty to the Company. The determination that a termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service is either for Cause or without Cause will be made by the Board with respect to Participants who are executive officers of the Company and by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer with respect to Participants who are not executive officers of the Company. Any determination by the Company that the Continuous Service of a Participant was terminated with or without Cause for the purposes of outstanding Awards held by such Participant will have no effect upon any determination of the rights or obligations of the Company or such Participant for any other purpose.

 

(k) “Change in Control” or “Change of Control” means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any one or more of the following events:

 

(i) any Exchange Act Person becomes the Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities other than by virtue of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur (1) on account of the acquisition of securities of the Company directly from the Company, (2) on account of the acquisition of securities of the Company by an investor, any affiliate thereof or any other Exchange Act Person that acquires the Company’s securities in a transaction or series of related transactions the primary purpose of which is to obtain financing for the Company through the issuance of equity securities, or (3) solely because the level of Ownership held by any Exchange Act Person (the “Subject Person”) exceeds the designated percentage threshold of the outstanding voting securities as a result of a repurchase or other acquisition of voting securities by the Company reducing the number of shares outstanding, provided that if a Change in Control would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the acquisition of voting securities by the Company, and after such share acquisition, the Subject Person becomes the Owner of any additional voting securities that, assuming the repurchase or other acquisition had not occurred, increases the percentage of the then outstanding voting securities Owned by the Subject Person over the designated percentage threshold, then a Change in Control shall be deemed to occur;

 

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(ii) there is consummated a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving (directly or indirectly) the Company and, immediately after the consummation of such merger, consolidation or similar transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior thereto do not Own, directly or indirectly, either (1) outstanding voting securities representing more than 50% of the combined outstanding voting power of the Acquiring Entity in such merger, consolidation or similar transaction or (2) more than 50% of the combined outstanding voting power of the parent of the Acquiring Entity in such merger, consolidation or similar transaction, in each case in substantially the same proportions as their Ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such transaction;

 

(iii) the stockholders of the Company approve or the Board approves a plan of complete dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or a complete dissolution or liquidation of the Company shall otherwise occur, except for a liquidation into a parent corporation;

 

(iv) there is consummated a sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than a sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries to an Entity, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are Owned by stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their Ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such sale, lease, license or other disposition; or

 

(v) individuals who, on the Adoption Date, are members of the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board; provided, however, that if the appointment or election (or nomination for election) of any new Board member was approved or recommended by a majority vote of the members of the Incumbent Board then still in office, such new member shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Plan, (1) the term Change in Control shall not include a sale of assets, merger or other transaction effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Company, (2) the definition of Change in Control (or any analogous term) in an individual written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant shall supersede the foregoing definition with respect to Awards subject to such agreement; provided, however, that if no definition of Change in Control or any analogous term is set forth in such an individual written agreement, the foregoing definition shall apply, and (3) with respect to any nonqualified deferred compensation that becomes payable on account of the Change in Control, the transaction or event described in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) also constitutes a Section 409A Change in Control if required in order for the payment not to violate Section 409A of the Code.

 

(l) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including any applicable regulations and guidance thereunder.

 

(m) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee and any other committee of one or more Directors to whom authority has been delegated by the Board or Compensation Committee in accordance with the Plan.

 

(n) “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

 

(o) “Company” means Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

(p) “Compensation Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board.

 

(q) “Consultant” means any person, including an advisor, who is (i) engaged by the Company or an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and is compensated for such services, or (ii) serving as a member of the board of directors of an Affiliate and is compensated for such services. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such service, will not cause a Director to be considered a “Consultant” for purposes of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person is treated as a Consultant under this Plan only if a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act is available to register either the offer or the sale of the Company’s securities to such person.

 

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(r) “Continuous Service” means that the Participant’s service with the Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not interrupted or terminated. A change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee, Director or Consultant or a change in the Entity for which the Participant renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s service with the Company or an Affiliate, will not terminate a Participant’s Continuous Service; provided, however, that if the Entity for which a Participant is rendering services ceases to qualify as an Affiliate, as determined by the Board, such Participant’s Continuous Service will be considered to have terminated on the date such Entity ceases to qualify as an Affiliate. For example, a change in status from an Employee of the Company to a Consultant of an Affiliate or to a Director will not constitute an interruption of Continuous Service. To the extent permitted by law, the Board or the chief executive officer of the Company, in that party’s sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service will be considered interrupted in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Board or chief executive officer, including sick leave, military leave or any other personal leave, or (ii) transfers between the Company, an Affiliate, or their successors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a leave of absence will be treated as Continuous Service for purposes of vesting in an Award only to such extent as may be provided in the Company’s leave of absence policy, in the written terms of any leave of absence agreement or policy applicable to the Participant, or as otherwise required by law. In addition, to the extent required for exemption from or compliance with Section 409A, the determination of whether there has been a termination of Continuous Service will be made, and such term will be construed, in a manner that is consistent with the definition of “separation from service” as defined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h) (without regard to any alternative definition thereunder).

 

(s) “Corporate Transaction” means the consummation, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any one or more of the following events:

 

(i) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all, as determined by the Board, of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

 

(ii) a sale or other disposition of at least 50% of the outstanding securities of the Company;

 

(iii) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is not the surviving corporation; or

 

(iv) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger, consolidation or similar transaction are converted or exchanged by virtue of the merger, consolidation or similar transaction into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise.

 

(t) “determine” or “determined” means as determined by the Board or the Committee (or its designee) in its sole discretion.

 

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(u) “Director” means a member of the Board.

 

(v) “Disability” means, with respect to a Participant, such Participant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, as provided in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, and will be determined by the Board on the basis of such medical evidence as the Board deems warranted under the circumstances.

 

(w) “Effective Date” means the effective date of this Plan, which is the date of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, provided that this Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders prior to such date.

 

(x) “Employee” means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such services, will not cause a Director to be considered an “Employee” for purposes of the Plan.

 

(y) “Employer” means the Company or the Affiliate that employs the Participant.

 

(z) “Entity” means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity.

 

(aa) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(bb) “Exchange Act Person” means any natural person, Entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), except that “Exchange Act Person” will not include (i) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to a registered public offering of such securities, (iv) an Entity Owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their Ownership of stock of the Company, or (v) any natural person, Entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) that, as of the Effective Date, is the Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities.

 

(cc) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, unless otherwise determined by the Board, the value of the Common Stock (as determined on a per share or aggregate basis, as applicable) determined as follows:

 

(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on any established market, the Fair Market Value will be the closing sales price for such stock as quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the date of determination, as reported in a source the Board deems reliable.

 

(ii) If there is no closing sales price for the Common Stock on the date of determination, then the Fair Market Value will be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

(iii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, or if otherwise determined by the Board, the Fair Market Value will be determined by the Board in good faith and in a manner that complies with Sections 409A and 422 of the Code.

 

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(dd) “Governmental Body” means any: (i) nation, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature; (ii) U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, local, municipal or other government; (iii) governmental or regulatory body, or quasi-governmental body of any nature (including any governmental division, department, administrative agency or bureau, commission, authority, instrumentality, official, ministry, fund, foundation, center, organization, unit, body or Entity and any court or other tribunal, and for the avoidance of doubt, any tax authority) or other body exercising similar powers or authority; or (iv) self-regulatory organization (including the Nasdaq Stock Market, New York Stock Exchange, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).

 

(ee) “Grant Notice” means the notice provided to a Participant that he or she has been granted an Award under the Plan and which includes the name of the Participant, the type of Award, the date of grant of the Award, number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Award or potential cash payment right, (if any), the vesting schedule for the Award (if any) and other key terms applicable to the Award.

 

(ff) “Incentive Stock Option” means an option granted pursuant to Section 4 of the Plan that is intended to be, and qualifies as, an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

 

(gg) “Materially Impair” means any amendment to the terms of the Award that materially adversely affects the Participant’s rights under the Award. A Participant’s rights under an Award will not be deemed to have been Materially Impaired by any such amendment if the Board, in its sole discretion, determines that the amendment, taken as a whole, does not materially impair the Participant’s rights. For example, the following types of amendments to the terms of an Award do not Materially Impair the Participant’s rights under the Award: (i) imposition of reasonable restrictions on the minimum number of shares subject to an Option or SAR that may be exercised; (ii) to maintain the qualified status of the Award as an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code; (iii) to change the terms of an Incentive Stock Option in a manner that disqualifies, impairs or otherwise affects the qualified status of the Award as an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code; (iv) to clarify the manner of exemption from, or to bring the Award into compliance with or qualify it for an exemption from, Section 409A; or (v) to comply with other Applicable Laws.

 

(hh) “Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of May 22, 2026, by and among Los Altos Ventures Corp., Matternet, Inc. and Matternet Acquisition Co.

 

(ii) “Non-Employee Director” means a Director who either (i) is not a current employee or officer of the Company or an Affiliate, does not receive compensation, either directly or indirectly, from the Company or an Affiliate for services rendered as a consultant or in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act (“Regulation S-K”)), does not possess an interest in any other transaction for which disclosure would be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, and is not engaged in a business relationship for which disclosure would be required pursuant to Item 404(b) of Regulation S-K; or (ii) is otherwise considered a “non-employee director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3.

 

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(jj) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means any option granted pursuant to Section 4 of the Plan that does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(kk) “Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

(ll) “Option” means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

(mm) “Option Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement between the Company and the Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of the Option grant. The Option Agreement includes the Grant Notice for the Option and the agreement containing the written summary of the general terms and conditions applicable to the Option and which is provided including through electronic means, to a Participant along with the Grant Notice. Each Option Agreement will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(nn) “Optionholder” means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option.

 

(oo) “Other Award” means an award based in whole or in part by reference to the Common Stock which is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 5(c).

 

(pp) “Other Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement between the Company and a holder of an Other Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an Other Award grant. Each Other Award Agreement will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(qq) “Own,” “Owned,” “Owner,” “Ownership” means that a person or Entity will be deemed to “Own,” to have “Owned,” to be the “Owner” of, or to have acquired “Ownership” of securities if such person or Entity, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares voting power, which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting, with respect to such securities.

 

(rr) “Participant” means an Employee, Director or Consultant to whom an Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Award.

 

(ss) “Performance Award” means an Award that may vest or may be exercised or a cash award that may vest or become earned and paid contingent upon the attainment during a Performance Period of certain Performance Goals and which is granted under the terms and conditions of Section 5(b) pursuant to such terms as are approved by the Board. In addition, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, the Board may determine that cash or other property may be used in payment of Performance Awards. Performance Awards that are settled in cash or other property are not required to be valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, the Common Stock.

 

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(tt) “Performance Criteria” means the one or more criteria that the Board will select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goals for a Performance Period. The Performance Criteria that will be used to establish such Performance Goals may be based on any one of, or combination of, the following as determined by the Board: earnings (including earnings per share and net earnings); earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; total stockholder return; return on equity or average stockholder’s equity; return on assets, investment, or capital employed; stock price; margin (including gross margin); income (before or after taxes); operating income; operating income after taxes; pre-tax profit; operating cash flow; sales or revenue targets; increases in revenue or product revenue; expenses and cost reduction goals; improvement in or attainment of working capital levels; economic value added (or an equivalent metric); market share; cash flow; cash flow per share; share price performance; debt reduction; customer satisfaction; stockholders’ equity; capital expenditures; debt levels; operating profit or net operating profit; workforce diversity; growth of net income or operating income; billings; preclinical development related compound goals; financing; regulatory milestones, including approval of a compound; stockholder liquidity; corporate governance and compliance; product commercialization; intellectual property; personnel matters; progress of internal research or clinical programs; progress of partnered programs; partner satisfaction; budget management; clinical achievements; completing phases of a clinical trial (including the treatment phase); announcing or presenting preliminary or final data from clinical trials, in each case, whether on particular timelines or generally; timely completion of clinical trials; submission of INDs and NDAs and other regulatory achievements; partner or collaborator achievements; internal controls, including those related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; research progress, including the development of programs; investor relations, analysts and communication; manufacturing achievements (including obtaining particular yields from manufacturing runs and other measurable objectives related to process development activities); strategic partnerships or transactions (including in-licensing and out-licensing of intellectual property); establishing relationships with commercial entities with respect to the marketing, distribution and sale of the Company’s products (including with group purchasing organizations, distributors and other vendors); supply chain achievements (including establishing relationships with manufacturers or suppliers of active pharmaceutical ingredients and other component materials and manufacturers of the Company’s products); co-development, co-marketing, profit sharing, joint venture or other similar arrangements; individual performance goals; corporate development and planning goals; and other measures of performance selected by the Board or Committee.

 

(uu) “Performance Goals” means, for a Performance Period, the one or more goals established by the Board for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria. Performance Goals may be based on a Company-wide basis, with respect to one or more business units, divisions, Affiliates, or business segments, and in either absolute terms or relative to the performance of one or more comparable companies or the performance of one or more relevant indices. Unless specified otherwise by the Board (i) in the Award Agreement at the time the Award is granted or (ii) in such other document setting forth the Performance Goals at the time the Performance Goals are established, the Board will appropriately make adjustments in the method of calculating the attainment of Performance Goals for a Performance Period as follows: (1) to exclude restructuring and/or other nonrecurring charges; (2) to exclude exchange rate effects; (3) to exclude the effects of changes to generally accepted accounting principles; (4) to exclude the effects of any statutory adjustments to corporate tax rates; (5) to exclude the effects of items that are “unusual” in nature or occur “infrequently” as determined under generally accepted accounting principles; (6) to exclude the dilutive effects of acquisitions or joint ventures; (7) to assume that any business divested by the Company achieved performance objectives at targeted levels during the balance of a Performance Period following such divestiture; (8) to exclude the effect of any change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend or split, stock repurchase, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate change, or any distributions to common stockholders other than regular cash dividends; (9) to exclude the effects of stock based compensation and the award of bonuses under the Company’s bonus plans; (10) to exclude costs incurred in connection with potential acquisitions or divestitures that are required to be expensed under generally accepted accounting principles; and (11) to exclude the goodwill and intangible asset impairment charges that are required to be recorded under generally accepted accounting principles. In addition, the Board retains the discretion to reduce or eliminate the compensation or economic benefit due upon attainment of Performance Goals and to define the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period. Partial achievement of the specified criteria may result in the payment or vesting corresponding to the degree of achievement as specified in the Award Agreement or the written terms of a Performance Award.

 

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(vv) “Performance Period” means the period of time selected by the Board over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to vesting or exercise of an Award. Performance Periods may be of varying and overlapping duration, at the sole discretion of the Board.

 

(ww) “Plan” means this Matternet, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

 

(xx) “Plan Administrator” means the person, persons, and/or third-party administrator designated by the Company to administer the day-to-day operations of the Plan and the Company’s other equity incentive programs.

 

(yy) “Post-Termination Exercise Period” means the period following termination of a Participant’s Continuous Service within which an Option or SAR is exercisable, as specified in Section 4(h).

 

(zz) “Prospectus” means the document containing the Plan information specified in Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

 

(aaa) “Restricted Stock Award” means an Award of shares of Common Stock which is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 5(a).

 

(bbb) “Restricted Stock Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement between the Company and a holder of a Restricted Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of a Restricted Stock Award grant. The Restricted Stock Award Agreement includes the Grant Notice for the Restricted Stock Award and the agreement containing the written summary of the general terms and conditions applicable to the Restricted Stock Award and which is provided including by electronic means, to a Participant along with the Grant Notice. Each Restricted Stock Award Agreement will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(ccc) “RSU Award” or “RSU” means an Award of restricted stock units representing the right to receive an issuance of shares of Common Stock which is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 5(a).

 

(ddd) “RSU Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement between the Company and a holder of an RSU Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an RSU Award grant. The RSU Award Agreement includes the Grant Notice for the RSU Award and the agreement containing the written summary of the general terms and conditions applicable to the RSU Award and which is provided including by electronic means, to a Participant along with the Grant Notice. Each RSU Award Agreement will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

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(eee) “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect from time to time.

 

(fff) “Rule 405” means Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

(ggg) “SAR Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement between the Company and a holder of a SAR evidencing the terms and conditions of a SAR grant. The SAR Agreement includes the Grant Notice for the SAR and the agreement containing the written summary of the general terms and conditions applicable to the SAR and which is provided, including by electronic means, to a Participant along with the Grant Notice. Each SAR Agreement will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(hhh) “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance thereunder.

 

(iii) “Section 409A Change in Control” means a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets, as provided in Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) (without regard to any alternative definition thereunder).

 

(jjj) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(kkk) “Share Reserve” means the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan as set forth in Section 2(a).

 

(lll) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means a right to receive the appreciation on Common Stock that is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 4.

 

(mmm) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Company, (i) any corporation of which more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, stock of any other class or classes of such corporation will have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, Owned by the Company, and (ii) any partnership, limited liability company or other entity in which the Company has a direct or indirect interest (whether in the form of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than 50%.

 

(nnn) “Ten Percent Stockholder” means a person who Owns (or is deemed to Own pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Affiliate.

 

(ooo) “Trading Policy” means the Company’s policy permitting certain individuals to sell Company shares only during certain “window” periods and/or otherwise restricts the ability of certain individuals to transfer or encumber Company shares, as in effect from time to time.

 

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Exhibit 10.8

 

Standard Form

 

Matternet, Inc.
Stock Option Grant Notice
(2026 Equity Incentive Plan)

 

Matternet, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted to you (“Optionholder”) an option to purchase the number of shares of the Common Stock set forth below (the “Option”) under the Matternet, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Your Option is subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Stock Option Grant Notice (the “Grant Notice”), the Stock Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”), the Notice of Exercise and the Plan, all of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety. Capitalized terms not explicitly defined in this Grant Notice but defined in the Option Agreement or the Plan will have the same definitions as in the Option Agreement or the Plan, as applicable.

 

Optionholder:  
Date of Grant:  
Vesting Commencement Date:  
Number of Shares of Common Stock Subject to Option:  
Exercise Price (Per Share):  
Total Exercise Price:  
Expiration Date:  

 

Type of Grant:[Incentive Stock Option] OR [Nonstatutory Stock Option]

 

Exercise and

Vesting Schedule:

Subject to the Optionholder’s Continuous Service through each applicable vesting date, the Option will vest as follows:

 

[__________________________________________________________]

 

Optionholder Acknowledgements: By your signature below or by electronic acceptance or authentication in a form authorized by the Company, you understand and agree that:

 

●The Option is governed by this Grant Notice, the Option Agreement, the Notice of Exercise and the Plan, all of which are made a part of this document. Unless otherwise provided in the Plan, this Grant Notice and the Option Agreement may not be modified, amended or revised except in a writing signed by you and a duly authorized officer of the Company.

 

●[If the Option is an Incentive Stock Option, it (plus other outstanding Incentive Stock Options granted to you) cannot be first exercisable for more than $100,000 in value (measured by exercise price) in any calendar year. Any excess over $100,000 is a Nonstatutory Stock Option.]

 

●You consent to receive this Grant Notice, the Option Agreement, the Plan, the Prospectus and any other Plan-related documents by electronic delivery and to participate in the Plan through an online or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.

 

 

 

●You have read and are familiar with the provisions of this Grant Notice, the Option Agreement, the Notice of Exercise, the Plan and the Prospectus. In the event of any conflict between the provisions in this Grant Notice, the Option Agreement or the Prospectus and the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan will control.

 

●As of the Date of Grant, this Grant Notice, the Option Agreement, the Notice of Exercise and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between you and the Company regarding the Option, with the exception of (i) other equity awards previously granted to you and Common Stock previously issued to you; (ii) any applicable compensation recovery or clawback policy that is adopted by the Company or is required by Applicable Law; and (iii) any written employment, offer letter, severance or other agreement, or any written severance plan or policy, in each case that specifies the terms that should govern the Option.

 

●Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or other applicable law) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered will be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

 

Matternet, Inc.   Optionholder:
     
By:                      
Signature   Signature
     
Title:     Date:                    
     
Date:      

 

Attachments: Stock Option Agreement, 2026 Equity Incentive Plan, Notice of Exercise

 

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Standard Form

 

Attachment I

 

Matternet, Inc.
Stock Option Agreement

(2026 Equity Incentive Plan)

 

As reflected by your Stock Option Grant Notice (the “Grant Notice”) and this Stock Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”), Matternet, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you an option under the Matternet, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock at the exercise price indicated in your Grant Notice (the “Option”). Capitalized terms not explicitly defined in this Option Agreement but defined in the Grant Notice or the Plan will have the same definitions as in the Grant Notice or Plan, as applicable.

 

The general terms and conditions applicable to your Option are as follows:

 

1. Governing Plan Document. Your Option is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, including but not limited to the provisions in:

 

(a) Section 6 regarding the impact of a Capitalization Adjustment, dissolution, liquidation, or Corporate Transaction on your Option;

 

(b) Section 9(e) regarding the Company’s retained rights to terminate your Continuous Service notwithstanding the grant of the Option; and

 

(c) Section 8 regarding certain tax consequences of your Option.

 

Your Option is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations, which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the Option Agreement and the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan will control.

 

2. Vesting. Your Option will vest as provided in your Grant Notice, subject to the provisions contained herein and the terms of the Plan. Vesting will cease upon the termination of your Continuous Service.

 

3. Exercise.

 

(a) You may generally exercise the vested portion of your Option for whole shares of Common Stock at any time during its term by delivery of payment of the exercise price and applicable withholding taxes and other required documentation to the Plan Administrator in accordance with the exercise procedures established by the Plan Administrator, which may include an electronic submission. Please review Sections 4(i), 4(j) and 7(b)(v) of the Plan, which may restrict or prohibit your ability to exercise your Option during certain periods.

 

(b) To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, you may pay your Option exercise price as follows:

 

(i) cash, check, bank draft or money order;

 

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(ii) subject to Company and/or Committee consent at the time of exercise, pursuant to a “cashless exercise” program as further described in Section 4(c)(ii) of the Plan if at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded;

 

(iii) subject to Company and/or Committee consent at the time of exercise, by delivery of previously owned shares of Common Stock as further described in Section 4(c)(iii) of the Plan; or

 

(iv) subject to Company and/or Committee consent at the time of exercise, if the Option is a Nonstatutory Stock Option, by a “net exercise” arrangement as further described in Section 4(c)(iv) of the Plan.

 

(c) By accepting your Option, you agree that you will not sell, dispose of, transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale with respect to any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company held by you, for a period six (6) months following the date after the Common Stock is listed on an Exchange (the “Lock-Up Period”); provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 3(c) will prevent the exercise of a repurchase option, if any, in favor of the Company during the Lock-Up Period. You further agree to execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the underwriters that are consistent with the foregoing or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to your shares of Common Stock until the end of such period. You also agree that any transferee of any shares of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company held by you will be bound by this Section 3(c). The Company will have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof.

 

4. Term. You may not exercise your Option before the commencement of its term or after its term expires. The term of your Option commences on the Date of Grant and expires upon the earliest of the following:

 

(a) immediately upon the termination of your Continuous Service for Cause;

 

(b) three months after the termination of your Continuous Service for any reason other than Cause, Disability or death;

 

(c) 12 months after the termination of your Continuous Service due to your Disability;

 

(d) 18 months after your death if you die during your Continuous Service;

 

(e) immediately upon a Corporate Transaction if the Board has determined that the Option will terminate in connection with a Corporate Transaction;

 

(f) the Expiration Date indicated in your Grant Notice; or

 

(g) the day before the 10th anniversary of the Date of Grant.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you die during the period provided in Section 4(b) or 4(c) above, the term of your Option will not expire until the earlier of (i) 18 months after your death, (ii) upon any termination of the Option in connection with a Corporate Transaction, (iii) the Expiration Date indicated in your Grant Notice, or (iv) the day before the tenth anniversary of the Date of Grant. Additionally, the Post-Termination Exercise Period of your Option may be extended as provided in Section 4(i) of the Plan.

 

To obtain the federal income tax advantages associated with an Incentive Stock Option, the Code requires that at all times beginning on the date of grant of your Option and ending on the day three months before the date of your Option’s exercise, you must be an Employee, except in the event of your death or Disability. If the Company provides for the extended exercisability of your Option under certain circumstances for your benefit, your Option will not necessarily be treated as an Incentive Stock Option if you exercise your Option more than three months after the date your employment terminates.

 

5. Withholding Obligations. As further provided in Section 8 of the Plan: (a) you may not exercise your Option unless the applicable tax withholding obligations are satisfied; and (b) at the time you exercise your Option, in whole or in part, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for (including by means of a “cashless exercise” pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board to the extent permitted by the Company), any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax withholding obligations, if any, which arise in connection with the exercise of your Option in accordance with the withholding procedures established by the Company. Accordingly, you may not be able to exercise your Option even though the Option is vested, and the Company will have no obligation to issue shares of Common Stock subject to your Option, unless and until such obligations are satisfied. In the event that the amount of the Company’s withholding obligation in connection with your Option was greater than the amount actually withheld by the Company, you agree to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any failure by the Company to withhold the proper amount.

 

6. Incentive Stock Option Disposition Requirement. If your Option is an Incentive Stock Option, you must notify the Company in writing within 15 days after the date of any disposition of any of the shares of the Common Stock issued upon exercise of your Option that occurs within two years after the date of your Option grant or within one year after such shares of Common Stock are transferred upon exercise of your Option.

 

7. Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4(e) of the Plan, your Option is not transferable, except by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during your life only by you.

 

8. Corporate Transaction. Your Option is subject to the terms of any agreement governing a Corporate Transaction involving the Company, including, without limitation, a provision for the appointment of a stockholder representative that is authorized to act on your behalf with respect to any escrow, indemnities and any contingent consideration.

 

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9. No Liability for Taxes. As a condition to accepting the Option, you hereby (a) agree to not make any claim against the Company, or any of its Officers, Directors, Employees or Affiliates related to tax liabilities arising from the Option or other Company compensation and (b) acknowledge that you were advised to consult with your own personal tax, financial and other legal advisors regarding the tax consequences of the Option and have either done so or knowingly and voluntarily declined to do so. Additionally, you acknowledge that the Option is exempt from Section 409A only if the exercise price is at least equal to the “fair market value” of the Common Stock on the date of grant as determined by the Internal Revenue Service and there is no other impermissible deferral of compensation associated with the Option. Additionally, as a condition to accepting the Option, you agree not make any claim against the Company, or any of its Officers, Directors, Employees or Affiliates in the event that the Internal Revenue Service asserts that such exercise is less than the “fair market value” of the Common Stock on the date of grant as subsequently determined by the Internal Revenue Service.

 

10. Severability. If any part of this Option Agreement or the Plan is declared by any court or governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or invalidity will not invalidate any portion of this Option Agreement or the Plan not declared to be unlawful or invalid.  Any Section of this Option Agreement (or part of such a Section) so declared to be unlawful or invalid will, if possible, be construed in a manner which will give effect to the terms of such Section or part of a Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and valid

 

11. Other Documents.  You hereby acknowledge receipt of or the right to receive a document providing the information required by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act, which includes the Prospectus.  In addition, you acknowledge receipt of the Company’s Trading Policy.

 

12. Questions. If you have questions regarding these or any other terms and conditions applicable to your Option, including a summary of the applicable federal income tax consequences please see the Prospectus.

 

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Standard Form

 

Attachment II

 

2026 Equity Incentive Plan

 

 

 

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Standard Form

 

Attachment III

 

Matternet, Inc.

Notice of Exercise

(2026 Equity Incentive Plan)

 

Matternet, Inc.    
355 Ravendale Drive    
Mountain View, CA 94043   Date of Exercise:__________________

 

This Notice of Exercise (the “Notice of Exercise”) constitutes notice to Matternet, Inc. (the “Company”) that I elect to purchase the below number of shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Shares”) by exercising my Option for the price set forth below. Capitalized terms not explicitly defined in this Notice of Exercise but defined in the Grant Notice, the Option Agreement or the Plan will have the same definitions as in the Grant Notice, the Option Agreement or the Plan, as applicable. Use of certain payment methods is subject to Company and/or Committee consent and certain additional requirements set forth in the Option Agreement and the Plan.

 

  Type of Option (check one):   Incentive  ☐ Nonstatutory ☐
         
  Date of Grant:   _______________  
         
  Number of Shares as
to which Option is
exercised:
  _______________  
         
  Certificates to be
issued in name of:
  _______________  
         
  Total exercise price:   $______________  
         
 

Cash, check, bank draft or

money order delivered

herewith:

  $______________  
         
 

Value of ________ Shares

delivered herewith:

  $______________  
         
 

Regulation T Program

(cashless exercise):

  $_____________  
         
 

Value of _______ Shares

pursuant to net exercise:

  $_____________  

 

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By this exercise, I agree (i) to provide such additional documents as the Company may require pursuant to the terms of the Plan, (ii) to satisfy the tax withholding obligations, if any, relating to the exercise of this Option as set forth in the Option Agreement, and (iii) if this exercise relates to an Incentive Stock Option, to notify the Company in writing within 15 days after the date of any disposition of any of the Shares issued upon exercise of this Option that occurs within two years after the Date of Grant or within one year after such Shares are issued upon exercise of this Option.

 

I further agree that I will not sell, dispose of, transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale with respect to any Shares or other securities of the Company that I hold, for a period of six (6) months following the date after the Common Stock is listed on an Exchange (the “Lock-Up Period”); provided, however, that nothing contained in this paragraph will prevent the exercise of a repurchase option, if any, in favor of the Company during the Lock-Up Period. I further agree to execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company that are consistent with the foregoing or that are necessary to give further effect thereto. I further agree that in order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to Shares that I hold until the end of such period. I also agree that any transferee of any Shares (or other securities of the Company) that I hold will be bound by this paragraph.  The Company will have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
   

 

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Exhibit 10.9

 

Matternet, Inc.
RSU Award Grant Notice
(2026 Equity Incentive Plan)

 

Matternet, Inc. (the “Company”) has awarded to you (the “Participant”) the number of restricted stock units (the “RSUs”) specified and on the terms set forth below (the “RSU Award”) under the Matternet, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Your RSU Award is subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth in this RSU Award Grant Notice (the “Grant Notice”), the RSU Award Agreement (the “Award Agreement”) and the Plan, which are attached hereto and incorporated herein in their entirety. Capitalized terms not explicitly defined in this Grant Notice but defined in the Award Agreement or the Plan will have the same definitions as in the Award Agreement or the Plan, as applicable.

 

Participant:    
Date of Grant:    
Vesting Commencement Date:    
Number of RSUs:    
Consideration: Participant’s Services  

 

Vesting Schedule:Subject to the Participant’s Continuous Service through each applicable vesting date, the RSU Award will vest as follows: [_____]

 

Issuance Schedule:One share of Common Stock will be issued for each RSU which vests at the time set forth in Section 6 of the Award Agreement.

 

Participant Acknowledgements: By your signature below or by electronic acceptance or authentication in a form authorized by the Company, you understand and agree that:

 

●The RSU Award is governed by this Grant Notice, the Award Agreement and the Plan, all of which are made a part of this document. Unless otherwise provided in the Plan, this Grant Notice and the Award Agreement may not be modified, amended or revised except in a writing signed by you and a duly authorized officer of the Company.

 

●You consent to receive this Grant Notice, the Award Agreement, the Plan, the resale Registration Statement and any other Plan-related documents by electronic delivery and to participate in the Plan through an online or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.

 

●You have read and are familiar with the provisions of this Grant Notice, the Award Agreement, the Plan and the resale Registration Statement. In the event of any conflict between the provisions in this Grant Notice, the Award Agreement or the resale Registration Statement and the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan will control.

 

 

 

●As of the Date of Grant, this Grant Notice, the Award Agreement and the Plan set forth the entire understanding between you and the Company regarding the Award and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements, promises and/or representations regarding the Award, with the exception of (i) other equity awards previously granted to you and Common Stock previously issued to you; (ii) any applicable compensation recovery or clawback policy that is adopted by the Company or is required by Applicable Law; and (iii) any written employment, offer letter, severance or other agreement, or any written severance plan or policy, in each case that specifies the terms that should govern the Award.

 

Matternet, Inc.   Participant:
     
By:       
Signature   Signature
     
Title:     Date:
     
Date:      

 

Attachments: RSU Award Agreement, 2026 Equity Incentive Plan

 

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Attachment I

 

Matternet, Inc.
RSU Award Agreement

(2026 Equity Incentive Plan)

 

As reflected by your RSU Award Grant Notice (“Grant Notice”) and this RSU Award Agreement (the “Award Agreement”), Matternet, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted you an RSU Award under the Matternet, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) for the number of restricted stock units (the “RSUs”) as indicated in your Grant Notice (the “RSU Award”). Capitalized terms not explicitly defined in this Award Agreement but defined in the Grant Notice or the Plan will have the same definitions as in the Grant Notice or Plan, as applicable.

 

The general terms applicable to your RSU Award are as follows:

 

1. Governing Plan Document. Your RSU Award is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, including but not limited to the provisions in:

 

(a) Section 6 of the Plan regarding the impact of a Capitalization Adjustment, dissolution, liquidation, or Corporate Transaction on your RSU Award;

 

(b) Section 9(e) of the Plan regarding the Company’s retained rights to terminate your Continuous Service notwithstanding the grant of the RSU Award; and

 

(c) Section 8 of the Plan regarding certain tax consequences of your RSU Award.

 

Your RSU Award is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations, which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between this Award Agreement and the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan will control.

 

2. Grant of the RSU Award. This RSU Award represents your right to be issued on a future date the number of shares of Common Stock that is equal to the number of RSUs indicated in the Grant Notice as modified to reflect any Capitalization Adjustment and subject to your satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth therein. Any additional RSUs that become subject to the RSU Award pursuant to Capitalization Adjustments as set forth in the Plan and the provisions of Section 4 below, if any, will be subject, in a manner determined by the Board, to the same forfeiture restrictions, restrictions on transferability, and time and manner of delivery as applicable to the other RSUs covered by your RSU Award.

 

3. Vesting. Your RSUs will vest, if at all, in accordance with the vesting schedule provided in the Grant Notice, subject to the provisions contained herein and the terms of the Plan. Vesting will cease upon the termination of your Continuous Service.

 

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4. Dividends. You may become entitled to receive payments equal to any cash dividends and other distributions paid with respect to a corresponding number of shares of Common Stock to be issued in respect of the RSUs covered by your RSU Award. Any such dividends or distributions will be subject to the same forfeiture restrictions as apply to the RSUs and will be paid at the same time that the corresponding shares are issued in respect of your vested RSUs, provided, however that to the extent any such dividends or distributions are paid in shares of Common Stock, then you will automatically be granted a corresponding number of additional RSUs subject to the RSU Award (the “Dividend Units”), and further provided that such Dividend Units will be subject to the same forfeiture restrictions and restrictions on transferability, and same timing requirements for issuance of shares, as apply to the RSUs subject to the RSU Award with respect to which the Dividend Units relate.

 

5. Withholding Obligations. As further provided in Section 8 of the Plan, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for, any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax withholding obligations, if any, which arise in connection with your RSU Award (the “Withholding Obligation”) in accordance with the withholding procedures established by the Company. Unless the Withholding Obligation is satisfied, the Company will have no obligation to deliver to you any Common Stock in respect of the RSU Award. In the event the Withholding Obligation of the Company arises prior to the delivery to you of Common Stock or it is determined after the delivery of Common Stock to you that the amount of the Withholding Obligation was greater than the amount withheld by the Company, you agree to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any failure by the Company to withhold the proper amount.

 

6. Date of Issuance.

 

(a) The issuance of shares in respect of the RSUs is intended to comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) and will be construed and administered in such a manner. Subject to the satisfaction of the Withholding Obligation, if any, in the event one or more RSUs vests, the Company will issue to you one share of Common Stock for each RSU (subject to any adjustment under Section 4 above, and subject to any different provisions in the Grant Notice) that vests on the applicable vesting date(s) or on a later date as determined by the Company but in no event later than the Issuance Deadline (as defined below).

 

(b) In addition, the following provisions will apply to the extent applicable at a vesting date when shares of Common Stock are registered under the Securities Act, unless otherwise determined by the Company. If:

 

(i) the applicable vest date does not occur (1) during an “open window period” applicable to you, as determined by the Company in accordance with the Company’s then-effective policy on trading in Company securities, or (2) on a date when you are otherwise permitted to sell shares of Common Stock on an established stock exchange or stock market (including but not limited to under a previously established written trading plan that meets the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act and was entered into in compliance with the Company’s policies (a “10b5-1 Arrangement”) or under such other policy expressly approved by the Company), and

 

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(ii) either (1) a Withholding Obligation does not apply, or (2) the Company decides, prior to the applicable vest date, (A) not to satisfy the Withholding Obligation by withholding shares of Common Stock from the shares otherwise due to you under this Award, and (B) not to permit you to enter into a “same day sale” commitment with a broker-dealer (including but not limited to a commitment under a 10b5-1 Arrangement) and (C) not to permit you to pay your Withholding Obligation in cash,

 

then the shares that would otherwise be issued to you on the applicable vest date will not be delivered on such applicable vest date and will instead be delivered on the first business day when you are not prohibited from selling shares of Common Stock in the open public market or on such other date determined by the Company, but in no event later than the Issuance Deadline.

 

The “Issuance Deadline” means (a) December 31 of the calendar year in which the applicable vest date occurs (that is, the last day of your taxable year in which the applicable vest date occurs), or (b) if and only if permitted in a manner that complies with Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(b)(4), no later than the date that is the 15th day of the third calendar month of the applicable year following the year in which the shares of Common Stock issuable as a result of the applicable vest date under this Award are no longer subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-1(d).

 

7. Lock-Up Period. By accepting your RSU Award, you agree that you will not sell, dispose of, transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale with respect to any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company held by you, for a period of six (6) months following the date after the Common Stock is listed on an Exchange (the “Lock-Up Period”); provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 7 will prevent the exercise of a repurchase option, if any, in favor of the Company during the Lock-Up Period.  You further agree to execute and deliver such other agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company or the underwriters that are consistent with the foregoing or that are necessary to give further effect thereto.  In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to your shares of Common Stock until the end of such period.  You also agree that any transferee of any shares of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company held by you will be bound by this Section 7.  The Company will have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof.

 

8. Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, your RSU Award is not transferable, except by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution.

 

9. Corporate Transaction. Your RSU Award is subject to the terms of any agreement governing a Corporate Transaction involving the Company, including, without limitation, a provision for the appointment of a stockholder representative that is authorized to act on your behalf with respect to any escrow, indemnities and any contingent consideration.

 

10. No Liability for Taxes. As a condition to accepting the RSU Award, you hereby (a) agree to not make any claim against the Company, or any of its Officers, Directors, Employees or Affiliates related to tax liabilities arising from the RSU Award or other Company compensation and (b) acknowledge that you were advised to consult with your own personal tax, financial and other legal advisors regarding the tax consequences of the RSU Award and have either done so or knowingly and voluntarily declined to do so.

 

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11. Severability. If any part of this Award Agreement or the Plan is declared by any court or governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or invalidity will not invalidate any portion of this Award Agreement or the Plan not declared to be unlawful or invalid.  Any Section of this Award Agreement (or part of such a Section) so declared to be unlawful or invalid will, if possible, be construed in a manner which will give effect to the terms of such Section or part of a Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and valid.

 

12. Other Documents.  You hereby acknowledge receipt of or the right to receive a document providing the information required by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act, which includes the Prospectus.  In addition, you acknowledge receipt of the Company’s Trading Policy.

 

13. Questions. If you have questions regarding these or any other terms and conditions applicable to your RSU Award, including a summary of the applicable federal income tax consequences please see the Prospectus.

 

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Attachment II

 

2026 Equity Incentive Plan

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.10

 

Matternet, Inc.

2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

Adopted by the Board of Directors: May 22, 2026

Approved by the Stockholders: May 22, 2026

 

1. General; Purpose.

 

(a) The Plan provides a means by which Eligible Employees of the Company and certain Designated Companies may be given an opportunity to purchase shares of Common Stock. The Plan permits the Company to grant a series of Purchase Rights to Eligible Employees under an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. In addition, the Plan permits the Company to grant a series of Purchase Rights to Eligible Employees that do not meet the requirements of an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

(b) The Plan includes two components: a 423 Component and a Non-423 Component. The Company intends (but makes no undertaking or representation to maintain) the 423 Component to qualify as an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The provisions of the 423 Component, accordingly, will be construed in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code. In addition, this Plan authorizes grants of Purchase Rights under the Non-423 Component that do not meet the requirements of an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or determined by the Board, the Non-423 Component will operate and be administered in the same manner as the 423 Component. In addition, the Company may make separate Offerings which vary in terms (provided that such terms are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan or the requirements of an Employee Stock Purchase Plan to the extent the Offering is made under the 423 Component), and the Company will designate which Designated Company is participating in each separate Offering.

 

(c) The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of Eligible Employees, to secure and retain the services of new Employees and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Related Corporations.

 

2. Administration.

 

(a) The Board will administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees, as provided in Section 2(c). References herein to the Board shall be deemed to refer to the Committee except where context dictates otherwise.

 

(b) The Board will have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

 

(i) To determine how and when Purchase Rights will be granted and the provisions of each Offering (which need not be identical).

 

(ii) To designate from time to time (A) which Related Corporations will be eligible to participate in the Plan as Designated 423 Companies, (B) which Related Corporations or Affiliates will be eligible to participate in the Plan as Designated Non-423 Companies, (C) which Affiliates or Related Corporations may be excluded from participation in the Plan, and (D) which Designated Companies will participate in each separate Offering (to the extent that the Company makes separate Offerings).

 

 

 

 

(iii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Purchase Rights, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan, in a manner and to the extent it deems necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective.

 

(iv) To settle all controversies regarding the Plan and Purchase Rights granted under the Plan.

 

(v) To suspend or terminate the Plan at any time as provided in Section 12.

 

(vi) To amend the Plan at any time as provided in Section 12.

 

(vii) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as it deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company and its Related Corporations and to carry out the intent that the Plan be treated as an Employee Stock Purchase Plan with respect to the 423 Component.

 

(viii) To adopt such rules, procedures and sub-plans as are necessary or appropriate to permit or facilitate participation in the Plan by Employees who are non-U.S. nationals or employed or located outside the United States. Without limiting the generality of, and consistent with, the foregoing, the Board specifically is authorized to adopt rules, procedures, and sub-plans regarding, without limitation, eligibility to participate in the Plan, the definition of eligible “earnings,” handling and making of Contributions, establishment of bank or trust accounts to hold Contributions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, obligations to pay payroll tax, determination of beneficiary designation requirements, withholding procedures and handling of share issuances, any of which may vary according to applicable requirements, and which, if applicable to a Designated Non-423 Company, do not have to comply with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code.

 

(c) The Board may delegate some or all of the administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees. If administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee will have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board that have been delegated to the Committee, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan and any applicable Offering Document to the Board will thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. Further, to the extent not prohibited by Applicable Law, the Board or Committee may, from time to time, delegate some or all of its authority under the Plan to one or more Officers or other persons or groups of persons as it deems necessary, appropriate or advisable under conditions or limitations that it may set at or after the time of the delegation. The Board may retain the authority to concurrently administer the Plan with the Committee (or its delegate) and may, at any time, revest in the Board some or all of the powers previously delegated. Whether or not the Board has delegated administration of the Plan to a Committee (or a delegate of the Committee), the Board will have the final power to determine all questions of policy and expediency that may arise in the administration of the Plan.

 

(d) All determinations, interpretations and constructions made by the Board in good faith will not be subject to review by any person and will be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.

 

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3. Shares of Common Stock Subject to the Plan.

 

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 11(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan will not exceed 675,000 shares of Common Stock. In addition, subject to any adjustments as necessary to implement any Capitalization Adjustments, such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock will automatically increase on the six-month anniversary of the date our Common Stock is first listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Market or NYSE American and on the annual anniversary thereafter through the tenth anniversary of approval of the Plan by our stockholders in an amount equal to the lesser of (x) one percent (1%) of the total number of shares of Capital Stock outstanding on the day immediately preceding such anniversary, and (y) 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may act prior to the day of the anniversary to provide that there will be no increase in the share reserve for such anniversary year or that the increase in the share reserve for such anniversary year will be a lesser number of shares of Common Stock than would otherwise occur pursuant to the preceding sentence. For the avoidance of doubt, up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock reserved under this Section 3(a) may be used to satisfy purchases of Common Stock under the 423 Component and any remaining portion of such maximum number of shares may be used to satisfy purchases of Common Stock under the Non-423 Component.

 

(b) If any Purchase Right granted under the Plan terminates without having been exercised in full, the shares of Common Stock not purchased under such Purchase Right will again become available for issuance under the Plan.

 

(c) The stock purchasable under the Plan will be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the Company on the open market.

 

4. Grant of Purchase Rights; Offering.

 

(a) The Board may from time to time grant or provide for the grant of Purchase Rights to Eligible Employees under an Offering (consisting of one or more Purchase Periods) on an Offering Date or Offering Dates selected by the Board. Each Offering will be in such form and will contain such terms and conditions as the Board will deem appropriate, and with respect to the 423 Component, will comply with the requirement of Section 423(b)(5) of the Code that all Employees granted Purchase Rights will have the same rights and privileges. The terms and conditions of an Offering shall be incorporated by reference into the Plan and treated as part of the Plan. The provisions of separate Offerings need not be identical, but each Offering will include (through incorporation of the provisions of this Plan by reference in the document comprising the Offering or otherwise) the period during which the Offering will be effective, which period will not exceed 27 months beginning with the Offering Date, and the substance of the provisions contained in Sections 5 through 8, inclusive.

 

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(b) If a Participant has more than one Purchase Right outstanding under the Plan, unless such Participant otherwise indicates in forms delivered to the Company or a third party designated by the Company (each, a “Company Designee”): (i) each form will apply to all of such Participant’s Purchase Rights under the Plan, and (ii) a Purchase Right with a lower exercise price (or an earlier-granted Purchase Right, if different Purchase Rights have identical exercise prices) will be exercised to the fullest possible extent before a Purchase Right with a higher exercise price (or a later-granted Purchase Right if different Purchase Rights have identical exercise prices) will be exercised.

 

(c) The Board will have the discretion to structure an Offering so that if the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the first Trading Day of a new Purchase Period within that Offering is less than or equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Offering Date for that Offering, then (i) that Offering will terminate immediately as of that first Trading Day, and (ii) the Participants in such terminated Offering will be automatically enrolled in a new Offering beginning on the first Trading Day of such new Purchase Period.

 

5. Eligibility.

 

(a) Purchase Rights may be granted only to Employees of the Company or, as the Board may designate in accordance with Section 2(b), to Employees of a Related Corporation or an Affiliate. Except as provided in Section 5(b) or as required by Applicable Law, an Employee will not be eligible to be granted Purchase Rights unless, on the Offering Date, the Employee has been in the employ of the Company, the Related Corporation or the Affiliate, as the case may be, for such continuous period preceding such Offering Date as the Board may (unless prohibited by Applicable Law) require, but in no event will the required period of continuous employment be equal to or greater than two years. In addition, the Board may provide (unless prohibited by Applicable Law) that no Employee will be eligible to be granted Purchase Rights under the Plan unless, on the Offering Date, such Employee’s customary employment with the Company, the Related Corporation or the Affiliate is more than 20 hours per week and more than five months per calendar year or such other criteria as the Board may determine consistent with Section 423 of the Code with respect to the 423 Component. The Board may also exclude (unless prohibited by Applicable Law) from participation in the Plan or any Offering Employees who are “highly compensated employees” (within the meaning of Section 423(b)(4)(D) of the Code) of the Company, a Related Corporation or an Affiliate, or a subset of such highly compensated employees.

 

(b) The Board may provide that each person who, during the course of an Offering, first becomes an Eligible Employee will, on a date or dates specified in the Offering which coincides with the day on which such person becomes an Eligible Employee or which occurs thereafter, receive a Purchase Right under that Offering, which Purchase Right will thereafter be deemed to be a part of that Offering. Such Purchase Right will have the same characteristics as any Purchase Rights originally granted under that Offering, as described herein, except that:

 

(i) the date on which such Purchase Right is granted will be the “Offering Date” of such Purchase Right for all purposes, including determination of the exercise price of such Purchase Right;

 

(ii) the period of the Offering with respect to such Purchase Right will begin on its Offering Date and end coincident with the end of such Offering; and

 

(iii) the Board may provide that if such person first becomes an Eligible Employee within a specified period of time before the end of the Offering, such individual will not receive any Purchase Right under that Offering.

 

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(c) No Employee will be eligible for the grant of any Purchase Rights under the 423 Component if, immediately after any such Purchase Rights are granted, such Employee owns stock possessing five percent or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Related Corporation. For purposes of this Section 5(c), the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code will apply in determining the stock ownership of any Employee, and stock which such Employee may purchase under all outstanding Purchase Rights and options will be treated as stock owned by such Employee.

 

(d) As specified by Section 423(b)(8) of the Code, an Eligible Employee may be granted Purchase Rights under the 423 Component only if such Purchase Rights, together with any other rights granted under all Employee Stock Purchase Plans of the Company and any Related Corporations, do not permit such Eligible Employee’s rights to purchase stock of the Company or any Related Corporation to accrue at a rate which, when aggregated, exceeds $25,000 of Fair Market Value of such stock (determined at the time such rights are granted, and which, with respect to the Plan, will be determined as of their respective Offering Dates) for each calendar year in which such rights are outstanding at any time.

 

(e) Officers of the Company and any Designated Company, if they are otherwise Eligible Employees, will be eligible to participate in Offerings under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may (unless prohibited by Applicable Law) provide in an Offering that Employees who are highly compensated Employees within the meaning of Section 423(b)(4)(D) of the Code will not be eligible to participate.

 

(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5 to the contrary, in the case of an Offering under the Non-423 Component, an Eligible Employee (or group of Eligible Employees) may be excluded from participation in the Plan or an Offering if the Board has determined, in its sole discretion, that participation of such Eligible Employee(s) is not advisable or practical for any reason.

 

6. Purchase Rights; Purchase Price.

 

(a) On each Offering Date, each Eligible Employee, pursuant to an Offering made under the Plan, will be granted a Purchase Right to purchase up to that number of shares of Common Stock purchasable either with a percentage of earnings (as defined by the Board in each Offering) or with a maximum dollar amount, as designated by the Board, but in either case not exceeding 15% of such Employee’s earnings (as defined by the Board in each Offering), during the period that begins on the Offering Date (or such later date as the Board determines for a particular Offering) and ends on the date stated in the Offering, which date will be no later than the end of the Offering.

 

(b) The Board will establish one or more Purchase Dates during an Offering on which Purchase Rights granted for that Offering will be exercised and shares of Common Stock will be purchased in accordance with such Offering.

 

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(c) In connection with each Offering made under the Plan, the Board may specify (i) a maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased by any Participant on any Purchase Date during such Offering, (ii) a maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased by all Participants pursuant to such Offering and/or (iii) a maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased by all Participants on any Purchase Date under the Offering. If the aggregate purchase of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Purchase Rights granted under the Offering would exceed any such maximum aggregate number, then, in the absence of any Board action otherwise, a pro rata (based on each Participant’s accumulated Contributions) allocation of the shares of Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) available will be made in as nearly a uniform manner as will be practicable and equitable.

 

(d) The purchase price of shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to Purchase Rights will be no less than the lesser of:

 

(i) an amount equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the Offering Date; or

 

(ii) an amount equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the applicable Purchase Date.

 

7. Participation; Withdrawal; Termination.

 

(a) An Eligible Employee may elect to participate in an Offering and authorize payroll deductions as the means of making Contributions by completing and delivering to the Company or a Company Designee, within the time specified in the Offering, an enrollment form provided by the Company or a Company Designee. The enrollment form will specify the amount of Contributions not to exceed the maximum amount specified by the Board. Each Participant’s Contributions will be credited to a bookkeeping account for such Participant under the Plan and will be deposited with the general funds of the Company except where Applicable Law requires that Contributions be deposited with a third party. If permitted in the Offering, a Participant may begin such Contributions with the first payroll occurring on or after the Offering Date (or, in the case of a payroll date that occurs after the end of the prior Offering but before the Offering Date of the next new Offering, Contributions from such payroll will be included in the new Offering). If permitted in the Offering, a Participant may thereafter reduce (including to zero) or increase such Participant’s Contributions. If required under Applicable Law or if specifically provided in the Offering and to the extent permitted by Section 423 of the Code with respect to the 423 Component, in addition to or instead of making Contributions by payroll deductions, a Participant may make Contributions through the payment by cash, check or wire transfer prior to a Purchase Date.

 

(b) During an Offering, a Participant may cease making Contributions and withdraw from the Offering by delivering to the Company or a Company Designee a withdrawal form provided by the Company. The Company may impose a deadline before a Purchase Date for withdrawing. Upon such withdrawal, such Participant’s Purchase Right in that Offering will immediately terminate and the Company will distribute as soon as practicable to such Participant all of such Participant’s accumulated but unused Contributions and such Participant’s Purchase Right in that Offering shall thereupon terminate. A Participant’s withdrawal from that Offering will have no effect upon such Participant’s eligibility to participate in any other Offerings under the Plan, but such Participant will be required to deliver a new enrollment form to participate in subsequent Offerings.

 

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(c) Unless otherwise required by Applicable Law, Purchase Rights granted pursuant to any Offering under the Plan will terminate immediately if the Participant either (i) is no longer an Employee for any reason or for no reason (subject to any post-employment participation period required by Applicable Law) or (ii) is otherwise no longer eligible to participate. The Company will distribute as soon as practicable to such individual all of such individual’s accumulated but unused Contributions.

 

(d) Unless otherwise determined by the Board, a Participant whose employment transfers or whose employment terminates with an immediate rehire (with no break in service) by or between the Company and a Designated Company or between Designated Companies will not be treated as having terminated employment for purposes of participating in the Plan or an Offering; however, if a Participant transfers from an Offering under the 423 Component to an Offering under the Non-423 Component, the exercise of the Participant’s Purchase Right will be qualified under the 423 Component only to the extent such exercise complies with Section 423 of the Code. If a Participant transfers from an Offering under the Non-423 Component to an Offering under the 423 Component, the exercise of the Purchase Right will remain non-qualified under the Non-423 Component. The Board may establish different and additional rules governing transfers between separate Offerings within the 423 Component and between Offerings under the 423 Component and Offerings under the Non-423 Component.

 

(e) During a Participant’s lifetime, Purchase Rights will be exercisable only by such Participant. Purchase Rights are not transferable by a Participant, except by will, by the laws of descent and distribution, or, if permitted by the Company, by a beneficiary designation as described in Section 10.

 

(f) Unless otherwise specified in the Offering or required by Applicable Law, the Company will have no obligation to pay interest on Contributions.

 

8. Exercise of Purchase Rights.

 

(a) On each Purchase Date, each Participant’s accumulated Contributions will be applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock, up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock permitted by the Plan and the applicable Offering, at the purchase price specified in the Offering. No fractional shares will be issued unless specifically provided for in the Offering.

 

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the Offering, if any amount of accumulated Contributions remains in a Participant’s account after the purchase of shares of Common Stock and such remaining amount is less than the amount required to purchase one share of Common Stock on the final Purchase Date of an Offering, then such remaining amount will be held in such Participant’s account for the purchase of shares of Common Stock under the next Offering under the Plan, unless such Participant withdraws from or is not eligible to participate in such next Offering, in which case such amount will be distributed to such Participant after the final Purchase Date without interest (unless the payment of interest is otherwise required by Applicable Law). If the amount of Contributions remaining in a Participant’s account after the purchase of shares of Common Stock is at least equal to the amount required to purchase one (1) whole share of Common Stock on the final Purchase Date of an Offering, then such remaining amount will be distributed in full to such Participant after the final Purchase Date of such Offering without interest (unless otherwise required by Applicable Law).

 

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(c) No Purchase Rights may be exercised to any extent unless the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such exercise under the Plan are covered by an effective registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act and the Plan is in material compliance with all applicable U.S. and non-U.S. federal, state and other securities, exchange control and other laws applicable to the Plan. If on a Purchase Date the shares of Common Stock are not so registered or the Plan is not in such compliance, no Purchase Rights will be exercised on such Purchase Date, and, subject to Section 423 of the Code with respect to the 423 Component, the Purchase Date will be delayed until the shares of Common Stock are subject to such an effective registration statement and the Plan is in material compliance, except that the Purchase Date will in no event be more than 27 months from the Offering Date. If, on the Purchase Date, as delayed to the maximum extent permissible, the shares of Common Stock are not registered and the Plan is not in material compliance with all Applicable Laws, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, no Purchase Rights will be exercised and all accumulated but unused Contributions will be distributed to the Participants without interest (unless the payment of interest is otherwise required by Applicable Law).

 

9. Covenants of the Company.

 

The Company will seek to obtain from each U.S. and non-U.S. federal, state or other regulatory commission, agency or other Governmental Body having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant Purchase Rights and issue and sell shares of Common Stock thereunder unless the Company determines, in its sole discretion, that doing so is not practical or would cause the Company to incur costs that are unreasonable. If, after commercially reasonable efforts, the Company is unable to obtain the authority that counsel for the Company deems necessary for the grant of Purchase Rights or the lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, and at a commercially reasonable cost, the Company will be relieved from any liability for failure to grant Purchase Rights and/or to issue and sell Common Stock upon exercise of such Purchase Rights.

 

10. Designation of Beneficiary.

 

(a) The Company may, but is not obligated to, permit a Participant to submit a form designating a beneficiary who will receive any shares of Common Stock and/or Contributions from the Participant’s account under the Plan if the Participant dies before such shares and/or Contributions are delivered to the Participant. The Company may, but is not obligated to, permit the Participant to change such designation of beneficiary. Any such designation and/or change must be on a form approved by the Company.

 

(b) If a Participant dies, and in the absence of a valid beneficiary designation, the Company will deliver any shares of Common Stock and/or Contributions to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant. If no executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its sole discretion, may deliver such shares of Common Stock and/or Contributions, without interest (unless the payment of interest is otherwise required by Applicable Law), to the Participant’s spouse, dependents or relatives, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.

 

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11. Adjustments upon Changes in Common Stock; Corporate Transactions.

 

(a) In the event of a Capitalization Adjustment, the Board will appropriately and proportionately adjust: (i) the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan pursuant to Section 3(a), (ii) the class(es) and maximum number of securities by which the share reserve is to increase automatically each year pursuant to Section 3(a), (iii) the class(es) and number of securities subject to, and the purchase price applicable to outstanding Offerings and Purchase Rights, and (iv) the class(es) and number of securities that are the subject of the purchase limits under each ongoing Offering. The Board will make these adjustments, and its determination will be final, binding and conclusive.

 

(b) In the event of a Corporate Transaction, then: (i) any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or the surviving or acquiring corporation’s parent company) may assume or continue outstanding Purchase Rights or may substitute similar rights (including a right to acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders in the Corporate Transaction) for outstanding Purchase Rights, or (ii) if any surviving or acquiring corporation (or its parent company) does not assume or continue such Purchase Rights or does not substitute similar rights for such Purchase Rights, then the Participants’ accumulated Contributions will be used to purchase shares of Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) within ten business days (or such other period specified by the Board) prior to the Corporate Transaction under the outstanding Purchase Rights, and the Purchase Rights will terminate immediately after such purchase.

 

12. Amendment, Termination or Suspension of the Plan.

 

(a) The Board may amend the Plan at any time in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable. However, except as provided in Section 11(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments, stockholder approval will be required for any amendment of the Plan for which stockholder approval is required by Applicable Law.

 

(b) The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. No Purchase Rights may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

 

(c) Any benefits, privileges, entitlements and obligations under any outstanding Purchase Rights granted before an amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan will not be materially impaired by any such amendment, suspension or termination except (i) with the consent of the person to whom such Purchase Rights were granted, (ii) as necessary to facilitate compliance with any laws, listing requirements, or governmental regulations (including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 423 of the Code and the regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder relating to Employee Stock Purchase Plans) including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued or amended after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board, or (iii) as necessary to obtain or maintain favorable tax, listing, or regulatory treatment. To be clear, the Board may amend outstanding Purchase Rights without a Participant’s consent if such amendment is necessary to ensure that the Purchase Right and/or the Plan complies with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code with respect to the 423 Component or with respect to other Applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or any Offering Document to the contrary, the Board will be entitled to: (i) establish the exchange ratio applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other than U.S. dollars; (ii) permit Contributions in excess of the amount designated by a Participant in order to adjust for mistakes in the Company’s processing of properly completed Contribution elections; (iii) establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of Common Stock for each Participant properly correspond with amounts withheld from the Participant’s Contributions; (iv) amend any outstanding Purchase Rights or clarify any ambiguities regarding the terms of any Offering to enable the Purchase Rights to qualify under and/or comply with Section 423 of the Code with respect to the 423 Component; and (v) establish other limitations or procedures as the Board determines in its sole discretion advisable that are consistent with the Plan. The actions of the Board pursuant to this paragraph will not be considered to alter or impair any Purchase Rights granted under an Offering as they are part of the initial terms of each Offering and the Purchase Rights granted under each Offering.

 

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13. Tax Qualification; Tax Withholding.

 

(a) Although the Company may endeavor to (i) qualify a Purchase Right for special tax treatment under the laws of the United States or jurisdictions outside of the United States or (ii) avoid adverse tax treatment, the Company makes no representation to that effect and expressly disavows any covenant to maintain special or to avoid unfavorable tax treatment, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan.  The Company will be unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to the potential negative tax impact on Participants.

 

(b) Each Participant will make arrangements, satisfactory to the Company and any applicable Related Corporation, to enable the Company or the Related Corporation to fulfill any withholding obligation for Tax-Related Items. Without limitation to the foregoing, in the Company’s sole discretion and subject to Applicable Law, such withholding obligation may be satisfied in whole or in part by (i) withholding from the Participant’s salary or any other cash payment due to the Participant from the Company or a Related Corporation; (ii) withholding from the proceeds of the sale of shares of Common Stock acquired under the Plan, either through a voluntary sale or a mandatory sale arranged by the Company; or (iii) any other method deemed acceptable by the Board. The Company shall not be required to issue any shares of Common Stock under the Plan until such obligations are satisfied.

 

(c) The 423 Component is exempt from the application of Section 409A of the Code, and any ambiguities herein shall be interpreted to so be exempt from Section 409A of the Code. The Non-423 Component is intended to be exempt from the application of Section 409A of the Code under the short-term deferral exception and any ambiguities shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. In furtherance of the foregoing and notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, if the Committee determines that an option granted under the Plan may be subject to Section 409A of the Code or that any provision in the Plan would cause an option under the Plan to be subject to Section 409A, the Committee may amend the terms of the Plan and/or of an outstanding option granted under the Plan, or take such other action the Committee determines is necessary or appropriate, in each case, without the Participant’s consent, to exempt any outstanding option or future option that may be granted under the Plan from or to allow any such options to comply with Section 409A of the Code, but only to the extent any such amendments or action by the Committee would not violate Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no liability to a Participant or any other party if the option under the Plan that is intended to be exempt from or compliant with Section 409A of the Code is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Committee with respect thereto.

 

14. Effective Date of Plan.

 

The Plan will become effective immediately prior to and contingent upon the Effective Date. No Purchase Rights will be exercised unless and until the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company, which approval must be within 12 months before or after the date the Plan is adopted (or if required under Section 12(a) above, materially amended) by the Board.

 

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15. Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

(a) Proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Purchase Rights will constitute general funds of the Company.

 

(b) A Participant will not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, shares of Common Stock subject to Purchase Rights unless and until the Participant’s shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of Purchase Rights are recorded in the books of the Company (or its transfer agent).

 

(c) The Plan and Offering do not constitute an employment contract. Nothing in the Plan or in the Offering will in any way alter the at will nature of a Participant’s employment or amend a Participant’s employment contract, if applicable, or be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on the part of any Participant to continue in the employ of the Company or a Related Corporation or an Affiliate, or on the part of the Company, a Related Corporation or an Affiliate to continue the employment of a Participant.

 

(d) The provisions of the Plan will be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without resort to that state’s conflict of laws rules.

 

(e) If any particular provision of the Plan is found to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, such provision will not affect the other provisions of the Plan, but the Plan will be construed in all respects as if such invalid provision were omitted.

 

(f) If any provision of the Plan does not comply with Applicable Law, such provision shall be construed in such a manner as to comply with Applicable Law.

 

16. Definitions.

 

As used in the Plan, the following definitions will apply to the capitalized terms indicated below:

 

(a) “423 Component” means the part of the Plan, which excludes the Non-423 Component, pursuant to which Purchase Rights that satisfy the requirements for an Employee Stock Purchase Plan may be granted to Eligible Employees.

 

(b) “Affiliate” means any entity, other than a Related Corporation, whether now or subsequently established, which is at the time of determination, a “parent” or “subsidiary” of the Company as such terms are defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act. The Board may determine the time or times at which “parent” or “subsidiary” status is determined within the foregoing definition.

 

(c) “Applicable Law” means the Code and any applicable U.S. and non-U.S. securities, exchange control, tax, federal, state, material local or municipal or other law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, listing rule, regulation, judicial decision, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Body (or under the authority of the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Stock Market or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).

 

(d) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(e) “Capital Stock” means each and every class of common stock of the Company, regardless of the number of votes per share.

 

(f) “Capitalization Adjustment” means any change that is made in, or other events that occur with respect to, the Common Stock subject to the Plan or subject to any Purchase Right after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board without the receipt of consideration by the Company through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, large nonrecurring cash dividend, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other similar equity restructuring transaction, as that term is used in Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor thereto). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company will not be treated as a Capitalization Adjustment.

 

(g) “Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including any applicable regulations and guidance thereunder.

 

(h) “Committee” means a committee of one or more members of the Board to whom authority has been delegated by the Board in accordance with Section 2(c).

 

(i) “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

 

(j) “Company” means Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

(k) “Contributions” means the payroll deductions and other additional payments specifically provided for in the Offering that a Participant contributes to fund the exercise of a Purchase Right. A Participant may make additional payments into his or her account if specifically provided for in the Offering, and then only if the Participant has not already had the maximum permitted amount withheld during the Offering through payroll deductions and, with respect to the 423 Component, to the extent permitted by Section 423.

 

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(l) “Corporate Transaction” means the consummation, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any one or more of the following events:

 

(i) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, of the consolidated assets of the Company and its subsidiaries;

 

(ii) a sale or other disposition of more than 50% of the outstanding securities of the Company;

 

(iii) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is not the surviving corporation; or

 

(iv) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger, consolidation or similar transaction are converted or exchanged by virtue of the merger, consolidation or similar transaction into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise.

 

(m) “Designated 423 Company” means any Related Corporation selected by the Board as participating in the 423 Component.

 

(n) “Designated Company” means any Designated Non-423 Company or Designated 423 Company, provided, however, that at any given time, a Related Corporation participating in the 423 Component shall not be a Related Corporation participating in the Non-423 Component.

 

(o) “Designated Non-423 Company” means any Related Corporation or Affiliate selected by the Board as participating in the Non-423 Component.

 

(p) “Director” means a member of the Board.

 

(q) “Effective Date” means the effective date of this Plan, which is the date of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, provided that this Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders prior to such date.

 

(r) “Eligible Employee” means an Employee who meets the requirements set forth in the document(s) governing the Offering for eligibility to participate in the Offering, provided that such Employee also meets the requirements for eligibility to participate set forth in the Plan.

 

(s) “Employee” means any person, including an Officer or Director, who is “employed” for purposes of Section 423(b)(4) of the Code by the Company or a Related Corporation or solely with respect to the Non-423 Component, an Affiliate. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such services, will not cause a Director to be considered an “Employee” for purposes of the Plan.

 

(t) “Employee Stock Purchase Plan” means a plan that grants Purchase Rights intended to be options issued under an “employee stock purchase plan,” as that term is defined in Section 423(b) of the Code.

 

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(u) “Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(v) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on any established market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock will be, unless otherwise determined by the Board, the closing sales price for such stock as quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the date of determination, as reported in such source as the Board deems reliable. Unless otherwise provided by the Board, if there is no closing sales price for the Common Stock on the date of determination, then the Fair Market Value will be the closing sales price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.

 

(ii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value will be determined by the Board in good faith in compliance with Applicable Laws and regulations and, to the extent applicable as determined in the sole discretion of the Board, in a manner that complies with Sections 409A of the Code

 

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any Offering that commences on the Effective Date, the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the Offering Date will be the price per share at which shares are first sold in the private placement transaction conducted in connection to the reverse merger.

 

(w) “Governmental Body” means any: (i) nation, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature; (ii) U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, local, municipal or other government; (iii) governmental or regulatory body, or quasi-governmental body of any nature (including any governmental division, department, administrative agency or bureau, commission, authority, instrumentality, official, ministry, fund, foundation, center, organization, unit, body or entity and any court or other tribunal, and for the avoidance of doubt, any tax authority) or other body exercising similar powers or authority; or (iv) self-regulatory organization (including the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).

 

(x) “Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of May 22, 2026, by and among Los Altos Ventures Corp., Matternet, Inc. and Matternet Acquisition Co.

 

(y) “Non-423 Component” means the part of the Plan, which excludes the 423 Component, pursuant to which Purchase Rights that are not intended to satisfy the requirements for an Employee Stock Purchase Plan may be granted to Eligible Employees.

 

(z) “Offering” means the grant to Eligible Employees of Purchase Rights, with the exercise of those Purchase Rights automatically occurring at the end of one or more Purchase Periods. The terms and conditions of an Offering will generally be set forth in the “Offering Document” approved by the Board for that Offering.

 

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(aa) “Offering Date” means a date selected by the Board for an Offering to commence.

 

(bb) “Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company or a Related Corporation within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

(cc) “Participant” means an Eligible Employee who holds an outstanding Purchase Right.

 

(dd) “Plan” means this Matternet, Inc. 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended from time to time, including both the 423 Component and the Non-423 Component.

 

(ee) “Purchase Date” means one or more dates during an Offering selected by the Board on which Purchase Rights will be exercised and on which purchases of shares of Common Stock will be carried out in accordance with such Offering.

 

(ff) “Purchase Period” means a period of time specified within an Offering, generally beginning on the Offering Date or on the first Trading Day following a Purchase Date, and ending on a Purchase Date. An Offering may consist of one or more Purchase Periods.

 

(gg) “Purchase Right” means an option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

(hh) “Related Corporation” means any “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” of the Company whether now or subsequently established, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code.

 

(ii) “Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(jj) “Tax-Related Items” means any income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefit tax, payment on account or other tax-related items arising out of or in relation to a Participant’s participation in the Plan, including, but not limited to, the exercise of a Purchase Right and the receipt of shares of Common Stock or the sale or other disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired under the Plan.

 

(kk) “Trading Day” means any day on which the exchange(s) or market(s) on which shares of Common Stock are listed, including but not limited to the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market or any successors thereto, is open for trading.

 

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Exhibit 10.11

 

MATTERNET, INC.

 

KEY EMPLOYEE RETENTION PLAN

 

1.Purposes.

 

(a) The purpose of the Plan is to provide designated Key Employees the opportunity to receive certain bonuses upon or in connection with the occurrence of a Qualified Financing or Change of Control to (i) provide Key Employees with an incentive to continue their service prior to a Qualified Financing or Change of Control and to motivate the team to maximize the value of the Company upon a Qualified Financing or Change of Control for the benefit of its stockholders, (ii) provide Key Employees with enhanced financial security and incentive and encouragement to remain with the Company notwithstanding the possibility of a Qualified Financing or Change of Control, and (iii) assure that the Company will have the continued dedication and objectivity of Key Employees, notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of a Change of Control. With respect to a Change of Control, it is understood that transaction bonus amounts payable to the Key Employees under this Plan will have priority over distribution(s) with respect to capital stock of the Company made at the same time.

 

(b) The Board has determined that the adoption of the Plan is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders.

 

2.Definitions.

 

(a) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(b) “Bonus Amount” means, for each Key Employee, such Key Employee’s Change of Control Bonus Amount, Retention Bonus Amount, or Qualified Financing Bonus Amount, as applicable.

 

(c) “Cause” means, with respect to any particular Key Employee, (i) the Key Employee’s failure to substantially perform the Key Employee’s material duties and obligations as an employee of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company (for reasons other than death or Disability), which failure is not cured to the sole and reasonable satisfaction of the Company (or its applicable subsidiary); (ii) the Key Employee’s failure or refusal to comply with the policies, standards and regulations established by the Company (or its applicable subsidiary) from time to time, which failure is not cured to the sole and reasonable satisfaction of the Company (or its applicable subsidiary); (iii) any act of personal dishonesty, moral turpitude, fraud, embezzlement, misrepresentation, or other unlawful act committed by the Key Employee that results in harm to the Company or its affiliates, including financial or reputational, which harm shall be determined in the Company’s sole and reasonable discretion; (iv) the Key Employee’s violation of a federal or state law or regulation applicable to the business of the Company or its affiliates; (v) the Key Employee being convicted of, or entering a plea of nolo contendere or guilty to, a felony under the laws of the United States or its equivalent in the jurisdiction in which the act that constituted the felony occurred; or (vi) the Key Employee’s material breach of the terms of any agreement between the Key Employee and the Company (or any affiliate of the Company). With respect to (i) and (ii) above only, the Key Employee shall have ten days to cure following written notice of the Key Employee’s failure or refusal to perform or comply, provided that whether the failure is curable shall be within the sole and reasonable discretion of the Company (or its applicable subsidiary).

 

 

 

 

(d) “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(1) the acquisition by any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (for these purposes, persons will be considered to be acting as a group if they are owners of a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar business transaction with the Company), (“Person”) that or is or becomes the owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding securities; provided, however, that for purposes of this Section 2(d)(1), the acquisition of additional securities by any one Person, who is considered to own more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the securities of the Company shall not be considered a Change of Control; or

 

(2) a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets which occurs on the date that any Person acquires (or has acquired during the twelve (12)-month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than fifty percent (50%) of the total fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions; provided, however, that for purposes of this Section 2(d)(2), the following shall not constitute a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets: (1) a transfer to an entity that is controlled by the Company’s stockholders immediately after the transfer; or (2) a transfer of assets by the Company to: (A) a stockholder of the Company (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to the Company’s securities; (B) an entity, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company; (C) a Person, that owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of all the outstanding stock of the Company; or (D) an entity, at least fifty percent (50%) of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a Person described in subsection (C). For purposes of this Section 2(d)(2), gross fair market value means the value of the assets of the Company, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Company transaction that does not constitute a change in control event under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v) or Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii) shall be not be considered a Change of Control for purposes of this Plan.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, or assignment for the benefit of creditors shall not constitute a Change of Control event for purposes of this Plan. Further, and notwithstanding the foregoing, any change in the ownership of the stock of the Company as a result of a private financing of the Company that is approved by the Board will not be considered a Change of Control for purposes of this Plan.

 

(e) “Change of Control Individual Percentage” means the percentage specified for a particular Key Employee with respect to a Change of Control as determined by the Board, which shall be set forth in a Key Employee’s Participation Agreement.

 

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(f) “Closing” means the closing of a transaction constituting a Qualified Financing or Change of Control, as applicable.

 

(g) “Closing Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of the Plan.

 

(h) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference to a specific Section of the Code or regulation thereunder shall include such Section or regulations, any valid regulation promulgated under such Section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such Section or regulation.

 

(i) “Company” means Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation and any successor.

 

(j) “Disability” means, with respect to any particular Key Employee, that such Key Employee (i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, or (ii) is, by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan covering Company employees.

 

(k) “Effective Date” has the meaning ascribed to it on the signature page of the Plan.

 

(l) “Excise Tax” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of the Plan.

 

(m) “Firm” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of the Plan.

 

(n) “Individual Percentage” means, for each Key Employee, such Key Employee’s Change of Control Individual Percentage, Retention Individual Percentage, or Qualified Financing Individual Percentage, as applicable.

 

(o) “IRS” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9 of the Plan.

 

(p) “Key Employee” means any person employed by the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, who is designated by the Board in writing from time to time as a Key Employee for purposes of the Plan.

 

(q) “Participation Agreement” means an individualized agreement setting forth a Key Employee’s Individual Percentages and other terms relating to the Key Employee’s participation in the Plan. The form of Participation Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

(r) “Payment” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of this Plan.

 

(s) “Person” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2(d)(1) of this Plan.

 

(t) “Plan” means the Matternet, Inc. Key Employee Retention Plan.

 

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(u) “Qualified Financing” means the first transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which the Company issues and sells shares of its preferred stock for aggregate gross proceeds of at least $20,000,000 (excluding all proceeds from the incurrence of indebtedness that is converted into such preferred stock, or otherwise cancelled in consideration for the issuance of such preferred stock) with the principal purpose of raising capital.

 

(v) “Qualified Financing Individual Percentage” means the percentage specified for a particular Key Employee with respect to a Qualified Financing as determined by the Board, which shall be set forth in a Key Employee’s Participation Agreement.

 

(w) “Qualifying Termination” means a termination of a Key Employee’s employment by the Company (or a subsidiary of the Company), occurring on or following the Closing described in Section 4(a) but before the Retention Date, for any reason other than (i) for Cause, (ii) due to the Key Employee’s death, or (iii) due to the Key Employee’s Disability.

 

(x) “Reduced Amount” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5 of the Plan.

 

(y) “Retention Individual Percentage” means the percentage specified for a particular Key Employee with respect to such Key Employee’s Retention Bonus Amount as determined by the Board, which shall be set forth in a Key Employee’s Participation Agreement.

 

(z) “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and any final Treasury Regulations and guidance thereunder and any applicable state law equivalent, as each may be amended or promulgated from time to time.

 

(aa) “Treasury Regulations” means the regulations under the Code. Reference to a specific Treasury Regulation Section thereunder shall include such regulations and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such regulation.

 

3.Administration.

 

(a) The Plan shall be interpreted and administered by the Board, whose actions shall be final and binding on all persons, including the Key Employees, and shall be given the maximum deference permitted by law.

 

(b) The Board, in its sole discretion, shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

 

(1) To determine from time to time which employees of the Company shall be designated as Key Employees entitled to participate in the Plan and the terms under which they will be entitled to participate.

 

(2) To determine whether or not a transaction or related series of transactions results in a Change of Control.

 

(3) To determine the amount of the Bonus Amounts for each Key Employee.

 

(4) To establish, change, and adjust, in its sole discretion, the Individual Percentages for each of the Key Employees.

 

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(c) The Board may delegate some or all of its powers and responsibilities under the Plan either to a committee of the Board or to one or more officers of the Company.

 

(d) No member of the Board or its delegate will be liable for any action or determination made by the Board or its delegate with respect to the Plan or any distribution paid under the Plan. All expenses and liabilities that members of the Board or its delegate incur in connection with the administration of the Plan shall be borne by the Company or its successor. No members of the Board or its delegate shall be personally liable for any action, determination, or interpretation made in good faith with respect to this Plan or any distribution paid hereunder, and all members of the Board or its delegate shall be fully indemnified and held harmless by the Company or its successor in respect of any such action, determination, or interpretation.

 

4.BONUS AMOUNTS.

 

(a) Change of Control Bonus. Subject to Section 5, upon the first Closing of a Change of Control to occur after the Effective Date, each Key Employee will receive a one-time cash bonus equal to the product of (x) such Key Employee’s Change of Control Individual Percentage, multiplied by (y) the base salary actually earned by such Key Employee over the preceding twelve (12) month period (the “Change of Control Bonus Amount”). Each Change of Control Bonus Amount shall be distributed to the applicable Key Employee as soon as practicable on or after such Closing Date, but in no event later than thirty (30) days following the Closing Date.

 

(b) Retention Bonus. Subject to Section 5, following the Closing described in Section 4(a) above, each Key Employee that satisfies the conditions in Sections 5(a) and 5(b) will receive a one-time cash bonus equal to the product of (x) such Key Employee’s Retention Individual Percentage, multiplied by (y) the base salary actually earned by such Key Employee over the twelve (12) month period ending on the Key Employee’s Retention Bonus Determination Date (as defined below) (the “Retention Bonus Amount”). For any Key Employee that remains an employee of the Company (or a subsidiary of the Company) through the Retention Date (as defined below), the Retention Date, the “Retention Bonus Determination Date” shall mean the Retention Date, and such Key Employee’s Retention Bonus Amount shall be distributed to the Key Employee as soon as practicable on or after the Retention Date, but in no event later than thirty (30) days following the Retention Date. For any Key Employee that experiences a Qualifying Termination and satisfies the Release Requirement (as such terms are defined below), the “Retention Bonus Determination Date” shall mean the date of such Qualifying Termination, and such Key Employee’s Retention Bonus Amount shall be distributed to the Key Employee on the first payroll date after the Release (as defined below) becomes effective and irrevocable, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the Qualifying Termination occurs.

 

(c) Qualified Financing Bonus. Subject to Section 5, upon the first Closing of a Qualified Financing to occur after the Effective Date, each Key Employee will receive a one-time cash bonus equal to the product of (x) such Key Employee’s Qualified Financing Individual Percentage, multiplied by (y) the base salary actually earned by such Key Employee over the preceding twelve (12) month period (the “Qualified Financing Bonus Amount”). Each Qualified Financing Bonus Amount shall be distributed to the applicable Key Employee as soon as practicable on or after such Closing Date, but in no event later than thirty (30) days following the Closing Date.

 

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5.Conditions to Distributions.

 

(a) To be eligible to receive his or her Change of Control Bonus Amount, Retention Bonus Amount, or Qualified Financing Bonus Amount, a Key Employee must remain an employee of the Company (or a subsidiary of the Company) through the Closing Date of the applicable Qualified Financing or Change of Control. Upon termination of a Key Employee’s employment prior to the Closing Date, such Key Employee shall no longer be a Key Employee in the Plan and shall not be entitled to any further payments hereunder.

 

(b) In addition to the requirement set forth in Section 5(a), to be eligible to receive his or her Retention Bonus Amount, a Key Employee must either (i) remain an employee of the Company (or a subsidiary of the Company) through the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Retention Date”) or (ii) both experience a Qualifying Termination (as defined below) and satisfy the Release Requirement (as defined below). The “Release Requirement” means that the Key Employee must sign and not revoke a separation agreement and release of claims in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company (the “Release”) and such Release must become effective and irrevocable no later than sixty (60) days following the Key Employee’s Qualifying Termination. If (A) a Key Employee’s employment is terminated prior to the Retention Date for any reason other than a Qualifying Termination or (B) a Key Employee experiences a Qualifying Termination but does not satisfy the Release Requirement, such Key Employee shall no longer be a Key Employee in the Plan and shall not be entitled to receive his or her Retention Bonus Amount.

 

(c) Anything in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, if any payment or benefit a Key Employee would receive from the Company or otherwise (“Payment”) would (i) constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Code Section 280G; and (ii) but for this sentence, be subject to the excise tax imposed by Code Section 4999 (the “Excise Tax”), then such Payment shall be equal to the Reduced Amount. The “Reduced Amount” shall be either (x) the largest portion of the Payment that would result in no portion of the Payment being subject to the Excise Tax; or (y) the largest portion, up to and including the total, of the Payment, whichever amount, after taking into account all applicable federal, state and local employment taxes, income taxes, and the Excise Tax (all computed at the highest applicable marginal rate), results in such Key Employee’s receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the greater amount of the Payment. If a reduction in payments or benefits constituting “parachute payments” is necessary so that the Payment equals the Reduced Amount and no portion of such Payment is subject to the Excise Tax, reduction shall occur in the following order: first, reduction of cash payments, which shall occur in reverse chronological order such that the cash payment owed on the latest date following the occurrence of the event triggering such excise tax will be the first cash payment to be reduced; second, cancellation of accelerated vesting of equity awards, which shall occur in the reverse order of the date of grant for such stock awards (i.e., the vesting of the most recently granted stock awards will be reduced first); and third, reduction of employee benefits, which shall occur in reverse chronological order such that the benefit owed on the latest date following the occurrence of the event triggering such excise tax will be the first benefit to be reduced. If two or more equity awards are granted on the same date, each award will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Company submits any payment or benefit payable to the Key Employee under this Plan or otherwise to the Company’s stockholders for approval in accordance with Treasury Reg. Section 1.280G-1 Q&A 7, the foregoing provisions shall not apply following such submission and such payments and benefits will be treated in accordance with the results of such vote, except that any reduction in, or waiver of, such payments or benefits required by such vote will be applied without any application of discretion by the Key Employee and in the order prescribed by this Section 5(c). In no event shall the Key Employee have any discretion with respect to the ordering of payment reductions.

 

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A nationally recognized certified professional services firm selected by the Company, the Company’s legal counsel or such other person or entity to which the parties mutually agree (the “Firm”) shall perform the foregoing calculations related to the Excise Tax. The Company shall bear all expenses with respect to the determinations by the Firm required to be made hereunder.

 

For purposes of making the calculations required by this Section, the Firm may make reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application of Code Sections 280G and 4999. The Company and the Key Employee will furnish to the Firm such information and documents as the Firm may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this Section.

 

The Firm engaged to make the determinations hereunder shall provide its calculations, together with detailed supporting documentation, to the Company and the Key Employee within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date on which the Key Employee’s right to a Payment is triggered (if requested at that time by the Company or the Key Employee) or such other time as requested by the Company or the Key Employee. Any good faith determinations of the Firm made hereunder shall be final, binding, and conclusive upon the Company and the Key Employee.

 

6.Amendment or Termination of the Plan.

 

(a) The Board at any time, and from time to time, prior to the Closing, may amend or terminate the Plan in any manner in its sole discretion; provided, however, the Plan may not be amended or terminated on or following a Closing without the consent of each Key Employee affected by the amendment or termination, except pursuant to Section 13, as may be required by any applicable law or as necessary to correct administrative errors.

 

(b) The Plan shall automatically terminate upon the earliest of (i) December 21, 2026, provided that if a Qualified Financing or Change of Control occurs on or before such date, the Plan will not be terminated until the completion of all payments with respect to such transaction under the terms of the Plan, (ii) the completion of all payments under the terms of the Plan, (iii) the closing of the Company’s first underwritten public offering of the Company’s equity securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that occurs prior to the Closing or (iv) a determination by the Board to terminate the Plan consistent with Section 6(a).

 

7.No Guarantee of Future Service.

 

Selection of an individual to participate as a Key Employee under the Plan shall not provide any guarantee or promise of continued service of the Key Employee with the Company (or any of its subsidiaries), and the Company (or any subsidiary employing a Key Employee) retains the right to terminate the employment of any employee at any time, with or without cause, for any reason or no reason, except as may be restricted by law or contract.

 

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8.No Equity Interest.

 

Neither the Plan nor any distribution hereunder creates or conveys any equity or ownership interest in the Company or any rights commonly associated with such interests, including, without limitation, the right to vote on any matters put before the stockholders of the Company.

 

9.Tax Withholding.

 

The Company shall withhold from any distributions under the Plan and/or require the Key Employee to remit payments to the Company for any amount required to satisfy the Company’s income, employment or other tax withholding obligations under federal, state or other applicable law. The Key Employee will be solely responsible for any tax withholding obligations and shall be responsible for remitting any necessary funds to the Company to meet such tax withholding obligations.

 

10.Funding.

 

The Plan shall be funded out of the Company’s general assets. No provision of the Plan shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Key Employees shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general creditors of the Company.

 

11.Bonus Plan.

 

This Plan is intended to be a “bonus program” as defined under U.S. Department of Labor regulation 2510.3-2(c) and shall be construed and administered in accordance with such intention.

 

12.Nonassignability.

 

To the maximum extent permitted by law, a Key Employee’s right or benefits under this Plan shall not be subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, assign, pledge, encumber or charge the same shall be void. No right or benefit hereunder shall in any manner be liable for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, or torts of the person entitled to such benefit.

 

13.Code Section 409A.

 

Each payment and benefit payable under this Plan is intended to constitute a separate payment for purposes of Section 1.409A-2(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations. Bonus Amounts under the Plan are intended to fall within the “short-term deferral” exemption from Section 409A and, if such payments fail to fall within such exemption, to comply with the requirements of Section 409A, in each case so that none of the Bonus Amounts to be provided hereunder will be subject to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A. Any ambiguities or ambiguous terms herein will be interpreted to be exempt from or so comply with the requirements of Section 409A. The Company cannot and has not guaranteed that the IRS will determine that the Plan benefits are not deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A. If the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) determines that the Plan benefits are deferred compensation, the Key Employee shall be solely responsible for the Key Employee’s costs related to such a determination, if any. The Company and each Key Employee will work together in good faith to consider either (i) amendments to this Plan; or (ii) revisions to the Plan with respect to the payment of any Bonus Amounts, which are necessary or appropriate to avoid imposition of any additional tax or income recognition prior to the actual payment to the Key Employee under Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without the consent of any Key Employee, to take such reasonable actions and make any amendments to the Plan as it deems necessary, advisable or desirable to comply with Section 409A or to otherwise avoid income recognition under Section 409A or imposition of any additional tax prior to the actual payment of any Bonus Amounts.

 

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14.Choice of Law.

 

All questions concerning the construction, validation and interpretation of the Plan will be governed by the law of the State of California without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

 

15.Successors and Assigns.

 

The Plan shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns and upon a Change of Control the Company shall require its successor(s) or assign(s) to assume the Company’s obligations under the Plan.

 

16.Headings.

 

The headings in the Plan are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof nor to affect the meaning thereof.

 

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The Matternet, Inc. Key Employee Retention Plan is adopted by an authorized officer of the Company effective as of _____________, ______ (the “Effective Date”).

 

  Matternet, Inc.
   
  By:  
   
  Print Name:   
   
  Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

MATTERNET, INC. KEY EMPLOYEE RETENTION PLAN

 

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

 

___________________ (the “Key Employee”) has been selected to participate in the Matternet, Inc. Key Employee Retention Plan, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”). Unless otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

 

Date of Issuance:

 

The Key Employee’s Individual Percentages shall be:

 

Change of Control Individual Percentage:

 

Retention Individual Percentage:

 

Qualified Financing Individual Percentage:

 

In the event that all of the conditions for payment of a Bonus Amount specified in the Plan are satisfied, such Bonus Amount will be calculated and distributed in accordance with the Plan. In the event that any of the conditions for payment of a Bonus Amount specified in the Plan are not satisfied, then Key Employee will have no rights to receive such Bonus Amount.

 

The Key Employee acknowledges that any interest in a Bonus Amount is subject to the conditions of the Plan and this Participation Agreement. The Key Employee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and represents that the Key Employee has read and is familiar with its provisions.

 

In addition, following the first Closing of a Qualified Financing to occur after the Effective Date, the Company will recommend to the Board that, as soon as administratively practicable following such Qualified Financing, the Company grant the Key Employee an option to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (“Shares”) at a price per Share equal to the fair market value of a Share on the date of grant, as determined by the Board (the “Option”). The Option will be fully vested upon grant and will cover a number of Shares approximately equal to ten percent (10%) of the total of (i) the number of Shares held by the Key Employee as of immediately prior to such Qualified Financing plus (ii) the total number of Shares covered by any options to purchase Shares that, as of immediately prior to such Qualified Financing, are held by the Key Employee and are outstanding. The Option will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s equity plan and a stock option agreement between the Key Employee and the Company. The Option will be granted to the Key Employee only if the Key Employee remains an employee of the Company (or any subsidiary of the Company) through the grant date.

 

This Participation Agreement will terminate concurrently with the termination of the Plan pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.

 

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MATTERNET, INC.   KEY EMPLOYEE
     
By:              Signature:   
     
Its:     Date:  

 

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Exhibit 10.12

 

MATTERNET, INC.

 

OFFER LETTER

 

February 12, 2023

 

Jason Secore

 

Dear Jason:

 

I am pleased to offer you a part-time exempt position with Matternet, Inc. (the “Company”), as its Chief Financial Officer. If you decide to join us, you will receive an annual salary of $145,000.00, less applicable withholdings (the “Annual Base Salary”), which will be paid semi-monthly in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll procedures. In this part-time role, you will be expected to work 50% of full-time (“Half-Time Basis”), however, as an exempt employee, your Annual Base Salary shall not increase in the event that you work more than 50% of full-time. Further, as an exempt employee, you shall not be entitled to overtime.

 

If you continue to be employed by the Company as its Chief Financial Officer on the date that, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) in its sole discretion, the Company has raised sufficient funding to remain solvent for at least twelve (12) total months, the Company shall then invite you to join the Company on a full-time basis and in such full-time role, your Annual Base Salary would be increased by $145,000.00 to a total annualized salary of $290,000.00 (“Full-Time Basis”), less applicable withholdings. Nothing in this letter alters that at-will nature of employment with the Company as set forth further below. As a full-time employee, you would be expected to devote your full business efforts and time to the Company.

 

If you join the Company, you will also be eligible to be considered for a one-time discretionary incentive bonus in the total amount of $90,000.00 (the “Qualifying Event Bonus”) if, and only if, the Company experiences a Qualifying Event (as defined below) and provided that you remain an employee of the Company as its Chief Financial Officer as of the date of the closing of the Qualifying Event. For purposes of this letter, a “Qualifying Event” shall mean, either of the following events (whichever occurs first): 1) the initial closing of a transaction or series of transactions following the Start Date (as defined below), pursuant to which the Company issues and sells shares of its preferred stock, with the principal purpose of raising capital, for aggregate gross proceeds of at least $20,000,000.00, or 2) a Change in Control (as defined in the Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)) in which the Company is acquired for at least $400,000,000.00. Whether the Qualifying Event has occurred and the Qualifying Event Bonus is awarded will be determined by the Board in its sole discretion. The Qualifying Event Bonus, if payable, will be paid, less applicable withholdings, as soon as practicable after the Board determines that the Qualifying Event has occurred, but no later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the Qualifying Event has occurred, as determined by the Board, provided that you must remain employed through the date the Qualifying Event Bonus is actually paid to you in order to earn the Qualifying Event Bonus. The determinations of the Board with respect to your bonus will be final and binding.

 

 

 

In addition, if you decide to join the Company, the Company will recommend to the Board that the Company grant you an option to purchase 275,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Option”) at a price per share equal to the fair market.value per share of the Common Stock on the date of grant, as determined by the Board. The Option will be granted to you only if you remain an employee of the Company through the grant date. The Option will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and a stock option agreement between you and the Company, including vesting requirements. The following vesting schedule (the “Standard Vesting Schedule”) shall apply to the Option: Upon the one year anniversary of the vesting start date (the “One Year Cliff”), an amount equal to the sum of (x) the number of months you have been employed by the Company on a Half-Time Basis multiplied by 1/96th of the shares subject to the Option and (y) the number of months you have been employed by the Company on a Full-Time Basis multiplied by 1/48th of the shares subject to the Option will vest subject to your continued service with the Company through such vesting date; provided that no shares shall vest before the One Year Cliff. Thereafter, 1/48th of the shares subject to the Option will vest each month if you are on a Full-Time Basis, otherwise, 1/96th of the shares subject to the Option will vest each month, in each case subject to your continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting date. In the event that a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan) occurs before the One Year Cliff (e.g. before the one year anniversary of the vesting start date), and you remain an employee of the Company as its Chief Financial Officer through the closing of such Change in Control, the One Year Cliff shall not apply, and instead of the Standard Vesting Schedule, the following amended vesting schedule (“Change in Control Vesting Schedule”) shall apply to the Option: 1/96th of the shares subject to the Option will vest each month starting one month after the vesting start date, provided that for each month after the vesting start date for which you are employed on a Full-Time Basis, 1/48th of the shares subject to the Option will vest instead, in each case subject to your continued service with the Company through the applicable vesting date; provided, however, that if (i) you are invited to become, and subsequently accept the role of Chief Financial Officer on a Full-Time Basis prior to August 20, 2023 and (ii) a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan) occurs prior to fifteen (15) months after the vesting start date (the “Fifteen Month Date”), then 25% of the Shares subject to the Option shall vest on the date of closing of such Change in Control and 1/48th of the shares subject to the Option will vest each month beginning with the month following the Fifteen Month Date, in each case subject to your continued service with the Company through each applicable vesting date (this schedule, the “Full-Time Vesting Schedule”). For the avoidance of doubt, if you have not accepted the position on a Full-Time Basis as of August 20, 2023, the Full-Time Vesting Schedule shall not apply, regardless of if a Change in Control occurs prior to the Fifteen Month Date. No right to any stock is earned or accrued until such time that vesting occurs, nor does the grant confer any right to continue vesting or employment.

 

As an employee, will also be eligible to participate in certain employee benefit programs generally made available to similarly situated Company employees, subject to the satisfaction of any eligibility requirements and subject to the terms of such benefit programs. Information on currently available benefit programs will be provided to you shortly after the Start Date (as defined below). You should note that the Company may modify job titles, salaries and benefits from time to time as it deems necessary.

 

The Company is excited about your joining and looks forward to a beneficial and productive relationship. Nevertheless, you should be aware that your employment with the Company is for no specified period and constitutes at-will employment. As a result, you are free to resign at any time, for any reason or for no reason. Similarly, the Company is free to conclude its employment relationship with you at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice (for the avoidance of doubt, and for example, even before a Change in Control or Qualifying Event). We request that, in the event of resignation, you give the Company at least two weeks’ notice.

 

The Company reserves the right to conduct background investigations and/or reference checks on all of its potential employees. Your job offer, therefore, is contingent upon a clearance of such a background investigation and/or reference check.

 

For purposes of federal immigration law, you will be required to provide to the Company documentary evidence of your identity and eligibility for employment in the United States. Such documentation must be provided to us within three (3) business days of your date of hire, or our employment relationship with you may be terminated.

 

We also ask that, if you have not already done so, you disclose to the Company any and all agreements relating to your prior employment that may affect your eligibility to be employed by the Company or limit the manner in which you may be employed. It is the Company’s understanding that any such agreements will not prevent you from performing the duties of your position and you represent that such is the case. Moreover, you agree that, during the term of your employment with the Company, you will not engage in any other employment, occupation, consulting or other business activity directly related to the business in which the Company is now involved or becomes involved during the term of your employment, nor will you engage in any other activities that conflict with your obligations to the Company. Similarly, you agree not to bring any third party confidential information to the Company, including that of your former employer, and that in performing your duties for the Company you will not in any way utilize any such information.

 

As a Company employee, you will be expected to abide by the Company’s rules and standards. Specifically, you will be required to sign an acknowledgment that you have read and that you understand the Company’s rules of conduct which are included in the Company Handbook.

 

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As a condition of your employment, you are also required to sign and comply with an At-Will Employment, Confidential Information, Invention Assignment and Arbitration Agreement (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) which requires, among other provisions, the assignment of patent rights to any invention made during your employment at the Company, and non-disclosure of Company proprietary information. In the event of any dispute or claim relating to or arising out of our employment relationship, you and the Company agree that (i) any and all disputes between you and the Company shall be fully and finally resolved by binding arbitration, (ii) you are waiving any and all rights to a jury trial but all court remedies will be available in arbitration, (iii) all disputes shall be resolved by a neutral arbitrator who shall issue a written opinion, (iv) the arbitration shall provide for adequate discovery, and (v) the Company shall pay all the arbitration fees, except an amount equal to the filing fees you would have paid had you filed a complaint in a court of law. Please note that we must receive your signed Confidentiality Agreement before your first day of employment.

 

To accept the Company’s offer, please sign and date this letter in the space provided below. A duplicate original is enclosed for your records. If you accept our offer, your first day of employment will be February 20, 2023 (the “Start Date”). This letter, along with the Confidentiality Agreement, set forth the terms of your employment with the Company and supersede any prior representations or agreements including, but not limited to, any representations made during your recruitment, interviews or pre-employment negotiations, whether written or oral. This letter, including, but not limited to, its at-will employment provision, may not be modified or amended except by a written agreement signed by the President of the Company and you. This offer of employment will terminate if it is not accepted, signed and returned by February 14, 2023.

 

We look forward to your favorable reply and to working with you at Company, Inc.

 

Sincerely,

 

Matternet, Inc.

 

/s/ Andreas Raptopoulos  

 

Andreas Raptopoulos

Chief Executive Officer

 

Agreed to and accepted:

 

Signature:  /s/ Jason Secore  

 

Printed Name: Jason Secore

 

Date: 2/13/2023

 

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Exhibit 10.13

 

LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

This lock-up agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between the undersigned (the “Holder”), and Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Matternet”) as of the effective date (the “Effective Date”) of the Closing (as defined below) of the Merger (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, the Holder holds capital stock of Matternet (“Matternet Capital Stock”), or options, warrants, or other securities convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive shares of Matternet Capital Stock (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 3, 2026, by and among Matternet and the purchasers set forth on the signature pages affixed thereto, Matternet conducted a private placement (the “Bridge Financing”) of $6.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its senior convertible notes (the “Bridge Notes”) to certain accredited investors (the “Bridge Note Holders”).

 

WHEREAS, following the sale and issuance of the Bridge Notes, Matternet intends to enter into an agreement and plan of merger and reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”), with Los Altos Ventures Corp., a Delaware company subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act (as defined below) (or in substitution a similar Delaware company subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act) (“Pubco”), and a newly formed wholly-owned acquisition subsidiary of Pubco (the “Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, amongst other things, all of the issued and outstanding Matternet Capital Stock will be exchanged for shares of Pubco common stock (“Pubco Common Stock”), and Merger Sub will be merged with and into Matternet (the “Merger”), with Matternet surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco.

 

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Closing”), Pubco intends to consummate a private placement of Pubco equity securities (the “Offering”).

 

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the Closing of the Merger and the consummation of the Offering, the Bridge Notes will automatically convert into shares of Pubco Common Stock.

 

WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to each of the parties to enter into the Merger Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Holder desires to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Lock-Up Shares (as defined below) shall become subject to limitations on disposition as set forth herein.

 

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, which are incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth below, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Subject to the exceptions set forth herein, the Holder agrees not to:

 

(i)sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer, dispose of or agree to transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder, any (a) shares of Matternet Capital Stock; (b) any shares of Pubco Common Stock; or (c) any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Matternet Capital Stock or Pubco Common Stock, or any securities convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive shares of Matternet Capital Stock or Pubco Common Stock (such shares of Matternet Capital Stock or Pubco Common Stock, options, rights, warrants or other securities, collectively, “Lock-Up Shares”);

 

(ii)enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any of the Lock-Up Shares, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise; or

 

(iii)publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or (ii) (the actions specified in clauses (i)-(iii) of this Section 1, collectively, “Transfer”) during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on (the date that is six (6) months after the date on which the Pubco Common Stock is first listed on any market tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or NYSE American (such period, the “Lock-Up Period”).

 

2. The restrictions set forth in paragraph 1 shall not apply to:

 

(i)in the case of an entity, a Transfer (a) to another entity that is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the undersigned, or to any investment fund or other entity controlling, controlled by, managing or managed by or under common control with the undersigned or affiliates of the undersigned or who shares a common investment advisor with the undersigned or (b) as part of a distribution to members, partners, shareholders or equityholders of the undersigned;

 

(ii)in the case of an individual, Transfers by gift to members of the individual’s immediate family (as defined below) or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of one of the individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or to a charitable organization;

 

(iii)in the case of an individual, Transfers by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual;

 

(iv)in the case of an individual, Transfers by operation of law or pursuant to a court order, such as a qualified domestic relations order, divorce decree or separation agreement;

 

(v)in the case of an individual, Transfers to a partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which the undersigned and/or the immediate family (as defined below) of the undersigned are the legal and beneficial owner of all of the outstanding equity securities or similar interests;

 

(vi)in the case of an entity that is a trust, Transfers to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust;

 

(vii)in the case of an entity, Transfers by virtue of the laws of the state of the entity’s organization and the entity’s organizational documents upon dissolution of the entity;

 

(viii)Transfers of (a) shares of Pubco Common Stock or other securities (including warrants) issued in the Offering or the Bridge Financing; or (b) shares of Pubco Common Stock issued upon conversion or exercise of any securities (including warrants) issued in the Bridge Financing or the Offering;

 

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(ix)transactions relating to Pubco Common Stock or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Pubco Common Stock acquired in open market transactions after the Closing of the Merger, provided that no such transaction is required to be, or is, publicly announced (whether on Form 4, Form 5 or otherwise, other than a required filing on Schedule 13F, 13G or 13G/A) during the Lock-Up Period;

 

(x)the exercise of stock options to purchase shares of Matternet Capital Stock or Pubco Common Stock or the vesting of stock awards of Matternet Capital Stock or Pubco Common Stock and any related transfer of shares of Matternet Capital Stock or Pubco Common Stock to Matternet or Pubco, as applicable, in connection therewith (a) deemed to occur upon the “cashless” or “net” exercise of such options or (b) for the purpose of paying the exercise price of such options or to satisfy tax withholding obligations pursuant to Matternet or Pubco’s, or their subsidiaries’ equity incentive plans or arrangements due as a result of the exercise of such options, the vesting of such options, or stock awards, or as a result of the vesting of the shares of Matternet Capital Stock or Pubco Common Stock subject to such options, or stock awards, it being understood that all shares of Matternet Capital Stock or Pubco Common Stock received upon such exercise, vesting or transfer will remain subject to the restrictions of this Agreement during the Lock-Up Period;

 

(xi)Transfers to Matternet or Pubco pursuant to any contractual arrangement that provides for the repurchase by Matternet or Pubco or forfeiture of Matternet Capital Stock or Pubco Common Stock or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Matternet Capital Stock or Pubco Common Stock in connection with the termination of the Holder’s service to Matternet or Pubco;

 

(xii)the entry, by the Holder, of any trading plan providing for the sale of shares of Pubco Common Stock by the Holder, which trading plan meets the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act, provided, however, that (a) such plan does not provide for, or permit, the sale of any shares of Pubco Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period and (b)(x) no public announcement or filing is voluntarily made or required regarding such plan during the Lock-Up Period or (y) if any public announcement is required of or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the Holder or Pubco regarding such plan, then such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no Transfer may be made under such plan during the Lock-Up Period;

 

(xiii)Transfers in the event of completion of a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the stockholders of Pubco having the right to exchange their shares of Pubco Common Stock for cash, securities or other property; and

 

(xiv)Transfers to satisfy any U.S. federal, state, or local income tax obligations of the Holder (or its direct or indirect owners) arising from a change in the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or the U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Regulations”) after the date on which the Merger Agreement is executed by the parties, and such change prevents the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” pursuant to Section 368 of the Code (and the Merger does not qualify for similar tax-free treatment pursuant to any successor or other provision of the Code or Regulations taking into account such changes), in each case solely and to the extent necessary to cover any tax liability as a direct result of the transaction.

 

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provided, however, that (A) in the case of clauses (i) through (vii) of this Section 2, the applicable permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement, in substantially the form of this Agreement (it being understood that any references to “immediate family” in the agreement executed by such transferee shall expressly refer only to the immediate family of the Holder and not to the immediate family of the transferee), agreeing to be bound by these Transfer restrictions. For purposes of this paragraph, “immediate family” shall mean a spouse, domestic partner, child, grandchild or other lineal descendant (including by adoption), father, mother, brother or sister of the Holder; and “affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

3. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder shall retain all of its rights as a stockholder with respect to the Lock-Up Shares during the Lock-Up Period, including the right to vote any Lock-Up Shares that are entitled to vote.

 

4. In furtherance of the foregoing, Matternet and Pubco, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement, and such purported Transfer shall be null and void ab initio. In addition, following the Closing of the Merger until the expiration of the Lock-Up Period each certificate or book-entry position evidencing the Lock-Up Shares shall be marked with a legend in substantially the following form, in addition to any other applicable legends:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN A LOCK-UP AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG THE COMPANY AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES (OR THE PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE SECURITIES). A COPY OF SUCH LOCK-UP AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE COMPANY TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.”

 

5. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

6. [RESERVED].

 

7. No party hereto may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party. Any purported assignment in violation of this paragraph shall be void and ineffectual and shall not operate to transfer or assign any interest or title to the purported assignee. This Agreement shall be binding on the Holder and each of its successors, heirs and assigns and permitted transferees. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, following the Closing of the Merger and without the prior written consent of the Holder, this Agreement shall be automatically assigned to the lead placement agents in the Offering. Subsequent to the Closing of the Merger and the assignment of this Agreement, any term of this Agreement may be amended or waived with the written consent of the Holder and such lead placement agents.

 

8. The Holder hereby represents and warrants that such Holder has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and that this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Holder, enforceable in accordance with its terms. Upon request, the Holder will execute any additional documents necessary in connection with enforcement hereof. The Holder has independently evaluated the merits of its decision to enter into and deliver this Agreement, and such Holder confirms that it has not relied on the advice of Matternet, Pubco, or their respective legal counsel.

 

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9. The laws of the State of Delaware shall govern (a) all claims or matters related to or arising from this Agreement (including any tort or non-contractual claims) and (b) any questions concerning the construction, interpretation, validity and enforceability of this Agreement, and the performance of the obligations imposed by this Agreement, in each case without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

10. Each party hereto submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of first, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or if such court declines jurisdiction, then to any court of the State of Delaware or the Federal District Court for the District of Delaware, in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, agrees that all claims in respect of the legal proceeding shall be heard and determined in any such court and agrees not to bring any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any other courts. Nothing in this paragraph 10, however, shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or at equity. Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any legal proceeding so brought shall be conclusive and may be enforced by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law or at equity. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY OF THE PARTIES (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS OR THE RELATIONSHIPS ESTABLISHED AMONG THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT SUCH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

 

11. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of this Agreement was not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or in equity without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of money damages as a remedy and without bond or other security being required, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the parties hereto hereby further acknowledges that the existence of any other remedy contemplated by this Agreement does not diminish the availability of specific performance of the obligations hereunder or any other injunctive relief. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in the Court of Chancery or any other state or federal court within the State of Delaware, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law or in equity. Each party hereto hereby further agrees that in the event of any action by any other party for specific performance or injunctive relief, it will not assert that a remedy at law or other remedy would be adequate or that specific performance or injunctive relief in respect of such breach or violation should not be available on the grounds that money damages are adequate or any other grounds.

 

12. If the Effective Date does not occur on or prior to June 15, 2026, then this Agreement shall automatically terminate and the Holder shall not be subject to any restrictions with respect to the Lock-Up Shares.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Lock-Up Agreement as of the date set forth below.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Lock-Up Agreement as of the date set forth below.

 

  Matternet, Inc.
   
  By:  
  Name:  Andreas Raptopoulos
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit 10.14

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”). THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE ACT OR UNLESS SOLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT.

 

WARRANT NO. [●]
DATE OF ISSUANCE: [●]
EXPIRATION DATE: [●], subject to
earlier termination as provided herein
NUMBER OF SHARES: [●]
subject to adjustment
as provided herein

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE SHARES
OF COMMON STOCK OF
 

MATTERNET, INC.

 

This Warrant is issued to [●], or its registered assigns (including any successors or assigns, the “Warrantholder”), by Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

 

1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

 

(a) Number and Exercise Price of Warrant Shares; Expiration Date. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, at any time beginning on or after the date hereof (the “Date of Issuance”) and ending on the first to occur of (i) 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the fifth anniversary of the Date of Issuance and (ii) 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the third anniversary of the date on which the Common Stock (as defined below) is first listed for trading on a Trading Market (as defined below) (which for the purposes of this Section 1(a) shall not include the OTC Markets (as defined below)) (the “Expiration Date”), the Warrantholder is entitled to purchase from the Company up to [●] shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) (as such number of shares of Common Stock may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Warrant, the “Warrant Shares”), at a purchase price of $3.00 per share (as may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Warrant, the “Exercise Price”), subject to earlier termination of this Warrant as set forth herein. As used in this Agreement, the term “Merger” means the merger of Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Matternet”), with Matternet Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, in which Matternet continued as the surviving entity of such merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

(b) Method of Exercise. While this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable in accordance with Section 1(a) above, the Warrantholder may exercise this Warrant in accordance with Section 5 herein at any time in whole or in part during the period (such period, the “Exercise Period”) that begins on the Date of Issuance and ends on the Expiration Date, by either:

 

(1) wire transfer to the Company of immediately available funds or a cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank made payable to the order of the Company of the Exercise Price of the Warrants being exercised, or

 

(2) exercise of the right to credit the Exercise Price against the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of the Warrant Shares at the time of exercise (the “Net Exercise”) pursuant to Section 1(c).

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Warrantholder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Warrantholder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Warrantholder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased (including any Warrant Shares deemed canceled upon a Net Exercise). The Warrantholder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases.

 

 

 

(c) Net Exercise. If the Company shall receive written notice from the Warrantholder at the time of exercise of this Warrant that the Warrantholder elects to Net Exercise the Warrant, the Company shall deliver to such Warrantholder (without payment by the Warrantholder of any Exercise Price in cash) that number of Warrant Shares computed using the following formula:

 

X= Y (A – B)
A

 

Where

 

  X = The number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Warrantholder.

 

  Y = The number of Warrant Shares purchasable under this Warrant or, if only a portion of this Warrant is being exercised pursuant to the applicable Notice of Exercise, the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is being exercised.

 

  A = The Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the trading date immediately preceding the date on which Warrantholder delivers to the Company the applicable Notice of Exercise of this Warrant.

 

  B = The Exercise Price (as adjusted hereunder).

 

The “Fair Market Value” of one share of Common Stock shall be determined as follows: (i) the VWAP (as defined below) on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date the Company first receives the applicable Notice of Exercise (as defined below) if such Notice of Exercise is (1) executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5 hereof and received by the Company on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5 hereof and received by the Company on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(88) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date the applicable Exercise Form is received by the Company or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Exercise Form and receipt thereof by the Company if such Exercise Form is so executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is received by the Company within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 5 hereof, which Bid Price shall be shown on supporting documents provided by the Holder to the Company within two Trading Days after delivery to the Company of the applicable Notice of Exercise, or (iii) the VWAP on the date the applicable Notice of Exercise is received by the Company if the date of the Company’s receipt of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5 hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day.

 

“Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading on a Trading Market, the bid price per share of Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX, as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

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“Business Day” means any day of the year, other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which banks in the State of New York are required or authorized to close.

 

“OTC Markets” shall mean either the OTCQX Best Market (“OTCQX”) or OTCQB Venture Market (“OTCQB”) of the OTC Markets Group, Inc.

 

“Trading Day” means any day on which the Approved OTC Market or National Securities Exchange that at the time constitutes the principal securities market for the Common Stock, is open for general trading of securities (or if there is no Approved OTC Market or National Securities Exchange that at the time constitutes the principal securities market for the Common Stock, then any day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for general trading of securities).

 

“Trading Market” shall mean any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Markets (or any successor(s) to any of the foregoing).

 

“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on the Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Warrantholders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

(d) Deemed Exercise. In the event that immediately prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock (as determined in accordance with Section 1(c) above) exceeds the then applicable Exercise Price, this Warrant shall be deemed to be automatically exercised on a Net Exercise issue basis pursuant to Section 1(c) above, and the Company shall deliver the applicable number of Warrant Shares to the Warrantholder pursuant to the provisions of Section 1(c) above and this Section 1(d).

 

(e) Ineffective or Unavailable Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if at the time of exercise hereof a registration statement registering the resale of the Warrant Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) is not effective or available for the resale of all of the Warrant Shares to the Warrantholder, then the Warrantholder may only exercise this Warrant, whether in whole or in part, by effecting a Net Exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 1(c) above. In such event, the Warrantholder may effect a Net Exercise pursuant to Section 1(c) at any time after the Registration Effectiveness Deadline (as defined below).

 

“Registration Effectiveness Deadline” means one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the Super 8-K in connection with the Merger is filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as such period may be extended by the obligation under applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act to include updated financial statements before it can be declared effective.

 

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2. CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS.

 

(a) Adjustment of Number of Warrant Shares and Exercise Price. The number and kind of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

 

(1) Subdivisions, Combinations and Other Issuances. If the Company shall at any time after the Date of Issuance but prior to the Expiration Date subdivide its then outstanding shares of capital stock of the same class as the Warrant Shares, by split-up or otherwise, or combine such shares of capital stock by reverse stock split or otherwise, or issue additional shares of capital stock as an in-kind dividend with respect to the same class of then outstanding shares as the Warrant Shares, or effect any forward stock split or reverse stock split of its then outstanding capital stock of the same class as the Warrant Shares, the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall forthwith be proportionately increased in the case of such a subdivision, stock dividend or forward stock split, or proportionately decreased in the case of a reverse stock split or other combination. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the Exercise Price payable per share, but the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the total number of Warrant Shares purchasable under this Warrant (as adjusted) shall remain the same. Any adjustment under this Section 2(a)(1) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination in respect of which the adjustment(s) are to be made becomes effective, or as of the record date of the dividend in respect of which the adjustment(s) are to be made, or in the event that no record date is fixed, upon the making of such dividend, as the case may be.

 

(2) Reclassification, Reorganizations and Consolidation. In case of any reclassification, capital reorganization or change in the capital stock of the Company (other than as a result of a subdivision, combination or stock dividend provided for in Section 2(a)(1) above) that occurs during the Exercise Period (whether on or subsequent to the Date of Issuance), then, as a condition of such reclassification, reorganization or change, lawful provision shall be made, and duly executed documents evidencing the same from the Company or its successor shall be delivered to the Warrantholder, so that the Warrantholder shall, from and after the effective time of such reclassification, reorganization or change, thereafter have the right at any time prior to the Expiration Date to purchase, at a total price equal to that payable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the kind and amount of shares of stock and/or other securities or property (including, if applicable, cash) receivable in connection with such reclassification, reorganization or change by a holder of the same number and type of securities as were purchasable as Warrant Shares by the Warrantholders immediately prior to such reclassification, reorganization or change. In any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interest of the Warrantholder so that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable with respect to any shares of stock or other securities or property deliverable upon exercise hereof, and appropriate adjustments shall be made to the Exercise Price payable hereunder, provided that after giving effect to such adjustments the aggregate Exercise Price shall remain the same (and, for the avoidance of doubt, this Warrant shall be exclusively exercisable for such shares of capital stock and/or other securities or property from and after the consummation of such reclassification, capital reorganization or other change in the capital stock of the Company).

 

(b) Notice to Warrantholder. If, while this Warrant is outstanding, the Company (i) declares a dividend or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of its Common Stock, including, without limitation, any granting of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary, (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction (as defined below) or (iii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to the Warrantholder a notice of such transaction not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the applicable record or effective date on which a person would need to hold Common Stock in order to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction; provided, however, that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be described in such notice.

 

(c) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 2 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest whole share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 2, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

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(d) Treatment of Warrant upon a Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, effects any merger, consolidation or other business combination of the Company with or into another person (other than a merger, consolidation or other business combination in which the Company is the surviving corporation and which does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Common Stock), (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and which offer has been accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock or more than 50% of the voting power of the common equity of the Company, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of its outstanding Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the outstanding Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another person or group of persons pursuant to which such other person or group acquires more than 50% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other person or other persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination)(which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include transactions consummated by the Company for the principal purpose of raising capital for the Company) (each, a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Warrantholder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Warrantholder, the number, class, and series of shares of stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”), as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then from and after the effective date of such Fundamental Transaction the Warrants shall each be exercisable for weighted average of the securities, cash and property received per share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction by holders of Common stock who made the election to receive the consideration in such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other transaction documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2(d)(1) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Warrantholder and approved by the Warrantholder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Warrantholder, deliver or cause to be delivered, promptly after such Fundamental Transaction to the Warrantholder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity)(only to the extent such capital stock is the form of consideration paid in the Fundamental Transaction) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price that applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and that is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Warrantholder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the other transaction documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other transaction documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction where the consideration payable to holders of shares of Common Stock consists solely of cash, solely of Marketable Securities (as defined below) or a combination of cash and Marketable Securities, then this Warrant shall automatically be deemed to be exercised in full in a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 1(c) above effective immediately prior to and contingent upon the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction.

 

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“Marketable Securities” means securities meeting all of the following requirements (determined as of immediately prior to the closing of the Fundamental Transaction): (i) the issuer of such securities is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), and is then current in its filing of all required reports and other information under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; (ii) such securities are traded in a Trading Market and (iii) assuming that the holder was a holder of such securities, the holder would not be restricted from publicly re-selling all of such securities, except to the extent that any such restriction (x) arises solely under securities regulations and (y) does not extend beyond six (6) months following the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, securities held in escrow or subject to holdback to cover indemnification-related claims shall be deemed to be Marketable Securities if they would otherwise be Marketable Securities but for the fact that they are held in escrow or subject to holdback to cover indemnification-related claims.

 

(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will the Exercise Price per Warrant Share be reduced to less than the then-applicable par value per share of Common Stock.

 

3. NO FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional Warrant Shares or scrip representing fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional shares that would otherwise be issuable, the Company shall pay cash equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by the Fair Market Value of one Warrant Share.

 

4. NO STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. Until the exercise of this Warrant or any portion of this Warrant, the Warrantholder shall not have, nor be entitled to exercise, any rights as a stockholder of the Company (including, without limitation, the right to notification of stockholder meetings or the right to receive any notice or other communication concerning the business and affairs of the Company) except as provided in Section 3(b) and Section 8 below.

 

5. MECHANICS OF EXERCISE.

 

(a) Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised by the holder hereof, in whole or in part, at any time during the Exercise period by delivering to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Warrantholder at the address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly completed and executed copy of the Notice of Exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”) by facsimile or e-mail attachment and paying the Exercise Price (unless the Warrantholder has elected to Net Exercise) then in effect with respect to the number of Warrant Shares as to which the Warrant is being exercised. This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise as provided above, and the person entitled to receive the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise shall be treated for all purposes as the holder of such shares of record as of the close of business on such date. Warrant Shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent to the holder by crediting the account of the holder’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares by the holder and the Warrantholder has certified to the Company that it has sold or otherwise disposed of the Warrant Shares in accordance with the plan of distribution set forth in such registration statement, (B) the shares are eligible for resale by the holder pursuant to Rule 144 and the Warrantholder has certified to the Company that is has sold the Warrant Shares in accordance with the requirements of such Rule, or (C) the shares have been exercised on a Net Exercise basis and are eligible for resale by the holder pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner of sale limitations, and otherwise in book entry form or by physical delivery to the address specified by the holder in the Notice of Exercise by the end of the day (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”) on the date that is not more than two (2) Trading Days from the date of delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price therefor (unless exercised by means of a Net Exercise pursuant to Section 1(c)). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the applicable Notice of Exercise accompanied by payment of the applicable Exercise Price (other than an exercise by Net Exercise) is received by the Company and all taxes required to be paid by the holder, if any, prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid.

 

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(b) Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the transfer agent to transmit to the Warrantholder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 5(a) by the applicable Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Warrantholder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

(c) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Warrantholder, if the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the Warrantholder the Warrant Shares on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Warrantholder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Warrantholder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Warrantholder of the Warrant Shares that the Warrantholder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Warrantholder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Warrantholder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other fees, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Warrantholder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Warrantholder, either (x) reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded), (y) deliver to the Warrantholder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder, or (z) pay in cash to the Warrantholder the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Warrantholder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed. The Warrantholder shall provide the Company with written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Warrantholder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such Market Price Loss and specifying the amount of such loss.

 

(d) Make-Whole for Market Loss after Exercise. At the Warrantholder’s election, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Warrantholder the Warrant Shares by DWAC/FAST electronic transfer (such as by delivering a physical certificate) and if the Warrantholder incurs a Market Price Loss, then at any time subsequent to incurring the loss the Warrantholder may provide the Company written notice setting forth in reasonable detail and including evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such Market Price Loss and specifying amounts payable to the Warrantholder in respect of the Market Price Loss and the Company shall make the Warrantholder whole as follows:

 

Market Price Loss = [(High trade price on the day of exercise) x (Number of Warrant Shares)] - [(Sales price realized by Warrantholder) x (Number of Warrant Shares)]

 

The Company shall pay to the Warrantholder the Market Price Loss by cash payment, and any such cash payment shall be made by the third (3rd) Business Day from the time of the Warrantholder’s written notice to the Company.

 

(e) Make-Whole for Failure to Deliver Loss. At the Warrantholder’s election, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Warrantholder the Warrant Shares by the Warrant Share Delivery Date and if the Warrantholder incurs a Failure to Deliver Loss (determined as specified below), then at any time the Warrantholder may provide the Company written notice setting forth in reasonable detail and including evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such Market Price Loss and specifying the amounts payable to the Warrantholder in respect of the Failure to Deliver Loss and the Company must make the Warrantholder whole as follows:

 

Failure to Deliver Loss = [(High trade price at any time on or after the day of exercise) x (Number of Warrant Shares)]

 

The Company shall pay the Failure to Deliver Loss by cash payment, and any such cash payment shall be made by the third (3rd) Business Day from the time of the Warrantholder’s written notice to the Company.

 

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(f) If an election is made by the Warrantholder pursuant to Section 5(d) or Section 5(e) above, the Warrant shall be deemed exercised to the extent of the Number of Warrant Shares in respect of which payment of the Market Price Loss or Failure to Deliver Loss is made, as the case may be.

 

6. CERTIFICATE OF ADJUSTMENT. Whenever the Exercise Price or number or type of securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant is adjusted, in accordance with this Agreement, the Company shall, at its expense, promptly deliver to the Warrantholder written notice setting forth the nature of such adjustment and setting forth in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment(s) are based.

 

7. COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS.

 

(a) The Warrantholder understands that this Warrant and the Warrant Shares constitute “restricted securities” as such term is used in applicable federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations this Warrant and the Warrant Shares may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances. In this connection, the Warrantholder represents to the Company that it is familiar with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as presently in effect, and understands the resale limitations imposed thereby and by the Securities Act, including those applicable as a result of the Company constituting a “shell corporation” (as such term is defined and used in Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act) prior to the Merger. The Warrantholder represents, covenants and agrees that as of the date hereof, it is, and on each date on which it exercises the Warrants it will be, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.

 

(b) Prior, and as a condition, to the sale or transfer of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the Warrantholder shall furnish to the Company such certificates, representations, agreements and other information, including an opinion of counsel, as the Company or the Company’s transfer agent reasonably may require to confirm that such sale or transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, unless such Warrant Shares are being sold or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement.

 

(c) The Warrantholder acknowledges that the Company may place a restrictive legend on the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in order to comply with applicable securities laws, in substantially the following form and substance, unless such Warrant Shares are freely tradable, without restriction, under Rule 144 under the Securities Act or the transfer of sale of same is registered pursuant to an effective registration statement.

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS BOOK-ENTRY POSITION HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND NEITHER SUCH SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTEMPLATED MANNER OF OFFER, SALE, PLDEGE, ASSIGNMENT OR OTHER TRANSFER IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (2) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION EXISTS AND THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, WHICH COUNSEL AND OPINION ARE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED IN THE MANNER CONTEMPLATED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.”

 

8. REPLACEMENT OF WARRANTS. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, upon delivery to the Company of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company or, in the case of any such mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of such mutilated Warrant, the Company at its expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.

 

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9. NO IMPAIRMENT. Except to the extent as may be waived by the Warrantholder, the Company will not, by amendment of its charter or through a Fundamental Transaction, dissolution, sale of assets or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith comply with its obligations under this Agreement and take all such action as the Company determines to be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Warrantholder against impairment by or through the Company.

 

10. TRADING DAYS. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be other than a day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Trading Market, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day on which the Common Stock is so traded.

 

11. TRANSFERS; EXCHANGES.

 

(a) Subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and Section 7 hereof, this Warrant may be transferred by the Warrantholder to (i) any Affiliate (as defined below) and (ii) in the event that the Common Stock is listed on a Trading Market at the time of such transfer (which for the purposes of this Section 11 shall not include the OTC Markets), to any accredited investor with respect to any or all of the Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder (each, a “Permitted Transfer”). For a transfer of this Warrant as an entirety by the Warrantholder, upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company, together with the Notice of Assignment in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly completed and executed on behalf of the Warrantholder, the Company shall issue a new Warrant of the same denomination to the assignee. For a transfer of this Warrant with respect to a portion of the Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder, upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company, together with the Notice of Assignment in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly completed and executed on behalf of the Warrantholder, the Company shall issue a new Warrant to the assignee, in such denomination as shall be requested by the Warrantholder, and shall issue to the Warrantholder a new Warrant covering the number of shares in respect of which this Warrant shall not have been transferred. The term “Affiliate” as used herein means, with respect to any person, any other person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such person, and any officers, employees or partners of the Warrantholder.

 

(b) Upon any Permitted Transfer, this Warrant is exchangeable, without expense, at the option of the Warrantholder, upon presentation and surrender hereof to the Company for other warrants of different denominations entitling the holder thereof to purchase in the aggregate the same number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other warrants that carry the same rights upon presentation hereof at the principal office of the Company together with a written notice specifying the denominations in which new warrants are to be issued to the Warrantholder and signed by the Warrantholder hereof. The term “Warrants” as used herein includes any warrants into which this Warrant may be divided or exchanged.

 

12. VALID ISSUANCE; AUTHORIZED SHARES. The Company hereby represents, covenants and agrees that (i) this Warrant is, and any Warrant issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant shall be, upon issuance, a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms; (ii) the issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to the Company’s officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant; (iii) all Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith shall, upon issuance be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, issued without violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any stockholder of the Company and free and clear of all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue); and (iv) during the period the Warrant is outstanding, the Company shall reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant.

 

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13. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Warrantholder is a party to the Registration Rights Agreement dated May 22, 2026 among the Company, the Warrantholder, other Warrantholders and persons who purchased Common Stock in the Company’s private placement of up to $24,000,000 of Common Stock (inclusive of a $10,000,000 over-subscription option) under which the resale of the Warrant Shares is to be registered and has all of the rights and obligations provided for therein.

 

14. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

(a) This Agreement and any claim or dispute arising under this Agreement or relating thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to New York conflicts of law principles. The parties hereto covenant and agree that any judicial proceeding brought under this Agreement or any dispute arising out of this Agreement or any matter related hereto shall be brought in the courts of the State of New York, New York County, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

 

(b) All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing, shall be sent by confirmed facsimile or electronic mail, or mailed by first-class registered or certified airmail, or nationally recognized overnight express courier, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed given when receipt is acknowledged in the case of facsimile or electronic mail transmission, or when so received in the case of mail or courier, and addressed as follows: (a) if to the Company, to Matternet, Inc., Attention: Andreas Raptopoulos, CEO, Email: [email protected], with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice) Cooley LLP, 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304 Attention: John T. McKenna; E-mail: [email protected]; and (b) if to the Warrantholder, at such address or addresses (including copies to counsel) as set forth below.

 

(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the record holder of the Warrants any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns and of the record holder of the Warrants.

 

(d) This Agreement may be amended by the Company without the consent of the Warrantholder for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein or adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the Company may deem necessary or desirable and the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith determines such amendment will not adversely affect the interest of the Warrantholder. All other modifications or amendments shall require execution of same by the parties hereto.

 

(e) This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Common Stock Purchase Warrant is issued effective as of the date first set forth above.

 

  MATTERNET, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name:  Andreas Raptopoulos
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE
(To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant)

 

To: Matternet, Inc.

 

The undersigned, the Warrantholder of the attached Warrant, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, ______________________ (__________) shares of Common Stock of Matternet, Inc. and (choose one)

 

_______________herewith makes payment of _____________ dollars ($___________) thereof

 

or

 _______________elects to Net Exercise the Warrant pursuant to Section 1(b)(2) thereof.

 

The undersigned requests that the certificates or book entry position evidencing the shares to be acquired pursuant to such exercise be issued in the name of, and delivered to ______________________________________________________________, whose address is ______________________________________________________.

 

By its signature below the undersigned hereby represents and warrants that it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the attached Warrant as of the date hereof, including Section 7 thereof.

 

DATED:

 

  (Signature must conform in all respects to name of the Warrantholder as specified on the face of the Warrant)
     
   
  [_______________]
  Address:                
   
   

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [________________________] (the “Assignor”) hereby sells, assigns and transfers all of the rights of the undersigned Assignor under the attached Warrant with respect to the number of shares of common stock of Matternet, Inc. (the “Company”) covered thereby set forth below, to the following “Assignee” and, in connection with such transfer, represents and warrants to the Company that the transfer is in compliance with Section 7 of the Warrant and applicable federal and state securities laws:

 

NAME OF ASSIGNEE   ADDRESS/FAX NUMBER
     
Number of shares:____________________________   Signature:______________________________________
Dated:______________________________________   Witness:_______________________________________

 

ASSIGNEE ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

The undersigned Assignee acknowledges that it has reviewed the attached Warrant and by its signature below it hereby represents and warrants that it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Warrant as of the date hereof, including Section 7 thereof.

 

    Signature:  
       
    By:  
    Its:  
       
Address:      
       
       
       
       
E-Mail Address:      
       
       
       

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.15

 

Warrant Certificate No. _______

 

NEITHER THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, (C) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, OR (D) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THE HOLDER HAS, PRIOR TO SUCH SALE, FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF EXEMPTION, IN EITHER CASE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

Effective Date: ________________, 2026 Expiration Date: _____________, 2031

 

MATTERNET, INC.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), for value received on the Effective Date, hereby issues to _______________________________________________ (the “Holder”) this Warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase ___________________________ (____________) shares (as from time to time adjusted as hereinafter provided) (each such share a “Warrant Share” and all such shares being the “Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock (as defined below), at the Exercise Price (as defined below), as adjusted from time to time as provided herein, on or before the Expiration Date shown above, all subject to the following terms and conditions.

 

This Warrant is one of a series of Warrants of like tenor being issued to holders of the 10% Secured Convertible Promissory Notes (the “Bridge Notes”) of Matternet, Inc., a privately-held Delaware corporation (“Legacy Matternet”), in connection with Legacy Matternet’s private offering of the Bridge Notes in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions described in the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of May 22, 2026, entered into by and between Legacy Matternet and purchaser(s) of the Bridge Notes set forth on the signature pages affixed thereto (the “Purchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.

 

As used in this Warrant:

 

“Additional Shares of Common Stock” means all shares of Common Stock issued or deemed to be issued after the Effective Date other than Exempted Securities.

 

“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, a Person, as such terms are used and construed in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

“Board” means the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York, New York, are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

 

 

 

“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share, including any securities issued or issuable with respect thereto or into which or for which such shares may be exchanged for, or converted into, pursuant to any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization or other similar event.

 

“Common Stock Deemed Outstanding” means the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the issuance or deemed issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock (treating for this purpose as outstanding all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Options outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or deemed issuance or upon conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities outstanding (assuming exercise of any outstanding Options therefore)) immediately prior to such issuance.

 

“Convertible Securities” means any securities (directly or indirectly) convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, but excluding Options.

 

“dollar” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

“Exempted Securities” means:

 

(a)shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of this Warrant and the other Warrants of like tenor issued to the Purchasers of the Bridge Notes;

 

(b)shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Bridge Notes;

 

(c)shares of Common Stock (as such number of shares is equitably adjusted for subsequent stock splits, stock combinations, stock dividends, and recapitalizations) issued directly to, or upon the exercise of Options granted to, directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company in connection with their service as directors of the Company, their employment by the Company, or their retention as consultants by the Company, in each case authorized by the Board and issued pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans and employee stock purchase plan (including all such shares of Common Stock and Options outstanding prior to the Effective Date);

 

(d)shares of Common Stock (as such number of shares is equitably adjusted for subsequent stock splits, stock combinations, stock dividends, and recapitalizations) issued upon the conversion or exercise of Options (other than Options covered by clause (c) above) or Convertible Securities issued prior to the original issue date of the Bridge Notes, provided that such Options or Convertible Securities are not amended after the date hereof to increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder or to lower the exercise or conversion price thereof (other than as a result of the Merger);

 

(e)shares of Common Stock, Options, or Convertible Securities issued (i) to Persons in connection with a joint venture, strategic alliance or other commercial relationship with such Person (including Persons that are customers, suppliers and strategic partners of the Company) relating to the operation of the Company’s business and not for the primary purpose of raising equity capital, (ii) in connection with a transaction in which the Company, directly or indirectly, acquires another business or its tangible or intangible assets, or (iii) to lenders as “equity kickers” in connection with debt financings of the Company, in each case where such transactions have been approved by the Board;

 

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(f)shares of Common Stock, Options, or Convertible Securities issued to the lessor or vendor in any office lease or equipment lease or similar equipment financing transaction in which the Company obtains the use of such office space or equipment for its business; and

 

(g)shares of Common Stock, Options, or Convertible Securities issued by reason of a dividend, stock split, split-up, recapitalization, reorganization or other distribution on shares of Common Stock that is covered by Section 3(a)(i), Section 3(a)(ii) or Section 3(a)(iii).

 

“Exercise Price” means $3.00 per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

“Options” means any options, warrants or other rights or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

“OTC Markets” shall mean either the OTCQX Best Market (“OTCQX”) or OTCQB Venture Market (“OTCQB”) of the OTC Markets Group, Inc.

 

“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, trust, incorporated organization, or government or department or agency thereof.

 

“Trading Day” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the primary national or regional stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, or if not so listed, the OTC Markets, if quoted thereon, is open for the transaction of business.

 

“Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 22, 2026, by and among the Company, the Holder and the other Persons party thereto under which the sale of the Warrant Shares is to be registered and has all of the rights and obligations provided for therein.

 

1.DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS

 

(a) Exercise Period. The Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part on any Business Day on or before 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date, at which time this Warrant shall become void and of no value.

 

(b) Exercise Procedures.

 

(i) While this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable in accordance with Section 1(a), the Holder may exercise this Warrant in whole or in part at any time and from time to time by:

 

(A) delivery to the Company of a duly completed and executed copy of the notice of exercise attached as Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”);

 

(B) surrender of this Warrant to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder; and

 

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(C) payment of the then-applicable Exercise Price per share multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares being purchased upon exercise of the Warrant (such amount, the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) made in the form of cash, or by certified check, wire transfer, bank draft or money order payable in lawful money of the United States of America.

 

(ii) Upon the exercise of this Warrant in compliance with the provisions of this Section 1(b), and except as limited pursuant to Section 1(b)(iii), the Company shall promptly issue and cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate for the Warrant Shares purchased by the Holder. Each exercise of this Warrant shall be effective immediately prior to the close of business on the date (the “Date of Exercise”) that the conditions set forth in Section 1(b) have been satisfied, as the case may be. Upon delivery of each of the items set forth in Section 1(b)(i), the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Shares.

 

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1(b), the Holder may not exercise this Warrant if and to the extent that such exercise would require the Company to issue a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, less all amounts of Common Stock that have been reserved for issue upon the conversion of all outstanding securities convertible into shares of Common Stock and the exercise of all outstanding Options and other rights exercisable for shares of Common Stock. If the Company does not have the requisite number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to permit the Holder to exercise this Warrant, then the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the necessary stockholder consent to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to permit such Holder to exercise this Warrant pursuant to Section 1(b)(i).

 

(iv) Obligation Absolute. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Warrant Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder. The Company may not refuse exercise based on any claim that the Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining exercise of all or part of this Warrant shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 130% of the aggregate Exercise Price of all Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Warrant Shares.

 

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(v) Certain Mechanics of Exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1(b), if on the Date of Exercise the Common Stock is listed on a national or regional stock exchange or quoted on the OTC Markets, and (a) this Warrant is exercised for cash and there is then an effective registration statement registering the sale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, or (b) this Warrant is exercised on a cashless basis pursuant to subsection (vi) below and the Warrant Shares are eligible for sale by the Holder pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, the following provisions shall apply:

 

(A) Delivery of Certificate upon Exercise. Not later than five (5) Trading Days (as defined below) after the Date of Exercise (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant Shares which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions, representing the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant. The Company shall use its best efforts to deliver any certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.

 

(B) Partial Liquidated Damages. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section 1(b)(v)(A) by the Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of principal amount being converted, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the seventh (7th) Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Share Delivery Date until such certificates are delivered. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Company’s failure to deliver Warrant Shares within the period specified herein and the Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

 

(C) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates by the Share Delivery Date, and if after such Share Delivery Date the Holder purchases or is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the exercise relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by the Holder), if any, the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder was entitled to receive from the exercise at issue multiplied by (2) the actual per share sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Warrant in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted exercise (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4(d)(ii). For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the actual sale price of the Warrant Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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(vi) Cashless Exercise. If at any time after the Registration Effectiveness Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

 

  (A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;
     
  (B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and
     
  (X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

“Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

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“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. Assuming (i) the Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company, and (ii) all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act with respect to Holder and the Warrant Shares are met in the case of such a cashless exercise, the Company agrees that the Company will cause the removal of the legend from such Warrant Shares (including by delivering an opinion of the Company’s counsel to the Company’s transfer agent at its own expense to ensure the foregoing), and the Company agrees that the Holder is under no obligation to sell the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to removing the legend. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 1(b)(vi).

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that, on the Expiration Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for the issuance of, the Warrant Shares to the Holder, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 1(b)(vi) on such Expiration Date.

 

(c) Partial Exercise. This Warrant shall be exercisable, either in its entirety or, from time to time, for part only of the number of Warrant Shares referenced by this Warrant; provided, that any such partial exercise must be for an integral number of Warrant Shares. If this Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall issue, at its expense, a new Warrant, in substantially the form of this Warrant, referencing such reduced number of Warrant Shares that remain subject to this Warrant.

 

(d) Maximum Exercise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Warrant, this Warrant shall not be exercisable by the Holder hereof to the extent (but only to the extent) that such exercise would cause the Holder and its affiliates (if they are not, prior to such exercise, already beneficial owners of greater than 9.99% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock) to beneficially own in excess of the Maximum Percentage of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock; provided, however, that the Holder may reduce the Maximum Percentage or waive the limitation imposed by this subsection, and/or increase the Maximum Percentage to some other amount, upon at least sixty-one (61) days written notice to the Company prior to the Date of Exercise. For the purposes of this Section, beneficial ownership and all determinations and calculations (including, without limitation, with respect to calculations of percentage ownership) shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor Holder of this Warrant.

 

(e) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 15.

 

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2.WARRANT SHARES

 

(a) The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, be (i) duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable, and (ii) free from all liens, charges and security interests, with the exception of claims arising through the acts or omissions of any Holder and except as arising from applicable Federal and state securities laws.

 

(b) The Company shall register this Warrant upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose in the name of the record holder of such Warrant from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of any exercise thereof, any distribution to the Holder thereof and for all other purposes.

 

(c) The Company will not, by amendment of its articles of incorporation, by-laws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all action necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder to exercise this Warrant, or against impairment of such rights.

 

3.ADJUSTMENTS OF EXERCISE PRICE, NUMBER AND TYPE OF WARRANT SHARES

 

(a) The Exercise Price and the number of shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events described in this Section 3(a); provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3, the Company shall not be required to make any adjustment if and to the extent that such adjustment would require the Company to issue a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, less all amounts of Common Stock that have been reserved for issue upon the conversion of all outstanding securities convertible into shares of Common Stock and the exercise of all outstanding options, warrants and other rights exercisable for shares of Common Stock. If the Company does not have the requisite number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to make any adjustment, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the necessary stockholder consent to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to make such an adjustment pursuant to this Section 3(a). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will the Exercise Price per Warrant Share be reduced to less than the then-applicable par value per share of Common Stock.

 

(i) Subdivision or Combination of Stock. In case the Company shall at any time subdivide (whether by way of stock dividend, stock split or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares shall be proportionately increased, and conversely, in case the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be combined (whether by way of stock combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares shall be proportionately decreased. The Exercise Price and the Warrant Shares, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described in this Section 3(a)(i).

 

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(ii) Dividends in Stock, Property, Reclassification. If at any time, or from time to time, the holders of Common Stock (or any shares of stock or other securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall have received or become entitled to receive, without payment therefor:

 

(A) any shares of stock or other securities that are at any time directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or any rights or options to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any of the foregoing by way of dividend or other distribution, or

 

(B) additional stock or other securities or property (including cash) by way of spin-off, split-up, reclassification, combination of shares or similar corporate rearrangement (other than shares of Common Stock issued as a stock split or adjustments in respect of which shall be covered by the terms of Section 3(a)(i) above),

 

then and in each such case, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares to be obtained upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted proportionately, and the Holder hereof shall, upon the exercise of this Warrant, be entitled to receive, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock receivable thereupon, and without payment of any additional consideration therefor, the amount of stock and other securities and property (including cash in the cases referred to above) that such Holder would hold on the date of such exercise had such Holder been the holder of record of such Common Stock as of the date on which holders of Common Stock received or became entitled to receive such shares or all other additional stock and other securities and property. The Exercise Price and the Warrant Shares, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described in this Section 3(a)(ii).

 

(iii) Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale. If any recapitalization, reclassification or reorganization of the capital stock of the Company, or any consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation, or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets or other transaction shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or other assets or property (an “Organic Change”), then lawful and adequate provisions shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive (in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant) such shares of stock, securities or other assets or property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of shares of such stock immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable assuming the full exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant. In the event of any Organic Change, appropriate provision shall be made by the Company with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for adjustments of the Exercise Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall thereafter be applicable, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof. To the extent necessary to effect the foregoing provisions, the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall assume by written instrument reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder executed and mailed or delivered to the registered Holder hereof at the last address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company, the obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such Holder may be entitled to purchase. If there is an Organic Change, then the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear on the books and records of the Company, at least ten (10) calendar days before the effective date of the Organic Change, a notice stating the date on which such Organic Change is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares for securities, cash, or other property delivered upon such Organic Change; provided, that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. The Holder is entitled to exercise this Warrant during the ten (10)-day period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice. In any event, the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall be deemed to assume such obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets even in the absence of a written instrument assuming such obligation to the extent such assumption occurs by operation of law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of an Organic Change where the consideration payable to holders of shares of Common Stock consists solely of cash, solely of marketable securities or a combination of cash and marketable securities, then this Warrant shall automatically be deemed to be exercised in full in a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 1(b)(iv) above effective immediately prior to and contingent upon the consummation of such Organic Change.

 

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(b) Adjustment of Exercise Price upon Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock.

 

(i) Except as provided in Section 3(b)(iii) and except in the case of an event described in either Section 3(a)(i), Section 3(a)(ii), or Section 3(a)(iii), if the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after the Effective Date and before the date that is six (6) months after the date (if any) on which the Common Stock is listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE American or The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (or any successor of each), issue or sell, or in accordance with Section 3(b)(iv) is deemed to have issued or sold, any Additional Shares of Common Stock without consideration or for consideration per share less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale), then immediately upon such issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale), the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale) shall be reduced (and in no event increased) to an Exercise Price (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing:

 

(A) the sum of (A) the product obtained by multiplying the Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale) by the Exercise Price then in effect plus (B) the aggregate consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale); by

 

(B) the sum of (A) the Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale) plus (B) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued or sold (or deemed issued or sold) by the Company in such issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale).

 

(ii) Exceptions To Adjustment Upon Issuance of Common Stock. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, there shall be no adjustment to the Exercise Price with respect to any Exempted Securities.

 

(iii) Effect of Certain Events on Adjustment to Exercise Price. For purposes of determining the adjusted Exercise Price under Section 3(b)(i) hereof, the following shall be applicable:

 

(A) Issuance of Options. If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after the Effective Date, in any manner grant or sell any Options, whether or not such Options or the right to convert or exchange any Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options are immediately exercisable, and the price per share (determined as provided in this paragraph and in Section 3(b)(iv)) for which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options is less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the time of the granting or sale of such Options, then the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon conversion or exchange of the total maximum amount of Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of granting or sale of such Options (and thereafter shall be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of adjusting the Exercise Price under Section 3(b)(i)), at a price per share equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the sum (which sum shall constitute the applicable consideration received for purposes of Section 3(b)(i)) of (x) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the granting or sale of all such Options, plus (y) the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration payable to the Company upon the exercise of all such Options, plus (z) in the case of such Options which relate to Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the issuance or sale of all such Convertible Securities and the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities, by (B) the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of all Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of all such Options. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3(b)(iv)(C), no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of Common Stock or of Convertible Securities upon exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of such Options.

 

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(B) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after the Effective Date, in any manner grant or sell any Convertible Securities, whether or not the right to convert or exchange any such Convertible Securities is immediately exercisable, and the price per share (determined as provided in this paragraph and in Section 3(b)(iv)(E)) for which Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities is less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the time of the granting or sale of such Convertible Securities, then the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of the total maximum amount of such Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of granting or sale of such Convertible Securities (and thereafter shall be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of adjusting the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 3(b)(i)), at a price per share equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the sum (which sum shall constitute the applicable consideration received for purposes of Section 3(b)(i)) of (x) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the granting or sale of such Convertible Securities, plus (y) the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities, by (B) the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3(b)(iv)(C), no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities or the issue or sale of Convertible Securities upon exercise of any Options to purchase any such Convertible Securities for which adjustments of the Exercise Price have been made pursuant to the other provisions of this Section 3(b)(iv).

 

(C) Change in Terms of Options or Convertible Securities. Upon any change in any of (A) the total amount received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the granting or sale of any Options or Convertible Securities referred to in Section 3(b)(iv)(A) or Section 3(b)(iv)(B) hereof, (B) the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the exercise of any Options or upon the issuance, conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities referred to in Section 3(b)(iv)(A) or Section 3(b)(iv)(B) hereof, (C) the rate at which Convertible Securities referred to in Section 3(b)(iv)(A) or Section 3(b)(iv)(B) hereof are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or (D) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with any Options referred to in Section 3(b)(iv)(A) hereof or any Convertible Securities referred to in Section 3(b)(iv)(B) hereof (in each case, other than in connection with an Exempted Security), then (whether or not the original issuance or sale of such Options or Convertible Securities resulted in an adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 3(b)) the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such change shall be adjusted or readjusted, as applicable, to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3(b) had such Options or Convertible Securities still outstanding provided for such changed consideration, conversion rate, or maximum number of shares, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued, or sold, but only if as a result of such adjustment or readjustment the Exercise Price then in effect is reduced, and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to any such adjustment or readjustment shall be correspondingly adjusted or readjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(b)(ii).

 

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(D) Treatment of Expired or Terminated Options or Convertible Securities. Upon the expiration or termination of any unexercised Option (or portion thereof) or any unconverted or unexchanged Convertible Security (or portion thereof) for which any adjustment (either upon its original issuance or upon a revision of its terms) was made pursuant to this Section 3(b) (including upon the redemption or purchase for consideration of all or any portion of such Option or Convertible Security by the Company), the Exercise Price then in effect hereunder shall forthwith be changed pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3(b) to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at the time of such expiration or termination had such unexercised Option (or portion thereof) or unconverted or unexchanged Convertible Security (or portion thereof), to the extent outstanding immediately prior to such expiration or termination, never been issued.

 

(E) Calculation of Consideration Received. If the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after the Effective Date, issue or sell, or is deemed to have issued or sold in accordance with Section 3(b)(iv), any shares of Common Stock, Options, or Convertible Securities: (1) for cash, the consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor; (2) for consideration other than cash, the amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Company shall be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of marketable securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company shall be the market price (as reflected on any securities exchange, quotation system or association, or similar pricing system covering such security) for such securities as of the end of business on the date of receipt of such securities; (3) for no specifically allocated consideration in connection with an issuance or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction, the amount of the consideration therefor shall be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the aggregate consideration received by the Company in such transaction as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options, or Convertible Securities, as the case may be, issued in such transaction; or (4) to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation, the amount of consideration therefor shall be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Common Stock, Options, or Convertible Securities, as the case may be, issued to such owners. The net amount of any cash consideration and the fair value of any consideration other than cash or marketable securities shall be determined in good faith by the Board.

 

(F) Record Date. For purposes of any adjustment to the Exercise Price or the number of Warrant Shares in accordance with this Section 3(b), in case the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (1) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock, Options, or Convertible Securities or (2) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options, or Convertible Securities, then such record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be; provided, that if before the distribution to its holders of Common Stock the Company legally abandons its plan to pay or deliver such dividend, distribution, subscription, or purchase rights, then thereafter no adjustment shall be required by the taking of such record and any such adjustment previously made in respect thereof shall be rescinded and annulled.

 

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(G) Treasury Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company or any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and the disposition of any such shares (other than the cancellation or retirement thereof or the transfer of such shares among the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries) shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock for the purpose of this Section 3(b).

 

(c) Certificate as to Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment pursuant to this Section 3, the Company at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to each Holder of this Warrant a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to such Holder a like certificate setting forth: (i) such adjustments and readjustments; and (ii) the number of shares and the amount, if any, of other property which at the time would be received upon the exercise of the Warrant.

 

(d) Certain Events. If any event occurs as to which the other provisions of this Section 3 are not strictly applicable but the lack of any adjustment would not fairly protect the purchase rights of the Holder under this Warrant in accordance with the basic intent and principles of such provisions, or if strictly applicable would not fairly protect the purchase rights of the Holder under this Warrant in accordance with the basic intent and principles of such provisions, then the ’ Board will, in good faith and subject to applicable law, make an appropriate adjustment to protect the rights of the Holder; provided, that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 3(d) will increase the Exercise Price as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 3.

 

4.TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF WARRANT AND WARRANT SHARES

 

(a) Registration of Transfers and Exchanges. Subject to Section 4(c), upon the Holder’s surrender of this Warrant, with a duly executed copy of the Form of Assignment attached as Exhibit B, to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder, the Company shall register the transfer of all or any portion of this Warrant. Upon such registration of transfer, the Company shall issue a new Warrant, in substantially the form of this Warrant, evidencing the acquisition rights transferred to the transferee and a new Warrant, in similar form, evidencing the remaining acquisition rights not transferred, to the Holder requesting the transfer.

 

(b) Warrant Exchangeable for Different Denominations. The Holder may exchange this Warrant for a new Warrant or Warrants, in substantially the form of this Warrant, evidencing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares, which may then be purchased hereunder, each of such new Warrants to be dated the date of such exchange and to represent the right to purchase such number of Warrant Shares as shall be designated by the Holder. The Holder shall surrender this Warrant with duly executed instructions regarding such re-certification of this Warrant to the Secretary of the Company at its principal offices or at such other office or agency as the Company may specify in writing to the Holder.

 

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(c) Restrictions on Transfers. This Warrant may not be transferred at any time without (i) registration under the Securities Act or (ii) an exemption from such registration and a written opinion of legal counsel addressed to the Company that the proposed transfer of the Warrant may be effected without registration under the Securities Act, which opinion will be in form and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

(d) Permitted Transfers and Assignments. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section 4, the Holder may transfer, with or without consideration, this Warrant or any of the Warrant Shares (or a portion thereof) to the Holder’s Affiliates (as such term is defined under Rule 144 of the Securities Act) without obtaining the opinion from counsel that may be required by Section 4(c)(ii), provided that the Holder delivers to the Company and its counsel certification, documentation, and other assurances reasonably required by the Company’s counsel to enable the Company’s counsel to render an opinion to the Company or its Transfer Agent that such transfer does not violate applicable securities laws.

 

5.MUTILATED OR MISSING WARRANT CERTIFICATE

 

If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, upon request by the Holder, the Company will, at its expense, issue, in exchange for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, or in substitution for the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant, a new Warrant, in substantially the form of this Warrant, representing the right to acquire the equivalent number of Warrant Shares; provided, that, as a prerequisite to the issuance of a substitute Warrant, the Company may require satisfactory evidence of loss, theft or destruction as well as an indemnity from the Holder of a lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant.

 

6.PAYMENT OF TAXES AND FEES

 

The Company will pay all transfer and stock issuance taxes attributable to the preparation, issuance and delivery of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares (and replacement Warrants) including, without limitation, all documentary and stamp taxes; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax in respect of the transfer of this Warrant, or the issuance or delivery of certificates for Warrant Shares or other securities in respect of the Warrant Shares to any Person or entity other than to the Holder. The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees required for processing of any exercise and any fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

7.FRACTIONAL WARRANT SHARES

 

No fractional Warrant Shares shall be issued upon exercise of this Warrant. Upon the full exercise of this Warrant, the Company, in lieu of issuing any fractional Warrant Share, shall pay to the Holder an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the Exercise Price then in effect by the fraction of a share not issued pursuant to the previous sentence.

 

8.NO STOCK RIGHTS AND LEGEND

 

No holder of this Warrant, as such, shall be entitled to vote or be deemed the holder of any other securities of the Company that may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the holder of this Warrant, as such, the rights of a stockholder of the Company or the right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or give or withhold consent to any corporate action or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided herein), or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise (except as provide herein). Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 1(b)(vi), in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.

 

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Each certificate for Warrant Shares initially issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, and each certificate for Warrant Shares issued to any subsequent transferee of any such certificate, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

NEITHER THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, (C) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, OR (D) IN A TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THE HOLDER HAS, PRIOR TO SUCH SALE, FURNISHED TO THE COMPANY AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF EXEMPTION, IN EITHER CASE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

9.REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

The Holder shall be entitled to the registration rights with respect to the Warrant Shares set forth in, and subject to the conditions of, the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

10.NOTICES

 

All notices, consents, waivers, and other communications under this Warrant must be in writing and will be deemed given to a party when (a) delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier service (costs prepaid); (b) sent by e-mail; (c) received or rejected by the addressee, if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, if to the registered Holder hereof; or (d) seven days after the placement of the notice into the mails (first class postage prepaid), to the Holder at the address, facsimile number, or e- mail address furnished by the registered Holder to the Company in accordance with the Subscription Agreement by and between the Company and the Holder or, if the registered Holder is not the original purchaser of this Warrant, then as provided in the Form of Assignment delivered to the Company pursuant to Section 4(a) in connection with the assignment of this Warrant to such Holder, or if to the Company, to it at:

 

Matternet, Inc.
355 Ravendale Drive

Mountain View, California
Attn: Andreas Raptopoulos
 

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(or to such other address or e-mail address as the Holder or the Company as a party may designate by notice to the other party in accordance with this Section 10) with a copy to:

 

Cooley LLP
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA
Attn: John T. McKenna

 

11.SEVERABILITY

 

If a court of competent jurisdiction holds any provision of this Warrant invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions of this Warrant will remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this Warrant held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.

 

12.BINDING EFFECT

 

This Warrant shall be binding upon and inure to the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, its successors and assigns, the registered Holder or Holders from time to time of this Warrant and the Warrant Shares.

 

13.SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES

 

This Warrant shall terminate and be of no further force and effect on the earlier of 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date or the date on which this Warrant has been exercised in full.

 

14.GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION

 

This Warrant will be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws principles that would require the application of any other law. Each party hereto agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) may be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding; provided, however, that any suit seeking enforcement of this Warrant may be brought, at the Holder’s option, in the courts of any other jurisdiction where the Holder elects to bring such action. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Note and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

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15.DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within five (5) Business Days of receipt of the Notice of Exercise giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation of the Exercise Price or the Warrant Shares within three (3) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, at its sole discretion, within five (5) Business Days, submit via facsimile (a) the disputed determination of the Exercise Price to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder, or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company shall cause at its expense the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than ten (10) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations; provided that, if such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted by the Holder is determined to be incorrect, then the expense of the investment bank or the accountant shall be the responsibility of the Holder. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the parties thereto.

 

16.NOTICES OF RECORD DATE

 

Upon (a) any establishment by the Company of a record date of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution, or right or option to acquire securities of the Company, or any other right, or (b) any capital reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other corporation, any transfer of all or substantially all the assets of the Company, or any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, or the sale, in a single transaction, of a majority of the Company’s voting stock (whether newly issued, or from treasury, or previously issued and then outstanding, or any combination thereof), the Company shall mail to the Holder at least ten (10) Business Days, or such longer period as may be required by law, prior to the record date specified therein, a notice specifying (i) the date established as the record date for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, option or right and a description of such dividend, option or right, (ii) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, transfer, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, or sale is expected to become effective and (iii) the date, if any, fixed as to when the holders of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, transfer, consolation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

 

17.RESERVATION OF SHARES

 

The Company shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock for issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant, free from pre-emptive rights, such number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant shall from time to time be exercisable. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company covenants that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents, including but not limited to consents from the Company’s stockholders or Board or any public regulatory body, as may be necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

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18.HEADINGS

 

The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

19.AMENDMENT AND WAIVERS

 

Any term of this Warrant may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), with the written consent of the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

20.NO THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS

 

This Warrant is not intended, and will not be construed, to create any rights in any parties other than the Company and the Holder, and no Person or entity may assert any rights as third-party beneficiary hereunder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  MATTERNET, INC.
   
  By:   
    Name: Andreas Raptopoulos
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

(To be executed by the Holder of Warrant if such Holder desires to exercise Warrant)

 

To Matternet, Inc.:

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise this Warrant and to purchase thereunder,_________________ shares of Matternet, Inc. common stock and (choose one):

 

______ herewith makes payment of _____________ dollars ($___________) thereof

 

or

 

______ elects to exercise this Warrant on a cashless basis pursuant to Section 1(b)(vi) thereof.

 

The undersigned requests that the certificates or book entry position evidencing the shares to be acquired pursuant to such exercise be issued in the name of, and delivered to:

 

____________________________________________________

(Please print name, address and social security or
federal employer identification number (if applicable))*

 

If the shares issuable upon this exercise of the Warrant are not all of the Warrant Shares which the Holder is entitled to acquire upon the exercise of the Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant evidencing the rights not so exercised be issued in the name of and delivered to:

 

____________________________________________________

(Please print name, address and social security or
federal employer identification number (if applicable))*

 

Name of Holder (print):_____________________________  
   
(Signature):______________________________________  
   
(By:)___________________________________________  
   
(Title:)__________________________________________  
   
Dated:__________________________________________  

 

*If Warrant Shares are to be issued in any name other than that of the registered Holder of the Warrant, then the Holder must include an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such issuance complies with all applicable securities laws.

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, _________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers to each assignee set forth below all of the rights of the undersigned under the Warrant (as defined in and evidenced by the attached Warrant) to acquire the number of Warrant Shares set opposite the name of such assignee below and in and to the foregoing Warrant with respect to said acquisition rights and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant:

 

Name of Assignee
(and social security or
federal employer
identification number
if applicable))
  Address   Number of
Shares
         
         
         

 

If the total of the Warrant Shares are not all of the Warrant Shares evidenced by the foregoing Warrant, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant evidencing the right to acquire the Warrant Shares not so assigned be issued in the name of and delivered to the undersigned.

 

Name of Holder (print):_____________________________  
   
(Signature):______________________________________  
   
(By:)___________________________________________  
   
(Title:)__________________________________________  
   
Dated:__________________________________________  

 

 

Exhibit 10.16

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM. THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH OFFER, SALE, TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATION OTHERWISE COMPLIES WITH THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. This warrant must be surrendered to the coMPANY or its transfer agent as a condition precedent to the sale, transfer, pledge or hypothecation of any interest in any of the securities represented hereby.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE SHARES OF NON-VOTING COMMON STOCK

of

MATTERNET, INC.

Dated as of _____________

Void after the date specified in Section 8

 

See Carta for Warrant No.

Warrant to Purchase

________ Shares of

Non-Voting Common Stock

(subject to adjustment)

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, Patrick W Smith, or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the provisions and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, to purchase from Matternet, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), shares of the Company’s Non-Voting Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Shares”), in the amounts, at such times and at the price per share set forth in Section 1. The term “Warrant” as used herein shall include this Warrant and any warrants delivered in substitution or exchange therefor as provided herein. This Warrant is issue in connection with the transactions in the Series B-3 Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 2, 2025, by and among the Company and the investors described therein (the “Purchase Agreement”). The holder of this Warrant is subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Purchase Agreement. This Warrant is one of a series of warrants referred to as the “Warrants” in the Purchase Agreement.

 

The following is a statement of the rights of the Holder and the conditions to which this Warrant is subject, and to which Holder, by acceptance of this Warrant, agrees:

 

1. Number and Price of Shares; Exercise Period.

 

(a) Number of Shares. Subject to any previous exercise of the Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to purchase up to ___________ Shares, as may be adjusted pursuant hereto, prior to (or in connection with) the expiration of this Warrant as provided in Section 8.

 

(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per Share shall be equal to $0.01, subject to adjustment pursuant hereto (the “Exercise Price”).

 

 

 

 

(c) Exercise Period. This Warrant shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, prior to (or in connection with) the expiration of this Warrant as set forth in Section 8.

 

2. Exercise of the Warrant.

 

(a) Exercise. The purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised at the election of the Holder, in whole or in part, in accordance with Section 1, by:

 

(i) the tender to the Company at its principal office (or such other office or agency as the Company may designate) of a notice of exercise in the form of Exhibit A (the “Notice of Exercise”), duly completed and executed by or on behalf of the Holder, together with the surrender of this Warrant; and

 

(ii) the payment to the Company of an amount equal to (x) the Exercise Price multiplied by (y) the number of Shares being purchased, by wire transfer or certified, cashier’s or other check acceptable to the Company and payable to the order of the Company.

 

(b) Net Issue Exercise. In lieu of exercising this Warrant pursuant to Section 2(a)(ii), if the fair market value of one Share is greater than the Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), the Holder may elect to receive a number of Shares equal to the value of this Warrant (or of any portion of this Warrant being canceled) by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company (or such other office or agency as the Company may designate) together with a properly completed and executed Notice of Exercise reflecting such election, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder that number of Shares computed using the following formula:

 

X =

    Y (A – B)    

          A

 

Where:

 

  X = The number of Shares to be issued to the Holder
  Y = The number of Shares purchasable under this Warrant or, if only a portion of the Warrant is being exercised, the portion of the Warrant being canceled (at the date of such calculation)
  A = The fair market value of one Share (at the date of such calculation)
  B = The Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation)

 

For purposes of the calculation above, the fair market value of one Share shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, acting in good faith; provided, however, that:

 

(i) where a public market exists for the Company’s common stock at the time of such exercise, the fair market value per Share shall be the average of the closing bid prices of the common stock or the closing price quoted on the national securities exchange on which the common stock is listed as published in the Wall Street Journal, as applicable, for the ten (10) trading day period ending five (5) trading days prior to the date of determination of fair market value; and

 

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(ii) if the Warrant is exercised in connection with the Company’s initial public offering of common stock, the fair market value per Share shall be the per share offering price to the public of the Company’s initial public offering.

 

(c) Stock Certificates. The rights under this Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised and the Shares issuable upon such exercise shall be deemed to have been issued immediately prior to the close of business on the date this Warrant is exercised in accordance with its terms, and the person entitled to receive the Shares issuable upon such exercise shall be treated for all purposes as the holder of record of such Shares as of the close of business on such date. As promptly as reasonably practicable on or after such date, the Company shall issue and deliver to the person or persons entitled to receive the same a certificate or certificates (or a notice of issuance of uncertificated shares, if applicable) for that number of shares issuable upon such exercise. In the event that the rights under this Warrant are exercised in part and have not expired, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant reflecting the number of Shares that remain subject to this Warrant.

 

(d) No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of the rights under this Warrant. In lieu of such fractional share to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled, the Company shall make a cash payment equal to the fair market value of a Share multiplied by such fraction.

 

(e) Conditional Exercise. The Holder may exercise this Warrant conditioned upon (and effective immediately prior to) consummation of any transaction that would cause the expiration of this Warrant pursuant to Section 8 by so indicating in the notice of exercise.

 

(f) Automatic Exercise. If the Holder of this Warrant has not elected to exercise this Warrant prior to expiration of this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, then this Warrant shall automatically (without any act on the part of the Holder) be exercised pursuant to Section 2(b) effective immediately prior to the expiration of the Warrant to the extent such net issue exercise would result in the issuance of Shares, unless Holder shall earlier provide written notice to the Company that the Holder desires that this Warrant expire unexercised. If this Warrant is automatically exercised, the Company shall notify the Holder of the automatic exercise as soon as reasonably practicable, and the Holder shall surrender the Warrant to the Company in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

(g) Reservation of Stock. The Company agrees during the term the rights under this Warrant are exercisable will at all times reserve and keep available from its authorized and unissued shares of common stock for the purpose of effecting the exercise of this Warrant such number of shares as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the exercise of the rights under this Warrant; and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of common stock shall not be sufficient for purposes of the exercise of this Warrant in accordance with its terms, without limitation of such other remedies as may be available to the Holder, the Company will take such corporate action as may be necessary to increase its authorized and unissued shares of its common stock to a number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes. The Company represents and warrants that all shares that may be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant will, when issued in accordance with the terms hereof, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

3. Replacement of the Warrant. Subject to the receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, on delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Company or, in the case of mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at the expense of the Holder shall execute and deliver, in lieu of this Warrant, a new warrant of like tenor and amount.

 

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4. Transfer of the Warrant.

 

(a) Warrant Register. The Company shall maintain a register (the “Warrant Register”) containing the name and address of the Holder or Holders. Until this Warrant is transferred on the Warrant Register in accordance herewith, the Company may treat the Holder as shown on the Warrant Register as the absolute owner of this Warrant for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. Any Holder of this Warrant (or of any portion of this Warrant) may change its address as shown on the Warrant Register by written notice to the Company requesting a change.

 

(b) Warrant Agent. The Company may appoint an agent for the purpose of maintaining the Warrant Register referred to in Section 4(a), issuing the Shares or other securities then issuable upon the exercise of the rights under this Warrant, exchanging this Warrant, replacing this Warrant or conducting related activities.

 

(c) Transferability of the Warrant. Subject to the provisions of this Warrant with respect to compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and limitations on assignments and transfers, including without limitation compliance with the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 5, title to this Warrant may be transferred by endorsement (by the transferor and the transferee executing the assignment form attached as Exhibit B (the “Assignment Form”)) and delivery in the same manner as a negotiable instrument transferable by endorsement and delivery.

 

(d) Exchange of the Warrant upon a Transfer. On surrender of this Warrant (and a properly endorsed Assignment Form) for exchange, subject to the provisions of this Warrant with respect to compliance with the Securities Act and limitations on assignments and transfers, the Company shall issue to or on the order of the Holder a new warrant or warrants of like tenor, in the name of the Holder or as the Holder (on payment by the Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may direct, for the number of shares issuable upon exercise hereof, and the Company shall register any such transfer upon the Warrant Register. This Warrant (and the securities issuable upon exercise of the rights under this Warrant) must be surrendered to the Company or its warrant or transfer agent, as applicable, as a condition precedent to the sale, pledge, hypothecation or other transfer of any interest in any of the securities represented hereby.

 

(e) Taxes. In no event shall the Company be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of any certificate, or a book entry, in a name other than that of the Holder, and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any such certificate, or make such book entry, unless and until the person or persons requesting the issue or entry thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

 

5. Restrictions on Transfer of the Warrant and Shares; Compliance with Securities Laws. By acceptance of this Warrant, the Holder agrees to comply with the following:

 

(a) Restrictions on Transfers. Other than those permitted transfers set forth in Section 5(b), this Warrant may not be transferred or assigned in whole or in part without the Company’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), and any attempt by Holder to transfer or assign any rights, duties or obligations that arise under this Warrant without such permission shall be void. Any transfer of this Warrant or the Shares (the “Securities”) must be in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws. The Holder agrees not to make any sale, assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition of all or any portion of the Securities, or any beneficial interest therein, unless and until the transferee thereof has agreed in writing for the benefit of the Company to take and hold such Securities subject to, and to be bound by, the terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant to the same extent as if the transferee were the original Holder hereunder, and

 

(i) there is then in effect a registration statement under the Securities Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made in accordance with such registration statement, or

 

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(ii) (A) such Holder shall have given prior written notice to the Company of such Holder’s intention to make such disposition and shall have furnished the Company with a detailed description of the manner and circumstances of the proposed disposition, (B) the transferee shall have confirmed to the satisfaction of the Company in writing, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1, that the Securities are being acquired (i) solely for the transferee’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, (ii) for investment and (iii) not with a view toward distribution or resale, and shall have confirmed such other matters related thereto as may be reasonably requested by the Company and (C) Holder shall have furnished the Company with (i) a written opinion of legal counsel who shall, and whose legal opinion shall, be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, addressed to the Company, to the effect that the proposed transaction may be effected without registration under the Securities Act; (ii) a “no action” letter from the SEC to the effect that the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of such Securities without registration will not result in a recommendation by the staff of the SEC that action be taken with respect thereto; or (iii) any other evidence reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Company to the effect that the proposed sale, pledge, or transfer of the Securities may be effected without registration under the Securities Act.

 

(b) Permitted Transfers. Permitted transfers with respect to Section 5(a) include (i) a transfer not involving a change in beneficial ownership, or (ii) transactions involving the distribution without consideration of Securities by any Holder to (x) a parent, subsidiary or other affiliate of a Holder that is a corporation, (y) any of the Holder’s partners, members or other equity owners, or retired partners or members, or to the estate of any of its partners, members or other equity owners or retired partners or members, or (z) a venture capital fund that is controlled by or under common control with one or more general partners or managing members of, or shares the same management company with, the Holder; provided, in each case, that the Holder shall give written notice to the Company of the Holder’s intention to effect such disposition and shall have furnished the Company with a detailed description of the manner and circumstances of the proposed disposition.

 

(c) Investment Representation Statement. Unless the rights under this Warrant are exercised pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act that includes the Shares with respect to which the Warrant was exercised, it shall be a condition to any exercise of the rights under this Warrant that the Holder shall have confirmed to the satisfaction of the Company in writing, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1, that the Shares so purchased are being acquired solely for the Holder’s own account and not as a nominee for any other party, for investment and not with a view toward distribution or resale and that the Holder shall have confirmed such other matters related thereto as may be reasonably requested by the Company.

 

(d) Securities Law Legend. Each certificate, instrument or book entry representing the Securities shall (unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Warrant) be notated with a legend substantially similar to the following (in addition to any legend required by state securities laws):

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF CERTAIN STATES. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM. THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATION OTHERWISE COMPLIES WITH THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. This certificate must be surrendered to the coMPANY or its transfer agent as a condition precedent to the sale, TRANSFER, pledge OR hypothecation of any interest in any of the securities represented hereby.

 

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(e) Market Stand-off Legend. Each certificate, instrument or book entry representing the Shares issued upon exercise hereof shall also be notated with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE, INCLUDING A LOCK-UP PERIOD IN THE EVENT OF A PUBLIC OFFERING, AS SET FORTH IN THE WARRANT PURSUANT TO WHICH THESE SHARES WERE ISSUED, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY.

 

(f) Instructions Regarding Transfer Restrictions. The Holder consents to the Company making a notation on its records and giving instructions to any transfer agent in order to implement the restrictions on transfer established in this Section 5.

 

(g) Removal of Legend. The legend referring to federal and state securities laws identified in Section 5(d) notated on any certificate evidencing the Shares and the stock transfer instructions and record notations with respect to such securities shall be removed, and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of such securities (to the extent the securities are certificated), if (i) such securities are registered under the Securities Act, or (ii) such holder provides the Company with an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that a sale or transfer of such securities may be made without registration, qualification or legend.

 

(h) No Transfers to Bad Actors; Notice of Bad Actor Status. The Holder agrees not to sell, assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, or any beneficial interest therein, to any person (other than the Company) unless and until the proposed transferee confirms to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company that neither the proposed transferee nor any of its directors, executive officers, other officers that may serve as a director or officer of any company in which it invests, general partners or managing members nor any person that would be deemed a beneficial owner of those securities (in accordance with Rule 506(d) of the Securities Act) is subject to any of the “bad actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) through (viii) under the Securities Act, except as set forth in Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) under the Securities Act and disclosed, reasonably in advance of the transfer, in writing in reasonable detail to the Company. The Holder will promptly notify the Company in writing if the Holder or, to the Holder’s knowledge, any person specified in Rule 506(d)(1) under the Securities Act becomes subject to any of the “bad actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) through (viii) under the Securities Act.

 

6. Adjustments. Subject to the expiration of this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, the number and kind of shares purchasable hereunder and the Exercise Price therefor are subject to adjustment from time to time, as follows:

 

(a) Merger or Reorganization. If at any time there shall be any reorganization, recapitalization, merger or consolidation (a “Reorganization”) involving the Company (other than as otherwise provided for herein or as would cause the expiration of this Warrant under Section 8) in which shares of the Company’s stock are converted into or exchanged for securities, cash or other property, then, as a part of such Reorganization, lawful provision shall be made so that the Holder shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property of the successor corporation resulting from such Reorganization, equivalent in value to that which a holder of the Shares deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled in such Reorganization if the right to purchase the Shares hereunder had been exercised immediately prior to such Reorganization. In any such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the successor corporation) shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Warrant with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder after such Reorganization to the end that the provisions of this Warrant shall be applicable after the event, as near as reasonably may be, in relation to any shares or other securities deliverable after that event upon the exercise of this Warrant.

 

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(b) Reclassification of Shares. If the securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are changed into the same or a different number of securities of any other class or classes by reclassification, capital reorganization or otherwise (other than as otherwise provided for herein) (a “Reclassification”), then, in any such event, in lieu of the number of Shares which the Holder would otherwise have been entitled to receive, the Holder shall have the right thereafter to exercise this Warrant for a number of shares of such other class or classes of stock that a holder of the number of securities deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately before that change would have been entitled to receive in such Reclassification, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein with respect to such other shares.

 

(c) Subdivisions and Combinations. In the event that the outstanding shares of common stock are subdivided (by stock split, by payment of a stock dividend or otherwise) into a greater number of shares of such securities, the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the rights under this Warrant immediately prior to such subdivision shall, concurrently with the effectiveness of such subdivision, be proportionately increased, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately decreased, and in the event that the outstanding shares of common stock are combined (by reclassification or otherwise) into a lesser number of shares of such securities, the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of the rights under this Warrant immediately prior to such combination shall, concurrently with the effectiveness of such combination, be proportionately decreased, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased.

 

(d) Notice of Adjustments. Upon any adjustment in accordance with this Section 6, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holder, which notice shall state the event giving rise to the adjustment, the Exercise Price as adjusted and the number of securities or other property purchasable upon the exercise of the rights under this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation of each. The Company shall, upon the written request of any Holder, furnish or cause to be furnished to such Holder a certificate setting forth (i) such adjustments, (ii) the Exercise Price at the time in effect and (iii) the number of securities and the amount, if any, of other property that at the time would be received upon exercise of this Warrant.

 

7. Notification of Certain Events. Prior to the expiration of this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, in the event that the Company shall authorize:

 

(a) the issuance of any dividend or other distribution on the capital stock of the Company (other than (i) dividends or distributions otherwise provided for in Section 6, (ii) repurchases of common stock issued to or held by employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company or its subsidiaries upon termination of their employment or services pursuant to agreements providing for the right of said repurchase; or (iii) repurchases of common stock issued to or held by employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to rights of first refusal or first offer contained in agreements providing for such rights), whether in cash, property, stock or other securities;

 

(b) the voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company; or

 

(c) any transaction resulting in the expiration of this Warrant pursuant to Section 8(b) or 8(c); the Company shall send to the Holder of this Warrant at least 10 days prior written notice of the date on which a record shall be taken for any such dividend or distribution specified in clause (a) or the expected effective date of any such other event specified in clause (b) or (c), as applicable.

 

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8. Expiration of the Warrant. This Warrant shall expire and shall no longer be exercisable as of the earlier of:

 

(a) 5:00 p.m., Pacific time, on September 2, 2035;

 

(b) (i) the acquisition of the Company by another entity by means of any transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company is a party (including, without limitation, any stock acquisition, reorganization, merger or consolidation, but excluding any sale of stock for capital raising purposes and any transaction effected primarily for purposes of changing the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation) other than a transaction or series of related transactions in which the holders of the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such transaction or series of related transactions retain, immediately after such transaction or series of transactions, as a result of shares in the Company held by such holders prior to such transaction or series of transactions, at least a majority of the total voting power represented by the outstanding voting securities of the Company or such other surviving or resulting entity (or if the Company or such other surviving or resulting entity is a wholly-owned subsidiary immediately following such acquisition, its parent), or (ii) a sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole by means of any transaction or series of related transactions, except where such sale, lease or other disposition is to a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company; or

 

(c) immediately prior to the closing of a firm commitment underwritten initial public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act covering the offering and sale of the Company’s common stock.

 

9. No Rights as a Stockholder. Nothing contained herein shall entitle the Holder to any rights as a stockholder of the Company or to be deemed the holder of any securities that may at any time be issuable on the exercise of the rights hereunder for any purpose nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the Holder, as such, any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether upon any recapitalization, issuance of stock, reclassification of stock, change of par value or change of stock to no par value, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise) or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or subscription rights or any other rights of a stockholder of the Company until the rights under the Warrant shall have been exercised and the Shares purchasable upon exercise of the rights hereunder shall have become deliverable as provided herein; provided, that, the Shares purchasable upon exercise shall only be entitled to the voting rights specified in the Company’s certificate of incorporation, the Company’s Bylaws and under applicable law.

 

10. Market Stand-off. The Holder of this Warrant hereby agrees that such Holder shall not sell or otherwise transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale, of any common stock (or other securities) of the Company held by the Holder (other than those included in the registration) during the one hundred and eighty (180) day period following the effective date of the registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering filed under the Securities Act (or such other period as may be requested by the Company or an underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (i) the publication or other distribution of research reports and (ii) analyst recommendations and opinions, including, but not limited to, the restrictions contained in NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto). The obligations described in this section shall not apply to a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S-l or Form S-8 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future, or a registration relating solely to a transaction on Form S-4 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions and may notate each such certificate, instrument or book entry with a legend as substantially set forth in Section 5(e) with respect to the shares of common stock (or other securities) subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of such one hundred and eighty (180) day (or other) period. The Holder agrees to execute a market stand-off agreement with the underwriters in the offering in customary form consistent with the provisions of this section.

 

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11. Representations and Warranties of the Holder. By acceptance of this Warrant, the Holder represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

(a) No Registration. The Holder understands that the Securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act, the availability of which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of the Holder’s representations as expressed herein or otherwise made pursuant hereto.

 

(b) Investment Intent. The Holder is acquiring the Securities for investment for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof. The Holder has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the Securities, nor does it have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement for the same.

 

(c) Investment Experience. The Holder has substantial experience in evaluating and investing in private placement transactions of securities in companies similar to the Company, and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters so that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Company and protecting its own interests.

 

(d) Speculative Nature of Investment. The Holder understands and acknowledges that the Company has a limited financial and operating history and that its investment in the Company is highly speculative and involves substantial risks. The Holder can bear the economic risk of its investment and is able, without impairing its financial condition, to hold the Securities for an indefinite period of time and to suffer a complete loss of its investment.

 

(e) Access to Data. The Holder has had an opportunity to ask questions of officers of the Company, which questions were answered to its satisfaction. The Holder believes that it has received all the information that it considers necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to acquire the Securities. The Holder understands that any such discussions, as well as any information issued by the Company, were intended to describe certain aspects of the Company’s business and prospects, but were not necessarily a thorough or exhaustive description. The Holder acknowledges that any business plans prepared by the Company have been, and continue to be, subject to change and that any projections included in such business plans or otherwise are necessarily speculative in nature, and it can be expected that some or all of the assumptions underlying the projections will not materialize or will vary significantly from actual results.

 

(f) Accredited Investor. The Holder is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D, Rule 501(a), promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and agrees to submit to the Company such further assurances of such status as may be reasonably requested by the Company. The Holder has furnished or made available any and all information requested by the Company or otherwise necessary to satisfy any applicable verification requirements as to “accredited investor” status. Any such information is true, correct, timely and complete.

 

(g) Residency. The residency of Holder (or, in the case of a partnership or corporation, such entity’s principal place of business) is correctly set forth on the signature page hereto.

 

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(h) Restrictions on Resales. The Holder acknowledges that the Securities must be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available. The Holder is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, which permit resale of shares purchased in a private placement subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, which may include, among other things, the availability of certain current public information about the Company; the resale occurring not less than a specified period after a party has purchased and paid for the security to be sold; the number of shares being sold during any three-month period not exceeding specified limitations; the sale being effected through a “broker’s transaction,” a transaction directly with a “market maker” or a “riskless principal transaction” (as those terms are defined in the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder); and the filing of a Form 144 notice, if applicable. The Holder acknowledges and understands that the Company may not be satisfying the current public information requirement of Rule 144 at the time the Holder wishes to sell the Securities and that, in such event, the Holder may be precluded from selling the Securities under Rule 144 even if the other applicable requirements of Rule 144 have been satisfied. The Holder acknowledges that, in the event the applicable requirements of Rule 144 are not met, registration under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration will be required for any disposition of the Securities. The Holder understands that, although Rule 144 is not exclusive, the Securities and Exchange Commission has expressed its opinion that persons proposing to sell restricted securities received in a private offering other than in a registered offering or pursuant to Rule 144 will have a substantial burden of proof in establishing that an exemption from registration is available for such offers or sales and that such persons and the brokers who participate in the transactions do so at their own risk.

 

(i) No Public Market. The Holder understands and acknowledges that no public market now exists for any of the securities issued by the Company and that the Company has made no assurances that a public market will ever exist for the Company’s securities.

 

(j) Brokers and Finders. The Holder has not engaged any brokers, finders or agents in connection with the Securities, and the Company has not incurred nor will incur, directly or indirectly, as a result of any action taken by the Holder, any liability for brokerage or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions or any similar charges in connection with the Securities.

 

(k) Legal Counsel. The Holder has had the opportunity to review this Warrant, the exhibits and schedules attached hereto and the transactions contemplated by this Warrant with its own legal counsel. The Holder is not relying on any statements or representations of the Company or its agents for legal advice with respect to this investment or the transactions contemplated by this Warrant.

 

(l) Tax Advisors. The Holder has reviewed with its own tax advisors the U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax consequences of this investment and the transactions contemplated by this Warrant. With respect to such matters, the Holder relies solely on any such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents, written or oral. The Holder understands that it (and not the Company) shall be responsible for its own tax liability that may arise as a result of this investment and the transactions contemplated by this Warrant.

 

(m) No “Bad Actor” Disqualification. Neither (i) the Holder, (ii) any of its directors, executive officers, other officers that may serve as a director or officer of any company in which it invests, general partners or managing members, nor (iii) any beneficial owner of any of the Company’s voting equity securities (in accordance with Rule 506(d) of the Securities Act) held by the Holder is subject to any of the “bad actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) through (viii) under the Securities Act, except as set forth in Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) under the Securities Act and disclosed, reasonably in advance of the acceptance of this Warrant, in writing in reasonable detail to the Company.

 

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12. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Amendments. Except as expressly provided herein, neither this Warrant nor any term hereof may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated other than by a written instrument referencing this Warrant and signed by the Company and the holders of warrants representing not less than a majority of the Shares issuable upon exercise of any and all outstanding Warrants, which does not need to include the consent of the Holder. Any amendment, waiver, discharge or termination effected in accordance with this Section 12(a) shall be binding upon each holder of the Warrants, each future holder of such Warrants and the Company; provided, however, that no special consideration or inducement may be given to any such holder in connection with such consent that is not given ratably to all such holders, and that such amendment must apply to all such holders equally and ratably in accordance with the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. The Company shall promptly give notice to all holders of Warrants of any amendment effected in accordance with this Section 12(a).

 

(b) Waivers. No waiver of any single breach or default shall be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring.

 

(c) Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, sent by facsimile or electronic mail (if to the Holder) or otherwise delivered by hand, messenger or courier service addressed:

 

(i) if to the Holder, to the Holder at the Holder’s address, facsimile number or electronic mail address as shown in the Company’s records, as may be updated in accordance with the provisions hereof, or until any such Holder so furnishes an address, facsimile number or electronic mail address to the Company, then to and at the address, facsimile number or electronic mail address of the last holder of this Warrant for which the Company has contact information in its records; or

 

(ii) if to the Company, to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company at the Company’s address as shown on the signature page hereto, or at such other current address as the Company shall have furnished to the Holder, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Becki DeGraw, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050.

 

Each such notice or other communication shall for all purposes of this Warrant be treated as effective or having been given (i) if delivered by hand, messenger or courier service, when delivered (or if sent via a nationally-recognized overnight courier service, freight prepaid, specifying next-business-day delivery, one business day after deposit with the courier), or (ii) if sent by mail, at the earlier of its receipt or five days after the same has been deposited in a regularly maintained receptacle for the deposit of the United States mail, addressed and mailed as aforesaid, or (iii) if sent via facsimile, upon confirmation of facsimile transfer or, if sent via electronic mail, upon confirmation of delivery when directed to the relevant electronic mail address, if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, or if not sent during normal business hours of the recipient, then on the recipient’s next business day. In the event of any conflict between the Company’s books and records and this Warrant or any notice delivered hereunder, the Company’s books and records will control absent fraud or error.

 

(d) Governing Law. This Warrant and all actions arising out of or in connection with this Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of the State of Delaware, or of any other state.

 

(e) Jurisdiction and Venue. Each of the Holder and the Company irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of, and venue in, the state courts in Santa Clara County in the State of California (or in the event of exclusive federal jurisdiction, the courts of the Northern District of California), in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Warrant or the matters contemplated herein, and agrees that process may be served upon them in any manner authorized by the laws of the State of California for such persons.

 

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(f) Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant. All references in this Warrant to sections, paragraphs and exhibits shall, unless otherwise provided, refer to sections and paragraphs hereof and exhibits attached hereto.

 

(g) Severability. If any provision of this Warrant becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, portions of such provision, or such provision in its entirety, to the extent necessary, shall be severed from this Warrant, and such illegal, unenforceable or void provision shall be replaced with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the same economic, business and other purposes of the illegal, unenforceable or void provision. The balance of this Warrant shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

(h) Waiver of Jury Trial; Judicial Reference. Each of the Holder and the Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or related to this Warrant. If the waiver of jury trial set forth in this paragraph is not enforceable, then any claim or cause of action arising out of or relating to this Warrant shall be settled by judicial reference pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 et seq. before a referee sitting without a jury, such referee to be mutually acceptable to the parties or, if no agreement is reached, by a referee appointed by the Presiding Judge of the California Superior Court for Santa Clara County. This paragraph shall not restrict the Holder or the Company from exercising remedies under the Uniform Commercial Code or from exercising pre-judgment remedies under applicable law.

 

(i) California Corporate Securities Law. THE SALE OF THE SECURITIES THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN QUALIFIED WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH SECURITIES OR THE PAYMENT OR RECEIPT OF ANY PART OF THE CONSIDERATION THEREFOR PRIOR TO SUCH QUALIFICATION IS UNLAWFUL, UNLESS THE SALE OF SECURITIES IS EXEMPT FROM QUALIFICATION BY SECTION 25100, 25102, OR 25105 OF THE CALIFORNIA CORPORATIONS CODE. THE RIGHTS OF ALL PARTIES TO THIS WARRANT ARE EXPRESSLY CONDITIONED UPON THE QUALIFICATION BEING OBTAINED, UNLESS THE SALE IS SO EXEMPT.

 

(j) Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday.

 

(k) Rights and Obligations Survive Exercise of the Warrant. Except as otherwise provided herein, the rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder under this Warrant shall survive exercise of this Warrant.

 

(l) Entire Agreement. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Warrant (including the exhibits attached hereto) constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the Company and the Holder with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

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The Company and the Holder sign this Warrant as of the date stated on the first page.

 

  MATTERNET, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name:  Andreas Raptopoulos
  Title: CEO

 

AGREED AND ACKNOWLEDGED,  
     
   
     
By:                

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: MATTERNET, INC. (the “Company”)

 

Attention: CEO

 

(1)Exercise. The undersigned elects to purchase the following pursuant to the terms of the attached warrant:

 

Number of shares:                                                                                                                                                               

 

Type of security:                                                                                                                                                                  

 

(2)Method of Exercise. The undersigned elects to exercise the attached warrant pursuant to:

 

☐A cash payment, and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price for such shares in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

☐The net issue exercise provisions of Section 2(b) of the attached warrant.

 

(3)Conditional Exercise. Is this a conditional exercise pursuant to Section 2(e):

 

☐          Yes              ☐          No

 

If “Yes,” indicate the applicable condition:

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                     

 

(4)Stock. Please make a book entry and, if the shares are certificated, issue a certificate or certificates representing the shares in the name of:

 

☐The undersigned

 

☐Other—Name:                                                                                                                          

 

Address:                                                                                                                         
     
                                                                                                                            

 

(5)Unexercised Portion of the Warrant. Please issue a new warrant for the unexercised portion of the attached warrant in the name of:

 

☐The undersigned

 

☐Other—Name:                                                                                                                          

 

Address:                                                                                                                         

 

☐Not applicable

 

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(6)Investment Intent. The undersigned represents and warrants that the aforesaid shares are being acquired for investment for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof, and that the undersigned has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the shares, nor does it have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement for the same, and all representations and warranties of the undersigned set forth in Section 11 of the attached warrant are true and correct as of the date hereof.

 

(7)Investment Representation Statement and Market Stand-Off Agreement. The undersigned has executed, and delivers herewith, an Investment Representation Statement and Market Stand-Off Agreement in a form substantially similar to the form attached to the warrant as Exhibit A-1.

 

(8)Consent to Receipt of Electronic Notice. Subject to the limitations set forth in Delaware General Corporation Law §232(e), the undersigned consents to the delivery of any notice to stockholders given by the Company under the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws by (i) facsimile telecommunication to the facsimile number provided below (or to any other facsimile number for the undersigned in the Company’s records), (ii) electronic mail to the electronic mail address provided below (or to any other electronic mail address for the undersigned in the Company’s records), (iii) posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the undersigned of such specific posting or (iv) any other form of electronic transmission (as defined in the Delaware General Corporation Law) directed to the undersigned. This consent may be revoked by the undersigned by written notice to the Company and may be deemed revoked in the circumstances specified in Delaware General Corporation Law §232.

 

   
  (Print name of the warrant holder)
   
   
  (Signature)
   
   
  (Name and title of signatory, if applicable)
   
   
  (Date)
   
   
  (Fax number)
   
   
  (Email address)

 

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EXHIBIT A-l

 

INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION STATEMENT

AND

MARKET STAND-OFF AGREEMENT

 

  INVESTOR:                                                                                                                                              

 

  COMPANY: MATTERNET, INC.

 

SECURITIES:THE WARRANT ISSUED ON OCTOBER 28, 2025 (THE “WARRANT”) AND THE SECURITIES ISSUED OR ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE THEREOF

 

DATE:                                                       

 

In connection with the purchase or acquisition of the above-listed Securities, the undersigned Investor represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company as follows:

 

1. No Registration. The Investor understands that the Securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act, the availability of which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of the Investor’s representations as expressed herein or otherwise made pursuant hereto.

 

2. Investment Intent. The Investor is acquiring the Securities for investment for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof. The Investor has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the Securities, nor does it have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement for the same.

 

3. Investment Experience. The Investor has substantial experience in evaluating and investing in private placement transactions of securities in companies similar to the Company, and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters so that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Company and protecting its own interests.

 

4. Speculative Nature of Investment. The Investor understands and acknowledges that the Company has a limited financial and operating history and that its investment in the Company is highly speculative and involves substantial risks. The Investor can bear the economic risk of its investment and is able, without impairing its financial condition, to hold the Securities for an indefinite period of time and to suffer a complete loss of its investment.

 

5. Access to Data. The Investor has had an opportunity to ask questions of officers of the Company, which questions were answered to its satisfaction. The Investor believes that it has received all the information that it considers necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to acquire the Securities. The Investor understands that any such discussions, as well as any information issued by the Company, were intended to describe certain aspects of the Company’s business and prospects, but were not necessarily a thorough or exhaustive description. The Investor acknowledges that any business plans prepared by the Company have been, and continue to be, subject to change and that any projections included in such business plans or otherwise are necessarily speculative in nature, and it can be expected that some or all of the assumptions underlying the projections will not materialize or will vary significantly from actual results.

 

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6. Accredited Investor. The Investor is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D, Rule 501(a), promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and agrees to submit to the Company such further assurances of such status as may be reasonably requested by the Company. The Investor has furnished or made available any and all information requested by the Company or otherwise necessary to satisfy any applicable verification requirements as to “accredited investor” status. Any such information is true, correct, timely and complete.

 

7. Residency. The residency of the Investor (or, in the case of a partnership or corporation, such entity’s principal place of business) is correctly set forth on the signature page hereto.

 

8. Restrictions on Resales. The Investor acknowledges that the Securities must be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available. The Investor is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, which permit resale of shares purchased in a private placement subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, which may include, among other things, the availability of certain current public information about the Company; the resale occurring not less than a specified period after a party has purchased and paid for the security to be sold; the number of shares being sold during any three-month period not exceeding specified limitations; the sale being effected through a “broker’s transaction,” a transaction directly with a “market maker” or a “riskless principal transaction” (as those terms are defined in the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder); and the filing of a Form 144 notice, if applicable. The Investor acknowledges and understands that the Company may not be satisfying the current public information requirement of Rule 144 at the time the Investor wishes to sell the Securities and that, in such event, the Investor may be precluded from selling the Securities under Rule 144 even if the other applicable requirements of Rule 144 have been satisfied. The Investor understands and acknowledges that, in the event the applicable requirements of Rule 144 are not met, registration under the Securities Act or an exemption from registration will be required for any disposition of the Securities. The Investor understands that, although Rule 144 is not exclusive, the Securities and Exchange Commission has expressed its opinion that persons proposing to sell restricted securities received in a private offering other than in a registered offering or pursuant to Rule 144 will have a substantial burden of proof in establishing that an exemption from registration is available for those offers or sales and that those persons and the brokers who participate in the transactions do so at their own risk.

 

9. No Public Market. The Holder understands and acknowledges that no public market now exists for any of the securities issued by the Company and that the Company has made no assurances that a public market will ever exist for the Company’s securities.

 

10. Brokers and Finders. The Investor has not engaged any brokers, finders or agents in connection with the Securities, and the Company has not incurred nor will incur, directly or indirectly, as a result of any action taken by the Investor, any liability for brokerage or finders’ fees or agents’ commissions or any similar charges in connection with the Securities.

 

11. Legal Counsel. The Investor has had the opportunity to review the Warrant, the exhibits and schedules attached thereto and the transactions contemplated by the Warrant with its own legal counsel. The Investor is not relying on any statements or representations of the Company or its agents for legal advice with respect to this investment or the transactions contemplated by the Warrant.

 

12. Tax Advisors. The Investor has reviewed with its own tax advisors the U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax consequences of this investment and the transactions contemplated by the Warrant. With respect to such matters, the Investor relies solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents, written or oral. The Investor understands that it (and not the Company) shall be responsible for its own tax liability that may arise as a result of this investment or the transactions contemplated by the Warrant.

 

13. Market Stand-off. The Investor agrees that the Investor shall not sell or otherwise transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale, of any common stock (or other securities) of the Company held by the Investor (other than those included in the registration) during the one hundred and eighty (180) day period following the effective date of the registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering filed under the Securities Act (or such other period as may be requested by the Company or an underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (i) the publication or other distribution of research reports and (ii) analyst recommendations and opinions, including, but not limited to, the restrictions contained in NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto). The obligations described in this section shall not apply to a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on Form S-l or Form S-8 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future, or a registration relating solely to a transaction on Form S-4 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions and may notate each such certificate, instrument or book entry with a legend with respect to the shares of common stock (or other securities) subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of such one hundred and eighty (180) day (or other) period. The Investor agrees to execute a market stand-off agreement with the relevant underwriters in customary form consistent with the provisions of this section.

 

14. No “Bad Actor” Disqualification. Neither (i) the Investor, (ii) any of its directors, executive officers, other officers that may serve as a director or officer of any company in which it invests, general partners or managing members, nor (iii) any beneficial owner of any of the Company’s voting equity securities (in accordance with Rule 506(d) of the Securities Act) held by the Investor is subject to any of the “bad actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) through (viii) under the Securities Act, except as set forth in Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) under the Securities Act and disclosed, reasonably in advance of the purchase or acquisition of the Securities, in writing in reasonable detail to the Company.

 

(signature page follows)

 

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The Investor is signing this Investment Representation Statement and Market Stand-Off Agreement on the date first written above.

 

  INVESTOR
   
   
  (Print name of the investor)
   
   
  (Signature)
   
   
  (Name and title of signatory, if applicable)
   
   
  (Street address)
   
   
  (City, state and ZIP)

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

ASSIGNOR:                                                                                                                                                                           

 

COMPANY:MATTERNET, INC.

 

WARRANT:THE WARRANT TO PURCHASE SHARES OF NON-VOTING COMMON STOCK ISSUED ON OCTOBER 28, 2025 (THE “WARRANT”)

 

DATE:_________________________

 

(1)Assignment. The undersigned registered holder of the Warrant (“Assignor”) assigns and transfers to the assignee named below (“Assignee”) all of the rights of Assignor under the Warrant, with respect to the number of shares set forth below:

 

Name of Assignee:                                                                                                                                       

 

Address of Assignee:                                                                                                                                      

 

                                                                                                                                      

 

Number of Shares Assigned:                                                                                                                                       

 

and does irrevocably constitute and appoint ______________________ as attorney to make such transfer on the books of Matternet, Inc., maintained for the purpose, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

(1)Obligations of Assignee. Assignee agrees to take and hold the Warrant and any shares of stock to be issued upon exercise of the rights thereunder (the “Securities”) subject to, and to be bound by, the terms and conditions set forth in the Warrant to the same extent as if Assignee were the original holder thereof.

 

(2)Investment Intent. Assignee represents and warrants that the Securities are being acquired for investment for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof, and that Assignee has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the shares, nor does it have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement for the same, and all representations and warranties set forth in Section 11 of the Warrant are true and correct as to Assignee as of the date hereof.

 

(3)Investment Representation Statement and Market Stand-Off Agreement. Assignee has executed, and delivers herewith, an Investment Representation Statement and Market Stand-Off Agreement in a form substantially similar to the form attached to the Warrant as Exhibit A-1.

 

(4)No “Bad Actor” Disqualification. Neither (i) Assignee, (ii) any of its directors, executive officers, other officers that may serve as a director or officer of any company in which it invests, general partners or managing members, nor (iii) any beneficial owner of any of the Company’s securities held or to be held by Assignee is subject to any of the “bad actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) through (viii) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), except as set forth in Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) under the Securities Act and disclosed, reasonably in advance of the transfer of the Securities, in writing in reasonable detail to the Company.

 

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Assignor and Assignee are signing this Assignment Form on the date first set forth above.

 

ASSIGNOR   ASSIGNEE
     
   
(Print name of Assignor)   (Print name of Assignee)
     
   
(Signature of Assignor)   (Signature of Assignee)
     
   
(Print name of signatory, if applicable)   (Print name of signatory, if applicable)
     
   
(Print title of signatory, if applicable)   (Print title of signatory, if applicable)
     
Address:   Address:
     
   
     

 

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Exhibit 10.17

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK

 

OFFICE LEASE

 

This Office Lease (the “Lease”), dated as of the date set forth in Section 1 of the Summary of Basic Lease Information (the “Summary”), below, is made by and between BXP RESEARCH PARK LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Landlord”), and MATTERNET, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Tenant”).

 

SUMMARY OF BASIC LEASE INFORMATION

 

TERMS OF LEASE DESCRIPTION
     
1. Date: May 13, 2025
     
2. Premises (Article 1).  
     
  2.1 Building: 355/365 Ravendale Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043
     
  2.2 Premises: Approximately 12,769 rentable square feet of space located on the first (1st) floor of the Building and commonly known as 355 Ravendale, as further set forth in Exhibit A to the Office Lease.
     
3. Lease Term (Article 2).  
     
  3.1 Lease Term: Eighteen (18) months
     
  3.2 Lease Commencement Date: June 1, 2025.
     
  3.3 Lease Expiration Date: November 30, 2026.

 

4.  Base Rent (Article 3):

 

Period During Lease Term  Annual
Base Rent
   Monthly
Installment
of Base Rent
 
June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2026*  $605,250.60   $50,437.55 
June 1, 2026 - November 30, 2026  $623,408.16*  $51,950.68 

 

 

*The Annual Base Rent stated herein is, for purposes of demonstration only, calculated based on a full year.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 [Matternet, Inc.]

 

5. Parking (Article 22): Approximately three and eight-tenths (3.8) unreserved parking passes for every 1,000 rentable square feet of the Premises (i.e., a total of 49 parking passes), subject to the terms of Article 22 of the Lease.
     
6. Tenant’s Share (Article 4): 37.6311%.
     
7. Permitted Use (Article 5): General office, research and development and light manufacturing (including assembly of electronics) uses to the extent the same comply with applicable laws and zoning and are consistent with the character of the Project.
     
8. Security Deposit (Article 21): $51,194.12.
     
9. Address of Tenant (Article 28): Matternet, Inc
355/365 Ravendale Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
Attention: CEO
     
    (Prior to and after the Lease Commencement Date)
     
10. Address of Landlord (Article 28): See Article 28 of the Lease.
     
11. Broker(s) (Section 29.24): Cushman & Wakefield U.S., Inc.
     
12. Tenant Improvement Allowance (Exhibit B): None.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -2-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 1

 

PREMISES, BUILDING, PROJECT, AND COMMON AREAS

 

12.1  Premises, Building, Project and Common Areas.

 

12.1.1  The Premises. Landlord hereby leases to Tenant and Tenant hereby leases from Landlord the premises set forth in Section 2.2 of the Summary (the “Premises”). The outline of the Premises is set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, and an outline of the Project is set forth in Exhibit A-1 attached hereto. The parties hereto agree that the lease of the Premises is upon and subject to the terms, covenants and conditions herein set forth, and Tenant covenants as a material part of the consideration for this Lease to keep and perform each and all of such terms, covenants and conditions by it to be kept and performed and that this Lease is made upon the condition of such performance. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge that the purpose of Exhibit A is to show the approximate location of the Premises in the “Building,” as that term is defined in Section 1.1.2, below, only, and such Exhibit is not meant to constitute an agreement, representation or warranty as to the construction of the Premises, the precise area thereof or the specific location of the “Common Areas,” as that term is defined in Section 1.1.3, below, or the elements thereof or of the accessways to the Premises or the “Project,” as that term is defined in Section 1.1.2, below. Tenant is currently in possession of the Premises pursuant to that certain Sublease between City Storage Systems LLC (“City Storage” as “Tenant” under that certain lease of the Premises with Landlord dated November 22, 2019 (the “City Storage Lease”)) and Tenant (as “Subtenant”) dated as of November 16, 2023 (the “Existing Sublease”), and except as specifically set forth in this Lease, Tenant shall continue to accept the Premises in its presently existing “as-is” condition and Landlord shall not be obligated to provide or pay for any improvement work or services related to the improvement of the Premises (the “Delivery Condition”). Tenant also acknowledges that neither Landlord nor any agent of Landlord has made any representation or warranty regarding the condition of the Premises, the Building or the Project or with respect to the suitability of any of the foregoing for the conduct of Tenant’s business, except as specifically set forth in this Lease. Subject to Landlord’s ongoing obligations set forth in this Lease, the commencement of business operations from the Premises by Tenant shall presumptively establish that the Premises and the Building were at such time in good and sanitary order, condition and repair. Landlord hereby acknowledges and agrees that Tenant shall continue to occupy the Premises under this Lease following the expiration of the City Storage Lease and the Existing Sublease and, as a result thereof, Landlord shall not require City Storage to surrender the Premises to Landlord on or prior to the expiration of the City Storage Lease, and Tenant hereby agrees that Tenant shall be deemed to be in possession of the Premises on the Lease Commencement Date and no action by Landlord shall be required therefor.

 

12.1.2  The Building and The Project. The Premises are a part of the building set forth in Section 2.1 of the Summary (the “Building”). The Building is part of an industrial/office project known as Mountain View Research Park. The term “Project,” as used in this Lease, shall mean (i) the Building and the Common Areas, (ii) the land (which is improved with landscaping, surface parking lot(s) and other improvements) upon which the Building and the Common Areas are located, (iii) those certain other buildings located in the vicinity of the Building and known as Mountain View Research Park, and the land upon which such buildings are located, and (iv) at Landlord’s discretion, any additional real property, areas, land, buildings or other improvements added thereto outside of the Project.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -3-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

12.1.3  Common Areas. Tenant shall have the non-exclusive right to use in common with other tenants in the Project, and subject to the rules and regulations referred to in Article 5 of this Lease, those portions of the Project which are provided, from time to time, for use in common by Landlord, Tenant and any other tenants of the Project (such areas, together with such other portions of the Project designated by Landlord, in its discretion, including certain areas designated for the exclusive use of certain tenants, or to be shared by Landlord and certain tenants, are collectively referred to herein as the “Common Areas”). The Common Areas shall consist of the “Project Common Areas” and the “Building Common Areas.” The term “Project Common Areas,” as used in this Lease, shall mean the portion of the Project designated as such by Landlord, which Project Common Areas may include, from time to time, in Landlord’s sole discretion, a conference center and other amenities. The term “Building Common Areas,” as used in this Lease, shall mean the portions of the Common Areas located within the Building designated as such by Landlord. The manner in which the Common Areas are maintained and operated shall be at the sole discretion of Landlord and the use thereof shall be subject to such rules, regulations and restrictions as Landlord may make from time to time. Landlord reserves the right to close temporarily, make alterations or additions to, or change the location of elements of the Project and the Common Areas.

 

12.2  Rentable Square Feet of Premises and Building. For purposes of this Lease, “rentable square feet” pursuant to Landlord’s then current method for measuring rentable square footage. Landlord and Tenant hereby stipulate and agree that the rentable area of the Premises is as set forth in Section 2.2 of the Summary and shall not be subject to remeasurement during the initial Lease Term except in connection with a physical change to the size of the Premises.

 

12.3  License and Parking Lot Use. Landlord and Tenant entered into that certain License Agreement dated August 29, 2024 (the “License Agreement”). As of the Effective Date, the term of the License Agreement, as amended by this Section 1.3, is hereby extended so that its expiration shall be coterminous with the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.

 

12.3.1  License Area. The following sentence is added to the end of Section 2 (Temporary License) of the License Agreement: “In addition, if Licensor determines in its sole discretion that Licensee’s use of the License Area is creating a shortage, or could reasonably be expected to create a shortage, of available parking at the Project, then Licensor may reduce the number of unreserved parking spaces provided to Licensee pursuant to Article 22 of this Lease by the number of whole and partial parking spaces that comprise the License Area.”

 

12.3.2  Termination Upon Prior Notice. Section 4 of the License Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: “Licensor may at any time during the Term terminate this Agreement, for cause. As used in this Section 1.3.1, “cause” shall mean any of the following: (i) Licensor’s good faith and reasonable determination that the license granted hereby and/or the use of the License Area creates a hazard or threatens the safety and/or security of persons or property or endangers or otherwise interferes with the use and occupancy of the Property by Licensor, its employees, agents or contractors or other tenants or occupants of the Property, or constitutes a nuisance, in each case that cannot be promptly mitigated by reasonable measures taken by Licensee; provided that, (a) to the extent any such condition is not within Licensee’s reasonable control, Licensor and Licensee shall mutually and reasonably cooperate (at no cost to Licensor) to resolve (to the extent reasonably practical) such condition in order to allow Licensee to continue its use of the License Area, or (b) to the extent that Licensor provides written notice as a result of a claimed interference with the occupancy or use of the Property that is not a safety hazard (such as complaints regarding noise, smells and/or vibrations), then Licensor and Licensee shall meet and confer in good faith regarding the substance of the complaint for a period of no less than five (5) business days (and Licensor shall invite the complaining party to attend such meeting) and Licensor and Licensee shall in good faith consider mitigations that Licensee might implement to reduce the impact of Licensee’s use of the License Area (including mutually agreeable restrictions on time or frequency of such use); (ii) the license granted hereby constitutes a violation of or otherwise conflicts with any law, statute, ordinance or other governmental rule, regulation or requirement now in force or which may hereafter be enacted or promulgated, or results in increased rates of insurance for the Property (unless Licensee agrees to pay for such increased rates); (iii) Licensee abandons the License Area; (iv) the Lease is terminated for any reason; or (v) Licensee fails to comply with any of the terms, conditions, limitations or restrictions contained in this Agreement. Such termination for cause shall be effective as follows: under parts (ii), (iii) and (iv) of the foregoing, two (2) business days following Licensor’s written notice; under part (i), if after the meet and confer process contemplated herein, Licensor and Licensee are unable to agree to reasonable mitigation measures, then, two (2) business days following the cessation of such process; and, under part (v), if Licensee fails to cure such violation within five (5) business days after receipt of written notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Licensor delivers a second (2nd) written notice of violation under part (i) or part (v), above, in any twelve (12) month period, then Licensee shall not have a right to cure such violation and such termination shall be effective two (2) business days following Licensor’s second (2nd) written notice.”

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -4-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

12.3.3  Shipping Container and Trash Area. Landlord and Tenant hereby agree the License Area shall also include the areas set forth on Exhibit J, attached hereto (the “Additional License Area”), provided that Tenant’s use of the Additional License Area shall be for the placement of shipping containers and a trash/storage enclosure (as opposed to the UAV Use set forth in the License Agreement). Except as set forth in the foregoing sentence with regard to Tenant’s use of the Additional License Area, the Additional License Area shall be subject to all of the same terms and conditions as the original Storage Area, as amended hereby.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

LEASE TERM

 

The terms and provisions of this Lease shall be effective as of the date of this Lease. The term of this Lease (the “Lease Term”) shall commence on the “Lease Commencement Date,” as that term is set forth in Section 3.2 of the Summary, and shall terminate on the “Lease Expiration Date,” as that term is set forth in Section 3.3 of the Summary, unless this Lease is sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. For purposes of this Lease, the term “Lease Year” shall mean each consecutive twelve (12) month period during the Lease Term; provided that the first Lease Year shall include any partial month at the commencement of the Lease Term. At any time during the Lease Term, Landlord may deliver to Tenant a notice in the form as set forth in Exhibit C, attached hereto (the “Notice of Lease Term Dates”), as a confirmation only of the information set forth therein, which Tenant shall execute and return to Landlord within five (5) business days of receipt thereof; provided, however, Tenant’s failure to execute and return such notice to Landlord within such time shall be conclusive upon Tenant that the information set forth in such notice is as specified therein. Tenant hereby acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding anything in this Lease to the contrary, at Landlord’s option, the Notice of Lease Term Dates may delivered to Tenant electronically to Tenant and that the Notice of Lease Term Dates may be executed by Landlord and Tenant electronically (e.g., but without limitation, via Sertifi, DocuSign, or other electronic means, as designated by Landlord).

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -5-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 3

 

BASE RENT

 

3.1  Base Rent. Commencing on the Lease Commencement Date, Tenant shall pay, without prior notice or demand, base rent (“Base Rent”) as set forth in Section 4 of the Summary, payable in equal monthly installments as set forth in Section 4 of the Summary in advance on or before the first day of each and every calendar month during the Lease Term, without any setoff or deduction whatsoever. The Base Rent and Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses for the first full month of the Lease Term shall be paid at the time of Tenant’s execution of this Lease. If any Rent payment date (including the Lease Commencement Date) falls on a day of the month other than the first day of such month or if any payment of Rent is for a period which is shorter than one month, the Rent for any fractional month shall accrue on a daily basis for the period from the date such payment is due to the end of such calendar month or to the end of the Lease Term at a rate per day which is equal to 1/365 of the applicable annual Rent. All other payments or adjustments required to be made under the terms of this Lease that require proration on a time basis shall be prorated on the same basis. Until notice of some other designation is given to Tenant in accordance with the provisions of Article 28 of this Lease, Base Rent and all other charges shall be paid by remittance to or for the order of BXP Research Park LP by one of the following methods:

 

(i)Via the VersaPay ARC, Boston Properties on-line Tenant Portal for which an invite will be sent to Tenant from the VersaPay ARC platform (please contact Landlord with any inquiries respecting VersaPay).

 

or

 

(ii)By ACH Transfer & Direct Deposit.

 

Bank of America

345 Montgomery Street, Concourse Level #1499

San Francisco, California 94101

ABA#

Account: Account Number:

Amount:

Reference:

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -6-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

or

 

(iii)By Mail.

 

Boston Properties Limited Partnership

 

or

 

(iv)By Overnight Delivery.

 

Bank of America Lock Box Services.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

ADDITIONAL RENT

 

4.1  General Terms. In addition to paying the Base Rent specified in Article 3 of this Lease, Tenant shall pay (i) “Tenant’s Share” of the annual “Building Direct Expenses,” as those terms are defined in Sections 4.2.9 and 4.2.2 of this Lease, respectively, and (ii) Tenant’s Share of “Capital Expenses,” as that term is defined in Section 4.2.8, below, pursuant to Section 4.6 of this Lease. Such payments by Tenant, together with any and all other amounts payable by Tenant to Landlord pursuant to the terms of this Lease, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Additional Rent,” and the Base Rent and the Additional Rent are herein collectively referred to as “Rent.” All amounts due under this Article 4 as Additional Rent shall be payable for the same periods and in the same manner as the Base Rent. Without limitation on other obligations of Tenant which survive the expiration of the Lease Term, the obligations of Tenant to pay the Additional Rent provided for in this Article 4 shall survive the expiration of the Lease Term. Landlord may upon expiration of the Lease Term deliver to Tenant an estimate of any Base Rent, Additional Rent or other obligations outstanding, and Landlord may either deduct such amount from any funds otherwise payable to Tenant upon expiration or require Tenant to pay such funds immediately. Landlord shall make necessary adjustments for differences between actual and estimated Additional Rent in accordance with Section 4.4, below. Landlord and Tenant understand and agree that this Lease is a “triple net” Lease. Tenant recognizes and acknowledges, without limiting the generality of any other terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of this Lease, that it is the intent of the parties hereto that the Base Rent provided to be paid by Tenant to Landlord shall be net to Landlord, and, except as specifically excluded herein, any and all expenses incurred in connection with the Premises, the Building and the Project, or in connection with the operations thereof, including any and all taxes, assessments, general or special license fees, insurance premiums, public utility bills and costs of repair, maintenance and operation of the Premises, the Building and the Project, together with the appurtenances thereto, shall be paid by Tenant in addition to the Base Rent specified in this Lease.

 

4.2  Definitions of Key Terms Relating to Additional Rent. As used in this Article 4, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter set forth:

 

4.2.1  “Building Direct Expenses” shall mean “Building Operating Expenses” and “Building Tax Expenses”, as those terms are defined in Sections 4.2.3 and 4.2.4, below, respectively.

 

4.2.2  “Building Operating Expenses” shall mean the portion of “Operating Expenses,” as that term is defined in Section 4.2.7 below, allocated to the tenants of the Building pursuant to the terms of Section 4.3.1 below.

 

4.2.3  “Building Tax Expenses” shall mean that portion of “Tax Expenses”, as that term is defined in Section 4.2.8 below, allocated to the tenants of the Building pursuant to the terms of Section 4.3.1 below.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -7-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

4.2.4  “Direct Expenses” shall mean “Operating Expenses” and “Tax Expenses.”

 

4.2.5  “Expense Year” shall mean each calendar year in which any portion of the Lease Term falls, through and including the calendar year in which the Lease Term expires, provided that Landlord, upon notice to Tenant, may change the Expense Year from time to time to any other twelve (12) consecutive month period, and, in the event of any such change, Tenant’s Share of Building Direct Expenses and Capital Expenses shall be equitably adjusted for any Expense Year involved in any such change.

 

4.2.6  “Operating Expenses” shall mean all expenses, costs and amounts of every kind and nature which Landlord pays or accrues during any Expense Year because of or in connection with the ownership, management, maintenance, security, repair, replacement, restoration or operation of the Project, or any portion thereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Operating Expenses shall specifically include any and all of the following: (i) the cost of supplying all utilities, the cost of operating, maintaining, repairing, replacing, renovating and managing the utility systems, mechanical systems, sanitary, storm drainage systems, communication systems, and the cost of supplies, tools, and equipment and maintenance and service contracts in connection therewith; (ii) the cost of licenses, certificates, permits and inspections and the cost of contesting any governmental enactments which may affect Operating Expenses, and the costs incurred in connection with a transportation system management program or similar program; (iii) the cost of all insurance carried by Landlord in connection with the Project as reasonably determined by Landlord (including, without limitation, commercial general liability insurance, physical damage insurance covering damage or other loss caused by fire, earthquake, flood and other water damage, explosion, vandalism and malicious mischief, theft or other casualty, rental interruption insurance and such insurance as may be required by any lessor under any present or future ground or underlying lease of the Building or Project or any holder of a mortgage, trust deed or other encumbrance now or hereafter in force against the Building or Project or any portion thereof); (iv) the cost of landscaping, decorative lighting, and relamping, the cost of maintaining fountains, sculptures, bridges and all supplies, tools, equipment and materials used in the operation, repair and maintenance of the Project, or any portion thereof; (v) the cost of parking area repair, restoration, and maintenance, including, without limitation, resurfacing, repainting, restriping and cleaning; (vi) fees, charges and other costs, including management fees (or amounts in lieu thereof), consulting fees (including, without limitation, any consulting fees incurred in connection with the procurement of insurance), legal fees and accounting fees, of all contractors, engineers, consultants and all other persons engaged by Landlord or otherwise incurred by or charged by Landlord in connection with the management, operation, administration, maintenance and repair of the Building and the Project; (vii) payments under any equipment rental agreements or management agreements (including the cost of any actual or charged management fee and the actual or charged rental of any management office space); (viii) wages, salaries and other compensation and benefits, including taxes levied thereon, of all persons engaged in the operation, maintenance and security of the Project; (ix) costs under any instrument pertaining to the sharing of costs by the Project; (x) operation, repair, maintenance and replacement of all systems and equipment and components thereof of the Project; (xi) the cost of janitorial, alarm, security and other services, replacement of wall and floor coverings, ceiling tiles and fixtures in common areas, maintenance and replacement of curbs and walkways, repair to roofs and re-roofing; (xii) amortization (including interest on the unamortized cost at an annual interest rate reasonably determined by Landlord) of the cost of acquiring or the rental expense of personal property used in the maintenance, operation and repair of the Project, or any portion thereof; (xiii) the cost of capital improvements or other costs incurred in connection with the Project (A) which are intended to effect economies in the operation, cleaning or maintenance of the Project, or any portion thereof, (B) that are required to comply with present or anticipated conservation programs, (C) which are replacements or modifications of nonstructural items located in the Common Areas required to keep the Common Areas in good order or condition, (D) that are required under any governmental law or regulation, or (E) which are repairs, replacements or modifications of related to the “Building Systems,” as that term is defined in Article 7 of this Lease, below; provided, however, that any capital expenditure shall be amortized (including interest on the unamortized cost) over its useful life as Landlord shall reasonably determine in accordance with sound real estate management and accounting principles; (xiv) costs, fees, charges or assessments imposed by, or resulting from any mandate imposed on Landlord by, any federal, state or local government for fire and police protection, trash removal, community services, or other services which do not constitute “Tax Expenses” as that term is defined in Section 4.2.8, below; (xv) advertising, marketing and promotional expenditures incurred in connection with the Project, including, without limitation, costs of signs in, on or about the Project identifying or promoting the Project; and (xvi) payments under any easement, license, operating agreement, declaration, restrictive covenant, or instrument pertaining to the sharing of costs by the Project or related to the use or operation of the Project; and (xvii) all costs of applying and reporting for the Project or any part thereof to seek or maintain certification under the U.S. EPA’s Energy Star® rating system, the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system or a similar system or standard. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Lease, the following items shall be excluded from Operating Expenses:

 

(a)  any items included in Tax Expenses;

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -8-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

(b)  except as permitted pursuant to items (xii) and (xiii), above, principal or interest on indebtedness, debt amortization or ground rent paid by Landlord in connection with any mortgages, deeds of trust or other financing encumbrances, or ground leases of the Building or the Project;

 

(c)  capital improvements to the Building or the Project, other than those permitted pursuant to items (xii) and (xiii), above capital improvements to the Building or the Project, and capital repairs, capital equipment, and capital tool, and rental payments and other related expenses incurred in leasing air conditioning systems, elevators or other equipment ordinarily considered to be of a capital nature, except (i) equipment which is used in providing janitorial or similar services and which is not affixed to the Building, and (ii) equipment rented to remedy or ameliorate an emergency condition (provided this exclusion (c) shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect Capital Expenses allowed under this Lease);

 

(d)  legal, auditing, consulting and professional fees and other costs paid or incurred in connection with financings, refinancings or sales of any interest in Landlord or of Landlord’s interest in the Building or the Project or in connection with any ground lease (including, without limitation, recording costs, mortgage recording taxes, title insurance premiums and other similar costs, but excluding those legal, auditing, consulting and professional fees and other costs incurred in connection with the normal and routine maintenance and operation of the Building and/or the Project);

 

(e)  legal fees, space planner’s fees, architect’s fees, leasing and brokerage commissions, advertising and promotional expenditures and any other marketing expense incurred in connection with the leasing of space in the Building (including new leases, lease amendments, lease terminations and lease renewals);

 

(f)  the cost of any items to the extent to which such cost is reimbursed to Landlord by tenants of the Project (other than as a reimbursement of operating expenses), or other third parties, or is covered by a warranty to the extent of reimbursement for such coverage;

 

(g)  expenditures for any leasehold improvement which is made in connection with the preparation of any portion of the Building for occupancy by any tenant of the Building or the Project;

 

(h)  the cost of performing work or furnishing service to or for any tenant other than Tenant, at Landlord’s expense, to the extent such work or service is in excess of any work or service Landlord is obligated to provide to Tenant or generally to other tenants in the Building at Landlord’s expense;

 

(i)  the cost of repairs or replacements incurred by reason of fire or other casualty, or condemnation, to the extent Landlord actually receives proceeds of property and casualty insurance policies or condemnation awards or would have received such proceeds had Landlord maintained the insurance required to be maintained by Landlord under this Lease;

 

(j)  the cost of acquiring sculptures, paintings or other objects of fine art in the Building or the Project in excess of amounts typically spent for such items in Class A office buildings of comparable quality in the San Francisco financial district area;

 

(k)  bad debt loss, rent loss, or reserves for bad debt or rent loss;

 

(l)  unfunded contributions to operating expense reserves by other tenants;

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -9-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

(m)  contributions to charitable or political organizations;

 

(n)  expenses related solely and exclusively to the operation of the retail space in the Project;

 

(o)  damage and repairs necessitated by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord Parties;

 

(p)  fees, costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in connection with or relating to claims against or disputes with tenants of the Building or the Project;

 

(q)  interest, fines or penalties for late payment or violations of applicable laws by Landlord, except to the extent incurring such expense is caused by a corresponding late payment or violation of an applicable law by Tenant, in which event Tenant shall be responsible for the full amount of such expense;

 

(r)  the cost of remediation and removal of “Hazardous Substance,” as that term is defined in Section 5.2, below, in the Building or on the Project as required by applicable laws, provided, however, that the provisions of this sub-item (r) shall not preclude the inclusion of costs with respect to materials (whether existing at the Project as of the date of this Lease or subsequently introduced to the Project) which are not, as of the date of this Lease (or as of the date of introduction), deemed to be Hazardous Substance under applicable laws but which are subsequently deemed to be Hazardous Substance under applicable laws (it being understood and agreed that Tenant shall nonetheless be responsible under Section 5.2 of this Lease for all costs of remediation and removal of Hazardous Substance to the extent caused by Tenant Parties);

 

(s)  costs for the original construction and development of the Building and nonrecurring costs for the repair or replacement of any structural portion of the Building made necessary as a result of defects in the original design, workmanship or materials;

 

(t)  costs and expenses incurred for the administration of the entity which constitutes Landlord, as the same are distinguished from the costs of operation, management, maintenance and repair of the Building and/or the Project, including, without limitation, entity accounting and legal matters;

 

(u)  the wages and benefits of any employee who does not devote substantially all of his or her employed time to the Project unless such wages and benefits are prorated on a reasonable basis and salaries and all other compensation (including fringe benefits) of persons generally considered to be higher in rank than the position of a person, regardless of title, who supervises property managers that manage the Project and other projects of Landlord and affiliates of Landlord;

 

(v)  except as may be otherwise expressly provided in this Lease with respect to specific items, including, without limitation, any management fee paid by Landlord, the cost of any services or materials provided by any party related to Landlord, to the extent such cost exceeds, the reasonable cost for such services or materials absent such relationship in Class A office buildings of comparable quality in the San Francisco financial district area;

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -10-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

(w)  depreciation for the Building, except as permitted pursuant to items (xii) and (xiii), above;

 

(x)  reserves for future improvements, repairs, additions, etc.;

 

(y)  costs of replacements, alterations or improvements necessary to make the

Building or the Project comply with applicable laws in effect and applicable to the Building and/or the Project prior to the date of this Lease, except to the extent the need for such replacements, alterations or improvements is caused by Tenant Parties (in which case Tenant shall nonetheless be responsible for such costs in accordance with Article 24 of this Lease), provided, however, that the provisions of this sub-item (y) shall not preclude the inclusion of costs of compliance with applicable laws enacted prior to the date of this Lease if such compliance is required for the first time by reason of any amendment, modification or reinterpretation of an applicable law which is imposed after the date of this Lease; and

 

(z) fees payable by Landlord for management of the Project in excess of the greater of (i) the management fee generally charged by landlords of a comparable building in the vicinity of the Building (“Comparable Buildings”), and (ii) three percent (3%) (the “Management Fee Cap”) of Landlord’s gross rental revenues, adjusted and grossed up to reflect a one hundred percent (100%) occupancy of the Project with all tenants paying full rent, as contrasted with free rent, half-rent and the like, including base rent, pass-throughs, and parking fees (but excluding the cost of after-hours services or utilities) from the Project for any calendar year or portion thereof.

 

If Landlord is not furnishing any particular work or service (the cost of which, if performed by Landlord, would be included in Operating Expenses) to a tenant who has undertaken to perform such work or service in lieu of the performance thereof by Landlord, Operating Expenses shall be deemed to be increased by an amount equal to the additional Operating Expenses which would reasonably have been incurred during such period by Landlord if it had at its own expense furnished such work or service to such tenant. If the Project is not at least one hundred percent (100%) occupied during all or a portion of any Expense Year (including, without limitation, if any portion of the Project is unleased or is leased, but is not then being used by a tenant in the ordinary course of its business), Landlord may elect to make an appropriate adjustment to the components of Operating Expenses that vary in connection with occupancy for such Expense Year to determine the amount of Operating Expenses that would have been incurred had the Project been one hundred percent (100%) occupied; and the amount so determined shall be deemed to have been the amount of Operating Expenses for such Expense Year. For purposes hereof, cost savings in components of Operating Expenses arising by reason of the cessation of use by tenants at the Project due to a casualty, Force Majeure, or other extraordinary circumstances are considered variable Operating Expenses that may be grossed up in Operating Expenses.

 

4.2.7  Taxes.

 

4.2.7.1  “Tax Expenses” shall mean all federal, state, county, or local governmental or municipal taxes, fees, charges or other impositions of every kind and nature, whether general, special, ordinary or extraordinary (including, without limitation, real estate taxes, general and special assessments, transit taxes, business taxes, leasehold taxes or taxes based upon the receipt of rent, including gross receipts or sales taxes applicable to the receipt of rent, unless required to be paid by Tenant, personal property taxes imposed upon the fixtures, machinery, equipment, apparatus, systems and equipment, appurtenances, furniture and other personal property used in connection with the Project, or any portion thereof), which shall be paid or accrued during any Expense Year (without regard to any different fiscal year used by such governmental or municipal authority) because of or in connection with the ownership, leasing and operation of the Project, or any portion thereof.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -11-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

4.2.7.2  Tax Expenses shall include, without limitation: (i) Any tax on the rent, right to rent or other income from the Project, or any portion thereof, or as against the business of leasing the Project, or any portion thereof; (ii) Any assessment, tax, fee, levy or charge in addition to, or in substitution, partially or totally, of any assessment, tax, fee, levy or charge previously included within the definition of real property tax, it being acknowledged by Tenant and Landlord that Proposition 13 was adopted by the voters of the State of California in the June 1978 election (“Proposition 13”) and that assessments, taxes, fees, levies and charges may be imposed by governmental agencies for such services as fire protection, street, sidewalk and road maintenance, refuse removal and for other governmental services formerly provided without charge to property owners or occupants, and, in further recognition of the decrease in the level and quality of governmental services and amenities as a result of Proposition 13, Tax Expenses shall also include any governmental or private assessments or the Project’s contribution towards a governmental or private cost-sharing agreement for the purpose of augmenting or improving the quality of services and amenities normally provided by governmental agencies; (iii) Any assessment, tax, fee, levy, or charge allocable to or measured by the area of the Premises, the tenant improvements in the Premises, or the Rent payable hereunder, including, without limitation, any business or gross income tax or excise tax with respect to the receipt of such rent, or upon or with respect to the possession, leasing, operating, management, maintenance, alteration, repair, use or occupancy by Tenant of the Premises, or any portion thereof; (iv) Any assessment, tax, fee, levy or charge, upon this transaction or any document to which Tenant is a party, creating or transferring an interest or an estate in the Premises; and (v) All of the real estate taxes and assessments imposed upon or with respect to the Building and all of the real estate taxes and assessments imposed on the land and improvements comprising the Project. All assessments which can be paid by Landlord in installments, shall be paid by Landlord in the maximum number of installments permitted by law (except to the extent inconsistent with the general practice of landlords of the Comparable Buildings) and shall be included as Tax Expenses in the year in which the installment is actually paid.

 

4.2.7.3  Any costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ and consultants’ fees) incurred in attempting to protest, reduce or minimize Tax Expenses shall be included in Tax Expenses in the Expense Year such expenses are incurred. Tax refunds shall be credited against Tax Expenses and refunded to Tenant regardless of when received, based on the Expense Year to which the refund is applicable, provided that in no event shall the amount to be refunded to Tenant for any such Expense Year exceed the total amount paid by Tenant as Additional Rent under this Article 4 for such Expense Year. If Tax Expenses for any period during the Lease Term or any extension thereof are increased after payment thereof for any reason, including, without limitation, error or reassessment by applicable governmental or municipal authorities, Tenant shall pay Landlord upon demand Tenant’s Share of any such increased Tax Expenses included by Landlord as Building Tax Expenses pursuant to the terms of this Lease. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Lease, only Landlord may institute proceedings to reduce Tax Expenses and the filing of any such proceeding by Tenant without Landlord’s consent shall constitute an event of default by Tenant under this Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord shall not be obligated to file any application or institute any proceeding seeking a reduction in Tax Expenses. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 4.2.8 (except as set forth in Section 4.2.8.1, above), there shall be excluded from Tax Expenses (i) all excess profits taxes, franchise taxes, gift taxes, capital stock taxes, inheritance and succession taxes, estate taxes, federal and state income taxes, and other taxes to the extent applicable to Landlord’s general or net income (as opposed to rents, receipts or income attributable to operations at the Project), (ii) any items included as Operating Expenses, and (iii) any items paid by Tenant under Section 4.5 of this Lease.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -12-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

4.2.8  “Capital Expenses” shall mean all cost of capital repair, improvements or expenditures incurred by Landlord in connection with the Project (A) which are intended to effect economies in the operation, cleaning or maintenance of the Project, or any portion thereof, (B) that are required to comply with present or anticipated governmentally mandated conservation programs, (C) which are replacements or modifications of nonstructural items located in the Common Areas required to keep the Common Areas in good order or condition, or (D) that are required under any governmental law or regulation, except for capital expenditures to remedy a condition existing prior to the Lease Commencement Date which an applicable governmental authority, if it had knowledge of such condition prior to the Lease Commencement Date, would have then required to be remedied pursuant to then-current governmental laws or regulations in their form existing as of the Lease Commencement Date and pursuant to the then-current interpretation of such governmental laws or regulations by the applicable governmental authority as of the Lease Commencement Date.

 

4.2.9  “Tenant’s Share” shall mean the percentage set forth in Section 6 of the Summary. Tenant’s Share was calculated by multiplying the number of rentable square feet of the Premises, as set forth in Section 2.2 of the Summary, by 100, and dividing the product by the total number of rentable square feet in the office area of the Building.

 

4.3  Allocation of Direct Expenses.

 

4.3.1  Method of Allocation. The parties acknowledge that the Building is a part of a multi-building project and that the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Project (i.e., the Direct Expenses) should be shared between the tenants of the Building and the tenants of the other buildings in the Project. Accordingly, as set forth in Section 4.2 above, Direct Expenses (which consists of Operating Expenses and Tax Expenses) are determined annually for the Project as a whole, and a portion of the Direct Expenses, which portion shall be determined by Landlord on an equitable basis, shall be allocated to the tenants of the Building (as opposed to the tenants of any other buildings in the Project) and such portion shall be the Building Direct Expenses for purposes of this Lease. Such portion of Direct Expenses allocated to the tenants of the Building shall include all Direct Expenses attributable solely to the Building and an equitable portion of the Direct Expenses attributable to the Project as a whole. In addition, the Building and the building known as 385 Ravendale Drive are both located on, and are the only buildings located on, tax parcel 165-37-013 (the “Tax Parcel”). The Building consists of 33,932 rentable sq feet and 385 Ravendale Drive consists 34,379 rentable square feet. The Building Tax Expenses shall be the amount equal to 49.6728% of the Tax Expenses for the Tax Parcel for any period of the Lease Term, provided that such allocations are subject to recalculation upon any remeasurement of 385 Ravendale by Landlord.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -13-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

4.3.2  Cost Pools. Landlord shall have the right, from time to time, to equitably allocate some or all of the Direct Expenses for the Project among different portions or occupants of the Project (the “Cost Pools”), in Landlord’s reasonable discretion. Such Cost Pools may include, but shall not be limited to, the office space tenants of a building of the Project or of the Project, and the retail space tenants of a building of the Project or of the Project. The Direct Expenses allocable to each such Cost Pool shall be allocated to such Cost Pool and charged to the tenants within such Cost Pool in an equitable manner.

 

4.4  Calculation and Payment of Direct Expenses. Tenant shall pay to Landlord, in the manner set forth in Section 4.4.1, below, and as Additional Rent, Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses for each Expense Year.

 

4.4.1  Statement of Actual Building Direct Expenses and Payment by Tenant. Landlord shall endeavor to give to Tenant following the end of each Expense Year, a statement (the “Statement”) which shall state the Building Direct Expenses incurred or accrued for such preceding Expense Year, and which shall indicate the amount of Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses. Upon receipt of the Statement for each Expense Year commencing or ending during the Lease Term, Tenant shall pay, with its next installment of Base Rent due or within thirty (30) days, whichever is earlier, the full amount of Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses for such Expense Year, less the amounts, if any, paid during such Expense Year as “Estimated Direct Expenses,” as that term is defined in Section 4.4.2, below, and if Tenant paid more as Estimated Direct Expenses than the actual Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses (an “Excess”), Tenant shall receive a credit in the amount of such Excess against Rent next due under this Lease. Even though the Lease Term has expired and Tenant has vacated the Premises, when the final determination is made of Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses for the Expense Year in which this Lease terminates, if Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses is greater than the amount of Estimated Direct Expenses previously paid by Tenant to Landlord, Tenant shall, within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Statement, pay to Landlord such amount, and if Tenant paid more as Estimated Direct Expenses than the actual Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses (again, an Excess), Landlord shall, within thirty (30) days, deliver a check payable to Tenant in the amount of such Excess. The provisions of this Section 4.4.1 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of the Lease Term.

 

4.4.2  Statement of Estimated Building Direct Expenses. In addition, Landlord shall endeavor to give Tenant a yearly expense estimate statement (the “Estimate Statement”) which shall set forth Landlord’s reasonable estimate (the “Estimate”) of what the total amount of Direct Expenses for the then-current Expense Year shall be and the estimated Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses (the “Estimated Direct Expenses”). The failure of Landlord to timely furnish the Estimate Statement for any Expense Year shall not preclude Landlord from enforcing its rights to collect any Estimated Direct Expenses under this Article 4, nor shall Landlord be prohibited from revising any Estimate Statement theretofore delivered to the extent necessary. Thereafter, Tenant shall pay, with its next installment of Base Rent due, a fraction of the Estimated Direct Expenses for the then-current Expense Year (reduced by any amounts paid pursuant to the last sentence of this Section 4.4.2). Such fraction shall have as its numerator the number of months which have elapsed in such current Expense Year, including the month of such payment, and twelve (12) as its denominator. Until a new Estimate Statement is furnished (which Landlord shall have the right to deliver to Tenant at any time), Tenant shall pay monthly, with the monthly Base Rent installments, an amount equal to one-twelfth (1/12) of the total Estimated Direct Expenses set forth in the previous Estimate Statement delivered by Landlord to Tenant.

 

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 -14-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

4.5  Taxes and Other Charges for Which Tenant Is Directly Responsible.

 

4.5.1  Tenant shall be liable for and shall pay thirty (30) days before delinquency, taxes levied against Tenant’s equipment, furniture, fixtures and any other personal property located in or about the Premises. If any such taxes on Tenant’s equipment, furniture, fixtures and any other personal property are levied against Landlord or Landlord’s property or if the assessed value of Landlord’s property is increased by the inclusion therein of a value placed upon such equipment, furniture, fixtures or any other personal property and if Landlord pays the taxes based upon such increased assessment, which Landlord shall have the right to do regardless of the validity thereof but only under proper protest if requested by Tenant, Tenant shall upon demand repay to Landlord the taxes so levied against Landlord or the proportion of such taxes resulting from such increase in the assessment, as the case may be.

 

4.5.2  If the tenant improvements in the Premises, whether installed and/or paid for by Landlord or Tenant and whether or not affixed to the real property so as to become a part thereof, are assessed for real property tax purposes at a valuation higher than the valuation at which tenant improvements conforming to Landlord’s “building standard” in other space in the Building are assessed, then the Tax Expenses levied against Landlord or the property by reason of such excess assessed valuation shall be deemed to be taxes levied against personal property of Tenant and shall be governed by the provisions of Section 4.5.1, above.

 

4.5.3  Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, Tenant shall pay prior to delinquency any (i) rent tax or sales tax, service tax, transfer tax or value added tax, business tax or any other applicable tax on the rent or services herein or otherwise respecting this Lease, (ii) taxes assessed upon or with respect to the possession, leasing, operation, management, maintenance, alteration, repair, use or occupancy by Tenant of the Premises or any portion of the Project, including the Project parking facility; or (iii) taxes assessed upon this transaction or any document to which Tenant is a party creating or transferring an interest or an estate in the Premises.

 

4.6  Calculation and Payment of Capital Expenses. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Lease, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, on a monthly basis, as Additional Rent and in addition to Tenant’s Share of Building Direct Expenses, an amount equal to Tenant’s Share of all Capital Expenses incurred by Landlord for any Expense Year; provided, however, any such Capital Expenses shall be amortized (including interest on the unamortized cost at an annual interest rate determined by Landlord) over its useful life as Landlord shall reasonably determine, and Tenant shall only be obligated to pay Tenant’s Share of such amortized amount; provided further, however, if Landlord reasonably concludes on the basis of engineering estimates that a particular capital expenditure will effect savings in Operating Expenses, including, without limitation, energy related costs, and that such projected savings will, on an annual basis (“Projected Annual Savings”), exceed the annual amortization therefor, then and in such event the amount of amortization for such capital expenditure shall be increased to an amount equal to the Projected Annual Savings; and in such circumstance, the increased amortization (in the amount of the Projected Annual Savings) shall be made for such period of time as it would take to fully amortize the cost of the item in question, together with interest thereon at the interest rate as aforesaid in equal monthly payments, each in the amount of 1/12th of the Projected Annual Savings, with such payment to be applied first to interest and the balance to principal. The amount of Capital Expenses incurred by Landlord, as well as Tenant’s Share of such Capital Expenses, shall be set forth on each Statement and each Estimate Statement delivered by Landlord Tenant and Tenant shall pay Tenant’s Share of such Capital Expenses at the same time and in the same manner as Tenant shall pay Tenant’s Share of Building Direct Expenses.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
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 -15-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

4.7  Tenant Review Request. Upon Tenant’s written request (a “Review Request”) given not more than ninety (90) days after Tenant’s receipt of a Statement for a particular Expense Year (the “Review Period”), and provided that Tenant is not then in default under this Lease (and Tenant has paid all amounts required to be paid under the applicable Estimate Statement and/or Statement, as the case may be), then Landlord shall, within thirty (30) days following Tenant’s delivery of the Review Request, respond to questions from Tenant with regard to Direct Expenses incurred by Landlord for the Expense Year covered by the Statement and shall provide to Tenant, to the extent in Landlord’s possession, such specific documents (as opposed to Landlord’s general ledger or other accounting summaries or ledgers applicable to costs and expenses as a whole and not to a specific cost or expense) reasonably requested by Tenant in connection with such Review Request (collectively, “Landlord’s Response re Direct Expenses”). Landlord and Tenant shall act in good faith to resolve any discrepancies or disputes in connection with such Statement. Tenant shall execute Landlord’s commercially reasonable standard confidentiality agreement regarding such Review Request as a condition to Landlord’s delivery of Landlord’s Response re Direct Expenses to Tenant. If Landlord and Tenant in good faith determine that either Tenant was overcharged or undercharged for Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses for the applicable Expense Year, then Landlord shall refund (or apply such amount toward the Base Rent next due under this Lease) the amount of the overcharge to Tenant or Tenant shall pay the amount of the undercharge to Landlord, as applicable, within thirty (30) days following such determination. Tenant’s failure to deliver a Review Request within the Review Period shall be deemed to be Tenant’s approval of such Statement and Tenant shall be deemed to have waived the right or ability to dispute the amounts set forth in such Statement. Tenant hereby acknowledges that Tenant’s sole right to ask questions or to dispute the amount of Direct Expenses payable by Tenant shall be as set forth in this Section 4.7 and in no event shall Tenant be entitled to exercise the rights set forth in this Section 4.7 more than one (1) time for any Expense Year. Should Tenant fail to timely deliver a Review Request, Tenant hereby waives any and all other rights pursuant to applicable law to inspect Landlord’s books and records and/or to dispute the amount of Direct Expenses payable by Tenant.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

USE OF PREMISES

 

5.1  Permitted Use. Tenant shall use the Premises solely for the Permitted Use set forth in Section 7 of the Summary and Tenant shall not use or permit the Premises or the Project to be used for any other purpose or purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of Landlord, which may be withheld in Landlord’s sole discretion.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -16-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

5.2  Prohibited Uses. Tenant further covenants and agrees that Tenant shall not use, or suffer or permit any person or persons to use, the Premises or any part thereof for any use or purpose contrary to the provisions of the Rules and Regulations set forth in Exhibit D, attached hereto, or in violation of the laws of the United States of America, the State of California, or the ordinances, regulations or requirements of the local municipal or county governing body or other lawful authorities having jurisdiction over the Project, including, without limitation, any such laws, ordinances, regulations or requirements relating to “Hazardous Materials,” as that term is defined effecting Section 29.18. In addition, in no event shall Tenant use the Premises or any part of the Project for a tire storage facility. Tenant shall not do or permit anything to be done in or about the Premises which will in any way damage the reputation of the Project or obstruct or interfere with the rights of other tenants or occupants of the Building, or injure or annoy them or use or allow the Premises to be used for any improper, unlawful or objectionable purpose, nor shall Tenant cause, maintain or permit any nuisance in, on or about the Premises. Tenant shall comply with, and Tenant’s rights and obligations under the Lease and Tenant’s use of the Premises shall be subject and subordinate to, all recorded easements, covenants, conditions, and restrictions now or hereafter affecting the Project.

 

5.3  CC&Rs. Tenant shall comply with all recorded covenants, conditions, and restrictions currently affecting the Project. Additionally, Tenant acknowledges that the Project may be subject to any future covenants, conditions, and restrictions (the “CC&Rs”) which Landlord, in Landlord’s discretion, deems reasonably necessary or desirable, and Tenant agrees that this Lease shall be subject and subordinate to such CC&Rs; provided that any future CC&Rs shall not have a material and adverse impact Tenant’s rights and obligations under the Lease without the prior written consent of Tenant. Landlord shall have the right to require Tenant to execute and acknowledge, within fifteen (15) business days of a request by Landlord, a “Recognition of Covenants, Conditions, and Restriction,” in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit I, agreeing to and acknowledging the CC&Rs.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

SERVICES AND UTILITIES

 

6.1  Standard Tenant Services. Except as expressly set forth in this Section 6.1 and Article 7, below, Tenant will be responsible, at its sole cost and expense, for the furnishing of all services and utilities to the Premises, including, but not limited to heating, ventilation and air conditioning, electricity, telephone, water, janitorial and security services. Landlord shall provide, as part of the Base Building, (i) electrical wiring to subpanel facilities for the Building for Tenant’s connection, and (ii) city water and sewer stubbed to the Premises.

 

6.1.1  Tenant shall pay for all utilities (including without limitation, electricity, gas, sewer and water) attributable to its use of the Premises, and shall also provide its own janitorial and security services for the Premises. Such utility use shall include electricity, water, and gas use for lighting, incidental use and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (“HVAC”). Tenant shall ensure that all janitorial and security services are performed in a manner consistent with first-class research and development projects in the vicinity of the Project. All such utility, janitorial and security payments shall be excluded from Operating Expenses and shall be paid directly by Tenant prior to the date on which the same are due to the utility provider, janitorial company and/or security company, as applicable. Landlord shall, to the extent reasonably practicable and at Landlord’s cost, separately meter the Premises, and, to the extent not separately metered, shall otherwise equitably determine Tenant’s use of such utilities.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -17-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

6.1.2  Tenant will design Tenant’s electrical system serving any equipment producing nonlinear electrical loads to accommodate such nonlinear electrical loads, including, but not limited to, oversizing neutral conductors, derating transformers and/or providing power-line filters. Engineering plans shall include a calculation of Tenant’s fully connected electrical design load with and without demand factors and shall indicate the number of watts of unmetered and submetered loads. Tenant shall bear the cost of replacement of lamps, starters and ballasts for lighting fixtures within the Premises.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Lease to the contrary, if Landlord or any affiliate of Landlord has elected to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), any service required or permitted to be performed by Landlord pursuant to this Lease, the charge or cost of which may be treated as impermissible tenant service income under the laws governing a REIT, may be performed by a taxable REIT subsidiary that is affiliated with either Landlord or Landlord’s property manager, an independent contractor of Landlord or Landlord’s property manager (the “Service Provider”). If Tenant is subject to a charge under this Lease for any such service, then, at Landlord’s direction, Tenant will pay such charge either to Landlord for further payment to the Service Provider or directly to the Service Provider, and, in either case, (i) Landlord will credit such payment against Additional Rent due from Tenant under this Lease for such service, and (ii) such payment to the Service Provider will not relieve Landlord from any obligation under the Lease concerning the provisions of such service.

 

6.2  Overstandard Tenant Use. Tenant’s use of electricity shall never exceed the capacity of the feeders to the Project or the risers or wiring installation. In the event that Tenant purchases any utility service directly from the provider, Tenant shall promptly provide to Landlord either permission to access Tenant’s usage information from the utility service provider or copies of the utility bills for Tenant’s usage of such services in a format reasonably acceptable to Landlord. If Tenant requests any additional services, then Tenant shall pay to Landlord the cost of such additional services, including Landlord’s standard fee for its involvement with such additional services, promptly upon being billed for same.

 

6.3  Interruption of Use. Tenant agrees that Landlord shall not be liable for damages, by abatement of Rent (except as specifically set forth in Section 19.5.2 of this Lease) or otherwise, for failure to furnish or delay in furnishing any service (including telephone and telecommunication services), or for any diminution in the quality or quantity thereof, when such failure or delay or diminution is occasioned, in whole or in part, by breakage, repairs, replacements, or improvements, by any strike, lockout or other labor trouble, by inability to secure electricity, gas, water, or other fuel at the Building or Project after reasonable effort to do so, by any riot or other dangerous condition, emergency, accident or casualty whatsoever, by act or default of Tenant or other parties, or by any other cause beyond Landlord’s reasonable control; and such failures or delays or diminution shall never be deemed to constitute an eviction or disturbance of Tenant’s use and possession of the Premises or relieve Tenant from paying Rent (except as specifically set forth in Section 19.5.2 of this Lease) or performing any of its obligations under this Lease. Furthermore, Landlord shall not be liable under any circumstances for a loss of, or injury to, property or for injury to, or interference with, Tenant’s business, including, without limitation, loss of profits, however occurring, through or in connection with or incidental to a failure to furnish any of the services or utilities as set forth in this Article 6.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -18-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

6.4  24/7 Access. Subject to applicable laws and the other provisions of this Lease, and except in the event of an emergency, Tenant shall have access to the Building, the Premises and the common areas of the Building, other than common areas requiring access with a Building engineer, twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week, every day of the year.

 

ARTICLE 7

 

REPAIRS

 

Landlord shall maintain in good condition and operating order and keep in good repair and condition the structural portions of the Building, including the foundation, floor/ceiling slabs, roof structure (including the roof membrane), ramps and docks, curtain wall, exterior glass and mullions, columns, beams, parking areas, landscaping, exterior Project signage, men’s and women’s washrooms, Building mechanical, electrical and telephone closets, and all common and public areas (collectively, “Building Structure”) and the Base Building mechanical, electrical, life safety, plumbing, sprinkler systems and HVAC systems which were not constructed by Tenant Parties (collectively, the “Building Systems”) and the Project Common Areas. Notwithstanding anything in this Lease to the contrary, Tenant shall be required to repair the Building Structure and/or the Building Systems to the extent caused due to Tenant’s use of the Premises for other than normal and customary business office operations, unless and to the extent such damage is covered by insurance carries or required to be carried by Landlord pursuant to Article 10 and to which the waiver of subrogation is applicable (such obligation to the extent applicable to Tenant as qualified and conditioned will hereinafter be defined as the “BS/BS Exception”). Tenant shall, at Tenant’s own expense, keep the Premises, including all improvements, fixtures and furnishings therein, and the floor or floors of the Building on which the Premises are located, in good order, repair and condition at all times during the Lease Term. In addition, Tenant shall, at Tenant’s own expense, but under the supervision and subject to the prior approval of Landlord, and within any reasonable period of time specified by Landlord, promptly and adequately repair all damage to the Premises and replace or repair all damaged, broken, or worn fixtures and appurtenances, except for damage caused by ordinary wear and tear, but such obligation shall not extend to the Building Structure and the Building Systems except pursuant to the BS/BS Exception (“Tenant’s Repair and Replacement Obligations”); provided however, that, Landlord shall have the exclusive right, at Landlord’s option, but not the obligation, to perform Tenant’s Repair and Replacement Obligations, and Tenant shall pay to Landlord the cost thereof, including Landlord’s standard fee for its involvement with such repairs and replacements, promptly upon being billed for same; provided further, however, that during the initial Lease Term, Tenant shall not be required to perform (and Landlord shall not have the right to perform at Tenant’s expense) any Tenant’s Repair and Replacement Obligations within the Premises that would, under sound real estate management and accounting principles, be deemed a “capital expenditure,” unless and to the extent the failure to make such repair or replacement would affect the safety of Landlord’s or any other tenant’s or occupant’s employees or create a health hazard for Landlord’s or any other tenant’s or occupant’s employees, or cause material interference with Landlord or other tenants of the Project or would otherwise materially and adversely affect Landlord’s ability to operate and maintain the Building in a first class manner consistent with the Comparable Buildings. If Tenant shall not be required, and does not perform, any of Tenant’s Repair and Replacement Obligations pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, then Landlord shall not be required to perform such Tenant’s Repair and Replacement Obligations. Landlord may, but shall not be required to, enter the Premises at all reasonable times to make such repairs, alterations, improvements or additions to the Premises or to the Project or to any equipment located in the Project as Landlord shall desire or deem necessary or as Landlord may be required to do by governmental or quasi-governmental authority or court order or decree. Tenant hereby waives any and all rights under and benefits of subsection 1 of Section 1932 and Sections 1941 and 1942 of the California Civil Code or under any similar law, statute, or ordinance now or hereafter in effect.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -19-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 8

 

ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS

 

8.1  Landlord’s Consent to Alterations. Tenant may not make or suffer to be made any improvements, alterations, additions, changes, or repairs (pursuant to Article 7 or otherwise) to the Premises or any mechanical, plumbing or HVAC facilities or systems pertaining to the Premises (collectively, the “Alterations”) without first procuring the prior written consent of Landlord to such Alterations, which consent shall be requested by Tenant not less than fifteen (15) business days prior to the commencement thereof, and which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld by Landlord, provided it shall be deemed reasonable for Landlord to withhold its consent to any Alteration which adversely affects the structural portions or the systems or equipment of the Building or is visible from the exterior of the Building. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall be permitted to make Alterations following ten (10) business days notice to Landlord, but without Landlord’s prior consent, to the extent that such Alterations (i) do not, in the aggregate, exceed a cost of $50,000 per Alteration, (ii) do not affect the Building Systems or Building Structure, (iii) do not affect the exterior appearance of the Premises or the Building, and (iv) do not require the issuance of any permits, approvals or other documents by any governmental agency(the “Cosmetic Alterations”). For purposes of determining the cost of an Alteration, work done in phases or stages shall be considered part of the same Alteration, and any Alteration shall be deemed to include all trades and materials involved in accomplishing a particular result.

 

8.2  Manner of Construction. Landlord may impose, as a condition of its consent to any and all Alterations or repairs of the Premises or about the Premises, such requirements as Landlord in its reasonable discretion may deem desirable, including, but not limited to, the requirement that Tenant utilize for such purposes only contractors reasonably approved by Landlord, and the requirement that upon Landlord’s request made at the time such consent is granted, Tenant shall, at Tenant’s expense, remove such Alterations upon the expiration or any early termination of the Lease Term and return the affected portion of the Premises to a building standard tenant improved condition as determined by Landlord. Tenant shall construct such Alterations and perform such repairs in a good and workmanlike manner, in conformance with any and all applicable federal, state, county or municipal laws, rules and regulations and pursuant to a valid building permit, issued by the City of Mountain View, all in conformance with Landlord’s construction rules and regulations; provided, however, that prior to commencing to construct any Alteration, Tenant shall meet with Landlord to discuss Landlord’s design parameters and code compliance issues. In the event Tenant performs any Alterations in the Premises which require or give rise to governmentally required changes to the “Base Building,” as that term is defined below, then Landlord shall, at Tenant’s expense, make such changes to the Base Building. The “Base Building” shall include the structural portions of the Building, and the public restrooms, elevators, exit stairwells and the systems and equipment located in the internal core of the Building on the floor or floors on which the Premises are located. In performing the work of any such Alterations, Tenant shall have the work performed in such manner so as not to obstruct access to the Project or any portion thereof, by any other tenant of the Project, and so as not to obstruct the business of Landlord or other tenants in the Project. Tenant shall not use (and upon notice from Landlord shall cease using) contractors, services, workmen, labor, materials or equipment that, in Landlord’s reasonable judgment, would disturb labor harmony with the workforce or trades engaged in performing other work, labor or services in or about the Building or the Common Areas. In addition to Tenant’s obligations under Article 9 of this Lease, upon completion of any Alterations, Tenant agrees to cause a Notice of Completion to be recorded in the office of the Recorder of the County of Santa Clara County in accordance with Section 3093 of the Civil Code of the State of California or any successor statute, and Tenant shall deliver to the Project construction manager a reproducible copy of the “as built” drawings of the Alterations, to the extent applicable, as well as all permits, approvals and other documents issued by any governmental agency in connection with the Alterations.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -20-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

8.3  Payment for Improvements. If payment is made directly to contractors, Tenant shall (i) comply with Landlord’s requirements for final lien releases and waivers in connection with Tenant’s payment for work to contractors, and (ii) sign Landlord’s standard contractor’s rules and regulations. If Tenant orders any work directly from Landlord, Tenant shall pay to Landlord an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the costs of each such Alteration; and (vii) all other costs incurred by Landlord in connection with the construction of the Alterations. If Tenant does not order any work directly from Landlord, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for Landlord’s reasonable, actual, out-of-pocket costs and expenses actually incurred in connection with Landlord’s review of such work.

 

8.4  Construction Insurance. In the event that any Alterations are made pursuant to this Article 8, prior to the commencement of such Alterations, Tenant shall provide Landlord with certificates of insurance evidencing compliance with the requirements of Section 10.14 of this Lease, it being understood and agreed that all of such Alterations shall be insured by Tenant pursuant to Article 10 of this Lease immediately upon completion thereof. In addition, Landlord may, in its discretion, require Tenant to obtain a lien and completion bond or some alternate form of security satisfactory to Landlord in an amount sufficient to ensure the lien-free completion of such Alterations and naming Landlord as a co-obligee.

 

8.5  Landlord’s Property. All Alterations, improvements, fixtures, equipment and/or appurtenances which may be installed or placed in or about the Premises, from time to time, shall be at the sole cost of Tenant and shall be and become the property of Landlord; provided, however, subject to the last sentence of this Section 8.5, below, Landlord may, by written notice to Tenant prior to the end of the Lease Term, or given following any earlier termination of this Lease, require Tenant, at Tenant’s expense, to remove any Alterations or improvements and to repair any damage to the Premises and Building caused by such removal and return the affected portion of the Premises to their condition existing prior to the installation of such Alterations or improvements or, at Landlord’s election, to a building standard tenant improved condition as determined by Landlord. If Tenant fails to complete such removal and/or to repair any damage caused by the removal of any Alterations or improvements in the Premises and return the affected portion of the Premises to their condition existing prior to the installation of such Alterations or improvements or, if elected by Landlord, to a building standard tenant improved condition as determined by Landlord, prior to the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, then Rent shall continue to accrue under this Lease in accordance with Article 16, below, after the end of the Lease Term until such work shall be completed, and Landlord shall have the right, but not the obligation, to perform such work and to charge the reasonable cost thereof to Tenant. Tenant hereby protects, defends, indemnifies and holds Landlord harmless from any liability, cost, obligation, expense or claim of lien, including but not limited to, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees, in any manner relating to the installation, placement, removal or financing of any such Alterations, improvements, fixtures and/or equipment in, on or about the Premises, which obligations of Tenant shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Section 8.5 to the contrary, Landlord shall not require Tenant to remove any Alteration or improvement, or to return the affected portion of the Premises to their condition existing prior to the installation of such Alteration or improvement, or, at Landlord’s election, to a building standard tenant improved condition as determined by Landlord, if and to the extent City Storage removed and/or restored (or paid Landlord to perform such action) such Alteration or improvement, as applicable, under the City Storage Lease. In addition, Landlord shall not require Tenant to remove or restore any of the following (as in existence on the date of this Lease, reasonably wear and tear excepted): (i) the polished concrete floor, (ii) the added door leading to the exterior of the Building, (iii) the power poles, and (iv) the acoustical wall panels.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -21-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 9

 

COVENANT AGAINST LIENS

 

Tenant shall keep the Project and Premises free from any liens or encumbrances arising out of the work performed, materials furnished or obligations incurred by or on behalf of Tenant, and shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, judgments or costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of same or in connection therewith. Tenant shall give Landlord notice at least twenty (20) days prior to the commencement of any work on the Premises which may give rise to a lien on the Premises, Building or Project (or such additional time as may be necessary under applicable laws) to afford Landlord the opportunity of posting and recording appropriate notices of non-responsibility. Tenant shall remove any such lien or encumbrance by bond or otherwise within five (5) days after notice by Landlord, and if Tenant shall fail to do so, Landlord may pay the amount necessary to remove such lien or encumbrance, without being responsible for investigating the validity thereof. The amount so paid shall be deemed Additional Rent under this Lease payable upon demand, without limitation as to other remedies available to Landlord under this Lease. Nothing contained in this Lease shall authorize Tenant to do any act which shall subject Landlord’s title to the Building or Premises to any liens or encumbrances whether claimed by operation of law or express or implied contract. Any claim to a lien or encumbrance upon the Building or Premises arising in connection with any such work or respecting the Premises not performed by or at the request of Landlord shall be null and void, or at Landlord’s option shall attach only against Tenant’s interest in the Premises and shall in all respects be subordinate to Landlord’s title to the Project, Building and Premises.

 

ARTICLE 10

 

INDEMNITY AND INSURANCE

 

10.1  Tenant’s Indemnity.

 

10.1.1  Indemnity. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Tenant waives any right to contribution against the “Landlord Parties” (hereinafter defined), and agrees to indemnify and save harmless the Landlord Parties from and against all claims of whatever nature by a third party arising from or claimed to have arisen from (i) any act, omission or negligence of the “Tenant Parties” (hereinafter defined); (ii) any accident, injury or damage whatsoever caused to any person, or to the property of any person, occurring in or about the Premises from the earlier of (A) the date on which any Tenant Party first enters the Premises for any reason or (B) the Lease Commencement Date, and thereafter throughout and until the end of the Lease Term and after the end of the Lease Term for so long after the end of the Lease Term as any of “Tenant’s Property” (as defined in Section 10.4, below) remains on the Premises, or Tenant or anyone acting by, through or under Tenant may use, be in occupancy of any part of, or have access to the Premises or any portion thereof; (iii) any accident, injury or damage whatsoever occurring outside the Premises but within the Project, or on common areas of the Project where such accident, injury or damage results, or is claimed to have resulted, from any act, omission or negligence on the part of any of the Tenant Parties; or (iv) any breach of this Lease by Tenant. Tenant shall pay such indemnified amounts as they are incurred by the Landlord Parties. The indemnification rights of Landlord Parties provided in this Lease are their exclusive indemnification rights with respect to this Lease. Landlord Parties waive any additional rights to indemnification they may have against Tenant Parties with respect to this Lease under common law. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Tenant shall not be obligated to indemnify a Landlord Party for any claims to the extent that such Landlord Party’s damages in fact result from matters included in Landlord’s indemnity in Section 10.1.8 of this Article.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -22-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

10.1.2  Breach. In the event that Tenant breaches any of its indemnity obligations hereunder: (i) Tenant shall pay to the Landlord Parties all liabilities, loss, cost, or expense (including reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred as a result of said breach, and the reasonable value of time expended by the Landlord Parties as a result of said breach; and (ii) the Landlord Parties may deduct and offset from any amounts due to Tenant under this Lease any amounts owed by Tenant pursuant to this section.

 

10.1.3  No limitation. The indemnification obligations under this Section shall not be limited in any way by any limitation on the amount or type of damages, compensation or benefits payable by or for Tenant or any subtenant or other occupant of the Premises under workers’ compensation acts, disability benefit acts, or other employee benefit acts. Tenant waives any immunity from or limitation on its indemnity or contribution liability to the Landlord Parties based upon such acts.

 

10.1.4  Subtenants and other occupants. Tenant shall require its subtenants and other occupants of the Premises to provide similar indemnities to the Landlord Parties in a form reasonably acceptable to Landlord.

 

10.1.5  Survival. The terms of this section shall survive any termination or expiration of this Lease.

 

10.1.6  Costs. The foregoing indemnity and hold harmless agreement shall include indemnity for all costs, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by the Landlord Parties in connection with any such claim or any action or proceeding brought thereon, and the defense thereof. In addition, in the event that any action or proceeding shall be brought against one or more Landlord Parties by reason of any such claim, Tenant, upon request from the Landlord Party, shall resist and defend such action or proceeding on behalf of the Landlord Party by counsel appointed by Tenant’s insurer (if such claim is covered by insurance without reservation) or otherwise by counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Landlord Party. The Landlord Parties shall not be bound by any compromise or settlement of any such claim, action or proceeding without the prior written consent of such Landlord Parties.

 

10.1.7  Landlord Parties and Tenant Parties. The term “Landlord Party” or “Landlord Parties” shall mean Landlord, any affiliate of Landlord, Landlord’s managing agents for the Building, each Mortgagee, and each of their respective direct or indirect partners, officers, shareholders, directors, members, trustees, beneficiaries, servants, employees, principals, contractors, licensees, agents or representatives. The term “Tenant Party” or “Tenant Parties” shall mean Tenant, any affiliate of Tenant, any permitted subtenant or any other permitted occupant of the Premises, and each of their respective direct or indirect partners, officers, shareholders, directors, members, trustees, beneficiaries, servants, employees, principals, contractors, licensees, agents, invitees or representatives.

 

10.1.8  Landlord’s Indemnity. Subject to the limitations in Section 29.13 and in Section 10.2 and Section 10.13 of this Article, and to the extent not resulting from any act, omission, fault, negligence or misconduct of Tenant or its contractors, licensees, invitees, agents, servants or employees, Landlord waives its right to contribution and agrees to indemnify and save harmless Tenant from and against any claim by a third party arising from any injury to any person occurring in the Premises or in the Project after the date that possession of the Premises is first delivered to Tenant and until the expiration or earlier termination of the Lease Term, to the extent such injury results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord or Landlord’s employees; provided, however, that in no event shall the aforesaid indemnity render Landlord responsible or liable for any loss or damage to fixtures, personal property or other property of Tenant, and Landlord shall in no event be liable for any indirect or consequential damages. Tenant shall provide notice of any such third party claim to Landlord as soon as practicable. Landlord shall have the right, but not the duty, to defend the claim. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to (i) the holder of any mortgage now or hereafter on the Project or Building (whether or not such holder shall be a mortgagee in possession of or shall have exercised any rights under a conditional, collateral or other assignment of leases and/or rents respecting the Project or Building), or (ii) any person acquiring title as a result of, or subsequent to, a foreclosure of any such mortgage or a deed in lieu of foreclosure, except to the extent of liability insurance maintained by either of the foregoing. The indemnification rights of Tenant provided in this Lease are its exclusive indemnification rights with respect to this Lease. Tenant waives any additional rights to indemnification it may have against Landlord Parties with respect to this Lease under common law.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -23-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

10.2  Tenant’s Risk. Tenant agrees to use and occupy the Premises, and to use such other portions of the Building and the Project as Tenant is given the right to use by this Lease at Tenant’s own risk. The Landlord Parties shall not be liable to the Tenant Parties for any damage, injury, loss, compensation, or claim (including, but not limited to, claims for the interruption of or loss to a Tenant Party’s business) based on, arising out of or resulting from any cause whatsoever, including, but not limited to, repairs to any portion of the Premises or the Building or the Project, any fire, robbery, theft, mysterious disappearance, or any other crime or Casualty, any cyber attack affecting the Building systems or any computer systems in the Premises or the Building, the actions of any other tenants of the Building or of any other person or persons, or any leakage in any part or portion of the Premises or the Building or the Project, or from water, rain or snow that may leak into, or flow from any part of the Premises or the Building or the Project, or from drains, pipes or plumbing fixtures in the Building or the Project. Any goods, property or personal effects stored or placed in or about the Premises shall be at the sole risk of the Tenant Party, and neither the Landlord Parties nor their insurers shall in any manner be held responsible therefor. The Landlord Parties shall not be responsible or liable to a Tenant Party, or to those claiming by, through or under a Tenant Party, for any loss or damage that may be occasioned by or through the acts or omissions of persons occupying adjoining premises or any part of the premises adjacent to or connecting with the Premises or any part of the Building or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Landlord Parties shall not be released from liability for any injury, loss, damages or liability to the extent arising from any gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Landlord Parties on or about the Premises; provided, however, in no event shall the Landlord Parties have any liability to a Tenant Party based on any loss with respect to or interruption in the operation of Tenant’s business. The provisions of this section shall be applicable to the fullest extent permitted by law, and until the expiration or earlier termination of the Lease Term, and during such further period as any of Tenant’s Property remains in the Premises, or Tenant or anyone acting by, through or under Tenant may use, be in occupancy of any part of, or have access to the Premises or of the Building.

 

10.3  Tenant’s Commercial General Liability Insurance. Tenant agrees to maintain in full force on or before the earlier of (i) the date on which any Tenant Party first enters the Premises for any reason or (ii) the Lease Commencement Date, and thereafter throughout and until the end of the Lease Term, and after the end of the Lease Term so long after the end of the Lease Term as any of Tenant’s Property remains on the Premises, or Tenant or anyone acting by, through or under Tenant may use, be in occupancy of any part of, or have access to any part of the Premises or any portion thereof, a policy of commercial general liability insurance, on an occurrence basis, issued on a form at least as broad as Insurance Services Office (“ISO”) Commercial General Liability Coverage “occurrence” form CG 00 01 10 01 or another ISO Commercial General Liability “occurrence” form providing equivalent coverage. Such insurance shall include contractual liability coverage, specifically covering but not limited to the indemnification obligations undertaken by Tenant in this Lease. The minimum limits of liability of such insurance shall be $5,000,000.00 per occurrence, which may be satisfied through a combination of primary and excess/umbrella insurance. In addition, in the event Tenant hosts a function in the Premises, Tenant agrees to obtain, and cause any persons or parties providing services for such function to obtain, the appropriate insurance coverages as determined by Landlord (including liquor liability coverage, if applicable) and provide Landlord with evidence of the same.

 

10.4  Tenant’s Property Insurance. Tenant shall maintain at all times during the Lease Term, and during such earlier or later time as Tenant may be performing work in or to the Premises or have property, fixtures, furniture, equipment, machinery, goods, supplies, wares or merchandise on the Premises, and continuing thereafter so long as any of Tenant’s Property remains in the Premises, or Tenant, or anyone acting by, through or under Tenant may use, be in occupancy of or have access to, any part of the Premises, business interruption insurance and insurance against loss or damage covered by the so-called “all risk” or equivalent type insurance coverage with respect to (i) Tenant’s property, fixtures, furniture, equipment, machinery, goods, supplies, wares and merchandise, and other property of Tenant located at the Premises, (ii) any additions, alterations and improvements which exist in the Premises as of the Lease Commencement Date (the “Original Improvements”), and all alterations, improvements and other modifications made by or on behalf of the Tenant in the Premises, and (iii) any property of third parties, including but not limited to leased or rented property, in the Premises in Tenant’s care, custody, use or control, provided that such insurance in the case of (iii) may be maintained by such third parties (collectively “Tenant’s Property”). At the request of Landlord, Tenant shall provide to Landlord a detailed description of the Alterations made by or on behalf of Tenant and the cost thereof. The business interruption insurance required by this section shall be in minimum amounts typically carried by prudent tenants engaged in similar operations, but in no event shall be in an amount less than the Base Rent then in effect during any Lease Year, plus any Additional Rent due and payable for the immediately preceding Lease Year. The “all risk” insurance required by this section shall be in an amount at least equal to the full replacement cost of Tenant’s Property. In addition, during such time as Tenant is performing work in or to the Premises, Tenant, at Tenant’s expense, shall also maintain, or shall cause its contractor(s) to maintain, builder’s risk insurance for the full insurable value of such work. Landlord and such additional persons or entities as Landlord may reasonably request shall be named as loss payees, as their interests may appear, on the policy or policies required by this section for all Original Improvements and Alterations. In the event of loss or damage covered by the “all risk” insurance required by this section, the responsibilities for repairing or restoring the loss or damage shall be determined in accordance with Article 11 of this Lease, below. To the extent that Landlord is obligated to pay for the repair or restoration of the loss or damage covered by the policy, Landlord shall be paid the proceeds of the “all risk” insurance covering the loss or damage. To the extent Tenant is obligated to pay for the repair or restoration of the loss or damage, covered by the policy, Tenant shall be paid the proceeds of the “all risk” insurance covering the loss or damage. If both Landlord and Tenant are obligated to pay for the repair or restoration of the loss or damage covered by the policy, the insurance proceeds shall be paid to each of them in the pro rata proportion of their obligations to repair or restore the loss or damage. If the loss or damage is not repaired or restored (for example, if the Lease is terminated pursuant to Section 11.2 of this Lease, below), the insurance proceeds shall be paid to Landlord and Tenant in the pro rata proportion of their relative contributions to the cost of the leasehold improvements covered by the policy.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -24-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

10.5  Tenant’s Other Insurance. Tenant agrees to maintain in full force on or before the earlier of (i) the date on which any Tenant Party first enters the Premises for any reason or (ii) the Lease Commencement Date, and thereafter throughout the end of the Lease Term, and after the end of the Lease Term for so long after the end of the Lease Term any of Tenant’s Property remains in the Premises or as long as Tenant or anyone acting by, through or under Tenant may use, be in occupancy of, or have access to the Premises or any portion thereof (1) automobile liability insurance (covering any automobiles owned or operated by Tenant at the Project); (2) worker’s compensation insurance as required by Applicable Laws; and (3) employer’s liability insurance. Such automobile liability insurance shall be in an amount not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) for each accident. Such employer’s liability insurance shall be in an amount not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) for each accident, One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) disease-policy limit, and One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) disease-each employee.

 

10.6  Requirements For Insurance. All insurance required to be maintained by Tenant pursuant to this Lease shall be maintained with responsible companies that are admitted to do business, and are in good standing, in the jurisdiction in which the Premises are located and that have a rating of at least “A” and are within a financial size category of not less than “Class X” in the most current Best’s Key Rating Guide or such similar rating as may be reasonably selected by Landlord. All such insurance shall: (1) be acceptable in form and content to Landlord; and (2) contain a clause requiring the insurer to provide Landlord thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of cancellation or failure to renew. All commercial general liability, excess/umbrella liability and automobile liability insurance policies shall be primary and noncontributory. No such policy shall contain any self-insured retention greater than $25,000.00 for property insurance and $25,000.00 for commercial general liability insurance. Any deductibles and such self-insured retentions shall be deemed to be “insurance” for purposes of the waiver in Section 10.13 of this Lease, below. Landlord reserves the right from time to time to require Tenant to obtain higher minimum amounts of insurance based on such limits as are customarily carried with respect to similar properties in the area in which the Premises are located. The minimum amounts of insurance required by this Lease shall not be reduced by the payment of claims or for any other reason. In the event Tenant shall fail to obtain or maintain any insurance meeting the requirements of this Article, or to deliver such policies or certificates as required by this Article, Landlord may, at its option, on five (5) days notice to Tenant, procure such policies for the account of Tenant, and the cost thereof shall be paid to Landlord within five (5) days after delivery to Tenant of bills therefor.

 

10.7  Additional Insureds. The commercial general liability and auto insurance carried by Tenant pursuant to this Lease, and any additional liability insurance carried by Tenant pursuant to Section 10.3 of this Lease, above or any other provision of this Lease, shall name Landlord, Landlord’s managing agent, and such other persons as Landlord may reasonably request from time to time as additional insureds (collectively “Additional Insureds”) with respect to liability arising out of or related to this Lease or the operations of Tenant. Such insurance shall provide primary coverage without contribution from any other insurance carried by or for the benefit of Landlord, Landlord’s managing agent, or other Additional Insureds. Such insurance shall also waive any right of subrogation against each Additional Insured. For the avoidance of doubt, each primary policy and each excess/umbrella policy through which Tenant satisfies its obligations under this Section must provide coverage to the Additional Insureds that is primary and non-contributory.

 

10.8  Certificates Of Insurance. On or before the earlier of (i) the date on which any Tenant Party first enters the Premises for any reason or (ii) the Lease Commencement Date, Tenant shall furnish Landlord with certificates evidencing the insurance coverage required by this Lease, and renewal certificates shall be furnished to Landlord at least annually thereafter, and at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration date of each policy for which a certificate was furnished. (Acceptable forms of such certificates for liability and property insurance, respectively, as of the date hereof, are attached hereto as Exhibit H, however other forms of certificates may satisfy the requirements of this Section.) Failure by the Tenant to provide the certificates or letters required by this Section shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the requirements in this Section. Upon request by Landlord, a true and complete copy of any insurance policy required by this Lease shall be delivered to Landlord within ten (10) days following Landlord’s request.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -25-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

10.9  Subtenants And Other Occupants. Tenant shall require its subtenants and other occupants of the Premises to provide written documentation evidencing the obligation of such subtenant or other occupant to indemnify the Landlord Parties to the same extent that Tenant is required to indemnify the Landlord Parties pursuant to Section 10.1 of this Lease, above, and to maintain insurance that meets the requirements of this Article, and otherwise to comply with the requirements of this Article, provided that the terms of this Section 10.9 shall not relieve Tenant of any of its obligations to comply with the requirements of this Article. Tenant shall require all such subtenants and occupants to supply certificates of insurance evidencing that the insurance requirements of this Article have been met and shall forward such certificates to Landlord on or before the earlier of (i) the date on which the subtenant first enters the Premises or (ii) the commencement of the sublease. Tenant shall be responsible for identifying and remedying any deficiencies in such certificates or policy provisions.

 

10.10  No Violation Of Building Policies. Tenant shall not commit or permit any violation of the policies of fire, boiler, sprinkler, water damage or other insurance covering the Project and/or the fixtures, equipment and property therein carried by Landlord, or do or permit anything to be done, or keep or permit anything to be kept, in the Premises, which in case of any of the foregoing (i) would result in termination of any such policies, (ii) would adversely affect Landlord’s right of recovery under any of such policies, or (iii) would result in reputable and independent insurance companies refusing to insure the Project or the property of Landlord in amounts reasonably satisfactory to Landlord.

 

10.11  Tenant To Pay Premium Increases. If, because of anything done, caused or permitted to be done, or omitted by Tenant (or its subtenant or other occupants of the Premises), the rates for liability, fire, boiler, sprinkler, water damage or other insurance on the Project or on the property and equipment of Landlord or any other tenant or subtenant in the Building shall be higher than they otherwise would be, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord and/or the other tenants and subtenants in the Building for the additional insurance premiums thereafter paid by Landlord or by any of the other tenants and subtenants in the Building which shall have been charged because of the aforesaid reasons, such reimbursement to be made from time to time on Landlord’s demand, provided that such demand is accompanied by reasonable supporting documentation evidencing the cause of such increase.

 

10.12  Landlord’s Insurance.

 

10.12.1  Required insurance. Landlord shall maintain insurance against loss or damage with respect to the Building on an “all risk” or equivalent type insurance form, with customary exceptions, subject to such deductibles and self-insured retentions as Landlord may determine, in an amount equal to at least the replacement value of the Building. The cost of such insurance shall be treated as a part of Operating Expenses. Such insurance shall be maintained with an insurance company selected by Landlord. Payment for losses thereunder shall be made solely to Landlord.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -26-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

10.12.2  Optional insurance. Landlord may maintain such additional insurance with respect to the Building and the Project, including, without limitation, earthquake insurance, terrorism insurance, flood insurance, liability insurance and/or rent insurance, as Landlord may in its sole discretion elect. Landlord may also maintain such other insurance as may from time to time be required by a “Mortgagee,” as that term is defined in Section 18.2 of this Lease, below. The cost of all such additional insurance shall also be part of the Operating Expenses.

 

10.12.3  Blanket and self-insurance. Any or all of Landlord’s insurance may be provided by blanket coverage maintained by Landlord or any affiliate of Landlord under its insurance program for its portfolio of properties, or by Landlord or any affiliate of Landlord under a program of self-insurance, and in such event Operating Expenses shall include the portion of the reasonable cost of blanket insurance or self-insurance that is allocated to the Building.

 

10.12.4  No obligation. Landlord shall not be obligated to insure, and shall not assume any liability of risk of loss for, Tenant’s Property, including any such property or work of tenant’s subtenants or occupants. Landlord will also have no obligation to carry insurance against, nor be responsible for, any loss suffered by Tenant, subtenants or other occupants due to interruption of Tenant’s or any subtenant’s or occupant’s business.

 

10.13  Waiver Of Subrogation. To the fullest extent permitted by law, and notwithstanding any term or provision of this Lease to the contrary, the parties hereto waive and release any and all rights of recovery against the other, and agree not to seek to recover from the other or to make any claim against the other, and in the case of Landlord, against all Tenant Parties, and in the case of Tenant, against all Landlord Parties, for any loss or damage incurred by the waiving/releasing party to the extent such loss or damage is insured under any insurance policy required by this Lease or which would have been so insured had the party carried the insurance it was required to carry hereunder. Tenant shall obtain from its subtenants and other occupants of the Premises a similar waiver and release of claims against any or all of Tenant or Landlord. The insurance policies required by this Lease shall contain no provision that would invalidate or restrict the parties’ waiver and release of the rights of recovery in this section. The parties hereto covenant that no insurer shall hold any right of subrogation against the parties hereto by virtue of such insurance policy.

 

10.14  Tenant’s Work. During such times as Tenant is performing work or having work or services performed in or to the Premises, Tenant shall require its contractors, and their subcontractors of all tiers, to obtain and maintain commercial general liability, automobile, workers compensation, employer’s liability, builder’s risk, and equipment/property insurance in such amounts and on such terms as are customarily required of such contractors and subcontractors on similar projects. The amounts and terms of all such insurance are subject to Landlord’s written approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. The commercial general liability and auto insurance carried by Tenant’s contractors and their subcontractors of all tiers pursuant to this section shall name the Additional Insured as additional insureds with respect to liability arising out of or related to their work or services. Such insurance shall provide primary coverage without contribution from any other insurance carried by or for the benefit of Landlord, Landlord’s managing agent, or other Additional Insureds. Such insurance shall also waive any right of subrogation against each Additional Insured. Tenant shall obtain and submit to Landlord, prior to the earlier of (i) the entry onto the Premises by such contractors or subcontractors or (ii) commencement of the work or services, certificates of insurance evidencing compliance with the requirements of this section.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -27-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 11

 

DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION

 

11.1  Repair of Damage to Premises by Landlord. Tenant shall promptly notify Landlord of any damage to the Premises resulting from fire or any other casualty. If the Premises or any Common Areas necessary to Tenant’s use of or access to the Premises shall be damaged by fire or other casualty, Landlord shall promptly and diligently, subject to reasonable delays for insurance adjustment or other matters beyond Landlord’s reasonable control, and subject to all other terms of this Article 11, restore the Base Building and such Common Areas. Such restoration shall be to substantially the same condition of the Base Building and the Common Areas prior to the casualty, except for modifications required by zoning and building codes and other laws or by the holder of a mortgage on the Building or Project or any other modifications to the Common Areas deemed desirable by Landlord, provided that access to the Premises and any common restrooms serving the Premises shall not be materially impaired. Upon the occurrence of any damage to the Premises, upon notice (the “Landlord Repair Notice”) to Tenant from Landlord, Tenant shall assign to Landlord (or to any party designated by Landlord) all insurance proceeds payable to Tenant under Tenant’s insurance required under item (ii) of Section 10.4 of this Lease, and Landlord shall repair any injury or damage to the Original Improvements installed in the Premises and shall return such Original Improvements to their original condition; provided that if the cost of such repair by Landlord exceeds the amount of insurance proceeds received by Landlord from Tenant’s insurance carrier, as assigned by Tenant, the cost of such repairs shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord prior to Landlord’s commencement of repair of the damage. In the event that Landlord does not deliver the Landlord Repair Notice within sixty (60) days following the date the casualty becomes known to Landlord, Tenant shall, at its sole cost and expense, repair any injury or damage to the Original Improvements installed in the Premises and shall return such Original Improvements to their original condition. Whether or not Landlord delivers a Landlord Repair Notice, prior to the commencement of construction, Tenant shall submit to Landlord, for Landlord’s review and approval, all plans, specifications and working drawings relating thereto, and Landlord shall select the contractors to perform such improvement work. Landlord shall not be liable for any inconvenience or annoyance to Tenant or its visitors, or injury to Tenant’s business resulting in any way from such damage or the repair thereof; provided, however, if such fire or other casualty shall have damaged the Premises or a portion thereof or Common Areas necessary to Tenant’s occupancy, then Landlord shall allow Tenant a proportionate abatement of Rent during the time and to the extent and in the proportion that the Premises or such portion thereof are unfit for occupancy for the purposes permitted under this Lease, and are not occupied by Tenant as a result thereof; provided, however, if the damage or destruction is due to the negligence or willful misconduct of Tenant or any of its agents, employees, contractors, invitees or guests, then Tenant shall be responsible for any reasonable, applicable insurance deductible (which shall be payable to Landlord upon demand) and there shall be no rent abatement. In the event that Landlord shall not deliver the Landlord Repair Notice, Tenant’s right to rent abatement pursuant to the preceding sentence shall terminate as of the date which is reasonably determined by Landlord to be the date Tenant should have completed repairs to the Premises assuming Tenant used reasonable due diligence in connection therewith.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -28-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

11.2  Landlord’s Option to Repair. Notwithstanding the terms of Section 11.1 of this Lease, Landlord may elect not to rebuild and/or restore the Premises, Building and/or Project, and instead terminate this Lease, by notifying Tenant in writing of such termination within sixty (60) days after the date of discovery of the damage, such notice to include a termination date giving Tenant sixty (60) days to vacate the Premises, but Landlord may so elect only if the Building or Project shall be damaged by fire or other casualty or cause, whether or not the Premises are affected, and one or more of the following conditions is present: (i) in Landlord’s reasonable judgment, repairs cannot reasonably be completed within two hundred seventy (270) days after the date of discovery of the damage (when such repairs are made without the payment of overtime or other premiums); (ii) the holder of any mortgage on the Building or Project or ground lessor with respect to the Building or Project shall require that the insurance proceeds or any portion thereof be used to retire the mortgage debt, or shall terminate the ground lease, as the case may be; (iii) the damage is not fully covered by Landlord’s insurance policies or that portion of the proceeds from Landlord’s insurance policies allocable to the Building or the Project, as the case may be; (iv) Landlord decides to rebuild the Building or Common Areas so that they will be substantially different structurally or architecturally; (v) the damage occurs during the last twelve (12) months of the Lease Term; or (vi) any owner of any other portion of the Project, other than Landlord, does not intend to repair the damage to such portion of the Project; provided, however, that if such fire or other casualty shall have damaged the Premises or a portion thereof or Common Areas necessary to Tenant’s occupancy and as a result of such damage the Premises are unfit for occupancy, and provided that Landlord does not elect to terminate this Lease pursuant to Landlord’s termination right as provided above, and either (a) the repairs cannot, in the reasonable opinion of Landlord’s contractor, be completed within two hundred seventy (270) days after being commenced, or (b) the damage occurs during the last twelve months of the Lease Term and will reasonably require in excess of ninety (90) days to repair, Tenant may elect, no earlier than sixty (60) days after the date of the damage and not later than ninety (90) days after the date of such damage, to terminate this Lease by written notice to Landlord effective as of the date specified in the notice, which date shall not be less than thirty (30) days nor more than sixty (60) days after the date such notice is given by Tenant.

 

11.3  Waiver of Statutory Provisions. The provisions of this Lease, including this Article 11, constitute an express agreement between Landlord and Tenant with respect to any and all damage to, or destruction of, all or any part of the Premises, the Building or the Project, and any statute or regulation of the State of California, including, without limitation, Sections 1932(2) and 1933(4) of the California Civil Code, with respect to any rights or obligations concerning damage or destruction in the absence of an express agreement between the parties, and any other statute or regulation, now or hereafter in effect, shall have no application to this Lease or any damage or destruction to all or any part of the Premises, the Building or the Project.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -29-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 12

 

NONWAIVER

 

No provision of this Lease shall be deemed waived by either party hereto unless expressly waived in a writing signed thereby. The waiver by either party hereto of any breach of any term, covenant or condition herein contained shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of same or any other term, covenant or condition herein contained. The subsequent acceptance of Rent hereunder by Landlord shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding breach by Tenant of any term, covenant or condition of this Lease, other than the failure of Tenant to pay the particular Rent so accepted, regardless of Landlord’s knowledge of such preceding breach at the time of acceptance of such Rent. No acceptance of a lesser amount than the Rent herein stipulated shall be deemed a waiver of Landlord’s right to receive the full amount due, nor shall any endorsement or statement on any check or payment or any letter accompanying such check or payment be deemed an accord and satisfaction, and Landlord may accept such check or payment without prejudice to Landlord’s right to recover the full amount due. No receipt of monies by Landlord from Tenant after the termination of this Lease shall in any way alter the length of the Lease Term or of Tenant’s right of possession hereunder, or after the giving of any notice shall reinstate, continue or extend the Lease Term or affect any notice given Tenant prior to the receipt of such monies, it being agreed that after the service of notice or the commencement of a suit, or after final judgment for possession of the Premises, Landlord may receive and collect any Rent due, and the payment of said Rent shall not waive or affect said notice, suit or judgment. No payment of Rent by Tenant after a breach by Landlord shall be deemed a waiver of any breach by Landlord.

 

ARTICLE 13

 

CONDEMNATION

 

If the whole or any part of the Premises, Building or Project shall be taken by power of eminent domain or condemned by any competent authority for any public or quasi-public use or purpose, or if any adjacent property or street shall be so taken or condemned, or reconfigured or vacated by such authority in such manner as to require the use, reconstruction or remodeling of any part of the Premises, Building or Project, or if Landlord shall grant a deed or other instrument in lieu of such taking by eminent domain or condemnation, Landlord shall have the option to terminate this Lease effective as of the date possession is required to be surrendered to the authority. If more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the rentable square feet of the Premises is taken, or if all reasonable access to the Premises is substantially impaired, in each case for a period in excess of one hundred eighty (180) days, Tenant shall have the option to terminate this Lease effective as of the date possession is required to be surrendered to the authority. Tenant shall not because of such taking assert any claim against Landlord or the authority for any compensation because of such taking and Landlord shall be entitled to the entire award or payment in connection therewith, except that Tenant shall have the right to file any separate claim available to Tenant for any taking of Tenant’s personal property and fixtures belonging to Tenant and removable by Tenant upon expiration of the Lease Term pursuant to the terms of this Lease, and for moving expenses, so long as such claims do not diminish the award available to Landlord, its ground lessor with respect to the Building or Project or its mortgagee, and such claim is payable separately to Tenant. All Rent shall be apportioned as of the date of such termination. If any part of the Premises shall be taken, and this Lease shall not be so terminated, the Rent shall be proportionately abated. Tenant hereby waives any and all rights it might otherwise have pursuant to Section 1265.130 of the California Code of Civil Procedure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article 13, in the event of a temporary taking of all or any portion of the Premises for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days or less, then this Lease shall not terminate but the Base Rent and the Additional Rent shall be abated for the period of such taking in proportion to the ratio that the amount of rentable square feet of the Premises taken bears to the total rentable square feet of the Premises. Landlord shall be entitled to receive the entire award made in connection with any such temporary taking.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -30-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 14

 

ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING

 

14.1  Transfers. Tenant shall not, without the prior written consent of Landlord, assign, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, or permit any lien to attach to, or otherwise transfer, this Lease or any interest hereunder, permit any assignment, or other transfer of this Lease or any interest hereunder by operation of law, sublet the Premises or any part thereof, or enter into any license or concession agreements or otherwise permit the occupancy or use of the Premises or any part thereof by any persons other than Tenant and its employees and contractors (all of the foregoing are hereinafter sometimes referred to individually as a “Transfer,” and, collectively, as “Transfers” and any person to whom any Transfer is made or sought to be made is hereinafter sometimes referred to as a “Transferee”). If Tenant desires Landlord’s consent to any Transfer, Tenant shall notify Landlord in writing, which notice (the “Transfer Notice”) shall include (i) the proposed effective date of the Transfer, which shall not be less than thirty (30) days nor more than one hundred eighty (180) days after the date of delivery of the Transfer Notice, (ii) a description of the portion of the Premises to be transferred (the “Subject Space”), (iii) all of the terms of the proposed Transfer and the consideration therefor, including calculation of the “Transfer Premium”, as that term is defined in Section 14.3 below, in connection with such Transfer, the name and address of the proposed Transferee, and a copy of all existing executed and/or proposed documentation pertaining to the proposed Transfer, including all existing operative documents to be executed to evidence such Transfer or the agreements incidental or related to such Transfer, provided that Landlord shall have the right to require Tenant to utilize Landlord’s standard Transfer documents in connection with the documentation of such Transfer, (iv) current financial statements of the proposed Transferee certified by an officer, partner or owner thereof, business credit and personal references and history of the proposed Transferee and any other information required by Landlord which will enable Landlord to determine the financial responsibility, character, and reputation of the proposed Transferee, nature of such Transferee’s business and proposed use of the Subject Space, and (v) an executed estoppel certificate from Tenant in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E. Any Transfer made without Landlord’s prior written consent shall, at Landlord’s option, be null, void and of no effect, and shall, at Landlord’s option, constitute a default by Tenant under this Lease. Whether or not Landlord consents to any proposed Transfer, Tenant shall pay Landlord’s review and processing fees, as well as any reasonable professional fees (including, without limitation, attorneys’, accountants’, architects’, engineers’ and consultants’ fees) incurred by Landlord, not to exceed $5,000.00 for a Transfer in the ordinary course of business, within thirty (30) days after written request by Landlord.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -31-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

14.2  Landlord’s Consent. Landlord shall not unreasonably withhold its consent to any proposed Transfer of the Subject Space to the Transferee on the terms specified in the Transfer Notice. Without limitation as to other reasonable grounds for withholding consent, the parties hereby agree that it shall be reasonable under this Lease and under any applicable law for Landlord to withhold consent to any proposed Transfer where one or more of the following apply:

 

14.2.1  The Transferee is of a character or reputation or engaged in a business which is not consistent with the quality of the Building or the Project, or would be a significantly less prestigious occupant of the Building than Tenant;

 

14.2.2  The Transferee intends to use the Subject Space for purposes which are not permitted under this Lease;

 

14.2.3  The Transferee is either a governmental agency or instrumentality thereof;

 

14.2.4  The Transferee is not a party of reasonable financial worth and/or financial stability in light of the responsibilities to be undertaken in connection with the Transfer on the date consent is requested;

 

14.2.5  The proposed Transfer would cause a violation of another lease for space in the Project, or would give an occupant of the Project a right to cancel its lease;

 

14.2.6  Either the proposed Transferee, or any person or entity which directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the proposed Transferee, (i) occupies space in the Project at the time of the request for consent, or (ii) is negotiating or has negotiated with Landlord to lease space in the Project, or (iii) Landlord is currently meeting with (or has previously met with) the proposed Transferee to tour space in the Project;

 

14.2.7  In Landlord’s reasonable judgment, the use of the Premises by the proposed Transferee would not be comparable to the types of uses by other tenants in the Project, would entail any alterations which would lessen the value of the tenant improvements in the Premises, would result in more than a reasonable density of occupants per square foot of the Premises, would increase the burden on elevators or other Building systems or equipment over the burden thereon prior to the proposed Transfer, or would require increased services by Landlord;

 

14.2.8  The proposed Transfer would result in the existence of, in the aggregate, more than two (2) subtenants occupying the Premises at any given time during the Lease Term; or

 

14.2.9  Any part of the rent payable under the proposed Transfer shall be based in whole or in part on the income or profits derived from the Subject Space or if any proposed Transfer shall potentially have any adverse effect on the real estate investment trust qualification requirements applicable to Landlord and its affiliates.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -32-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

If Landlord consents to any Transfer pursuant to the terms of this Section 14.2 (and does not exercise any recapture rights Landlord may have under Section 14.4 of this Lease), Tenant may within six (6) months after Landlord’s consent, but not later than the expiration of said six-month period, enter into such Transfer of the Premises or portion thereof, upon substantially the same terms and conditions as are set forth in the Transfer Notice furnished by Tenant to Landlord pursuant to Section 14.1 of this Lease, provided that if there are any changes in the terms and conditions from those specified in the Transfer Notice (i) such that Landlord would initially have been entitled to refuse its consent to such Transfer under this Section 14.2, or (ii) which would cause the proposed Transfer to be more favorable to the Transferee than the terms set forth in Tenant’s original Transfer Notice, Tenant shall again submit the Transfer to Landlord for its approval and other action under this Article 14 (including Landlord’s right of recapture, if any, under Section 14.4 of this Lease). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Lease, if Tenant or any proposed Transferee claims that Landlord has unreasonably withheld or delayed its consent under Section 14.2 or otherwise has breached or acted unreasonably under this Article 14, their sole remedies shall be a declaratory judgment and an injunction for the relief sought, and Tenant hereby waives the provisions of Section 1995.310 of the California Civil Code, or any successor statute, and all other remedies, including, without limitation, any right at law or equity to terminate this Lease, on its own behalf and, to the extent permitted under all applicable laws, on behalf of the proposed Transferee. Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Landlord from any and all liability, losses, claims, damages, costs, expenses, causes of action and proceedings involving any third party or parties (including without limitation Tenant’s proposed subtenant or assignee) who claim they were damaged by Landlord’s wrongful withholding or conditioning of Landlord’s consent.

 

14.3  Transfer Premium. If Landlord consents to a Transfer, as a condition thereto which the parties hereby agree is reasonable, Tenant shall pay to Landlord one hundred percent (100%) of any “Transfer Premium,” as that term is defined in this Section 14.3, received by Tenant from such Transferee. “Transfer Premium” shall mean all rent, additional rent or other consideration payable by such Transferee in connection with the Transfer in excess of the Rent and Additional Rent payable by Tenant under this Lease during the term of the Transfer on a per rentable square foot basis if less than all of the Premises is transferred, after deducting the reasonable expenses incurred by Tenant for (i) any changes, alterations and improvements to the Premises in connection with the Transfer, (ii) any free base rent reasonably provided to the Transferee in connection with the Transfer (provided that such free rent shall be deducted only to the extent the same is included in the calculation of total consideration payable by such Transferee), and (iii) any brokerage commissions in connection with the Transfer and (iv) legal fees reasonably incurred in connection with the Transfer (collectively, “Tenant’s Subleasing Costs”). “Transfer Premium” shall also include, but not be limited to, key money, bonus money or other cash consideration paid by Transferee to Tenant in connection with such Transfer, and any payment in excess of fair market value for services rendered by Tenant to Transferee or for assets, fixtures, inventory, equipment, or furniture transferred by Tenant to Transferee in connection with such Transfer. Landlord shall make a determination of the amount of Landlord’s applicable share of the Transfer Premium on a monthly basis as rent or other consideration is paid by Transferee to Tenant under the Transfer. For purposes of calculating the Transfer Premium on a monthly basis, Tenant’s Subleasing Costs shall be deemed to be expended by Tenant in equal monthly amounts over the entire term of the Transfer.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -33-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

14.4  Landlord’s Option as to Subject Space. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article 14, Landlord shall have the option, by giving written notice to Tenant within thirty (30) days after receipt of any Transfer Notice, to (i) recapture the Subject Space, or (ii) take an assignment or sublease of the Subject Space from Tenant. Such recapture or sublease or assignment notice, shall cancel and terminate this Lease, or create a sublease or assignment, as the case may be, with respect to the Subject Space as of the date stated in the Transfer Notice as the effective date of the proposed Transfer. In the event of a recapture by Landlord, if this Lease shall be canceled with respect to less than the entire Premises, then (i) the Rent reserved herein shall be prorated on the basis of the number of rentable square feet retained by Tenant in proportion to the number of rentable square feet contained in the Premises; (ii) this Lease as so amended shall continue thereafter in full force and effect, and upon request of either party, the parties shall execute written confirmation of the same; and (iii) Landlord shall construct or cause to be constructed a demising wall separating that portion of the Premises recaptured by Landlord from that portion of the Premises retained by Tenant; provided that, Tenant hereby agrees that, notwithstanding Tenant’s occupancy of its retained portion of the Premises during the construction of such demising wall by Landlord, Landlord shall be permitted to construct such demising wall during normal business hours, without any obligation to pay overtime or other premiums, and the construction of such demising wall by Landlord shall in no way constitute a constructive eviction of Tenant nor entitle Tenant to any abatement of Rent, and Landlord shall have no responsibility or for any reason be liable to Tenant for any direct or indirect injury to or interference with Tenant’s business arising from the construction of such demising wall, nor shall Tenant be entitled to any compensation or damages from Landlord for loss of the use of the whole or any part of its retained portion of the Premises or of Tenant’s personal property or improvements resulting from the construction of such demising wall, or for any inconvenience or annoyance occasioned by the construction of such demising wall; and provided further that, Tenant shall be responsible for, and shall pay to Landlord promptly upon being billed therefor, fifty percent (50%) of all costs related to the construction of such demising wall, including Landlord’s standard fee for its involvement with such demising wall. If Landlord declines, or fails to elect in a timely manner, to recapture, sublease or take an assignment of the Subject Space under this Section 14.4, then, provided Landlord has consented to the proposed Transfer, Tenant shall be entitled to proceed to transfer the Subject Space to the proposed Transferee, subject to provisions of this Article 14.

 

14.5  Effect of Transfer. If Landlord consents to a Transfer, then (i) the terms and conditions of this Lease shall in no way be deemed to have been waived or modified; (ii) such consent shall not be deemed consent to any further Transfer by either Tenant or a Transferee; (iii) Tenant shall deliver to Landlord, promptly after execution, an original executed copy of all documentation pertaining to the Transfer in form and content reasonably acceptable to Landlord, including, without limitation, at Landlord’s option, a “Transfer Agreement,” as that term is defined in this Section 14.5, below; (iv) Tenant shall furnish upon Landlord’s request a complete statement, certified by an independent certified public accountant, or Tenant’s chief financial officer, setting forth in detail the computation of any Transfer Premium Tenant has derived and shall derive from such Transfer; and (v) no Transfer relating to this Lease or agreement entered into with respect thereto, whether with or without Landlord’s consent, shall relieve Tenant or any guarantor of the Lease from any liability under this Lease, including, without limitation, in connection with the Subject Space, and, in the event of a Transfer of Tenant’s entire interest in this Lease, the liability of Tenant and such Transferee shall be joint and several. Landlord or its authorized representatives shall have the right at all reasonable times to audit the books, records and papers of Tenant relating to any Transfer, and shall have the right to make copies thereof. If the Transfer Premium respecting any Transfer shall be found understated, Tenant shall, within thirty (30) days after demand, pay the deficiency, and if understated by more than two percent (2%), Tenant shall pay Landlord’s costs of such audit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article 14, Landlord, at its option in its sole and absolute discretion, may require, as a condition to the validity of any Transfer, that both Tenant and such Transferee enter into a separate written agreement directly with Landlord (a “Transfer Agreement”), which Transfer Agreement, among other things, shall create privity of contract between Landlord and such Transferee with respect to the provisions of this Article 14, and shall contain such terms and provisions as Landlord may reasonably require, including, without limitation, the following: (A) such Transferee’s agreement to be bound by all the obligations of Tenant under this Lease (including, but not limited to, Tenant’s obligation to pay Rent), provided that, in the event of a Transfer of less than the entire Premises, the obligations to which such Transferee shall agree to be so bound shall be prorated on a basis of the number of rentable square feet of the Subject Space in proportion to the number of square feet in the Premises; (B) such Transferee’s acknowledgment of, and agreement that such Transfer shall be subordinate and subject to, Landlord’s rights under Section 19.3 of this Lease; and (C) Tenant’s and such Transferee’s recognition of and agreement to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Article 14, including, but not limited to, any such terms and provisions which Landlord, at its option, requires to be expressly set forth in such Transfer Agreement. Upon the occurrence of any default by Transferee under such Transfer, Landlord shall have the right, at its option, but not the obligation, on behalf of Tenant, to pursue any or all of the remedies available to Tenant under such Transfer or at law or in equity (all of which remedies shall be distinct, separate and cumulative).

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -34-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

14.6  Occurrence of Default. Any Transfer hereunder, whether or not such Transferee shall have executed a Transfer Agreement, shall be subordinate and subject to the provisions of this Lease, and if this Lease shall be terminated during the term of any Transfer, then Landlord shall have all of the rights set forth in Section 19.3 of this Lease with respect to such Transfer. In addition, if Tenant shall be in default under this Lease, then Landlord is hereby irrevocably authorized, as Tenant’s agent and attorney-in-fact, to direct any Transferee to make all payments under or in connection with a Transfer directly to Landlord (which payments Landlord shall apply towards Tenant’s obligations under this Lease) until such default is cured. Such Transferee shall rely on any representation by Landlord that Tenant is in default hereunder, without any need for confirmation thereof by Tenant. Upon any assignment, the assignee shall assume in writing all obligations and covenants of Tenant thereafter to be performed or observed under this Lease. No collection or acceptance of rent by Landlord from any Transferee shall be deemed a waiver of any provision of this Article 14 or the approval of any Transferee or a release of Tenant from any obligation under this Lease, whether theretofore or thereafter accruing. In no event shall Landlord’s enforcement of any provision of this Lease against any Transferee be deemed a waiver of Landlord’s right to enforce any term of this Lease against Tenant or any other person. If Tenant’s obligations hereunder have been guaranteed, Landlord’s consent to any Transfer shall not be effective unless the guarantor also consents to such Transfer.

 

14.7  Additional Transfers. For purposes of this Lease, the term “Transfer” shall also include (i) if Tenant is a partnership or a limited liability company, the withdrawal or change, voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law, of fifty percent (50%) or more of the partners, officers or members, as applicable, or transfer of fifty percent (50%) or more of partnership ownership or membership interests (as applicable), within a twelve (12)-month period, or the dissolution of the partnership or limited liability company without immediate reconstitution thereof, (ii) if Tenant is a closely held corporation (i.e., whose stock is not publicly held and not traded through an exchange or over the counter), (A) the dissolution, merger, consolidation or other reorganization of Tenant or (B) the sale or other transfer of an aggregate of fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting shares of Tenant (other than to immediate family members by reason of gift or death), within a twelve (12)-month period (a “Change in Control”), and (iii) the establishment by Tenant or a permitted successor or assign of one or more series of (A) members, managers, limited liability company interests or assets, which may have separate rights, powers or duties with respect to specified property or obligations of the Tenant (or such successor or assignee) or profits or losses associated with specified property or obligations of Tenant (or such successor or assignee), pursuant to §18-215 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended, or similar laws of other states or otherwise, or (B) limited partners, general partners, partnership interests or assets, which may have separate rights, powers or duties with respect to specified property or obligations of Tenant (or such successor or assignee) or profits or losses associated with specified property or obligations of Tenant (or such successor or assignee) pursuant to §17-218 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as amended, or similar laws of other states or otherwise (a “Series Reorganization”).

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -35-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

14.8  Deemed Consent Transfers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Lease, (A) an assignment or subletting of all or a portion of the Premises to an affiliate of Tenant (an entity which is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with, Tenant as of the date of this Lease), (B) a sale of corporate shares of capital stock in Tenant in connection with an initial public offering of Tenant’s stock on a nationally-recognized stock exchange, (C) an assignment of the Lease to an entity which acquires all or substantially all of the stock or assets of Tenant, (D) an assignment of the Lease to an entity which is the resulting entity of a merger or consolidation of Tenant during the Lease Term, or (E) a Change in Control, shall not be deemed a Transfer requiring Landlord’s consent under this Article 14 (any such assignee or sublessee described in items (A) through (E) hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Transferee”), provided that (i) Tenant notifies Landlord at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of any such assignment or sublease and promptly supplies Landlord with any documents or information reasonably requested by Landlord regarding such transfer or transferee as set forth above, (ii) Tenant is not in default, beyond any applicable notice and cure period, and such assignment or sublease is not a subterfuge by Tenant to avoid its obligations under this Lease, (iii) such Permitted Transferee shall be of a character and reputation consistent with the quality of the Building, (iv) such Permitted Transferee (or the entity remaining as “Tenant” hereunder in the case of a Change in Control) shall have a tangible net worth (not including goodwill as an asset) computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“Net Worth”) at least equal to the greater of (1) the Net Worth of Original Tenant on the date of this Lease, and (2) the Net Worth of Tenant on the day immediately preceding the effective date of such assignment or sublease, and (v) except in cases of a Series Reorganization, in which case the surviving entity in the series to which this Lease has been designated shall be liable as the Tenant under this Lease, no assignment relating to this Lease, whether with or without Landlord’s consent, shall relieve Tenant from any liability under this Lease, and, in the event of an assignment of Tenant’s entire interest in this Lease, the liability of Tenant and such transferee shall be joint and several. An assignee of Tenant’s entire interest in this Lease who qualifies as a Permitted Transferee may also be referred to herein as a “Permitted Transferee Assignee.” “Control,” as used in this Section 14.8, shall mean the ownership, directly or indirectly, of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the voting securities of, or possession of the right to vote, in the ordinary direction of its affairs, of at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the voting interest in, any person or entity.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -36-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 15

 

SURRENDER OF PREMISES; OWNERSHIP AND
REMOVAL OF TRADE FIXTURES

 

15.1  Surrender of Premises. No act or thing done by Landlord or any agent or employee of Landlord during the Lease Term shall be deemed to constitute an acceptance by Landlord of a surrender of the Premises unless such intent is specifically acknowledged in writing by Landlord. The delivery of keys to the Premises to Landlord or any agent or employee of Landlord shall not constitute a surrender of the Premises or effect a termination of this Lease, whether or not the keys are thereafter retained by Landlord, and notwithstanding such delivery Tenant shall be entitled to the return of such keys at any reasonable time upon request until this Lease shall have been properly terminated. The voluntary or other surrender of this Lease by Tenant, whether accepted by Landlord or not, or a mutual termination hereof, shall not work a merger, and at the option of Landlord shall operate as an assignment to Landlord of all subleases or subtenancies affecting the Premises or terminate any or all such sublessees or subtenancies.

 

15.2  Removal of Tenant Property by Tenant. Upon the expiration of the Lease Term, or upon any earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall, subject to the provisions of this Article 15, quit and surrender possession of the Premises to Landlord in as good order and condition as when Tenant took possession and as thereafter improved by Landlord and/or Tenant, reasonable wear and tear and repairs which are specifically made the responsibility of Landlord hereunder excepted. Upon such expiration or termination, Tenant shall, without expense to Landlord, remove or cause to be removed from the Premises all debris and rubbish, such items of furniture, equipment, business and trade fixtures, free-standing cabinet work, movable partitions and other articles of personal property owned by Tenant or installed or placed by Tenant at its expense in the Premises, and such similar articles of any other persons claiming under Tenant, as Landlord may, in its sole discretion, require to be removed, and Tenant shall repair at its own expense all damage to the Premises and Building resulting from such removal.

 

ARTICLE 16

 

HOLDING OVER

 

If Tenant holds over after the expiration of the Lease Term or earlier termination thereof, with the express or implied consent of Landlord, such tenancy shall be from month-to-month only, and shall not constitute a renewal hereof or an extension for any further term, and in such case Rent shall be payable at a monthly rate equal to (i) one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the Rent applicable during the last rental period of the Lease Term under this Lease for the first (1st) month of such holdover, and (ii) two hundred percent (200%) thereafter. Such month-to-month tenancy shall be subject to every other applicable term, covenant and agreement contained herein. Nothing contained in this Article 16 shall be construed as consent by Landlord to any holding over by Tenant, and Landlord expressly reserves the right to require Tenant to surrender possession of the Premises to Landlord as provided in this Lease upon the expiration or other termination of this Lease. The provisions of this Article 16 shall not be deemed to limit or constitute a waiver of any other rights or remedies of Landlord provided herein or at law. If Tenant fails to surrender the Premises upon the termination or expiration of this Lease, in addition to any other liabilities to Landlord accruing therefrom, Tenant shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from all loss, costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) and liability resulting from such failure, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any claims made by any succeeding tenant founded upon such failure to surrender and any lost profits to Landlord resulting therefrom.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -37-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 17

 

ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES

 

Within ten (10) days following a request in writing by Landlord, Tenant shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to Landlord an estoppel certificate, which, as submitted by Landlord, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit E, attached hereto (or such other form as may be required by any prospective mortgagee or purchaser of the Project, or any portion thereof), indicating therein any exceptions thereto that may exist at that time, and shall also contain any other information reasonably requested by Landlord or Landlord’s mortgagee or prospective mortgagee. Any such certificate may be relied upon by any prospective mortgagee or purchaser of all or any portion of the Project. Tenant shall execute and deliver whatever other instruments may be reasonably required for such purposes. At any time during the Lease Term (but not more than once in any calendar year, unless requested in connection with a proposed sale or refinancing of the Building or Project, or in the event Tenant is in default under this Lease beyond any applicable notice and cure period expressly set forth herein, or in the event Tenant requests Landlord’s consent to an Alteration or a Transfer), Landlord may require Tenant to provide Landlord with a current financial statement and financial statements of the two (2) years prior to the current financial statement year. Such statements shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and, if such is the normal practice of Tenant, shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant. Failure of Tenant to timely execute, acknowledge and deliver such estoppel certificate or other instruments shall constitute an acceptance of the Premises and an acknowledgment by Tenant that statements included in the estoppel certificate are true and correct, without exception.

 

ARTICLE 18

 

MORTGAGE OR GROUND LEASE

 

18.1  Subordination. This Lease shall be subject and subordinate to all present and future ground or underlying leases of the Building or Project and to the lien of any mortgage, trust deed or other encumbrances now or hereafter in force against the Building or Project or any part thereof, if any, and to all renewals, extensions, modifications, consolidations and replacements thereof, and to all advances made or hereafter to be made upon the security of such mortgages or trust deeds, unless the holders of such mortgages, trust deeds or other encumbrances, or the lessors under such ground lease or underlying leases, require in writing that this Lease be superior thereto. Tenant covenants and agrees in the event any proceedings are brought for the foreclosure of any such mortgage or deed in lieu thereof (or if any ground lease is terminated), to attorn, without any deductions or set-offs whatsoever, to the lienholder or purchaser or any successors thereto upon any such foreclosure sale or deed in lieu thereof (or to the ground lessor), if so requested to do so by such purchaser or lienholder or ground lessor, and to recognize such purchaser or lienholder or ground lessor as the lessor under this Lease, provided such lienholder or purchaser or ground lessor shall agree to accept this Lease and not disturb Tenant’s occupancy, so long as Tenant timely pays the rent and observes and performs the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease to be observed and performed by Tenant. Landlord’s interest herein may be assigned as security at any time to any lienholder. Tenant shall, within five (5) days of request by Landlord, execute such further instruments or assurances as Landlord may reasonably deem necessary to evidence or confirm the subordination or superiority of this Lease to any such mortgages, trust deeds, ground leases or underlying leases. Tenant waives the provisions of any current or future statute, rule or law which may give or purport to give Tenant any right or election to terminate or otherwise adversely affect this Lease and the obligations of the Tenant hereunder in the event of any foreclosure proceeding or sale.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -38-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

18.2  Notice to Lienholder or Ground Lessor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article 28, below, or elsewhere in this Lease, upon receipt by Tenant of notice from any holder of a mortgage, trust deed or other encumbrance in force against the Building or the Project or any part thereof which includes the Premises or any lessor under a ground lease or underlying lease of the Building or the Project, or from Landlord, which notice sets forth the address of such lienholder or ground lessor, no notice from Tenant to Landlord shall be effective unless and until a copy of the same is given to such lienholder or ground lessor at the appropriate address therefor (as specified in the above-described notice or at such other places as may be designated from time to time in a notice to Tenant in accordance with Article 28, below), and the curing of any of Landlord’s defaults by such lienholder or ground lessor within a reasonable period of time after such notice from Tenant (including a reasonable period of time to obtain possession of the Building or the Project, as the case may be, if such lienholder or ground lessor elects to do so) shall be treated as performance by Landlord. For the purposes of this Article 18, the term “mortgage” shall include a mortgage on a leasehold interest of Landlord (but not a mortgage on Tenant’s leasehold interest hereunder).

 

18.3  Assignment of Rents. With reference to any assignment by Landlord of Landlord’s interest in this Lease, or the Rent payable to Landlord hereunder, conditional in nature or otherwise, which assignment is made to any holder of a mortgage, trust deed or other encumbrance in force against the Building or the Project or any part thereof which includes the Premises or to any lessor under a ground lease or underlying lease of the Building or the Project, Tenant agrees as follows:

 

18.3.1  The execution of any such assignment by Landlord, and the acceptance thereof by such lienholder or ground lessor, shall never be treated as an assumption by such lienholder or ground lessor of any of the obligations of Landlord under this Lease, unless such lienholder or ground lessor shall, by notice to Tenant, specifically otherwise elect.

 

18.3.2  Notwithstanding delivery to Tenant of the notice required by Section 18.3.1, above, such lienholder or ground lessor, respectively, shall be treated as having assumed Landlord’s obligations under this Lease only upon such lienholder’s foreclosure of any such mortgage, trust deed or other encumbrance, or acceptance of a deed in lieu thereof, and taking of possession of the Building or the Project or applicable portion thereof, or such ground lessor’s termination of any such ground lease or underlying leases and assumption of Landlord’s position hereunder, as the case may be. In no event shall such lienholder, ground lessor or any other successor to Landlord’s interest in this Lease, as the case may be, be liable for any security deposit paid by Tenant to Landlord, unless and until such lienholder, ground lessor or other such successor, respectively, actually has been credited with or has received for its own account as landlord the amount of such security deposit or any portion thereof (in which event the liability of such lienholder, ground lessor or other such successor, as the case may be, shall be limited to the amount actually credited or received).

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -39-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

18.3.3  In no event shall the acquisition of title to the Building and the land upon which the Building is located or the Project or any part thereof which includes the Premises by a purchaser which, simultaneously therewith, leases back to the seller thereof the entire Building or the land upon which the Building is located or the Project or the entirety of that part thereof acquired by such purchaser, as the case may be, be treated as an assumption, by operation of law or otherwise, of Landlord’s obligations under this Lease, but Tenant shall look solely to such seller-lessee, or to the successors to or assigns of such seller-lessee’s estate, for performance of Landlord’s obligations under this Lease. In any such event, this Lease shall be subject and subordinate to the lease to such seller-lessee, and Tenant covenants and agrees in the event the lease to such seller-lessee is terminated to attorn, without any deductions or set-offs whatsoever, to such purchaser-lessor, if so requested to do so by such purchaser-lessor, and to recognize such purchaser-lessor as the lessor under this Lease, provided such purchaser-lessor shall agree to accept this Lease and not disturb Tenant’s occupancy, so long as Tenant timely pays the rent and observes and performs the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease to be observed and performed by Tenant. For all purposes, such seller-lessee, or the successors to or assigns of such seller-lessee’s estate, shall be the lessor under this Lease unless and until such seller-lessee’s position shall have been assumed by such purchaser-lessor.

 

ARTICLE 19

 

DEFAULTS; REMEDIES

 

19.1  Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute a default of this Lease by Tenant:

 

19.1.1  Any failure by Tenant to pay any Rent or any other charge required to be paid under this Lease, or any part thereof, when due, which failure is not cured within five (5) days after written notice from Landlord that said amount was not paid when due, provided that if Tenant has previously received one (1) or more notices from Landlord during the immediately preceding twelve (12) month period stating that Tenant failed to pay any amount required to be paid by Tenant under this Lease when due, then Landlord shall not be required to deliver any notice to Tenant and a default shall immediately occur upon any failure by Tenant to pay any rent or any other charge required to be paid under this Lease when due; or

 

19.1.2  Except where a specific time period is otherwise set forth for Tenant’s performance in this Lease, in which event the failure to perform by Tenant within such time period shall be a default by Tenant under this Section 19.1.2, any failure by Tenant to observe or perform any other provision, covenant or condition of this Lease to be observed or performed by Tenant where such failure continues for thirty (30) days after written notice thereof from Landlord to Tenant; provided that if the nature of such default is such that the same cannot reasonably be cured within a thirty (30) day period, Tenant shall not be deemed to be in default if it diligently commences such cure within such period and thereafter diligently proceeds to rectify and cure such default; or

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -40-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

19.1.3  Abandonment or vacation of all or a substantial portion of the Premises by Tenant; or

 

19.1.4  The failure by Tenant to observe or perform according to the provisions of Articles 5, 10, 14, 17 or 18 of this Lease, or any breach by Tenant of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 29.34 of this Lease, or the failure by Tenant to observe or perform any other provision, covenant or condition of this Lease which failure, because of the character of such provision, covenant or condition, would immediately jeopardize Landlord’s interest, where such failure continues for more than two (2) business days after notice from Landlord.

 

The notice periods provided in this Section 19.1 are in lieu of, and not in addition to, any notice periods provided by law.

 

19.2  Remedies Upon Default. Upon the occurrence of any event of default by Tenant, Landlord shall have, in addition to any other remedies available to Landlord at law or in equity (all of which remedies shall be distinct, separate and cumulative), the option to pursue any one or more of the following remedies, each and all of which shall be cumulative and nonexclusive, without any notice or demand whatsoever.

 

19.2.1  Terminate this Lease, in which event Tenant shall immediately surrender the Premises to Landlord, and if Tenant fails to do so, Landlord may, without prejudice to any other remedy which it may have for possession or arrearages in rent, enter upon and take possession of the Premises and expel or remove Tenant and any other person who may be occupying the Premises or any part thereof, without being liable for prosecution or any claim or damages therefor; and Landlord may recover from Tenant the following:

 

(i)  The worth at the time of award of any unpaid rent which has been earned at the time of such termination; plus

 

(ii)  The worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid rent which would have been earned after termination until the time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that Tenant proves could have been reasonably avoided; plus

 

(iii)  The worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid rent for the balance of the Lease Term after the time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that Tenant proves could have been reasonably avoided; plus

 

(iv)  Any other amount necessary to compensate Landlord for all the detriment proximately caused by Tenant’s failure to perform its obligations under this Lease or which in the ordinary course of things would be likely to result therefrom, specifically including but not limited to, brokerage commissions and advertising expenses incurred, expenses of remodeling the Premises or any portion thereof for a new tenant, whether for the same or a different use, and any special concessions made to obtain a new tenant; and

 

(v)  At Landlord’s election, such other amounts in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as may be permitted from time to time by applicable law.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -41-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

The term “rent” as used in this Section 19.2 shall be deemed to be and to mean all sums of every nature required to be paid by Tenant pursuant to the terms of this Lease, whether to Landlord or to others. As used in Sections 19.2.1(i) and 19.2.1(ii), above, the “worth at the time of award” shall be computed by allowing interest at the rate set forth in Article 25 of this Lease, but in no case greater than the maximum amount of such interest permitted by law. As used in Section 19.2.1(iii) above, the “worth at the time of award” shall be computed by discounting such amount at the discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco at the time of award plus one percent (1%).

 

19.2.2  Landlord shall have the remedy described in California Civil Code Section 1951.4 (lessor may continue lease in effect after lessee’s breach and abandonment and recover rent as it becomes due, if lessee has the right to sublet or assign, subject only to reasonable limitations). Accordingly, if Landlord does not elect to terminate this Lease on account of any default by Tenant, Landlord may, from time to time, without terminating this Lease, enforce all of its rights and remedies under this Lease, including the right to recover all rent as it becomes due.

 

19.2.3  Landlord shall at all times have the rights and remedies (which shall be cumulative with each other and cumulative and in addition to those rights and remedies available under Sections 19.2.1 and 19.2.2, above, or any law or other provision of this Lease), without prior demand or notice except as required by applicable law, to seek any declaratory, injunctive or other equitable relief, and specifically enforce this Lease, or restrain or enjoin a violation or breach of any provision hereof.

 

19.3  Subleases of Tenant. If Landlord elects to terminate this Lease on account of any default by Tenant, as set forth in this Article 19, then Landlord shall have the right, at Landlord’s option in its sole discretion, (i) to terminate any and all assignments, subleases, licenses, concessions or other consensual arrangements for possession entered into by Tenant and affecting the Premises, in which event Landlord shall have the right to repossess such affected portions of the Premises by any lawful means, or (ii) to succeed to Tenant’s interest in any or all such assignments, subleases, licenses, concessions or arrangements, in which event Landlord may require any assignees, sublessees, licensees or other parties thereunder to attorn to and recognize Landlord as its assignor, sublessor, licensor, concessionaire or transferor thereunder. In the event of Landlord’s election to succeed to Tenant’s interest in any such assignments, subleases, licenses, concessions or arrangements, Tenant shall, as of the date of notice by Landlord of such election, have no further right to or interest in the rent or other consideration receivable thereunder.

 

19.4  Efforts to Relet. No re-entry or repossession, repairs, maintenance, changes, alterations and additions, reletting, appointment of a receiver to protect Landlord’s interests hereunder, or any other action or omission by Landlord shall be construed as an election by Landlord to terminate this Lease or Tenant’s right to possession, or to accept a surrender of the Premises, nor shall same operate to release Tenant in whole or in part from any of Tenant’s obligations hereunder, unless express written notice of such intention is sent by Landlord to Tenant. Tenant hereby irrevocably waives any right otherwise available under any law to redeem or reinstate this Lease.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -42-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

19.5  Landlord Default.

 

19.5.1  General. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Lease, Landlord shall not be in default in the performance of any obligation required to be performed by Landlord pursuant to this Lease unless Landlord fails to perform such obligation within thirty (30) days after the receipt of written notice from Tenant specifying in detail Landlord’s failure to perform; provided, however, if the nature of Landlord’s obligation is such that more than thirty (30) days are required for its performance, then Landlord shall not be in default under this Lease if it shall commence such performance within such thirty (30) day period and thereafter diligently pursue the same to completion.

 

19.5.2  Abatement of Rent. In the event that Tenant is prevented from using, and does not use, the Premises or any portion thereof, as a result of (i) any repair, maintenance or alteration performed by Landlord, or which Landlord failed to perform, after the Lease Commencement Date and required by this Lease, which substantially interferes with Tenant’s use of the Premises, or (ii) any failure by Landlord to provide services, utilities or access to the Premises that Landlord is required to provide under this Lease, and in either case such failure is reasonably within Landlord’s ability to cure (either such set of circumstances as set forth in items (i) or (ii), above, to be known as an “Abatement Event”), then Tenant shall give Landlord written notice of such Abatement Event, and if such Abatement Event continues for five (5) consecutive business days after Landlord’s receipt of any such notice (the “Eligibility Period”) and Landlord does not commence prior to the expiration of the Eligibility Period and thereafter diligently pursue to completion the cure of such Abatement Event, then the Base Rent and Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses shall be abated or reduced, as the case may be, after expiration of the Eligibility Period for such time that Tenant continues to be so prevented from using, and does not use for the normal conduct of Tenant’s business, the Premises or a portion thereof, in the proportion that the rentable area of the portion of the Premises that Tenant is prevented from using, and does not use, bears to the total rentable area of the Premises; provided, however, in the event that Tenant is prevented from using, and does not use, a portion of the Premises for a period of time in excess of the Eligibility Period and the remaining portion of the Premises is not sufficient to allow Tenant to effectively conduct its business therein, and if Tenant does not conduct its business from such remaining portion, then for such time after expiration of the Eligibility Period during which Tenant is so prevented from effectively conducting its business therein, the Base Rent and Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses for the entire Premises shall be abated for such time as Tenant continues to be so prevented from using, and does not use, the Premises. If, however, Tenant reoccupies any portion of the Premises during such period, then the Base Rent and Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses allocable to such reoccupied portion, based on the proportion that the rentable area of such reoccupied portion of the Premises bears to the total rentable area of the Premises, shall be payable by Tenant from the date Tenant reoccupies such portion of the Premises. To the extent an Abatement Event is caused by an event covered by Articles 11 or 13 of this Lease, then Tenant’s right to abate Rent shall be governed by the terms of such Article 11 or 13, as applicable, and the Eligibility Period shall not be applicable thereto. Such right to abate Base Rent and Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses shall be Tenant’s sole and exclusive remedy at law or in equity for an Abatement Event. Except as provided in this Section 19.5.2, nothing contained herein shall be interpreted to mean that Tenant is excused from paying Rent due hereunder.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -43-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 20

 

COVENANT OF QUIET ENJOYMENT

 

Landlord covenants that Tenant, on paying the Rent, charges for services and other payments herein reserved and on keeping, observing and performing all the other terms, covenants, conditions, provisions and agreements herein contained on the part of Tenant to be kept, observed and performed, shall, during the Lease Term, peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy the Premises subject to the terms, covenants, conditions, provisions and agreements hereof without interference by any persons lawfully claiming by or through Landlord. The foregoing covenant is in lieu of any other covenant express or implied.

 

ARTICLE 21

 

SECURITY DEPOSIT

 

Concurrent with Tenant’s execution of this Lease, Tenant shall deposit with Landlord a security deposit (the “Security Deposit”) in the amount set forth in Section 8 of the Summary, as security for the faithful performance by Tenant of all of its obligations under this Lease. If Tenant defaults with respect to any provisions of this Lease, including, but not limited to, the provisions relating to the payment of Rent, the removal of property and the repair of resultant damage, Landlord may, without notice to Tenant, but shall not be required to apply all or any part of the Security Deposit for the payment of any Rent or any other sum in default and Tenant shall, upon demand therefor, restore the Security Deposit to its original amount. Any unapplied portion of the Security Deposit shall be returned to Tenant, or, at Landlord’s option, to the last assignee of Tenant’s interest hereunder, within sixty (60) days following the expiration of the Lease Term. Tenant shall not be entitled to any interest on the Security Deposit and Landlord shall have the right to commingle the Security Deposit with Landlord’s other funds. Tenant hereby waives the provisions of Section 1950.7 of the California Civil Code and all other provisions of law, now or hereafter in effect, which (i) establish the time frame by which a landlord must refund a security deposit under a lease, and/or (ii) provide that a landlord may claim from a security deposit only those sums reasonably necessary to remedy defaults in the payment of rent, to repair damage caused by a tenant or to clean the premises, it being agreed that Landlord may, in addition, claim those sums specified in this Article 21 above and/or those sums reasonably necessary to compensate Landlord for any loss or damage caused by Tenant’s default of this Lease, including, but not limited to, all damages or rent due upon termination of this Lease pursuant to Section 1951.2 of the California Civil Code.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -44-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 22

 

PARKING

 

During the Lease Term, Tenant shall have the right to use, at no additional cost to Tenant, the number of unreserved parking spaces set forth in Section 5 of the Summary, in the Project parking facility. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Article 22 to the contrary, Tenant shall be responsible for the full amount of any taxes imposed by any governmental authority in connection with the use of the parking facility by Tenant. Tenant’s continued right to use the parking passes is conditioned upon Tenant abiding by all rules and regulations which are prescribed from time to time for the orderly operation and use of the parking facility, including any sticker or other identification system established by Landlord, and Tenant’s cooperation in seeing that Tenant’s employees and visitors also comply with such rules and regulations. Tenant’s use of the Project parking facility shall be at Tenant’s sole risk and Tenant acknowledges and agrees that Landlord shall have no liability whatsoever for damage to the vehicles of Tenant, its employees and/or visitors, or for other personal injury or property damage or theft relating to or connected with the parking rights granted herein or any of Tenant’s, its employees’ and/or visitors’ use of the parking facilities. Tenant shall not use, and shall ensure that its employees, invitees and visitors shall not use, the Project parking facility for the storage (including overnight parking) and/or repair of any automobiles. Landlord specifically reserves the right to change the size, configuration, design, layout and all other aspects of the Project parking facility at any time and Tenant acknowledges and agrees that Landlord may, without incurring any liability to Tenant and without any abatement of Rent under this Lease, from time to time, close-off or restrict access to the Project parking facility for purposes of permitting or facilitating any such construction, alteration or improvements. Landlord may delegate its responsibilities hereunder to a parking operator in which case such parking operator shall have all the rights of control attributed hereby to the Landlord. The parking spaces provided to Tenant pursuant to this Article 22 are provided to Tenant solely for use by Tenant’s own personnel and such use may not be transferred, assigned, subleased or otherwise alienated by Tenant without Landlord’s prior approval.

 

ARTICLE 23

 

SIGNS

 

23.1  Premises. Subject to Landlord’s prior written approval, in its sole discretion, and provided all signs are in keeping with the quality, design and style of the Building and Project, Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, may install identification signage anywhere in the Premises, provided that such signs must not be visible from the exterior of the Building.

 

23.2  Intentionally Omitted.

 

23.3  Prohibited Signage and Other Items. Any signs, notices, logos, pictures, names or advertisements which are installed and that have not been separately approved by Landlord may be removed without notice by Landlord at the sole expense of Tenant. Tenant may not install any signs on the exterior or roof of the Project or the Common Areas. Any signs, window coverings, or blinds (even if the same are located behind the Landlord-approved window coverings for the Building), or other items visible from the exterior of the Premises or Building, shall be subject to the prior approval of Landlord, in its sole discretion.

 

23.4  Exterior Signage. Tenant shall be granted the right to install signage per project and municipal standards on the monument and other permitted areas on the building, all subject to Landlord’s prior approval. All costs incurred in the installation, maintenance, and removal of such exterior building signage shall be at Tenant’s sole expense.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -45-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

23.5  Monument and Building Signage. Tenant shall have the right to have its logo listed on the monument sign for the Building (the “Monument Sign”), subject to the terms of this Section 24.4. The design, size and color of Tenant’s signage with Tenant’s logo to be included on the Monument Sign, and the manner in which it is attached to the Monument Sign, shall comply with all applicable laws and shall be subject to the reasonable approval of Landlord and any applicable governmental authorities. Landlord reserves the right to withhold consent to any signage that, in the sole judgment of Landlord, is not harmonious with the design standards of the Building and Monument Sign. Landlord shall have the right to require that all names or logos on the Monument Sign be of the same size and style. Tenant must obtain Landlord’s written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to any proposed signage and lettering or logo design prior to its fabrication and installation. The location of Tenant’s logo on the Monument Sign shall be subject to Landlord’s reasonable approval. To obtain Landlord’s consent, Tenant shall submit design drawings to Landlord showing the type and sizes of all lettering; the colors, finishes and types of materials used; and (if applicable and Landlord consents in its sole discretion) any provisions for illumination. Although the Monument Sign will be maintained by Landlord, Tenant shall pay its proportionate share of the cost of any maintenance and repair associated with the Monument Sign. Tenant’s signage on the Monument Sign shall be designed, constructed, installed, insured, maintained, repaired and removed from the Monument Sign all at Tenant’s sole risk, cost and expense. Tenant, at its cost, shall be responsible for the maintenance, repair or replacement of Tenant’s signage on the Monument Sign, which shall be maintained in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Landlord. If during the Term (and any extensions thereof), Tenant is in default under the terms of this Lease beyond of applicable cure periods, then Tenant’s rights granted herein will terminate and Landlord may remove Tenant’s signage from the Monument Sign at Tenant’s sole cost and expense and restore the Monument Sign to the condition it was in prior to installation of Tenant’s signage thereon, ordinary wear and tear excepted. The cost of such removal and restoration shall be payable as Additional Rent within five (5) days of Landlord’s demand. Landlord may, at any time during the Term (or any extension thereof), upon five (5) days prior written notice to Tenant, relocate the position of Tenant’s signage on the Monument Sign (provided that if Tenant is the sole tenant on the monument sign, Landlord shall make no such relocation without Tenant’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). The cost of such relocation shall be at the cost and expense of Landlord. The rights provided in this Section 24.4 shall be non-transferable to parties unless otherwise agreed by Landlord in writing in its sole discretion. Tenant, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, shall have the right to have signage placed on the exterior of Building (“Building Signage” and together with Tenant’s signage on the Monument Sign, “Tenant’s Signage”), provided that such Building Signage shall comply with all applicable laws and shall be subject to the reasonable approval of Landlord and any applicable governmental authorities prior to its installation on the Building. In no event shall Tenant’s Signage (nor any signage provided by or to Tenant) include, identify or otherwise refer to a name and/or logo which relates to an entity which is of a character or reputation, or is associated with a political faction or orientation, which is inconsistent with the quality of the Project, or which would otherwise reasonably offend a landlord of a comparable building in the vicinity of the Building (an “Objectionable Name or Logo”). The parties hereby agree that the name “Matternet, Inc.” or any reasonable derivative thereof, shall not be deemed an Objectionable Name or Logo. Tenant’s Building Signage shall be designed, constructed, installed, insured, maintained, repaired and removed from the Building all at Tenant’s sole risk, cost and expense. Tenant, at its cost, shall be responsible for the maintenance, repair or replacement of Tenant’s Building Signage, which shall be maintained in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Landlord. Unless required by applicable law or any governmental authority, Landlord shall not relocate the position of Tenant’s Building Signage. The cost of such relocation shall be at the cost and expense of Landlord. The rights provided in this paragraph shall be nontransferable unless otherwise agreed by Landlord in writing in its sole discretion.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -46-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 24

 

COMPLIANCE WITH LAW

 

24.1  In General. Tenant shall not do anything or suffer anything to be done in or about the Premises or the Project which will in any way conflict with any law, statute, ordinance or other governmental rule, regulation or requirement now in force or which may hereafter be enacted or promulgated (collectively, “Applicable Laws”). At its sole cost and expense, Tenant shall promptly comply with all any Applicable Laws which relate to (i) Tenant’s use of the Premises, (ii) any Alterations made by Tenant to the Premises, or (iii) the Base Building, but as to the Base Building, only to the extent such obligations are triggered by Alterations made by Tenant to the Premises to the extent such Alterations are not normal and customary business office improvements, or triggered by Tenant’s use of the Premises for non-general office use (“Tenant’s Compliance with Laws Obligations”); provided, however, during the initial Lease Term, Tenant shall not be required to perform (and Landlord shall not have the right to perform at Tenant’s expense) any of Tenant’s Compliance with Laws Obligations under subitems (ii) or (iii), above, that would, under sound real estate management and accounting principles, be deemed a “capital expenditure,” unless and to the extent the failure to comply therewith would prohibit Landlord from obtaining or maintaining a certificate of occupancy for the Building or any portion thereof or would prohibit any other tenant or occupant of the Building from obtaining or maintaining a certificate of occupancy for its premises, or would affect the safety of Landlord’s or any other tenant’s or occupant’s employees or create a health hazard for Landlord’s or any other tenant’s or occupant’s employees, or cause material interference with Landlord or other tenants of the Project or would otherwise materially and adversely affect Landlord’s ability to operate and maintain the Building in a first class manner consistent with the Comparable Buildings. If Tenant shall not be required, and does not perform, any of Tenant’s Compliance with Laws Obligations pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, then Landlord shall not be required to perform such Tenant’s Repair and Replacement Obligations. Should any standard or regulation now or hereafter be imposed on Landlord or Tenant by a state, federal or local governmental body charged with the establishment, regulation and enforcement of occupational, health or safety standards for employers, employees, landlords or tenants, then Tenant agrees, at its sole cost and expense, to comply promptly with such standards or regulations and to cooperate with Landlord, including, without limitation, by taking such actions as Landlord may reasonably require, in Landlord’s efforts to comply with such standards or regulations. Tenant shall be responsible, at its sole cost and expense, to make all alterations to the Premises as are required to comply with the governmental rules, regulations, requirements or standards described in this Article 24. The judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction or the admission of Tenant in any judicial action, regardless of whether Landlord is a party thereto, that Tenant has violated any of said governmental measures, shall be conclusive of that fact as between Landlord and Tenant. Tenant shall promptly pay all fines, penalties and damages that may arise out of or be imposed because of its failure to comply with the provisions of this Article 24.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -47-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

24.2  Statutory Disclosure and Related Terms. For purposes of Section 1938(a) of the California Civil Code, Landlord hereby discloses to Tenant, and Tenant hereby acknowledges, that the Premises have not undergone inspection by a Certified Access Specialist (CASp). As required by Section 1938(e) of the California Civil Code, Landlord hereby states as follows: “A Certified Access Specialist (CASp) can inspect the subject premises and determine whether the subject premises comply with all of the applicable construction-related accessibility standards under state law. Although state law does not require a CASp inspection of the subject premises, the commercial property owner or lessor may not prohibit the lessee or tenant from obtaining a CASp inspection of the subject premises for the occupancy or potential occupancy of the lessee or tenant, if requested by the lessee or tenant. The parties shall mutually agree on the arrangements for the time and manner of the CASp inspection, the payment of the fee for the CASp inspection, and the cost of making any repairs necessary to correct violations of construction-related accessibility standards within the premises.” In furtherance of the foregoing, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree as follows: (a) any CASp inspection requested by Tenant shall be conducted, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, by a CASp designated by Landlord, subject to Landlord’s reasonable rules and requirements; (b) Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall be responsible for making any improvements or repairs within the Premises to correct violations of construction-related accessibility standards; and (c) if anything done by or for Tenant in its use or occupancy of the Premises shall require any improvements or repairs to the Building or Project (outside the Premises) to correct violations of construction-related accessibility standards, then Tenant shall reimburse Landlord upon demand, as Additional Rent, for the cost to Landlord of performing such improvements or repairs.

 

ARTICLE 25

 

LATE CHARGES

 

If any installment of Rent or any other sum due from Tenant shall not be received by Landlord or Landlord’s designee upon the date said amount is due, then Tenant shall pay to Landlord a late charge equal to six percent (6%) of the overdue amount plus any attorneys’ fees incurred by Landlord by reason of Tenant’s failure to pay Rent and/or other charges when due hereunder. The late charge shall be deemed Additional Rent and the right to require it shall be in addition to all of Landlord’s other rights and remedies hereunder or at law and shall not be construed as liquidated damages or as limiting Landlord’s remedies in any manner. In addition to the late charge described above, any Rent or other amounts owing hereunder which are not paid within five (5) days after the date they are due shall bear interest from the date when due until paid at a rate per annum equal to the lesser of (x) the annual “Bank Prime Loan” rate cited in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release publication H.15(519), published weekly (or such other comparable index as Landlord and Tenant shall reasonably agree upon if such rate ceases to be published) plus four (4) percentage points, and (y) the highest rate permitted by applicable law.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -48-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 26

 

LANDLORD’S RIGHT TO CURE DEFAULT; PAYMENTS BY TENANT

 

26.1  Landlord’s Cure. All covenants and agreements to be kept or performed by Tenant under this Lease shall be performed by Tenant at Tenant’s sole cost and expense and without any reduction of Rent, except to the extent, if any, otherwise expressly provided herein. If Tenant shall fail to perform any obligation under this Lease, and such failure shall continue in excess of the time allowed under Section 19.1.2, above, unless a specific time period is otherwise stated in this Lease, Landlord may, but shall not be obligated to, make any such payment or perform any such act on Tenant’s part without waiving its rights based upon any default of Tenant and without releasing Tenant from any obligations hereunder.

 

26.2  Tenant’s Reimbursement. Except as may be specifically provided to the contrary in this Lease, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the following sums (which sums shall bear interest from the date accrued by Landlord until paid by Tenant at a rate per annum equal to interest at the rate set forth in Article 25 of this Lease, but in no case greater than the maximum amount of such interest permitted by law), upon delivery by Landlord to Tenant of statements therefor: (i) sums equal to expenditures reasonably made and obligations incurred by Landlord in connection with the remedying by Landlord of Tenant’s defaults pursuant to the provisions of Section 26.1; (ii) sums equal to all losses, costs, liabilities, damages and expenses referred to in Article 10 of this Lease; and (iii) sums equal to all expenditures made and obligations incurred by Landlord in collecting or attempting to collect the Rent or in enforcing or attempting to enforce any rights of Landlord under this Lease or pursuant to law, including, without limitation, all legal fees and other amounts so expended. Tenant’s obligations under this Section 26.2 shall survive the expiration or sooner termination of the Lease Term.

 

ARTICLE 27

 

ENTRY BY LANDLORD

 

Landlord reserves the right at all reasonable times and upon not less than twenty-four (24) hours notice to Tenant (which notice, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article 28 of this Lease, may be oral, and which notice shall not be required in the case of an emergency) to enter the Premises to (i) inspect them; (ii) show the Premises to prospective purchasers or tenants, or to current or prospective mortgagees, ground or underlying lessors or insurers; (iii) post notices of nonresponsibility; or (iv) alter, improve or repair the Premises or the Building, or for structural alterations, repairs or improvements to the Building or the Building’s systems and equipment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article 27, Landlord may enter the Premises at any time to (A) perform services required of Landlord, including janitorial service; (B) take possession due to any breach of this Lease in the manner provided herein; and (C) perform any covenants of Tenant which Tenant fails to perform. Except with respect to clause (B), above, Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize interference with the conduct of Tenant’s business in connection with such entries into the Premises. Landlord may make any such entries without the abatement of Rent and may take such reasonable steps as required to accomplish the stated purposes. Tenant hereby waives any claims for damages or for any injuries or inconvenience to or interference with Tenant’s business, lost profits, any loss of occupancy or quiet enjoyment of the Premises, and any other loss occasioned thereby. For each of the above purposes, Landlord shall at all times have a key with which to unlock all the doors in the Premises, excluding Tenant’s vaults, safes and special security areas designated in advance by Tenant. In an emergency, Landlord shall have the right to use any means that Landlord may deem proper to open the doors in and to the Premises. Any entry into the Premises by Landlord in the manner hereinbefore described shall not be deemed to be a forcible or unlawful entry into, or a detainer of, the Premises, or an actual or constructive eviction of Tenant from any portion of the Premises. No provision of this Lease shall be construed as obligating Landlord to perform any repairs, alterations or decorations except as otherwise expressly agreed to be performed by Landlord herein.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -49-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

ARTICLE 28

 

NOTICES

 

All notices, demands, designations, approvals or other communications (collectively, “Notices”) given or required to be given by either party to the other hereunder or by law shall be in writing, shall be (A) sent by United States certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested (“Mail”), (B) transmitted by telecopy, if such telecopy is promptly followed by a Notice sent by Mail, (C) delivered by a nationally recognized overnight courier, or (D) delivered personally. Any Notice shall be sent, transmitted, or delivered, as the case may be, to Tenant at the appropriate address set forth in Section 9 of the Summary, or to such other place as Tenant may from time to time designate in a Notice to Landlord, or to Landlord at the addresses set forth below, or to such other places as Landlord may from time to time designate in a Notice to Tenant. Any Notice will be deemed given (i) three (3) days after the date it is posted if sent by Mail, (ii) the date the telecopy is transmitted, (iii) the date the overnight courier delivery is made, or (iv) the date personal delivery is made. Any Notice given by an attorney on behalf of Landlord or by Landlord’s managing agent shall be considered as given by Landlord and shall be fully effective. As of the date of this Lease, any Notices to Landlord must be sent, transmitted, or delivered, as the case may be, to the following addresses:

 

Boston Properties Limited Partnership

Four Embarcadero Center

Lobby Level, Suite One

San Francisco, California 94111

Attention: Mr. Bob Pester

 

and

 

Boston Properties, Inc.

Prudential Center Tower

800 Boylston Street, Suite 1900

Boston, Massachusetts 02199

Attention: General Counsel

 

and

 

Boston Properties Limited Partnership

Four Embarcadero Center

Lobby Level, Suite One

San Francisco, California 94111

Attention: Regional Counsel

 

and

 

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP

1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1800

Los Angeles, California 90067

Attention: Anton N. Natsis, Esq.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -50-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

 

ARTICLE 29

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

29.1 Terms; Captions. The words “Landlord” and “Tenant” as used herein shall include the plural as well as the singular. The necessary grammatical changes required to make the provisions hereof apply either to corporations or partnerships or individuals, men or women, as the case may require, shall in all cases be assumed as though in each case fully expressed. The captions of Articles and Sections are for convenience only and shall not be deemed to limit, construe, affect or alter the meaning of such Articles and Sections.

 

29.2 Binding Effect. Subject to all other provisions of this Lease, each of the covenants, conditions and provisions of this Lease shall extend to and shall, as the case may require, bind or inure to the benefit not only of Landlord and of Tenant, but also of their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors or assigns, provided this clause shall not permit any assignment by Tenant contrary to the provisions of Article 14 of this Lease.

 

29.3 No Light, Air or View Rights. No rights to any view or to light or air over any property, whether belonging to Landlord or any other person, are granted to Tenant by this Lease. Under no circumstances whatsoever at any time during the Lease Term shall any temporary darkening of any windows of the Premises or any temporary obstruction of the light or view therefrom by reason of any repairs, improvements, maintenance or cleaning in or about the Project, or any diminution, impairment or obstruction (whether partial or total) of light, air or view by any structure which may be erected on any land comprising a part of, or located adjacent to or otherwise in the path of light, air or view to, the Project, in any way impose any liability upon Landlord or in any way reduce or diminish Tenant’s obligations under this Lease.

 

29.4 Modification of Lease. Should any current or prospective mortgagee or ground lessor for the Building or Project require a modification of this Lease, which modification will not cause an increased cost or expense to Tenant or in any other way materially and adversely change the rights and obligations of Tenant hereunder, then and in such event, Tenant agrees that this Lease may be so modified and agrees to execute whatever documents are reasonably required therefor and to deliver the same to Landlord within ten (10) days following a request therefor. At the request of Landlord or any mortgagee or ground lessor, Tenant agrees to execute a short form of Lease and deliver the same to Landlord within ten (10) days following the request therefor.

 

29.5 Transfer of Landlord’s Interest. Tenant acknowledges that Landlord has the right to transfer all or any portion of its interest in the Project or Building and in this Lease, and Tenant agrees that in the event of any such transfer, Landlord shall automatically be released from all liability under this Lease and Tenant agrees to look solely to such transferee for the performance of Landlord’s obligations hereunder after the date of transfer and such transferee shall be deemed to have fully assumed and be liable for all obligations of this Lease to be performed by Landlord, including the return of any Security Deposit, and Tenant shall attorn to such transferee.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -51-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

29.6 Prohibition Against Recording. Except as provided in Section 29.4 of this Lease, neither this Lease, nor any memorandum, affidavit or other writing with respect thereto, shall be recorded by Tenant or by anyone acting through, under or on behalf of Tenant.

 

29.7 Landlord’s Title. Landlord’s title is and always shall be paramount to the title of Tenant. Nothing herein contained shall empower Tenant to do any act which can, shall or may encumber the title of Landlord.

 

29.8 Relationship of Parties. Nothing contained in this Lease shall be deemed or construed by the parties hereto or by any third party to create the relationship of principal and agent, partnership, joint venturer or any association between Landlord and Tenant.

 

29.9 Application of Payments. Landlord shall have the right to apply payments received from Tenant pursuant to this Lease, regardless of Tenant’s designation of such payments, to satisfy any obligations of Tenant hereunder, in such order and amounts as Landlord, in its sole discretion, may elect.

 

29.10 Time of Essence. Time is of the essence with respect to the performance of every provision of this Lease in which time of performance is a factor, including, without limitation, the giving of any Notice required to be given under this Lease or by law, the time periods for giving any such Notice and the taking of any action with respect to any such Notice.

 

29.11 Partial Invalidity. If any term, provision or condition contained in this Lease shall, to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Lease, or the application of such term, provision or condition to persons or circumstances other than those with respect to which it is invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each and every other term, provision and condition of this Lease shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent possible permitted by law.

 

29.12 No Warranty. In executing and delivering this Lease, Tenant has not relied on any representations, including, but not limited to, any representation as to the amount of any item comprising Additional Rent or the amount of the Additional Rent in the aggregate or that Landlord is furnishing the same services to other tenants, at all, on the same level or on the same basis, or any warranty or any statement of Landlord which is not set forth herein or in one or more of the exhibits attached hereto.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -52-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

29.13 Landlord Exculpation. The liability of Landlord or the Landlord Parties to Tenant for any default by Landlord under this Lease or arising in connection herewith or with Landlord’s operation, management, leasing, repair, renovation, alteration or any other matter relating to the Project or the Premises shall be limited solely and exclusively to an amount which is equal to the lesser of (a) the interest of Landlord in the Building or (b) the equity interest Landlord would have in the Building if the Building were encumbered by third-party debt in an amount equal to eighty percent (80%) of the value of the Building (as such value is determined by Landlord), provided that in no event shall such liability extend to any sales or insurance proceeds received by Landlord or the Landlord Parties in connection with the Project, Building or Premises. Neither Landlord, nor any of the Landlord Parties shall have any personal liability therefor, and Tenant hereby expressly waives and releases such personal liability on behalf of itself and all persons claiming by, through or under Tenant. The limitations of liability contained in this Section 29.13 shall inure to the benefit of Landlord’s and the Landlord Parties’ present and future partners, beneficiaries, officers, directors, trustees, shareholders, agents and employees, and their respective partners, heirs, successors and assigns. Under no circumstances shall any present or future partner of Landlord (if Landlord is a partnership), or trustee or beneficiary (if Landlord or any partner of Landlord is a trust), have any liability for the performance of Landlord’s obligations under this Lease. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, neither Landlord nor the Landlord Parties shall be liable under any circumstances for any indirect or consequential damages or any injury or damage to, or interference with, Tenant’s business, including but not limited to, loss of profits, loss of rents or other revenues, loss of business opportunity, loss of goodwill or loss of use, in each case, however occurring.

 

29.14 Entire Agreement. It is understood and acknowledged that there are no oral agreements between the parties hereto affecting this Lease and this Lease constitutes the parties’ entire agreement with respect to the leasing of the Premises and supersedes and cancels any and all previous negotiations, arrangements, brochures, agreements and understandings, if any, between the parties hereto or displayed by Landlord to Tenant with respect to the subject matter thereof, and none thereof shall be used to interpret or construe this Lease. None of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of this Lease can be modified, deleted or added to except in writing signed by the parties hereto.

 

29.15 Right to Lease. Landlord reserves the absolute right to effect such other tenancies in the Project as Landlord in the exercise of its sole business judgment shall determine to best promote the interests of the Building or Project. Tenant does not rely on the fact, nor does Landlord represent, that any specific tenant or type or number of tenants shall, during the Lease Term, occupy any space in the Building or Project.

 

29.16 Force Majeure. In the event Landlord or Tenant is in any way delayed, impeded, interrupted, stopped or prevented from performing any of its obligations under this Lease (except, with respect to Tenant, its obligations to give notice with respect to any option explicitly set forth in this Lease, to surrender the Premises as and when required by this Lease and to maintain insurance as required by this Lease) due to Casualty, act of God, epidemic, pandemic, breach of cyber security, strike, lockout, labor dispute or disruption, disruption in the supply chain or other inability by the exercise of reasonable diligence to obtain materials or parts, act of war, terrorism, breakdown, accident, civil commotion, laws, regulations, restrictions, orders, quarantines, construction moratoria or other action or inaction by any local, state or federal governmental or health authority (including, without limitation, any shelter-in-place orders, stay at home orders, occupancy restrictions or limitations or any restriction on travel related to the forgoing that preclude or restrict Landlord or Tenant or their agents, contractors or employees from accessing or using the Premises), or any other cause or event to the extent beyond such party’s reasonable control regardless of whether such cause or event is (x) related to the specifically enumerated causes or events in this paragraph or (y) foreseeable or unforeseeable (each, an event of “Force Majeure”), such cause or event of Force Majeure shall excuse the performance of the obligation of such party under this Lease for a period equal to such delay, impediment, interruption, stoppage or prevention, including the time necessary to repair any damage caused by the Force Majeure event, if any. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Lease and for avoidance of doubt, in no event will (i) any party be entitled to claim Force Majeure due to any act or inaction within its reasonable control, (ii) financial hardship constitute an event of Force Majeure nor (iii) any event of Force Majeure in any way (a) affect, excuse, suspend, reduce or abate the obligation of Tenant to timely pay all rent and other charges payable by Tenant pursuant to the terms of this Lease, except as expressly provided in Articles 11 and 13 or (b) entitle either party to terminate this Lease, except as explicitly provided in Articles 11 and 13.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -53-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

29.17 Waiver of Redemption by Tenant. Tenant hereby waives, for Tenant and for all those claiming under Tenant, any and all rights now or hereafter existing to redeem by order or judgment of any court or by any legal process or writ, Tenant’s right of occupancy of the Premises after any termination of this Lease.

 

29.18 Hazardous Materials.

 

29.18.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Lease, the following definitions shall apply: “Hazardous Material(s)” shall mean any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or material that is described or characterized as a toxic or hazardous substance, waste, material, pollutant, contaminant or infectious waste, or any matter that in certain specified quantities would be injurious to the public health or welfare, or words of similar import, in any of the “Environmental Laws,” as that term is defined below, or any other words which are intended to define, list or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, toxicity or reproductive toxicity and includes, without limitation, asbestos, petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof, natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, or synthetic gas usable for fuel, or any mixture thereof), petroleum products, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde, radon gas, nuclear or radioactive matter, medical waste, soot, vapors, fumes, acids, alkalis, chemicals, microbial matters (such as molds, fungi or other bacterial matters), biological agents and chemicals which may cause adverse health effects, including but not limited to, cancers and /or toxicity. “Environmental Laws” shall mean any and all federal, state, local or quasi-governmental laws (whether under common law, statute or otherwise), ordinances, decrees, codes, rulings, awards, rules, regulations or guidance or policy documents now or hereafter enacted or promulgated and as amended from time to time, in any way relating to a) the protection of the environment, the health and safety of persons (including employees), property or the public welfare from actual or potential release, discharge, escape or emission (whether past or present) of any Hazardous Materials or b) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of any Hazardous Materials.

 

29.18.2 Compliance with Environmental Laws. Landlord covenants that during the Lease Term, Landlord shall comply with all Environmental Laws in accordance with, and as required by, the Terms and conditions of Article 24 of this Lease. Tenant shall not sell, use, or store in or around the Premises any Hazardous Materials, except if stored, properly packaged and labeled, disposed of and/or used in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws. In addition, Tenant agrees that it: a) shall not cause or suffer to occur, the release, discharge, escape or emission of any Hazardous Materials at, upon, under or within the Premises or any contiguous or adjacent premises; b) shall not engage in activities at the Premises that could result in, give rise to, or lead to the imposition of liability upon Tenant or Landlord or the creation of a lien upon the building or land upon which the Premises is located; c) shall notify Landlord promptly following receipt of any knowledge with respect to any actual release, discharge, escape or emission (whether past or present) of any Hazardous Materials at, upon, under or within the Premises; and e) shall promptly forward to Landlord copies of all orders, notices, permits, applications and other communications and reports in connection with any release, discharge, escape or emission of any Hazardous Materials at, upon, under or within the Premises or any contiguous or adjacent premises. Prior to the Lease Commencement Date, Tenant shall complete, execute and deliver to Landlord a Hazardous Materials Disclosure Certificate (“Initial Disclosure Certificate”), a fully completed copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit G and incorporated herein by this reference. The completed Hazardous Materials Disclosure Certificate shall be deemed incorporated into this Lease for all purposes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely fully on the information contained therein. Tenant shall, upon written request from Landlord, and at such other times as Tenant desires to handle, produce, treat, store, use, discharge or dispose of new or additional Hazardous Materials on or about the Premises that were not listed on the Initial Disclosure Certificate, complete, execute and deliver to Landlord an updated Disclosure Certificate (each, an “Updated Disclosure Certificate”) describing Tenant’s then current and proposed future uses of Hazardous Materials on or about the Premises, which Updated Disclosure Certificates shall be in the same format as that which is set forth in Exhibit G or in such reasonably similar updated format as Landlord may reasonably require from time to time. Tenant shall deliver an Updated Disclosure Certificate to Landlord not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date Tenant intends to commence the manufacture, treatment, use, storage, handle, discharge or disposal of new or additional Hazardous Materials on or about the Premises, and Landlord shall have the right to approve or disapprove such new or additional Hazardous Materials in its reasonable discretion. Tenant shall make no use of Hazardous Materials on or about the Premises except as described in the Initial Disclosure Certificate.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -54-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

29.18.3 Landlord’s Right of Environmental Audit. Landlord may, upon reasonable notice to Tenant, be granted access to and enter the Premises no more than once annually to perform or cause to have performed an environmental inspection, site assessment or audit. Such environmental inspector or auditor may be chosen by Landlord, in its sole discretion, and be performed at Landlord’s sole expense. To the extent that the report prepared upon such inspection, assessment or audit, indicates the presence of Hazardous Materials in violation of Environmental Laws, or provides recommendations or suggestions to prohibit the release, discharge, escape or emission of any Hazardous Materials at, upon, under or within the Premises, or to comply with any Environmental Laws, Tenant shall promptly, at Tenant’s sole expense, comply with such recommendations or suggestions, including, but not limited to performing such additional investigative or subsurface investigations or remediation(s) as recommended by such inspector or auditor. Notwithstanding the above, if at any time, Landlord has actual notice or reasonable cause to believe that Tenant has violated, or permitted any violations of any Environmental Law, then Landlord will be entitled to perform its environmental inspection, assessment or audit at any time, notwithstanding the above mentioned annual limitation, and Tenant must reimburse Landlord for the cost or fees incurred for such as Additional Rent.

 

29.18.4 Tenant Indemnification. In addition to Tenant’s indemnifications obligations under Article 10 of this Lease, Tenant agrees to indemnify, defend, protect and hold harmless the Landlord Parties from and against any liability, obligation, damage or costs, including without limitation, attorneys’ fees and costs, resulting directly or indirectly from any use, presence, removal or disposal of any Hazardous Materials or breach of any provision of this section, to the extent such liability, obligation, damage or costs was a result of actions caused or permitted by Tenant or a Tenant Party.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -55-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

29.19 Joint and Several. If there is more than one Tenant, the obligations imposed upon Tenant under this Lease shall be joint and several.

 

29.20 Authority. If Tenant is a corporation, trust or partnership, each individual executing this Lease on behalf of Tenant hereby represents and warrants that Tenant is a duly formed and existing entity qualified to do business in California and that Tenant has full right and authority to execute and deliver this Lease and that each person signing on behalf of Tenant is authorized to do so. In such event, Tenant shall, within ten (10) days after execution of this Lease, deliver to Landlord satisfactory evidence of such authority and, if a corporation, upon demand by Landlord, also deliver to Landlord satisfactory evidence of (i) good standing in Tenant’s state of incorporation and (ii) qualification to do business in California.

 

29.21 Attorneys’ Fees. In the event that either Landlord or Tenant should bring suit for the possession of the Premises, for the recovery of any sum due under this Lease, or because of the breach of any provision of this Lease or for any other relief against the other, then all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the prevailing party therein shall be paid by the other party, which obligation on the part of the other party shall be deemed to have accrued on the date of the commencement of such action and shall be enforceable whether or not the action is prosecuted to judgment.

 

29.22 Governing Law; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. This Lease shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California. IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING HEREFROM, LANDLORD AND TENANT HEREBY CONSENT TO (I) THE JURISDICTION OF ANY COMPETENT COURT WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, (II) SERVICE OF PROCESS BY ANY MEANS AUTHORIZED BY CALIFORNIA LAW, AND (III) IN THE INTEREST OF SAVING TIME AND EXPENSE, TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY EITHER OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGAINST THE OTHER OR THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RESPECT OF ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS LEASE, THE RELATIONSHIP OF LANDLORD AND TENANT, TENANT’S USE OR OCCUPANCY OF THE PREMISES, AND/OR ANY CLAIM FOR INJURY OR DAMAGE, OR ANY EMERGENCY OR STATUTORY REMEDY. IN THE EVENT LANDLORD COMMENCES ANY SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS OR ACTION FOR NONPAYMENT OF BASE RENT OR ADDITIONAL RENT, TENANT SHALL NOT INTERPOSE ANY COUNTERCLAIM OF ANY NATURE OR DESCRIPTION (UNLESS SUCH COUNTERCLAIM SHALL BE MANDATORY) IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING OR ACTION, BUT SHALL BE RELEGATED TO AN INDEPENDENT ACTION AT LAW.

 

29.23 Submission of Lease. Submission of this instrument for examination or signature by Tenant does not constitute a reservation of, option for or option to lease, and it is not effective as a lease or otherwise until execution and delivery by both Landlord and Tenant.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -56-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

29.24 Brokers. Landlord and Tenant hereby warrant to each other that they have had no dealings with any real estate broker or agent in connection with the negotiation of this Lease, excepting only the real estate brokers or agents specified in Section 11 of the Summary (the “Brokers”), and that they know of no other real estate broker or agent who is entitled to a commission in connection with this Lease. Each party agrees to indemnify and defend the other party against and hold the other party harmless from any and all claims, demands, losses, liabilities, lawsuits, judgments, costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) with respect to any leasing commission or equivalent compensation alleged to be owing on account of any dealings with any real estate broker or agent, other than the Brokers, occurring by, through, or under the indemnifying party.

 

29.25 Independent Covenants. This Lease shall be construed as though the covenants herein between Landlord and Tenant are independent and not dependent and Tenant hereby expressly waives the benefit of any statute to the contrary and agrees that if Landlord fails to perform its obligations set forth herein, Tenant shall not be entitled to make any repairs or perform any acts hereunder at Landlord’s expense or to any setoff of the Rent or other amounts owing hereunder against Landlord.

 

29.26 Project or Building Name and Signage. Landlord shall have the right at any time to change the name of the Project or Building and to install, affix and maintain any and all signs on the exterior and on the interior of the Project or Building as Landlord may, in Landlord’s sole discretion, desire. Tenant shall not use the words Mountain View Research Park or the name of the Project or Building or use pictures or illustrations of the Project or Building in advertising or other publicity or for any purpose other than as the address of the business to be conducted by Tenant in the Premises, without the prior written consent of Landlord.

 

29.27 Counterparts. This Lease may be executed in counterparts with the same effect as if both parties hereto had executed the same document. Both counterparts shall be construed together and shall constitute a single lease.

 

29.28 Confidentiality. Tenant acknowledges that the content of this Lease and any related documents are confidential information. Tenant shall keep such confidential information strictly confidential and shall not disclose such confidential information to any person or entity other than Tenant’s financial, legal, and space planning consultants.

 

29.29 Development of the Project.

 

29.29.1 Subdivision. Landlord reserves the right to further subdivide all or a portion of the Project. Tenant agrees to execute and deliver, upon demand by Landlord and in the form requested by Landlord, any additional documents needed to conform this Lease to the circumstances resulting from such subdivision.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -57-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

29.29.2 The Other Improvements. If portions of the Project or property adjacent to the Project (collectively, the “Other Improvements”) are owned by an entity other than Landlord, Landlord, at its option, may enter into an agreement with the owner or owners of any or all of the Other Improvements to provide (i) for reciprocal rights of access and/or use of the Project and the Other Improvements, (ii) for the common management, operation, maintenance, improvement and/or repair of all or any portion of the Project and the Other Improvements, (iii) for the allocation of a portion of the Direct Expenses to the Other Improvements and the operating expenses and taxes for the Other Improvements to the Project, and (iv) for the use or improvement of the Other Improvements and/or the Project in connection with the improvement, construction, and/or excavation of the Other Improvements and/or the Project. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or construed to limit or otherwise affect Landlord’s right to convey all or any portion of the Project or any other of Landlord’s rights described in this Lease.

 

29.29.3 Construction of Project and Other Improvements. Tenant acknowledges that portions of the Project and/or the Other Improvements may be under construction following Tenant’s occupancy of the Premises, and that such construction may result in levels of noise, dust, odor, obstruction of access, etc. which are in excess of that present in a fully constructed project. Tenant hereby waives any and all rent offsets (except as specifically set forth in Section 19.5.2 of this Lease) in connection with such construction. Furthermore, provided that Landlord employs commercially reasonable efforts to minimize interference with the conduct of Tenant’s business, Tenant hereby waives any claims of constructive eviction which may arise in connection with such construction.

 

29.30 Building Renovations. It is specifically understood and agreed that Landlord has no obligation and has made no promises to alter, remodel, improve, renovate, repair or decorate the Premises, Building, or any part thereof and that no representations respecting the condition of the Premises or the Building have been made by Landlord to Tenant except as specifically set forth herein. However, Tenant hereby acknowledges that Landlord is currently renovating or may during the Lease Term renovate, improve, alter, or modify (collectively, the “Renovations”) the Project, the Building and/or the Premises. Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to complete any Renovations in a manner which does not materially, adversely affect Tenant’s use of or access to the Premises. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant hereby agrees that such Renovations shall in no way constitute a constructive eviction of Tenant nor entitle Tenant to any abatement of Rent. Landlord shall have no responsibility and shall not be liable to Tenant for any injury to or interference with Tenant’s business arising from the Renovations, nor shall Tenant be entitled to any compensation or damages from Landlord for loss of the use of the whole or any part of the Premises or of Tenant’s personal property or improvements resulting from the Renovations, or for any inconvenience or annoyance occasioned by such Renovations.

 

29.31 No Violation. Tenant hereby warrants and represents that neither its execution of nor performance under this Lease shall cause Tenant to be in violation of any agreement, instrument, contract, law, rule or regulation by which Tenant is bound, and Tenant shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold Landlord harmless against any claims, demands, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, arising from Tenant’s breach of this warranty and representation.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -58-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

29.32 Communications and Computer Lines. Tenant may install, maintain, replace, remove or use any electrical, communications or computer wires and cables (collectively, the “Lines”) at the Project in or serving solely the Premises, provided that (i) Tenant shall obtain Landlord’s prior written consent, use an experienced and qualified contractor approved in writing by Landlord, and comply with all of the other provisions of Articles 7 and 8 of this Lease, (ii) an acceptable number of spare Lines and space for additional Lines shall be maintained for existing and future occupants of the Project, as determined in Landlord’s reasonable opinion, (iii) the Lines therefor (including riser cables) shall be appropriately insulated to prevent excessive electromagnetic fields or radiation, and shall be surrounded by a protective conduit reasonably acceptable to Landlord, (iv) any new or existing Lines servicing the Premises shall comply with all applicable governmental laws and regulations, (v) as a condition to permitting the installation of new Lines, Landlord may require that Tenant remove any existing unused Lines located in or serving the Premises and repair any damage in connection with such removal, and (vi) Tenant shall pay all costs in connection therewith. Landlord reserves the right to require that Tenant remove any Lines located in or serving the Premises which are installed in violation of these provisions, or which are at any time in violation of any laws or represent a dangerous or potentially dangerous condition. Landlord further reserves the right to require that Tenant remove any and all Lines located in or serving the Premises upon the expiration of the Lease Term or upon any earlier termination of this Lease.

 

29.33 Landlord’s Waiver of Security Interest in Tenant’s Personal Property. Landlord hereby acknowledges and agree that any and all of Tenant’s movable furniture, furnishings, trade fixtures and equipment at the Premises (“Tenant’s Property”) may be financed by a third-party lender or lessor (an “Equipment Lienor”), and Landlord hereby (a) subordinates any rights of Landlord to Tenant’s Property to such Equipment Lienor, and (b) agrees to recognize the rights of any such Equipment Lienor, subject to and in accordance with a commercially reasonable waiver agreement to be entered into by and between Landlord and the Equipment Lienor following request by Tenant. Tenant shall pay all fees and/or expenses imposed upon or otherwise paid by Landlord to the Equipment Lienor or otherwise expended by Landlord in connection with any such request (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees).

 

29.34 No Discrimination. There shall be no discrimination against, or segregation of, any person or persons on account of sex, marital status, race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry in the Transfer of the Premises, or any portion thereof, nor shall the Tenant itself, or any person claiming under or through it, establish or permit any such practice or practices of discrimination or segregation with reference to the selection, location, number, use or occupancy of tenants, lessees, subtenants, sublessees, or vendees of the Premises, or any portion thereof.

 

29.35 Patriot Act and Executive Order 13224. As an inducement to Landlord to enter into this Lease, Tenant hereby represents and warrants that: (i) Tenant is not, nor is it owned or controlled directly or indirectly by, any person, group, entity or nation named on any list issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) pursuant to Executive Order 13224 or any similar list or any law, order, rule or regulation or any Executive Order of the President of the United States as a terrorist, “Specially Designated National and Blocked Person” or other banned or blocked person (any such person, group, entity or nation being hereinafter referred to as a “Prohibited Person”); (ii) Tenant is not (nor is it owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any person, group, entity or nation which is) acting directly or indirectly for or on behalf of any Prohibited Person; and (iii) neither Tenant (nor any person, group, entity or nation which owns or controls Tenant, directly or indirectly) has conducted or will conduct business or has engaged or will engage in any transaction or dealing with any Prohibited Person, including without limitation any assignment of this Lease or any subletting of all or any portion of the Premises or the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of a Prohibited Person. In connection with the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that (x) any breach by Tenant of the foregoing representations and warranties shall be deemed a default by Tenant under Section 19.1.4 of this Lease and shall be covered by the indemnity provisions of Section 10.1 above, and (y) the representations and warranties contained in this subsection shall be continuing in nature and shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.

 

29.36 Asbestos Disclosures. Landlord has advised Tenant that there is asbestos-containing material (“ACM”) in the Building. Attached hereto as Exhibit F is a disclosure statement regarding ACM in the Building. Tenant acknowledges that such notice complies with the requirements of Section 25915 et. seq. and Section 25359.7 of the California Health and Safety Code.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -59-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have caused this Lease to be executed the day and date first written above.

 

  “Landlord”:
     
  BXP RESEARCH PARK LP, a Delaware limited partnership
     
  BY: BXP CALIFORNIA GP LLC,
    a Delaware limited liability company, its general partner
     
  BY: BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED
    PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member
     
  BY: BOSTON PROPERTIES,
    INC., a Delaware corporation, its general partner
     
  BY: /s/ Christine Yuen
  Name:  Christine Yuen
  Title: SVP, Leasing
     
  BY: BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
    a Delaware limited partnership, its Series A Limited Partner
     
  BY: BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., a Delaware corporation, its general partner
     
  BY: /s/ Christine Yuen
  Name: Christine Yuen
  Title: SVP, Leasing
     
  BY: BP/DC PROPERTIES, INC.,
    a Maryland corporation, its Series B Limited Partner
     
  BY: /s/ Christine Yuen
  Name: Christine Yuen
  Title: SVP, Leasing

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -60-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

  “Tenant”:
   
  MATTERNET, INC.,
  a Delaware corporation
   
  By: /s/ Andreas Raptopoulos
  Name: Andreas Raptopoulos
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
  Date: 5/13/2025
   
  By: /s/ Jason Secore
  Name: Jason Secore
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
  Date: 5/14/2025

 

PLEASE NOTE: THIS LEASE MUST BE EXECUTED BY EITHER (I) BOTH (A) THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, THE PRESIDENT OR ANY VICE PRESIDENT OF TENANT, AND (B) THE SECRETARY, ANY ASSISTANT SECRETARY, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, OR ANY ASSISTANT TREASURER OF TENANT; OR (II) AN AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY OF TENANT PURSUANT TO A CERTIFIED CORPORATE RESOLUTION, A COPY OF WHICH SHOULD BE DELIVERED WITH THE EXECUTED ORIGINALS.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -61-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

EXHIBIT A

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK

 

OUTLINE OF PREMISES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -1-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

 

EXHIBIT A-1

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK

 

OUTLINE OF PROJECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

  [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -1-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK

 

INTENTIONALLY OMITTED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT B[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -1-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

EXHIBIT C

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF LEASE TERM DATES

 

Certified Mail:

 

Via E-Mail:

 

Date: ______

 

________________

 

________________

 

________________

Email: __________________

 

Re: ___________Lease dated_________ by and between [LANDLORD], Landlord, and________, a_______, Tenant (the “Lease”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen

 

This notice is being sent to you pursuant to Section [2.1] of the above-captioned Lease. The Lease Term commenced on [COMMENCEMENT DATE], being the “Lease Commencement Date” under the Lease and shall end and expire on [EXPIRATION DATE], being the “Lease Expiration Date” under the Lease, unless sooner terminated or extended, as provided for in the Lease.

 

Best regards,

 

[INSERT LANDLORD SIGNATURE BLOCK]

 

Acknowledged and accepted:

 

[TENANT]  
   
   
Name:        
Title:    

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT C[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -1-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

EXHIBIT D

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK

 

RULES AND REGULATIONS

 

Tenant shall faithfully observe and comply with the following Rules and Regulations. Landlord shall not be responsible to Tenant for the nonperformance of any of said Rules and Regulations by or otherwise with respect to the acts or omissions of any other tenants or occupants of the Project. In the event of any conflict between the Rules and Regulations and the other provisions of this Lease, the latter shall control.

 

1. Tenant shall not alter any lock or install any new or additional locks or bolts on any doors or windows of the Premises without obtaining Landlord’s prior written consent. Tenant shall bear the cost of any lock changes or repairs required by Tenant. Two keys will be furnished by Landlord for the Premises, and any additional keys required by Tenant must be obtained from Landlord at a reasonable cost to be established by Landlord. Upon the termination of this Lease, Tenant shall restore to Landlord all keys of stores, offices, and toilet rooms, either furnished to, or otherwise procured by, Tenant and in the event of the loss of keys so furnished, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the cost of replacing same or of changing the lock or locks opened by such lost key if Landlord shall deem it necessary to make such changes.

 

2. All doors opening to public corridors shall be kept closed at all times except for normal ingress and egress to the Premises.

 

3. Landlord reserves the right to close and keep locked all entrance and exit doors of the Building during such hours as are customary for comparable buildings in the vicinity of the Project. Tenant, its employees and agents must be sure that the doors to the Premises are securely closed and locked when leaving the Premises if it is after the normal hours of business for the Building. Any tenant, its employees, agents or any other persons entering or leaving the Building at any time when it is so locked, or any time when it is considered to be after normal business hours for the Building, may be required to sign or card access the Building register. Landlord reserves the right to change and update Building security and access procedures, including, without limitation, the right to install new locks, key card access points, or other access technology, subject to the terms of Landlord’s then current Privacy Policy (available upon request or at bxp.com/privacy-policy). Access to the Building may be refused unless the person seeking access has proper identification or has a previously arranged pass for access to the Building. Landlord will furnish, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, passes to persons for whom Tenant requests same in writing. Tenant shall be charged Landlord’s standard fee for the replacement of lost access cards. Tenant shall be responsible for all persons for whom Tenant requests passes and shall be liable to Landlord for all acts of such persons. The Landlord and his agents shall in no case be liable for damages for any error with regard to the admission to or exclusion from the Building of any person. In case of invasion, mob, riot, public excitement, or other commotion, Landlord reserves the right to prevent access to the Building or the Project during the continuance thereof by any means it deems appropriate for the safety and protection of life and property.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT D[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -1-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

4. No furniture, freight or equipment of any kind shall be brought into the Building without prior notice to Landlord. All moving activity into or out of the Building shall be scheduled with Landlord and done only at such time and in such manner as Landlord designates. Landlord shall have the right to prescribe the weight, size and position of all safes and other heavy property brought into the Building and also the times and manner of moving the same in and out of the Building. Safes and other heavy objects shall, if considered necessary by Landlord, stand on supports of such thickness as is necessary to properly distribute the weight. Landlord will not be responsible for loss of or damage to any such safe or property in any case. Any damage to any part of the Building, its contents, occupants or visitors by moving or maintaining any such safe or other property shall be the sole responsibility and expense of Tenant.

 

5. No furniture, packages, supplies, equipment or merchandise will be received in the Building or carried up or down in the elevators, except between such hours, in such specific elevator and by such personnel as shall be designated by Landlord.

 

6. The requirements of Tenant will be attended to only upon application at the management office for the Project or at such office location designated by Landlord. Employees of Landlord shall not perform any work or do anything outside their regular duties unless under special instructions from Landlord.

 

7. No sign, advertisement, notice or handbill shall be exhibited, distributed, painted or affixed by Tenant on any part of the Premises or the Building without the prior written consent of the Landlord. Tenant shall not disturb, solicit, peddle, or canvass any occupant of the Project and shall cooperate with Landlord and its agents of Landlord to prevent same.

 

8. The toilet rooms, urinals, wash bowls and other apparatus shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which they were constructed, and no foreign substance of any kind whatsoever shall be thrown therein. The expense of any breakage, stoppage or damage resulting from the violation of this rule shall be borne by the tenant who, or whose servants, employees, agents, visitors or licensees shall have caused same.

 

9. Tenant shall not overload the floor of the Premises beyond the Building standard floor loading specifications, nor mark, drive nails or screws, or drill into the partitions, woodwork or drywall or in any way deface the Premises or any part thereof without Landlord’s prior written consent. Tenant shall not purchase spring water, ice, towel, linen, maintenance or other like services from any person or persons not approved by Landlord.

 

10. Except for vending machines intended for the sole use of Tenant’s employees and invitees, no vending machine or machines other than fractional horsepower office machines shall be installed, maintained or operated upon the Premises without the written consent of Landlord.

 

11. Except as set forth in Section 29.18.2 of the Lease, Tenant shall not use or keep in or on the Premises, the Building, or the Project any kerosene, gasoline or other inflammable or combustible fluid, chemical, substance or material that is considered hazardous.

 

12. Tenant shall not without the prior written consent of Landlord use any method of heating or air conditioning other than that supplied by Landlord.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT D[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -2-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

13. Tenant shall not use, keep or permit to be used or kept, any foul or noxious gas or substance in or on the Premises, or permit or allow the Premises to be occupied or used in a manner offensive or objectionable to Landlord or other occupants of the Project by reason of noise, odors, vibrations or electronic disruption, or interfere with other tenants or those having business therein, whether by the use of any musical instrument, radio, phonograph, or in any other way. Tenant shall not throw anything out of doors, windows or skylights or down passageways.

 

14. Tenant shall not bring into or keep within the Project, the Building or the Premises any animals, birds, aquariums, or, except in areas designated by Landlord, bicycles or other vehicles.

 

15. No cooking shall be done or permitted on the Premises, nor shall the Premises be used for the storage of merchandise, for lodging or for any improper, objectionable or immoral purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Underwriters’ laboratory-approved equipment and microwave ovens may be used in the Premises for heating food and brewing coffee, tea, hot chocolate and similar beverages for employees and visitors, provided that such use is in accordance with all applicable federal, state, county and city laws, codes, ordinances, rules and regulations. In addition, subject to Landlord’s prior approval, not to be unreasonably withheld, Tenant may use an all electrical (such as a Traeger) barbeque in the outdoor area directly behind the rear of the Premises, provided that such use is in accordance with all applicable federal, state, county and city laws, codes, ordinances, rules and regulations.

 

16. The Premises shall not be used for manufacturing or for the storage of merchandise except as such storage may be incidental to the use of the Premises provided for in the Summary. Tenant shall not occupy or permit any portion of the Premises to be occupied as an office for a messenger-type operation or dispatch office, public stenographer or typist, or for the manufacture or sale of liquor, narcotics, or tobacco in any form, or as a medical office, or as a barber or manicure shop, or as an employment bureau without the express prior written consent of Landlord. Tenant shall not engage or pay any employees on the Premises except those actually working for such tenant on the Premises nor advertise for laborers giving an address at the Premises.

 

17. Landlord reserves the right to exclude or expel from the Project any person who, in the judgment of Landlord, is intoxicated or under the influence of liquor or drugs, or who shall in any manner do any act in violation of any of these Rules and Regulations.

 

18. Tenant, its employees and agents shall not loiter in or on the entrances, corridors, sidewalks, lobbies, courts, vestibules or any Common Areas for the purpose of smoking tobacco products or for any other purpose, nor in any way obstruct such areas, and shall use them only as a means of ingress and egress for the Premises.

 

19. Tenant shall not waste electricity, water or air conditioning and agrees to cooperate fully with Landlord to ensure the most effective operation of the Building’s heating and air conditioning system, and shall refrain from attempting to adjust any controls.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT D[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -3-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

20. Tenant shall store all its trash and garbage within the interior of the Premises. No material shall be placed in the trash boxes or receptacles if such material is of such nature that it may not be disposed of in the ordinary and customary manner of removing and disposing of trash and garbage in the city in which the Project is located without violation of any law or ordinance governing such disposal. All trash, garbage and refuse disposal shall be made only through entry-ways provided for such purposes at such times as Landlord shall designate.

 

21. Tenant shall comply with all safety, fire protection and evacuation procedures and regulations established by Landlord or any governmental agency.

 

22. Any persons employed by Tenant to do janitorial work shall be subject to the prior written approval of Landlord, and while in the Building and outside of the Premises, shall be subject to and under the control and direction of the Building manager (but not as an agent or servant of such manager or of Landlord), and Tenant shall be responsible for all acts of such persons.

 

23. No awnings or other projection shall be attached to the outside walls of the Building without the prior written consent of Landlord, and no curtains, blinds, shades or screens shall be attached to or hung in, or used in connection with, any window or door of the Premises other than Landlord standard drapes. All electrical ceiling fixtures hung in the Premises or spaces along the perimeter of the Building must be fluorescent and/or of a quality, type, design and a warm white bulb color approved in advance in writing by Landlord. Neither the interior nor exterior of any windows shall be coated or otherwise sunscreened without the prior written consent of Landlord. Tenant shall abide by Landlord’s regulations concerning the opening and closing of window coverings which are attached to the windows in the Premises, if any, which have a view of any interior portion of the Building or Building Common Areas.

 

24. The sashes, sash doors, skylights, windows, and doors that reflect or admit light and air into the halls, passageways or other public places in the Building shall not be covered or obstructed by Tenant, nor shall any bottles, parcels or other articles be placed on the windowsills.

 

25. Tenant must comply with requests by the Landlord concerning the informing of their employees of items of importance to the Landlord.

 

26. Tenant must comply with the State of California “No-Smoking” law set forth in California Labor Code Section 6404.5, and any local “No-Smoking” ordinance which may be in effect from time to time and which is not superseded by such State law.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT D[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -4-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

27. Tenant hereby acknowledges that Landlord shall have no obligation to provide guard service or other security measures for the benefit of the Premises, the Building or the Project. Tenant hereby assumes all responsibility for the protection of Tenant and its agents, employees, contractors, invitees and guests, and the property thereof, from acts of third parties, including keeping doors locked and other means of entry to the Premises closed, whether or not Landlord, at its option, elects to provide security protection for the Project or any portion thereof. Tenant further assumes the risk that any safety and security devices, services and programs which Landlord elects, in its sole discretion, to provide may not be effective, or may malfunction or be circumvented by an unauthorized third party, and Tenant shall, in addition to its other insurance obligations under this Lease, obtain its own insurance coverage to the extent Tenant desires protection against losses related to such occurrences. Tenant shall cooperate in any reasonable safety or security program developed by Landlord or required by law.

 

28. All office equipment of any electrical or mechanical nature shall be placed by Tenant in the Premises in settings approved by Landlord, to absorb or prevent any vibration, noise and annoyance.

 

29. Tenant shall not use in any space or in the public halls of the Building, any hand trucks except those equipped with rubber tires and rubber side guards.

 

30. No auction, liquidation, fire sale, going-out-of-business or bankruptcy sale shall be conducted in the Premises without the prior written consent of Landlord.

 

31. No tenant shall use or permit the use of any portion of the Premises for living quarters, sleeping apartments or lodging rooms.

 

Landlord reserves the right at any time to change or rescind any one or more of these Rules and Regulations, or to make such other and further reasonable Rules and Regulations as in Landlord’s judgment may from time to time be necessary for the management, safety, care and cleanliness of the Premises, Building, the Common Areas and the Project, and for the preservation of good order therein, as well as for the convenience of other occupants and tenants therein; provided that Landlord shall not enact any new Rules and Regulations intended to discriminate against Tenant. Landlord may waive any one or more of these Rules and Regulations for the benefit of any particular tenants, but no such waiver by Landlord shall be construed as a waiver of such Rules and Regulations in favor of any other tenant, nor prevent Landlord from thereafter enforcing any such Rules or Regulations against any or all tenants of the Project. Tenant shall be deemed to have read these Rules and Regulations and to have agreed to abide by them as a condition of its occupancy of the Premises.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT D[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -5-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

EXHIBIT E

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK

 

FORM OF TENANT’S ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE

 

The undersigned, as Tenant under that certain Office Lease (the “Lease”) made and entered into as of __________, 200_ by and between ___________, as Landlord, and the undersigned, as Tenant, for Premises on the ____________ floor(s) of the office building located at ___________, certifies as follows:

 

1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the Lease and all amendments and modifications thereto. The documents contained in Exhibit A represent the entire agreement between the parties as to the Premises.

 

2. The undersigned currently occupies the Premises described in the Lease, the Lease Term commenced on ___________, and the Lease Term expires on ___________, and the undersigned has no option to terminate or cancel the Lease or to purchase all or any part of the Premises, the Building and/or the Project.

 

3. Base Rent became payable on ___________.

 

4. The Lease is in full force and effect and has not been modified, supplemented or amended in any way except as provided in Exhibit A.

 

5. Tenant has not transferred, assigned, or sublet any portion of the Premises nor entered into any license or concession agreements with respect thereto except as follows:

 

6. Tenant shall not modify the documents contained in Exhibit A without the prior written consent of Landlord’s mortgagee.

 

7. All monthly installments of Base Rent, all Additional Rent and all monthly installments of estimated Additional Rent have been paid when due through ___________. The current monthly installment of Base Rent is $_______________.

 

8. All conditions of the Lease to be performed by Landlord necessary to the enforceability of the Lease have been satisfied and Landlord is not in default thereunder. In addition, the undersigned has not delivered any notice to Landlord regarding a default by Landlord thereunder.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT E[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -1-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

9. No rental has been paid more than thirty (30) days in advance and no security has been deposited with Landlord except the Security Deposit in the amount of $___________ as provided in the Lease.

 

10. As of the date hereof, there are no existing defenses or offsets, or, to the undersigned’s knowledge, claims or any basis for a claim, that the undersigned has against Landlord.

 

11. If Tenant is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or limited liability partnership, each individual executing this Estoppel Certificate on behalf of Tenant hereby represents and warrants that Tenant is a duly formed and existing entity qualified to do business in California and that Tenant has full right and authority to execute and deliver this Estoppel Certificate and that each person signing on behalf of Tenant is authorized to do so.

 

12. There are no actions pending against the undersigned under the bankruptcy or similar laws of the United States or any state.

 

13. Other than in compliance with all applicable laws and incidental to the ordinary course of the use of the Premises, the undersigned has not used or stored any hazardous substances in the Premises.

 

14. All tenant improvement work to be performed by Landlord under the Lease has been completed in accordance with the Lease and has been accepted by the undersigned and all reimbursements and allowances due to the undersigned under the Lease in connection with any tenant improvement work have been paid in full.

 

The undersigned acknowledges that this Estoppel Certificate may be delivered to Landlord or to a prospective mortgagee or prospective purchaser, and acknowledges that said prospective mortgagee or prospective purchaser will be relying upon the statements contained herein in making the loan or acquiring the property of which the Premises are a part and that receipt by it of this certificate is a condition of making such loan or acquiring such property.

 

Executed at ___________ on the ______ day of ___________, 200___.

 

“Tenant”:
  ______________________________________________,
  a ___________________________________________
   
  By: ___________________________________________
  Its: ___________________________________________
   
  By: ___________________________________________
  Its: ___________________________________________

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT E[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -2-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

EXHIBIT F

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK

 

CALIFORNIA ASBESTOS NOTICE

 

February 13, 2025

 

TO:CLIENT AND CONTRACTORS

 

RE:CALIFORNIA ASBESTOS NOTICE FOR 355-365 RAVENDALE DRIVE

 

As you may be aware, buildings constructed during the 20th Century often utilized asbestos containing material (ACM) in the construction process. Because the current asbestos ban covers sprayed-on surfacing materials and thermal system insulation only, asbestos continues to be used, on a very limited basis, in the building industries, particularly for non-friable materials, such as roofing, waterproofing membranes and mastics.

 

Attached is a notice concerning the presence of asbestos at 355-365 Ravendale Drive in Mountain View, CA. This notice is given to you in compliance with the provisions of California Health and Safety Codes. If you have any employees or subcontractors who work in the building on more than a casual or incidental basis, the law requires that you provide them a copy of this notice.

 

If you have any questions concerning the attached notice, please contact the Property Management office.

 

Sincerely,

 

Teresa Longchamp

Property Manager

 

Attachment: California Asbestos Notice

 

cc:Danny Murtagh, VP, Engineering
 Josiah Meyer, Property Management Coordinator
 Manny Villarreal, Maintenance Technician

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT F[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -1-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

CALIFORNIA ASBESTOS NOTICE

 

In 1988, California enacted legislation (specifically, Chapter 10.4 of the Health and Safety Code, Section 25915 et seq.) requiring landlords and tenants of commercial buildings constructed prior to 1979 to notify certain people, including each other and their respective employees working within such building, of any knowledge they may have regarding any asbestos-containing materials (“ACM”) in the Building.

 

On July 13, 1995, Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 1910.1001 and 1926.1101 defined Presumed Asbestos Containing Material (“PACM”) as thermal system insulation (“TSI”) and surfacing material found in buildings constructed no later than 1980. The federal standard requires the building and/or facility owner to notify contractors and tenants of the presence of ACM/PACM. On May 3, 1996, Cal/OSHA adopted the same notification requirements for PACM in Title 8 CCR 5208 & 1529.

 

This notification is being given to provide the information required under this Legislation in order to help you avoid any unintentional contact with the ACM/PACM, to assure that appropriate precautionary measures are taken before disturbing any ACM/PACM, and to assist you in making appropriate disclosures to your employees and others.

 

We have engaged qualified asbestos consultants to survey the Building for asbestos and to assist in implementing an asbestos management plan that includes, among other things, periodic reinspection and surveillance, air monitoring as necessary, information and training programs for building engineering and other measures to minimize potential fiber releases. Our asbestos consultant has provided us with the O&M Program, which in its qualified professional opinion, fully complies with the disclosure requirements of Health and Safety Code Section 25915.1.

 

We have no reason to believe that the ACM/PACM external to the Building is currently in a condition to release asbestos fibers that would pose a significant health hazard to the Building’s occupants. This should remain so if such ACM/PACM is properly handled and remains undisturbed. You should take into consideration that our knowledge as to the absence of health risks is based solely upon general information and the information contained in the Asbestos Survey, and that we have no special knowledge concerning potential health risks resulting from exposure to asbestos in the Building. We are therefore required by the above-mentioned legislation to encourage you to contact local or state public agencies if you wish to obtain a better understanding of the potential impacts resulting from exposure to asbestos.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT F[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -2-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

Because any tenant alterations or other work external to the Building could disturb ACM/PACM and possibly release asbestos fibers into the air, we must require that you obtain our written approval prior to beginning such projects, affecting the exterior façade, foundations or roof. This includes major alterations, but might also include such activities as drilling or boring holes, installing electrical, telecommunications or computer lines, or other work which disturbs ACM/PACM. In many cases, such activities will not affect ACM/PACM, but you must check with the Property Manager in advance, just in case. You should check with the Property Manager at the address set forth on Schedule A. The Property Manager will make available such instruction as may be required. An individual or contractor who is not qualified to handle ACM/PACM should not attempt any such work. In the areas specified in Schedule A, you should avoid touching or disturbing the ACM/PACM in any way. If you observe any activity that has the potential to disturb the ACM/PACM, please report the same to the property manager immediately.

 

Further information concerning the asbestos survey can be found in the Building Management’s office at the address set forth on Schedule A. We also encourage you to contact local, state or federal public health agencies if you wish to obtain further information regarding asbestos containing materials.

 

In connection with the foregoing, we have adopted the following policies (which shall be considered rules under tenant leases):

 

(1)the owner, and representatives of the owner, including, without limitation, the owner’s ACM/PACM consultant, are entitled to enter into the premises of any tenant to inspect for ACM/PACM, perform air tests and abatement; and

 

(2)any tenant, contractor, or other party must obtain our prior written approval before performing any alterations external to any tenant space, or performing any other work at the property that might disturb ACM/PACM or involve exposure to asbestos fibers as described above.

 

California law also requires persons in the course of doing business whose activities may result in exposures to asbestos and other substances regulated under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, commonly referred to as Proposition 65, to provide a clear and reasonable warning. Accordingly, you are advised as follows:

 

WARNING: The areas within the Building that are described in Schedule A below contain a substance known to the State of California to cause cancer.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT F[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -3-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

SCHEDULEA
TO

NOTICE CONCERNING ASBESTOS

 

BUILDING: 355-365 Ravendale Drive, Mountain View, CA
  94043
PROPERTY MANAGER: Teresa Longchamp
ADDRESS OF BUILDING OFFICE: Boston Properties
  453 Ravendale Drive, Suite D
  Mountain View, CA 94043

 

I. EXISTING ASBESTOS SURVEYS WHICH DESCRIBE THE EXISTENCE, LOCATION AND CONDITION OF ACM

 

  A. SURVEYS

 

  DESCRIPTION   BY COMPANY   DATE
1. Summary Report: Bulk Asbestos and Hazardous Materials Survey, 355 Ravendale Drive, Mountain View, CA [SCA Project No. B-11215]   SCA Environmental   2/7/14
           
2. Summary Report: Bulk Asbestos and Hazardous Materials Survey, 355-365 Ravendale Drive, Mountain View, CA [SCA Project No. B-11215.01]   SCA Environmental   6/5/14
           
3. Summary Report of Environmental Quality Assurance Services - Asbestos Abatement, 355-365 Ravendale Drive, Mountain View, CA [SCA Project No. B-11215.01]   SCA Environmental   6/4/14

 

III. SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WHERE ACM IS PRESENT IN ANY QUANTITY

 

Material   Asbestos Quantity   Location   Report
12-inch square beige vinyl floor tiles with yellow and black mastics [Fully abated in June 2014]   <1-5% Chrysotile in the tiles & 1-5% Chrysotile in the black mastics   Throughout approx. 60% of Suite 355 (~6,100 SF)   SCA, 2014
             
Beige vinyl sheet flooring in the Janitor’s Room [Fully abated in June 2014]   20-30% Chrysotile in the backing   Janitor’s Room; ~84 SF   SCA, 2014

 

Residual mastics should be abated utilizing a mechanical buffer in compliance with 8 CCR 1529 Work Class 1 full isolation procedures with disposal as friable asbestos waste. Vinyl sheeting must also be disposed as friable asbestos waste. Vinyl floor tiles should be abated per 8 CCR Work Class 2 procedures and disposed as Category 1 non-friable waste.

 

THE RESULTS OF THE ASBESTOS SURVEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS IN THE BUILDING OFFICE, AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EXCEPT LEGAL HOLIDAYS. NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER ARE MADE REGARDING THE O&M PROGRAM, THE REPORTS CONCERNING SUCH O&M PROGRAM OR THE SURVEYS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE CONTENTS OR ACCURACY THEREOF), OR THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF TOXIC OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN, AT, OR UNDER ANY PREMISES OR THE BUILDING.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT F[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -4-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

EXHIBIT G

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK

 

INITIAL DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE

 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE

 

Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated. Initially, the information provided by you in this Hazardous Materials Disclosure Certificate is necessary for the Landlord to evaluate your proposed uses of the premises (the “Premises”) and to determine whether to enter into a lease agreement with you as tenant. If a lease agreement is signed by you and the Landlord (the “Lease Agreement”), on an annual basis in accordance with the provisions of Section 29.18 of the Lease Agreement, you are to provide an update to the information initially provided by you in this certificate. Any questions regarding this certificate should be directed to, and when completed, the certificate should be delivered to:

  

Landlord: [TO BE PROVIDED]

 

Name of (Prospective) Tenant: ________________________________________________________________
 
Mailing Address: __________________________________________________________________________
 
Contact Person, Title and Telephone Number(s): __________________________________________________
 
Contact Person for Hazardous Waste Materials Management and Manifests and
Telephone Number(s): ______________________________________________________________________
 
Address of (Prospective) Premises: ____________________________________________________________
 
Length of (Prospective) initial Term: ___________________________________________________________

 

1.GENERAL INFORMATION:

 

Describe the proposed operations to take place at the Premises, including, without limitation, principal products processed, manufactured or assembled, and services and activities to be provided or otherwise conducted. Existing tenants should describe any proposed changes to on-going operations.

 

_______________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT G[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -1-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

2.USE, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

 

2.1Will any Hazardous Materials (as hereinafter defined) be used, generated, treated, stored or disposed of at the Premises? Existing tenants should describe any Hazardous Materials which continue to be used, generated, treated, stored or disposed of at the Premises.

 

  Wastes Yes ☐ No ☐
  Chemical Products Yes ☐ No ☐
  Other Yes ☐ No ☐

 

If Yes is marked, please explain: ________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

 

2.2If Yes is marked in Section 2.1, attach a list of any Hazardous Materials to be used, generated, treated, stored or disposed of at the Premises, including the applicable hazard class and an estimate of the quantities of such Hazardous Materials to be present on or about the Premises at any given time; estimated annual throughput; the proposed location(s) and method of storage (excluding nominal amounts of ordinary household cleaners and janitorial supplies which are not regulated by any applicable Environmental Laws, as hereinafter defined); and the proposed location(s) and method(s) of treatment or disposal for each Hazardous Substance, including, the estimated frequency, and the proposed contractors or subcontractors. Existing tenants should attach a list setting forth the information requested above and such list should include actual data from on-going operations and the identification of any variations in such information from the prior year’s certificate.

 

3. STORAGE TANKS AND SUMPS

 

Is any above or below ground storage or treatment of gasoline, diesel, petroleum, or other Hazardous Materials in tanks or sumps proposed at the Premises? Existing tenants should describe any such actual or proposed activities.

 

Yes ☐ No ☐

 

If yes, please explain: _______________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

 

4. WASTE MANAGEMENT

 

4.1Has your company been issued an EPA Hazardous Waste Generator I.D. Number? Existing tenants should describe any additional identification numbers issued since the previous certificate.

 

Yes ☐ No ☐

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT G[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -2-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

4.2Has your company filed a biennial or quarterly reports as a hazardous waste generator? Existing tenants should describe any new reports filed.

 

Yes ☐ No ☐

 

If yes, attach a copy of the most recent report filed.

 

5.WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND DISCHARGE

 

5.1Will your company discharge wastewater or other wastes to:

 

  ______ storm drain?   ______ sewer?
       
  ______ surface water?   ______ no wastewater or other wastes discharged.

 

Existing tenants should indicate any actual discharges. If so, describe the nature of any proposed or actual discharge(s).

 

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

 

5.2Will any such wastewater or waste be treated before discharge?

 

Yes ☐ No ☐

 

If yes, describe the type of treatment proposed to be conducted. Existing tenants should describe the actual treatment conducted.

 

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

 

6.AIR DISCHARGES

 

6.1Do you plan for any air filtration systems or stacks to be used in your company’s operations at the Premises that will discharge into the air; and will such air emissions be monitored? Existing tenants should indicate whether or not there are any such air filtration systems or stacks in use at the Premises which discharge into the air and whether such air emissions are being monitored.

 

Yes ☐ No ☐

 

If yes, please describe: ______________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT G[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -3-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

6.2Do you propose to operate any of the following types of equipment, or any other equipment requiring an air emissions permit at the Premises? Existing tenants should specify any such equipment being operated at the Premises.

 

  ______ Spray booth(s)   ______ Incinerator(s)
  ______ Dip tank(s)   ______ Other (Please describe)
  ______ Drying oven(s)   ______ No Equipment Requiring Air Permits

 

If yes, please describe: ______________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

 

6.3Please describe (and submit copies of with this Hazardous Materials Disclosure Certificate) any reports you have filed in the past twelve months with any governmental or quasi-governmental agencies or authorities related to air discharges or clean air requirements and any such reports which have been issued during such period by any such agencies or authorities with respect to you or your business operations in the City of Milpitas or the City of San Jose, California.

 

7.HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DISCLOSURES

 

7.1Has your company prepared or will it be required to prepare a Hazardous Materials management plan (“Management Plan”) or Hazardous Materials Business Plan and Inventory (“Business Plan”) pursuant to Fire Department or other governmental or regulatory agencies’ requirements with respect to its operations or proposed operations at the Premises? Existing tenants should indicate whether or not a Management Plan is required and has been prepared.

 

Yes ☐ No ☐

 

If yes, attach a copy of the Management Plan or Business Plan. Existing tenants should attach a copy of any required updates to the Management Plan or Business Plan.

 

7.2Are any of the Hazardous Materials, and in particular chemicals, proposed to be used in your operations at the Premises listed or regulated under Proposition 65? Existing tenants should indicate whether or not there are any new Hazardous Materials being so used which are listed or regulated under Proposition 65.

 

Yes ☐ No ☐

 

If yes, please explain: _______________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT G[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -4-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

8.ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND COMPLAINTS

 

8.1With respect to Hazardous Materials or Environmental Laws, has your company ever been subject to any agency enforcement actions, administrative orders, or consent decrees or has your company received requests for information, notice or demand letters, or any other inquiries regarding its operations in the City of Milpitas or the City of San Jose, California? Existing tenants should indicate whether or not any such actions, orders or decrees have been, or are in the process of being, undertaken or if any such requests have been received.

 

Yes ☐ No ☐

 

If yes, describe the actions, orders or decrees and any continuing compliance obligations imposed as a result of these actions, orders or decrees and also describe any requests, notices or demands, and attach a copy of all such documents. Existing tenants should describe and attach a copy of any new actions, orders, decrees, requests, notices or demands not already delivered to Landlord pursuant to the provisions of Section 24.2 of the Lease Agreement.

 

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

 

8.2Omitted

 

8.3Have there been any material complaints from adjacent tenants, owners or other neighbors at your company’s current facilities in the City of Milpitas or the City of San Jose, California, with regard to environmental or health and safety concerns? Existing tenants should indicate whether or not there have been any such problems or complaints from adjacent tenants, owners or other neighbors at, about or near the Premises and the current status of any such problems or complaints.

 

Yes ☐ No ☐

 

If yes, please describe. Existing tenants should describe any such problems or complaints not already disclosed to Landlord under the provisions of the signed Lease Agreement and the current status of any such problems or complaints.

 

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT G[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -5-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

9.PERMITS AND LICENSES

 

Attach copies of all permits and licenses issued to your company with respect to its proposed operations at the Premises, to the extent relating to any Hazardous Materials permits, wastewater discharge permits, air emissions permits, and use permits or approvals. Existing tenants should attach copies of any new permits and licenses as well as any renewals of permits or licenses previously issued.

 

As used herein, “Hazardous Materials” and “Environmental Laws” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Lease Agreement.

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Hazardous Materials Disclosure Certificate is being delivered to Landlord in connection with the evaluation of a Lease Agreement and, if such Lease Agreement is executed, will be attached thereto as an exhibit. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that if such Lease Agreement is executed, this Hazardous Materials Disclosure Certificate will be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 24.2 of the Lease Agreement. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that the Landlord and its partners, lenders and representatives may, and will, rely upon the statements, representations, warranties, and certifications made herein and the truthfulness thereof in entering into the Lease Agreement.

 

I [print name], acting with full authority to bind the (proposed) Tenant and on behalf of the (proposed) Tenant, certify, represent and warrant that to my knowledge the information contained in this certificate is true and correct in all material respects as of the date set forth below.

 

(PROSPECTIVE) TENANT:  
   
By:                     
Title:    
Date:    

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT G[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -6-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

EXHIBIT H

 

ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF INSURANCE CERTIFICATE

 

 

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT H[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -1-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

 

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT H[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -2-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

EXHIBIT I

 

355/365 RAVENDALE AVENUE

 

RECORDING REQUESTED BY

AND WHEN RECORDED RETURN TO:

 

[INSERT ADDRESS]

 

 

 

RECOGNITION OF COVENANTS,
CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS

 

This Recognition of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of the _ day of_________, 200_, by and between_________________ (“Landlord”), and _________________ (“Tenant”), with reference to the following facts:

 

A.Landlord and Tenant entered into that certain Office Lease Agreement dated ___, 200__ (the “Lease”). Pursuant to the Lease, Landlord leased to Tenant and Tenant leased from Landlord space (the “Premises”) located in an office building on certain real property described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (the “Property”).

 

B.The Premises are located in an office building located on real property which is part of an area owned by Landlord containing approximately (_) acres of real property located in the City of _________, California (the “Project”), as more particularly described in Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.

 

C.Landlord, as declarant, has previously recorded, or proposes to record concurrently with the recordation of this Agreement, a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (the “Declaration”), dated _________, 200, in connection with the Project.

 

D.Tenant is agreeing to recognize and be bound by the terms of the Declaration, and the parties hereto desire to set forth their agreements concerning the same.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of (a) the foregoing recitals and the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, and (b) for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows,

 

1. Tenant’s Recognition of Declaration. Notwithstanding that the Lease has been executed prior to the recordation of the Declaration, Tenant agrees to recognize and by bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Declaration.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT I[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -1-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

2. Miscellaneous.

 

2.1 This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, estates, personal representatives, successors, and assigns.

 

2.2 This Agreement is made in, and shall be governed, enforced and construed under the laws of, the State of California.

 

2.3 This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreements of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and shall supersede and replace all prior understandings and agreements, whether verbal or in writing. The parties confirm and acknowledge that there are no other promises, covenants, understandings, agreements, representations, or warranties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement except as expressly set forth herein.

 

2.4 This Agreement is not to be modified, terminated, or amended in any respect, except pursuant to any instrument in writing duly executed by both of the parties hereto.

 

2.5 In the event that either party hereto shall bring any legal action or other proceeding with respect to the breach, interpretation, or enforcement of this Agreement, or with respect to any dispute relating to any transaction covered by this Agreement, the losing party in such action or proceeding shall reimburse the prevailing party therein for all reasonable costs of litigation, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, in such amount as may be determined by the court or other tribunal having jurisdiction, including matters on appeal.

 

2.6 All captions and heading herein are for convenience and ease of reference only, and shall not be used or referred to in any way in connection with the interpretation or enforcement of this Agreement.

 

2.7 If any provision of this Agreement, as applied to any party or to any circumstance, shall be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdictions to be void or unenforceable for any reason, the same shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, the application of such provision under circumstances different form those adjudged by the court, or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement as a whole.

 

2.8 Time is of the essence of this Agreement.

 

2.9 The Parties agree to execute any further documents, and take any further actions, as may be reasonable and appropriate in order to carry out the purpose and intent of this Agreement.

 

2.10 As used herein, the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, and the singular and plural numbers, shall each be deemed to include the others whenever and whatever the context so indicates.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT I[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -2-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

SIGNATURE PAGE OF RECOGNITION OF

 

COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

“Landlord”:
  _______________________________________________,
  a ___________________________________________
   
  By: ___________________________________________
  Its: ___________________________________________
   
  By: ___________________________________________
  Its: ___________________________________________
     

“Tenant”:
  ______________________________________________,
  a ___________________________________________
   
  By: ___________________________________________
  Its: ___________________________________________
   
  By: ___________________________________________
  Its: ___________________________________________

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT I[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -3-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

EXHIBIT J

 

ADDITIONAL LICENSE AREA

 

 

 

 

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 EXHIBIT J[355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 -1-[Matternet, Inc.]

 

OFFICE LEASE

 

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK

 

 

 

 

 

BXP RESEARCH PARK LP,
a Delaware limited partnership

 

as Landlord,

 

and

 

MATTERNET, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

 

as Tenant.

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 [Matternet, Inc.]

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1 PREMISES, BUILDING, PROJECT, AND COMMON AREAS 3
ARTICLE 2 LEASE TERM 5
ARTICLE 3 BASE RENT 6
ARTICLE 4 ADDITIONAL RENT 7
ARTICLE 5 USE OF PREMISES 16
ARTICLE 6 SERVICES AND UTILITIES 17
ARTICLE 7 REPAIRS 19
ARTICLE 8 ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS 20
ARTICLE 9 COVENANT AGAINST LIENS 22
ARTICLE 10 INDEMNITY AND INSURANCE 22
ARTICLE 11 DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION 28
ARTICLE 12 NONWAIVER 30
ARTICLE 13 CONDEMNATION 30
ARTICLE 14 ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING 31
ARTICLE 15 SURRENDER OF PREMISES; OWNERSHIP AND REMOVAL OF TRADE FIXTURES 37
ARTICLE 16 HOLDING OVER 37
ARTICLE 17 ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATES 38
ARTICLE 18 MORTGAGE OR GROUND LEASE 38
ARTICLE 19 DEFAULTS; REMEDIES 40
ARTICLE 20 COVENANT OF QUIET ENJOYMENT 44
ARTICLE 21 SECURITY DEPOSIT 44
ARTICLE 22 PARKING 45
ARTICLE 23 SIGNS 45
ARTICLE 24 COMPLIANCE WITH LAW 47
ARTICLE 25 LATE CHARGES 48
ARTICLE 26 LANDLORD’S RIGHT TO CURE DEFAULT; PAYMENTS BY TENANT 49
ARTICLE 27 ENTRY BY LANDLORD 49
ARTICLE 28 NOTICES 50
ARTICLE 29 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 51

 

LIST OF EXHIBITS
   
A OUTLINE OF PREMISES
   
A-1 OUTLINE OF PROJECT
   
B INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
   
C FORM OF NOTICE OF LEASE TERM DATES
   
D RULES AND REGULATIONS
   
E FORM OF TENANT’S ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE
   
F ASBESTOS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
   
G INITIAL DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE
   
H ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF INSURANCE CERTIFICATE
   
I RECOGNITION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS
   
J ADDITIONAL LICENSE AREA

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 (i)[Matternet, Inc.]

 

INDEX OF MAJOR DEFINED TERMS

 

Abatement Event 43
ACM 59
Additional Rent 7
Alterations 20
Applicable Laws 47
Bank Prime Loan 48
Base Building 20
Base Rent 6
Brokers 57
BS/BS Exception 19
Building 3
Building Common Areas 4
Building Direct Expenses 7
Building Operating Expenses 7
Building Structure 19
Building Systems 19
Building Tax Expenses 7
Capital Expenses 13
CC&Rs 17
Common Areas 4
Cosmetic Alterations 20
Cost Pools 14
Direct Expenses 8
Eligibility Period 43
Environmental Laws 54
Estimate 14
Estimate Statement 14
Estimated Direct Expenses 14
Excess 14
Expense Year 8
Force Majeure 53
Hazardous Material(s) 54
HVAC 17
Initial Disclosure Certificate 54
Landlord 1
Landlord Repair Notice 28
Lease 1
Lease Commencement Date 5
Lease Expiration Date 5
Lease Term 5
Lease Year 5
Lines 59
Mail 50
Management Fee Cap 11

 

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 (ii)[Matternet, Inc.]

 

INDEX OF MAJOR DEFINED TERMS

 

Net Worth 36
Notice of Lease Term Dates 5
Notices 50
Objectionable Name or Logo 46
Operating Expenses 8
Original Improvements 24
Other Improvements 58
Permitted Transferee Assignee 36
Premises 3
Project 3
Project Common Areas 4
Proposition 13 12
Renovations 58
Rent 7
Security Deposit 44
Series Reorganization 35
Statement 14
Subject Space 31
Summary 1
Tax Expenses 11
Tenant 1
Tenant’s Share 13
Tenant’s Subleasing Costs 33
Transfer 31
Transfer Agreement 34
Transfer Notice 31
Transfer Premium 33
Transferee 31
Transfers 31
Updated Disclosure Certificate 54

  

 [MOUNTAIN VIEW RESEARCH PARK]
 [355/365 Ravendale Avenue]
 (iii)[Matternet, Inc.]

Exhibit 10.18

 

SHARE CANCELLATION AGREEMENT

 

This SHARE CANCELLATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 22, 2026 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and between Los Altos Ventures Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the shareholder listed in Exhibit A hereto (referred to as the “Shareholder”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Shareholder is the owner of the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) set forth next to his name on Exhibit A; and

 

WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, the Company is entering into a certain Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Matternet Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Matternet, Inc., a privately held Delaware corporation (“Matternet”), pursuant to which, among other things, the parties thereto agreed that [●] outstanding shares of Common Stock held by the Shareholder will be forfeited and canceled immediately prior to the Effective Time;

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the consummation of the Merger that the Shareholder enter into this Agreement to effectuate the forfeiture of the Surrendered Shares (as defined below); and

 

WHEREAS, the Shareholder is entering into this Agreement to, amongst other things, induce Matternet to enter into the Merger Agreement, and the Shareholder acknowledges that Matternet would not consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement unless the transactions contemplated hereby are effectuated in accordance herewith.

 

AGREEMENT

 

In consideration of the mutual promises herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.Share Contribution. The Shareholder hereby contributes to the Company and surrenders all legal right, title and interest in and to the number of shares of Common Stock set forth next to his name on Exhibit A as “Surrendered Shares” (the “Surrendered Shares”) to the Company to be held by the Company as treasury stock. The contribution of the Surrendered Shares shall be treated as a capital contribution by the Shareholder, and the Shareholder shall receive no consideration for his Surrendered Shares.

 

2.Delivery of Share Certificates. Simultaneously herewith, the Shareholder is delivering to the Company (i) the certificate(s) representing the Surrendered Shares being contributed to the Company and (ii) executed stock powers in blank or other transfer documents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

 

 

 

3.Further Assurances. The Shareholder, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that after the date hereof, he will execute such further documents, instruments or certificates and take any and all other actions reasonably necessary to effect the surrender and contribution of his Surrendered Shares to the Company. Nothing in this Agreement shall in any way alter, limit or otherwise affect the Shareholder’s continuing right, title and interest in and to the shares of Common Stock held by him that are not Surrendered Shares (including, without limitation, his rights under the Merger Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement of even date herewith by and among the Company, the Shareholder and the other shareholders party thereto), which shall in all respects be unimpaired hereby.

 

4.Representations by the Shareholder. The Shareholder represents and warrants to the Company that:

 

a.The Shareholder owns his Surrendered Shares of record and beneficially free and clear of all liens, claims, charges, security interests, and/or encumbrances of any kind whatsoever. The Shareholder has sole control over his Surrendered Shares and/or sole discretionary authority over any account in which they are held. Except for this Agreement, no person or entity has any option or right to purchase or otherwise acquire his Surrendered Shares, whether by contract of sale or otherwise, nor has he created a “short position” as to his Surrendered Shares.

 

b.The Shareholder has full right, power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Shareholder and constitutes a valid, binding obligation of the Shareholder, enforceable against him in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

 

c.The Shareholder has the requisite authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement, as well as carry out his obligations contained herein.

 

d.There is no contract, option or any other right of another binding upon or which at any time in the future may become binding upon him to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, charge, mortgage or in any other way dispose of or encumber any of his Surrendered Shares other than pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

e.As of the Effective Date, the Shareholder is not owed any amount by the Company (whether with respect to accrued and unpaid salary, bonus, expense reimbursement, medical or health insurance or under any other benefit plan or arrangement to which the Company is a party or otherwise) and has no knowledge of any claim the Shareholder or anyone claiming by or though him may have against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company which has not been paid or discharged in full as of the Effective Date (collectively, the “Claims”), other than the Shareholder’s rights or claims under or with respect to: (i) the Merger Agreement; (ii) the Registration Rights Agreement; (iii) rights of Montrose Capital Partners Limited (“Montrose”) under the Term Sheet, dated February 4, 2026 by and between Matternet and Montrose; (iv) the Pre-Closing Indemnity Agreement; (v) rights to indemnification for actions or omissions occurring on or prior to the Effective Date under the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (as in effect at the time of such act or omission); and (vi) rights under any directors’ and officers’ insurance policy maintained by the Company or any affiliate with respect to any claims made or threatened against the Shareholder in the Shareholder’s capacity as director, officer, or employee of the Company or any subsidiary (collectively, the “Unreleased Claims”).

 

2

 

 

f.The Shareholder has no knowledge of any liability, whether contingent or otherwise, that the Company may have to any person or entity that has not been disclosed to Matternet other than those that are reflected on the Company’s financial statements included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Effective Date or those arising in the ordinary course since the date of such financial statements.

 

5.Release. The Shareholder, on behalf of itself and its successors, past and present agents, representatives, partners, attorneys, employees, servants, affiliates, subsidiaries, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, as well as any person acting by, through, under or in concert with any of the foregoing, releases and forever discharges the Company and its predecessors and successors, past and present agents, representatives, partners, attorneys, employees, servants, affiliates, subsidiaries, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, as well as any person acting by, through, under or in concert with any of the foregoing, from any and all Claims other than the Unreleased Claims.

 

6.Acknowledgements. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the intent and purpose of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement is not to hinder or defraud any creditor of the Shareholder. The Shareholder acknowledges that he has read this agreement, understands it and voluntarily accepts its terms. The Shareholder further acknowledges that this Agreement is executed voluntarily and without any duress or undue influence on the part of or on behalf of the Company.

 

7.Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement contains, and is intended as, a complete statement of all the terms of the arrangements between the parties with respect to the matters provided for and supersedes any and all prior agreements, arrangements and understandings between the parties with respect to the matters provided for herein. No alteration, waiver, amendment, change or supplement hereto shall be binding or effective unless the same is set forth in writing, signed by the parties hereto or a duly authorized representative thereof.

 

8.Notices. Any notices required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing, signed by the party giving such notice and shall be deemed duly given when sent by registered or certified mail return receipt requested, to the other parties hereto at such parties’ addresses set forth on the signature page hereto or at such other address as such parties shall designate by similar notice to the other parties.

 

9.Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law or choice of law. The Shareholder and the Company hereby agree that the state and federal courts located in Wilmington, Delaware shall have exclusive jurisdiction and venue over all actions relating to this Agreement.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

3

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereto have executed this Share Cancellation Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

LOS ALTOS VENTURES CORP.

 

By: /s/ Ian Jacobs  
Name:  Ian Jacobs  
Title: President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary  

 

Address:

 

SHAREHOLDER

 

/s/ Mark Tompkins  
Mark Tompkins  
   
/s/ Ian Jacobs  
Ian Jacobs  

 

Address:

  

[Signature Page to Share Cancellation Agreement – Los Altos Ventures Corp.]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

SHAREHOLDER  

SHARES OWNED
PRIOR TO THE

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

SURRENDERED SHARES

         
Mark Tompkins   7,500,000   5,125,000
Ian Jacobs   2,500,000   2,175,000
Total   10,000,000   7,300,000

 

 

 

Exhibit 16.1

 

 

 

May 29, 2026

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

 

Commissioners:

 

We have read the statements made by Matternet, Inc. f/k/a Los Altos Ventures Corp. under Item 4.01 of its Form 8-K, dated May 29, 2026. We agree with the statements concerning our Firm in such Form 8-K. We are not in a position to agree or disagree with other statements of Matternet, Inc. f/k/a Los Altos Ventures Corp. contained therein.

 

Sincerely,

 

/s/ GRASSI & CO., CPAs, P.C.

 

 

Exhibit 21.1

 

Subsidiaries of Matternet, Inc.

 

Name   Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization
Matternet Operations, Inc.   Delaware
Matternet Operations GmbH   Switzerland
Matternet Europe IKE   Greece
Matternet UK LTD   United Kingdom

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Matternet, Inc.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Matternet, Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively the “Company”) as of September 30, 2025 and 2024, and the related consolidated statements of operations, redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of September 30, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Going Concern

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company has experienced net losses, used cash in operations, and requires additional capital to operate, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ dbbmckennon

 

Newport Beach, California

May 12, 2026

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2026.

PCAOB ID #3501

 

 

 

Matternet, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

As of September 30, 2025 and 2024

 

   2025   2024 
ASSETS        
Current assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents  $294,411   $1,414,866 
Accounts receivable, net   60,002    7,440 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   600,114    319,292 
Total current assets   954,527    1,741,598 
Property and equipment, net   620,497    787,543 
Right-of-use assets, net   678,426    236,429 
Other non-current assets   55,071    3,807 
Total assets  $2,308,521   $2,769,377 
           
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICT          
Current liabilities:          
Accounts payable  $537,445   $201,348 
Accrued expenses   376,553    372,263 
Accrued interest payable   -    729,885 
Deferred revenue   125,852    - 
Notes payable, net   4,176,510    - 
Convertible debt, net - current   -    5,531,810 
Operating lease liability, current   576,940    253,986 
Warrant liability   614,680    582,170 
Derivative liability   -    5,714,957 
Total current liabilities   6,407,980    13,386,419 
Convertible debt, net - non-current   -    1,473,597 
Operating lease liability, non-current   103,504    - 
Accrued interest payable, non-current   -    27,858 
Total  liabilities   6,511,484    14,887,874 
           
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)          
           
Redeemable convertible preferred stock; 21,987,039 shares authorized; 18,994,952  issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2025, 16,710,948 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2024. Liquidation value of $91,397,911 and 83,748,193 as of September 30, 2025 and 2024.   115,711,805    83,320,617 
           
Stockholders’ deficit:          
Common stock par value $0.0001; 39,000,000 shares authorized; 6,322,254  and 5,521,098 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2025 and 2024.   632    552 
Additional paid-in capital   10,732,275    4,221,418 
Accumulated deficit   (130,647,675)   (99,661,084)
Total Stockholders’ deficit   (119,914,768)   (95,439,114)
Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock, and stockholders’ deficit  $2,308,521   $2,769,377 

 

See accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Matternet, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended

September 30, 2025 and 2024

 

   Year ended September 30, 
   2025   2024 
Revenues  $392,739   $542,974 
Cost of revenues   597,601    905,703 
Gross profit (loss)   (204,862)   (362,729)
           
Operating expenses:          
Research and development   2,998,149    3,411,008 
General and administrative   4,718,524    4,921,812 
Sales and marketing   219,597    221,570 
Total operating expenses   7,936,270    8,554,390 
           
Loss from operations   (8,141,132)   (8,917,119)
           
Other income (expense):          
Interest expense (non-cash)   (4,643,165)   (2,053,355)
Interest expense   (1,070,461)   (674,355)
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities   (19,026,448)   (1,567,737)
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities   (365,162)   131,244 
Gain on extinguishment of debt   1,572,565    - 
Other income   695,704    187,773 
Total other expense   (22,836,967)   (3,976,430)
Net loss before income taxes   (30,978,099)   (12,893,549)
Income tax provision   8,492    3,650 
Net loss  $(30,986,591)  $(12,897,199)
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted  $(5.55)  $(2.34)
Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share   5,585,734    5,521,098 

 

See accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Matternet, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Deficit for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024

 

   Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock   Common Stock   Additional paid-in   Accumulated   Total Stockholders’ 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   capital   Deficit   Deficit 
Balance at September 30, 2023   16,710,948   $83,320,617    5,521,098   $552   $3,116,972   $(86,763,885)  $(83,646,361)
Net loss   -    -    -    -    -    (12,897,199)   (12,897,199)
Stock-based compensation expense   -    -    -    -    1,104,446    -    1,104,446 
Balance at September 30, 2024   16,710,948   $83,320,617    5,521,098   $552   $4,221,418    (99,661,084)  $(95,439,114)
Net loss   -    -    -    -    -    (30,986,591)   (30,986,591)
Forgiveness on convertible preferred stocks   (1,902,086)   (5,000,000)             5,000,000         5,000,000 
Issuance of preferred stock upon conversion of convertible notes   3,971,333    36,051,824    -    -    -    -    - 
Issuance of preferred stock in connection with Series B-3 offering (cash)   214,757    1,339,364    -    -    -    -    - 
Options exercised   -    -    5,050    -    8,916    -    8,916 
Warrant liability extinguished   -    -    -    -    839,573    -    839,573 
Warrants exercised for shares   -    -    796,106    80    (80)   -    - 
Stock-based compensation expense   -    -    -    -    662,448    -    662,448 
Balance at September 30, 2025   18,994,952   $115,711,805    6,322,254   $632   $10,732,275    (130,647,675)  $(119,914,768)

 

See accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Matternet, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024

 

   2025   2024 
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net loss  $(30,986,591)  $(12,897,199)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:          
Depreciation   172,972    449,700 
Operating lease right-of-use assets amortization   417,312    383,844 
Gain on extinguishment of debt   (1,572,565)   - 
Loss on retirement of property, plant, and equipment   78,728    243,913 
(Gain) loss on remeasurement of warrant liabilities   365,162    (131,244)
Loss on remeasurement of derivative liabilities   19,026,449    1,567,737 
Amortization of debt issuance costs   61,102    4,661 
Amortization of debt discount   4,610,088    2,053,355 
Stock-based compensation   662,448    1,104,446 
Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities:   -    - 
Accounts receivable   (52,561)   249,981 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   (280,825)   234,449 
Other non-current assets   (51,263)   136,000 
Accounts payable   336,096    (50,696)
Accrued expenses   9,896    (70,770)
Accrued interest payable   571,465    669,612 
Deferred revenue   125,852    (281,944)
Operating lease liability   (432,851)   (366,287)
Net cash used in operating activities   (6,939,086)   (6,700,442)
Cash flows from investing activities:          
Purchase of property, plant, and equipment   (84,654)   (131,340)
Net cash used in investing activities   (84,654)   (131,340)
Cash flows from financing activities          
Proceeds from promissory notes payable   4,176,510    - 
Proceeds from convertible notes   400,000    1,581,192 
Proceeds from issuance of Series B-3 preferred stock   1,339,364    - 
Common stock issued for options exercised   8,916    - 
Payment of debt issuance fees   (21,505)   (49,844)
Net cash provided by financing activities   5,903,285    1,531,348 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents   (1,120,455)   (5,300,434)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of year   1,414,866    6,715,300 
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of year  $294,411   $1,414,866 
           
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information          
Cash paid for interest  $498,976   $4,744 
Cash paid for income taxes  $-   $- 
           
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:          
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities  $859,310   $486,673 
Conversion of convertible notes and extinguishment of derivative liability for convertible preferred stock  $36,051,826   $- 
Extinguishment of warrant liability for convertible preferred stock  $839,573   $- 
Forgiveness on convertible preferred stock  $5,000,000   $- 
Warrants issued in connection with notes payable  $506,921   $- 
Embedded derivative discount on convertible notes  $-   $86,700 
Warrants, net exercised for shares of common stock  $80   $- 

 

See accompanying notes to these consolidated financial statements

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

As of and for the Years Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024

 

1. Nature of Operations and Business

 

Matternet, Inc. (the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Mountain View, California, founded in 2011 as a developer of commercial drone delivery systems for urban and suburban environments. The Company designs, builds, and operates autonomous drone networks that enable ultra-fast, low-cost, and zero-emission package delivery across healthcare, commerce, and logistics sectors.

 

The Company’s integrated platform includes autonomous drones, landing stations, and a cloud-based logistics platform that provides an end-to-end autonomous aerial delivery service for healthcare, e-commerce, and logistics organizations. In addition, the Company expanded into home delivery, launching a consumer drone delivery service.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Going Concern and Management Plans

 

The Company has evaluated whether there are certain conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the consolidated financial statements are issued.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company sustained net losses of $30,986,591 and $12,897,199 during the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and had cash used in operations of $6,939,086 during the year ended September 30, 2025. The Company requires additional capital to operate and expects losses to continue for the foreseeable future. These factors raise substantial doubts about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern until it reaches profitability is dependent upon its ability to generate cash from operating activities and to raise additional capital to fund operations. Management plans to raise additional capital to fund operations through debt and/or equity financings. Our failure to raise additional capital could have a negative impact on not only our financial condition but also our ability to execute our business plan. No assurance can be given that the Company will be successful in these efforts. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. The Company may not be able to obtain financing on acceptable terms, or at all.

 

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The Company’s fiscal year end is September 30.

 

Segment Information

 

Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which discrete financial information is available that is regularly reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer serves as the Company’s CODM. The CODM reviews financial information on a consolidated basis for purposes of making operating decisions, allocating resources, and evaluating financial performance. As such, the Company has one operating and reportable segment. See further information in Note 13.

 

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Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these financial statements include, but are not limited to fair values of investments and other financial instruments, and valuation of common stock and related stock-based compensation, warrant liabilities, and derivative liabilities. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, known trends and other market-specific or other relevant factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates when there are changes in circumstances, facts and experience. Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments, consisting principally of cash and cash equivalents, are potentially subject to credit risk concentration. The Company generally maintains balances in various operating accounts at financial institutions that management believes to be credit-worthy, in amounts that may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses related to its cash and cash equivalents and does not believe that it is subject to unusual credit risk beyond the normal credit risk associated with commercial banking relationships.

 

A significant portion of our revenue is concentrated with a limited number of customers. Customer A accounted for approximately 67% and 90% of revenue for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

 

A significant portion of our accounts receivable are concentrated with a limited number of customers. Customer B accounted for approximately 82% and 0% of accounts receivable for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

 

The loss of one more of these customers would have a material impact on the Company’s operations.

 

Fair value measurement

 

Certain assets and liabilities of the Company are carried at fair value under U.S. GAAP. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are to be classified and disclosed in one of the following three levels of the fair value hierarchy, of which the first two are considered observable and the last is considered unobservable:

 

●Level 1—Quoted (unadjusted) market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

●Level 2— Observable inputs (other than Level 1 quoted prices), such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

 

●Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to determining the fair value of the assets and liabilities, including pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques.

 

The carrying values of the Company’s accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of these assets and liabilities.

 

See Note 4 for additional information regarding fair value measurements.

 

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Cash and cash equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

Trade receivables are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business.  Each month, the Company reviews its receivables on a customer-by-customer basis and evaluates whether an allowance for credit loss is necessary based on any known or perceived collection issues. Any balances that are eventually deemed uncollectible are written off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. As of September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company determined that the allowance for credit losses was immaterial.

 

Property and equipment, net

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation expense is recognized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the asset, which is 3 years for office equipment, 5 years for furniture and fixtures, 15 years for software (perpetual enterprise design software), 7 years for equipment and machinery, 1 year for the Company’s drones and landing pads, and the shorter of the remaining lease term or estimated useful life for leasehold improvements. Estimated useful lives are routinely assessed by management for accuracy. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. When assets are retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost of these assets and related accumulated depreciation or amortization are eliminated from the consolidated balance sheets and any resulting gains or losses are included in the consolidated statements of operations in the period of disposal.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

Long-lived assets consist primarily of property and equipment and ROU assets. The Company evaluates its long-lived assets for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset or asset group (collectively, the “asset group”) may not be recoverable. An asset group represents the lowest level for which cash flows can be identified. Recoverability is measured by comparing the book value of the asset group to the expected future net undiscounted cash flows that the asset group is expected to generate. If we consider the asset group to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized equals the amount by which the carrying value of the asset group exceeds its fair value. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or the fair value less costs to sell. The Company did not recognize any impairment during the years ended September 30, 2025 or 2024.

 

Deferred offering costs

 

The Company complies with the requirements of ASC 340-10-S99-1 with regards to offering costs. Prior to the completion of an offering, offering costs are capitalized. The deferred offering costs are charged to additional paid-in capital or as a discount to debt, as applicable, upon the completion of an offering or to expense if the offering is not completed. As of September 30, 2025 and 2024, there were no deferred offering costs.

 

Leases

 

The Company accounts for leases in accordance with ASC 842, Leases. The Company has elected not to apply the recognition requirements to leases with a term of twelve months or less. The Company does not separate non-lease components from lease components.

 

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The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease, or includes an embedded lease, at inception for each contract or agreement. A contract is or contains an embedded lease if the contract meets all of the following criteria:

 

(i)there is an identified asset

 

(ii)the Company obtains substantially all of the economic benefits of the asset

 

(iii)the Company has the right to direct the use of the asset

 

The Company’s operating lease agreements include office and warehouse space, and cargo vans. Right-of-use assets (“ROU assets”) represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and operating lease liabilities represent the obligation to make payments arising from the lease or embedded lease. Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. Operating lease ROU assets are based on the operating lease liabilities adjusted for prepayments, initial direct costs, lease incentives, and impairment of operating lease assets. As most leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate based on the estimated rate of interest for a collateralized borrowing of a similar asset, with a similar term to the lease payments at the commencement date.

 

The operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities include lease payments made, including variable amounts that are based on an index or rate, and exclude lease incentives. Variability that is not due to an index or rate, such as payments made based on usage or hourly rates (e.g., common area maintenance, utilities, real estate taxes or other costs) is excluded from the lease liability. Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease.

 

Renewal option periods are included within the lease term and the associated payments are recognized in the measurement of the operating ROU asset and operating lease liability when exercise is at our discretion and is reasonably certain of being exercised. Over the lease term, the Company uses the effective interest rate method to account for the lease liability as lease payments are made and the ROU asset is amortized in a manner that results in straight-line expense recognition.

 

Warrants

 

The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the instruments’ specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the instruments are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the instruments meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the instruments are indexed to the Company’s own common stock and whether the instrument holders could potentially require net cash settlement in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and, for liability-classified warrants, at each reporting period end date while the warrants are outstanding. Liability classified warrants are revalued on each subsequent balance sheet date until such instruments are exercised or expired, with any changes in the fair value between reporting periods recorded in the statements of operations.

 

Classification of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock

 

The Company has applied the guidance in ASC 480-10-S99-3A, SEC Staff Announcement: Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities and has therefore classified its Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock as temporary equity. The Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock was recorded outside of stockholders’ deficit because, in the event of certain deemed liquidation events considered not solely within the Company’s control, such as a merger, acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, the convertible preferred stock would have become redeemable at the option of the holders.

 

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Convertible Instruments

 

U.S. GAAP requires companies to bifurcate conversion options from their host instruments and account for them as free-standing derivative financial instruments when specified criteria are met, unless an exception applies for conventional host instruments. The Company evaluates its convertible instruments, options, warrants or other contracts to determine whether embedded components require separate derivative accounting under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The result of this accounting treatment is that the fair value of the derivative is marked-to-market at each balance sheet date and recorded as a liability. In the event that the fair value is recorded as a liability, the change in fair value is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations as other income (expense). Upon conversion or exercise of a derivative instrument, the instrument is marked to fair value at the conversion date and then that fair value is reclassified to equity. Equity instruments that are initially classified as equity and subsequently become subject to reclassification under ASC 815 are reclassified to liabilities at the fair value of the instrument on the reclassification date.

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) primarily consists foreign currency translation adjustments.

 

The financial statements of the Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries are translated from their functional currency, which is typically the local currency, into U.S. dollars. Assets and liabilities are translated at period end exchange rates, and revenue and expenses are translated using average monthly exchange rates. The resulting gain or loss was deemed negligible for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). The Company measures all stock-based awards granted to employees, directors and non-employee consultants based on the fair value on the date of the grant and recognizes compensation expense for those awards over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the respective award. For awards with service-based vesting conditions, the Company records the expense using the straight-line method. For awards with performance-based vesting conditions, the Company records the expense if and when the Company concludes that it is probable that the performance condition will be achieved.

 

The Company classifies stock-based compensation expense in its consolidated statements of operations in the same manner in which the award recipient’s payroll costs are classified or in which the award recipient’s service payments are classified.

 

The fair value of each stock option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. We estimate the volatility of common stock on the date of grant based on the weighted-average historical stock price volatility of our own shares or comparable publicly traded companies in our industry group. The expected term of the Company’s stock options has been determined utilizing the “simplified” method for awards that qualify as “plain-vanilla” options. The risk-free interest rate is determined by reference to the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant of the award for time periods approximately equal to the expected term of the award. Expected dividend yield reflects the Company’s history of not paying cash dividends on common stock and its expectation that it will not pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Forfeitures are recognized as incurred. Determining the appropriate fair value of stock-based awards requires the input of subjective assumptions. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. As a result, if factors change and management uses different assumptions, stock-based compensation expense could be materially different for future awards.

 

Revenue recognition

 

The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). The Company determines revenue recognition through the following steps:

 

●Identification of a contract with a customer;

 

●Identification of the performance obligations in the contract;

 

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●Determination of the transaction price;

 

●Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and

 

●Recognition of revenue when or as the performance obligations are satisfied.

 

Revenue is measured based on the amount that reflects the consideration we expect to receive, which is based on the amount specified in the contract with our customer. Revenue is recognized when the performance obligations under the terms of the contract are satisfied, which generally occurs as control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers. If appropriate under ASC 606, we allocate the transaction price to individually distinct performance obligations based on the relative standalone selling prices of the distinct good or service. As a practical expedient, the Company does not adjust the transaction price for the effects of a significant financing component if, at contract inception, the period between customer payment and the transfer of goods or services is expected to be one year or less.

 

The Company recognizes revenue from its enterprise platform access over time based on the contract term. The Company accounts for its arrangements as a single, integrated performance obligation representing stand-ready access to and/or operation of a drone and a drone logistics network and related support services over the contractual service period. The Company primarily recognizes revenue over time, as the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits of the Company’s stand-ready and operational services throughout the service term.

 

The Company recognizes revenue from its delivery as a service over time based on the contract term. The Company accounts for its managed delivery services as a single, integrated performance obligation representing the design, deployment, and operation of a drone delivery network, including related support activities such as maintenance, reporting, training, payload development, and planning.

 

Service fees that have been invoiced or paid but performance obligations have not been met are recorded as deferred revenue. As of September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company had $125,852 and $0, respectively, in deferred revenue pertaining to customer operated and managed delivery services. As of September 30, 2025, the Company expects to recognize substantially all of its deferred revenue balance as revenue within the next 12 months.

 

Cost of Revenue

 

Cost of revenue consists primarily of depreciation allocated to drone assets, direct labor, and other direct costs related to data, software, and services required for the drones to operate as intended.

 

The Company allocates the portion of depreciation expense recognized during each period based on a straight line methodology over the life of the drone assets.

 

Direct labor costs are allocated to cost of revenue based on departments or resource with direct contact involvement. Each contract is assessed to determine which personnel will be directly involved in delivery of performance obligations. Direct labor typically includes roles in fleet management, hardware operations, and software engineering.

 

General and Administrative Expense

 

General and administrative expenses represent costs incurred for general and administrative functions, which primarily consists of personnel compensation costs, including stock-based compensation for executive management and administrative functions, including finance and accounting, legal, and human resources, as well as general corporate expenses and general insurance. These costs are expensed as incurred.

 

Research and development

 

Research and development expenses represent costs incurred for research and development functions, which consists primarily of personnel compensation costs, including stock-based compensation, for employees in engineering, design and product development, and prototype materials (hardware and software) costs incurred during the product design process. Substantially all of the Company’s research and development expenses are related to developing new products and services, improving existing products and services, and developing product production processes. These costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development costs were $2,998,149 and $3,411,008 for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.

 

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Income Taxes

 

Deferred income tax is recognized on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts on the balance sheet. Deferred tax is calculated using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date, and which are expected to apply when the related deferred tax asset is realized or the deferred tax liability is settled.

 

Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognized for all taxable temporary differences, but not recognized for taxable temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries where the reversal of the temporary difference can be controlled and it is probable that the difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax liabilities are not recognized on temporary differences that arise from goodwill, which is not deductible for tax purposes.

 

Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which the deductible temporary differences can be utilized and are reviewed at each balance sheet date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered.

 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are not recognized in respect of temporary differences that arise on initial recognition of assets and liabilities acquired other than in a business combination. Deferred tax is not discounted.

 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets against current tax liabilities and when they relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the Company intends to settle its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis.

 

Net loss per share

 

Net earnings or loss per share is computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, excluding shares subject to redemption or forfeiture. The Company presents basic and diluted net earnings or loss per share. Diluted net earnings or loss per share reflect the weighted average number of shares issued and outstanding during the period, adjusted for potentially dilutive securities outstanding. Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share if their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. As all potentially dilutive securities were anti-dilutive as of September 30 2025 and 2024, diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share for each year. Potentially dilutive items outstanding as of September 30, 2025 and 2024 were stock options which were 4,514,863 and 4,209,972, respectively. Additionally, for the year ended September 30, 2024, the Company had convertible notes that were convertible into an indeterminate number of shares. For the year ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company had convertible preferred stock of 18,994,952 and 16,710,948, respectively, that is deemed potentially dilutive.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Changes to U.S. GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), in the form of an Accounting Standards Updates (ASU), to the FASB’s ASC. The Company will adopt these changes according to the various timetables the FASB specifies. There were no recently adopted accounting standards which had a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted

 

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280) - Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures,” which enables investors to better understand an entity’s overall performance through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The guidance enhances interim disclosure requirements, clarifies circumstances in which an entity can disclose multiple segment measures of profit or loss, and provides new segment disclosure requirements for entities with a single reportable segment. The Company adopted the provisions of ASU 2023-07 as of September 30, 2024. Refer to Note 11 for additional information.

 

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In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures,” which requires greater disaggregation of income tax disclosures related to the income tax reconciliation and income taxes paid. The amendments improve the transparency of income tax disclosures by requiring (1) consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and (2) income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The new standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. We prospectively adopted ASU 2023-09 for the year ended September 30, 2025. The additional required disclosures did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

 

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses,” which requires the disaggregation of certain expenses in the notes of the financial statements to provide enhanced transparency into the expense captions presented on the face of the statements of operations. ASU 2024-03 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption will require certain additional disclosure in the notes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets,” which provides a practical expedient for entities to estimate expected credit losses on current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from revenue transactions accounted for under ASC 606. ASU 2025-05 is effective for the Company for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Company is evaluating the impact of this standard on its financial statements and related disclosures.

 

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software,” which removes all references to prescriptive and sequential software development stages and establishes new criteria for the capitalization of internal-use software costs. ASU 2025-06 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

Related parties

 

Related party transactions are the transfer of resources, services or obligations between the Company and a related party, regardless of whether a price is charged in return. Related party transactions that are carried out between the Company are eliminated for consolidation purposes.

 

As of September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company maintained transactions with related parties. Information on related parties is described in Note 14.

 

3. Revenue

 

Revenue is generated from the Company’s operations in the United States and Europe. The following table presents our revenues disaggregated by service type. This level of disaggregation takes into consideration how the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors:

 

   September 30, 
   2025   2024 
Enterprise Platform Access   259,875    534,582 
Delivery-as-a-Service   132,864    8,392 
Total revenue   392,739    542,974 

 

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Enterprise Platform Access

 

The Company generates revenue by providing customers access to its integrated drone platform and related operational infrastructure, including aircraft availability, cloud-based software access, tooling and spare parts, maintenance, support, training, and reporting services, which enable customers to perform delivery operations using the Company’s technology.

 

Delivery-as-a-Service

 

The Company generates revenue by installing, operating, and managing drone delivery networks on behalf of customers, including providing remote piloting, ground operations, system maintenance, cloud platform access, reporting, training, and operational support services.

 

4. Fair Value Measurements

 

Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

 

The following tables present the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2024:

 

   Fair Value Measurements 
   as of September 30, 2025 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Financing warrants  $-   $-   $614,680   $614,680 
Total liabilities at fair value  $-   $-   $614,680   $614,680 

 

   Fair Value Measurements 
   as of September 30, 2024 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Change of control warrants  $-   $-   $71,822   $71,822 
Conversion warrants   -    -    510,348    510,348 
Embedded derivative liabilities   -    -    5,714,957    5,714,957 
Total liabilities at fair value   -    -    6,297,127    6,297,127 

 

Valuation Techniques and Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

For the warrants described below fair value is determined at each measurement date using a probability weighted scenario model that requires management to estimate the probability of settlement outcomes, including scenarios where an event fails to occur and therefore the warrant cannot be exercised. To value these outcomes, the Company must estimate the underlying preferred round valuation that provides the basis for the number of warrant shares that will be received by the holder and various inputs to a probability weighted scenario model.

 

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Change of Control Warrants

 

The Company’s Change of Control warrants are classified as derivative liabilities under ASC 815-40 because the settlement share counts are variable, causing the instruments to fail the fixed-for-fixed criteria required for equity classification. The Change of Control warrants expired on January 31, 2025. Fair value is determined at each measurement date using the probability weighted scenario model which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement. Key assumptions include:

 

Assumptions  FY 2025   FY 2024 
Risk free interest rate   -    5.37%
Expected volatility   -    70%
Expected term (in years)   -    1 
Exercise Price of Warrant   -    0.01 
Common stock fair value per share ($)   -    1.42 

 

Conversion Warrants

 

The Company’s Conversion warrants are classified as derivative liabilities under ASC 815-40 because the settlement share counts are variable, causing the instruments to fail the fixed-for-fixed criteria required for equity classification. Fair value is determined at each measurement date using the probability weighted scenario model, which is a Level 3 fair value measurement. The range of key assumptions include:

 

Assumptions  FY 2025   FY 2024 
Risk free interest rate   3.66-3.94%   3.66%
Expected volatility   70%   65%
Expected term   2    2 
Probability of qualifying financing event   40% - 100%   50%
Exercise Price of Warrant  $0.01   $0.01 
Common stock fair value per share  $1.08   $1.08 

 

Financing Warrants

 

The Company’s Financing warrants in FY2025 are classified as derivative liabilities under ASC 815-40 because the settlement share counts are variable, causing the instruments to fail the fixed-for-fixed criteria required for equity classification. Fair value is determined at each measurement date using the probability weighted scenario model, which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement. The range of key assumptions include:

 

Assumptions  FY 2025   FY 2024 
Risk free interest rate   3.60-4.28%   - 
Expected term   2    - 
Expected volatility   60-70%   - 
Probability of qualifying financing event   40% - 100%   - 
Exercise Price of Warrant  $0.01    - 
Common stock fair value per share  $1.08-1.84     - 

 

Expected volatility is estimated using annualized historical volatility of a selected peer group of comparable publicly traded companies. The most sensitive nature of estimates in the above valuations is the fair value of an underlying qualified round and the probability of events considered.

 

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Embedded Derivative Liabilities — Convertible Notes

 

The Company’s convertible notes contain embedded conversion features that require bifurcation as separate derivative instruments under ASC 815-15, as the economic characteristics and risks of the conversion feature are not clearly and closely related to the host debt instrument. The fair value of these embedded derivatives is estimated by using a with-and-without methodology: the convertible note is valued in its entirety (with the embedded conversion feature), and then without it, with the difference representing the fair value of the bifurcated derivative. The without scenario applies a credit-adjusted discount rate reflecting the Company’s estimated standalone borrowing cost absent the conversion feature and consideration of outcomes including default. In addition, the with scenario contemplates the probability of various conversion events defined by the underlying agreement, timeline to conversion, or default event based on the circumstances during each of the reporting dates. The range of key assumptions include:

 

Assumptions  FY 2025   FY2024 
Credit adjusted discount rate   22%   22%
Probability of qualifying financing event   70 – 100%   50%
Expected term to conversion / maturity   0.8 - 2.71    0.83 – 3.0 
Qualified financing price  $4.51 - $6.23   $4.2 

 

Level 3 Roll-Forward

 

The following table presents the changes in Level 3 financial liabilities measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs on a recurring basis for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024:

 

   Warrant Liabilities   Embedded Derivatives   Total 
Balance as of September 30, 2023  $713,414   $4,060,520   $4,773,934 
Issuances   -    86,700    86,700 
Changes in fair value recognized in earnings   (131,244)   1,567,737    1,436,493 
Balance as of September 30, 2024   582,170    5,714,957    6,297,127 
Issuances   506,921    -    506,921 
Changes in fair value recognized in earnings   365,162    19,026,449    19,391,611 
Reclassifications to equity upon debt conversion   (839,573)   (24,741,406)   (25,580,979)
Balance as of September 30, 2025  $614,680   $-   $614,680 

 

Changes in fair value related to the derivative and warrant liabilities are reported as separate line items on the statements of operations.

 

5. Property, Plant and Equipment, net

 

Property and equipment, net consists of the following:

 

   September 30, 
   2025   2024 
Computer equipment  $123,812   $127,623 
Furniture and fixtures   88,335    88,335 
Software   150,757    150,757 
Construction in process   374,793    577,644 
Equipment and machinery   261,949    270,344 
Drone and landing pads   729,408    519,384 
Leasehold improvements   77,514    77,514 
Property, plant, and equipment, gross   1,806,568    1,811,601 
Accumulated depreciation   (1,186,071)   (1,024,058)
Property, plant, and equipment, net  $620,497   $787,543 

 

Depreciation expense was $172,972 and $449,700 in the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

 

Construction in process consists of parts inventory for drone manufacturing and capitalized labor and overhead and is not subject to amortization until the finished good drone is placed into service.

 

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6. Convertible Notes and Non-Convertible Promissory Notes

 

The Company accounts for convertible promissory notes in accordance with ASC 470, Debt. Upon issuance of convertible notes with detachable warrants or other freestanding instruments, the Company allocates the total proceeds among the individual instruments based on their relative fair values at the date of issuance if all instruments are classified as equity or using the residual method if any instrument is classified as a liability.

 

Unamortized debt discount is presented as a direct reduction of the related notes payable on the consolidated balance sheet and is amortized to interest expense over the term of the note using the effective interest method.

 

2023 Convertible Notes

 

On July 31, 2023, the Company entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “July 2023 NPA”) with multiple accredited investors. The July 2023 NPA authorized the issuance of convertible promissory notes (the “2023 Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $8,000,000, together with freestanding warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Change of Control” and the “Conversion Warrants”). The Company issued $8,000,000 in total principal. The 2023 Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company.

 

The 2023 Notes bore interest at 8% per annum, and were originally scheduled to mature on July 31, 2025. The 2023 Notes were convertible into shares of the Company’s preferred stock upon certain triggering events, including a qualified financing, a change of control, an initial public offering, or at maturity at the election of the holders.

 

The Company concluded that the embedded conversion feature in the 2023 Notes required bifurcation as a derivative liability under ASC 815-15. The bifurcated derivative was recorded at fair value at issuance, with the resulting debt discount amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method. Subsequent changes in fair value were recognized in the statements of operations prior to extinguishment as described below. See Note 4 — Fair Value Measurements.

 

Each 2023 Note was issued with a freestanding Change of Control and Conversion Warrant to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The Change of Control and Conversion Warrants are classified as derivative liabilities and measured at fair value through earnings. See Note 7 — Derivative Liabilities and Note 4 — Fair Value Measurements.

 

On July 18, 2025, the Company and the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2023 Notes executed an Omnibus Amendment to the July 2023 NPA. The 2023 NPA Amendment restructured the conversion mechanics of the 2023 Notes including reducing the threshold for automatic conversion from $20,000,000 to $1,000,000 in preferred stock proceeds.

 

On July 28, 2025, the Company and the Majority in Interest of Investors executed Omnibus Amendment No. 2 to Convertible Promissory Notes (the “July 28 Amendment”), effective as of that date. The July 28 Amendment’s sole substantive modification was to extend the maturity date of all 2023 Notes from July 31, 2025 to September 15, 2025.

 

The Company evaluated the July 18 Amendment and July 28 Amendment (collectively, the “July 2025 Amendments”) under ASC 470-60 and concluded that the amendments constitute a troubled debt restructuring. At the time of the amendments, the Company was experiencing recurring operating losses, negative operating cash flows, and was unable to repay the 2023 Notes in cash at maturity without the benefit of the amended conversion terms. The Company determined that the reduction in the conversion threshold from $20,000,000 to $1,000,000, together with the maturity extension to September 15, 2025, represented a concession that would not have been available from a market-rate lender given the Company’s financial condition. Because the aggregate undiscounted future cash flows under the restructured terms exceeded the carrying amount of the 2023 Notes at the amendment date, no gain on debt restructuring was recognized.

 

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On September 2, 2025, upon consummation of the qualifying Series B-3 financing (Note 9), the outstanding principal of $8,000,000 and accrued interest of $1,191,035 on the 2023 Notes automatically converted into 3,419,398 shares of Series B-4 Preferred Stock. The Company did not accrue interest from the period June 20, 2025 to the date of the qualifying preferred stock financing as per the Series B-3 financing agreement. Upon conversion, the associated fair value of the embedded derivative liability of $21,302,850 was converted to the carrying value of the preferred stock. No balance remains as of September 30, 2025.

 

2024 Convertible Notes

 

On June 14, 2024, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “June 2024 NPA”) with multiple accredited investors, authorizing the issuance of convertible promissory notes (the “2024 Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000. The Company issued $1,581,192 in aggregate principal under the June 2024 NPA through the period ended September 30, 2024 and an additional $400,000 in October 2024. The 2024 Notes bore interest at 8% per annum, and were originally scheduled to mature on June 14, 2027. The 2024 Notes were convertible into shares of the Company’s preferred stock upon certain triggering events, including a qualified financing, a change of control, an initial public offering, or at maturity at the election of the holders.

 

The Company concluded that the embedded conversion feature in the 2024 Notes required bifurcation as a derivative liability under ASC 815-15. The bifurcated derivative was recorded at fair value at issuance, with the resulting debt discount amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method. Subsequent changes in fair value were recognized in the statements of operations prior to extinguishment as described below. See Note 4 — Fair Value Measurements.

 

On July 18, 2025, the Company and the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2024 Notes executed an Omnibus Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Convertible Promissory Notes and Warrant Agreement (the “2024 NPA Amendment”). The 2024 NPA Amendment restructured the conversion mechanics of the 2024 Notes on substantially the same terms as the 2023 NPA amendment, including reducing the threshold for automatic conversion from $20,000,000 to $1,000,000 in preferred stock proceeds. In connection with the 2024 NPA Amendment, the Company issued freestanding warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Voting Common Stock to each investor (the “Conversion Warrants”). The Conversion warrants have the same mechanics as the previous ones issued in connection with the July 2023 NPA. These warrants have an exercise price of $0.01 per share, a variable share count based on the lowest price per share in the triggering financing, and expire on July 18, 2035. They are classified as derivative liabilities and measured at fair value through earnings. See Note 7 — Derivative Liabilities and Note 4 — Fair Value Measurements.

 

The 2024 NPA Amendment was accounted for as an extinguishment under ASC 470-50 as the present value of modified debt’s cash flows exceeded the present value of the original debt’s remaining cash flows by more than 10% at the time of the amendment. The Company recorded a gain of $1,809,058 on the extinguishment for the period ended September 30, 2025.

 

On September 2, 2025, upon consummation of the qualifying Series B-3 financing (Note 9), the outstanding principal of $1,981,192 and accrued interest of $138,193 on the 2024 Notes automatically converted into 551,935 shares of Series B-5 Preferred Stock. The Company did not accrue interest from the period June 20, 2025 to the date of the qualifying preferred stock financing as per the Series B-3 financing agreement. Upon conversion, the associated fair value of the embedded derivative liability of $3,438,555 was converted to equity as additional paid-in-capital. No balance remains as of September 30, 2025.

 

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The following table presents the carrying amounts of the convertible promissory notes as of each balance sheet date presented. All outstanding notes converted into preferred stock on September 2, 2025 and no balance remains as of September 30, 2025.

 

   September 30, 
   2025   2024 
2023 notes – principal   -   $8,000,000 
Less: unamortized debt discount   -    (2,468,190)
2023 notes - carrying value, net   -    5,531,810 
2024 notes - principal   -    1,581,192 
Less: unamortized debt discount and debt issuance costs   -    (107,595)
2024 notes - carrying value, net   -    1,473,597 
Total convertible notes, net   -   $7,005,407 

 

Non-Convertible promissory notes

 

On January 3, 2025, the Company entered into the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (“January 2025 NPA”) pursuant to which it agreed to issue secured promissory notes (the “2025 Notes”) and accompanying warrants (see Note 7) to purchase shares of Common Stock to a series of accredited investors. The Company issued $2,000,000 in aggregate principal under the January 2025 NPA and an additional $2,176,510 through August 2025. The 2025 Notes bore interest at 20% per annum, and were originally scheduled to mature on December 31, 2025. See Note 15 – Subsequent events. The 2025 Notes are secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all assets of the Company, including accounts receivable, equipment, inventory, intellectual property, deposit accounts, and general intangibles.

 

On August 8, 2025, the Company and the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2025 Notes executed an Omnibus Amendment to the January 2025 NPA. The Amendment increased the interest rate to 25% for all the promissory note holders. Also, it added an investor cancellation right in which if an Equity Financing occurs on or prior to the maturity date, each investor has the right, at the investor’s option, to cancel the outstanding principal and all accrued interest in exchange for shares of preferred stock at the per-share price paid by other new money purchasers in the equity financing.

 

The Company evaluated the August 8, 2025 amendment and concluded a substantive conversion option was added, which was the Investor Cancellation Right. This right allows investors to convert their debt into equity upon an equity financing. This feature benefits the investors by providing optionality. It does not reduce the debtor’s interest burden, extend time to payment, or otherwise improve the debtor’s financial position. The feature was entirely absent at issuance, and fundamentally changes the character of the instrument from pure debt to debt with an equity conversion pathway. Given at the time of the amendment, the Company was closing it’s B-3 preferred round, it was determined the cancellation right is a substantive conversion option and under ASC 470-50-40-10, and the modification was treated as an extinguishment. The Company recorded a loss of $236,493 on the extinguishment for the period ended September 30, 2025.

 

The carrying value of the 2025 Notes was $4,176,510 as of September 30, 2025. The principal payment of $4,176,510 was due on December 31, 2025, prior to extension disclosed in Note 15.

 

Interest expense recognized on the convertible notes and promissory notes, including amortization of debt discount, was $5,713,626 and $2,727,710 for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

 

7. Derivative Liabilities

 

Freestanding Warrants

 

The Company has issued convertible promissory notes and freestanding warrants in connection with several financing transactions. Certain of these instruments are required to be classified and measured as derivative liabilities under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. All derivatives are classified as current or non-current liabilities based on the anticipated settlement date and are remeasured at fair value at each balance sheet date, with changes in fair value recognized in the statement of operations.

 

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The Company has issued four series of freestanding warrants in connection with its note financing arrangements, each classified as a derivative liability and measured at fair value at each reporting date, with changes recognized in the statement of operations.

 

In connection with the July 2023 NPA, the Company issued Change of Control warrants (“CoC Warrants”) to noteholders. The number of shares issuable under each CoC Warrant was variable, determined by a formula based on the implied equity value of the Company upon a Change of Control, causing the warrants to fail the fixed-for-fixed test under ASC 815-40-15. The initial fair value of the CoC Warrants recorded as a discount to the note was $71,822. The CoC Warrants expired on January 31, 2025 without being exercised, and the related derivative liabilities were derecognized with a corresponding gain recognized in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025.

 

Concurrently with the July 2023 NPA notes, the Company issued Conversion Financing warrants (the “CW-Series Warrants”) to each noteholder. Each CW-Series Warrant entitled the holder to receive shares of common stock upon a Qualified Financing, with the number of shares determined by dividing a fixed dollar amount by the Qualified Financing share price — a variable quantity contingent on a future financing event. The variable share count caused these warrants to fail the fixed-for-fixed test under ASC 815-40-15, requiring derivative liability classification from inception. The initial fair value of the CW-Series Warrants recorded as a discount to the note was $641,592. On September 2, 2025, upon conversion of the July 2023 NPA notes into Preferred Stock, the CW-Series Warrants were net exercised into common stock shares and the related warrant liabilities were derecognized with reclassification to additional paid-in capital.

 

On July 18, 2025, in connection with the July 2025 Omnibus Amendment to the July 2024 NPA, the Company issued additional warrants (the “Conversion Warrants”) to noteholders as consideration for the amendment. Each warrant entitles the holder to receive shares of common stock equal to 50% of the holder’s outstanding principle divided by the price per share in a future Qualified Financing, at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The variable share count requires derivative liability classification under ASC 815-40-15, consistent with the CW-Series Warrants. The initial fair value of the Conversion Warrants recorded as a discount to the note was $152,121. These warrants were net exercised on September 2, 2025 concurrently with the note conversion, and the related warrant liabilities were derecognized with reclassification to additional paid-in capital.

 

In connection with the January 3, 2025 Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “January 2025 NPA”), the Company issued freestanding warrants (the “Financing Warrants”) to noteholders across multiple closings from January through August 2025, with aggregate notes of approximately $4.2 million issued. Each Financing Warrant entitles the holder to receive shares of common stock with a value equal to a specified multiple of the holder’s note principal, determined based on the price per share in a future Qualified Financing, at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The variable share count causes these warrants to fail the fixed-for-fixed test under ASC 815-40-15, requiring derivative liability classification. The initial fair value of the Financing Warrants recorded as a discount to the note was $95,291. The fair value at each closing was recognized as a debt discount on the related promissory notes. As of September 30, 2025, the Financing Warrants remain outstanding and are carried at fair value.

 

The fair value measurements of the Company’s freestanding warrants, including the valuation methodology, significant unobservable inputs, and Level 3 roll-forward, are disclosed in Note 4— Fair Value Measurements.

 

Embedded Derivative Liabilities

 

The Company’s convertible promissory notes issued under the July 2023 NPA and June 2024 NPA contained embedded conversion features that required bifurcation as derivative liabilities under ASC 815-15. Each conversion feature functioned as a share-settled redemption feature — the holder received a variable number of shares with an aggregate value in excess of principal, which meets the definition of a derivative. Each bifurcated derivative was recognized at fair value at issuance, with the residual proceeds allocated to the debt host at amortized cost, and remeasured at fair value at each reporting date with changes recognized in the statement of operations.

 

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The July 2023 NPA notes bore interest at 8% per annum and provided for conversion into Preferred Stock upon a Qualified Financing, Non-Qualified Financing, Change of Control, or IPO. The conversion price was the lesser of (i) 80% of the lowest price per share in the applicable financing (a 20% discount) or (ii) $100,000,000 divided by the Fully Diluted Capitalization immediately prior to such financing. The variable conversion price and resulting variable share count require bifurcation of the conversion feature as a derivative liability under ASC 815-15.

 

The June 2024 NPA notes bore interest at 8% per annum, were to mature on June 14, 2027, and provided for conversion into Preferred Stock upon a Qualified Financing, Non-Qualified Financing, Change of Control, or IPO. The conversion price was the lesser of (i) 85% of the lowest price per share in the applicable financing (a 15% discount) or (ii) $125,000,000 divided by the Fully Diluted Capitalization immediately prior to such financing. Consistent with the July 2023 NPA analysis, the variable conversion price required bifurcation of the conversion feature as a derivative liability under ASC 815-15.

 

On September 2, 2025, the 2023 Notes and 2024 Notes, along with the embedded derivative liabilities converted into Preferred Stock in connection with a Qualified Financing.

 

The fair value measurements of the Company’s derivative liabilities, including the valuation methodology, significant unobservable inputs, and Level 3 roll-forward, are disclosed in Note 4— Fair Value Measurements.

 

8. Stock-based Compensation

 

The Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”), as amended, permits the grant of various equity awards to employees, directors and consultants and is administrated by the Board of Directors.

 

The number of shares available for issuance under the 2011 Plan totaled 9,158,219 and continues in effect for a term of ten (10) years from the later of the effective date of the Plan or the earlier of the most recent approval of an increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under the plan. As of September 30, 2025, there were 2,491,999 shares available for issuance under the plan

 

Stock-based compensation expense is classified based on the cost center to which the award holder belongs. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense in the consolidated statements of operations as follows (in thousands):

 

   Year ended 
   September 30, 
   2025   2024 
Research and development  $212,185   $249,346 
General and administrative   450,263    855,100 
Total stock-based compensation expense  $662,448   $1,104,446 

 

Stock-based compensation expense related to stock options was $662,448 and $1,104,446 for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of September 30, 2025, total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock option awards was $993,791, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.3 years.

 

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A summary of information related to stock options for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 is as follows:

 

   Options   Weighted Average Exercise Price   Intrinsic Value 
Outstanding as of September 30, 2023   2,624,280   $1.49      
Granted   2,056,461    1.42      
Exercised   -    -      
Forfeited   (214,401)   1.44      
Expired   (256,368)   1.25      
Outstanding as of September 30, 2024   4,209,972    1.47      
Granted   905,000    1.08      
Exercised   (5,050)   1.76      
Forfeited   (291,454)   1.44      
Expired   (303,605)   1.80      
Outstanding as of September 30, 2025   4,514,863   $1.37   $419,392 
                
Exercisable as of September 30, 2025   3,255,681   $1.38   $419,392 
Exercisable and expected to vest at September 30, 2025   4,514,863   $1.37   $419,392 

 

As of September 30, 2025, the weighted average duration to expiration of outstanding options was 6.46 years.

 

The stock options granted during the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 were valued using the Black-Scholes pricing model using the range of inputs as follows:

 

Assumptions   FY 2025    FY 2024 
Risk free interest rate   4.36% - 4.41 %   4.22% - 4.65 %
Expected volatility   61.4% - 63.1 %   62.8% - 64.17 %
Expected term    5.1 - 6.1      5.0 - 6.0  
Dividend yield  $-   $- 

 

The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during 2025 and 2024 was $0.66 and $0.85, respectively.

 

9. Convertible Preferred Stock

 

All series of the Company’s redeemable convertible preferred stock are classified as mezzanine (temporary) equity on the consolidated balance sheets pursuant to ASC 480-10-S99 and ASR 268, as redemption is contingent upon deemed liquidation events or a sale of the Company — events outside the Company’s control. No accretion to redemption value has been recorded as redemption is not currently probable.

 

On September 2, 2025, the Company entered into a Series B-3 Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Series B-3 financing”) which involved the issuance of three classes of preferred stock (Series B-3, Series B-4, and Series B-5), Non-Voting Common Stock warrants (see Note 10), and the conversion of previously outstanding convertible promissory notes (See Note 6). The financing involved 3 components: 1) issuance of B-3 preferred stock which resulted in proceeds of $1,339,478; 2) issuance of Series B-4 preferred stock through the conversion of the 2023 convertible notes of $9,191,035; 3) issuance of Series B-5 preferred stock through the conversion of the 2024 convertible notes of $2,119,835. As part of the Series B-3 financing, an entity affiliated with a member of the Company’s Board of Directors invested $744,999 in the offering.

 

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Additionally, the Company’s Restated Certificate was amended to include a pay-to-play provision whereby any existing preferred holder (Series Seed through Series B-2) that did not purchase its pro-rata share of the Series B-3 offering within 30 days of closing was automatically converted into Non-Voting Common Stock at a 15:1 ratio (Note 15— Subsequent Events).

 

As of September 30, 2025, preferred stock was made up of the following:

 

Series  Original Issue Price   Liquidation Preference/Share   Shares Authorized   Shares Issued and Outstanding   Carrying Value   Common Stock Issuance Upon Conversion   Liquidation Preference 
Series Seed   2.62    2.62    2,500,435    2,500,435   $6,481,810    2,500,435   $6,572,873 
Series A   3.40    3.40    4,883,780    4,883,780    16,411,362    4,883,780    16,620,724 
Series A-2   5.33    5.33    1,918,688    1,918,688    10,226,607    1,918,688    10,226,607 
Series B-1   8.23    8.23    5,494,038    5,494,038    45,088,848    5,494,038    45,215,933 
Series B-2   9.40    9.40    11,921    11,921    112,057    11,921    112,057 
Series B-3   6.23    6.23    3,206,844    214,757    1,339,364    214,757    1,339,364 
Series B-4   2.68    2.68    3,419,398    3,419,398    30,493,849    3,419,398    9,191,000 
Series B-5   3.83    3.83    551,935    551,935    5,557,908    551,935    2,119,353 
Total             21,987,039    18,994,952   $115,711,805    18,994,952   $91,397,911 

 

Upon a liquidation, dissolution, or deemed liquidation event, each holder receives the greater of (i) the Original Issue Price plus declared but unpaid dividends, or (ii) the as-converted value, with all series ranking pari passu. Dividends are non-cumulative and none have been declared or paid in any period presented. Each share auto-converts into fully-paid, non-assessable shares of Voting Common Stock at the applicable conversion rate being either; (1) Immediately before a qualified IPO in which the Company raises at least $40 million in gross proceeds and its shares are listed on Nasdaq, the NYSE, or another approved exchange; or (2) Upon written request by holders of a majority of the outstanding Preferred Stock (on an as-converted basis), effective at the time specified in the request.

 

10. Equity

 

Common Stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue 39,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share. As of September 30, 2025 and 2024, 6,322,254 and 5,521,098 shares were issued and outstanding, respectively. Each share of common stock entitles the holder to one vote per share. Holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends if and when declared by the Board of Directors. No dividends were declared or paid during the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.

 

Additionally, the Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of common stock which is considered non-voting at $0.0001 par value per share. As of September 30, 2025 and 2024, there were no non-voting common shares issued and outstanding.

 

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Warrants

 

During the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, CoC warrants and Conversion Warrants were either issued or outstanding and liability classified (Note 6) and the shares to which they convert were variable. The CoC warrants expired unexercised. The underlying shares for Conversion Warrants became known upon the Series B-3 Qualified Financing and immediately net exercised for common stock. The Company issued 796,106 shares of common stock for these warrants during the year ended September 30, 2025.

 

See Note 7 for liability classified warrants that remain outstanding as of September 30, 2025.

 

In connection with the September 2, 2025 Series B-3 financing, the Company issued CWNV warrants equal to 33% of Series B-3 shares purchased by each pro rate purchaser at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The warrants expire at the earlier of (a) June 20, 2035; (b) change of control; (c) IPO. There were up to 1,000,000 warrant shares authorized. The warrants were determined to be equity-classified instruments in accordance with ASC 815-40, as they are indexed to the Company’s own stock and meet all equity classification conditions. As of September 30, 2025, 29,357 warrants remained outstanding and unexercised.

 

Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock

 

The Company’s Series Seed, Series A, Series B-1, Series B-2, Series B-3, Series B-4, and Series B-5 redeemable convertible preferred stock are classified outside of permanent stockholders’ equity (deficit) on the consolidated balance sheets in accordance with ASC 480-10-S99 and SEC Staff guidance (ASR 268), as the shares are redeemable upon the occurrence of certain deemed liquidation events outside the Company’s control. See Note 9 on Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

11. Income tax

 

Income tax expense for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 consists of foreign and state taxes of $8,492 and $3,650, respectively. The Company’s effective income tax rate differs from the federal statutory rate primarily because of certain expenses that are deductible for financial statement purposes but are not deductible for income tax purposes, research tax credits, the effect of state and foreign income taxes and the impact of valuation allowances.

 

The Company has elected to prospectively adopt the guidance in ASU No, 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Taxes Disclosures. The reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s provision for income taxes for the year ended September 30, 2025 in accordance with the guidance in ASU No. 2023-09 is as follows:

 

   Year ended 
   September 30, 
   2025   Percent   2024   Percent 
US federal statutory tax rate  $(6,379,165)   21.00%  $(2,703,837)   21.00%
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax effect   1,424    0.00%   1,007    -0.01%
Foreign tax effects   (2,755)   0.01%   (2,158)   0.02%
Tax credits   (196,546)   0.65%   (335,690)   2.61%
Changes in valuation allowance   1,214,197    -4.00%   1,989,778    -15.45%
Non taxable or nondeductible items   319,045    -1.05%   121,172    -0.94%
Change in fair value of derivative liability   3,995,554    -13.15%   301,664    -2.34%
Disallowed interest expense on convertible debt   997,775    -3.28%   571,823    -4.44%
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits   58,964    -0.19%   59,892    -0.47%
Total tax expense  $8,493    -0.03%  $3,651    -0.03%

 

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Deferred income tax assets or (liabilities) are the result of temporary differences between the Company’s financial statements and taxable amounts and are comprised of the following amounts as of September 30, 2025 and 2024:

 

   2025   2024 
Deferred tax assets (liabilities):        
Net operating loss carryforwards  $20,147,678   $17,328,202 
Credits carryforwards   3,312,684    3,098,155 
Accruals and reserves   -    6,945 
Lease liability, net   486    4,230 
Property and equipment   554,159    2,165,161 
Share-based compensation   40,751    130,075 
Total net deferred tax assets   24,055,758    22,732,768 
Less: valuation allowance   (24,055,758)   (22,732,768)
Net deferred tax asset  $-   $- 

 

In assessing the ability to realize deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during periods in which temporary differences become deductible or includable in taxable income. Management considers projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Management believes that there is a possibility that deferred taxes may not be utilized and, accordingly, a full valuation allowance has been recorded.

 

As of September 30, 2025 the Company has net operating loss carryforwards of $87,765,125 for federal purposes. These consist of $9,820,637 in pre-2018 NOLs which are limited to a 20-year carryforward and will begin to expire in 2032, and $77,984,487 in post-2017 NOLs which do not expire, but these losses can only offset 80% of taxable income in any year. As of September 30, 2025 the Company had a state net operating loss of approximately $47,161,308 that begins to expire in 2034.

 

As of September 30, 2025 the Company had federal and state research and development tax credit carryforwards of approximately $1,894,431 and $1,418,253, respectively. If not utilized, the federal research and development tax credit carryforwards begin to expire in 2037 and CA credits carry over indefinitely.

 

The technical merits of a tax position derive from both statutory and judicial authority (legislation and statutes, legislative intent, regulations, rulings, and case law) and their applicability to the facts and circumstances of the tax position. If a tax position does not meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, the benefit of that position is not recognized in the financial statements. The second step is measurement. A tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold is measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. The tax position is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate resolution with a taxing authority.

 

Uncertain tax positions are evaluated based upon the facts and circumstances that exist at each reporting period. Subsequent changes in judgment based upon new information may lead to changes in recognition, de-recognition, and measurement. Adjustments may result, for example, upon resolution of an issue with the taxing authorities, or expiration of a statute of limitations barring an assessment for an issue.

 

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The following is a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits (in thousands):

 

The Company’s practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense.

 

   September 30, 
   2025   2024 
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of period  $1,480,590   $1,375,779 
Tax positions taken in prior periods:          
Gross increases   100,707    104,811 
Gross decreases   -    - 
           
Tax positions taken in current period:          
Gross increases   -    - 
Settlements   -    - 
Lapse of statute of limitations   -    - 
Unrecognized tax benefits, end of period  $1,581,297   $1,480,590 

 

The Company had no accrual for interest and penalties on the consolidated balance sheets and has not recognized interest and/or penalties in the consolidated statements of operations for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.

 

The Company is subject to taxation in the United States and various State jurisdictions. The Company’s tax years from fiscal year 2022 are subject to examination by the United States and state taxing authorities due to the carryforward of unutilized NOLs.

 

We have ownership interests in controlled foreign corporations. During 2025 the Company analyzed the potential impact of the Tax Act provisions relating to Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) as well as Base Erosion and “&“Anti-Abuse Tax (“BEAT”). Based on the foreign subsidiaries’ tax position, the Company will not incur any impact relating to these two provisions.

 

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2024 (the “OBBBA”) was enacted in the United States on July 4, 2025. The OBBBA includes a U.S. income tax provision for the reinstatement of immediate expensing for domestic research and experimentation (“R&E”) expenditures under Section 174 and the acceleration of remaining unamortized R&E balances. Pursuant to the OBBBA, the Company has not elected to deduct the remaining domestic R&E capitalized in tax year 2024. The OBBBA did not have a material impact on the Company’s effective tax rate for the year ended September 30, 2025, but could result in a significant reduction to the Company’s intangible deferred tax asset and corresponding valuation allowance offset.

 

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12. Commitments and contingencies

 

Lease – Right of Use Asset and Liability

 

The Company leases its facilities, which include office and R&D space, under non-cancelable lease agreements with terms expiring in November 2026. Certain of these arrangements have free rent and escalating rent payment provisions. Under such arrangements, the Company recognizes an ROU asset and lease liability on the consolidated balance sheets. Lease costs are recognized on a straight-line basis over the non-cancelable lease term.

 

The following summarizes the cash flow and noncash information related to the operating leases (in thousands):

 

   Year ended 
   September 30, 
   2025   2024 
Operating cash flows paid for operating leases   461,919    255,380 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations   859,310    486,673 

 

Total lease expense was $446,379 and $419,928 for the periods ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

 

Weighted average lease terms and discount rates were as follows:

 

   September 30, 
   2025   2024 
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)   1.17    0.67 
Weighted-average discount rate   9.25%   8.25%

 

The maturities of operating lease liabilities as of September 30, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):

 

Year Ending September 30,  Amount 
2026   611,303 
2027   103,901 
Total undiscounted future cash flows   715,204 
Less: imputed interest   (34,759)
Total minimum payments   680,445 

 

Other Commitments

 

During fiscal year 2025, certain employees voluntarily agreed to temporary salary reductions as part of the Company’s cost management initiatives. Under the terms of these arrangements, the Company may, subject to approval by its Board of Directors, repay the foregone compensation at a multiple of 1.25 of their original compensation.


Such repayment is discretionary and not contractually guaranteed. As of September 30, 2025, no amounts have been accrued related to these arrangements. The Company estimates between $1.1 million to $1.2 million in potential compensation being paid out.

 

From time to time, the Company is a party to litigation and subject to claims incidental to its business. Although the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company currently believes that the final outcome of ongoing matters will not have a material adverse effect on its business. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on the Company because of judgment, defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors. At each reporting period, the Company evaluates whether a potential loss amount or a potential range of loss is probable and reasonably estimable, requiring recognition of a loss accrual, or whether the potential loss is reasonably possible, requiring disclosure. Legal fees are expensed as incurred.

 

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13. Segment information

 

An operating segment is a component of the Company that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, including revenues and expenses that relate to transactions with any of the Company’s other components. For reviewing the operational performance of the Company and for the purpose of allocating resources, the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) of the Company, identified as the Chief Executive Officer, reviews the consolidated results as a whole. The CODM considers the Company a single operating and reportable segment, when monitoring operations, making decisions on capital and investment allocations and evaluating performance.

 

The accounting policies of the Segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. Financial information for the Segment is consistent with the financial information presented in these consolidated financial statements. Significant segment expenses that are provided to CODM on a regular basis and are included within reported measure of segment profit or loss are research and development and general and administrative. Other segment items are represented by change in fair value of derivative and warrant liabilities and interest expense.

 

The Statements of Operations for the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, reflect the significant segment expenses and other segment items, as well as the balance sheets as of September 30, 2025 and 2025, for the one reportable segment.

 

14. Related Party

 

In connection with the January 2025 NPA, the Company issued secured promissory notes and warrants to Emmanuel Raptopoulos in an arms-length transaction during the year ended September 30, 2025. The principal amount of the notes were $726,510 in aggregate with an initial interest rate of 20% and maturity date of December 31, 2025 and have similar terms as the other note holders of the January 2025 NPA. In addition, the warrants issued were the financing warrants as described in Note 6 with similar term as other warrant holders. As of September 30, 2025, the notes were outstanding in full.

 

In connection with the July 2023 NPA, the Company issued convertible notes and warrants to Olympic Investments, Inc. and 5G Ventures S.A., 5% holders, for $1,500,000, which bore interest at 8% per annum and was originally scheduled to mature on July 31, 2025 (See Note 4). The notes and warrants had similar terms as the other note holders of the July 2023 NPA. The note and warrant converted to convertible preferred stock on September 2, 2025.

 

Refer to Note 9 for additional information regarding the related party equity investment associated with the Series B-3 financing. 

 

15. Subsequent events

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through May 12, 2026, the date the financial statements were available to be issued, and has identified the following events requiring disclosure.

 

In connection with the pay-to-play provision described in Note 9, existing preferred holders (Series Seed through Series B-2) converted 11,007,471 shares of convertible preferred shares into 733,811 shares of non-voting Common Stock at a 15:1 ratio.

 

On December 12, 2025, the Company entered into Omnibus Amendment No. 2 to its secured promissory notes issued pursuant to the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated January 3, 2025, as amended. The amendment extended the maturity date of all outstanding notes to April 30, 2026. All other terms of the notes remain unchanged.

 

In connection with the Series B-3 financing, the Company issued an additional 701,349 shares of Series B-3 preferred stock which resulted in proceeds of $3,899,698, net of debt issuance costs, subsequent to the fiscal year end. Of the aggregate $3,899,698 investment, approximately $2,140,992 related to investments made by parties determined to be related parties.

 

On March 3, 2026, Matternet issued senior secured convertible promissory notes (the “Bridge Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of $6,000,000 to accredited investors. The Bridge Notes bear interest at 10% per annum (accruing, payable at maturity), mature on September 3, 2026, and are secured by a first-priority lien on all of Matternet’s assets. The notes contain a mandatory conversion feature triggered upon the closing of a specified transaction and a forgiveness of accrued interest upon conversion. The Bridge Notes also entitle holders to contingently issuable warrants upon certain closing conditions.

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

Matternet, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

 

   As of 
   March 31,   September 30, 
   2026   2025 
ASSETS        
Current assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents  $4,633,636   $294,411 
Accounts receivable, net   7,420    60,002 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   625,824    600,114 
Total current assets   5,266,880    954,527 
Property and equipment, net   968,710    620,497 
Right-of-use assets, net   482,323    678,426 
Other non-current assets   92,656    55,071 
Total assets   6,810,569    2,308,521 
           
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT          
Current liabilities:          
Accounts payable  $549,473   $537,445 
Accrued expenses   894,807    376,553 
Accrued interest payable   130,038    - 
Deferred revenue   271,727    125,852 
Notes payable, net   4,176,510    4,176,510 
Convertible debt, net   3,938,834    - 
Operating lease liability, current   487,367    576,940 
Warrant liability   1,340,028    614,680 
Derivative liability   2,044,103    - 
Total current liabilities   13,832,887    6,407,980 
Operating lease liability, non-current   -    103,504 
Total liabilities   13,832,887    6,511,484 
           
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)          
           
Redeemable convertible preferred stock; 21,987,039 shares authorized; 8,688,830 and 18,994,952 issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025,  Liquidation value of $43,039,186 and $91,397,911 as of March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025, respectively   66,878,708    115,711,805 
           
Stockholders’ deficit:          
Common stock non-voting par value $0.0001; 1,000,000 shares authorized; 736,647 and 0 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025   74    - 
Common stock par value $0.0001; 39,000,000 shares authorized; 6,322,279 and 6,322,254 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025   632    632 
Additional paid-in capital   63,913,973    10,732,275 
Accumulated deficit   (137,815,705)   (130,647,675)
Total Stockholders’ deficit   (73,901,026)   (119,914,768)
Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock, and stockholders’ deficit  $6,810,569   $2,308,521 

 

See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Matternet, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the six months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

(Unaudited)

 

   Six Months Ended
March 31,
 
   2026   2025 
Revenues  $134,125   $131,625 
Cost of revenues   193,614    124,964 
Gross profit (loss)   (59,489)   6,661 
           
Operating expenses:          
Research and development   2,170,843    1,630,993 
General and administrative   4,253,318    2,312,367 
Sales and marketing   266,808    108,847 
Total operating expenses   6,690,969    4,052,207 
           
Loss from operations   (6,750,458)   (4,045,546)
           
Other income (expense):          
Interest expense (non-cash)   (296,691)   (1,610,540)
Interest expense   (677,604)   (507,600)
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities   -    1,306,244 
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities   (725,348)   (84,811)
Other income (expense)   1,285,661    349,411 
Total Other income (expense)   (413,982)   (547,296)
Net loss before income taxes   (7,164,440)   (4,592,842)
Income tax provision   3,590    7,892 
Net loss  $(7,168,030)  $(4,600,734)
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted  $(1.03)  $(0.83)
Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share  $6,933,428   $5,521,098 

 

See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Matternet, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Deficit for the six months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

(Unaudited)

   Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock   Common Stock Non-Voting   Common Stock   Additional paid in   Accumulated   Total Stockholders’ 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   capital   Deficit   Deficit 
Balance at September 30, 2024   16,710,948   $83,320,617        -   $-    5,521,098   $552   $4,221,418   $(99,661,084)  $(95,439,114)
Net loss             -    -    -    -    -    (4,600,734)   (4,600,734)
Forgiveness on convertible preferred stock   1,902,086    (5,000,000)   -    -    -    -    5,000,000    -    5,000,000 
Stock-based compensation expense             -    -    -    -    361,759    -    361,759 
Balance at March 31, 2025   18,613,034   $78,320,617    -   $-    5,521,098   $552   $9,583,177    (104,261,818)  $(94,678,089)

 

   Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock   Common Stock Non-Voting   Common Stock   Additional paid in   Accumulated   Total Stockholders’ 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   capital   Deficit   Deficit 
Balance at September 30, 2025   18,994,952   $115,711,805    -   $-    6,322,254   $632   $10,732,275   $(130,647,675)  $(119,914,768)
Net loss             -    -    -    -    -    (7,168,030)   (7,168,030)
Issuance of preferred stock in connection with Series B-3 offering (cash)   701,349    3,899,698    -    -    -    -    -    -    - 
Options exercised   -    -    -    -    25    -    -    -    - 
Warrants exercised for shares   -    -    2,836    -    -    -    -    -    - 
Conversion of preferred stock to common stock   (11,007,471)   (52,732,795)   733,811    74    -    -    52,732,326    -    52,732,400 
Stock-based compensation expense   -    -    -    -    -    -    449,372    -    449,372 
Balance at March 31, 2026   8,688,830   $66,878,708    736,647   $74    6,322,279   $632   $63,913,973   $(137,815,705)  $(73,901,026)

 

See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

(Unaudited)

 

Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net loss  $(7,168,030)  $(4,600,734)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:          
Depreciation   126,504    51,426 
Operating lease right-of-use assets amortization   281,839    176,001 
Gain on retirement of property, plant, and equipment   (69,513)   (775)
(Gain) loss on remeasurement of warrant liabilities   725,348    84,811 
Loss on remeasurement of derivative liabilities   -    (1,306,244)
Amortization of debt issuance costs   66,417    13,315 
Amortization of debt discount   296,691    1,610,540 
Stock-based compensation expense   449,372    361,759 
Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities:          
Accounts receivable   52,582    (92,648)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   (25,703)   90,256 
Other non-current assets   (37,586)   - 
Accounts payable   12,029    (25,416)
Accrued expenses   512,270    (30,729)
Accrued interest payable   130,038    394,285 
Deferred revenue   145,875    275,170 
Operating lease liabilities   (278,812)   (188,451)
Net cash used in operating activities   (4,780,679)   (3,187,434)
Cash flows from investing activities:          
Purchase of property, plant, and equipment   (405,203)   (3,293)
Net cash used in investing activities   (405,203)   (3,293)
Cash flows from financing activities          
Proceeds from convertible notes   6,000,000    400,000 
Proceeds from note payable   -    2,000,000 
Proceeds from issuance of Series B-3 preferred stock, net of debt issuance costs   3,899,698    - 
Payment of debt issuance fees   (374,591)   (21,500)
Net cash provided by financing activities   9,525,107    2,378,500 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents   4,339,225    (812,227)
Cash and cash equivalents balance, beginning of period   294,411    1,414,866 
Cash and cash equivalents balance, end of period  $4,633,636   $602,639 
           
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information          
Cash paid for income taxes  $-   $- 
Cash paid for interest  $547,866   $188,477 
           
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:          
Forgiveness on convertible preferred stock  $-   $5,000,000 
Warrants issued in connection with notes payable  $-   $95,291 
Conversion of redeemable convertible preferred stock for non-voting common stock  $52,732,400   $- 
Embedded derivative discount on convertible notes  $2,044,103   $- 

 

See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

1. Nature of Operations and Business

 

Matternet, Inc. (the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Mountain View, California, founded in 2011 as a developer of commercial drone delivery systems for urban and suburban environments. The Company designs, builds, and operates autonomous drone networks that enable ultra-fast, low-cost, and zero-emission package delivery across healthcare, commerce, and logistics sectors.

 

The Company’s integrated platform includes autonomous drones, landing stations, and a cloud-based logistics platform that provides an end-to-end autonomous aerial delivery service for healthcare, e-commerce, and logistics organizations. In addition, the Company expanded into home delivery, launching a consumer drone delivery service.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Going Concern and Management Plans

 

The Company has evaluated whether there are certain conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the consolidated financial statements are issued.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company sustained net losses of $7,168,030 and $4,600,734 during the six months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and had cash used in operations of $4,780,679 during the six months ended March 31, 2026. The Company requires additional capital to operate and expects losses to continue for the foreseeable future. These factors raise substantial doubts about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern until it reaches profitability is dependent upon its ability to generate cash from operating activities and to raise additional capital to fund operations. Management plans to raise additional capital to fund operations through debt and/or equity financings. Our failure to raise additional capital could have a negative impact on not only our financial condition but also our ability to execute our business plan. No assurance can be given that the Company will be successful in these efforts. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. The Company may not be able to obtain financing on acceptable terms, or at all.

 

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC applicable to interim period financial statements and do not include all of the information and disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the financial position and the results of operations for the periods presented. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2025. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for a full year.

 

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Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these financial statements include, but are not limited to the valuation of common stock and related stock-based compensation, warrant liabilities, and derivative liabilities. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, known trends and other market-specific or other relevant factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates when there are changes in circumstances, facts and experience. Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments, consisting principally of cash and cash equivalents, are potentially subject to credit risk concentration. The Company generally maintains balances in various operating accounts at financial institutions that management believes to be credit-worthy, in amounts that may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses related to its cash and cash equivalents and does not believe that it is subject to unusual credit risk beyond the normal credit risk associated with commercial banking relationships.

 

A significant portion of our revenue is concentrated with a limited number of customers. Customer A accounted for approximately 100% of revenue for the six months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

 

A significant portion of our accounts receivable are concentrated with a limited number of customers. Customer B accounted for approximately 0% and 82% of accounts receivable for the six months ended March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025, respectively.

 

The loss of one more of these customers would have a material impact on the Company’s operations.

 

Fair value measurement

 

Certain assets and liabilities of the Company are carried at fair value under U.S. GAAP. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are to be classified and disclosed in one of the following three levels of the fair value hierarchy, of which the first two are considered observable and the last is considered unobservable:

 

●Level 1—Quoted (unadjusted) market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

●Level 2— Observable inputs (other than Level 1 quoted prices), such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

 

●Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to determining the fair value of the assets and liabilities, including pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques.

 

The carrying values of the Company’s accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair values due to the short-term nature of these assets and liabilities.

 

See Note 4 for additional information regarding fair value measurements.

 

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Warrants

 

The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the instruments’ specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the instruments are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the instruments meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the instruments are indexed to the Company’s own common stock and whether the instrument holders could potentially require net cash settlement in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and, for liability-classified warrants, at each reporting period end date while the warrants are outstanding. The warrants are revalued on each subsequent balance sheet date until such instruments are exercised or expired, with any changes in the fair value between reporting periods recorded in the statements of operations.

 

Classification of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock

 

The Company has applied the guidance in ASC 480-10-S99-3A, SEC Staff Announcement: Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities and has therefore classified its Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock as temporary equity. The Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock was recorded outside of stockholders’ deficit because, in the event of certain deemed liquidation events considered not solely within the Company’s control, such as a merger, acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, the convertible preferred stock would have become redeemable at the option of the holders.

 

Convertible Instruments

 

U.S. GAAP requires companies to bifurcate conversion options from their host instruments and account for them as free-standing derivative financial instruments when specified criteria are met, unless an exception applies for conventional host instruments. The Company evaluates its convertible instruments, options, warrants or other contracts to determine whether embedded components require separate derivative accounting under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The result of this accounting treatment is that the fair value of the derivative is marked-to-market at each balance sheet date and recorded as a liability. In the event that the fair value is recorded as a liability, the change in fair value is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations as other income (expense). Upon conversion or exercise of a derivative instrument, the instrument is marked to fair value at the conversion date and then that fair value is reclassified to equity. Equity instruments that are initially classified as equity and subsequently become subject to reclassification under ASC 815 are reclassified to liabilities at the fair value of the instrument on the reclassification date.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). The Company measures all stock-based awards granted to employees, directors and non-employee consultants based on the fair value on the date of the grant and recognizes compensation expense for those awards over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the respective award. For awards with service-based vesting conditions, the Company records the expense using the straight-line method. For awards with performance-based vesting conditions, the Company records the expense if and when the Company concludes that it is probable that the performance condition will be achieved.

 

The Company classifies stock-based compensation expense in its consolidated statements of operations in the same manner in which the award recipient’s payroll costs are classified or in which the award recipient’s service payments are classified.

 

The fair value of each stock option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. We estimate the volatility of common stock on the date of grant based on the weighted-average historical stock price volatility of our own shares or comparable publicly traded companies in our industry group. The expected term of the Company’s stock options has been determined utilizing the “simplified” method for awards that qualify as “plain-vanilla” options. The risk-free interest rate is determined by reference to the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant of the award for time periods approximately equal to the expected term of the award. Expected dividend yield reflects the Company’s history of not paying cash dividends on common stock and its expectation that it will not pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Forfeitures are recognized as incurred. Determining the appropriate fair value of stock-based awards requires the input of subjective assumptions. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. As a result, if factors change and management uses different assumptions, stock-based compensation expense could be materially different for future awards.

 

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Revenue recognition

 

The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). The Company determines revenue recognition through the following steps:

 

●Identification of a contract with a customer;

 

●Identification of the performance obligations in the contract;

 

●Determination of the transaction price;

 

●Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and

 

●Recognition of revenue when or as the performance obligations are satisfied.

 

Revenue is measured based on the amount that reflects the consideration we expect to receive, which is based on the amount specified in the contract with our customer. Revenue is recognized when the performance obligations under the terms of the contract are satisfied, which generally occurs as control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers. If appropriate under ASC 606, we allocate the transaction price to individually distinct performance obligations based on the relative standalone selling prices of the distinct good or service. As a practical expedient, the Company does not adjust the transaction price for the effects of a significant financing component if, at contract inception, the period between customer payment and the transfer of goods or services is expected to be one year or less.

 

The Company recognizes revenue from its enterprise platform access over time based on the contract term. The Company accounts for its arrangements as a single, integrated performance obligation representing stand-ready access to and/or operation of a drone logistics network and related support services over the contractual service period. The Company primarily recognizes revenue over time, as the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits of the Company’s stand-ready and operational services throughout the service term.

 

The Company recognizes revenue from its delivery as a service over time based on the contract term. The Company accounts for its managed delivery services as a single, integrated performance obligation representing the design, deployment, and operation of a drone delivery network, including related support activities such as maintenance, reporting, training, payload development, and planning.

 

Service fees that have been invoiced or paid but performance obligations have not been met are recorded as deferred revenue. As of March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025, the Company had $271,727 and $125,852, respectively, in deferred revenue pertaining to customer operated and managed delivery services.

 

Cost of Revenue

 

Cost of revenue consists primarily of depreciation allocated to drone assets, direct labor, and other direct costs related to data, software, and services required for the drones to operate as intended.

 

The Company allocates the portion of depreciation expense recognized during each period based on a straight line methodology over the life of the drone assets.

 

Direct labor costs are allocated to cost of revenue based on departments or resource with direct contact involvement. Each contract is assessed to determine which personnel will be directly involved in delivery of performance obligations. Direct labor typically includes roles in fleet management, hardware operations, and software engineering.

 

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General and Administrative Expense

 

General and administrative expenses represent costs incurred for general and administrative functions, which primarily consists of personnel compensation costs, including stock-based compensation for executive management and administrative functions, including finance and accounting, legal, and human resources, as well as general corporate expenses and general insurance. These costs are expensed as incurred.

 

Research and development

 

Research and development expenses represent costs incurred for research and development functions, which consists primarily of personnel compensation costs, including stock-based compensation, for employees in engineering, design and product development, and prototype materials (hardware and software) costs incurred during the product design process. Substantially all of the Company’s research and development expenses are related to developing new products and services, improving existing products and services, and developing product production processes. These costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development costs were $2,170,843 and $1,630,993 for the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

 

Employee Retention Credit

 

During the six months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act totaling $1,088,324.

 

The Company accounted for the ERC as government assistance and recognized the funds when management determined that the qualifying conditions had been substantially met and collection was reasonably assured. Amounts recognized under the program are included in other income in the condensed statements of operation.

 

Net loss per share

 

Net earnings or loss per share is computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, excluding shares subject to redemption or forfeiture. The Company presents basic and diluted net earnings or loss per share. Diluted net earnings or loss per share reflect the weighted average number of shares issued and outstanding during the period, adjusted for potentially dilutive securities outstanding. Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share if their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. As all potentially dilutive securities were anti-dilutive as of March 31 2026 and 2025, diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share for each year. Potentially dilutive items outstanding as of March 31, 2026 and 2025 were stock options which were 5,259,486 and 4,763,658 respectively. Also, for the 6 months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company had convertible preferred stock of 8,688,830 and 14,808,862, respectively, that is deemed potentially dilutive. Additionally, for the 6 months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company had convertible notes that were convertible into an indeterminate number of shares.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Changes to U.S. GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), in the form of an Accounting Standards Updates (ASU), to the FASB’s ASC. The Company will adopt these changes according to the various timetables the FASB specifies. There were no recently adopted accounting standards which had a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

 

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses,” which requires the disaggregation of certain expenses in the notes of the financial statements to provide enhanced transparency into the expense captions presented on the face of the statements of operations. ASU 2024-03 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption will require certain additional disclosure in the notes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

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In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets,” which provides a practical expedient for entities to estimate expected credit losses on current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from revenue transactions accounted for under ASC 606. ASU 2025-05 is effective for the Company for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Company is evaluating the impact of this standard on its financial statements and related disclosures.

 

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software,” which removes all references to prescriptive and sequential software development stages and establishes new criteria for the capitalization of internal-use software costs. ASU 2025-06 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

3. Revenue

 

Revenue is generated from the Company’s operations in the United States and Europe. The following table presents our revenues disaggregated by service type. This level of disaggregation takes into consideration how the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors:

 

   Six Months Ended 
   March 31, 
   2026   2025 
Enterprise Platform Access  $134,125   $131,625 
Delivery-as-a-Service   -    - 
Total revenue  $134,125   $131,625 

 

Enterprise Platform Access

 

The Company generates revenue by providing customers access to its integrated drone platform and related operational infrastructure, including aircraft availability, cloud-based software access, tooling and spare parts, maintenance, support, training, and reporting services, which enable customers to perform delivery operations using the Company’s technology.

 

Delivery-as-a-Service

 

The Company generates revenue by installing, operating, and managing drone delivery networks on behalf of customers, including providing remote piloting, ground operations, system maintenance, cloud platform access, reporting, training, and operational support services

 

4. Fair Value Measurements

 

Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

 

The following tables present the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025:

 

               Fair Value Measurements 
   as of March 31, 2026 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Financing warrants  $-   $-   $1,340,028   $1,340,028 
Embedded derivative liabilities   -    -    2,044,103    2,044,103 
Total liabilities at fair value  $-   $-   $3,384,131   $3,384,131 
                     

 

   Fair Value Measurements 
   as of September 30, 2025 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Financing warrants  $-   $-   $614,680   $614,680 
Total liabilities at fair value  $-   $-   $614,680   $614,680 

 

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Valuation Techniques and Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

For the warrants described below fair value is determined at each measurement date using a probability weighted scenario model that requires management to estimate the probability of settlement outcomes, including scenarios where an event fails to occur and therefore the warrant cannot be exercised. To value these outcomes, the Company must estimate the underlying preferred round valuation that provides the basis for the number of warrant shares that will be received by the holder and various inputs to a probability weighted scenario model.

 

Financing Warrants

 

The Company’s Financing warrants for the six months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, are classified as derivative liabilities under ASC 815-40 because the settlement share counts are variable, causing the instruments to fail the fixed-for-fixed criteria required for equity classification. Fair value is determined at each measurement date using the probability weighted scenario model, which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement. Key assumptions include:

 

   As of 
   March 31,   September 30, 
Assumptions  2026   2025 
Risk free interest rate   3.72%   3.60%
Expected term   0.5    2.0 
Expected volatility   60%   70%
Exercise Price of Warrant  $0.01   $0.01 
Common stock fair value per share  $3.86   $1.84 

 

Expected volatility is estimated using annualized historical volatility of a selected peer group of comparable publicly traded companies. The most sensitive nature of estimates in the above valuations is the fair value of an underlying qualified round and the probability of events considered.

 

Embedded Derivative Liabilities — Bridge Notes

 

The Company’s convertible notes contain embedded conversion features that require bifurcation as separate derivative instruments under ASC 815-15, as the economic characteristics and risks of the conversion feature are not clearly and closely related to the host debt instrument. The fair value of these embedded derivatives is estimated by using a with-and-without methodology: the convertible note is valued in its entirety (with the embedded conversion feature), and then without it, with the difference representing the fair value of the bifurcated derivative. The without scenario applies a credit-adjusted discount rate reflecting the Company’s estimated standalone borrowing cost absent the conversion feature and consideration of outcomes including default. In addition, the with scenario contemplates the probability of various conversion events defined by the underlying agreement, timeline to conversion, or default event based on the circumstances during each of the reporting dates.

 

   As of 
   March 31,   September 30, 
Assumptions  2026   2025 
Discount rate   149.10%     - 
Probability of qualifying financing event   85.00%   - 
Probability of default   15.00%   - 
Expected term of events   0.18 - 0.51    - 

 

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Level 3 Roll-Forward

 

The following table presents the changes in Level 3 financial liabilities measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs on a recurring basis for the six months ended March 31, 2026 and year ended September 30, 2025:

 

   Warrant Liabilities   Embedded Derivatives   Total 
Balance as of September 30, 2025  $614,680   $-   $614,680 
Issuances   -    2,044,103    2,044,103 
Changes in fair value recognized in earnings   725,348    -    725,348 
Balance as of September 30, 2024   1,340,028    2,044,103    3,384,131 

 

Changes in fair value related to the derivative and warrant liabilities are reported as separate line items on the statements of operations. Gains and losses attributable to instruments still held at period end are included within this line item for each period presented.

 

5. Property, Plant and Equipment, net

 

Property and equipment, net consists of the following:

 

   As of 
   March 31,   September 30, 
   2026   2025 
Computer equipment  $129,092   $123,812 
Furniture and fixtures   88,335    88,335 
Software   150,757    150,757 
Construction in process   844,228    374,792 
Equipment and machinery   261,949    261,949 
Drone and landing pads   729,408    729,409 
Leasehold improvements   77,514    77,514 
Property, plant, and equipment, gross   2,281,283    1,806,568 
Accumulated depreciation   (1,312,573)   (1,186,071)
Property, plant, and equipment, net  $968,710   $620,497 

 

Depreciation expense was $126,504 and $51,426 in the six months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

 

Construction in process consists of parts inventory for drone manufacturing and is not subject to amortization until the finished good drone is placed into service.

 

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6. Convertible Notes and Non-Convertible Promissory Notes

 

The Company accounts for convertible promissory notes in accordance with ASC 470, Debt. Upon issuance of convertible notes with detachable warrants or other freestanding instruments, the Company allocates the total proceeds among the individual instruments based on their relative fair values at the date of issuance if all instruments are classified as equity or using the residual method if any instrument is classified as a liability.

 

Unamortized debt discount is presented as a direct reduction of the related notes payable on the consolidated balance sheet and is amortized to interest expense over the term of the note using the effective interest method.

 

2023 Convertible Notes

 

On July 31, 2023, the Company entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “July 2023 NPA”) with multiple accredited investors. The July 2023 NPA authorized the issuance of convertible promissory notes (the “2023 Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $8,000,000, together with freestanding warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Change of Control” and the “Conversion Warrants”). The Company issued $8,000,000 in total principal. The 2023 Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company.

 

The 2023 Notes bore interest at 8% per annum, and were originally scheduled to mature on July 31, 2025. The 2023 Notes were convertible into shares of the Company’s preferred stock upon certain triggering events, including a qualified financing, a change of control, an initial public offering, or at maturity at the election of the holders.

 

The Company concluded that the embedded conversion feature in the 2023 Notes required bifurcation as a derivative liability under ASC 815-15. The bifurcated derivative was recorded at fair value at issuance, with the resulting debt discount amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method. Subsequent changes in fair value were recognized in the statements of operations prior to extinguishment as described below. See Note 4 — Fair Value Measurements.

 

Each 2023 Note was issued with a freestanding Change of Control and Conversion Warrant to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The Change of Control and Conversion Warrants are classified as derivative liabilities and measured at fair value through earnings. See Note 7 — Derivative Liabilities and Note 4 — Fair Value Measurements.

 

On July 18, 2025, the Company and the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2023 Notes executed an Omnibus Amendment to the July 2023 NPA. The 2023 NPA Amendment restructured the conversion mechanics of the 2023 Notes including reducing the threshold for automatic conversion from $20,000,000 to $1,000,000 in preferred stock proceeds.

 

On July 28, 2025, the Company and the Majority in Interest of Investors executed Omnibus Amendment No. 2 to Convertible Promissory Notes (the “July 28 Amendment”), effective as of that date. The July 28 Amendment’s sole substantive modification was to extend the maturity date of all 2023 Notes from July 31, 2025 to September 15, 2025.

 

The Company evaluated the July 18 Amendment and July 28 Amendment (collectively, the “July 2025 Amendments”) under ASC 470-60 and concluded that the amendments constitute a troubled debt restructuring. At the time of the amendments, the Company was experiencing recurring operating losses, negative operating cash flows, and was unable to repay the 2023 Notes in cash at maturity without the benefit of the amended conversion terms. The Company determined that the reduction in the conversion threshold from $20,000,000 to $1,000,000, together with the maturity extension to September 15, 2025, represented a concession that would not have been available from a market-rate lender given the Company’s financial condition. Because the aggregate undiscounted future cash flows under the restructured terms exceeded the carrying amount of the 2023 Notes at the amendment date, no gain on debt restructuring was recognized.

 

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On September 2, 2025, upon consummation of the qualifying Series B-3 financing (Note 9), the outstanding principal of $8,000,000 and accrued interest of $1,191,035 on the 2023 Notes automatically converted into 3,419,398 shares of Series B-4 Preferred Stock. The Company did not accrue interest from the period June 20, 2025 to the date of the qualifying preferred stock financing as per the Series B-3 financing agreement. Upon conversion, the associated fair value of the embedded derivative liability of $21,302,850 was converted to the carrying value of the preferred stock. No balance remains as of September 30, 2025.

 

2024 Convertible Notes

 

On June 14, 2024, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “June 2024 NPA”) with multiple accredited investors, authorizing the issuance of convertible promissory notes (the “2024 Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000. The Company issued $1,581,192 in aggregate principal under the June 2024 NPA through the period ended September 30, 2024 and an additional $400,000 in October 2024. The 2024 Notes bore interest at 8% per annum, and were originally scheduled to mature on June 14, 2027. The 2024 Notes were convertible into shares of the Company’s preferred stock upon certain triggering events, including a qualified financing, a change of control, an initial public offering, or at maturity at the election of the holders.

 

The Company concluded that the embedded conversion feature in the 2024 Notes requires bifurcation as a derivative liability under ASC 815-15. The bifurcated derivative was recorded at fair value at issuance, with the resulting debt discount amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method. Subsequent changes in fair value are recognized in the statements of operations. See Note 4 — Fair Value Measurements.

 

On July 18, 2025, the Company and the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2024 Notes executed an Omnibus Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Convertible Promissory Notes and Warrant Agreement (the “2024 NPA Amendment”). The 2024 NPA Amendment restructured the conversion mechanics of the 2024 Notes on substantially the same terms as the 2023 NPA amendment, including reducing the threshold for automatic conversion from $20,000,000 to $1,000,000 in preferred stock proceeds. In connection with the 2024 NPA Amendment, the Company issued freestanding warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Voting Common Stock to each investor (the “Conversion Warrants”). The Conversion warrants have the same mechanics as the previous ones issued in connection with the July 2023 NPA. These warrants have an exercise price of $0.01 per share, a variable share count based on the lowest price per share in the triggering financing, and expire on July 18, 2035. They are classified as derivative liabilities and measured at fair value through earnings. See Note 7 — Derivative Liabilities and Note 4 — Fair Value Measurements.

 

The 2024 NPA Amendment was accounted for as an extinguishment under ASC 470-50 as the present value of modified debt’s cash flows exceeded the present value of the original debt’s remaining cash flows by more than 10% at the time of the amendment. The Company recorded a gain of $1,809,058 on the extinguishment for the period ended September 30, 2025.

 

On September 2, 2025, upon consummation of a qualifying preferred stock financing, the outstanding principal of $1,981,192 and accrued interest of $138,193 on the 2024 Notes automatically converted into 551,935 shares of Series B-5 Preferred Stock. The Company did not accrue interest from the period June 20, 2025 to the date of the qualifying preferred stock financing as per the September 2, 2025 agreement. Upon conversion, the associated fair value of the embedded derivative liability of $3,438,555 was converted to the carrying value of the preferred stock.

 

Non-Convertible Promissory Notes

 

On January 3, 2025, the Company entered into the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (“January 2025 NPA”) pursuant to which it agreed to issue secured promissory notes (the “2025 Notes”) and accompanying warrants (see Note 7) to purchase shares of Common Stock to a series of accredited investors. The Company issued $2,000,000 in aggregate principal under the January 2025 NPA and an additional $2,176,510 through August 2025. The 2025 Notes bore interest at 20% per annum, and were originally scheduled to mature on December 31, 2025. See Note 15 – Subsequent events.

 

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On August 8, 2025, the Company and the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2025 Notes executed an Omnibus Amendment to the January 2025 NPA. The Amendment increased the interest rate to 25% for all the promissory note holders. Also, it added an investor cancellation right in which if an Equity Financing occurs on or prior to the maturity date, each investor has the right, at the investor’s option, to cancel the outstanding principal and all accrued interest in exchange for shares of preferred stock at the per-share price paid by other new money purchasers in the equity financing.

 

The Company evaluated the August 8, 2025 amendment and concluded a substantive conversion option was added, which was the Investor Cancellation Right. This right allows investors to convert their debt into equity upon an equity financing. This feature benefits the investors by providing optionality. It does not reduce the debtor’s interest burden, extend time to payment, or otherwise improve the debtor’s financial position. The feature was entirely absent at issuance. Its addition fundamentally changes the character of the instrument from pure debt to debt with an equity conversion pathway. Given at the time of the amendment , the Company was closing it’s B-3 preferred round, it was determined the cancellation right is a substantive conversion option and under ASC 470-50-40-10, the modification is treated as an extinguishment.

 

The carrying value of the 2025 Notes was $4,176,510 as of March 31, 2025. The principal payment of $4,176,510 is due on December 31, 2025.

 

Interest expense recognized on the convertible notes and promissory notes, including amortization of debt discount, was $974,295 and $2,118,140 for the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

 

2025 Convertible Promissory Notes

 

On March 3, 2026, Matternet issued senior secured convertible promissory notes (the “Bridge Notes”) in an aggregate principal amount of $6,000,000 to accredited investors. The Bridge Notes bear interest at 10% per annum (accruing, payable at maturity), mature on September 3, 2026, and are secured by a first-priority lien on all of Matternet’s assets. The notes contain a mandatory conversion feature triggered upon the closing of a specified transaction and a forgiveness of accrued interest upon conversion. The Bridge Notes also entitle holders to contingently issuable warrants upon certain closing conditions.

 

Upon the closing of a specified transaction (as defined in the Bridge Note agreements), the outstanding principal amount of the Bridge Notes will automatically convert into equity securities of the Company (or a successor entity) at a conversion price equal to 80% of the offering price applicable to such transaction (the “Conversion Price”). Accrued and unpaid interest is forgiven upon conversion and will not be settled in cash or equity. If the specified transaction does not close, the Bridge Notes remain outstanding and are repayable in cash at maturity.

 

The conversion feature is classified as derivative liability and measured at fair value through earnings. See Note 7 — Derivative Liabilities and Note 4 — Fair Value Measurements.

 

Upon the closing of the specified transaction described above, each Bridge Note holder will receive warrants (the “Bridge Warrants”) to purchase a number of shares of common stock equal to 100% of the shares initially issuable upon conversion of such holder’s Bridge Notes, at an exercise price equal to the offering price of the specified transaction, with a five-year term. The Bridge Warrants include price-based weighted average anti-dilution protection, subject to customary exceptions, and customary adjustment provisions. The obligation to issue Bridge Warrants is contingent on closing of the specified transaction and does not give rise to a separately recognized liability as of March 31, 2026.

 

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7. Derivative Liabilities

 

Freestanding Warrants

 

The Company has issued convertible promissory notes and freestanding warrants in connection with several financing transactions. Certain of these instruments are required to be classified and measured as derivative liabilities under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. All derivatives are classified as current or non-current liabilities based on the anticipated settlement date and are remeasured at fair value at each balance sheet date, with changes in fair value recognized in the statement of operations.

 

The Company has issued four series of freestanding warrants in connection with its note financing arrangements, each classified as a derivative liability and measured at fair value at each reporting date, with changes recognized in the statement of operations.

 

In connection with the July 2023 NPA), the Company issued Change of Control warrants (“CoC Warrants”) to noteholders. The number of shares issuable under each CoC Warrant was variable, determined by a formula based on the implied equity value of the Company upon a Change of Control, causing the warrants to fail the fixed-for-fixed test under ASC 815-40-15. The initial fair value of the CoC Warrants recorded as a discount to the note was $71,822. The CoC Warrants expired on January 31, 2025 without being exercised, and the related derivative liabilities were derecognized with a corresponding gain recognized in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025.

 

Concurrently with the July 2023 NPA notes, the Company issued Conversion Financing warrants (the “CW-Series Warrants”) to each noteholder. Each CW-Series Warrant entitled the holder to receive shares of common stock upon a Qualified Financing, with the number of shares determined by dividing a fixed dollar amount by the Qualified Financing share price — a variable quantity contingent on a future financing event. The variable share count caused these warrants to fail the fixed-for-fixed test under ASC 815-40-15, requiring derivative liability classification from inception. The initial fair value of the CW-Series Warrants recorded as a discount to the note was $641,592. On September 2, 2025, upon conversion of the July 2023 NPA notes into Preferred Stock, the CW-Series Warrants were net exercised into common stock shares and the related warrant liabilities were derecognized with reclassification to additional paid-in capital.

 

On July 18, 2025, in connection with the July 2025 Omnibus Amendment to the July 2024 NPA, the Company issued additional warrants (the “Conversion Warrants”) to noteholders as consideration for the amendment. Each warrant entitles the holder to receive shares of common stock equal to 50% of the holder’s outstanding principle divided by the price per share in a future Qualified Financing, at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The variable share count requires derivative liability classification under ASC 815-40-15, consistent with the CW-Series Warrants. The initial fair value of the Conversion Warrants recorded as a discount to the note was $152,121. These warrants were net exercised on September 2, 2025 concurrently with the note conversion, and the related warrant liabilities were derecognized with reclassification to additional paid-in capital.

 

In connection with the January 3, 2025 Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “January 2025 NPA”), the Company issued freestanding warrants (the “Financing Warrants”) to noteholders across multiple closings from January through August 2025, with aggregate notes of approximately $4.2 million issued. Each Financing Warrant entitles the holder to receive shares of common stock with a value equal to a specified multiple of the holder’s note principal, determined based on the price per share in a future Qualified Financing, at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The variable share count causes these warrants to fail the fixed-for-fixed test under ASC 815-40-15, requiring derivative liability classification. The initial fair value of the Financing Warrants recorded as a discount to the note was $95,291. The fair value at each closing was recognized as a debt discount on the related promissory notes. As of September 30, 2025, the Financing Warrants remain outstanding and are carried at fair value.

 

The fair value measurements of the Company’s freestanding warrants, including the valuation methodology, significant unobservable inputs, and Level 3 roll-forward, are disclosed in Note 4— Fair Value Measurements.

 

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Embedded Derivative Liabilities

 

The Company’s convertible promissory notes issued under the July 2023 NPA and June 2024 NPA contained embedded conversion features that required bifurcation as derivative liabilities under ASC 815-15. Each conversion feature functioned as a share-settled redemption feature — the holder received a variable number of shares with an aggregate value in excess of principal, which meets the definition of a derivative. Each bifurcated derivative was recognized at fair value at issuance, with the residual proceeds allocated to the debt host at amortized cost, and remeasured at fair value at each reporting date with changes recognized in the statement of operations.

 

The July 2023 NPA notes bore interest at 8% per annum and provided for conversion into Preferred Stock upon a Qualified Financing, Non-Qualified Financing, Change of Control, or IPO. The conversion price was the lesser of (i) 80% of the lowest price per share in the applicable financing (a 20% discount) or (ii) $100,000,000 divided by the Fully Diluted Capitalization immediately prior to such financing. The variable conversion price and resulting variable share count require bifurcation of the conversion feature as a derivative liability under ASC 815-15.

 

On July 28, 2025, the Qualified Financing threshold was reduced from $20.0 million to $1.0 million as part of the July 2025 Omnibus Amendment, which affected the fair value of the embedded derivative but did not change the bifurcation conclusion. On September 2, 2025, the notes converted into Shadow Preferred Stock in connection with a Qualified Financing, and the embedded derivative liability was derecognized with reclassification to additional paid-in capital.

 

The June 2024 NPA notes bear interest at 8% per annum, mature June 14, 2027, and provide for conversion into Shadow Preferred Stock upon a Qualified Financing, Non-Qualified Financing, Change of Control, or IPO. The conversion price is the lesser of (i) 85% of the lowest price per share in the applicable financing (a 15% discount) or (ii) $125,000,000 divided by the Fully Diluted Capitalization immediately prior to such financing. Consistent with the July 2023 NPA analysis, the variable conversion price required bifurcation of the conversion feature as a derivative liability under ASC 815-15.

 

In connection with the Bridge Notes issued in March 3, 2026, a conversion feature exists that will automatically convert into equity securities of the Company (or a successor entity) at a conversion price equal to 80% of the offering price applicable to such transaction. Accrued and unpaid interest is forgiven upon conversion and will not be settled in cash or equity. The mandatory conversion feature and the associated 20% discount to the transaction offering price represent an embedded derivative that is not clearly and closely related to the debt host instrument and requires bifurcation under ASC 815-15.

 

The fair value measurements of the Company’s derivative liabilities, including the valuation methodology, significant unobservable inputs, and Level 3 roll-forward, are disclosed in Note 4— Fair Value Measurements.

 

8. Stock-based Compensation

 

Stock-based compensation expense is classified based on the cost center to which the award holder belongs. The remaining shares available for issuance under the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan was 1,754,852 as of March 31, 2026. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense in the consolidated statements of operations as follows (in thousands):

 

   Six Months Ended 
   March 31, 
   2026   2025 
Research and development  $95,704   $117,929 
General and administrative   353,668    243,830 
Total stock-based compensation expense  $449,372   $361,759 
           

 

Stock-based compensation expense for stock options of $449,372 and $361,759 for the six months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock option awards amounted to approximately $1,454,969 as of March 31, 2026, which will be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.16 years.

 

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A summary of information related to stock options for the six months ended March 31, 2026 is as follows:

 

   Options   Weighted Average Exercise Price   Intrinsic Value 
Outstanding as of September 30, 2025   4,514,863   $1.37      
Granted   838,000    1.97      
Exercised   (25)   1.08   $70 
Forfeited/expired   (93,352)   1.40      
Outstanding as of March 31, 2026   5,259,486    1.47   $12,586,779 
                
Exercisable as of March 31, 2026   3,686,131   $1.41   $9,046,741 
Exercisable and expected to vest at March 31, 2026   5,259,486   $1.47   $12,586,779 

 

As of March 31, 2026, the weighted average duration to expiration of outstanding options was 6.68 years.

 

9. Convertible Preferred Stock

 

All series of the Company’s redeemable convertible preferred stock are classified as mezzanine (temporary) equity pursuant to ASC 480-10-S99, as redemption is contingent upon deemed liquidation events that are outside the Company’s control. No accretion has been recorded as redemption is not probable.

 

On September 2, 2025, the Company entered into a Series B-3 Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the “Series B-3 financing”) which involved the issuance of three classes of preferred stock (Series B-3, Series B-4, and Series B-5), Non-Voting Common Stock warrants (see Note 10), and the conversion of previously outstanding convertible promissory notes (See Note 6). The financing involved 3 components: 1) issuance of B-3 preferred stock which resulted in proceeds of $1,339,478; 2) issuance of Series B-4 preferred stock through the conversion of the 2023 convertible notes of $9,191,035; 3) issuance of Series B-5 preferred stock through the conversion of the 2024 convertible notes of $2,119,835. As part of the Series B-3 financing, an entity affiliated with a member of the Company’s Board of Directors invested $744,999 in the offering.

 

In connection with the financing, the Company amended its certificate of incorporation to include a pay-to-play provision. Holders of existing preferred stock who did not participate in the financing were automatically converted into non-voting common stock at a 15:1 ratio. The Company determined this provision was substantive for non-participating holders and accounted for the conversion as an extinguishment. For participating holders, the modification was not substantive. For participating holders whose preferred stock was not converted, the Company determined that the modification did not result in a substantive change because the pay-to-play condition was satisfied and is now moot for these holders. On November 1, 2025, certain holders of the Series Seed through Series B-2 converted their convertible preferred shares to non-voting common stock at a 15:1 ratio. See statement of stockholders deficit.

 

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During the six months ended March 31, 2026, in connection with the Series B-3 financing, the Company issued an additional 701,349 shares of Series B-3 preferred stock which resulted in proceeds of $3,899,698, net of debt issuance costs. Of the aggregate $3,899,698 investment, approximately $2,140,992 related to investments made by parties determined to be related parties.

 

As of March 31, 2026, preferred stock was made up of the following:

 

Series  Original Issue Price   Liquidation Preference/Share  Shares Authorized   Shares Issued and Outstanding   Carrying Value   Common Stock Issuance Upon Conversion   Liquidation Preference 
Series Seed   2.62   2.62   2,500,435    615,092   $1,525,824    615,092   $1,616,887 
Series A   3.40   3.40   4,883,780    139,679    265,935    139,679    475,363 
Series A-2   5.33   5.33   1,918,688    398,665    2,124,884    398,665    2,124,884 
Series B-1   8.23   8.23   5,494,038    2,643,172    21,626,220    2,643,172    21,753,306 
Series B-2   9.40   9.40   11,921    4,783    44,960    4,783    44,960 
Series B-3   6.23   6.23   3,206,844    916,106    5,239,129    916,106    5,713,433 
Series B-4   2.68   2.68   3,419,398    3,419,398    30,493,849    3,419,398    9,191,000 
Series B-5   3.83   3.83   551,935    551,935    5,557,908    551,935    2,119,353 
Total           21,987,039    8,688,830   $66,878,709    8,688,830   $43,039,186 

 

Upon a liquidation, dissolution, or deemed liquidation event, each holder receives the greater of (i) the Original Issue Price plus declared but unpaid dividends, or (ii) the as-converted value, with all series ranking pari passu. Dividends are non-cumulative and none have been declared or paid in any period presented. Each share auto-converts into fully-paid, non-assessable shares of Voting Common Stock at the applicable conversion rate being either; (1) Immediately before a qualified IPO in which the Company raises at least $40 million in gross proceeds and its shares are listed on Nasdaq, the NYSE, or another approved exchange; or (2) Upon written request by holders of a majority of the outstanding Preferred Stock (on an as-converted basis), effective at the time specified in the request.

 

10. Equity

 

Common Stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue 39,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share. As of March 31, 2026, 6,322,279 shares were issued and outstanding. Each share of common stock entitles the holder to one vote per share. Holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends if and when declared by the Board of Directors. No dividends were declared or paid during the years ended March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025.

 

Additionally, the Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of common stock which is considered non-voting at $.0001 par value per share. As of March 31, 2026, 736,647 shares were issued and outstanding.

 

Warrants

 

In connection with the September 2, 2025 Series B-3 financing, the Company issued CWNV warrants equal to 33% of Series B-3 shares purchased by each pro rate purchaser at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The warrants expire at the earlier of (a) June 20, 2035; (b) change of control; (c) IPO. There were up to 1,000,000 warrant shares authorized. The warrants were determined to be equity-classified instruments in accordance with ASC 815-40, as they are indexed to the Company’s own stock and meet all equity classification conditions. As of March 31, 2026, 183,546 warrants remained outstanding and unexercised.

 

   CWNV Warrants 
Balance at September 30, 2025   29,357 
Granted   157,025 
Exercised   (2,836)
Balance at March 31, 2026   183,546 

 

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Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock

 

The Company’s Series Seed, Series A, Series B-1, Series B-2, Series B-3, Series B-4, and Series B-5 redeemable convertible preferred stock are classified outside of permanent stockholders’ equity (deficit) on the consolidated balance sheets in accordance with ASC 480-10-S99 and SEC Staff guidance (ASR 268), as the shares are redeemable upon the occurrence of certain deemed liquidation events outside the Company’s control. See Note 9 on Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

11. Commitments and contingencies

 

Lease – Right of Use Asset and Liability

 

The Company leases its facilities, which include office and R&D space, under non-cancelable lease agreements with terms expiring in November 2026. Certain of these arrangements have free rent and escalating rent payment provisions. Under such arrangements, the Company recognizes an ROU asset and lease liability on the consolidated balance sheets. Lease costs are recognized on a straight-line basis over the non-cancelable lease term.

 

The following summarizes the cash flow and noncash information related to the operating leases (in thousands):

 

Total lease expense was $305,652 and $181,958 for the periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

 

   Six Months Ended 
   March 31, 
   2026   2025 
Operating cash flows paid for operating leases  $302,625   $194,408 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations   -    - 
Total rent (lease) expense  $305,652   $181,958 

 

Weighted average lease terms and discount rates were as follows:

 

   As of 
   March 31,   September 30, 
   2026   2025 
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)   0.67    1.17 
Weighted-average discount rate   9.25%   9.25%

 

Other Commitments

 

From time to time, the Company is a party to litigation and subject to claims incidental to its business. Although the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company currently believes that the final outcome of ongoing matters will not have a material adverse effect on its business. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on the Company because of judgment, defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors. At each reporting period, the Company evaluates whether a potential loss amount or a potential range of loss is probable and reasonably estimable, requiring recognition of a loss accrual, or whether the potential loss is reasonably possible, requiring disclosure. Legal fees are expensed as incurred.

 

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12. Segment information

 

An operating segment is a component of the Company that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, including revenues and expenses that relate to transactions with any of the Company’s other components. For reviewing the operational performance of the Company and for the purpose of allocating resources, the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) of the Company, identified as the Chief Executive Officer, reviews the consolidated results as a whole. The CODM considers the Company a single operating and reportable segment, when monitoring operations, making decisions on capital and investment allocations and evaluating performance.

 

The accounting policies of the Segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. Financial information for the Segment is consistent with the financial information presented in these consolidated financial statements. Significant segment expenses that are provided to CODM on a regular basis and are included within reported measure of segment profit or loss are research and development and general and administrative. Other segment items are represented by change in fair value of derivative and warrant liabilities and interest expense.

 

The Statements of Operations for six months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, reflect the significant segment expenses and other segment items, as well as the balance sheets as of March 31, 2026 and 2025, for the one reportable segment.

 

13. Related Party

 

In connection with the January 2025 NPA, the Company issued secured promissory notes and warrants to Emmanuel Raptopoulos in an arms-length transaction during the year ended September 30, 2025. The principal amount of the notes were $726,510 in aggregate with an initial interest rate of 20% and maturity date of December 31, 2025 and have similar terms as the other note holders of the January 2025 NPA. In addition, the warrants issued were the financing warrants as described in Note 6 with similar term as other warrant holders. As of September 30, 2026, the notes were outstanding in full.

 

In connection with the July 2023 NPA, the Company issued convertible notes and warrants to Olympic Investments, Inc. and 5G Ventures S.A., 5% holders, for $1,500,000, which bore interest at 8% per annum and was originally scheduled to mature on July 31, 2025 (See Note 4). The note and warrants had similar terms as the other note holders of the July 2023 NPA. The note and warrant converted to convertible preferred stock on September 2, 2025.

 

Refer to Note 9 for additional information regarding the related party equity investment associated with the Series B-3 financing. 

 

14. Subsequent events

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through May 12, 2026, the date the financial statements were available to be issued, and has not identified events requiring disclosure.

 

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Exhibit 99.3

 

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

On May 22nd, 2026, LAVC, Acquisition Sub and Legacy Matternet entered into the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, on the Closing Date, Acquisition Sub merged with and into Legacy Matternet, with Legacy Matternet continuing as the surviving corporation. As a result of the Merger, Legacy Matternet became our wholly owned subsidiary and will continue its existing business operations. Additionally, we changed our name to Matternet, Inc. and will continue to be a public reporting company.

 

The Merger is being accounted for as a reverse-merger and recapitalization. Matternet is the acquirer for financial reporting purposes, and LAVC is the acquired company under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. Consequently, the assets, liabilities and operations that will be reflected in the historical financial statements prior to the Merger will be those of Matternet and will be recorded at the historical cost basis of Matternet, and the consolidated financial statements after completion of the Merger will include the assets, liabilities and results of operations of Matternet up to the day prior to the closing of the Merger and the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the combined company from and after the closing date of the Merger. The unaudited pro forma combined financial information is based on individual historical financial statements of Matternet and LAVC prepared under U.S. GAAP and is adjusted to give effect to the Merger Agreement.

 

Certain fees associated with the acquisition that were incurred by Matternet and LAVC, such as fees for legal and financial services, are reflected in these unaudited pro forma combined financial statements. The unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations include certain non-recurring charges directly attributable to the Merger and related financing transactions. These charges are not expected to recur beyond twelve months following the closing of the Merger.

 

The unaudited pro forma combined balance sheets as of March 31, 2026 for Matternet and LAVC give effect to the Merger as if it had been consummated on March 31, 2026 and include adjustments that give effect to events that are directly attributable to the transaction and that are factually supportable. The unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the six months ended March 31, 2026 give effect to the Merger as if it had been consummated on October 1, 2025 and include adjustments that give effect to events that are directly attributable to the transaction and that are factually supportable. The unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations for the 12 months ended September 30, 2025 give effect to the Merger as if it had been consummated on October 1, 2024 and include adjustments that give effect to events that are directly attributable to the transaction and that are factually supportable. The notes to the unaudited pro forma combined financial information describe the pro forma amounts and adjustments presented below.

 

The unaudited pro forma combined financial information does not purport to represent what the combined company’s results of operations or financial position would actually have been had the Merger occurred on the dates described above or to project the combined company’s results of operations or financial position for any future date or period.

 

The unaudited pro forma combined financial information should be read together with (1) Matternet’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended September 30, 2025, (2) LAVC’s audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, (3) Matternet’s unaudited consolidated financial statements as of and for the six months ended March 31, 2026, and (4) LAVC’s unaudited consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2026.

 

Matternet has a fiscal year ending September 30 and LAVC has a fiscal year ending December 31, resulting in a difference of 92 days between the two entities’ fiscal year ends. As permitted under Rule 11-02(c)(3) of Regulation S-X, the financial statements of an acquired entity may be presented for a period ending within 93 days of the registrant’s fiscal year end without adjustment. Accordingly, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the twelve months ended September 30, 2025 combines Matternet’s audited results for the twelve months ended September 30, 2025 with LAVC’s audited results for the period ended December 31, 2025. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the six months ended March 31, 2026 combines Matternet’s unaudited results for the six months ended March 31, 2026 with LAVC’s unaudited results for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which represents LAVC’s first fiscal quarter of 2026. The difference between the periods presented does not result in a gap or overlap exceeding 93 days from the annual period previously presented 

 

 

 

Matternet, Inc and Los Altos Venture Corp.

 

Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheets

 

   As of
March 31, 2026
   As of
March 31, 2026
   Pro Forma      Combined 
   Matternet   LAVC   Adjustments   Notes  Pro Forma 
ASSETS                   
Current assets:                   
Cash and cash equivalents  $4,633,636   $13,011   $27,638,320   (e)  $28,950,576 
              (2,106,391)  (f)     
              (1,173,000)  (l)     
              (55,000)  (a)     
Accounts receivable, net   7,420                 7,420 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   625,824         (360,000)  (l)   265,824 
Total current assets   5,266,880    13,011    23,943,929       29,223,820 
Property and equipment, net   968,710                 968,710 
Right-of-use assets, net   482,323                 482,323 
Other non-current assets   92,656                 92,656 
Total assets  $6,810,569   $13,011   $23,943,929      $30,767,509 
                        
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                       
Current liabilities:                       
Accounts payable  $549,473   $7,278           $556,751 
Accrued expenses   894,807         (360,000)   (l)   359,807 
              (175,000)   (l)     
Accrued interest payable   130,038         (130,038)  (h)   - 
Deferred revenue   271,727                 271,727 
Notes payable, net   4,176,510    45,000    (45,000)  (a)   4,176,510 
Convertible debt, net   3,938,834         175,000    (l)   - 
              (4,113,834)  (h)     
Operating lease liability, current   487,367                 487,367 
Warrant liability   1,340,028         4,298,933   (h)   5,638,961 
Derivative liability   2,044,103         (2,044,103)  (i)   - 
Total current liabilities   13,832,887    52,278    (2,394,042)      11,491,123 
Total liabilities   13,832,887    52,278    (2,394,042)      11,491,123 
                        
Redeemable preferred stock (all series)   66,878,708         (66,878,708)  (b)   - 
                        
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):                       
Common stock non voting   74                   
Common stock par value   632    1,000    (1,000)  (a)   4,797 
              1,807   (b)     
              8   (d)     
              (706)  (k)     
              1,538   (k)     
              270   (a)     
              921   (e)     
              2   (j)     
              250   (h)     
Additional paid-in capital   63,913,973         1,000   (a)   162,910,746 
              66,876,901   (b)     
              (40,267)  (c)     
              (832)  (k)     
              249,992   (d)     
              27,637,399   (e)     
              62,498   (j)     
              (2,106,391)  (f)     
              7,499,744   (h)     
              1,145,389   (g)     
              (1,145,389)  (g)     
              (10,000)  (a)     
              (270)  (a)     
              (1,173,000)  (l)     
Accumulated deficit   (137,815,705)   (40,267)   (250,000)  (d)   (143,639,157)
              (62,500)  (j)     
              (5,510,952)  (i)     
              40,267   (c)     
Total stockholders’ equity  $(73,901,026)  $(39,267)  $93,216,679      $19,276,386 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity  $6,810,569   $13,011   $23,943,929      $30,767,509 

 

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Matternet, Inc and Los Altos Venture Corp.

 

Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations

 

   Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2026
   Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2026
   Pro Forma      Pro Forma 
   Matternet   LAVC   Adjustments   Notes  Combined 
Revenues  $134,125                $134,125 
Cost of revenues   193,614                 193,614 
Gross profit (loss)   (59,489)                (59,489)
                        
Operating expenses:                       
Research and development   2,170,843                 2,170,843 
General and administrative   4,253,318    40,267    250,000   (d)   4,606,085 
              62,500   (j)     
Sales and marketing   266,808                 266,808 
Total operating expenses   6,690,969    40,267    312,500       7,043,736 
                        
Loss from operations   (6,750,458)   (40,267)   (312,500)      (7,103,225)
                        
Other income (expense):                       
Interest expense (non-cash)   (296,691)                (296,691)
Interest expense   (677,604)        43,750   (l)   (633,854)
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities   -                 - 
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities   (725,348)                (725,348)
Loss on extinguishment of debt             (5,510,952)  (i)   (5,510,952)
Other income (expense)   1,285,661                 1,285,661 
Total Other income (expense)   (413,982)        (5,467,202)      (5,881,184)
Net loss before income taxes   (7,164,440)   (40,267)   (5,779,702)      (12,984,409)
Income tax provision   3,590                 3,590 
Net loss  $(7,168,030)  $(40,267)  $(5,779,702)     $(12,987,999)
                        
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted  $(0.15)               $(0.27)
Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share   47,968,772                 47,968,772 

 

 

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Matternet, Inc and Los Altos Venture Corp.

 

Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations

 

   Year Ended September 30, 2025   Year Ended December 31, 2025   Pro Forma      Pro Forma 
   Matternet   LAVC   Adjustments   Notes  Combined 
Revenues  $392,739         -      $392,739 
Cost of revenues   597,601         -       597,601 
Gross profit (loss)   (204,862)        -       (204,862)
              -         
Operating expenses:             -         
Research and development   2,998,149         -       2,998,149 
General and administrative   4,718,524    33,623    250,000   (d)   5,064,647 
              62,500   (j)     
Sales and marketing   219,597                 219,597 
Total operating expenses   7,936,270    33,623    312,500       8,282,393 
                        
Loss from operations   (8,141,132)   (33,623)   (312,500)      (8,487,255)
                        
Other income (expense):                       
Interest expense (non-cash)   (4,643,165)                (4,643,165)
Interest expense   (1,070,461)                (1,070,461)
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities   (19,026,448)                (19,026,448)
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities   (365,162)                (365,162)
Gain on settlement   1,572,565                 1,572,565 
Other income   695,704                 695,704 
Total other expense   (22,836,967)                (22,836,967)
Net loss before income taxes   (30,978,099)   (33,623)   (312,500)      (31,324,222)
Income tax provision   8,492                 8,492 
Net loss  $(30,986,591)  $(33,623)  $(312,500)     $(31,332,714)
                        
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted  $(0.65)               $(0.65)
Weighted-average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share   47,968,772                 47,968,772 

 

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Matternet, Inc and Los Altos Venture Corp.

 

Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Statements

 

Pro Forma Adjustments

 

a)To record the cancellation of LAVC common stock that are cancelled immediately prior to the Effective Time. Simultaneously with the closing of the Merger, the $45,000 note payable to a stockholder of LAVC was repaid in full from merger proceeds pursuant to the terms of the promissory note, which provided for automatic acceleration upon consummation of a business combination or reverse takeover transaction.

 

b)To record the conversion of the convertible preferred stock of Matternet into shares of our common stock upon the Merger.

 

c)To eliminate the historical accumulated deficit of LAVC upon consummation of the Merger.

 

d)To record 83,333 shares of Parent Common Stock issued in connection with referral services provided in arranging the merger transaction.

 

e)To reflect the gross proceeds from the related private placement of 9,212,773 shares of Parent Common Stock for $27,638,320.

 

f)To record cash commissions paid to the placement agent in connection with the private placement at 4% - 8% of gross proceeds from qualifying investors.

 

g)To record the fair value of placement agent warrants calculated at 8% of total shares issued from the private placement, which equals 666,089 warrants.

 

h)To record the conversion of the Bridge Notes (net of unamortized discount and issuance costs) into common shares.

 

i)To reduce the embedded conversion feature of the Bridge Notes at time of conversion.

 

j)To record 20,833 shares of Parent Common Stock issued as legal fees relating to the Bridge Financing.

 

k)To record the additional paid-in capital and common stock adjustments to reflect the common share outstanding at par value of $0.0001 per share after the Merger.

 

l)To reflect transaction-related costs directly attributable to the Bridge Financing and PIPE financing, including legal and professional fees paid to advisors.

 

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