RideNow Group, Inc 8-K, filed Mar 15, 2021
RideNow Group, Inc. (RDNW)
8-K
2021-03-15
For: 2021-03-12
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About this 8-K
RideNow Group, Inc filed this 8-K on March 15, 2021, reporting on events of March 12, 2021.
Items reported
- Item 1.01: Entered into a material agreement
- Item 1.02: Ended a material agreement
- Item 2.03: New debt or off-balance-sheet obligation
- Item 3.02: Unregistered sale of equity
- Item 7.01: Regulation FD disclosure
- Item 8.01: Other events
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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): March 12,
2021
RumbleOn, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
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001-38248
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46-3951329
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification No.)
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901
W. Walnut Hill LaneIrving,
Texas
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75038
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(214) 771-9952
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area
Code)
(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)
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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:
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Title of each class
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Trading Symbol(s)
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Name
of each exchange on which registered
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Common
Stock, $0.001 par value
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RMBL
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The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company
as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR
§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(17 CFR §240.12b-2).
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.
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive
Agreement.
Plan of Merger and Equity Purchase Agreement
On March 12, 2021, RumbleOn, Inc. (the
“Company” or “RumbleOn”) entered into a
Plan of Merger and Equity Purchase Agreement (the
“Agreement”) with RO Merger Sub I, Inc., an Arizona
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company
(“Merger Sub I”), RO Merger Sub II, Inc., an Arizona
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company
(“Merger Sub II”), RO Merger Sub III, Inc., an Arizona
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company
(“Merger Sub III”), RO Merger Sub IV, Inc., an Arizona
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company
(“Merger Sub IV,” and together with Merger Sub I,
Merger Sub II, and Merger Sub III, the “Merger
Subs”), C&W Motors,
Inc., an Arizona corporation, Metro Motorcycle, Inc., an Arizona
corporation, Tucson Motorcycles, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and
Tucson Motorsports, Inc., an Arizona corporation, William Coulter,
an individual (“Coulter”), Mark Tkach, an individual
(“Tkach” and together with Coulter, the
“Principal Owners”), and certain other persons who own
equity interests in the Acquired Companies (as defined in the
Agreement) and execute a Seller
Joinder (as defined in the Agreement) (together with the Principal
Owners, the “Sellers” and each, a
“Seller”), and Tkach, as the representative of the
Sellers (the “Sellers’ Representative”). The
Acquired Companies own and operate powersports retail dealerships
under the RideNow brand which include sales, financing, and parts
and service of new and used motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, scooters, side
by sides, sport bikes, cruisers, watercraft, and other vehicles and
ancillary businesses and activities relating
thereto.
The Agreement provides that, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement, (i) the
Company will acquire all of the equity interests (the “Equity
Purchases”) in the Transferred Entities (as defined in the
Agreement), (ii) Merger Sub I
will merge with and into C&W Motors, Inc., with C&W Motors,
Inc. continuing as a surviving corporation, (iii) Merger Sub II
will merge with and into Metro Motorcycle, Inc., with Metro
Motorcycle, Inc. continuing as a surviving corporation, (iv) Merger
Sub III will merge with and into Tucson Motorcycles, Inc., with
Tucson Motorcycles, Inc. continuing as a surviving corporation, and
(v) Merger Sub IV will merge with and into Tucson Motorsports,
Inc., with Tucson Motorsports, Inc. continuing as a surviving
corporation, in each case under the laws of the State of Arizona
and each as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the
“Mergers”). The Equity Purchases and the Mergers will
result in the acquisition from the Sellers of up to 46 Acquired
Companies (the “Transaction”). The Transaction is
expected to close (the “Closing”) in the second or
third quarter of 2021. Effective as of the Closing, Tkach and
Coulter will become executive officers and directors of the
Company.
The Agreement provides that the Company will
acquire the Acquired Companies in exchange for (i) $400,400,000 in
cash plus or minus any adjustments for net working capital and
closing indebtedness, and (ii) shares of the Company's Class B
Common Stock having a value of $175,000,000 (the “Closing
Payment Shares”), valued equally, on a per share basis, based
upon the lowest value of (A) $30.00; (B) the VWAP of the Company's
Class B Common Stock for the twenty (20) trading days immediately
preceding the Closing, and (C) the value on a per share basis paid
for the Class B Common Stock or any shares underlying securities
convertible into or exercisable for Class B Common Stock by any
person which purchases Class B Common Stock or any shares
underlying securities convertible into or exercisable for Class B
Common Stock from the Company from the date of the Agreement until
the Closing not including purchases of Class B Common Stock
underlying currently outstanding options, warrants, convertible
notes, or other derivative securities. Ten percent (10%) of the
Closing Payment Shares will be escrowed at Closing and will be
released pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.
The Company will finance the cash
consideration through a combination of approximately $280,000,000
of debt provided by the Initial Lender (as defined below) and
through the issuance of new equity for the remainder
thereof.
Each of the Company, the Merger Subs, and the
Sellers has provided customary representations, warranties and
covenants in the Agreement. The completion of the Transaction is
subject to various closing conditions, including (a) the making of
all filings and other notifications required to be made under any
Antitrust Law (as defined in the Agreement) for the consummation of the Transaction, the
expiration or termination of all waiting periods relating thereto,
and the receipt of all clearances, authorizations, actions,
non-actions, or other consents required from a governmental
authority under any Antitrust Law for the consummation of the
Transaction, (b) performance in all respects by each party of its
covenants and agreements, (c) the Company obtaining stockholder
approval of the Transaction and related matters, (d) the Closing
Payment Shares being approved for listing on Nasdaq, and (e) the
receipt of consent to the Transaction from certain powersports
manufacturers.
Certain
RideNow minority equity holders are not initially parties to the
Agreement and some of such minority holders have rights of first
refusal (“ROFR”) with respect to the RideNow entity in
which they own a stake. If any of these equity holders either
decide not to sell their interests to the Company or to exercise
their ROFR, RumbleOn will not be able to acquire all of the Equity
Interests of the Acquired Companies, or in certain cases any
interests in an Acquired Company, and the consideration payable
therefor in the Transaction will be correspondingly reduced.
RideNow anticipates that all minority owners will participate in
the Transaction and that no minority owners will exercise their
ROFR, but there is no assurance this will occur.
The
Agreement contains certain termination rights for both the Company
and the Sellers' Representative. Both the Company and the Sellers'
Representative have the right to terminate the Agreement if the
Closing does not occur on or before June 30, 2021, subject to
certain rights of the parties to extend the termination date to
July 31, 2021, as set forth in the Agreement.
The
foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by the Agreement a copy
of which is attached to hereto as Exhibit 2.1, and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Commitment Letter
On
March 12, 2021, the Company entered into a commitment letter (the
“Commitment Letter”) with Oaktree Capital Management,
L.P. ( “Oaktree”). The Commitment Letter provides that,
subject to the conditions set forth therein, Oaktree or certain
funds or accounts within its Strategic Credit Strategy (the
“Initial Lender”) commits to provide senior secured
term loan facilities in an aggregate principal amount of up to
$400,000,000 (the “Credit Facility”), comprised of (i)
an initial advance of $280,000,000 to fund the Transaction,
consummate the Refinancing (as defined in the Commitment Letter)
and pay the Transaction costs and (ii) a delayed draw term facility
of up to $120,000,000 to fund permitted acquisitions and similar
investments and related fees and expenses.
The
Credit Facility interest rates will be, at the option of the
Company, (a) Adjusted LIBOR (as defined in the Commitment Letter)
plus 8.25%, of which (i) Adjusted LIBOR plus 7.25% shall be paid in
cash and (ii) 1.00% shall be payable in kind or (b) ABR (as defined
in the Commitment Letter) plus 7.25%, of which (i) ABR plus 6.25%
shall be paid in cash and (ii) 1.00% shall be payable in kind. The
Credit Facility shall mature on the fifth anniversary of the
Closing date of the Transaction (subject to extension with the
consent of only the extending lender).
The
Company and its subsidiaries will grant certain security interests
to the Initial Lender to secure the Credit Facility, subject to
certain exceptions and permitted liens, all to be more fully set
forth in the definitive documentation for the Credit Facility. The
Credit Facility will be subject to prepayment with the proceeds of
certain events including 50% of excess cash flow, 100% of certain
asset sales, 100% of proceeds of certain debt issuances, and 50% of
certain public or private equity financings. The Commitment Letter
provides that the Credit Facility will contain customary
affirmative and negative covenants, and events of default, subject
to certain carve-outs and exceptions as more fully described in the
Commitment Letter.
The
commitment to provide the Credit Facility is subject to certain
conditions, including: the receipt of customary closing documents,
completion of applicable “know your customer” requests
and delivery of documentation related thereto, no material adverse
change, delivery of customary financial reporting, specified
representations and warranties, perfection of certain security
interests, and delivery of customary legal opinions. The Company
will pay certain fees and expenses in connection with obtaining the
Credit Facility.
The
foregoing description of the Commitment Letter and the transactions
contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject
to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the
Commitment Letter, a copy of which is attached to hereto as Exhibit
10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Warrant
In
connection with the Commitment Letter, in lieu of a commitment fee,
the Company has agreed to issue to Oaktree a warrant purchase a
number of shares of Class B Common Stock at an exercise price per
share to be determined either at Closing or at termination of the
Commitment Letter (the “Warrant”). If issued at
Closing, the Warrant will be for that number of shares equal to
$40,000,000 divided by the lowest price per share at which equity
is issued in connection with financing the Transaction, which price
shall also be the exercise price. If issued in connection with a
termination of the Commitment Letter, the Warrant will be issued to
purchase that number of shares equal to five percent (5%) of the
Company's fully diluted market capitalization at the close of
business on the day after a termination of the Commitment Letter is
publicly announced divided by the weighted average price of the
Company's Class B Common Stock for the five days immediately
preceding such date, which price shall also be the exercise price.
The Warrant is immediately exercisable upon the Closing or five
days after the termination of the Commitment Letter and expires
eighteen (18) months after the Closing or termination of the
Commitment Letter.
The
foregoing description of the Warrant is qualified, in its entirety,
by the full text of the Warrant, a copy of which is attached hereto
as Exhibit 4.1, and is incorporated by reference
herein.
Bridge Loan
Also
in connection with the Transaction, on March 12, 2021, the Company
and its subsidiary, NextGen Pro, LLC (“NextGen Pro”),
executed a secured promissory note with BRF Finance Co., LLC
(“BRF Finance”), an affiliate of B. Riley Securities,
Inc., pursuant to which BRF Finance has loaned the Company
$2,500,000 (the “Bridge Loan”). The Bridge Loan matures
on the earlier of September 30, 2021 or upon the issuance of debt
or equity above a threshold. The Bridge Loan is secured by certain
intellectual property assets held by NextGen Pro as set forth in
Exhibit A to the secured promissory note. Interest will accrue on
the Bridge Loan until maturity (by acceleration or otherwise) at a
rate of 12% annually.
The
foregoing description of the Bridge Loan is qualified, in its
entirety, by the full text of the secured promissory note, a copy
of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2, and is incorporated by
reference herein.
Certificate of Amendment and Changes to Incentive Plan
In
contemplation of the Transaction, on March 9, 2021, the Board of
Directors (the "Board") approved, subject to stockholder approval,
(i) an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company to
increase the number of shares of authorized Class B Common Stock to
100,000,000 (the “Certificate of Amendment”), and (ii)
an amendment to the RumbleOn, Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (the
“Incentive Plan”) to increase the authorized shares of
Class B Common Stock available under the Incentive Plan from
700,000 shares to 2,700,000 shares and extend the term of the
Incentive Plan for an additional ten years.
Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement
In
connection with the Transaction, on March 12, 2021, the Company
entered into a registration rights and lock-up agreement, by and
among the Company and certain equity holders of the Acquired
Companies (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (i) the Company
agreed to file a resale registration statement for the Registrable
Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) no
later than thirty (30) days following the Closing, and to use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause it to become effective as
promptly as practicable following such filing, (ii) the equity
holders were granted certain piggyback registration rights with
respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the Closing,
and (iii) the Lock-Up Holders (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) agreed, subject to certain customary exceptions,
not to sell, transfer or dispose of any Company common stock for a
period of one hundred and eighty (180) days from the
Closing.
The
foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not
purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the
terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is
attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3, and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive
Agreement.
On
March 12, 2021, Marshall Chesrown and Steven Berrard terminated the
Amended and Restated Stockholders’ Agreement by and among the
Company, Mr. Chesrown, Mr. Berrard, Berrard Holdings Limited
Partnership, and the other stockholders listed thereto, dated as of
February 8, 2017, as amended.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an
Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a
Registrant.
The
disclosure included in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity
Securities.
The
disclosure included in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by
reference. The issuances of shares of the Company's Class B Common
Stock in the Transaction and the Warrant (including the underlying
Class B Common Stock) in Item 1.01 above will be exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), in accordance with Section
4(a)(2) and Regulation D, Rule 506 thereunder, as transactions by
an issuer not involving a public offering.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
Attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated into this
Item 7.01 by reference are the investor presentation and
corresponding script, respectively, that will be used by the
Company and RideNow in making presentations to certain existing
stockholders of the Company and other persons with respect to the
Transaction.
Attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by
reference is the transcript from a pre-recorded introductory video
by the Company.
The
information in this Item 7.01 (including Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and
99.3) is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be filed for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise be subject
to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act,
or the Exchange Act.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On
March 15, 2021, the Company and RideNow issued a joint press
release announcing the signing of the Agreement. A copy of the
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.4, and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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2.1*
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Plan of
Merger and Equity Purchase Agreement, dated March 12,
2021.
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Warrant,
dated March 12, 2021
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Commitment
Letter, dated March 12, 2021
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Secured
Promissory Note, dated March 12, 2021
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Registration
Rights and Lock-Up Agreement, dated March 12,
2021
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99.1**
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Investor
Presentation, dated March 2021
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99.2**
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Investor
Presentation Script, dated March 15, 2021
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99.3**
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Transcript
of Recorded Introductory Video, dated March 15, 2021
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Press
release, dated March 15, 2021
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Schedules have been
omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The
registrant hereby undertakes to furnish copies of any of the
omitted schedules upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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Furnished but not
filed.
Additional Information about the Transaction and Where to Find
It
In
connection with the Transaction, RumbleOn intends to file relevant
materials with the SEC, including a preliminary proxy statement,
and when available, a definitive proxy statement. Promptly after
filing its definitive proxy statement with the SEC, RumbleOn will
mail the definitive proxy statement and a proxy card to each
RumbleOn stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting of
stockholders relating to the Transaction. INVESTORS AND
STOCKHOLDERS OF RUMBLEON ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS
(INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER
RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTION THAT RUMBLEON
WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL
CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT RUMBLEON, RIDENOW, AND THE
TRANSACTION. The definitive proxy statement, the preliminary proxy
statement, and other relevant materials in connection with the
Transaction (when they become available), and any other documents
filed by RumbleOn with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at
the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov) or by visiting RumbleOn's
investor relations section at www.rumbleon.com. The information
contained on, or that may be accessed through, the websites
referenced in this report is not incorporated by reference into,
and is not a part of, this report.
Participants in the Solicitation
RumbleOn
and its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants
in the solicitation of proxies from RumbleOn’s stockholders
with respect to the Transaction. A list of the names of those
directors and executive officers and a description of their
interests in RumbleOn will be included in the proxy statement for
the proposed business combination and will be available at
www.sec.gov. Additional information regarding the interests of such
participants will be contained in the proxy statement relating to
the Transaction when available. Information about RumbleOn’s
directors and executive officers and their ownership of
RumbleOn’s common stock is set forth in RumbleOn’s
definitive proxy statement for its 2020 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders filed with the SEC on July 29, 2020. Other information
regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy
solicitation will be included in the proxy statement relating to
the Transaction when it becomes available. These documents can be
obtained free of charge from the sources indicated
above.
RideNow
and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders
of RumbleOn in connection with the Transaction. A list of the names
of such directors and executive officers and information regarding
their interests in the proposed business combination will be
included in the proxy statement relating to the
Transaction.
No Offer or Solicitation
This
report does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or
approval, by RumbleOn, nor shall there be any sale of the
securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful before the registration or qualification under
the securities laws of such state. Any offering of the securities
will only be by means of a statutory prospectus meeting the
requirements of the rules and regulations of the SEC and applicable
law.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain
statements made in this report are “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the “safe
harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by
the use of words such as “target,”
“believe,” “expect,” “will,”
“shall,” “may,” “anticipate,”
“estimate,” “would,”
“positioned,” “future,”
“forecast,” “intend,” “plan,”
“project,” “outlook”, and other similar
expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or
that are not statements of historical matters. Examples of
forward-looking statements include, among others, statements made
in this report regarding the Transaction, including the benefits of
the Transaction, revenue opportunities, anticipated future
financial and operating performance, and results, including
estimates for growth, and the expected timing of the Transaction.
Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor
assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on
management’s current beliefs, expectations, and assumptions.
Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are
subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in
circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are
outside of RumbleOn's control. Actual results and outcomes may
differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking
statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these
forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause
actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those
indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others,
the following: (1) the occurrence of any event, change, or other
circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the
Transaction; (2) the failure to obtain debt and equity financing
required to complete the Transaction; (3) failure to obtain the OEM
approvals; (4) the inability to complete the Transaction, including
due to failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of RumbleOn,
certain regulatory approvals, or satisfy other conditions to
closing in the Agreement; (5) the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on
RumbleOn's business and/or the ability of the parties to complete
the Transaction; (6) the risk that the Transaction disrupts current
plans and operations as a result of the announcement and
consummation of the Transaction; (7) the ability to recognize the
anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which
may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of
management to integrate the combined company's business and
operation, and the ability of the parties to retain its key
employees; (8) costs related to the Transaction; (9) changes in
applicable laws or regulations; (10) risks relating to the
uncertainty of the proforma projected financial information with
respect to the combined company; and (11) other risks and
uncertainties indicated from time to time in the preliminary and
definitive proxy statements to be filed with the SEC relating to
the Transaction, including those under “Risk Factors”
therein, and in RumbleOn's other filings with the SEC. RumbleOn
cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive.
RumbleOn cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made.
RumbleOn does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking
to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking
statements to reflect any change in their expectations or any
change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such
statement is based, whether as a result of new information, future
events, or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law.
Neither RumbleOn nor RideNow gives any assurance that after the
Transaction the combined company will achieve its
expectations.
Without
limiting the foregoing, the inclusion of the financial projections
in this report should not be regarded as an indication that
RumbleOn considered, or now considers, them to be a reliable
prediction of the future results. The financial projections were
not prepared with a view towards public disclosure or with a view
to complying with the published guidelines of the SEC, the
guidelines established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants with respect to prospective financial
information, or with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Neither RumbleOn’s independent auditors, nor any other
independent accountants, have compiled, examined or performed any
procedures with respect to the financial projections, nor have they
expressed any opinion or any other form of assurance on such
information or its achievability. Although the financial
projections were prepared based on assumptions and estimates that
RumbleOn’s management believes are reasonable, RumbleOn
provides no assurance that the assumptions made in preparing the
financial projections will prove accurate or that actual results
will be consistent with these financial projections. Projections of
this type involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not
be read as guarantees of future performance or results and will not
necessarily be accurate indicators of whether or not such results
will be achieved.
SIGNATURES
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.
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RUMBLEON, INC.
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Date:
March 15, 2021
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By:
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/s/
Steven R. Berrard
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Steven
R. Berrard
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Exhibit 2.1
PLAN OF MERGER AND
EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT
dated
March 12, 2021
by and
among
RumbleOn, Inc., a Nevada corporation
as the
Purchaser,
Merger Sub I, Inc., Merger Sub II, Inc., Merger Sub III, Inc., and
Merger Sub IV, Inc.
as
Merger Subs,
C&W
Motors, Inc., Metro Motorcycle, Inc., Tucson Motorcycles, Inc., and
Tucson Motorsports, Inc.,
as the
Merged Entities,
William Coulter and Mark Tkach,
as the
Principal Owners,
and
together with parties joining herein,
as the
Sellers,
and Mark Tkach,
as the
Sellers’ Representative
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PLAN OF MERGER AND EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This
PLAN OF MERGER AND
EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(the “Agreement”), dated as of
March 12, 2021, by and among RumbleOn, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the “Purchaser”), RO Merger
Sub I, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
Purchaser (“Merger
Sub I”), RO Merger Sub II, Inc., an Arizona
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser
(“Merger Sub
II”), RO Merger Sub III, Inc., an Arizona corporation
and wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (“Merger Sub III”), RO
Merger Sub IV, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of Purchaser (“Merger Sub IV” and
together with Merger Sub I, Merger Sub II, and Merger Sub III, the
“Merger
Subs”), C&W Motors, Inc., an Arizona corporation,
Metro Motorcycle, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Tucson Motorcycles,
Inc., an Arizona corporation, and Tucson Motorsports, Inc., an
Arizona corporation, William Coulter, an individual
(“Coulter”), Mark Tkach, an
individual (“Tkach” and together with
Coulter, the “Principal Owners”), and
each other Person who owns an Equity Interest (as defined below) in
any Transferred Entity (as defined below) and executes a Seller
Joinder (as defined below) (together with the Principal Owners, the
“Sellers” and each, a
“Seller”), and Mark Tkach,
as the representative of the Sellers (the “Sellers’
Representative”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
A. As of the date
hereof, the Sellers own all or such portion of the issued and
outstanding (i) Equity Interests (collectively, the
“Transferred Equity
Interests”) of the Persons listed on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto (which
Schedule 1.1(a)
shall also list the Equity Interests owned by each Seller therein
as a percentage of all Equity Interests of such Person)
(collectively, the “Transferred Entities” and
the Transferred Entities together with the direct and indirect
Subsidiaries of the Transferred Entities, the “Purchased Companies”) and
(ii) Equity Interests of the Persons listed on Schedule 1.1(b) hereto (which
Schedule 1.1(b)
shall also list the Equity Interests owned by each Seller therein
as a percentage of all Equity Interests of such Person)
(collectively, the “Merged Entities” and
together with the Purchased Companies and the direct and indirect
Subsidiaries of the Merged Entities, the “Acquired
Companies”);
B. The Acquired
Companies are in the business of the ownership and operation of
PowerSports retail dealerships involving sales, financing, and
parts and service of new and used motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs,
scooters, side by sides, sport bikes, cruisers, watercraft, and
other vehicles and ancillary businesses and activities relating
thereto (the “Business”);
C. At the Closing,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the
Sellers will sell and transfer to the Purchaser the Transferred
Equity Interests, and the Purchaser will purchase and acquire from
the Sellers the Transferred Equity Interests;
D. Purchaser provides
a motor vehicle dealer and e-commerce platform utilizing technology
to aggregate, process, and distribute inventory and facilitate
transactions among dealers and consumers to buy, sell, trade,
finance, and transport pre-owned vehicles;
E. The Merger Subs
were formed solely for purposes of consummating the Mergers as set
forth herein;
F. At the Closing,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement (i)
Merger Sub I will merge with and into C&W Motors, Inc., with
C&W Motors, Inc. continuing as a surviving corporation, (ii)
Merger Sub II will merge with and into Metro Motorcycle, with Metro
Motorcycle, Inc. continuing as a surviving corporation, (iii)
Merger Sub III will merge with and into Tucson Motorcycles, with
Tucson Motorcycles continuing as a surviving corporation, and (iv)
Merger Sub IV will merge with and into Tucson Motorsports, with
Tucson Motorsports, Inc. continuing as a surviving corporation, in
each case under the laws of the State of Arizona and each as a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Purchaser;
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G. The Board of
Directors of the Purchaser, having determined that the Transactions
are fair and advisable to, and in the best interests of Purchaser
and its stockholders, has determined to recommend that the
stockholders of the Purchaser adopt, authorize and approve this
Agreement and the Transactions;
H. As a material
inducement to the Purchaser to enter into this Agreement and
consummate the Transactions, prior to closing (i) Coulter and Tkach
will enter into an Employment Agreement (as defined below) and (ii)
each of the Key Employees (other than the Principal Owners) will
enter into an Employment Agreement, in each case, with each such
Employment Agreement to take effect only upon the Closing;
and
I. As a material
inducement to the Purchaser to enter into this Agreement and
consummate the Transactions, simultaneously with the execution of
this Agreement or a Seller Joinder, as applicable, the Purchaser
and each of the Sellers (the “Voting Parties”) have
entered into a Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement set forth
on Exhibit E, with
such Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement to each take effect
only upon the Closing.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I.
The
following terms, as used herein, have the following
meanings:
1.1 “2020 Annual Financial
Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5.
1.2 “2020 Tax Acts” means The
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Pub. L. 116-127), The
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub. L.
116-136), and any Law, U.S. executive order or Presidential
Memorandum and includes any Treasury Regulations or other official
guidance promulgated with respect to the foregoing relating to the
deferral of any Tax liabilities (including withholding Taxes), U.S.
federal payroll taxes, indebtedness or other amounts or Liabilities
for or allocable to any taxable period ending on or prior to the
Closing Date the payment of which is deferred, on or prior to the
Closing Date, to a taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning
after the Closing Date, related to, or in response to the economic
or other effects of, COVID-19.
1.3 “Acquired Companies” has
the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement, provided
that, at the Closing, the Acquired Companies shall exclude any
Excluded Company.
1.4 “Action” means any action,
suit, arbitration, litigation, complaint, citation, summons,
subpoena, charge, claim, demand, investigation, hearing or
proceeding of any nature (in each case, whether civil, criminal,
administrative, regulatory or otherwise), whether at law or in
equity, including any audit, claim or assessment for Taxes or
otherwise.
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1.5 “Additional Agreements”
means the Voting Agreement, the Registration Rights and Lock-Up
Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Employment Agreements, and
each other agreement, document, instrument and/or certificate
contemplated by this Agreement to be executed in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby.
1.6 “Additional Purchaser
Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(b).
1.7 “Adjustment Escrow Amount”
means $5,000,000.
1.8 “Affiliate” means, with
respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with such
Person.
1.9 “Agreed PPP Forgiveness
Amount” means the aggregate amount of those certain
loans made to one or more of the Acquired Companies pursuant to the
Paycheck Protection Program which amount is expected to be forgiven
before the Closing Date.
1.10 “Agreement”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
1.11 “Alternative
Proposal” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.9.
1.12 “Alternative
Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.9.
1.13 “Annual
Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in
Section
7.5.
1.14 “Antitrust
Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(b).
1.15 “AERA”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(i).
1.16 “ARS”
means the Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 10, as amended from time
to time.
1.17 “Assignment
Agreement” means the (1) Assignment Agreement between
C&W Motors, Inc., on the one hand, and Chilton Properties LLC,
on the other hand and (2) Assignment Agreement between C&W
Motors, Inc., on the one hand, and RideNow Management LLLP, on the
other hand, in each case, executed and delivered on or before the
date hereof.
1.18 “Authority”
means any governmental, quasi-governmental, regulatory or
administrative body, agency, commission or authority, any court or
judicial authority, any arbitrator, or any public, private or
industry regulatory authority, whether international, national,
Federal, state, or local, including any national securities
exchange or national quotation system.
1.19 “Balance
Sheet” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(a).
1.20 “Balance
Sheet Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12(a).
1.21 “Base
Cash Consideration” means $400,400,000, as may be
reduced pursuant to Section 3.2.
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1.22 “Books
and Records” means all books and records, ledgers,
employee records, customer lists, files, correspondence, and other
records of every kind (whether written, electronic, or otherwise
embodied) owned or used by a Person or in which a Person’s
assets, the business or its transactions are otherwise
reflected.
1.23 “Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or a
legal holiday on which commercial banking institutions in New York,
New York are authorized to close for business.
1.24 “Cap”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(b).
1.25 “Cash
Consideration” means (i) the Base Cash Consideration,
plus/minus (ii) the Net Working Capital Adjustment, plus/minus
(iii) the Closing Indebtedness Adjustment, minus (iv) the
Adjustment Escrow Amount.
1.26 “Certificate
of Incorporation” means the Purchaser’s
Certificate of Incorporation dated October 24, 2013, as amended by
that certain Certificate of Amendment filed February 13, 2017, that
certain Certificate of Amendment filed June 25, 2018, that certain
Certificate of Designation filed October 25, 2018, that certain
Certificate of Correction filed October 25, 2018, that certain
Certificate of Change filed May 18, 2020, and that certain
Certificate of Correction filed September 17, 2020.
1.27 “Certificate
of Merger” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).
1.28 “Change
in Control Payments” means all change in control,
transaction, retention and similar bonuses or payments, paid or
payable by the Acquired Companies to any current or former
directors, managers, officers, employees, or other Persons as a
result of the Closing of the Transactions or the execution of this
Agreement, including any deferred compensation, in each instance,
plus the employer portion of any employment Taxes due in connection
with any such payments, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt,
severance payments relating to a termination of employment
following the Closing.
1.29 “Closing”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
1.30 “Closing
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
1.31 “Closing
Form 8-K” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(b).
1.32 “Closing
Indebtedness” means, as of immediately prior to
Closing, (i) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Acquired
Companies.
1.33 “Closing
Indebtedness Adjustment” means (i) the amount by which
the Closing Indebtedness exceeds the Target Closing Indebtedness,
which will result in a dollar-for-dollar decrease to the Cash
Consideration, (ii) the amount by which the Closing Indebtedness is
less than the Target Company Indebtedness, which will result in a
dollar-for-dollar increase in the Cash Consideration or (iii) $0,
in the event that the Closing Indebtedness does not exceed the
Target Closing Indebtedness and is not less than the Target Closing
Indebtedness.
1.34 “Closing
NWC” means the Net Working Capital of the Acquired
Companies as of immediately prior to the Closing.
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1.35 “Closing
Payment Shares” means (i) a total number of shares of
Purchaser Class B Common Stock equal to a value of $175,000,000,
valued equally, on a per share basis, based upon the lowest value
of: (A) $30.00; (B) the VWAP of the Purchaser Class B Common Stock
for the twenty (20) trading days immediately preceding the Closing
Date; and (C) the value on a per share basis paid for the Class B
Common Stock or any shares underlying securities convertible into
or exercisable for Class B Common Stock by any Person which
purchases Class B Common Stock or any shares underlying securities
convertible into or exercisable for Class B Common Stock from the
Purchaser from the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date,
not including purchases of Class B Common Stock underlying
currently outstanding options, warrants, convertible notes, or
other derivative securities, minus (ii) Escrow Shares which Escrow
Shares shall be retained solely from the consideration payable to
the Principal Owners.
1.36 “Closing
Per Share Merger Consideration” means for each
applicable Merged Entity (a) the Estimated Cash Consideration and
the number of Closing Payment Shares attributable to such entity,
divided by (b) the aggregate number of shares of common stock of
such Merged Entity outstanding as of immediately prior to the
Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, the portion of the
Closing Payment Shares that are retained as Escrow Shares shall be
retained solely from consideration payable to the Principal
Owners.
1.37 “Closing
Press Release” has the meaning set forth in
Section
8.6(b).
1.38 “COBRA”
means collectively, the requirements of Sections 601 through 606 of
ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code.
1.39 “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.40 “Company
Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in
Section
4.12(a).
1.41 “Company
Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(d).
1.42 “Company
Intellectual Property” has the meaning set forth in
Section
4.21(a).
1.43 “Company
Owned Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual
Property Rights owned or purported to be owned by the Acquired
Companies, including any Intellectual Property Rights assigned to,
or acquired by, any Acquired Company prior to Closing pursuant to
the Assignment Agreement.
1.44 “Confidential
Information” means any information that one Party
discloses, directly or indirectly, to another Party, whether
embodied in tangible form or disclosed visually or orally and
whether or not designated as “confidential” or
“proprietary” or by some similar designation, relating
to the prior, current or prospective business of the disclosing
Party, including, without limitation, business models, business
opportunities, business plans, financial information, market
research, marketing plans, pricing and cost data, customers,
suppliers, employees, contractors, ideas, improvements, products
and product plans, technologies, research activities and results,
and any other information that should be reasonably understood by
the receiving Party to be the confidential or proprietary
information of the disclosing Party. Confidential Information shall
not include information (i) that has entered the public domain
through no fault of the receiving Party, (ii) rightfully known by
the receiving Party without obligation of confidentiality to any
third party prior to receipt of same from the disclosing Party,
(iii) independently developed by the receiving Party without using
or referring to any Confidential Information of the disclosing
Party, and (iv) generally made available to the public by the
disclosing Party without obligation of
confidentiality.
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1.45 “Consent”
means any notice, authorization, qualification, registration,
filing, notification, waiver, Permit, Order, consent or approval to
be obtained from, filed with or delivered to, an Authority or other
Person.
1.46 “Contracts”
means all contracts, agreements, indentures, deeds, notes, bonds,
mortgages, leases (including equipment leases, car leases and
capital leases), licenses, guarantees, commitments, arrangements,
undertakings, client contracts, franchise agreements, sales and
purchase orders and similar instruments, oral or written, to which
any Acquired Company is a party or by which any of their respective
assets are bound or subject, and all amendments
thereto.
1.47 “Control”
of a Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by Contract, or otherwise. “Controlled”,
“Controlling” and “under common Control
with” have correlative meanings. Without limiting the
foregoing, a Person (the “Controlled Person”) shall
be deemed Controlled by (a) any other Person (the
“10%
Owner”) (i) owning beneficially, as meant in Rule
13d-3 under the Exchange Act, securities entitling such Person to
cast 10% or more of the votes for election of directors or
equivalent governing authority of the Controlled Person or (ii)
entitled to be allocated or receive 10% or more of the profits,
losses, or distributions of the Controlled Person; (b) an officer,
director, general partner, partner (other than a limited partner),
manager, or member (other than a member having no management
authority that is not a 10% Owner) of the Controlled Person; or (c)
a spouse or lineal descendant who resides in the household of an
Affiliate of the Controlled Person or a trust for the benefit of an
Affiliate of the Controlled Person or of which an Affiliate of the
Controlled Person is a trustee.
1.48 “Coulter”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
1.49 “COVID-19”
means the infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and commonly known as
“COVID-19”, any evolution thereof or related or
associated epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks.
1.50 “C&W
Motors” means C&W Motors, Inc., an Arizona
corporation.
1.51 “D&O
Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.8(a).
1.52 “D&O
Tail Policy” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.8(b).
1.53 “Data
Activities” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.22(a).
1.54 “Direct
Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(b).
1.55 “Direct
Claim Notice” has the meaning set forth in
Section
10.2(b).
1.56 “Disclosure
Schedules” has the meaning set forth in Article IV.
1.57 “Disputed
Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
1.58 “Dissenting
Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(i).
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1.59 “Effective
Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).
1.60 “Employment
Agreements” means the separate employment agreements
between the applicable Acquired Company and each of the Key
Employees in a form to
be agreed by the Purchaser and the applicable Key Employee
(with respect to the Key Employees set forth on Exhibit A-1) or restrictive
covenant agreements between the applicable Acquired Company and
each of the Key Employees set forth on Exhibit A-2 in a commercially
reasonable form to be agreed upon by Purchaser and Sellers’
Representative, which include customary non-compete,
confidentiality and assignment of inventions provisions and other
customary restrictive covenant provisions.
1.61 “Environmental
Claim” means any threatened or noticed Action by any
Person alleging Liability, including Liability or responsibility
for the costs of enforcement proceedings, investigations, cleanup,
governmental response, removal or remediation, natural resources
damages, property damage, personal injury, medical monitoring,
penalties, contribution, indemnification and injunctive relief,
arising out of, based on or resulting from (a) the presence of,
Release of, or exposure to any Hazardous Materials on or prior to
the Closing Date, or (b) any actual or alleged non-compliance with
any Environmental Law or term or condition of any Environmental
Permit on or prior to the Closing Date.
1.62 “Environmental
Laws” shall mean all Laws relating to pollution or the
protection of human health, safety or the environment, including,
without limitation, those that prohibit, regulate, concern or
control any Hazardous Material or any Hazardous Material Activity,
including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, the Resource
Recovery and Conservation Act of 1976, the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act and the Clean Water Act.
1.63 “Environmental
Notice” means any written directive, notice of
violation or infraction, notice of investigation or inquiry, or
other written notice respecting any Environmental Claim, including
relating to actual or alleged non-compliance with any Environmental
Law or any term or condition of any Environmental
Permit.
1.64 “Environmental
Permit” means any Permit issued pursuant to
Environmental Law on or prior to the Closing Date.
1.65 “Equity
Incentive Plan” has the meaning set forth in
Section
8.10.
1.66 “Equity
Interests” means, with regard to any Person, as
applicable, (i) any capital stock, partnership, membership, joint
venture or other ownership or equity interests, or other share
capital of such Person, (ii) any securities of such Person directly
or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for any capital
stock, partnership, membership, joint venture or other ownership or
equity interests, or other share capital (whether voting or
non-voting, whether preferred, common or otherwise) of such Person
or containing any profit participation features with respect to
such Person, (iii) any rights or options directly or indirectly to
subscribe for or to purchase any capital stock, partnership,
membership, joint venture or other ownership or equity interests,
other share capital of such Person or securities containing any
profit participation features with respect to such Person or
directly or indirectly to subscribe for or to purchase any
securities directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable
for any capital stock, partnership, membership, joint venture or
other ownership interests, other share capital of such Person or
securities containing any profit participation features with
respect to such Person, (iv) any share or unit appreciation rights,
phantom share or unit rights, contingent interest or other similar
rights relating to such Person, or (v) any Equity Interests of such
Person issued or issuable with respect to the securities referred
to in clauses (i) through (iv) above in connection with a
combination of shares, units, recapitalization, exchange, merger,
consolidation or other reorganization.
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1.67 “ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, and the regulations thereunder.
1.68 “Escrow
Agent” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company.
1.69 “Escrow
Agreement” means the agreement in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit C
between the Sellers’ Representative, Escrow Agent and the
Purchaser with respect to the Escrow Shares.
1.70 “Escrow
Fund” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(c).
1.71 “Escrow
Shares” means ten percent (10%) of the Closing Payment
Shares.
1.72 “Estimated
Cash Consideration” means (i) the Base Cash
Consideration, plus/minus (ii) the Net Working Capital Adjustment,
plus/minus (iii) the Closing Indebtedness Adjustment, minus (iv)
the Adjustment Escrow Amount. Solely for purposes of this
calculation, the Net Working Capital Adjustment and the Closing
Indebtedness Adjustment shall be deemed to be $0.
1.73 “Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
1.74 “Excluded
Company” means, as of the Closing, any entity in which
Purchaser does not acquire any Equity Interest, directly or
indirectly upon the Closing.
1.75 “Factory”
means the manufacturers identified on Schedule 1.76.
1.76 “Federal
Securities Laws” has the meaning set forth in
Section
8.2(d).
1.77 “Financing”
means the arrangement and implementation of any debt or equity
financing to be incurred in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including the Debt
Financing.
1.78 “Financing
Documents” means any documentation necessary or
desirable in connection with the Financing, including, but not
limited to, prospectuses, private placement memoranda, information
memoranda and packages, lender and investor presentations, and the
Debt Financing Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, the Debt
Financing Commitment Letter (as defined in Section 13.17) is not a
Financing Document.
1.79 “Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act” has the meaning set forth in
Section
4.20.
1.80 “Fundamental
Representations” has the meaning set forth in
Section
10.4(e).
1.81 “Hazardous
Material” shall mean any material, chemical, substance
or waste that has been designated by any Authority to be
radioactive, toxic, hazardous, an ozone depleting substance, a
pollutant or a contaminant, the management, use, handling, or
disposal of which is subject to any Environmental Laws, including,
but not limited to, petroleum and petroleum by-products and
breakdown products, polychlorinated biphenyls, per and poly
fluoroalkyl substances, and asbestos.
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1.82 “Hazardous
Materials Activity” shall mean the transportation,
transfer, recycling, storage, use, treatment, manufacture,
disposal, removal, remediation, release, exposure of others to,
sale, labeling, or distribution of any Hazardous Material or any
product or waste containing a Hazardous Material, including any
required labeling, payment of waste fees or charges (including
so-called e-waste fees) and compliance with any recycling, product
take-back or product content requirements.
1.83 “HSR
Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules promulgated
thereunder.
1.84 “Improvements”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.30(c).
1.85 “Indebtedness”
means, as of any time of determination and with respect to any
Person, the outstanding principal amount of, accrued and unpaid
interest on, fees, expenses and other payment obligations
(including any prepayment penalties, premium costs, breakage, and
other amounts payable in the event such indebtedness is to be
repaid or assumed on the Closing Date) arising under: (a) any
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, or with respect to
deposits or advances of any kind (including amounts by reason of
overdrafts), (b) any obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) any reimbursement
obligations in respect of letters of credit solely to the extent
drawn or called, performance bonds to the extent drawn or called
and surety bonds to the extent drawn or called and similar
obligations, (d) any payment obligations with respect to interest
rate, currency or commodity derivative, hedging, swap and other
similar arrangements, (e) any obligations of such Person under
conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to
property purchased by such Person, (f) any obligations of such
Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property
or services (other than accounts payable to creditors for goods and
services incurred in the ordinary course of business), including
earnouts, milestone payments, seller notes, holdbacks or other
unpaid purchase price obligations or similar obligations, (g) any
Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such
Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be
secured by) any lien or security interest on property owned or
acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured
thereby have been assumed, (h) all obligations of such Person under
leases required to be accounted for as capital leases under U.S.
GAAP, (i) all guarantees by such Person, (j) any severance
obligations (and any related post-termination obligations) payable
by the Acquired Companies to any current or former director,
manager, officer or employee whose employment has been terminated
prior to Closing (including any COBRA or similar payments); (k) any
Liability arising under any LTIP Agreements and all awards granted
thereunder or annual bonus plan, in each case, that is accrued as
of the Closing; (l) all Change in Control Payments; (m) all
Transaction Expenses, (n) any other liability required to be listed
as a long term liability under GAAP, together with any and all
interest accrued thereon and any and all prepayment or similar
penalties or termination charges with respect thereto, and (o) any
agreement to incur any of the same.
1.86 “Indemnified
Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).
1.87 “Indemnifying
Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).
1.88 “Indemnified
Taxes” means (i) Taxes of any Acquired Company with
respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period or the portion of any
Straddle Period ending on the Closing Date (as apportioned pursuant
to Section 7.8(c)),
including, in each case, any Taxes that would have been due or
payable on or prior to the Closing Date but for any provision of
the 2020 Tax Acts; (ii) Taxes of any Seller or other owner of any
equity or other interest in any of the Acquired Companies
(including, without limitation, capital gains Taxes arising as a
result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) or any
of their Affiliates for any Tax period; (iii) Taxes attributable to
any restructuring or reorganization undertaken by any of the
Sellers or other owners of any equity or other interest in any of
the Acquired Companies or by any of the Acquired Companies prior to
the Closing, (iv) Taxes for which any Acquired Company (or any
predecessor of any Acquired Company) is liable under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of applicable
Law) by reason of such entity being or having been included in any
consolidated, affiliated, combined or unitary group at any time on
or before the Closing Date; (v) any and all Taxes of any Person
(other than an Acquired Company) imposed upon an Acquired Company
as a transferee or successor, by contract or pursuant to any Law,
which Taxes relate to an event or transaction occurring before the
Closing; (vi) any Taxes resulting from any election by any Acquired
Company under Code §108(i) or Code §965 or any analogous
provision of state Law, on or prior to the Closing Date, (vii) all
Taxes imposed on any Acquired Company, or for which any Acquired
Company may be liable, as a result of any transaction contemplated
by this Agreement, (including the employer-share of any employment
Taxes on any compensatory payments due or made on or before the
Closing Date), (viii) any Taxes resulting from any breach or
inaccuracy of any of the representations set forth in Section 4.32, and (ix) any Tax
liability incurred by or imposed on any Acquired Company in any tax
period (or any portion thereof) beginning after the Closing Date as
a result of the receipt or forgiveness of the PPP Loan, including
the aggregate Tax impact of any disallowance of deductions from
taxable income for expenditures made by the Acquired Company, or of
any increase in income (under the “tax benefit rule” or
otherwise) attributable to the deduction of such expenditures in a
tax period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing
Date, that results from its receipt of the PPP Loan or the
forgiveness thereof and (vi) transfer and similar Taxes for which
the Sellers are liable pursuant to Section 7.8(g).
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1.89 “Independent
Accountants” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
1.90 “Infringe”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.21(d).
1.91 “Initial
Release Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section
10.4(d).
1.92 “Intellectual
Property Licenses” has the meaning set forth in
Section
4.21(a).
1.93 “Intellectual
Property Right” means all intellectual property and
proprietary rights in any jurisdiction throughout the world,
including (i) any trademark, service mark, trade name, trade dress,
corporate name, logo, or slogan, including any registration thereof
or application for registration therefor including any renewals
thereof and rights related thereto, together with the goodwill
associated with each of the foregoing; (ii) patent and patent
applications, and other governmental grants for the protection of
inventions, and any and all divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, reissues, continuing patent applications,
reexaminations, and extensions thereof; (iii) trade secret rights
associated with confidential and proprietary information, including
recipes, trade secrets, processes, methods, formulae, inventions
(whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to
practice), invention disclosures, know how, methods, layouts,
designs, and technology; (iv) copyright, copyrightable materials,
copyright registration, application for copyright registration; (v)
Internet domain names; (vi) any registrations or applications for
registration of any of the foregoing; (vii) analogous rights to
those set forth above; and (viii) rights to sue for past, present
and future infringement of the rights set forth above.
1.94 “Inventory”
means inventory of the nature reflected in the Company Financial
Statements, consistent with past practice.
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1.95 “IRS”
means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
1.96 “IT
Systems” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.21(h).
1.97 “Key
Employees” means those Persons set forth on
Exhibit A-1 and
Exhibit
A-2.
1.98 “Knowledge
of Purchaser” or any other similar knowledge
qualification, means the actual knowledge (following due inquiry)
of Marshall Chesrown, Steven Berrard, and Peter Levy.
1.99 “Knowledge
of the Sellers” or any other similar knowledge
qualification, means the actual knowledge (following due inquiry)
of Coulter, Tkach, and each Seller, provided that each
Seller’s (other than the Principal Owners) knowledge is
limited to matters regarding the Acquired Company or Acquired
Companies in which such Seller owns an Equity
Interest.
1.100 “Labor
Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.27(a).
1.101 “Law”
means any federal, state, municipal, local or foreign laws,
statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations, treaties,
variances, judgments, injunctions, Orders, conditions and licenses
or other binding directive issued, promulgated or enforced by an
Authority having jurisdiction over a given matter or the assets or
the properties of such Party or its Subsidiaries and the operations
thereof.
1.102 “Leased
Real Property” has the meaning set forth in
Section
4.30(b).
1.103 “Leases”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.30(b).
1.104 “Letter
of Transmittal” has the meaning set forth in
Section
2.2(h).
1.105 “Liability”
or “liability” means any
liability, debt, obligation, deficiency, interest, Tax, penalty,
fine, demand, judgment, claim, cause of action or other loss, cost
or expense of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether asserted or
unasserted, whether or not contingent, known or unknown, accrued or
unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or become
due and regardless of when asserted.
1.106 “Lien”
means, with respect to any asset or equity, any mortgage, lien,
pledge, charge, claim, security interest, restriction on transfer,
option, right of first refusal, or other encumbrance of any kind in
respect of such asset or equity, as applicable, and any conditional
sale or voting agreement or proxy, including any agreement to give
any of the foregoing.
1.107 “Limitation
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4(e).
1.108 “Material
Adverse Effect” or “Material Adverse Change”
means any event, development, occurrence, fact, condition, change
or effect that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse change or a material adverse effect, individually
or in the aggregate, upon (x) the assets, liabilities, financial
condition, net worth, earnings, cash flows, business, operations or
properties of the Acquired Companies and the Business, taken as a
whole, or (y) the ability of the Sellers or the Acquired Companies
to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement and
the Additional Agreements; provided, however, that for the
purposes of the foregoing clause (x) a Material Adverse Effect or
Material Adverse Change shall not be deemed to have occurred as a
result of any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change arising
out of or attributable to: (i) any change, effect or circumstance
resulting from an action required or permitted by this Agreement;
(ii) any change, effect or circumstance resulting from the
announcement of this Agreement; or (iii) conditions caused by acts
of terrorism or war (whether or not declared) or any natural or
man-made disaster or acts of God (including any pandemic and any
governmental response thereto); provided that any change, effect or
circumstance resulting from a matter described in clause (iii) may
be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse
Effect or Material Adverse Change has occurred or could reasonably
be expected to occur to the extent such change, effect or
circumstance has a disproportionate effect on the Acquired
Companies, taken as a whole, relative to other entities operating
in the industries or markets in which the Acquired Companies
operate.
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1.109 “Material
Contracts” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.17(a).
1.110 “Merged
Entities” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to
this Agreement.
1.111 “Merger
I” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(i).
1.112 “Merger
II” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(a)(ii).
1.113 “Merger
III” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(a)(iii).
1.114 “Merger
IV” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(a)(iv).
1.115 “Merger
Sub I” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement.
1.116 “Merger
Sub I Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in
Section
2.2(f)(i).
1.117 “Merger
Sub II” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement.
1.118 “Merger
Sub II Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in
Section
2.2(f)(ii).
1.119 “Merger
Sub III” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement.
1.120 “Merger
Sub III Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in
Section
2.2(f)(iii).
1.121 “Merger
Sub IV” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement.
1.122 “Merger
Sub IV Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in
Section
2.2(f)(iv).
1.123 “Mergers”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(v).
1.124 “Metro
Motorcycle” means Metro Motorcycle, Inc., an Arizona
corporation.
1.125 “Money
Laundering Laws” has the meaning set forth in
Section
4.37.
1.126 “Nasdaq”
means the Nasdaq Capital Market.
1.127 “Net
Working Capital” means, as of any time, the Acquired
Companies’ current assets (consisting of the type and kind
set forth on Exhibit
D, and which excludes cash, if any, escrowed in respect of
the PPP Loans) less the Acquired Companies’ current
liabilities (consisting of the type and kind set forth on
Exhibit D), in each
case, determined in accordance with the Transaction Accounting
Principles, provided that if less than 100% of the Equity Interests
of any Acquired Company are acquired by Purchaser because (w) all
Persons owning the Equity Interests of each of the Purchased
Companies have not joined this Agreement on or prior to the
Closing, (x) any right of first refusal provided in the
Organizational Documents with respect to the right to acquire the
Transferred Equity Interests of a Transferred Entity has been
exercised and not thereafter waived in writing prior to Closing,
(y) any required Consent to the transfer of Equity Interests of a
Transferred Entity (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any
Consent from a Factory for all locations of any Acquired Company)
has not been obtained (in each case as reasonably determined by
Purchaser) or (z) such entity is deemed an Excluded Company
pursuant to Section
8.11 hereof, then the Net Working Capital shall be
automatically reduced for such Acquired Company by the percentage
of the Equity Interests in such Excluded Company which are not
transferred to Purchaser hereunder (which may be up to 100%).
Exhibit D hereto
sets forth a sample calculation of Net Working
Capital.
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1.128 “Net
Working Capital Adjustment” means (i) the amount by
which the Closing NWC exceeds the Net Working Capital Target, which
will result in a dollar-for-dollar increase to the Cash
Consideration, (ii) the amount by which the Closing NWC is less
than the Net Working Capital Target, which will result in a
dollar-for-dollar decrease in the Cash Consideration or (iii) $0,
in the event that the Closing NWC does not exceed the Net Working
Capital Target and is not less than the Net Working Capital
Target.
1.129 “Net
Working Capital Target” means
$50,000,000.
1.130 “NRS”
means the Nevada Revised Statutes, as amended from time to
time.
1.131 “OFAC”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.39.
1.132 “Order”
means any decree, order, judgment, decision, settlement, writ,
assessment, award, injunction, stipulation, determination, rule or
consent issued by or entered by, with or under the supervision of
any Authority.
1.133 “Organizational
Documents” means the articles of incorporation,
certificate of incorporation, charter, by-laws, articles of
formation, certificate of formation, operating agreement,
certificate of limited partnership, regulations, partnership
agreement, limited liability company agreement, all
equityholders’ agreements, voting agreements, registration
rights agreements or equivalent agreements, and all other similar
documents, instruments or certificates executed, adopted or filed
in connection with the creation, formation or organization of a
Person, including any amendments thereto.
1.134 “Other
Filings” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(d).
1.135 “Outside
Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section
12.1(b).
1.136 “Owned
Real Property” has the meaning set forth in
Section
4.30(a).
1.137 “Parties”
means the parties to this Agreement.
1.138 “Payment
Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
1.139 “PCI
Requirements” has the meaning set forth in
Section
4.22(a).
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1.140 “Permits”
means any and all permits, authorizations, approvals,
registrations, franchises, licenses, certificates, waivers,
variances or other approvals or similar rights required to be
obtained from any Authority.
1.141 “Permitted
Liens” means (i) with respect to Real Property, all
defects, exceptions, restrictions, easements, rights of way and
encumbrances disclosed in policies of title insurance which have
been made available to Purchaser and which have not and could not
reasonably be expected to impair, individually or in the aggregate,
in any material respect the access to, use, operation or value of
the relevant property; (ii) mechanics’, carriers’,
workers’, repairers’ and similar statutory Liens
arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts
(A) that are not delinquent, (B) that are not material to the
business, operations and financial condition of the Acquired
Companies so encumbered, either individually or in the aggregate,
and (C) that do not result from a breach, default or violation by
an Acquired Company of any Contract or Law, and (iii) the Liens set
forth on Schedule 1.141.
1.142 “Person”
means an individual, corporation, partnership (including a general
partnership, limited partnership or limited
liability partnership), limited liability company, association,
trust or other entity or organization, including a government,
domestic or foreign, or political subdivision thereof, or an agency
or instrumentality thereof.
1.143 “Personal
Data” means all data relating to one or more
individual(s) or an individual’s device that is personally
identifying (i.e., data that identifies an individual or, in
combination with any other information or data available to the
Acquired Companies, is capable of identifying an individual or an
individual’s device), including, without limitation,
aggregate or data and data collected automatically, including data
collected through a mobile or other electronic device, or as that
term is otherwise defined under any applicable Law.
1.144 “Plan”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.29(a).
1.145 “Post-Closing
Adjustment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
1.146 “Post-Closing
Adjustment Statement” has the meaning set forth in
Section
3.2.
1.147 “PPP
Escrow Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A.
1.148 “PPP
Escrow Agreement” means an Escrow Agreement, in a form
to be provided by the PPP Escrow Agent, by and among the Purchaser,
the Sellers’ Representative, and the PPP Escrow
Agent.
1.149 “PPP
Lender” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
1.150 “PPP Loan” means,
collectively, the loans set forth on Schedule 1.150.
1.151 “Pre-Closing Portion” has
the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(c).
1.152 “Pre-Closing Tax Period”
has the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(b).
1.153 “Pre-Closing
Tax Return” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(b).
1.154 “Principal
Owners” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement.
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1.155 “Privacy
and Data Security Policies” has the meaning set forth
in Section
4.22(b).
1.156 “Privacy
Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.22(a).
1.157 “Privacy
Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.22(a).
1.158 “Pro
Rata Share” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
1.159 “Proxy
Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(a).
1.160 “Purchase
Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
1.161 “Purchase
Price Allocation Principles” has the meaning set forth
in Section
7.8(a).
1.162 “Purchase
Price Allocation Schedule” has the meaning set forth
in Section
7.8(a).
1.163 “Purchased
Companies” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
1.164 “Purchaser”
has the meaning set forth in preamble to this
Agreement.
1.165 “Purchaser
Class A Common Stock” means the Class A common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, of Purchaser.
1.166 “Purchaser
Class B Common Stock” means the Class B common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, of Purchaser.
1.167 “Purchaser
Common Stock” means the Class A Common Stock and the
Class B Common Stock of Purchaser together.
1.168 “Purchaser
Financial Statements” means the consolidated financial
statements of Purchaser and its subsidiaries included in each of
Purchaser’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal years
ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019, Purchaser’s
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31,
2020, June 30, 2020, and September 30, 2020 and contained in any
Purchaser SEC Document filed with the SEC after the date hereof,
including in the case of year-end statements the report of the
independent auditors thereon and in each case the footnotes
thereto.
1.169 “Purchaser
Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
1.170 “Purchaser
Material Adverse Effect” means any event, change or
effect that prevents or materially delays or materially impairs the
ability of the Purchaser (a) to satisfy the conditions precedent to
the consummation of the Transactions or (b) to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, including the obligation to pay
the Purchase Price.
1.171 “Purchaser
Plans” means RumbleOn, Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive
Plan.
1.172 “Purchaser
Preferred Stock” means the preferred stock, par value
$0.001 per share, of Purchaser, none of which is issued and
outstanding.
1.173 “Purchaser
SEC Documents” has the meaning set forth in
Section
6.13(a).
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1.174 “Purchaser
Stockholder Approval” means the approval of the
Purchaser Proposals by the affirmative vote by the holders of at
least a majority of the outstanding shares of Purchaser Common
Stock, voting together as a single class.
1.175 “Purchaser
Stockholders’ Meeting” has the meaning set forth
in Section
8.4(a).
1.176 “Real
Property” means, collectively, all real properties and
interests therein (including the right to use), together with all
buildings, fixtures, trade fixtures, plant and other improvements
located thereon or attached thereto; all rights arising out of use
thereof (including air, water, oil and mineral rights); and all
subleases, franchises, licenses, permits, easements and
rights-of-way which are appurtenant thereto.
1.177 “Registered
Intellectual Property” has the meaning set forth in
Section
4.21(a).
1.178 “Registration
Rights and Lock-Up Agreement” means the agreement in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit E governing the resale
of the Closing Payment Shares, and the other securities included in
the Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement.
1.179 “Related
Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8(c).
1.180 “Related
Party Transactions” has the meaning set forth in
Section
4.8(c).
1.181 “Released
Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.16.
1.182 “Released
Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.16.
1.183 “Releasing
Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.16.
1.184 “Release”
means any release, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting,
emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping,
abandonment, disposing, migration or allowing to escape or migrate
into or through the environment (including ambient air (indoor or
outdoor), surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata or within any building, structure, facility or
fixture).
1.185 “Remedial
Action” shall mean any removal, cleanup, treatment,
disposal, restoration, response, further investigation, further
assessment, encapsulation, preparation of operations and
maintenance plans, reuse, storage, confinement, neutralization,
recycling, containment, remediation, monitoring, sampling,
abatement measures or other action to address or remedy any Release
or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or to prevent a
Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials.
1.186 “Representatives”
means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates
and its and such Affiliates’ respective directors, officers,
employees, members, owners, partners, accountants, consultants,
advisors, attorneys, agents, and other
representatives.
1.187 “Required
Consents” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(f).
1.188 “Required
Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in
Section
7.5.
1.189 “Resolution
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
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1.190 “Restricted
Business” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.7(f)(i).
1.191 “Restricted
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.7(f)(ii).
1.192 “Restricted
Territory” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.7(f)(iii).
1.193 “Review
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
1.194 “Sarbanes-Oxley
Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as
amended.
1.195 “SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
1.196 “Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
1.197 “Seller”
has the meaning set forth in preamble of this
Agreement.
1.198 “Seller
Joinder” means that certain joinder agreement in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit F, pursuant to which
the signatory thereto agrees to enter into this Agreement effective
as of the date hereof and shall be deemed to be a Seller hereunder
for all purposes as if a signatory hereto on the date
hereof.
1.199 “Sellers’
Representative” has the meaning set forth in preamble
of this Agreement.
1.200 “Sellers’
Representative Losses” has the meaning set forth in
Section
13.14.
1.201 “Shrink-wrap
Licenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.17(a).
1.202 “Site
Assessments” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.11.
1.203 “SOL
Representations” has the meaning set forth in
Section
10.4(e).
1.204 “Special
Event Indemnity” means any Losses resulting from the
matters set forth on Schedule 1.204.
1.205 “Statement
of Merger” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b).
1.206 “Statement
of Objections” has the meaning set forth in
Section
3.2.
1.207 “Straddle
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(c).
1.208 “Straddle
Return” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(c).
1.209 “Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, association, trust or other
business entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the
total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to
the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in any election of
directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more
of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof;
(b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association,
trust, or other business entity (other than a corporation), a
majority of the ownership interests thereof is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof; or (c) that
is otherwise consolidated with such Person for financial reporting
purposes. The term “Subsidiary” shall include all
Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary.
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1.210 “Surviving
Corporation”
has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(a)(vi).
1.211 “Tangible
Personal Property” means all tangible personal
property and interests therein, including machinery, computers and
accessories, furniture, office equipment, communications equipment,
automobiles, trucks, forklifts and other vehicles owned or leased
by any Acquired Company.
1.212 “Target
Closing Indebtedness” means $15,000,000, provided that
if less than 100% of the Equity Interests of any Acquired Company
are acquired by Purchaser because (w) all Persons owning the Equity
Interests of each of the Purchased Companies have not joined this
Agreement on or prior to the Closing, (x) any right of first
refusal provided in the Organizational Documents with respect to
the right to acquire the Transferred Equity Interests of a
Transferred Entity has been exercised and not thereafter waived in
writing prior to Closing, (y) any required Consent to the transfer
of Equity Interests of a Transferred Entity (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, any Consent from a Factory for all locations of
any Acquired Company) has not been obtained (in each case as
reasonably determined by Purchaser) or (z) such entity is deemed an
Excluded Company pursuant to Section 8.11 hereof, then the
Target Closing Indebtedness shall be automatically reduced by the
percentage of the reduction of the Purchase Price pursuant to the
application of any Pre-Closing Adjustments pursuant to Section 3.2
hereof.
1.213 “Tax”
means any federal, state, local or foreign tax, charge, fee, levy,
custom, duty, deficiency, or other assessment of any kind or nature
imposed by any Authority (including any income (net or gross),
gross receipts, profits, windfall profit, sales, use, goods and
services, ad valorem, franchise, license, withholding, employment,
social security, workers compensation, unemployment compensation,
employment, payroll, transfer, excise, import, real property,
personal property, intangible property, unclaimed property or
escheat (whether or not treated as a tax under local law),
occupancy, recording, minimum, alternative minimum, environmental
or estimated tax), including any liability therefor as a transferee
(including under Section 6901 of the Code or similar provision of
applicable Law) or successor, as a result of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.1502-6 or any similar provision of applicable Law or as a
result of any Tax sharing, indemnification or similar agreement,
together with any interest, penalty (including penalties for
failure to file correct Tax Returns), additions to tax or
additional amount imposed with respect thereto.
1.214 “Tax
Return” means any return, information return,
declaration, claim for refund or credit, report or any similar
statement, and any amendment thereto, including any attached
schedule and supporting information, whether on a separate,
consolidated, combined, unitary or other basis, that is filed or
required to be filed with any Taxing Authority in connection with
the determination, assessment, collection or payment of a Tax or
the administration of any Law relating to any Tax.
1.215 “Taxing
Authority” means the IRS and any other Authority
responsible for the collection, assessment or imposition of any Tax
or the administration of any Law relating to any Tax.
1.216 “Third-Party
Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).
1.217 “Third-Party
Claim Notice” has the meaning set forth in
Section
10.2(a).
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1.218 “Tkach”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this
Agreement.
1.219 “Transactions”
means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
1.220 “Transaction
Accounting Principles” has the meaning set forth in
Section
2.10.
1.221 “Transaction
Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in
Section
2.3.
1.222 “Transaction
Expenses” means (i) all out-of-pocket third-party
costs and expenses that were incurred by the Sellers or the
Acquired Companies in connection with the negotiation,
documentation and execution of this Agreement and the consummation
of the Transactions, including costs, fees and expense of legal
counsel and other Representatives, and which are not paid in full
as of the Closing, and (ii) any fees, costs or expenses, charged by
or otherwise payable to the PPP Escrow Agent for holding and
administering amounts pursuant to the PPP Escrow
Agreement.
1.223 “Transferred
Entity” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to
this Agreement.
1.224 “Transferred
Equity Interest” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement.
1.225 “Tucson
Motorcycles” means Tucson Motorcycles, Inc., an
Arizona corporation.
1.226 “Tucson
Motorsports” means Tucson Motorsports, Inc., an
Arizona corporation.
1.227 “Unaudited
Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in
Section
4.12(a).
1.228 “Undisputed
Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
1.229 “Union”
means any labor organization, union, works council or other labor
association or representative.
1.230 “U.S.
GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles, consistently applied.
1.231 “Voting
Parties” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
1.232 “VWAP”
means the volume-weighted average price per share of common stock
as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on
Bloomberg page “RMBL” (or its equivalent successor if
such page is not available or the corresponding Bloomberg VWAP page
for such other security), in respect of the period from the
scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of
the primary trading session on such trading day (or if such
volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of
one share of common stock on such trading day as an internationally
recognized investment bank retained for this purpose by
Sellers’ Representative determines in good
faith).
1.233 “Waived
Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.16.
1.234 “WARN
Act” means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act of 1988, as amended, and equivalent state or local
Laws.
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ARTICLE II.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing,
simultaneous with the Effective Time, the Sellers shall, in
consideration of the Purchase Price (other than the portion of the
Purchase Price constituting the Closing Per Share Merger
Consideration which is payable in accordance with Section 2.2),
sell, assign, transfer and convey to the Purchaser, and the
Purchaser shall purchase, acquire and accept from the Sellers, all
rights, title and interest in and to the Transferred Equity
Interests, free and clear of all Liens other than restrictions on
transfers arising under applicable securities Law.
(a) Mergers. On the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with
the ARS at the Effective Time:
(i) Merger Sub I shall
be merged (“Merger
I”) with and into C&W Motors in accordance with
the Arizona Entity Restructuring Act (“AERA”) at which time the
separate existence of Merger Sub I shall cease, and C&W Motors
shall be the surviving corporation and shall be a wholly owned,
direct subsidiary of Purchaser;
(ii) Merger
Sub II shall be merged (“Merger II”) with and into
Metro Motorcycle in accordance with AERA at which time the separate
existence of Merger Sub II shall cease, and Metro Motorcycle shall
be the surviving corporation and shall be a wholly owned, direct
subsidiary of Purchaser;
(iii) Merger
Sub III shall be merged (“Merger III”) with and
into Tucson Motorcycles in accordance with AERA at which time the
separate existence of Merger Sub III shall cease, and Tucson
Motorcycles shall be the surviving corporation and shall be a
wholly owned, direct subsidiary of Purchaser;
(iv) Merger
Sub IV shall be merged (“Merger IV” and together
with Merger I, Merger II, and Merger III, the “Mergers”) with and into
Tucson Motorsports in accordance with AERA at which time the
separate existence of Merger Sub IV shall cease, and Tucson
Motorsports shall be the surviving corporation and shall be a
wholly owned, direct subsidiary of Purchaser; and
(v) each of C&W
Motors, Metro Motorcycle, Tucson Motorcycles, and Tucson
Motorsports shall be a “Surviving
Corporation.”
(b) Merger Effective Time. At the Closing,
Purchaser shall duly execute and file a statement of merger with
respect to Merger I, Merger II, Merger III, and Merger IV (each a
“Statement of
Merger” and collectively, the “Statements of Merger”)
with the Arizona Corporation Commission in accordance with Sections
29-2202 and 29-2205 and the other applicable provisions of AERA and
all other filings or recording required thereby to effect such
mergers. The Mergers shall become effective at such time (the
“Effective
Time”) as the Statements of Merger are filed with the
Arizona Corporation Commission (or at such later time as
Sellers’ Representative and Purchaser mutually agree and
specify in the Statements of Merger pursuant to and in accordance
with the ARS).
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(c) Effects of the Mergers. From and after
the Effective Time, Merger I, Merger II, Merger III, and Merger IV
shall have the effects set forth herein, which the parties
acknowledge and agree constitutes the “plan of merger”
required by Section 29-2202 of AERA, and in the other applicable
provisions of AERA, including Section 29-2206 thereof. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at
the Effective Time, (i) all of the properties, rights, privileges,
powers and franchises of C&W Motors and Merger Sub I shall vest
in C&W Motors (as the Surviving Corporation), and all debts,
liabilities, obligations, and duties of C&W Motors and Merger
Sub I shall become debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of
C&W Motors (as the Surviving Corporation); (ii) all of the
properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of Metro
Motorcycle and Merger Sub II shall vest in Metro Motorcycle (as the
Surviving Corporation), and all debts, liabilities, obligations,
and duties of Metro Motorcycle and Merger Sub II shall become
debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of Metro Motorcycle (as
the Surviving Corporation); (iii) all of the properties, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of Tucson Motorcycles and Merger
Sub III shall vest in Tucson Motorcycles (as the Surviving
Corporation), and all debts, liabilities, obligations, and duties
of Tucson Motorcycles and Merger Sub III shall become debts,
liabilities, obligations and duties of Tucson Motorcycles (as the
Surviving Corporation); and (iv) all of the properties, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of Tucson Motorsports and Merger
Sub IV shall vest in Tucson Motorsports (as the Surviving
Corporation), and all debts, liabilities, obligations, and duties
of Tucson Motorsports and Merger Sub IV shall become debts,
liabilities, obligations and duties of Tucson Motorsports (as the
Surviving Corporation).
(d) Articles of Incorporation; Certificate of
Incorporation; Bylaws. At the Effective Time and without any
further action on the part of any party hereto, the:
(i) articles of
incorporation and bylaws of Merger Sub I, as in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time, shall become the articles of
incorporation and bylaws of C&W Motors (as the Surviving
Corporation) as of the Effective Time, until duly amended in
accordance with applicable Law;
(ii) articles
of incorporation and bylaws of Merger Sub II, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall become the articles
of incorporation and bylaws of Metro Motorcycle (as the Surviving
Corporation) as of the Effective Time, until duly amended in
accordance with applicable Law;
(iii) articles
of incorporation and bylaws of Merger Sub III, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall become the articles
of incorporation and bylaws of Tucson Motorcycles (as the Surviving
Corporation) as of the Effective Time, until duly amended in
accordance with applicable Law; and
(iv) articles
of incorporation and bylaws of Merger Sub IV, as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall become the articles
of incorporation and bylaws of Tucson Motorsports (as the Surviving
Corporation) as of the Effective Time, until duly amended in
accordance with applicable Law.
(e) Directors and Officers. From and after
the Effective Time, until successors are duly elected or appointed
and qualified in accordance with applicable Laws, the directors and
the officers of each of the Merged Entities at the Effective Time,
and as set forth on Schedule 4.27(a)(ii), shall be
the directors and officers, respectively, of each such Merged
Entity (in its capacity as a Surviving Corporation).
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(f) Conversion of Shares. At the Effective
Time, by virtue of the Mergers and without any action on the part
of any party:
(i) Each share of
common stock, no par value, of C&W Motors issued and
outstanding as of the Effective Time (other than Dissenting Shares)
and all rights in respect thereof shall, by virtue of Merger I,
forthwith cease to exist and be converted into and represent the
right to receive the Closing Per
Share Merger Consideration, together with any amounts
that may become payable as a result of the adjustments in
Section 3.3 hereof
or release of Escrow Shares, if any. Each share of common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, of Merger Sub I (“Merger Sub I Common
Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately before the
Effective Time, shall be converted into one newly issued, fully
paid, and nonassessable share of common stock of C&W Motors (as
the Surviving Corporation). From and after the Effective Time, each
certificate evidencing shares of Merger Sub I Common Stock shall
evidence ownership of such shares of common stock of C&W Motors
(as the Surviving Corporation).
(ii) Each
share of common stock, no par value, of Metro Motorcycle issued and
outstanding as of the Effective Time (other than Dissenting Shares)
and all rights in respect thereof shall, by virtue of Merger II,
forthwith cease to exist and be converted into and represent the
right to receive the Closing Per
Share Merger Consideration, together with any amounts
that may become payable as a result of the adjustments in
Section 3.3 hereof
or, with respect to the Principal Owners, release of Escrow Shares,
if any. Each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of
Merger Sub II (“Merger Sub II Common
Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately before the
Effective Time, shall be converted into one newly issued, fully
paid, and nonassessable share of common stock of Metro Motorcycle
(as the Surviving Corporation). From and after the Effective Time,
each certificate evidencing shares of Merger Sub II Common Stock
shall evidence ownership of such shares of common stock of Metro
Motorcycle (as the Surviving Corporation).
(iii) Each
share of common stock, no par value, of Tucson Motorcycles issued
and outstanding as of the Effective Time (other than Dissenting
Shares) and all rights in respect thereof shall, by virtue of
Merger III, forthwith cease to exist and be converted into and
represent the right to receive the Closing Per
Share Merger Consideration, together with any amounts
that may become payable as a result of the adjustments in
Section 3.3 hereof
or release of Escrow Shares, if any. Each share of common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, of Merger Sub III (“Merger Sub III Common
Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately before the
Effective Time, shall be converted into one newly issued, fully
paid, and nonassessable share of common stock of Tucson Motorcycles
(as the Surviving Corporation). From and after the Effective Time,
each certificate evidencing shares of Merger Sub III Common Stock
shall evidence ownership of such shares of common stock of Tucson
Motorcycles (as the Surviving Corporation).
(iv) Each
share of common stock, no par value, of Tucson Motorsports issued
and outstanding as of the Effective Time (other than Dissenting
Shares) and all rights in respect thereof shall, by virtue of
Merger IV, forthwith cease to exist and be converted into and
represent the right to receive the Closing Per
Share Merger Consideration, together with any amounts
that may become payable as a result of the adjustments in
Section 3.3 hereof
or, with respect to the Principal Owners, release of Escrow Shares,
if any. Each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of
Merger Sub IV (“Merger Sub IV Common
Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately before the
Effective Time, shall be converted into one newly issued, fully
paid, and nonassessable share of common stock of Tucson Motorsports
(as the Surviving Corporation). From and after the Effective Time,
each certificate evidencing shares of Merger Sub IV Common Stock
shall evidence ownership of such shares of common stock of Tucson
Motorsports (as the Surviving Corporation).
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(g) No Further Rights of Transfer. At and
after the Effective Time, each holder of Equity Interests of any
Merged Entity shall cease to have any rights as a stockholder of
such Merged Entity, except as otherwise required by applicable Law
and except for the right of each such holder to surrender his or
her stock certificate or affidavit of lost stock certificate in
exchange for payment of the applicable Closing Per Share Merger
Consideration together with any amounts that may become payable as
a result of the adjustments in Section 3.3 hereof or the release of
Escrow Shares, if any, and no transfer of shares of common stock of
any Merged Entity shall be made on the stock transfer books of the
applicable Surviving Corporation. At the close of business on the
day of the Effective Time, the stock ledger of each Merged Entity
shall be closed.
(h) Surrender and Payment. At or following the Closing, each
Seller holding Equity Interests in any Merged Entity may deliver to
Purchaser an executed and completed copy of the letter of
transmittal in a commercially reasonable form to be agreed upon by
Purchaser and Sellers’ Representative (the
“Letter of
Transmittal”) and, as soon as reasonably practicable
thereafter (but in any event, within three (3) Business Days)
Purchaser shall pay the consideration to be paid to such Seller
pursuant to the Payment Notice, without interest thereon. To the
extent that a Seller holding Equity Interests in any Merged Entity
has not delivered an executed and completed copy of the Letter of
Transmittal, then, promptly after the Effective Time, the Purchaser
shall mail to the applicable Seller: (a) the Letter of
Transmittal and (b) instructions for effecting the surrender
of each Equity Interest in exchange for the amount to be paid to
such Seller pursuant to the Payment Notice, without interest
thereon. Upon surrender of a duly completed and validly executed
Letter of Transmittal after the Effective Time, such Seller shall
be entitled to receive in exchange therefore, and as soon as
reasonably practicable after the surrender thereof (but in any
event, within three (3) Business Days), the Purchaser shall pay,
the consideration payable to such holder pursuant to the Payment
Notice, without interest thereon.
(i) Dissenting Shares. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shares of
common stock of any Merged Entity issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by a holder who
has not voted in favor of adoption of this Agreement or
consented thereto in writing and who has properly exercised
dissenters’ rights or appraisal rights of such shares of
common stock of any Merged Entity in accordance with Section
10-1321 of the ARS (such shares being referred to collectively as
the “Dissenting
Shares” until such time as such holder fails to
perfect or otherwise loses such holder’s appraisal rights
under the ARS with respect to such Shares) shall not be converted
into a right to receive a portion of the Closing Per
Share Merger Consideration together with any amounts that
may become payable as a result of the adjustments in Section 3.3
hereof or the release of Escrow Shares, if any, but instead shall
be entitled to only such rights as are granted by Article 2 of
Chapter 13 of Title 10 of the ARS; provided, however, that if, after
the Effective Time, such holder fails to perfect, withdraws or
loses such holder’s right to appraisal pursuant to Article 2
of Chapter 13 of Title 10 of the ARS or if a court of competent
jurisdiction shall determine that such holder is not entitled to
the relief provided by Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 10 of the
ARS, such shares shall be treated as if they had been converted as
of the Effective Time into the right to receive the portion of the
Closing Per Share Merger Consideration together with any amounts
that may become payable as a result of the adjustments in Section
3.3 hereof or the release of Escrow Shares, if any, to which such
holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.2(f), without
interest thereon. Sellers shall provide Purchaser prompt written
notice of any demands received by any Acquired Company for
appraisal of shares of the Merged Entity, any withdrawal of any
such demand and any other demand, notice or instrument delivered to
any Acquired Company prior to the Effective Time pursuant to the
ARS that relates to such demand, and Purchaser shall have the
opportunity and right to direct all negotiations and proceedings
with respect to such demands. Except with the prior written consent
of Purchaser, neither the Sellers nor any Acquired Company shall
make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any
such demands.
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2.3 Closing;
Transaction Effective Time.
Unless
this Agreement is earlier terminated in accordance with
Article XII, the
closing of the Transactions (the “Closing”) shall take
place electronically or at the offices of Akerman LLP, 201 East Las
Olas Boulevard, Suite 1800, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, at 10:00
a.m. local time but shall be deemed to have occurred for all
purposes as of 12:01 a.m. local time (the “Transaction Effective
Time”), no later than two Business Days after the last
of the conditions to Closing set forth in Article IX have been satisfied
or waived (other than conditions which, by their nature, are to be
satisfied on the Closing Date), or at such other time, date and
location as the Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative
agree to in writing. The Parties may participate in the Closing via
electronic means. The date on which the Closing actually occurs is
hereinafter referred to as the “Closing
Date.”
No
fewer than two (2) Business Days before the Closing Date, the
Sellers’ Representative shall (or shall cause the Acquired
Companies to) prepare and deliver to the Purchaser a written notice
(the “Payment
Notice”) containing the following information: (i) the
full name and mailing address of each Seller, (ii) the portion of
the Estimated Cash Consideration to be paid to each such Seller at
the Closing (expressed in U.S. dollars), (ii) the number of Closing
Payment Shares to be paid to each such Seller at the Closing, (iv)
the number of Escrow Shares to be paid to each such Seller, subject
to Section 10.4(d),
(v) each Seller’s pro rata share of the aggregate Purchase
Price (expressed as a percentage), without duplication, the Closing
Per Share Merger Consideration for each of the Mergers (each
Seller’s “Pro
Rata Share”), and (vi) wire instructions for each such
Seller.
At or
prior to the Closing:
(a) The Purchaser
shall:
(i) deliver (A) the
Escrow Shares to the Escrow Agent to be held pursuant to the Escrow
Agreement and (B) the Adjustment Escrow Amount to the
Sellers’ Representative;
(ii) pay
the Estimated Cash Consideration and deliver the Closing Payment
Shares, in each case, to such Sellers, in such amounts and (in the
case of the Estimated Cash Consideration) to such accounts as are
set forth across from each such Seller’s name in the Payment
Notice, other than any portion of the Estimated Cash Consideration
and Closing Payment Shares that is payable as Closing Per Share
Merger Consideration which shall be paid in accordance with
Section 2.2 at or
prior to the Closing;
(iii) deliver
to the Sellers’ Representative a counterpart signature page
to the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the
Purchaser;
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(iv) if
the SBA or PPP Escrow Agent has not yet made a determination with
respect to the Agreed PPP Forgiveness Amount, deliver to the
Sellers’ Representative a counterpart signature page to the
PPP Escrow Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser;
(v) deliver to the
Sellers’ Representative the counterpart signature page to
each of the Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement, duly
executed by the Purchaser;
(vi) deliver
to the Sellers’ Representative a certificate signed by an
authorized officer of the Purchaser stating that the conditions
specified in Section
9.3(a) and Section
9.3(b) have been satisfied.
(b) The Sellers shall
deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Purchaser each of the
following (each in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Purchaser):
(i) certificates, duly
endorsed in blank or accompanied by a stock power duly endorsed in
blank, assignments of membership interests or other applicable
instruments of assignment, in each case, with respect to the
Transferred Equity Interests;
(ii) articles
of merger in such form as is required by the relevant provisions of
the ARS to effect the Mergers;
(iii) a
certificate of good standing (or equivalent thereof), dated not
more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, with respect to
each Acquired Company, issued by the appropriate government
official of such Acquired Company’s jurisdiction of
organization or formation;
(iv) an
IRS Form W-9 executed by each Seller;
(v) with respect to
each Seller, (i) an executed certificate pursuant to Treasury
Regulations Section 1.1445-2(b) and (ii) with respect to any
interest in an Acquired Company treated as a partnership for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, a certificate pursuant to Code Section
1446(f) and applicable Treasury Regulations in each case in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and
certifying that no withholding is required pursuant to Sections
1445 and 1446 of the Code, as applicable;
(vi) a
counterpart signature page to the Escrow Agreement, duly executed
by the Sellers’ Representative;
(vii) a
counterpart signature page to each of the Registration Rights and
Lock-Up Agreement, duly executed by the Sellers;
(viii) evidence
that each Related Party Transaction (other than those set forth on
Schedule
2.6(b)(viii)) has been terminated as of the Closing Date
with no further liability or other Losses to the Purchaser or any
Acquired Company;
(ix) written
resignations (in each case, effective as of the Closing) of each
manager, director or officer of the Acquired Companies set forth on
Schedule
2.6(b)(ix), duly executed by each such Person;
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(x) a certificate
signed by the Sellers stating that the conditions specified in
Section 9.2(a),
9.2(b) and
9.2(c) have been
satisfied;
(xi) a
counterpart signature page to the PPP Escrow Agreement, duly
executed by the Sellers’ Representative and the PPP Escrow
Agent;
(xii) if
the SBA or PPP Escrow Agent has not yet made a determination with
respect to the Agreed PPP Forgiveness Amount, evidence satisfactory
to Purchaser that the PPP Lender or SBA has provided Consent to a
change in ownership of each Acquired Company who received a PPP
Loan that has not been forgiven as of the Closing and has entered
into an escrow agreement with the PPP Lender or PPP Escrow Agent
for each such PPP Loan pending a forgiveness application or
decision;
(xiii) a
supplement to Schedule
1.1(a) hereto adding any Person that will be a Transferred
Entity as of the Closing and/or Equity Interests of any Person that
is a Transferred Entity as of the date hereof, in each case, as a
result of the execution of a Seller Joinder after the date hereof
or removing any Transferred Entity listed thereon that has been
acquired after the date hereof by a third party who has exercised a
right of first refusal under the applicable Organizational
Documents of such Transferred Entity preventing the conveyance of
Equity Interests of such Transferred Entity to
Purchaser;
(xiv) an
estoppel certificate from each landlord of the Leased Real Property
listed on Schedule
2.6(b)(xiv), in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
Purchaser with respect to any Lease between an Acquired Company and
an Affiliate or in the form prescribed by the applicable Lease with
respect to any Lease between an Acquired Company and any
non-Affiliate;
(xv) the
consent of the Principal Owners to a change in control under any
Lease between an Acquired Company, as lessee, and an Affiliate, as
lessor, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
Purchaser;
(xvi) (A)
copies of all filings made pursuant to the DOL Voluntary Fiduciary
Correction Program or IRS Employee Plans Compliance Resolution
System, as applicable, to correct any failure to comply with
elective deferrals of commissioned participants in the Coulter and
RideNow Affiliates 401(k) Plan and Trust and (B) evidence
reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser that all applicable excise
taxes to be paid (with corresponding IRS filings) with respect to
delinquent participant contributions to the Coulter and RideNow
Affiliates 401(k) Plan and Trust have been paid for all applicable
plan years; and
(xvii) such
other documents, instruments or certificates as shall be reasonably
requested by Purchaser.
(c) If the SBA or PPP
Escrow Agent has not yet made a determination with respect to the
Agreed PPP Forgiveness Amount, the applicable Acquired Companies
shall (and the Sellers shall cause the applicable Acquired
Companies to) pay to the PPP Escrow Agent an amount equal to the
Agreed PPP Forgiveness Amount to be held in escrow pursuant to the
terms of the PPP Escrow Agreement.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, the Purchaser (or its agent) shall be entitled to deduct
and withhold from the cash otherwise deliverable under this
Agreement, and from any other payments otherwise required pursuant
to this Agreement or any Additional Agreement, such amounts as the
Purchaser (or its agent) is required to withhold and pay over to
the applicable Authority with respect to any such deliveries and
payments under the Code or any applicable Tax Law. To the extent
that amounts are so withheld and paid over, such withheld amounts
shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been
delivered and paid to such Person in respect of which such
deduction and withholding was made.
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2.8 Taking
of Necessary Action; Further Action.
If, at
any time after the Transaction Effective Time, any further action
is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this
Agreement and to vest the Purchaser with full right, title and
interest in, to and under, and/or possession of, all assets,
property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Acquired
Companies, the Parties shall execute such further instruments and
take all lawful action necessary or desirable to accomplish such
purpose or acts, so long as such action is not inconsistent with
this Agreement.
Each of
the Parties acknowledge and agree that each such Party and each of
the owners of any interest in any of the Acquired Companies (i) has
had the opportunity to obtain independent legal and tax advice with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and
(ii) each Seller or other owner of any interest in any of the
Acquired Companies is responsible for paying its own Taxes arising
from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
The
Post-Closing Adjustment Statement and the determinations and
calculations set forth therein shall be prepared using and applying
the same accounting principles, practices, procedures, policies and
methods (with consistent classifications, judgments, elections,
inclusions, exclusions and valuation and estimation methodologies)
used and applied by the Acquired Companies in the preparation of
the Company Financial Statements, and, to the extent not addressed
by the foregoing, in accordance with U.S. GAAP except that such
statements, calculations and determinations shall (i) be based on
facts and circumstances as they exist prior to the Closing, (ii)
shall follow the defined terms contained in this Agreement, and
(iii) in the case of the Net Working Capital calculations, shall be
calculated in accordance with the principles set forth on
Exhibit D (the
principles set forth in this Section 2.10, the
“Transaction
Accounting Principles”).
ARTICLE III.
Subject
to Section 3.2
below, the “Purchase
Price” shall consist of the sum of (i) the Cash
Consideration, (ii) the Closing Payment Shares, (iii) the Escrow
Shares (as the same may released to the Sellers’
Representative pursuant to Section 10.4(d)), and (iv) the
Adjustment Escrow Amount (as the same may released by the
Sellers’ Representative pursuant to Section 3.3(b)). Subject to and
upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, (x) the
Closing Per Share Merger Consideration shall be paid in accordance
with Article II and (y) at the Closing, the Purchase Price shall be
payable as follows:
(a) Cash Consideration. The Purchaser shall
pay the Estimated Cash Consideration (other than any portion of the
Estimated Cash Consideration that is payable as Closing Per Share
Merger Consideration which shall be paid in accordance with
Section 2.2) to the
Sellers on the Closing Date in accordance with Section
2.6(a)(ii).
(b) Closing Payment Shares. The Purchaser
shall issue to Sellers the Closing Payment Shares (other than any
portion of the Closing Payment Shares that is payable as Closing
Per Share Merger Consideration which shall be paid in accordance
with Section 2.2)
in accordance with Section
2.6(a)(ii), which shall be fully paid and free and clear of
all Liens other than restrictions on transfer arising under
applicable securities Law and the Registration Rights and Lock-Up
Agreement. Each Seller shall receive the number of Closing Payment
Shares opposite such Seller’s name on the Payment Notice
(other than any portion of the Closing Payment Shares that is
payable as Closing Per Share Merger Consideration which shall be
paid in accordance with Section 2.2).
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(c) Escrow Shares; Adjustment Escrow. The
Purchaser shall (and the Principal Owners hereby authorize the
Purchaser to) deliver the Escrow Shares into escrow (the
“Escrow
Fund”) pursuant to the Escrow Agreement. The number of
Escrow Shares to be allocated among the Principal Owners (as the
same may be released to the Sellers’ Representative pursuant
to Section 10.4(d))
and held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement is
set forth opposite each Principal Owner’s name on the Payment
Notice. The Purchaser shall (and the Sellers hereby authorize the
Purchaser to) deliver the Adjustment Escrow Amount to the
Sellers’ Representative to hold until released pursuant to
Section
3.3(b).
(d) No Issuance of Fractional Shares. No
certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of Purchaser
Class B Common Stock will be issued pursuant to the Transactions,
and instead any such fractional share that would otherwise be
issued will be rounded to the nearest whole share.
(e) Legend. Each certificate (or book
entry) issued pursuant to the Transactions shall, if required by
law, bear the legend set forth below, or a legend substantially
equivalent thereto, together with any other legends that may be
required by any securities laws at the time of the issuance of the
shares of Purchaser Class B Common Stock:
THE
SHARES OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY
NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR
HYPOTHECATED UNLESS AND UNTIL (I) SUCH OFFER, SALE, TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATION HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OR (II)
THE ISSUER OF THE SHARES HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM
AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH OFFER, SALE OR
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
ACT.
IN
ADDITION, THE RIGHT TO SELL THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED
BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP
AGREEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE ISSUER’S
PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS.
3.2 Pre-Closing Adjustment.
(a) If all Persons
owning the Equity Interests of each of the Purchased Companies have
not joined this Agreement on or prior to the Closing, then the Cash
Consideration and the Closing Payment Shares components of the
Purchase Price shall be automatically reduced at Closing by the
amount allocated on Schedule 5.5(f) as payable to
such Person who has not executed a Seller Joinder and the Equity
Interests held by such Person shall be deemed excluded from the
Transferred Equity Interests.
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(b) If any right of
first refusal provided in the Organizational Documents with respect
to the right to acquire the Transferred Equity Interests of a
Transferred Entity has been exercised and not thereafter waived in
writing prior to Closing, any required Consent to the transfer of
Equity Interests of a Transferred Entity (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, any Consent from a Factory for all locations of
any Acquired Company) has not been obtained (in each case as
reasonably determined by Purchaser), or any Acquired Entity is
deemed an Excluded Entity pursuant to Section 8.11, then the Cash
Consideration and the Closing Payment Shares components of the
Purchase Price shall be automatically reduced at Closing by the
amount allocated on Schedule 5.5(f) as payable to
all holders of Equity Interests of such Transferred Entity and the
Equity Interests held by each such Persons shall be deemed excluded
from the Transferred Equity Interests.
3.3 Post-Closing Adjustments.
(a) Within 90 calendar
days after the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall prepare and
deliver to Sellers’ Representative a statement (the
“Post-Closing
Adjustment Statement”) setting forth its good faith
calculation of the Closing Indebtedness, the Closing Indebtedness
Adjustment, the Closing NWC, the Net Working Capital Adjustment,
and the resulting calculation of the Cash Consideration and the
Post-Closing Adjustment (as defined below), which statement shall
contain a balance sheet of each Acquired Company as of the Closing
Date (without giving effect to the transactions contemplated
herein) and be accompanied by all related work papers and
supporting calculations or other materials reasonably requested by
the Sellers’ Representative. The Post-Closing Adjustment
Statement shall be prepared in accordance with the Transaction
Accounting Principles.
(b) Subject to the
provisions of this Section
3.3, the post-closing adjustment shall be an amount equal to
the Cash Consideration minus the Estimated Cash Consideration (the
difference between such amounts, the “Post-Closing
Adjustment”). If the Post-Closing Adjustment is a
positive number, the Sellers’ Representative shall release
the Adjustment Escrow Amount to Sellers and other holders of Equity
Interests in a Merged Entity and Purchaser shall pay to the Sellers
and other holders of Equity Interests in a Merged Entity (in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share as may be modified
by Schedule 3.3(b))
an amount equal to the Post-Closing Adjustment at the
Sellers’ Representative’s election in cash or in shares
of Purchaser Class B Common Stock (which election shall be made in
writing to Purchaser prior to Closing, or if not so made shall be
deemed to be payable in cash), with a deemed value equal to the
calculation of the valuation of the Purchaser Class B Common Stock
made for the Closing Payment Shares (or any combination thereof
“Additional
Purchaser Shares”). If the Post-Closing Adjustment is
a negative number, the Sellers shall pay to the Purchaser an amount
equal to the absolute value of the Post-Closing Adjustment (x)
first, by Sellers’ Representative delivering an amount up to
the Adjustment Escrow Amount to Purchaser by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by
the Purchaser, (y) second, by surrendering to the Purchaser (in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share as may be modified
by Schedule 3.3(b))
a number of shares of Purchaser Class B Common Stock from the
Escrow Fund with an aggregate value equal to the Post-Closing
Adjustment less any amount already satisfied from the Adjustment
Escrow Amount, with a deemed value equal to the calculation of the
valuation of the Purchaser Class B Common Stock made for the
Closing Payment Shares, rounded down to the nearest whole-number or
in the sole discretion of Sellers’ Representative by wire
transfer of all or part of the amount of the Post-Closing
Adjustment in cash in immediately available funds to an account
designated in writing by the Purchaser, provided that if
Sellers’ Representative elects to pay all or part of the
Post-Closing Adjustment in cash but fails to timely pay such amount
in accordance with Section
3.3(h), then immediately upon Purchaser’s request
Sellers’ Representative shall execute any joint written
authorization necessary to release the applicable number of
Escrowed Shares from the Escrow Fund, and (z) third, if the
Post-Closing Adjustment exceeds the Adjustment Escrow Amount and
the value of the shares of Purchaser Class B Common Stock then
remaining in the Escrow Fund, the Principal Owners (jointly and
severally) shall pay to the Purchaser an amount in cash equal to
the Post-Closing Adjustment less the Adjustment Escrow Amount
released to Purchaser and deemed value (determined in accordance
with clause (y) hereof) of the shares of Purchaser Class B Common
Stock released to the Purchaser pursuant to clause (y) hereof, by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
designated in writing by the Purchaser. To the extent that the
Sellers’ Representative satisfies the amount of the
Post-Closing Adjustment in cash as contemplated in clause (y) in
the preceding sentence, then Purchaser and Sellers’
Representative shall execute a joint written authorization
necessary to release a pro rata number of Escrowed Shares from the
Escrow Fund.
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(c) After receipt of
the Post-Closing Adjustment Statement, the Sellers’
Representative shall have 30 calendar days (the “Review Period”) to review
the Post-Closing Adjustment Statement. During the Review Period,
the Sellers’ Representative and its advisors shall have
reasonable access to the books and records of Purchaser and the
Acquired Companies, the personnel of, and work papers prepared by,
the Purchaser and/or the Purchaser’s accountants to the
extent that they relate to the Post-Closing Adjustment Statement
and to such historical financial information (to the extent in the
Purchaser’s possession) relating to the Post-Closing
Adjustment Statement as the Sellers’ Representative may
reasonably request for the purpose of reviewing the Post-Closing
Adjustment Statement and to prepare a Statement of Objections
(defined below), provided, that such access shall be in a manner
that does not unreasonably interfere with the normal business
operations of the Purchaser or the Acquired Companies; provided, further, that such access shall
not jeopardize the attorney-client privilege or attorney
work-product doctrine or any other applicable privilege to which
any such books and records, materials and other information is
subject.
(d) On or prior to the
last day of the Review Period, the Sellers’ Representative
may object to the Post-Closing Adjustment Statement by delivering
to the Purchaser a written statement setting forth Sellers’
Representative’s objections in reasonable detail, indicating
each disputed item, the disputed amount (including the
Sellers’ Representative determination of the applicable
amount), and the basis for the Sellers’
Representative’s disagreement (the “Statement of
Objections”). If the Sellers’ Representative
fails to deliver the Statement of Objections before the expiration
of the Review Period, the Post-Closing Adjustment Statement and the
Post-Closing Adjustment reflected in the Post-Closing Adjustment
Statement shall be deemed to have been accepted by the
Sellers’ Representative and the Sellers for all purposes
hereunder. If the Sellers’ Representative delivers the
Statement of Objections before the expiration of the Review Period
and in compliance with the terms of this Section 3.3, the Purchaser and
the Sellers’ Representative shall negotiate in good faith to
resolve such objections within 30 calendar days after the delivery
of the Statement of Objections (the “Resolution Period”). The
Parties acknowledge and agree that the Federal Rules of Evidence
Rule 408 and any similar state rules shall apply to the
Sellers’ Representative (and any of its Representatives) and
the Purchaser (and any of its Representatives) during any such
negotiations and any subsequent dispute arising therefrom. If the
objections are resolved within the Resolution Period, the
Post-Closing Adjustment and the Post-Closing Adjustment Statement
with such changes as may have been previously agreed in writing by
the Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative, shall be
final, conclusive and binding.
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(e) If the
Sellers’ Representative and the Purchaser fail to reach an
agreement with respect to all of the matters set forth in the
Statement of Objections before expiration of the Resolution Period,
then any amounts remaining in dispute (“Disputed Amounts” and any
amounts not so disputed, the “Undisputed Amounts”)
shall be submitted for resolution to Moss Adams (Phoenix Office),
or if such firm is unable to serve, Purchaser and the
Sellers’ Representative shall appoint by mutual agreement
another independent, nationally recognized firm of certified public
accountants (the “Independent Accountants”)
who, acting as experts and not arbitrators, shall resolve the
Disputed Amounts only and make any adjustments to the Post-Closing
Adjustment, as the case may be, and the Post-Closing Adjustment
Statement. The Independent Accountants shall only decide the
specific items under dispute by the Parties and their decision for
each Disputed Amount must be within the range of values assigned to
each such item in the Closing Adjustment Statement and the
Statement of Objections, respectively. The Independent Accountants
shall make a final determination of each such item based solely on
(A) the definitions and other applicable provisions of this
Agreement (and shall not conduct an independent investigation), (B)
a single written presentation submitted by each of the Purchaser
and the Sellers’ Representative (which the Independent
Accountants shall be instructed to distribute to the Purchaser and
the Sellers’ Representative upon receipt of both such
presentations) and (C) one written response of the Purchaser and
the Sellers’ Representative to each such presentation so
submitted (which the Independent Accountants shall be instructed to
distribute to the Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative
upon receipt of such responses). For the avoidance of doubt,
neither the Purchaser nor the Sellers’ Representative shall
have any ex parte communications with the Independent Accountants
relating to this Agreement.
(f) The costs and
expenses of the Independent Accountants shall be borne by the
Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Sellers’ Representative,
on the other hand, based on the inverse of the percentage that the
Independent Accountants’ determination bears to the total
amount of the items in dispute as originally submitted to the
Independent Accountant. For example, if the Sellers’
Representative challenges the calculation of the Adjustment Amount
contained in the Post-Closing Adjustment Statement by an aggregate
amount of $100,000, and the Independent Accountants determines that
the Sellers’ Representative has a valid claim for $60,000 of
the $100,000 challenged, then the Purchaser shall bear sixty
percent (60%) of the fees and expenses of the Independent
Accountants and the Sellers’ Representative shall bear forty
percent (40%) of such fees and expenses.
(g) The Independent
Accountants shall make a determination as soon as practicable (but
in any event within 30 calendar days or such other time as the
Parties hereto shall mutually agree in writing) after their
engagement, and their resolution of the Disputed Amounts and their
adjustments to the Post-Closing Adjustment Statement and/or the
Post-Closing Adjustment shall be final, conclusive and binding upon
the Parties hereto.
(h) Except as otherwise
provided herein, any payment of the Post-Closing Adjustment shall
(A) be due (x) within five (5) Business Days of acceptance of the
applicable Post-Closing Adjustment Statement or (y) if there are
Disputed Amounts, then within five (5) Business Days of the
resolution described in Section 3.3 above; and (B) if
paid in cash be paid by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to such accounts as is directed by the Purchaser or the
Sellers’ Representative, as the case may be (after release of
the Adjustment Escrow Amount to Sellers and other holders of Equity
Interests in a Merged Entity). In the event the Post-Closing
Adjustment is a positive amount and if elected by Sellers’
Representative to be paid in additional Shares of Purchaser Class B
Common Stock (which election is provided in writing to Purchaser
prior to Closing) at a deemed value per Share equal to the
calculation of the valuation of the Purchaser Class B Common Stock
made for the Closing Payment Shares (“Additional Purchaser
Shares”), then Purchaser will issue the applicable
number of Additional Purchaser Shares within the aforementioned
five (5) Business Day period to the Sellers allocated among the
Sellers pro rata subject to any modifications made in Schedule 3.3(b), if any, as set
forth in the Payment Notice. In the event the Post-Closing
Adjustment is a negative amount, the Sellers’ Representative
shall pay to Purchaser by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to an account designated in writing by the Purchaser cash up
to the Adjustment Escrow Amount within the aforementioned five (5)
Business Day period and, if insufficient to satisfy the adjustment,
and if Sellers’ Representative does not elect to pay the
additional the amount of the Post-Closing Adjustment in cash or
partially in cash or fails to pay the amount of the Post-Closing
Adjustment elected to be paid in cash within the aforementioned
five (5) Business Day period, the Purchaser and the Sellers’
Representative shall deliver a joint written authorization to the
Escrow Agent within the aforementioned five (5) Business Day period
instructing the Escrow Agent to release to the Purchaser the
applicable number of Escrow Shares (at a deemed value per Share
equal to the calculation of the valuation of the Purchaser Class B
Common Stock made for the Closing Payment Shares), and, then if
insufficient to satisfy the adjustments, the Principal Owners shall
pay Purchaser the remaining amount in cash as set forth in
Section
3.3(b).
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(i) Any payments made
pursuant to Section
3.3 shall be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price
by the Parties for Tax purposes, unless otherwise required by
Law.
ARTICLE IV.
Except
as set forth in the corresponding sections or subsections of the
Disclosure Schedules attached hereto (collectively, the
“Disclosure
Schedules”) (each of which shall qualify the
specifically identified Sections or subsections hereof to which
such Disclosure Schedule relates and those other Sections and
subsections for which the relevance or applicability of such
disclosure is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure),
each of the Sellers hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser
and to the other Sellers as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing Date, as follows, provided that each Seller (other than the
Principal Owners) shall only be deemed to have made the
representations and warranties in this Article IV with respect to
the Acquired Companies in which he, she or it owns Equity
Interests:
Each
Acquired Company is the type of legal entity set forth next to its
name on Schedule
4.1(a) and is duly organized or formed, validly existing and
in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of
organization or formation as set forth therein. Each of the
Acquired Companies has all power and authority, corporate and
otherwise, and all governmental licenses, franchises, Permits,
authorizations, consents and approvals required to own and operate
its properties and assets and to carry on the Business as presently
conducted. Each Acquired Company is not qualified to do business as
a foreign entity in any jurisdiction, except as set forth on
Schedule 4.1(b),
and there is no other jurisdiction in which the character of the
property owned or leased by such Acquired Company or the nature of
its activities make qualification of such Acquired Company in any
such jurisdiction necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. No Acquired Company has any corporate
offices except those located at the addresses set forth on
Schedule 4.1(c). No
Acquired Company has taken any action, adopted any plan, or made
any agreement or commitment in respect of any merger,
consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of its assets,
reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution or liquidation,
except as contemplated herein.
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4.2 Authorization.
Assuming
all Consents set forth on Schedule 4.3 are obtained, the
execution, delivery and performance by each Acquired Company of
this Agreement and the Additional Agreements to which each such
Acquired Company is a party and the consummation by each such
Acquired Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby are within the powers and authority of such Acquired
Company and have been duly authorized by all necessary action on
the part of such Acquired Company, including the unanimous approval
of the Sellers. This Agreement constitutes, and, upon their
execution and delivery, each of the Additional Agreements to which
any Acquired Company is a party will constitute, a valid and
legally binding agreement of such Acquired Company enforceable
against such Acquired Company in accordance with their respective
terms.
No
Consent is required to be made or obtained by any Acquired Company
(whether to or from any Person or Authority) in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or any of the
Additional Agreements or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, except (x) for filings required
under or in connection with the HSR Act, and (y) as set forth on
Schedule
4.3.
Subject
to compliance with the HSR Act, assuming all necessary consents set
forth on Schedule
4.3 are obtained, none of the execution, delivery or
performance by any Acquired Company of this Agreement or any
Additional Agreements does or will, directly or indirectly (with or
without the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both) (a)
contravene, conflict with, constitute a default under or a breach
of the Organizational Documents of any Acquired Company, (b)
contravene, conflict with or constitute a default under or a breach
or violation of any provision of any Law or Order binding upon or
applicable to any Acquired Company, (c) except as set forth on
Schedule 4.4(c),
constitute a default under or breach of (with or without the giving
of notice or the passage of time or both) or violate or give rise
to any right of termination, cancellation, amendment, modification,
suspension, revocation, or acceleration of any right or obligation
of any Acquired Company or any payment or reimbursement or to a
loss of any benefit to which an Acquired Company is entitled under
any provision of any Permit, Contract (including any Material
Contract) or other instrument or obligations binding upon an
Acquired Company or by which any of the Transferred Equity
Interests, Equity Interests of a Merged Entity, or any Acquired
Company’s assets is or may be bound, or (d) result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the Transferred Equity
Interests, Equity Interests of a Merged Entity, or any Acquired
Company’s assets.
(a) Schedule 4.5(a) sets forth the
capitalization of each of the Acquired Companies, describing in
each case (i) the authorized Equity Interests of such Acquired
Company, including the number of shares, membership interests, or
partnership interests, as applicable, and any applicable par value
thereof; (ii) the number of shares, membership interests, or
partnership interests that are issued and outstanding therein; and
(iii) the owners of each such Equity Interest. Except as set forth
on Schedule 4.5(a),
the Sellers have good and valid title, of record and beneficially,
to all of the Transferred Equity Interests and Equity Interests of
the Merged Entities, free and clear of all Liens, and the
Transferred Equity Interests and Equity Interests of the Merged
Entities constitute all of the issued and outstanding equity
interests of the Acquired Companies.
(b) Except as set forth
on Schedule 4.5(b),
all of the Transferred Equity Interests and Equity Interests of the
Merged Entities have been duly authorized and validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and were not issued in violation of (i) any
agreement, arrangement, Contract or other commitment to which any
of the Sellers or the Acquired Companies is a party or is subject
to; (ii) any preemptive or similar rights of any Person; or (iii)
any Law except for “blue sky” laws set forth on
Schedule 4.5(b).
Except as may be set forth in the respective Organizational
Documents, there are no outstanding and authorized (x) options,
subscriptions, warrants or rights of conversion, calls, puts,
rights of first refusal, preemptive rights or other similar rights,
Contracts, agreements, arrangements or commitments obligating any
of the Acquired Companies, the Sellers or their respective
Affiliates to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding
or to acquire, repurchase or redeem any shares of or other Equity
Interest of any Acquired Company or any interest therein, other
equity interests or securities convertible into or exchangeable for
equity interests in any Acquired Company or the Transferred Equity
Interests, Equity Interests of a Merged Entity, or other direct or
indirect equity interests of the Acquired Companies (whether issued
or unissued); (y) stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, profit
participation or other similar rights or equity equivalents of or
with respect to any Acquired Company; or (z) voting trusts,
stockholder agreements, proxies or other agreements or
understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of
any of the Transferred Equity Interests, Equity Interests of a
Merged Entity, or to which any Acquired Company is a party or by
which any Acquired Company is bound. No claim has been made or
threatened, asserting that any Person is the holder or beneficial
owner of, or has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of, any
Transferred Equity Interests or any other Equity Interests in the
Acquired Companies and no facts or circumstances exist that would
give rise to a valid claim of such ownership by any
Person.
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(c) Except as set
forth on Schedule 4.5(c), no Acquired
Company owns or within the past five (5) years has owned, directly
or indirectly, any Equity Interest in, or any interest convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for, at any time, any equity or
similar interest in, any Person.
Copies
of the Organizational Documents of each Acquired Company have
heretofore been made available to the Purchaser, and such copies
are each true and complete copies of such instruments in effect on
the date hereof. No Acquired Company is in violation of its
Organizational Documents in any material respect.
All
proceedings occurring since January 1, 2018 of the stockholders,
members, managers, general partners, board or other governing body
of the Acquired Companies and all consents to actions taken
thereby, are accurately reflected in the minutes and records
contained in the corporate minute books of each Acquired Company.
The equity holder list and transfer books of each Acquired Company
are complete and accurate. The equity holder list, transfer books
and minute book records of each Acquired Company relating to all
issuances and transfers of Equity Interests in, or any interest
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, at any time,
any equity or similar interest in any Acquired Company have been
made available to the Purchaser, and are the original equity holder
lists and transfer books and minute book records of each such
Acquired Company or true, correct and complete copies
thereof.
(a) Other than the
Persons listed on Schedule
4.8(a), no Acquired Company is Controlled by any Person and,
other than the Persons listed on Schedule 4.8(a), no Acquired
Company is in Control of any other Person.
(b) Except as set forth
on Schedule 4.8(b),
to the Knowledge of Sellers, no Key Employees (a) engage in any
business, except through an Acquired Company, or are employees of
or provide any service for compensation to, any other business
concern or (b) own any Equity Interest in any business concern, in
each case, that competes with the Business of any Acquired Company,
except for publicly traded securities not in excess of 5% of the
issued and outstanding securities with respect to such publicly
traded securities or retail automotive dealerships.
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(c) To the Knowledge of
the Sellers, Schedule
4.8(c) lists each Contract to which an Acquired Company, on
the one hand, and any officer, director, employee, partner, member,
manager, direct or indirect equity holder (including any Seller) or
Affiliate of any Acquired Company (other than another Acquired
Company), on the other hand (the Persons identified in this clause
(ii), “Related
Parties”) is party, other than agreements with respect
to a Related Party’s employment with an Acquired Company that
has previously been made available to Purchaser. Except as set
forth in Schedule
4.8(c), no Related Party (i) owns, directly or indirectly,
in whole or in part, any tangible or intangible property (including
Intellectual Property Rights) that an Acquired Company uses or the
use of which is necessary for the conduct of the Business or the
ownership or operation of the Acquired Companies’ assets,
(ii) have engaged in any transactions with any Acquired Company,
(iii) possesses, directly or indirectly, any financial interest in,
or is director or officer of, any Person which is a client,
supplier, customer, lessor, lessee, or competitor of any Acquired
Company, or (iv) owes an amount to, or is owed any amount by, any
Acquired Company (other than ordinary course accrued compensation).
All contracts, agreements, arrangements,
understandings and interests described in this Section 4.8(c) are referred to
herein as “Related
Party Transactions”.
Schedule 4.9 is a complete and correct list of all assumed
or “doing business as” names currently or, within five
(5) years of the date of this Agreement, used by each Acquired
Company, including names on any websites. Since January 1, 2018,
each Acquired Company has not used any name other than the names
listed on Schedule
4.9 to conduct the Business. Each Acquired Company has filed
appropriate “doing business as” certificates in all
applicable jurisdictions with respect to itself.
(a) Schedule 4.10(a) sets forth the
name, jurisdiction of formation and capitalization of each of the
Subsidiaries of any Acquired Company, describing in each case (i)
the authorized Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, including the
number of shares, membership interests, or partnership interests,
as applicable, and any applicable par value thereof; (ii) the
number of shares, membership interests, or partnership interests,
as applicable, that are issued and outstanding therein; and (iii)
the owners of each such Equity Interest. All outstanding equity
securities of each Subsidiary of the Acquired Companies have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are owned free and clear of
any Liens other than restrictions on transfer arising under
applicable securities Law and as set forth on Schedule 4.10(a), beneficially
and of record, by one of the Acquired Companies and the holders of
such equity securities have no obligation to make further payments
for their purchase of such equity securities or contributions to
the applicable Subsidiary solely by reason of such ownership.
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10(a), there are no
outstanding (i) equity securities of any Subsidiary of the Acquired
Companies, (ii) securities of any Subsidiary of the Acquired
Companies convertible into or exchangeable for, at any time, equity
securities of any Subsidiary of the Acquired Companies or (iii)
options or other rights to acquire from any Subsidiary of the
Acquired Companies, in each case, that are owned by a Person other
than one of the Acquired Companies, and no obligation of any
Subsidiary of the Acquired Companies to issue to any Person (other
than one of the Acquired Companies) any equity securities or
securities convertible into or exchangeable for, at any time,
equity securities of any Subsidiary of the Acquired Companies. No
claim has been made or threatened, asserting that any Person, other
than another Acquired Company, is the holder or beneficial owner
of, or has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of, any equity
securities of, or any other Equity Interests in, any Subsidiary of
the Acquired Companies.
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(b) Except as set forth
on Schedule
4.10(b), no Subsidiary of an Acquired Company owns or within
the past five (5) years has owned, directly or indirectly, any
Equity Interest in, or any interest convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for, at any time, any equity or similar
interest in, any Person (other than another Acquired Company).
Each of
the dealerships set forth on Schedule 4.11 has been owned
and continuously operated by an Acquired Company from the date set
forth opposite the name of such dealership on Schedule 4.11.
(a) Schedule 4.12 sets forth
complete and correct copies of (i) the audited combined financial
statements of the Acquired Companies as of and for the fiscal years
ended 2018 and 2019, consisting of the audited combined balance
sheets as of such dates, the audited combined income statements for
the periods then-ended, the audited combined cash flow statements
for the periods then-ended and the corresponding notes to such
combined financial statements, and (ii) the unaudited combined
financial statements of the Acquired Companies consisting of the
combined balance sheet of the Acquired Companies as of December 31,
2020, and the related combined statements income and cash flows for
the 12-month period then-ended (the “Unaudited Financial
Statements”) (collectively, the “Company Financial
Statements” and the balance sheet as of December 31,
2020 included therein, the “Balance Sheet”, and such
date, the “Balance
Sheet Date”).
(b) Other than as set
forth on Schedule
4.12(b), the Company Financial Statements have been prepared
in accordance with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis
throughout the period involved. The Company Financial Statements
are complete and accurate in all material respects and fairly
present, in all material respects, the financial position of the
Acquired Companies as of the dates thereof and the results of
operations of the Acquired Companies for the periods reflected
therein. The Company Financial Statements (i) were prepared from
the Books and Records of the Acquired Companies; (ii) contain and
reflect all necessary adjustments and accruals for a fair
presentation of the Acquired Companies’ financial condition
as of their dates including for all warranty, maintenance, service
and indemnification obligations; and (iii) contain and reflect
adequate provisions for all liabilities for all material Taxes
applicable to the Acquired Companies with respect to the periods
then ended. The Acquired Companies have delivered to Purchaser
complete and accurate copies of all “management
letters” received by them from their accountants and all
responses during the last five (5) years by lawyers engaged by the
Acquired Companies to inquiries from their accountant or any
predecessor accountants.
(c) Except as
specifically disclosed, reflected and fully reserved against on the
Balance Sheet, and for Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course
of business since the date of the Balance Sheet (which are of a
similar nature and in similar amounts to those historically
incurred), no Acquired Company has any Liabilities.
(d) The Balance Sheet
included in the Company Financial Statements accurately reflects
the outstanding Indebtedness of the Acquired Companies as of the
date thereof. Except as set forth in the Company Financial
Statements or on Schedule
4.12(d), no Acquired Company has any
Indebtedness.
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4.13 Books
and Records.
(a) Each Acquired
Company has made all of its Books and Records available to the
Purchaser for its inspection and has delivered to the Purchaser
complete and accurate copies of all documents referred to in the
Schedules to this Agreement or that the Purchaser otherwise has
requested. All Contracts, documents, and other papers or copies
thereof delivered to the Purchaser by or on behalf of the Acquired
Companies are accurate, complete, and authentic in all material
respects.
(b) The Books and
Records accurately and fairly, in reasonable detail, reflect the
transactions and dispositions of assets of and the providing of
services by the Acquired Companies.
(c) All accounts, books
and ledgers of each Acquired Company have been properly and
accurately kept and completed in all material respects, and there
are no material inaccuracies or discrepancies of any kind contained
or reflected therein.
Since
December 31, 2020, other than policies and procedures implemented
in good faith to respond to the actual or anticipated effect of the
COVID-19 pandemic on the Business, (a) each Acquired Company has
conducted its business in the ordinary course consistent with past
practices, (b) there has not been any change, event, development,
occurrence or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate,
has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and (c) none of the Acquired Companies have taken any
action (or agreed or committed to take any action) nor has any
event occurred which would have required the consent of the
Purchaser pursuant to Article VII herein if such action had been
taken or such event had occurred between the date hereof and the
Closing Date.
(a) The items of
Tangible Personal Property have no material defects, are in good
operating condition and repair and function in accordance with
their intended uses (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and have been
properly maintained, and are suitable for their present uses and
meet all specifications and warranty requirements with respect
thereto. Schedule
4.15(a) sets forth a description and location of each item
of Tangible Personal Property with a value of at least $5,000.
Except as set forth on Schedule 7.1, none of the
Tangible Personal Property is in need of maintenance or repairs
except for routine maintenance and repairs in the ordinary course
of business or that are not material in nature or
cost.
(b) Each Acquired
Company (and not any Affiliate thereof) has good, valid and
marketable title in and to, or a valid leasehold interest or
license in or a right to use, all of its assets reflected on the
Balance Sheet or thereafter acquired. No such asset is subject to
any Liens other than Permitted Liens. The assets of the Acquired
Companies constitute all of the assets of any kind or description
whatsoever, necessary for the Acquired Companies to operate the
Business immediately after the Closing substantially in the same
manner as the Business is currently being conducted.
Other
than as disclosed on Schedule 4.16, there is no
Action pending, or to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened (and
to the Knowledge of the Sellers, no event has occurred or
circumstance exists that is reasonably likely to give rise to, or
serve as a basis for, any Action) against or affecting, any
Acquired Company, any of their respective managers, employees,
officers or directors (in their capacities as such), the Business,
any Transferred Equity Interests, Equity Interests of a Merged
Entity, or any Acquired Company’s assets, liabilities, or
Contracts; or which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent,
enjoin, alter or delay the transactions contemplated hereby or by
the Additional Agreements. There are no outstanding, pending, or,
to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened Orders (and to the
Knowledge of the Sellers, no event has occurred or circumstances
exist that is reasonably likely to give rise to, or serve as a
basis for, any Order) against, the Business, the Acquired
Companies, or to which any Acquired Company is otherwise a party.
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.16, no Acquired
Company is, or at any time during the past five (5) years has been,
subject to any Action.
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4.17 Contracts.
(a) Schedule 4.17(a) (arranged by
identifying subsections corresponding to the subsections set forth
below but not necessarily in all subsections that may apply if the
disclosure is reasonably apparent on its face) lists the following
Contracts, oral or written (Contract required to be set forth on
Schedule 4.17
collectively, the “Material Contracts”), to
which an Acquired Company is a party or by which it or its assets
are bound:
(i) all Contracts that
require annual payments or expenses by, or annual payments or
income to, any Acquired Company of $50,000 or more (other than
standard purchase and sale orders entered into in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice);
(ii) all
distributor, dealer, franchise, manufacturer’s representative
Contracts;
(iii) all
sales, advertising, agency, lobbying, broker, sales promotion,
market research, marketing or similar Contracts, in each case
requiring the payment of any commissions by an Acquired Company in
excess of $50,000 annually;
(iv) all
Contracts containing any requirement that any Acquired Company
makes, directly or indirectly, any advance, loan, extension of
credit or capital commitment or contribution to, or other
investment in, any Person, or any capital expenditure after the
date hereof;
(v) all Contracts
containing any right of first refusal or right of first offer or
similar right or that limits or purports to limit the ability of
any of the Acquired Companies (or, following the Closing, the
Purchaser or its Affiliates) to own, operate, sell, transfer,
pledge or otherwise dispose of any material properties or
assets;
(vi) all
Contracts (1) that limits or purports to limit the ability of any
of the Acquired Companies to compete in any line of business or
with any Person or in any geographic area or during any period of
time, (2) providing for any material exclusivity obligations, or
(3) granting any exclusive rights to products or
services;
(vii) all
Contracts obligating the Acquired Companies or any counterparty to
purchase or obtain a minimum or specified amount of any product or
service, or granting any right of first refusal, right of first
offer or similar right with respect to any material assets of the
Business;
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(viii) all
employment Contracts, employee leasing Contracts, independent
contractor, consultant and sales representatives Contracts with any
current officer, director, employee, independent contractor or
consultant of any Acquired Company or other Person, under which the
Acquired Company (A) has continuing obligations for payment of
annual compensation of at least $50,000 (other than oral
arrangements for at-will employment), (B) has severance or
post-termination obligations to such Person (other than COBRA
obligations), (C) requires more than thirty (30) days’ notice
for a termination by the Acquired Company without cause, or (D) has
an obligation to make a payment upon consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or as a result of a change of
control of the Acquired Company, either alone or in conjunction
with any other event or occurrence;
(ix) all
collective bargaining agreements or other Contracts with a
Union;
(x) all staffing
agreements or agreements with a professional employer
organization;
(xi) all
Contracts creating a joint venture, strategic alliance, limited
liability company or similar arrangement involving a sharing of
profits or expenses;
(xii) all
Contracts relating to any acquisitions or dispositions of assets by
an Acquired Company other than (a) the purchase of Inventory in the
ordinary course or (b) acquisitions or dispositions of assets by an
Acquired Company with a value of less than $50,000;
(xiii) all
Contracts relating to the acquisition or disposition of any
business (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or
otherwise) that include any earn-out or other similar contingent
obligation to be paid by the Acquired Companies after the date
hereof;
(xiv) all
Contracts for material licensing agreements, including Contracts
licensing Intellectual Property Rights, other than licenses for
commercially available software, in object code form, that is
generally available at a cost to the Acquired Companies of not more
than U.S. $25,000 for a perpetual license (or $10,000 in the
aggregate for any fiscal year) (“Shrink-wrap
Licenses”);
(xv) all
Contracts relating to Intellectual Property Rights of the Acquired
Companies;
(xvi) all
Contracts providing for guarantees, indemnification arrangements
and other hold harmless arrangements made or provided by an
Acquired Company, including all forms of ongoing agreements for
repair, warranty, maintenance, service, or similar
obligations;
(xvii) all
Related Party Contracts;
(xviii) all
Contracts with Authorities;
(xix) all
Contracts relating to property or assets (whether real or personal,
tangible or intangible) in which any Acquired Company holds a
leasehold interest (including the Leases) and which involve
payments to the lessor thereunder in excess of
$50,000;
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(xx) all
Contracts relating to outstanding Indebtedness, including financial
instruments of indenture or security instruments such as notes,
mortgages, loans and lines of credit and any letters of credit,
performance bonds and surety bonds, whether or not drawn or
called;
(xxi) any
Contract relating to the voting or control of the Equity Interests
of an Acquired Company or the election of the directors, managers
or similar governing body thereof (other than the Organizational
Documents of such Acquired Company);
(xxii) any
Contract not cancellable by an Acquired Company with no more than
60 days’ notice if the effect of such cancellation would
result in monetary penalty to the Acquired Company in excess of
$50,000 per the terms of such contract;
(xxiii) any
Contract for which any of the benefits, compensation or payments
(or the vesting thereof) will be increased or accelerated by the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or the amount
or value thereof will be calculated on the basis of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(xxiv) any
Contract restricting any Acquired Company from paying any dividends
or making any distributions; and
(xxv) any
other Contract that is material to the business and operations of
the Acquired Companies taken as a whole and not otherwise disclosed
pursuant to this Section
4.17.
(b) Each Material
Contract (i) is a valid, legal and binding obligation of the
applicable Acquired Company enforceable in accordance with its
terms against such Acquired Company and, to the Knowledge of the
Sellers, each other party thereto, and (ii) is in full force and
effect. Neither the applicable Acquired Company nor, to the
Knowledge of the Sellers, any other party thereto, is in breach or
default (whether with or without the passage of time or the giving
of notice or both) under the terms of any such Material Contract.
No Acquired Company has assigned, delegated, or otherwise
transferred any of its rights or obligations with respect to any
Material Contracts, or granted any power of attorney with respect
thereto or to any Acquired Company’s assets. No Contract (i)
requires an Acquired Company to post a bond or deliver any other
form of security or payment to secure its obligations thereunder or
(ii) imposes any non-competition covenants that may be binding on,
or restrict the Business or require any payments by or with respect
to Purchaser or any of its Affiliates. Sellers have delivered or
made available a true and correct copy of each Material Contract,
together with all amendments thereto. There are no material
renegotiations ongoing with respect to any Material
Contract.
(c) The Acquired
Companies are in material compliance with all covenants, including
all financial covenants, in all material notes, indentures, bonds
and other instruments or agreements evidencing any
Indebtedness.
Schedule 4.18 sets forth a true,
complete and correct list of all liability, property,
workers’ compensation and other insurance policies currently
in effect that insure the property, assets or business of the
Acquired Companies or their employees (other than self-obtained
insurance policies by such employees). Copies of all such policies
have been made available to Purchaser. Each such insurance policy
is valid and binding and in full force and effect and will continue
in full force and effect following the consummation of the
Transactions, all premiums due thereunder have been paid and no
Acquired Company has received any notice of default, cancellation,
termination or non-renewal in respect of any such policy. No
Acquired Company is in breach or default under the terms of any
such insurance policy (including any breach of default with respect
to the giving of notice of claims). Such policies, in light of the
nature of the Acquired Companies’ business, assets and
properties, are in amounts and have coverage that are reasonable
and customary for Persons engaged in such business and having such
assets and properties. No claim is pending under any such policies
as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disrupted, or
right reserved to do so, by the underwriters thereof. Except with
respect to the matters set forth on Schedule 4.16, within the last
two (2) years, no Acquired Company has filed any claims exceeding
$100,000 against any of its insurance policies, exclusive of
automobile, life, and health insurance policies. No Acquired
Company has received written notice from any of its insurance
carriers or brokers that any premiums will be materially increased
in the future, and no Acquired Company has any reason to believe
that any insurance coverage listed on Schedule 4.18 will not be
available in the future on substantially the same terms as now in
effect. Schedule
4.18 also contains a list of any pending claims and claims
in the past five (5) years with any insurance company by any
Acquired Company.
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4.19 Licenses
and Permits.
Schedule 4.19 sets forth a true,
complete and correct list each material Permit affecting, or
relating in any way to, the Business, together with the name of the
Authority issuing the same. Except as indicated on Schedule 4.19, such Permits
listed or required to be listed on Schedule 4.19 are valid and in
full force and effect, and none of such Permits will be terminated
or impaired or become terminable as a result of the transactions
contemplated hereby. Each Acquired Company has all Permits
necessary to operate the Business as presently conducted. None of
the Acquired Companies is, or has been in the last two (2) years,
in default under or violation or breach of, and no event has
occurred which, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or
both, would constitute a default under or violation or breach of
any term, condition or provision of any Permit or would reasonably
be expected to result in the revocation, suspension, lapse or
limitation of any Permit. None of the Permits has been challenged,
suspended, or revoked and no written statement of intention to
challenge, suspend or revoke or fail to renew any such Permit has
been received by any of the Acquired Companies. All fees and
charges due on or before the Closing Date with respect to such
Permits as of the date hereof have been paid in full.
No
Acquired Company is in violation of or has violated in any material
respect any Law applicable to the Acquired Companies or their
respective properties or assets or the Business. To the Knowledge
of the Sellers, no Acquired Company is under investigation with
respect to or has been threatened in writing to be charged with any
violation or alleged violation in any material respect of, any Law,
nor, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, is there any basis for any
such charge. Since January 1, 2018, none of the Acquired Companies
has received any written notice or, to the Knowledge of the
Sellers, other oral or written communication from any Authority or
other Person regarding any actual, alleged, or potential violation
of, or failure to comply in any material respect with, any
Laws.
(a) Schedule 4.21(a) sets forth a
true, correct and complete list of U.S. and foreign (i) Company
Owned Intellectual Property that is subject to a registration with
any governmental authority (“Registered Intellectual
Property”); and (ii) all other material Intellectual
Property Rights that are used in or necessary to operate the
Business of the Acquired Companies; and (B) identifies all
contracts to which of the Acquired Companies is a party and under
which any Acquired Company has received or granted a license or
sublicense with respect to any of the Company Intellectual
Property, excluding Shrink-wrap Licenses (all such licenses,
including the Shrink-wrap Licenses, the “Intellectual Property
Licenses”). None of such Registered Intellectual
Property that is owned by any Acquired Company has been cancelled,
abandoned or adjudicated invalid or unenforceable, and all
registration, renewals and maintenance fees in respect of such
Registered Intellectual Property that were due prior to the date
hereof have been duly paid and all necessary documents and
certificates in connection with the Registered Intellectual
Property that have or that must be filed within 120 days of the
date of this Agreement have been timely filed with the relevant
patent, copyright, trademark or other authorities in the United
States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be. No loss or
expiration of any Registered Intellectual Property is threatened or
pending or reasonably foreseeable by any Acquired Company. (The
Company Owned Intellectual Property and the Intellectual Property
licensed to any Acquired Company under the Intellectual Property
Licenses is collectively referred to as the “Company Intellectual
Property”).
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(b) The Acquired
Companies solely own all Company Owned Intellectual Property, free
and clear of all encumbrances and have the sole right to enforce
it. The Acquired Companies possess all right, title, and interest
in and to, or has a valid and enforceable written license and right
to use, all Company Intellectual Property necessary to conduct the
Business of the Acquired Companies. The Company Owned Intellectual
Property owned by Acquired Companies is enforceable, valid, and
subsisting. The Company Intellectual Property shall be available
for use by the Purchaser and the Acquired Companies immediately
after the Closing Date on identical terms and conditions to those
under which the Acquired Companies owned or used the Company
Intellectual Property immediately prior to the Closing Date. With
respect to each Intellectual Property License: (i) the Sellers have
delivered a true, complete and accurate copy of each such
Intellectual Property License to the Purchaser; (ii) such
Intellectual Property License is the valid and binding obligation
of the Company, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its
terms; and (iii) neither the Acquired Companies nor any other party
to such Intellectual Property License is in material breach of or
default under such Intellectual Property License.
(c) Within the past
five (5) years (or prior thereto if the same is still pending or
subject to appeal or reinstatement) the Acquired Companies have not
been sued or charged in writing with or been a defendant in any
Action that involves a claim of infringement of any Intellectual
Property Rights, and to the Knowledge of the Sellers there is no
other claim of infringement by the Acquired Companies. To the
Knowledge of the Sellers, no Person has or is infringing, diluting,
misappropriating, conflicting or otherwise violating any of the
Company Intellectual Property.
(d) All employees,
agents, consultants or contractors who have contributed to or
participated in the creation or development of any copyrightable,
patentable, confidential, or trade secret material on behalf of the
Acquired Company or any predecessor in interest thereto has
executed an assignment in favor of the Acquired Company (or such
predecessor in interest, as applicable) of all right, title and
interest in such material and preserving and protecting the
confidentiality of such material. All such agreements are valid and
enforceable in accordance with their terms and no Person is in
breach of any such agreement.
(e) None of the
execution, delivery or performance by the Acquired Companies of
this Agreement or any of the Additional Agreements to which each
Acquired Company is a party or the consummation by the Acquired
Companies of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will
cause any Intellectual Property Rights owned, licensed, used or
held for use by the Acquired Company immediately prior to the
Closing to not be owned, licensed or available for use by the
Acquired Company on substantially the same terms and conditions
immediately following the Closing.
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(f) The Acquired
Companies have taken reasonable measures to safeguard and maintain
the confidentiality and value of all trade secrets and other items
of material Company Intellectual Property that are confidential and
all other confidential information, data and materials licensed by
the Company or otherwise used in the operation of the
Business.
(g) The software,
computer firmware, computer hardware, electronic data processing,
information, record keeping, communications, telecommunications,
networks, interfaces, platforms, peripherals and computer systems,
including any outsourced systems and processes, that are owned or
used by the Acquired Companies in the conduct of their Business
(collectively, the “IT Systems”) are
sufficient for the operation of Business of the Acquired Companies
as currently conducted. To the Knowledge of the Sellers, the
Acquired Companies’ service providers and vendors maintain
and keep the IT Systems in sufficiently good working condition to
perform the information technology operations for the Business of
the Acquired Companies. In the last three (3) years, there have
been no (A) unauthorized intrusions or material breaches of
security, or (B) to the Knowledge of Sellers, failures, breakdowns,
continued substandard performance or other material and adverse
events affecting any such IT Systems that have caused any
substantial disruption of or material interruption in or to the use
of such IT Systems which disrupted the Acquired Companies’
Business. To the Knowledge of the Sellers, the Acquired Companies
use efforts designed to protect the IT Systems from becoming
infected by, and to the Knowledge of the Sellers, the IT Systems
are free of, any virus, worm, Trojan horse, automatic restraint,
time bomb or any other unintended, malicious feature or function
designed to cause the erasing, destroying, or corrupting of
Software, systems, databases, or data.
(h) Other than as part
of a commercial software program provided by a software vendor
(including software provided on a cloud service basis), the
Acquired Companies do not use any open source software. No Company
Owned Intellectual Property is subject to any open source
license.
(i) The Acquired
Companies have proper licenses to all third party software
(including software provided on a cloud service basis) used in
their business, and the licenses are the correct type and are
sufficient to cover the actual number of Acquired Companies users
(seats), locations, use cases and activities taken in connection
therewith.
4.22 Privacy and Data Security.
(a) Each Acquired
Company is, and at all times has been, in material compliance with
(A) all federal, state, local and foreign Laws pertaining to (i)
data security, cyber security, and e-commerce; (ii) the collection,
storage, use, access, disclosure, processing, security, and
transfer of Personal Data (referred to collectively in this
Agreement as “Data
Activities”) ((i) and (ii) together,
“Privacy
Laws”); and (B) all Contracts (or portions thereof) to
which such Acquired Company is a party that are applicable to Data
Activities (collectively, “Privacy Agreements”).
Each Acquired Company is, and at all times has been, in compliance
with the PCI Security Standards Council’s Payment Card
Industry Data Security Standard and all other applicable rules and
requirements by the PCI Security Standards Council, by any member
thereof, or by any entity that functions as a card brand, card
association, payment processor, acquiring bank, merchant bank or
issuing bank, including, without limitation, the Payment
Application Data Security Standards and all audit and filing
requirements (collectively, “PCI
Requirements”).
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(b) The Acquired
Companies have implemented written policies relating to Data
Activities, including, without limitation, a publicly posted
website privacy policy, mobile app privacy policy, and a
comprehensive information security program that includes
appropriate written information security policies
(“Privacy and Data
Security Policies”). At all times, each Acquired
Company has been and is in compliance with all such Privacy and
Data Security Policies. Neither the execution, delivery, or
performance of this Agreement, nor the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated under this Agreement will violate any of
the Privacy Agreements, Privacy and Data Security Policies or any
applicable, Privacy Laws.
(c) Each Acquired
Company has collected, used, and disclosed all Personal Data in
accordance with applicable Privacy Laws, Privacy and Data Security
Policies in effect at the time of the collection of such Personal
Data, and Privacy Agreements. Neither applicable Privacy Laws,
Privacy and Data Security Policies, nor Privacy Agreements restrict
the transfer of any Personal Data to the Purchaser. Assuming
Purchaser is not otherwise prohibited by Law or contractually
obligated otherwise, Purchaser may use such Personal Data in at
least the same manner as the Acquired Company.
(d) To the Knowledge of
the Sellers, there is no pending, nor has there ever been any,
complaint, audit, proceeding, investigation, or claim against any
Acquired Company initiated by (a) any Person or entity; (b) the
United States Federal Trade Commission, any state attorney general
or similar state official; (c) any other governmental entity,
foreign or domestic; or any regulatory or self-regulatory entity
– alleging that any Data Activity of the Acquired Companies:
(i) is in violation of any applicable Privacy Laws, (ii) is in
violation of any Privacy Agreements, (iii) is in violation of any
Privacy and Data Security Policies, or (iv) otherwise constitutes
an unfair, deceptive, or misleading trade practice.
(e) At all times, each
Acquired Company has taken commercially reasonable steps
(including, without limitation, implementing, maintaining, and
monitoring compliance with government-issued or industry standard
measures with respect to administrative, technical and physical
security) to ensure that all Personal Data and Confidential
Information in its possession or control is protected against
damage, loss, and against unauthorized access, acquisition, use,
modification, disclosure or other misuse. There has been no
unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of Personal Data or
Confidential Information in the possession or control of the
Acquired Companies or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, any entity
that processes Personal Data on behalf of any Acquired Company, nor
has there been any unauthorized intrusions or breaches of security
into any Acquired Company’s systems.
(f) Each Acquired
Company contractually requires all third parties, including,
without limitation, vendors, Affiliates, and other Persons
providing services to such Acquired Company that have access to or
receive Personal Data from or on behalf of such Acquired Company to
comply with all applicable Privacy Laws, and to take all reasonable
steps to ensure that all Personal Data in such third parties’
possession or control is protected against damage, loss, and
against unauthorized access, acquisition, use, modification,
disclosure or other misuse.
(g) The Acquired
Companies have provided notifications to, and have obtained consent
from, Persons regarding their Data Activities where such notice or
consent is required by Privacy Laws. The Acquired Companies’
collection of Personal Data or other information from third parties
is in accordance with any requirements from such third parties,
including written website terms and conditions. No Acquired Company
has (i) received written communication from any website owner or
operator that the Acquired Company’s access to such website
is unauthorized; (ii) entered into a written agreement with any
website owner or operator prohibiting scraping activity; (iii)
accessed any website’s information through illicitly
circumventing a password requirement or similar technological
barrier; or (iv) scraped any data from a website that has a
clickwrap agreement prohibiting such activity.
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(h) The Acquired
Companies are, and at all times have been in compliance with all
Laws pertaining to sales, marketing, and electronic and telephonic
communications, including, without limitation, the CAN-SPAM Act,
the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and the Telemarketing Sales
Rule.
4.23 Suppliers.
(a) Schedule 4.23(a) sets forth a
true, correct and complete list of the aggregate of the Acquired
Companies’ ten (10) largest suppliers, as measured by the
dollar amount of purchases therefrom or thereby, for the fiscal
years ended December 31, 2018, December 31, 2019, December 31,
2020.
(b) Since December 31,
2018, no supplier listed on Schedule 4.23(a) has (i)
terminated its relationship with the Acquired Companies, (ii)
notified the Acquired Companies in writing of its intention to take
any such action, or (iii) to the Knowledge of the Sellers, become
insolvent or subject to bankruptcy proceedings. There are no
material disputes with any supplier listed on Schedule 4.23(a).
All
accounts receivable and notes of the Acquired Companies reflected
on the Company Financial Statements, and all accounts receivable
and notes arising subsequent to the date thereof, represent valid
obligations arising from services actually performed or goods
actually sold by the Acquired Companies in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice. The accounts payable of the
Acquired Companies reflected on the Company Financial Statements,
and all accounts payable arising subsequent to the date thereof,
arose from bona fide transactions in the ordinary course consistent
with past practice and have been timely paid or are not yet due and
payable, except to the extent disputed in good faith. There is no
contest, claim, or right of setoff in any agreement with any maker
of an account receivable or note relating to the amount or validity
of such account receivable or note. All items included in the
Inventory of the Acquired Companies consist of a quality and
quantity useable in the ordinary course of business, as
historically conducted except as reserved against in the Company
Financial Statements. The Inventory of the Acquired Companies is
not excessive in kind or amount in light of the business done or
reasonably expected to be done by them. Such Inventory is located
at the Owned Real Property and / or the Leased Real Property and
none of such Inventory is subject to any consignment, bailment,
warehousing or similar arrangement.
No
Acquired Company has received any payments with respect to any
services to be rendered or goods to be provided after the Closing,
except as set forth in the Company Financial Statements or incurred
in the ordinary course of business to the extent arising subsequent
to the date thereof.
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(a) Schedule 4.26(a) sets forth a
true, correct and complete list of the employees and independent
contractors of the Acquired Companies as of January 1, 2021, with
actual or potential annual compensation (including salary,
annualized wages, bonuses, or other incentive compensation) in
excess of $100,000, including the name, title, current salary or
compensation rate for each such Person and total compensation
(including bonuses) paid to each such Person for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2020. Unless indicated in such list, no employee
or independent contractor included in such list (i) is currently on
leave, (ii) has given written notice of his or her intent to
terminate his or her relationship with any Acquired Company, or
(iii) has received written notice of such termination from any
Acquired Company. To the Knowledge of the Sellers, no Key Employee
intends to terminate his or her relationship with any Acquired
Company prior to or within six (6) months following the Closing
Date.
(b) Except as disclosed
on Schedule
4.26(b), no Acquired Company is a party to or subject to any
employment contract, consulting agreement, collective bargaining
agreement, confidentiality agreement restricting the activities of
such Acquired Company, non-competition agreement restricting the
activities of such Acquired Company, or any similar agreement, and
to the Knowledge of Sellers, there has been no activity or
proceeding by a Union or representative thereof to organize any
employees of such Acquired Company.
4.27 Employment Matters.
(a) Schedule 4.27(a)(i) sets forth
a true and complete list of every employment agreement, commission
agreement, employee group or executive medical, life, or disability
insurance plan, and each incentive, bonus, profit sharing,
retirement, deferred compensation, equity, phantom stock, stock
option, stock purchase, stock appreciation right or severance plan
of the Acquired Companies now in effect or under which the Acquired
Companies have or might have any obligation, or any understanding
between any Acquired Company and any employee concerning the terms
of such employee’s employment that does not apply to the
Acquired Companies’ employees generally (collectively,
“Labor
Agreements”). The Acquired Companies have previously
delivered to the Purchaser true and complete copies of each such
Labor Agreement, any employee handbook or policy statement of the
Acquired Companies, and complete and correct information in all
material respects concerning the Acquired Companies’
employees and individual independent contractor or consultants.
Schedule
4.27(a)(ii) sets forth a true and complete list of the
names, business addresses and titles of the directors, officers,
general partners, and managers, as applicable, of each Acquired
Company.
(b) Except as disclosed
on Schedule 4.27(b)
(arranged in subsections corresponding to the subsections set forth
below):
(i) all employees of
the Acquired Companies are employees at will, and the employment of
each employee by the Acquired Companies may be terminated
immediately by the Acquired Companies, as applicable, without any
cost or liability except severance in accordance with the Acquired
Companies’ standard severance practice as disclosed on
Schedule
4.27(b);
(ii) to
the Knowledge of the Sellers, no employee of the Acquired Companies
has any plan to terminate his or her employment now or in the near
future, whether as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby
or otherwise;
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(iii) to
the Knowledge of the Sellers, no employee of the Acquired
Companies, in the ordinary course of his or her duties, has
breached or will breach any obligation to a former employer in
respect of any covenant against competition or soliciting clients
or employees or servicing clients or confidentiality or any
proprietary right of such former employer; and
(iv) No
Acquired Company is a party to any collective bargaining agreement
or other Contract with a Union or has any material labor relations
problems, and there is no pending representation question or Union
organizing activity respecting employees of the Acquired
Companies.
(c) Each Acquired
Company has complied with all Labor Agreements and all applicable
laws relating to employment or labor, including without limitation
all laws relating to labor relations, equal employment
opportunities, fair employment practices, employment
discrimination, harassment, retaliation, reasonable accommodation,
disability rights or benefits, immigration (including without
limitation I-9 and E-Verify requirements), work authorizations,
wages, hours, overtime compensation, child labor, hiring, promotion
and termination of employees, working conditions, meal and break
periods, privacy, health and safety, workers’ compensation,
leaves of absence and unemployment insurance. To the Knowledge of
Sellers, there is no legal prohibition with respect to the
permanent residence of any employee of the Acquired Companies in
the United States or his or her permanent employment by the
Acquired Companies and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, all
Acquired Companies employees are legally authorized to work in the
United States. The Acquired Companies have properly classified and
treated all of their employees as exempt or non-exempt under the
federal Fair Labor Standards Act and state and local wage and hour
laws. The Acquired Companies have not incurred any liability under
the WARN Act. No present or former employee, officer, director or
manager of any Acquired Company has, or will have at the Closing
Date, any claim against such Acquired Company for any matter
including for wages, salary, or vacation or sick pay, or otherwise
under any Labor Agreement (other than amounts that have not yet
become due and payable and will be provided in the ordinary course
of the relationship as contemplated in such Labor Agreement). All
accrued obligations of the Acquired Companies applicable to their
employees, whether arising by operation of Law, by Contract, by
past custom or otherwise, for payments by the Acquired Companies to
any trust or other fund or to any Authority, with respect to
unemployment or disability compensation benefits, social security
benefits, under ERISA or otherwise, have been paid or adequate
accruals therefor have been made.
(d) Schedule 4.27(d) sets forth all
Actions, proceedings, governmental investigations or administrative
proceedings of any kind against the Acquired Companies of which the
Acquired Companies have been notified within three (3) years
preceding the date of this Agreement regarding their employees,
independent contractors, or consultants including without
limitation any such Actions, proceedings, governmental
investigations or administrative proceedings of any kind related to
the Acquired Companies’ employment practices or operations as
they pertain to conditions of employment, unfair labor practices,
employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblowing,
equal pay, health and safety, overtime compensation, unemployment
insurance, workers compensation insurance, or any other employment
related matter before any Authority, including the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor,
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and/or state or
local equivalents. The Acquired Companies (i) have promptly,
thoroughly and impartially investigated all sexual harassment, or
other discrimination, retaliation or policy violation allegations
of which the Acquired Companies are aware, (ii) have taken prompt
corrective action that is reasonably calculated to prevent further
improper action in response to each such allegation with potential
merit, and (iii) are not aware of any allegations relating to
officers, directors, executives, or other key employees of the
Acquired Companies that, if known to the public, would bring the
Acquired Companies into material disrepute.
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(e) Except as set forth
in Schedule
4.27(e), there are no material pending or, to the Knowledge
of the Sellers, threatened claims or proceedings against the
Acquired Companies under any worker’s compensation policy or
long-term disability policy.
(f) Except as disclosed
on Schedule
4.27(f), since December 31, 2018 there have been no
“employment losses” as defined under the WARN Act (or
any other applicable state and local plant closing/mass layoff law
or ordinance) as to any employees of the Acquired Companies or any
Subsidiary within the six (6) month period prior to
Closing.
(g) Except as disclosed
on Schedule
4.27(g), in the past five (5) years the Acquired Companies
have not received any notice, complaint, or citation from the
federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration or any state
or local equivalent, or by or on behalf of any Company employee,
related to occupational health and safety laws applicable to
Company employees.
All obligations of each Acquired Company applicable to
its employees, whether arising by operation of Law, by Contract, by
past custom or otherwise, or attributable to payments by such
Acquired Company to trusts or other funds or to any Authority, with
respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security
benefits or any other benefits for its employees with respect to
the employment of said employees through the date hereof have been
paid or adequate accruals therefor have been made on the Company
Financial Statements, determined without regard to any provision of
the 2020 Tax Acts. All reasonably anticipated obligations of each
Acquired Company with respect to such employees (except for those
related to wages during the pay period immediately prior to the
Closing Date and arising in the ordinary course of business),
whether arising by operation of Law, by Contract, by past custom,
or otherwise, for salaries and holiday pay, bonuses and other forms
of compensation payable to such employees in respect of the
services rendered by any of them prior to the date hereof have been
or will be paid by such Acquired Company as they become due in the
ordinary course, determined without regard to any provision of the
2020 Tax Acts.
(a) Schedule 4.29 sets forth a
true, correct and complete list of each “employee benefit
plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), bonus, deferred
compensation, equity-based or non-equity-based incentive, severance
or other plan or written agreement relating to employee,
independent contractor, or director benefits, compensation, or
fringe benefits, currently maintained or contributed to by the
Acquired Companies and/or with respect to which the Acquired
Companies have any liability or obligation or could incur any
direct or indirect, fixed or contingent liability (each a
“Plan”
and collectively, the “Plans”). Schedule 4.29 specifies the
entity plan sponsor or contracting party for each Plan. Each Plan
is and has been maintained in compliance with all applicable laws,
including but not limited to ERISA, in all material respects, and
has been administered and operated in all material respects in
accordance with its terms.
(b) Each Plan which is
intended to be “qualified” within the meaning of
Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and has received a
favorable determination, opinion, or advisory letter from the
Internal Revenue Service and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, no
event has occurred and no condition exists which could reasonably
be expected to result in the revocation of any such determination.
Full payment has been made of all amounts which the Acquired
Companies were required under the terms of the Plans to have paid
as contributions to such Plans on or prior to the date hereof
(excluding any amounts not yet due).
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(c) To the Knowledge of
the Sellers, no Acquired Company or any other “disqualified
person” or “party in interest” (as defined in
Section 4975(e)(2) of the Code and Section 3(14) of ERISA,
respectively), has engaged in any transaction in connection with
any Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in the
imposition of a penalty pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA,
damages pursuant to Section 409 of ERISA or a tax pursuant to
Section 4975(a) of the Code. The Acquired Companies have not
maintained any Plan (other than a Plan which is intended to be
“qualified” within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the
Code) which provides benefits with respect to current or former
employees or directors following their termination of service with
the Acquired Companies (other than as required pursuant to COBRA).
Each Plan subject to the requirements of COBRA has been operated in
compliance therewith in all material respects.
(d) Neither the
execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall, individually, in
the aggregate or in connection with any other event, (a) result in
any payment becoming due to any officer, employee, consultant or
director of the Acquired Companies, (b) increase or modify any
benefits otherwise payable by the Acquired Companies to any
employee, consultant or director of the Acquired Companies, or (c)
result in the acceleration of time of payment or vesting of any
such benefits. No material liability, claim, investigation, audit,
action or litigation has been incurred, made, commenced or, to the
Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened, by or against any Plan or the
Acquired Companies with respect to any Plan.
(e) No Plan is a
“multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA) and the Acquired Companies have not been obligated to
contribute to any multiemployer plan. The Acquired Companies have
never sponsored or maintained a plan subject to Title IV of ERISA
nor do they have any actual or contingent liability relating to any
plan subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(f) Except as disclosed
on Schedule 4.29,
the Acquired Companies do not sponsor or maintain any unfunded
non-tax qualified Plan which provides a pension or retirement
benefit to any employee.
(g) The Acquired
Companies have not made any commitment to create or cause to exist
any employee benefit plan which is not listed on Schedule 4.29, or to modify,
change or terminate any Plan (other than as may be necessary for
compliance with applicable law).
(h) Except as disclosed
on Schedule
4.29(h), the Acquired Companies do not have any plan,
arrangement or agreement providing for “deferred
compensation” that is subject to Section 409A of the Code.
Each Plan subject to Section 409A of the Code has been operated and
maintained in compliance therewith in all material respects at all
times.
(i) With respect to
each Plan, the Acquired Companies have delivered or caused to be
delivered to Purchaser and its counsel true and complete copies of
the following documents, as applicable, for each respective Plan:
(i) all Plan documents, with all amendments thereto; (ii) the
current summary plan description with any applicable summaries of
material modifications thereto as well as any other material
employee or government communications; (iii) all current trust
agreements and/or other documents establishing Plan funding
arrangements; (iv) the most recent IRS determination, opinion, or
advisory letter; (v) the three most recently prepared IRS Forms
5500; (vi) the three most recently prepared financial statements;
and (vii) all material related contracts, including without
limitation, insurance contracts, service provider agreements and
investment management and investment advisory
agreements.
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4.30 Real
Property.
(a) Schedule 4.30(a) sets forth a
true, correct, and complete description (including the address
thereof, the applicable owner thereof, and the use thereof) of all
Real Property owned by the Acquired Companies (the
“Owned Real
Property”). With respect to each Owned Real Property,
(i) the applicable Acquired Company has valid, good and marketable
fee simple title to such Owned Real Property, free and clear of all
Liens, (ii) the applicable Acquired Company has not leased,
subleased, licensed or otherwise granted to any Person the right to
use or occupy such Owned Real Property or any portion thereof;
(iii) other than the right of the Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement, there are no outstanding options, rights of first offer
or rights of first refusal to purchase such Owned Real Property or
any portion thereof or interest therein; (iv) no Acquired Company
has received any written notice of any, and to the Knowledge of the
Sellers, there are no existing, pending or threatened condemnation
or eminent domain proceedings relating to any portion of the Owned
Real Property; and (v) to the Knowledge of the Sellers, no Acquired
Company has breached or violated any local zoning ordinance, and no
written notice from any Person has been received by an Acquired
Company or served upon an Acquired Company claiming any violation
of any local zoning ordinance. No Acquired Company is party to any
agreement or option to purchase any Real Property or material
interest therein. To the extent any are in the possession of or
reasonably available to the Acquired Companies, copies of any title
insurance policies (together with copies of any documents of record
listed as exceptions to the title on such policies) currently
insuring each Owned Real Property and copies of the most recent
surveys of the same have been made available to the
Purchaser.
(b) Schedule 4.30(b) sets forth a
true, correct and complete list (including the address thereof, the
applicable lessee thereof, and use thereof) of all of the Real
Property Leased or subleased by the Acquired Companies (the
“Leased Real
Property”) as well as a list of all leases, subleases,
licenses, occupancy agreements or other agreements (including all
amendments thereto and guaranties thereof) pursuant to which any
Acquired Company leases or subleases any Real Property
(collectively, “Leases”). True and
correct copies of all such Leases have been made available to the
Purchaser. With respect to each of the Leases: (i) it is a valid,
legal and binding obligation of the applicable Acquired Company
generally enforceable in accordance with its terms against such
Acquired Company and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, each other
party thereto and is in full force and effect; (ii) all rents and
additional rents and other sums, expenses and charges due
thereunder have been paid; (iii) no waiver, indulgence or
postponement of the lessees’ obligations thereunder have been
granted by the lessors; (iv) there exists no breach or default, or
event of default, thereunder by the applicable Acquired Company or,
to the Knowledge of the Sellers, by any other party thereto; (v)
there exists no occurrence, condition or act which, with the giving
of notice, the lapse of time or the happening of any further event
or condition, would become a breach or default, or event of
default, by the applicable Acquired Company thereunder; and (vi)
there are no outstanding claims of breach or indemnification or
notice of default or termination thereunder. There are (x) no
written or oral subleases, concessions or other contracts granting
to any Person other than an Acquired Company the right to use or
occupy any Leased Real Property and (y) no outstanding options or
rights of first refusal to purchase all or a portion of such
properties. No Acquired Company has assigned, transferred,
conveyed, mortgaged, deeded in trust or encumbered any Lease or
interest therein; and the estate or interest created by such Lease
in favor of the applicable Acquired Company is free and clear of
all Liens. No Acquired Company has received any written notice of
any, and to the Knowledge of the Sellers, there are no existing,
pending or threatened condemnation or eminent domain proceedings
relating to any portion of the Leased Real Property. No Acquired
Company has received any written notice from any Person that any
Leased Real Property is in violation of any local zoning ordinance
and to the Knowledge of the Sellers, no Leased Real Property
violates any local zoning ordinance.
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(c) The buildings,
structures, improvements and fixtures located on the Owned Real
Property and the Leased Real Property (the “Improvements”) and all
building systems and equipment related to the business located on
the Owned Real Property and the Leased Real Property are in good
operating conditions and repair in all material respects and are
adequate and suitable for the purposes for which they are presently
being used. There are no material repair or restoration works
likely to be required in connection with any of the Improvements
located on the Owned Real Property. There are no material repair or
restoration works likely to be required in connection with any
Improvements located on the Leased Real Property for which the
applicable Acquired Company is liable for or obligated to perform
under the applicable Lease. An Acquired Company is in physical
possession and actual and exclusive occupation of the whole of the
Owned Real Property and Leased Real Property, none of which are
subleased or assigned to another Person. No Acquired Company owes
any brokerage commission with respect to any Real
Property.
(d) The Owned Real
Property and the Leased Real Property collectively constitute all
interests in real property currently used or currently held for use
in connection with the Business.
(e) No Acquired Company
has received any notice of any existing deficiency, and no facility
redesign or improvements with respect to any Acquired
Company’s dealership facilities have been requested or
required by the Factories. Each Acquired Company’s
dealerships are and have been operated in compliance with Factory
policies.
Schedule 4.31 sets forth a true,
complete and correct list of the checking accounts, deposit
accounts, safe deposit boxes, and brokerage, commodity and similar
accounts of each Acquired Company, including the account number and
name, the name of each depositary or financial institution and the
address where such account is located and the authorized
signatories thereto.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
4.32: (i) Each Acquired Company has duly and timely filed
all Tax Returns (taking into account all available extensions) in
all jurisdictions in which Tax Returns are required to be filed by
or with respect to it, and has paid all Taxes (whether or not shown
on any Tax Returns) which have become due; (ii) all such Tax
Returns are true, correct and complete and accurate in all material
respects and disclose all material Taxes required to be paid; (iii)
there is no Action, pending or proposed or, to the Knowledge of the
Sellers, threatened, with respect to Taxes of any Acquired Company
or for which a Lien may be imposed upon any of the Acquired
Companies’ assets (other than liens for Taxes not yet due and
payable) and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, no basis exists
therefor; (iv) no statute of limitations in respect of the
assessment or collection of any Taxes of any Acquired Company for
which a Lien may be imposed on any of the Acquired Companies’
assets has been waived or extended, which waiver or extension is in
effect; (v) each Acquired Company has complied in all material
respects with all applicable Laws relating to the reporting,
payment, collection and withholding of Taxes, including sales and
use Taxes and amounts required to be withheld for Taxes of
employees, independent contractors, creditors, equityholders
(including any members of such Acquired Company) or other third
parties, and has duly and timely withheld or collected, paid over
to the applicable Taxing Authority and reported all Taxes
(including income, social, security and other payroll Taxes)
required to be withheld or collected by such Acquired Company,
determined in each case without regard to any provision of the 2020
Tax Acts; (vi) none of
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the
assets of any Acquired Company is required to be treated as owned
by another Person for income Tax purposes pursuant to Section
168(f)(8) of the Code (as in effect prior to its amendment by the
Tax Reform Act of 1986) or otherwise; (vii) none of the assets of
any Acquired Company is “tax-exempt use property”
within the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code, “tax-exempt
bond financed property” within the meaning of Section
168(g)(5) of the Code, or subject to a “TRAC lease”
under Section 7701(h) of the Code (or any predecessor provision)
(viii) there is no Lien for Taxes upon any Transferred Equity
Interests or on any of the assets of any Acquired Company (other
than liens for Taxes not yet due and payable); (ix) there is no
outstanding request for a ruling from any Taxing Authority, request
for a consent by a Taxing Authority for a change in a method of
accounting, subpoena or request for information by any Taxing
Authority, or closing agreement (within the meaning of Section 7121
of the Code or any analogous provision of applicable Law), with
respect to any Acquired Company; (x) no claim has ever been made by
a Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where any Acquired Company has
not paid any Tax or filed Tax Returns, asserting that such Acquired
Company is or may be subject to any Tax or Tax filing obligations
in such jurisdiction; (xi) each Acquired Company has provided to
the Purchaser true, complete and correct copies of all income Tax
Returns relating to, and all audit reports and correspondence
relating to each proposed adjustment, if any, made by any Taxing
Authority with respect to, any taxable period ending after December
31, 2015; (xii) no Acquired Company is, or has ever been, a party
to any Tax sharing, Tax allocation or Tax indemnity Contract;
(xiii) no Acquired Company 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: (a) change in method of accounting
or use of an improper method of accounting (including pursuant to
Section 481 of the Code or any similar provision of the Code or the
corresponding Tax Laws of any nation, state or locality) for a
taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (b)
“closing agreement” as described in Code Section 7121
(or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or
foreign income Tax law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date;
(c) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or
prior to the Closing Date; (d) an intercompany item under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1502-13 or an excess loss account under
Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-19; (e) election under Section
108(i) or Section 965 of the Code; (f) “long-term
contracts” that are subject to a method of accounting
provided in Section 460 of the Code or any deferred income pursuant
to Section 451(c), Section 455 of the Code, or Section 456 of the
Code (or any corresponding provision of state or local law), IRS
Revenue Procedure 2004-34; (g) interest held in a “controlled
foreign corporation” (as that term is defined in Section 957
of the Code) or in any partnership on or before the Closing Date;
(h) use of the cash method of accounting for Tax purposes; or (i)
prepaid or deferred amount received for a Tax period ending on or
prior to the Closing Date; (xiv) no Acquired Company is or has ever
been included in any consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return;
(xv) there are no pending or threatened in writing disputes,
claims, audits, examinations or other proceedings regarding any
material Taxes of any Acquired Company or the assets of any
Acquired Company, no deficiency with respect to a material amount
of Taxes has been proposed, asserted or assessed against any
Acquired Company; and to the Knowledge of the Sellers, no issue has
been raised by a Taxing Authority in any prior Action relating to
any Acquired Company with respect to any Tax for any period which,
by application of the same or similar principles, could reasonably
be expected to result in a proposed Tax deficiency of any Acquired
Company for any other period; (xvi) no Acquired Company is a party
to any Contract for services that would result, individually or in
the aggregate, in the payment of any amount that would not be
deductible by such Acquired Company by reason of Section 162 or 404
of the Code; (xvii) during the last two years, no Acquired Company
has engaged in any exchange under which gain realized on the
exchange was not recognized under Section 1031 of the Code; (xviii)
except with respect to the taxation of any of the Acquired
Companies treated as a partnership for federal income Tax purposes
and listed as such on Schedule 4.32(xxxi), there are
no joint ventures, partnerships, limited liability companies, or
other
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arrangements
or contracts to which any Acquired Company is a party and that are
reasonably likely to be treated as partnerships for federal income
Tax purposes; (xix) each Acquired Company that purports to be a
partnership for federal income Tax purposes is and has been at all
times since its formation treated as a partnership for federal
income Tax purposes and for all similar or corresponding state and
local income Tax purposes and has filed all of its Tax Returns
consistent with such treatment; (xx) each Acquired Company that
purports to be an S corporation for federal income Tax purposes is
and has been at all times since its formation treated as an S
corporation for federal income Tax purposes and for all similar or
corresponding state and local income Tax purposes, will remain an S
corporation for all such purposes up to and including the Closing
Date, and has filed all of its Tax Returns consistent with such
treatment; (xxi) the IRS has not challenged or threatened in
writing to challenge the status of any such Acquired Company as an
S corporation and no such Acquired Company owns any assets for
which it has any potential liability for any Tax under Section 1374
of the Code; (xxii) no Acquired Company that purports to be an S
corporation for federal income tax purposes has in the past five
(5) years, acquired assets from another corporation in a
transaction in which such Acquired Company’s Tax basis for
the acquired assets was determined, in whole or in part, by
reference to the Tax basis of the acquired assets (or any other
property) in the hands of the transferor; (xxiii) no Acquired
Company that purports to be an S corporation for federal income tax
purposes has, nor has it ever had, any C corporation subsidiaries;
(xxiv) each Acquired Company that purports to be an entity
disregarded as separate from its owner for federal income Tax
purposes is and has at all times since its formation been,
classified as an entity disregarded as separate from its owner for
federal income Tax purposes and for all similar or corresponding
state and local income Tax purposes and has filed all of its Tax
Returns in a manner consistent with such classification; (xxv) no
Acquired Company is currently, or will for any period for which a
Tax Return has not been filed be, required to include any
adjustment in Taxable income for any Tax period (or portion
thereof) pursuant to Section 263A of the Code (or any corresponding
provisions of state, local or foreign Law) as a result of
transactions, events or accounting methods employed prior to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (xxvi) each Acquired
Company has disclosed on its Tax Returns any Tax reporting position
taken which could result in the imposition of penalties under
Section 6662 of the Code (or any comparable provisions of state,
local or foreign Law); (xxvii) no Acquired Company has consummated,
entered into or participated in, or is currently participating in,
any transaction which was or is a “tax shelter”
transaction as defined in Sections 6662 or 6111 of the Code or the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder; (xxviii) no Acquired
Company has participated in, or is currently participating in (a) a
“Listed Transaction” or a “reportable
transaction” (within the meaning of Section 6707A of the Code
or Treasury Regulations §1.6011-4 or any predecessor thereof)
or any transaction requiring disclosure under a corresponding
provision of state, local, or foreign Law or (b) any
“nondisclosed noneconomic substance transaction” within
the meaning of Section 6662(i)(2) of the Code; (xxix) no Acquired
Company has been a party to a transaction that does not have
economic substance within the meaning of Section 7701(o) of the
Code or that fails to meet the requirements of any similar rule of
law as used in Section 6662(b)(6) of the Code; (xxx) the unpaid
Taxes of the Acquired Companies (i) did not, as of the most recent
fiscal month end, exceed the reserve for Tax liability (rather than
any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing
differences between book and Tax income) set forth on the Balance
Sheet and (ii) will not exceed that reserve as adjusted for the
passage of time through the Closing Date in accordance with the
past custom and practice of the Acquired Companies in filing their
Tax Returns; (xxxi) Schedule 4.32(xxxi) identifies
the federal income Tax classification of each of the Acquired
Companies as of the Closing Date, and none of the Acquired
Companies, or to the Knowledge of the Sellers, any Tax Authority
has taken a position inconsistent with such treatment; (xxxii) no
intangible asset of any of the Acquired Companies that is acquired
directly or indirectly as a result of the Transactions will be
subject to Section 197(f)(9) of the Code; (xxxiii) each Acquired
Company is on the accrual method of accounting; (xxxiv) no Acquired
Company elected to have the centralized audit provisions of Code
Sections 6221-6241 apply to any Taxable period beginning before
January 2018; (xxxv) after the Mergers, each Surviving Corporation
will own substantially all the assets (as defined for Code Section
368 and applicable Treasury Regulations) of its respective Merged
Entity; and (xxxvi) none of the Acquired Companies has claimed any
employee retention credit or any other Tax credit or Tax benefits
under any provision of the 2020 Tax Acts. No amount may be
nondeductible under Section 280G of the Code or result in any
excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code.
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4.33 Environmental
Laws.
(a) Each of the
Acquired Companies is, and for the past three (3) years has been,
in material compliance with all Environmental Laws and has not
received from any Person any (i) Environmental Notices or
Environmental Claims, or (ii) written requests for information
pursuant to any Environmental Law, which, in each case, either
remains pending or unresolved, or is the source of ongoing
obligations or requirements as of the Closing Date.
(b) Each Acquired
Company has obtained and is in material compliance with all
Environmental Permits necessary for the ownership, lease, operation
or use of the business and assets as conducted by such Acquired
Company as of the Closing Date.
(c) Except as set forth
in Schedule
4.33(c), to the Knowledge of the Sellers, there has been no
Release of Hazardous Materials by any Acquired Company or, to the
Knowledge of the Sellers, at any real property currently operated
or leased by any Acquired Company, and no Acquired Company has
received an Environmental Notice that any real property currently
operated or leased by any Acquired Company (including soils,
groundwater, surface water, buildings and other structures located
on any such real property) has been contaminated with any Hazardous
Material, in each case which would reasonably be expected to result
in an Environmental Claim against, or a violation of Environmental
Laws or the term of any Environmental Permit by, any of the
Acquired Companies.
(d) To the Knowledge of
the Sellers, none of the following exists at any of the Owned Real
Property or Lease Real Property: (i) underground storage tanks,
(ii) friable asbestos-containing material, (iii) materials or
equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls or per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances and owned by the Acquired Companies,
(iv) groundwater monitoring wells, drinking water wells, or
production water wells, or (v) landfills, surface impoundments, or
disposal areas.
(e) No Acquired Company
(i) has treated, stored, disposed of, arranged for or permitted the
disposal of, transported, handled, manufactured, distributed,
released, or exposed any Person to any Hazardous Materials in a
manner, or (ii) owns or operates any property or facility
(including any real property owned, used or leased by any Acquired
Company), nor formerly owned or operated any real property, that is
or has been contaminated by any Hazardous Materials, in each case
that would give rise to any material liabilities or obligations of
the Acquired Companies pursuant to any Environmental
Laws.
(f) The Acquired
Companies have made available to the Purchaser any and all
environmental reports, studies, audits, records, sampling data,
site assessments and other similar documents with respect to the
business or assets of the Acquired Companies or any real property
or other assets of the Acquired Companies which are in the
possession or control of or used by Sellers or the Acquired
Companies
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(g) Purchaser
acknowledges that some Hazardous Materials are used in the normal
course of each Acquired Company’s business, including
materials incorporated into, or customarily used in the repair or
restoration of, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, utility
vehicles, scooters, and personal watercraft, and that such
Hazardous Materials have been in all material respects used in
compliance with applicable Environmental Laws consistent with the
operation of the Business.
(h) To the Knowledge of
the Sellers, there are no Hazardous Materials in, on, or under any
properties owned, leased or used at any time by the Acquired
Companies such as could give rise to any material liability or
corrective or remedial obligation of the Acquired Companies under
any Environmental Laws or that could be reasonably expected to
impact adversely the ownership, use, operation or transferability
of any such properties.
4.34 Finders’ Fees.
There
is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary who
has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of any
Acquired Company or any of their respective Affiliates who will be
entitled to any brokerage, finder’s, investment banker,
financial advisor or other similar fees, commission or like payment
as a result of or in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
No
Acquired Company has any general or special powers of attorney
outstanding (whether as grantor or grantee thereof) or any
obligation or liability (whether actual, accrued, accruing,
contingent, or otherwise) as guarantor, surety, co-signer,
endorser, co-maker, indemnitor or otherwise in respect of the
obligation of any Person, other than with respect to another
Acquired Company.
Neither
the Acquired Companies, nor any director, officer, agent or
employee of any of the Acquired Companies, or any Person acting on
behalf of any of the foregoing has, directly or indirectly (i) used
any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other
unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) made any
unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or
employees, to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or
violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977
or (iii) made any other unlawful payment. Neither the Acquired
Companies, nor any director, officer, agent or employee of the
Acquired Companies, or any Person acting on behalf of any of the
foregoing has, directly or indirectly, given or agreed to give any
gift or similar benefit in any material amount to any customer,
supplier, governmental employee or other Person who is or may be in
a position to help or hinder an Acquired Company or assist an
Acquired Company in connection with any actual or proposed
transaction.
The
operations of the Acquired Companies are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance with laundering statutes in all applicable
jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related
or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered
or enforced by any governmental authority (collectively, the
“Money Laundering
Laws”), and no Action involving the Acquired Companies
with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened.
Neither
the Acquired Companies, nor any director or officer of any Acquired
Company, or any agent, employee, Affiliate or Person acting on
behalf of any of the foregoing is currently identified on the
specially designated nationals or other blocked person list or
otherwise currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by
the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury
Department (“OFAC”); and each Acquired
Company has not, directly or indirectly, used any funds, or loaned,
contributed or otherwise made available such funds to any
subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, in connection
with any sales or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar
or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of
financing the activities of any Person currently subject to, or
otherwise in violation of, any U.S. sanctions administered by
OFAC.
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4.39 Not
an Investment Company.
No
Acquired Company is an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
None of
the information supplied or to be supplied by an Acquired Company
and/or the Sellers expressly for inclusion or incorporation by
reference in the filings with the SEC and mailings to the
Purchaser’s stockholders with respect to the solicitation of
proxies to approve the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
will, at the date of filing as it may be updated for a future
filing, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading (subject to the qualifications and limitations set
forth in the materials provided by an Acquired Company and/or the
Sellers).
For the
avoidance of doubt, none of the representations and warranties set
forth in Article IV
relating to the Acquired Companies are applicable with respect to
Bayou Motorcycles, LLC unless and until Robert Dodson shall have
executed a Seller Joinder to sell his Equity Interest in Bayou
Motorcycles, LLC.
ARTICLE V.
Except
as set forth in the corresponding sections or subsections of the
Disclosure Schedules, each Seller, severally and not jointly, as to
itself only, represents to the Purchaser as of the date hereof and
as of the Closing Date as follows:
(a) Such Seller is the
record and beneficial owner of the Transferred Equity Interests (in
such number, class and series) and Equity Interests of the Merged
Entities set forth opposite its name on Schedule 5.1 and has valid,
good and marketable title to such Transferred Equity Interests and
Equity Interests of the Merged Entities free and clear of any and
all Liens, other than transfer restrictions arising from applicable
securities laws. Such Seller is not party to any option, warrant,
purchase right, or other contract or commitment that could require
such Seller to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the
Transferred Equity Interests or Equity Interests of the Merged
Entities (other than pursuant to this Agreement). Other than as may
be set forth in the Organizational Documents, such Seller is not a
party to any voting trust, proxy or other agreement or
understanding with respect to the voting of the Transferred Equity
Interests or Equity Interests of the Merged Entities. Upon the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, at
the Closing, the Purchaser will acquire from such Seller valid,
good and marketable title to such Transferred Equity Interests free
and clear of all Liens, other than Liens created by the Purchaser
or transfer restrictions arising from applicable securities laws.
The Equity Interests of the Merged Entities held by such Seller
are, at the Effective Time, delivered free and clear of all Liens,
other than Liens created by the Purchaser or transfer restrictions
arising from applicable securities laws.
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(b) Such Seller has
full legal capacity, power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and the Additional Agreements to which such Seller
is a party, to perform such Seller’s obligations hereunder
and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the Additional Agreements to which such Seller is or will be a
party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby have been (or, in the case of any Additional Agreement
entered into after the date of this Agreement, will be, upon
execution thereof), duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of such Seller. This Agreement has been (and each of the
Additional Agreements to which each Seller is or will be a party
will be, upon execution thereof) duly and validly executed and
delivered by such Seller and are, or upon their execution and
delivery will be, valid, legal and binding obligations of such
Seller, enforceable against each Seller in accordance with their
respective terms.
(c) Such Seller is not
a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445
and 1446(f) of the Code.
5.2 Approvals and Consents.
No
Consent is required to be made or obtained by such Seller (whether
to or from Authority or other Person) in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such
Seller and each the Additional Agreements and to which he, she or
it is a party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, except (x) for filings required under or in
connection with the HSR Act, and (y) as set forth on Schedule 5.2.
Neither
the execution, delivery or performance by such Seller of this
Agreement and each of the Additional Agreements to which such
Seller is or will be a party, nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will, directly or
indirectly (with or without notice or the passage of time or both)
(i) contravene, conflict with, constitute a default under or a
breach of the Organizational Documents of such Seller if it is not
a natural person, (ii) violate or result in a breach of,
contravene, conflict with or constitute a default under any
provision of any Law or Order to which such Seller, or the
Transferred Equity Interests, Equity Interests in a Merged Entity,
or assets owned by such Seller, is subject, (iii) constitute a
default under or breach of (with or without the giving of notice or
the passage of time or both) or violate or give rise to any right
of termination, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension,
revocation, or acceleration of any right or obligation of such
Seller or any payment or reimbursement or to a loss of any benefit
to which such Seller is entitled under any provision of any
agreement to which such Seller is a party or by which any of its
properties or assets (including any of the Transferred Equity
Interests or Equity Interests in a Merged Entity) are bound, (iv)
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of
Seller’s Transferred Equity Interests or Equity Interests in
a Merged Entity.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
5.4, there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of such
Seller, threatened, against such Seller or its assets and
properties (including the Transferred Equity Interests or Equity
Interests in a Merged Entity) or which in any manner challenges or
seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay the transactions
contemplated hereby or by the Additional Agreements. Such Seller is
not subject to any Order that would prevent consummation of the
transaction or materially impair the ability of such Seller to
perform its obligations hereunder.
(a) Such Seller is an
“accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule
501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Act. Such Seller
acknowledges that the Purchaser has the right to require evidence
of such Seller’s status as an accredited investor, if
necessary.
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(b) Such Seller
acknowledges that it has prior investment experience or has
employed the services of an investment advisory, attorney or
accountant to evaluate the merits and risks of such an investment
on its behalf, and such Seller represents that it, he or she, as
the case may be, understands the highly speculative nature of an
investment in shares of Purchaser Class B Common Stock which may
result in the loss of the total amount of such
investment.
(c) Such Seller has
adequate means of providing for such Seller’s current needs
and possible personal contingencies, and such Seller has no need,
and anticipates no need in the foreseeable future, for liquidity in
such Seller’s investment in shares of the Purchaser Class B
Common Stock. Such Seller is able to bear the economic risks of
this investment and, consequently, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, such Seller is able to hold the shares of
Purchaser Class B Common Stock for an indefinite period of time and
has a sufficient net worth to sustain a loss of the entire
investment in the event such loss should occur.
(d) Except as otherwise
set forth in Article
VI, the Purchaser has not and is not making any
representations or warranties to the Sellers or providing any
advice or information to the Sellers. Such Seller acknowledges that
it has retained its own professional advisors to evaluate the tax
and other consequences of an investment in the shares of Purchaser
Class B Common Stock.
(e) Such Seller
understands and consents to the placement of a legend on any
certificate or other document evidencing shares of Purchaser Class
B Common Stock delivered to such Seller pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement stating that such shares of Purchaser Class B Common
Stock has not been registered under the Act and setting forth or
referring to the restrictions on transferability and sale thereof.
Each certificate evidencing the shares shall bear the legends set
forth below, or legends substantially equivalent thereto, together
with any other legends that may be required by federal or state
securities laws at the time of the issuance of shares of the
Purchaser Class B Common Stock pursuant to this
Agreement:
THE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED
UNLESS AND UNTIL (I) SUCH OFFER, SALE, TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
HYPOTHECATION HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OR (II) THE ISSUER
OF THE SHARES HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND
SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH OFFER, SALE OR
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
ACT.
IN
ADDITION, THE RIGHT TO SELL THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED
BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP
AGREEMENT, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE ISSUER’S
PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS.
(f) Such Seller has
carefully read and understands both the Payment Notice and the
valuation methodology set forth on Schedule 5.5(f) and
acknowledges his, her, or its agreement that the allocations set
forth in the Payment Notice and the amounts and methods set forth
on Schedule 5.5(f)
are, in each case, fair and reasonable. Such Seller has been given
the right and opportunity to consult with its, his, or her
independent Representatives to provide advice related to the
foregoing and is not relying on any valuations conducted by any of
the other Sellers or any Affiliate of Sellers, including but not
limited to the Principal Owners or any Acquired
Company.
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5.6 Finders’
Fees.
There
is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary who
has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of any
Seller or any of their respective Affiliates who will be entitled
to any brokerage, finder’s, investment banker, financial
advisor or other similar fees, commission or like payment as a
result of or in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
ARTICLE VI.
The
Purchaser and Merger Subs hereby represent and warrant to the
Sellers that as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date,
except as set forth in the corresponding sections or subsections of
the Disclosure Schedules:
The
Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada. Each Merger
Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Arizona. Each of Purchaser
and each Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority
to own and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its
business as presently conducted.
Subject
to the receipt of the Purchaser Stockholder Approval, the
execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser and each
Merger Sub of this Agreement and the Additional Agreements to which
the Purchaser or each Merger Sub is or will be a party and the
consummation by the Purchaser and each Merger Sub of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are within the
corporate powers of the Purchaser and each Merger Sub, as
applicable, and have been (or, in the case of any Additional
Agreements entered into after the date of this Agreement, will be,
upon execution thereof) duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Purchaser and each Merger Sub. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the documents
contemplated hereby and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been (A) duly and validly
authorized and approved by the Board of Directors of the Purchaser
and each Merger Sub and (B) determined by the Board of Directors of
the Purchaser and each Merger Sub as advisable to the
Purchaser’s or such Merger Sub’s stockholders, as
applicable, and recommended for the Purchaser Stockholder Approval.
This Agreement has been (and each of the Additional Agreements to
which the Purchaser or each Merger Sub, as applicable, is or will
be a party will be, upon execution thereof) duly executed and
delivered by the Purchaser or each Merger Sub, as applicable, and
constitutes or will constitute, upon their execution and delivery,
as applicable, a valid, legal and binding obligation of the
Purchaser or each Merger Sub, as applicable, (assuming this
Agreement has been and the Additional Agreements to which the
Purchaser or each Merger Sub, as applicable, is or will be party
are or will be, upon execution thereof, as applicable, duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the other parties thereto),
enforceable against the Purchaser or such Merger Sub, as
applicable, in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws
affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and
subject to general principles of equity).
No
Consent is required to be made or obtained by the Purchaser or any
Merger Sub (whether to or from any Person or Authority) in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement or any of the Additional Agreements or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except (a) for
filings required under or in connection with the HSR Act, (b) such
Consents as may be required under the Exchange Act or the
Securities Act, (c) such Consents as may be required under
applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws and the
securities Laws of any foreign country or the rules and regulations
of the Nasdaq, (d) the Purchaser Stockholder Approval, and (e) as
set forth on Schedule 6.3.
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6.4 Non-Contravention.
Neither
the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser and each
Merger Sub of this Agreement and the Additional Agreements to which
the Purchaser or each Merger Sub, as applicable, is or will be a
party nor the consummation by the Purchaser and each Merger Sub of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will (a) conflict
with or result in any breach of any provision of the
Purchaser’s or the applicable Merger Sub’s
Organizational Documents, or (b) subject to the filings and other
matters referred to in Section 6.3, contravene or
conflict with or constitute a violation of any Law binding upon the
Purchaser or each Merger Sub, except, in each case, for violations
which would not prevent or materially delay the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or have a Purchaser Material
Adverse Effect.
Other
than B. Riley Securities, there is no investment banker, broker,
finder or other intermediary who has been retained by or is
authorized to act on behalf of the Purchaser or each Merger Sub who
might be entitled to any brokerage, finder’s, investment
banker, financial advisor or other similar fees, commission or like
payment as a result of or in connection with the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
There
are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened,
Actions against the Purchaser, any Merger Sub, their respective
properties or assets, or, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, any of
their respective directors, managers, or officers (in their
capacity as such) which has not been disclosed in the Purchaser SEC
Documents. There are no investigations or other inquiries pending
or, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, threatened Orders against
the Purchaser, any Merger Sub, their respective properties or
assets, or, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, any of their
respective directors, managers, or officers (in their capacity as
such) which has not been disclosed in the Purchaser SEC Documents.
As of the date hereof, the Purchaser and each Merger Sub are in
compliance with all applicable Laws in all material respects,
except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect.
The
Closing Payment Shares (including the Escrow Shares), when issued
in accordance with this Agreement, will be duly authorized and
validly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable, and will be
issued in compliance with all applicable state and federal
securities Laws and not subject to, and not issued in violation of,
any Lien, purchase option, call option, right of first refusal,
preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any
provision of applicable Law, the Purchaser’s Organizational
Documents, or any material Contract to which the Purchaser is a
party or otherwise bound.
The
authorized share capital of the Purchaser consists of 50,000 shares
of Purchaser Class A Common Stock; 4,950,000 shares of Purchaser
Class B Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of Purchaser Preferred
Stock. As of the close of business on the day prior to the date of
execution of this Agreement, (i) 50,000 shares of Purchaser Class A
Common Stock, 2,265,466 shares of Purchaser Class B Common Stock,
and no shares of Purchaser Preferred Stock were issued and
outstanding; (ii) no shares of Purchaser Common Stock were held by
Purchaser in its treasury, (iii) 568,265 shares of Purchaser Class
B Common Stock were reserved for issuance under the Purchaser
Plans, (iv) 20,050 shares of Purchaser Class B Common Stock were
issuable upon the exercise of outstanding Purchaser Warrants, and
(v) 973,704 shares of Purchaser Class B Common Stock were
issuable upon conversion of the Purchaser Convertible Debt. All
outstanding shares of Purchaser Common Stock are duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth
above, as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding or
authorized options, warrants, convertible securities or other
rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character
relating to the capital stock of the Purchaser or obligating the
Purchaser to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or any
other interest in, the Purchaser. Except as set forth above, as of
the date hereof, the Purchaser does not have outstanding or
authorized any stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit
participation or similar rights. All issued and outstanding equity
interests of the Purchaser (i) have been duly authorized and
validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; (ii) have
been offered, sold and issued in compliance with applicable Law,
including federal and state securities Laws, and all requirements
set forth in (A) the Purchaser’s Organizational Documents,
and (B) any other applicable Contracts governing the issuance of
such securities; and (iii) are not subject to, nor have they been
issued in violation of, any purchase option, call option, right of
first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar
right under any provision of any applicable Law, the
Purchaser’s Organizational Documents or any Contract to which
the Purchaser is a party or otherwise bound.
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6.9 Internal
Controls; Listing; Financial Statements.
Purchaser
maintains systems
of “internal control over financial reporting” (as
defined under Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act
Regulations) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act
and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, its
principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons
performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with U.S. GAAP, including, but not limited to, internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with U.S. GAAP and to maintain asset accountability;
(iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.
(a) The Purchaser has
not taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(b) Since formation,
the Purchaser has complied in all material respects with the
applicable listing and corporate governmental rules and regulations
of Nasdaq. The shares of Purchaser Class B Common Stock are listed
on Nasdaq, with trading ticker RMBL. There is no action or
proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser,
threatened against the Purchaser by Nasdaq with respect to any
intention by Nasdaq to prohibit or terminate the listing of the
shares of Purchaser Class B Common Stock on Nasdaq.
(c) Except as disclosed
in the Purchaser SEC Documents, the Purchaser Financial Statements
(including the related notes and schedules thereto) (i) fairly
present in all material respects the financial position of
Purchaser and its consolidated subsidiaries, as at the respective
dates thereof, and the results of operations and consolidated cash
flows for the respective periods then ended, (ii) were prepared in
conformity with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the
periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the
notes thereto, in the case of unaudited interim financial
statements, as may be permitted by the SEC on Form 10-Q under the
Exchange Act), and (iii) comply as to form in all material respects
with the applicable accounting requirements and with the published
rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the
Securities Act in effect as of the respective dates
thereof.
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(d) There are no
outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by the
Purchaser to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under
the Exchange Act) or director of the Purchaser (except normal
advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of
business).
(e) Except as disclosed
in the Purchaser
(f) SEC
Documents, neither the Purchaser nor the Purchaser’s
independent auditors has identified or been made aware of (i) any
significant deficiency or material weakness in the system of
internal accounting controls utilized by the Purchaser or that have
adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect
Purchaser’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial information, (ii) any fraud known to Purchaser’s
management, whether or not material, that involves the
Purchaser’s management or other employees who have a
significant role in the preparation of financial statements or the
internal accounting controls utilized by the Purchaser or (iii) any
claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.
6.10 Reporting Company.
The
Purchaser is a publicly-held company subject to reporting
obligations pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, and the
shares of Purchaser Class B Common Stock are registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. There is no legal proceeding
pending or, to Purchaser’s knowledge, threatened in writing
against the Purchaser by the SEC with respect to the deregistration
of the shares of Purchaser Class B Common Stock under the Exchange
Act. The Purchaser has taken no action that is designed to
terminate the registration of the shares of Purchaser Class B
Common Stock under the Exchange Act. As of the date hereof, there
are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters
received from the SEC with respect to the Purchaser SEC Documents.
To the Knowledge of the Purchaser, none of the Purchaser SEC
Documents or furnished documents on or prior to the date hereof is
subject to ongoing SEC review or investigation as of the date
hereof.
Each
Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the
transactions contemplated hereby and has engaged in no business
other than in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each
Merger Sub is owned directly by Purchaser.
The
Purchaser has no Liabilities of a nature that would be required
under U.S. GAAP to be disclosed on a balance sheet or the notes
thereto, except for (i) Liabilities disclosed or reserved against
in the balance sheet included in the most recent Purchaser
Financial Statements or in the notes to the most recent Purchaser
Financial Statements, (ii) Liabilities arising in the ordinary
course of business since the date of the most recent Purchaser
Financial Statement, (iii) Liabilities incurred in connection with
the Transactions, and (iv) Liabilities that would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Purchaser
Material Adverse Effect.
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(a) The Purchaser has
timely filed all forms, reports, schedules, statements and other
documents, including any exhibits thereto, required to be filed or
furnished by the Purchaser with the SEC since January 1, 2018 under
the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, together with any
amendments, restatements or supplements thereto (the
“Purchaser SEC
Documents”). The Purchaser SEC Documents were prepared
in all material respects in accordance with the requirements of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as
the case may be, and the rules and regulations thereunder. The
Purchaser SEC Documents did not at the time they were filed with
the SEC (except to the extent that information contained in any
Purchaser SEC Document has been or is revised or superseded by a
later filed Purchaser SEC Document, then on the date of such
subsequent filing) 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 made therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. As used in this Section 6.13, the term
“file” shall be broadly construed to include any manner
in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or
otherwise made available to the SEC. The Purchaser is currently
eligible, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain
eligibility, to use Form S-3 pursuant to General Instruction B.3.
for secondary offerings.
(b) As of their
respective dates, each of the Purchaser Financial Statements
(including, in each case, any notes thereto) complied as to form in
all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and
the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect
thereto, having been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as
may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited
interim financial statements, as may be permitted by the SEC on
Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act) applied on a consistent basis
during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the
notes thereto) and each fairly presents, in all material respects,
the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the
Purchaser and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the respective
dates thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein. The
Purchaser has no off-balance sheet arrangements.
6.14 Absence of Certain Changes.
Since
September 30, 2020, (a) there has not been any Purchaser Material
Adverse Effect; and (b) the Purchaser has conducted its businesses
only in the ordinary course of business.
The
Purchaser acknowledges that it and its Representatives have
received access to such books and records, facilities, equipment,
contracts and other assets of the Acquired Companies which they and
their Representatives have desired or requested to review, and that
they and their Representatives have had full opportunity to meet
with the management of the Acquired Companies and to discuss the
business and assets of the Acquired Companies. The Purchaser
acknowledges and agrees that it has made its own inquiry and
investigation into, and, based thereon, has formed an independent
judgment concerning, the Acquired Companies and their respective
businesses and operations. Notwithstanding the foregoing or
anything else to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing in this
Agreement shall impair or limit any claim by Purchaser based upon
fraud.
Except
as provided in this Article VI, none of the Purchaser, Merger Sub,
or any of their respective Affiliates nor any of their respective
directors, managers, officers, employees, equity holders, partners,
members or representatives has made, or is making, any
representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, at law
or in equity, to the Sellers or their respective Affiliates, and
any such other representations or warranties are hereby disclaimed
by such Persons and no such Persons shall be liable in respect of
the accuracy or completeness of any information provided to the
Sellers.
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ARTICLE VII.
(a) From the date
hereof until the earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of
this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Sellers shall (and
shall cause the Acquired Companies to) conduct the Business only in
the ordinary course (including the payment of accounts payable and
the collection of accounts receivable), consistent with past
practices, cause all Taxes of the Acquired Companies to be paid as
they become due, and shall not (and shall cause the Acquired
Companies not to) enter into any material transactions without the
prior written consent of the Purchaser or except as set forth on
Schedule 7.1(a),
and shall (and shall cause the Acquired Companies to) use their
commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact their and the
Acquired Companies’ respective business relationships with
employees, clients, suppliers and other third parties.
(b) Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, from the date hereof until the
earlier of the Closing Date or the termination of this Agreement in
accordance with its terms, without the Purchaser’s prior
written consent or as necessary to consummate any material
transaction set forth on Schedule 7.1(a), the Acquired
Companies shall not (and the Sellers shall cause the Acquired
Companies not to) undertake the following:
(i) amend, restate,
modify or supplement any of their Organizational
Documents;
(ii) amend
or modify (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice), waive any rights under or provision of,
terminate prior to its scheduled expiration date, or otherwise
compromise in any way, any Material Contract; or enter into any
Contract that, if in effect as of the date hereof, would constitute
a Material Contract, other than Contracts in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice that do not obligate the
Acquired Company party thereto to make annual payments in excess of
$150,000 or have a term longer than three (3) years;
(iii) make
any capital expenditures in excess of $50,000 individually or
$250,000 in the aggregate;
(iv) sell,
lease, license or otherwise dispose of any Acquired Company’s
assets except sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;
(v) accept returns of
products sold from Inventory except in the ordinary course of
business, consistent with past practice;
(vi) pay,
declare, set aside, make or promise to pay any distributions with
respect to any Acquired Company’s Equity Interests, except as
contemplated on Schedule
7.1(b)(vi); or redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire any
Equity Interests of any Acquired Company; or effect any
recapitalization, reclassification, or like changes in the
capitalization of any Acquired Company;
(vii) enter
into, amend, modify, or terminate any material employment,
independent contractor, consulting, deferred compensation or other
similar agreement with any director, officer, manager, employee, or
individual independent contractor or consultant (whether or not
doing business as an entity) of the Acquired Companies, or
authorize any salary increase or change the bonus or profit sharing
policies of the Acquired Companies;
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(viii) grant,
implement or adopt any retention, change-in-control or other
similar payments that are contingent on the recipient providing
continued services following the Closing or experiencing a
termination without cause following the Closing;
(ix) enter
into, amend, modify, or terminate any collective bargaining
agreement or other Contract with a Union;
(x) conduct or
implement any mass layoffs, plant closings, or other reductions in
force or measures that, when aggregated, would trigger a notice
obligation under the WARN Act;
(xi) conduct
or implement any salary or wage reductions, furloughs, reductions
in hours, group terminations, layoffs, or other measures affecting
employees of the Acquired Companies (whether or not arising out of
or related to COVID-19);
(xii) obtain
or incur any loan or other Indebtedness, except drawings under the
Acquired Companies’ existing lines of credit in the ordinary
course of business;
(xiii) create,
suffer or incur any Lien, except for Permitted Liens, on the
Transferred Equity Interests, Equity Interests of a Merged Entity,
or any Acquired Company’s assets;
(xiv) suffer
any damage, destruction or loss of property related to any Acquired
Company’s assets, whether or not covered by
insurance;
(xv) delay,
accelerate or cancel any receivables or Indebtedness owed to any
Acquired Company or write off or make further reserves against the
same;
(xvi) except
as set forth on Schedule
7.1(a), acquire in any manner any business or other Person
or be acquired by any other Person (whether by merger or
consolidation, the purchase or sale of an Equity Interest in or a
material portion of the assets of or otherwise);
(xvii) allow
any material insurance policy protecting any Acquired
Company’s assets to lapse;
(xviii) amend
any of its plans set forth in Section 4.29(a) or fail to
continue to make timely contributions thereto in accordance with
the terms thereof;
(xix) make
any change in its accounting principles or methods or write down
the value of any Inventory or assets;
(xx) change
the place of business or jurisdiction of organization of any
Acquired Company;
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(xxi) make
or extend any loans or advances (other than travel or other
expenses advanced to employees in the ordinary course of business
not to exceed $25,000 individually or $150,000 in the aggregate) or
any capital contributions to or investment in any
Person;
(xxii) issue,
sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of any
Acquired Company (including any capital stock, membership interests
or other equity securities) or any securities exchangeable for or
convertible into any of its Equity Interests (including options,
warrants, rights of conversion or other rights, agreements,
arrangements, or commitments obligating any Acquired Company to
issue, deliver or sell any Equity Interests of any Acquired
Company);
(xxiii) initiate
any Actions or enter into, or propose to enter into, any releases,
settlements or compromises of any Actions;
(xxiv) effect
or agree to any material change in any practices or terms,
including payment terms, with respect to customers or suppliers
(including accelerating any accounts receivable or delaying any
accounts payable);
(xxv) make
or change any material Tax election, change any annual Tax
accounting periods, amend any Tax Return, prepare or file any Tax
Return materially inconsistent with past practice or, on any such
Tax Return, take any position, make any election, or adopt any
method that is materially inconsistent with positions taken,
elections made or methods used in preparing or filing similar Tax
Returns in prior periods (including materially inconsistent
positions, elections or methods that would have the effect of
deferring income to periods ending after the Closing Date or
accelerating deductions to periods ending on or before the Closing
Date); settle or otherwise compromise any material Claim relating
to Taxes, enter into any closing agreement or similar agreement
relating to Taxes, otherwise settle any material dispute relating
to Taxes, or request any ruling or similar guidance with respect to
Taxes;
(xxvi) other
than the Assignment Agreement, enter into any Contract or
arrangement between any Acquired Company, on the one hand, and any
Seller or Affiliate of any Seller, on the other hand;
or
(xxvii) agree
to do any of the foregoing.
(c) From
the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing Date or the
termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, the
Acquired Companies shall not (and the Sellers shall cause the
Acquired Companies not to) (i) take or agree to take any action
that might make any representation or warranty of the Sellers
regarding the Acquired Companies inaccurate or misleading in any
material respect at, or as of any time prior to, the Closing Date
or (ii) omit to take, or agree to omit to take, any action
necessary to prevent any such representation or warranty from being
materially inaccurate or misleading in any respect at any such
time.
7.2 Purchaser Conduct of Business.
(a) Except as consented
to by the Acquired Companies in writing (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the period
commencing on the date hereof and concluding on the earlier to
occur of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in
accordance with Section
12.1, the Purchaser shall not, and the Purchaser shall cause
its Subsidiaries (including Merger Sub) not to, except as otherwise
contemplated by this Agreement or as required by Law:
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(i) take any action, to
change, modify or amend the Organizational Documents of the
Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries, except as provided in the
Proxy Statement;
(ii) (A)
make or declare any dividend or distribution to the stockholders of
the Purchaser or make any other distributions in respect of any of
the Purchaser’s or any of its Subsidiaries’, share
capital or equity interests, (B) split, combine, reclassify or
otherwise amend any terms of any shares or series of the
Purchaser’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ equity
interests, or (C) purchase, repurchase, or otherwise acquire any
issued and outstanding share capital, outstanding shares of capital
stock, share capital or membership interests, warrants or other
equity interests of the Purchaser or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(iii) make,
change or revoke any material Tax election or adopt or change any
material Tax accounting method unless required by Law;
(iv) incur
or assume any Indebtedness (other than floor plan financing and
trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business) or
guarantee any Indebtedness of another Person or issue or sell any
debt securities or securities convertible into an aggregate amount
of greater than Base Cash Consideration plus $5,000,000, provided
that, without duplication of any amounts raised pursuant to Section
7.2(a)(v), Purchaser may incur additional Indebtedness necessary to
fund the difference between $30,000,000 and actual cash and cash
equivalents delivered at Closing;
(v) issue any Purchaser
Common Stock or Purchaser Preferred Stock or securities exercisable
for or convertible into Purchaser Common Stock or Purchaser
Preferred Stock other than to existing holders of warrants, options
or convertible debt securities which exercise their rights to
receive Purchaser Common Stock or to finance the Base Cash
Consideration and working capital in a cash amount of not to exceed
$220,000,000, provided that, without duplication of any amounts
raised pursuant to Section 7.2(a)(iv), Purchaser may issue any
Purchaser Class B Common Stock necessary to fund the difference
between $30,000,000 and actual cash and cash equivalents delivered
at Closing; or
(vi) enter
into any agreement to do any action prohibited under this
Section
7.2.
(b) Prior to the
Closing, the Purchaser shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to
comply with, and continue performing under, as applicable, the
Purchaser’s and any Merger Sub’s Organizational
Documents, as applicable.
7.3 Access to Information.
From
the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing Date or the
termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, Sellers
shall (and shall cause the Acquired Companies to) (a) provide to
the Purchaser, its legal counsel and other Representatives
reasonable access to the offices, properties and Books and Records,
(b) furnish to the Purchaser, its legal counsel and other
Representatives such information relating to the Business as such
Persons may reasonably request and (c) cause the employees, legal
counsel, accountants and Representatives of the Acquired Companies
to reasonably cooperate with the Purchaser in its investigation of
the Business; provided that no investigation pursuant to this
Section (or any investigation prior to the date hereof) shall
affect any representation or warranty given by Sellers regarding
any Acquired Company or any Purchaser Indemnified Party’s
right to indemnification under this Agreement for breach thereof
and, provided further, that any investigation pursuant to this
Section shall be conducted in such manner as not to interfere
unreasonably with the conduct of the Business. Prior to the
Closing, Purchaser and its Representatives shall not contact or
communicate with the employees, contractors, customers, suppliers,
regulators and other business relations of any of the Acquired
Companies in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
except (i) in connection with obtaining any Consent required in
connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby, or (ii) with the prior written consent of such Acquired
Company (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed), provided that the Acquired Companies shall each have the
right to have a Representative present during any such contact in
the event that it consents to such contact.
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7.4 Notices
of Certain Events by Sellers.
The
Sellers shall promptly notify the Purchaser of:
(a) any notice or other
communication from any Person alleging or raising the possibility
that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement might give rise to any
Action or other rights by or on behalf of such Person or result in
the loss of any rights or privileges of any Acquired Company (or
the Purchaser, post-Closing) to any such Person or create any Lien
on any Transferred Equity Interest, any Equity Interest in a
Purchased Company, any Equity Interest of a Merged Entity, or any
Acquired Company’s assets or liabilities;
(b) any notice or other
communication from any Authority in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Additional
Agreements;
(c) any Actions
commenced or threatened against, relating to or involving or
otherwise affecting any Acquired Company, any Seller, the
Transferred Equity Interests, Equity Interests of a Merged Entity,
or any Acquired Company’s assets, liabilities, or the
Business or that relate to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Additional
Agreements;
(d) the occurrence of
any fact or circumstance which constitutes or results, or might
reasonably be expected to constitute or result, in a Material
Adverse Change;
(e) the occurrence of
any fact or circumstance which results, or might reasonably be
expected to result, in any representation made hereunder by any
Seller to be false or misleading in any respect or to omit or fail
to state a material fact; and
(f) if it becomes aware
of any fact or condition that constitutes a breach of any
representation or warranty made in Article IV or Article V or any
covenant that would cause the conditions set forth in Section 9.2(a) or Section 9.2(b), as applicable,
not to be satisfied as of the Closing Date.
The
Acquired Companies have delivered to the Purchaser annual combined
audited financial statements for the twelve (12) month periods
ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, consisting of the audited
combined balance sheets as of such dates, the audited combined
income statements for the twelve (12) month periods ended on such
dates, the audited combined cash flow statements for the twelve
(12) month periods ended on such dates, and the corresponding notes
to such audited combined financial statements (the
“Annual Financial
Statements”). The Acquired Companies shall deliver to
the Purchaser, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than
April 15, 2021, annual combined audited financial statements for
the twelve (12) month period ended December 31, 2020, consisting of
the audited combined balance sheets as of such date, the audited
combined income statements for the twelve (12) month period ended
on such date, the audited combined cash flow statements for the
twelve (12) month period ended on such date, and the corresponding
notes to such audited combined financial statements (collectively,
the “2020 Annual
Financial Statements”). The 2020 Annual Financial
Statements shall be prepared under U.S. GAAP and in accordance with
requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for
public companies, and the 2020 Annual Financial Statements shall be
audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board. After the date hereof and prior to the
Closing, in addition to the 2020 Annual Financial Statements, the
Acquired Companies shall provide the Purchaser with combined
interim financial information of the Acquired Companies no later
than forty (40) calendar days following the end of each three-month
quarter prepared under U.S. GAAP in accordance with requirements of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board for public companies
(together with the 2020 Annual Financial Statements, the
“Required Financial
Statements”) and the corresponding quarterly periods
for 2019 and 2020. If the Acquired Companies do not deliver the
Annual Financial Statements and the Required Financial Statements
as required by this Section 7.5, the Purchaser
shall have the right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with
Section 12.1(c)
hereof. The Annual Financial Statements and the Required Financial
Statements shall be accompanied by a certificate of Blake Lawson,
on behalf of the Acquired Companies, to the effect that all such
financial statements fairly present the financial position and
results of operations of the Acquired Companies as of the date or
for the periods indicated, prepared under U.S. GAAP in accordance
with requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board,
except as otherwise indicated in such statements and subject to
year-end audit adjustments (other than in the case of audited
financial statements). The Acquired Companies will promptly provide
additional financial information requested by the Purchaser for
inclusion in the Proxy Statement and any other filings to be made
by the Purchaser with the SEC. If requested by the Purchaser, such
information must be reviewed or audited by the Acquired
Companies’ auditors.
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7.6 Employees
of the Acquired Companies.
The
Principal Owners shall, as a condition to their continued
employment with the Acquired Companies and the closing of the
Transactions, execute and deliver to the Acquired Companies their
Employment Agreements prior to the Closing and such Employment
Agreements shall not have been repudiated, rescinded, modified or
terminated by the applicable Acquired Company or the applicable
individual party thereto as of the Closing. The Key Employees other
than the Principal Owners shall, as a condition to their continued
employment with the Acquired Companies and the closing of the
Transactions, execute and deliver to the Acquired Companies their
Employment Agreements prior to the Closing and such Employment
Agreements shall not have been repudiated, rescinded, modified or
terminated by the applicable Acquired Company or the applicable
individual party thereto as of Closing. The Acquired Companies
shall satisfy all accrued obligations of the Acquired Companies
applicable to its employees, whether arising by operation of Law,
by Contract, by past custom or otherwise, for payments by the
Acquired Companies to any trust or other fund or to any Authority,
with respect to, social security insurance benefits, unemployment
or disability compensation benefits or otherwise.
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(a) Non-Competition. Each Seller
agrees that, during the Restricted Period, such Seller shall not,
and shall cause such Seller’s Affiliates not to, (a) engage
directly or indirectly in the Restricted Business anywhere in the
Restricted Territory; or (b) directly or indirectly be or become an
officer, director, stockholder, owner, Affiliate, partner, member,
investor, joint venture, employee, agent, representative,
consultant, lender, advisor, manager of, for or to, or otherwise be
or become associated with or acquire or hold (of record,
beneficially or otherwise) any direct or indirect interest in, any
Person that engages directly or indirectly in the Restricted
Business anywhere in the Restricted Territory; provided, however,
that any Seller may, without violating this Section 7.7(a), own, as a
passive investment, shares of capital stock of a publicly-held
corporation that engages in the Restricted Business if (i) such
shares are actively traded on an established national securities
market in the United States or any other foreign securities
exchange, (ii) the number of shares of such corporation’s
capital stock that are owned beneficially (directly or indirectly)
by the applicable Seller and the number of shares of such
corporation’s capital stock that are owned beneficially
(directly or indirectly) by such Seller’s Affiliates
collectively represent less than one percent (1%) of the total
number of shares of such corporation’s capital stock
outstanding, and (iii) neither such Seller nor any Affiliate of
such Seller is otherwise associated directly or indirectly with
such corporation or with any Affiliate of such
corporation.
(b) Non-Solicitation of Customers and
Other Business Relations. During the Restricted Period, each
Seller shall not, and shall cause such Seller’s Affiliates
not to, directly or indirectly solicit, induce or attempt to induce
any Person who, during the preceding two-year period, has a
business relationship with the Acquired Companies, Purchaser, or
any of their Affiliates (including any customer, licensee,
supplier, manufacturer or vendor) (i) to cease doing business with
Purchaser, the Acquired Companies, or any of their Affiliates, or
(ii) to diminish or materially alter in a manner harmful to the
Purchaser, the Acquired Companies, or any of their Affiliates such
Person’s relationship with the Purchaser, the Acquired
Companies, or any of their Affiliates, or (iii) to purchase,
contract for or receive any products or services from any Person
(other than the Purchaser, the Acquired Companies, or any of their
Affiliates) that engages in the Restricted Business anywhere within
the Restricted Territory; provided, however, that nothing contained
in this Section
7.7(b) shall prevent any Seller from contracting with a
third party who has or had a business relationship with Purchaser,
any Acquired Company or their Affiliates if such contracting does
not adversely affect such third party’s business relationship
with the Purchaser, the Acquired Companies, or their
Affiliates.
(c) Hiring or Solicitation of Employees
and Contractors. Each Seller agrees that, during the
Restricted Period, such Seller shall not, and shall cause such
Seller’s Affiliates not to: (a) directly or indirectly hire
any employee, independent contractor, or consultant or any person
who was an employee, independent contractor, or consultant of the
Acquired Companies within the preceding six (6) months, or (b)
directly or indirectly encourage, induce, attempt to induce,
solicit or attempt to solicit (on such Seller’s own behalf or
on behalf of any other Person) any employee, independent
contractor, or consultant to leave or curtail his or her employment
or engagement with the Purchaser, the Acquired Companies, or any of
their Affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 7.7(c) shall not
prevent any Seller from undertaking general solicitations of
employment not targeted at employees, independent contractors, or
consultants of the Purchaser, the Acquired Companies, or any of
their Affiliates (so long as the applicable Seller does not,
directly or indirectly, hire any such employee, independent
contractor, or consultant).
(d) Confidentiality. During the
Restricted Period, each Seller will keep confidential any
Confidential Information (as defined below) which is now or which
hereafter may become known to such Seller, as a result of such
Seller’s ownership interest in or employment with the
Acquired Companies, and shall not at any time during the Restricted
Period, directly or indirectly, disclose any such information to
any Person or use the same in any way other than in connection with
the business of Purchaser, the Acquired Companies, or their
Affiliates. “Confidential Information”
shall mean any proprietary or confidential information of the
Acquired Companies, including but not limited to any trade secrets,
confidential or secret designs, website technologies, content,
processes, formulae, plans, manuals, devices, machines, know-how,
methods, compositions, ideas, improvements, financial and marketing
information, costs, pricing, sales, sales volume, salaries, methods
and proposals, customer and prospective customer lists, customer
identities, customer volume, or customer contact information,
identity of key personnel in the employ of customers and
prospective customers, amount or kind of customer’s purchases
from the Acquired Companies, manufacturer lists, manufacturer
identities, manufacturer volume, or manufacturer contact
information, identity of key personnel in the employ of
manufacturers, amount or kind of the Acquired Companies’
purchases from manufacturers, system documentation, hardware,
engineering and configuration information, computer programs,
source and object codes (whether or not patented, patentable,
copyrighted or copyrightable), related software development
information, inventions or other confidential or proprietary
information belonging to the Acquired Companies or directly or
indirectly relating to the Acquired Companies’ business and
affairs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth
herein shall not be applicable to any information which (i) is or
becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of
a disclosure by any Seller, or (ii) becomes available to the
applicable Seller on a non-confidential basis from a source other
than Purchaser, the Acquired Companies, or their Affiliates or any
of their respective officers, directors, agents or employees,
provided that the source of such information is not known by such
Seller to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with or other
obligation of secrecy to Purchaser, the Acquired Companies, or
their Affiliates or another party.
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(e) Non-Disparagement. During the
Restricted Period, each Seller shall not, and shall cause such
Seller’s Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly disparage
the Purchaser, the Acquired Companies, or their Affiliates in any
way that would adversely affect the goodwill, reputation, or
business relationships of Purchaser, the Acquired Companies, or its
their Affiliates with the public generally, or with any customer,
manufacturer, client, employee, independent contractor, supplier,
licensee, advertiser or vendor of Purchaser, the Acquired
Companies, or any of their Affiliates, with the intent to harm such
Person or relationship, provided that no Seller shall be prevented
from providing true testimony to the extent determined by counsel
is required by any legal proceeding (or in any discovery in
connection therewith) or investigation by a governmental
authority.
(f) Additional Definitions. As used
in this Section
7.7, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
in this Section
7.7(f):
(i) “Restricted Business”
shall mean (i) the sale, leasing, rental, financing, servicing
(including supply of parts) and ancillary activities relating to
new and used motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs, scooters, side by sides,
sport bikes, two- and three-wheeled cruisers, powered watercraft,
and other motorized water- and land-based vehicles and any other
business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Acquired
Companies as of the Closing Date and (ii) the business conducted by
the Purchaser, the Acquired Companies, and their Affiliates as of
the Closing, provided that the ownership and operation of Persons
in the principal business of retail (but not wholesale) automobile
sales or leasing shall not be deemed a Restricted
Business.
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(ii) “Restricted
Period” means (i) for the Sellers listed on Schedule
7.7(f)(i), the three (3) year period beginning on the Closing Date;
and (ii) for the Sellers listed on Schedule 7.7(f)(ii), the two (2)
year period beginning on the Closing Date; provided, however, that
in the event of any breach on the part of any Seller of any
provision of this Section
7.7, the Restricted Period applicable to such Seller shall
be automatically extended by a number of days equal to the total
number of days in the period from the date on which such breach
shall have first occurred through the date as of which such breach
shall have been fully cured.
(iii) “Restricted
Territory” means Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia,
Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and each territory
of the United States, including Washington, D.C.
(g) Other Terms.
(i) Reasonableness and Relief.
Sellers acknowledge that the restrictions contained in this
Agreement are a material and substantial part of the Transaction
contemplated by this Agreement (supported by adequate
consideration), and are fair, reasonable and necessary for the
protection of the Purchaser’s and the Acquired
Companies’ legitimate business interests. Each Seller further
acknowledges that: (a) each Seller is deriving substantial economic
benefit from the sale of equity in the Acquired Companies to
Purchaser in connection with the Transaction; (b) each Seller is
entering into this Agreement solely in connection with the sale of
equity in the Acquired Companies and not in connection with any
contemplated employment with Purchaser or any of its Affiliates;
and (c) a breach of any of such covenants or any other provision of
this Section 7.7
will result in irreparable harm and damage to the Purchaser, the
Acquired Companies, or their Affiliates that cannot be adequately
compensated by a monetary award. Accordingly, it is expressly
agreed that in addition to all other remedies available at law or
in equity (including, without limitation, money damages from any
Seller), Purchaser shall be entitled to a temporary restraining
order, preliminary injunction or such other form of injunctive or
equitable relief as may be used by any court of competent
jurisdiction to restrain or enjoin any Seller from breaching any
such covenant or provision or to specifically enforce the
provisions hereof, without the need to post any bond or other
security. Purchaser and the Sellers agree that each Seller shall be
severally liable for any such Seller’s breach of the
provisions of this Section
7.7, and shall not be jointly liable for any other
Seller’s breach of this Section 7.7 except to the
extent such non-breaching Seller contributed in some way to or
conspired with the breaching Seller with respect to such other
Seller’s breach of this Section 7.7.
(ii) Independence
of Obligations. Sellers’ obligations under this
Section 7.7 are
absolute and shall not be terminated or otherwise limited by virtue
of any breach (on the part of Purchaser, the Acquired Companies,
any of their Affiliates or any other Person) of any other provision
of this Agreement or any other agreement, or by virtue of any
failure to perform or other breach of any obligation of Purchaser,
the Acquired Companies, any of their Affiliates or any other
Person. In addition, the covenants and obligations of each Seller
set forth in this Section
7.7 shall be construed as independent of any other agreement
or arrangement between each Seller, on the one hand, and Purchaser,
the Acquired Companies, or any of their Affiliates, on the other
hand, and except as otherwise required by law, the existence of any
claim or cause of action by any Seller against Purchaser, the
Acquired Companies, or any of their Affiliates shall not constitute
a defense to the enforcement of the covenants or obligations in
this Section 7.7
against such Seller.
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(iii) Advice
of Counsel. Each Seller acknowledges that it has either been
represented by independent legal counsel or that it has waived its
right to obtain advice of legal counsel in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(iv) Specific
Performance. The Sellers agree that irreparable damage would
occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Section 7.7 were not performed
in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached.
It is accordingly agreed that Purchaser shall be entitled to an
injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Section 7.7 and to enforce
specifically the terms and provisions of this Section 7.7 in the Chancery
Court of the State of Delaware or any federal court sitting in the
State of Delaware, 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.
7.8 Tax Matters.
(a) The Parties hereto
do hereby acknowledge and agree that the Tax treatment of the
acquisition of the Acquired Companies shall be as
follows:
(i) With respect to any
Acquired Company treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income
tax purposes:
(A) If
100% of the Equity Interests of the Acquired Company are being
acquired, under the principles set forth in Revenue Ruling 99-6
(Situation 2), the purchase and sale of all the Equity Interests
shall be treated for federal and applicable state and local income
Tax purposes as follows: (A) from the Sellers’ perspective,
such transaction shall be treated as a sale of each Seller’s
respective Equity Interests to the Purchaser, and (B) from the
Purchaser’s perspective, such transaction shall be treated as
a purchase of a proportionate, undivided interest in the assets of
the relevant Acquired Company from each Seller.
(B) If
less than 100% of the Equity Interests of the Acquired Company are
being acquired, the purchase and sale of the Equity Interests shall
be treated for federal and applicable state and local income Tax
purposes as the purchase and sale of each Seller’s respective
Equity Interests.
(ii) The
purchase and sale of the interests in any Acquired Company that is
treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax
purposes shall be treated for U.S. federal and applicable state and
local income Tax purposes as the purchase and sale of the assets of
such Acquired Company.
Each of
the Parties hereto shall act consistently with the provisions of
this Agreement and such intended Tax treatment at all times and for
all purposes, including for purposes of reporting the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement to the IRS and any other state or
local taxing authority having jurisdiction over the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The Purchaser and the Sellers
further agree not to take any position on any Tax Return or in any
administrative or judicial proceeding with respect to any such Tax
Return inconsistent with such treatment. The Sellers shall not
cause or permit the Sellers’ Representative to knowingly or
voluntarily file any other income or informational Tax Return or
statement inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. At
least 30 days prior to the Closing Date, the Purchaser and the
Sellers shall agree on the form of the Purchase Price Allocation
Schedule (as defined below) and the principles on which such
allocations shall be made (the “Purchase Price Allocation
Principles”). Furthermore, within 90 days after the
Closing Date, the Purchaser shall allocate the Purchase Price among
the Acquired Companies and, with respect to each Acquired Company,
among the assets of such Acquired Company (the “Purchase Price Allocation
Schedule”). The Purchase Price Allocation Schedule
will be (i) subject to Sellers’ Representative’s review
and reasonable comment, (ii) prepared in accordance with the
Purchase Price Allocation Principles and applicable provisions of
the Code. The Purchaser, the applicable Acquired Companies, and the
Sellers will file all Tax Returns and applicable Tax forms (and
cause their respective Affiliates to file all Tax Returns and
forms) consistently with the Purchase Price Allocation Schedule (as
appropriately adjusted) and will not take any position during the
course of any audit or other legal proceeding that is inconsistent
with such election, forms or schedule, unless required by a
determination of the applicable Taxing Authority that is
final.
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(b) The Sellers shall
properly prepare or cause to be properly prepared and timely file
or cause to be timely filed at the sole expense of the Sellers all
income Tax Returns and other material Tax Returns of the Acquired
Companies for any period (any such period, a “Pre-Closing Tax Period”)
ending on or prior to the Closing Date, including the final Form
1065 partnership return for the tax period ending on the Closing
Date for any Acquired Company treated as a partnership for U.S.
federal income tax purposes (each, a “Pre-Closing Tax Return”
and, collectively, the “Pre-Closing Tax
Returns”). Such Pre-Closing Tax Returns shall be
prepared in accordance with past practice with respect to the
relevant Acquired Companies, unless otherwise required by
applicable Law. The Sellers’ Representative shall deliver, at
least 30 days prior to the due date for the filing of each such Tax
Return (taking into account extensions), to the Purchaser a copy of
each such Tax Return. The Purchaser shall have the right to review
and make reasonable comments on such Tax Returns. The
Sellers’ Representative and the Purchaser agree to consult
and resolve in good faith any issue arising as a result of the
review of such Tax Returns prior to the date on which such Tax
Returns are required to be filed. In the event that the
Sellers’ Representative and the Purchaser are unable to
resolve any such issue, the issue shall be referred to the
Independent Accountants in accordance with Section 3.3(e). The costs and
expenses of the Independent Accountants shall be borne in
accordance with Section
3.3(f). The Sellers shall pay or cause to be paid all Taxes
due with respect to the periods covered by such Pre-Closing Tax
Returns.
(c) The Purchaser shall
prepare and timely file, or cause to be prepared and timely filed,
all Tax Returns of the Acquired Companies other than Pre-Closing
Tax Returns, including all Tax Returns for any Tax period which
begins before the Closing Date and which ends on (and including)
the Closing Date (any such period, a “Straddle Period,” and any
such Tax Return, a “Straddle Return”). For
purposes of determining the amount of Taxes allocable to the
portion of the Straddle Period ending on (and including) the
Closing Date, (i) in the case of any Taxes (other than Taxes based
upon or related to income, revenue, receipts, or sales) that are
imposed on a periodic basis and are payable for a Tax period that
includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date, the portion of
such Tax which relates to the portion of the Straddle Period ending
on (and including) the Closing Date shall be deemed to be the
amount of such Tax for the entire taxable period multiplied by a
fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the
taxable period ending on the Closing Date and the denominator of
which is the number of days in such Straddle Period (the
“Pre-Closing
Portion”); and (ii) in the case of any Taxes based
upon or related to income or receipts (and sales and use tax), be
deemed equal to the amount which would be payable if the relevant
Tax period ended on the Closing Date.
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(d) With respect to any
Tax Return to be filed by any of the Acquired Companies for a
Straddle Period, the Purchaser shall deliver, at least 30 days
prior to the due date for the filing of each such Tax Return
(taking into account extensions), to Sellers’ Representative
a statement setting forth the amount of the Pre-Closing Portion of
such Taxes and a copy of each such Tax Return. The Sellers’
Representative shall have the right to review and make reasonable
comments on such Tax Returns. The Sellers’ Representative and
the Purchaser agree to consult and resolve in good faith any issue
arising as a result of the review of such Tax Returns and
statements prior to the date on which such Tax Returns are required
to be filed. In the event that the Sellers’ Representative
and the Purchaser are unable to resolve any such issue, the issue
shall be referred to the Independent Accountants in accordance with
Section 3.3(e). The
costs and expenses of the Independent Accountants shall be borne in
accordance with Section
3.3(f). The Sellers shall pay or cause to be paid all Taxes
due that are allocable to the portion of the Straddle Period ending
on (and including) the Closing Date.
(e) Each income Tax
Return of an Acquired Company that is a partnership for U.S.
federal Tax purposes that includes the Closing Date shall contain a
valid election under Section 754 of the Code. Each Acquired
Company’s income Tax Return shall, to the extent allowable
under the Code or Treasury Regulations (including, but not limited
to, under Code Sections 706 and 1377, and Regulations Section
1.1368-1), elect to use the “closing of the books”
method to allocate income of a Straddle Period.
(f) The Purchaser, the
Sellers, the Sellers’ Representative and each of the Acquired
Companies shall cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably
requested by the other Party, in connection with the preparation
and filing of Tax Returns pursuant to this Section 7.8. Such cooperation
shall include the retention and (upon the other Parties’
request) the provision of records and information which are
reasonably relevant to the preparation and filing of any such Tax
Return. The Purchaser and the Sellers shall (i) retain all books
and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to the Acquired
Companies relating to any taxable period beginning before the
Closing Date until the expiration of the applicable statute of
limitations of the respective taxable periods, and abide by all
record retention agreements entered into with any Taxing Authority
and (ii) give the other Party reasonable written notice prior to
transferring, destroying or discarding any such books and records
and, if the other Party so requests, the Acquired Companies, the
Purchaser or the Sellers, as the case may be, shall allow the other
Party to take possession of such books and records.
(g) Within fifteen (15)
Business Days after the any of the Acquired Companies’ or any
Seller’s receipt of a notice of audit, assessment or other
proceeding respecting an item or items set forth on a Pre-Closing
Tax Return for which the Sellers are solely responsible pursuant to
this Section 7.8,
the Sellers may elect, so long as the Sellers have an obligation to
indemnify the Purchaser or the Acquired Companies hereunder with
respect to such audit, by written notice to the Purchaser, to
contest the audit or assessment in the name of such Acquired
Company. If the Sellers so elect, they shall be solely responsible
for the defense of the item or items at issue, except that the
Purchaser agrees to cooperate, and the Purchaser will cause the
relevant Acquired Company to cooperate, in the contest of such
audit or assessment by making relevant documents and employees
available to the Sellers, and to execute such documents (including
powers of attorney) as may be reasonably necessary to allow the
Sellers to conduct the defense. The Sellers shall bear all costs
relating to such defense. If the Sellers elect to conduct a
defense, the Sellers shall keep the Purchaser informed of the
progress of such audit; shall obtain the prior written consent of
the Purchaser before agreeing to any adjustment or settlement, such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed;
shall not make any Tax election or take any other action that will
or may create an increase in Taxes for any of the Acquired
Companies or the Purchaser in respect of any period ending after
the Closing Date; and shall promptly indemnify the Purchaser and/or
the Acquired Companies, and hold the Purchaser and/or the Acquired
Companies harmless against, any such increase that
occurs.
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(h) Sellers and
Purchaser agree to cause each Acquired Company that is (or was)
treated as a partnership for Tax purposes, to the greatest extent
allowable under Law, to make a Code Section 6226
“push-out” election for any adjustment with respect to
any Tax period that began before the Closing Date such that the
Acquired Company will not be liable for the Tax attributable to the
adjustment.
(i) All transfer,
documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, conveyance or similar
Taxes or charges arising out of the transactions contemplated
hereby and all charges for or in connection with the recording of
any document, instrument or certificate contemplated hereby shall
be paid 100% by the Purchaser if and when due. The Sellers will
file all necessary Tax Returns and other documentation in
connection with the Taxes and charges encompassed in this
Section 7.8(g), and
the costs of preparing and making such filing shall be paid 50% by
the Purchaser and 50% by the Sellers if and when due.
7.9 Section 280G Approval.
The
Acquired Companies, as applicable, shall (a) no later than ten (10)
Business Days prior to the Closing Date, solicit from each
“disqualified individual” (within the meaning of
Section 280G(c) of the Code) who would otherwise be entitled to
receive any payment or benefits that would constitute a
“parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section
280G(b)(2)(A) of the Code) a waiver of such disqualified
individual’s rights to some or all of such payments or
benefits (the “Waived 280G Benefits”) so
that all remaining payments and/or benefits, if any, shall not be
deemed to be “excess parachute payments” (within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Code) and (b) no later than five (5)
Business Days prior to the Closing Date, with respect to each
individual who agrees to the waivers described in clause (a),
submit to a vote in accordance with Section 280G(b)(5)(B)(i) of the
Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder (along with
adequate disclosure satisfying the requirements of Section
280G(b)(5)(B)(ii) of the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder) the right of any such “disqualified
individual” to receive the Waived 280G Benefits (the
“280G
Vote”). The Acquired Companies shall provide drafts of
such waivers and approval materials, and any related calculations,
to the Purchaser for its reasonable review and approval (which
approval will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)
no later than five (5) Business Days prior to soliciting such
waivers and soliciting such approval. If any of the Waived 280G
Benefits fail to be approved as contemplated above, such Waived
280G Benefits shall not be made or provided. Prior to the Closing,
the Acquired Companies shall deliver to the Purchaser evidence
reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser that a 280G Vote was
solicited in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this
Section 7.9 and that either (i) the requisite number of votes of
the Acquired Companies’ equityholders was obtained with
respect to the Waived 280G Benefits in accordance with Section
280G(b)(5)(B)(i) of the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder (the “280G Approval”) or (ii)
the 280G Approval was not obtained, and, as a consequence, the
Waived 280G Benefits shall not be made or provided.
Sellers
shall, and shall cause each of the Acquired Companies to, take all
necessary actions to ensure that, except as set forth on
Schedule
2.6(b)(viii), all Related Party Transactions are terminated
at or prior to the Closing, with no further liability or other
Losses to the Purchaser and its Affiliates (including the Acquired
Companies) with respect thereto.
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7.11 Employee
Matters.
(a) Each employee of
the Acquired Companies or any of their Subsidiaries whose
employment is not terminated prior to the Closing shall continue in
employment with the Purchaser and its Affiliates (including the
Acquired Companies or any of their Subsidiaries) immediately
following the Closing (such employees, the “Continuing Employees”),
subject to the Acquired Companies’ right to terminate such
employment at any time.
(b) Effective as of the
Closing, the Purchaser and its Affiliates shall recognize, or shall
cause the Acquired Companies and their Subsidiaries to recognize,
each Continuing Employee’s employment or service with the
Acquired Companies or any of the Acquired Companies’
Subsidiaries (including any current or former Affiliate thereof or
any predecessor of the Acquired Companies or any of their
Subsidiaries) prior to the Closing for purposes of determining, as
applicable, eligibility for participation, vesting and entitlement
of the Continuing Employee under any 401(k) or vacation plans
maintained by the Acquired Companies, their Subsidiaries, the
Purchaser, except to the extent such recognition would result in a
duplication of benefits. In addition, and without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, effective as of the Closing and
thereafter, the Purchaser and its Affiliates shall, or shall cause
the Acquired Companies and their Subsidiaries to, make commercially
reasonable efforts to, if administratively feasible and permitted
by Law, (i) cause any pre-existing conditions or limitations,
eligibility waiting periods, actively at work requirements,
evidence of insurability requirements or required physical
examinations under any health or similar plan of the Acquired
Companies, their Subsidiaries, the Purchaser or an Affiliate of the
Purchaser to be waived with respect to Continuing Employees and
their eligible dependents (the Purchaser, that, in the case of any
insured arrangements, subject to the consent of the applicable
insurer and the Purchaser’s commercially reasonable efforts
to obtain such consent) under a Purchaser group health plan, except
to the extent that any waiting period, exclusions or requirements
still applied to such Continuing Employee under the comparable
Company benefit plan in which such Continuing Employee participated
immediately before the Closing, and (ii) fully credit each
Continuing Employee with all deductible payments, co-payments and
other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Continuing Employee
and his or her covered dependents under the medical, dental,
pharmaceutical or vision benefit plans of the Acquired Companies or
any of the Acquired Companies’ Subsidiaries prior to the
Closing during the plan year in which the Closing occurs for the
purpose of determining the extent to which such Continuing Employee
has satisfied the deductible, co-payments, or maximum out-of-pocket
requirements applicable to such Continuing Employee and his or her
covered dependents for such plan year under any medical, dental,
pharmaceutical or vision benefit plan of the Acquired Companies,
its Subsidiaries, the Purchaser or an Affiliate of the Purchaser,
as if such amounts had been paid in accordance with such plan (the
Purchaser, that, in the case of any insured arrangements, subject
to the consent of the applicable insurer and the Purchaser’s
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such
consent).
(c) (i) Nothing in this
Section 7.11 shall
be treated as an amendment of any Plan (or an undertaking to amend
any such Plan or any other plan or arrangement), (ii) nothing in
this Section 7.11
will prohibit Purchaser or any of its Affiliates (including,
following the Closing, the Acquired Companies or any of their
Subsidiaries) from amending, modifying or terminating any Plan
pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms thereof, (iii)
nothing in this Section
7.11 will confer upon any current or former employee,
officer, director or consultant, any right to employment or
continued employment or continued service with Purchaser, the
Acquired Companies or any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or
constitute or create an employment agreement with any Person, and
(iv) nothing in this Section 7.11 shall confer any
rights or benefits on any Person other than Purchaser and
Sellers.
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7.12 Notices
of Certain Events by Purchaser.
The
Purchaser shall promptly notify the Sellers Representative
of:
(a) any notice or other
communication from any Person alleging or raising the possibility
that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement might give rise to any
Action or other rights by or on behalf of such Person or result in
the loss of any rights or privileges of any Seller;
(b) any notice or other
communication from any Authority in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Additional
Agreements;
(c) any Actions
commenced or threatened against, relating to or involving or
otherwise affecting Purchaser that relate to the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Additional
Agreements;
(d) the occurrence of
any fact or circumstance which results, or might reasonably be
expected to result, in any representation made hereunder by
Purchaser to be false or misleading in any respect or to omit or
fail to state a material fact; and
(e) if it becomes aware
of any fact or condition that constitutes a breach of any
representation or warranty made in Article VI or any covenant that
would cause the conditions set forth in Section 9.3, not to be
satisfied as of the Closing Date.
ARTICLE VIII.
(a) Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, from the date hereof until
the earlier of the termination of this Agreement and the Closing
Date, the Parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or
cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or
advisable to consummate and make effective as promptly as
practicable the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(including the satisfaction, but not waiver, of the Closing
conditions set forth in Article IX), and in the case of
the Acquired Companies, all things as reasonably requested by the
Purchaser. The Parties hereto shall execute and deliver, or cause
to be executed and delivered, such other documents, certificates,
agreements and other writings and take such other actions as may be
reasonably necessary or desirable in order to consummate or
implement expeditiously each of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Acquired Entities shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain each third-party consent required under this
Agreement as promptly as practicable hereafter, and the Principal
Owners shall use reasonable efforts to expeditiously cause all
Persons owning Equity Interests of the Acquired Companies to
execute a Seller Joinder.
(b) In furtherance and
not in limitation of this Section 8.1(b), to the extent
required under any Laws that are designed to prohibit, restrict or
regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or
restraint of trade, including the Sherman Antitrust Act, as
amended, the Clayton Antitrust Act, as amended, the HSR Act, the
Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and all other federal,
state or foreign statutes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees,
administrative and judicial doctrines and other Laws that are
designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions
having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of
trade or lessening of competition through merger and acquisition
(“Antitrust
Laws”), each Party hereto agrees to promptly make any
required filing or application under Antitrust Laws, as applicable.
The applicable filing fees with respect to any and all
notifications required under the HSR Act in order to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid 100% by the
Purchaser when due. The Parties hereto agree to supply as promptly
as reasonably practicable any additional information and
documentary material that may be requested pursuant to Antitrust
Laws and to take all other actions reasonably necessary, proper or
advisable to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable
waiting periods or obtain required approvals, as applicable under
Antitrust Laws as soon as practicable, including by requesting
early termination of the waiting period provided for under the HSR
Act. Each Party shall, in connection with its efforts to obtain all
requisite approvals and authorizations for the Transactions under
any Antitrust Law, use its commercially reasonable efforts to: (i)
cooperate in all respects with each other Party or its Affiliates
in connection with any filing or submission and in connection with
any investigation or other inquiry, including any proceeding
initiated by a private Person; (ii) keep the other Parties
reasonably informed of any communication received by such Party or
its Representatives from, or given by such Party or its
Representatives to, any Authority and of any communication received
or given in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, in
each case regarding any of the Transactions; (iii) permit a
Representative of the other Parties and their respective outside
counsel to review any communication given by it to, and consult
with each other in advance of any meeting or conference with, any
Authority or, in connection with any proceeding by a private
Person, with any other Person, and to the extent permitted by such
Authority or other Person, give a Representative or Representatives
of the other Parties the opportunity to attend and participate in
such meetings and conferences; (iv) in the event a Party’s
Representative is prohibited from participating in or attending any
meetings or conferences, the other Parties shall keep such Party
promptly and reasonably apprised with respect thereto; and (v) use
commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate in the filing of any
memoranda, white papers, filings, correspondence or other written
communications explaining or defending the transactions
contemplated hereby, articulating any regulatory or competitive
argument, and/or responding to requests or objections made by any
Authority.
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(c) No Party hereto
shall take any action that could reasonably be expected to
adversely affect or materially delay the approval of any Authority
of any required filings or applications under Antitrust
Laws.
(d) Each Party shall
cooperate in good faith and shall use their respective reasonable
best efforts to obtain the approval to the extent required by
applicable Law or Contract by each Factory of and appointment of
the Purchaser as an authorized dealer of each applicable
Factory’s products. The Sellers shall, or shall cause the
Acquired Companies to, provide notices to the respective Factory
that this Agreement has been entered into within two (2) days of
the date hereof but in no event before the Purchaser has filed a
Form 8-K disclosing the execution of this Agreement. Sellers shall,
and shall cause the Acquired Companies to, cooperate with Purchaser
in preparing applications to the Factories, including providing
documents reasonably requested by Purchaser and facilitating any
inspection of any Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property to
the extent necessary in connection with such application. In
connection with such applications to the Factories, Purchaser shall
use its reasonable best efforts to cause, or assist Sellers to
cause, all Sellers to be removed from all guarantees,
indemnification arrangements and other hold harmless arrangements,
in each case, made or provided by Sellers at the request or for the
benefit of an Acquired Company or its operations. Moreover,
Purchaser shall indemnify and hold each such Seller from any and
all Losses incurred thereunder after the Transaction Effective Time
for matters occurring after the Transaction Effective Time. Each of
Sellers’ Representative, on behalf of the Sellers and
Acquired Companies, and Purchaser shall keep the other party
reasonably informed as to the status of the application process
with each Factory and any communications therefrom. In the event a
Factory disapproves Purchaser’s application to operate any
location operated by an Acquired Company, fails to provide consent
to the Transaction contemplated hereby, or refuses to enter into a
new dealer agreement appointing Purchaser as an authorized dealer
of such Factory’s products at the applicable location
operated by an Acquired Company, then Sellers shall cause the
applicable Acquired Company to file a protest and challenge the
Factory’s action in order to consummate the Transactions as
promptly as practicable, and if approved in writing in advance by
Purchaser including pursuing all administrative and court
proceedings and appeals at Purchaser’s sole cost and expense;
provided that the Sellers shall not be required to pursue any
administrative or court proceedings if the Purchaser does not agree
to reimburse Sellers’ reasonable expenses incurred in
connection therewith at any stage in the proceedings; and provided
further that Seller shall not be obligated to continue to protest
and challenge any Factory’s action after July 31,
2021.
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8.2 Cooperation
with Proxy Statement and Other Filings.
(a) As promptly as
practicable after the date hereof, the Purchaser shall file with
the SEC a proxy statement relating to the Transactions (as amended
or supplemented from time to time, the “Proxy Statement”), all in
accordance with and as required by the Certificate of
Incorporation, applicable law, and any applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq.
(b) Without limitation,
in the Proxy Statement, the Purchaser shall seek, in accordance
with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable securities
laws, rules and regulations, including the NRS and rules and
regulations of Nasdaq, from the holders of the Purchaser Common
Stock: (A) approval of this Agreement and the Transactions,
including the approval, for purposes of complying with applicable
listing rules of the Nasdaq, of the issuance of $175,000,000 of
Purchaser Class B Common Stock as provided for herein in connection
with the consummation of the Transactions, (B) adoption of the
Equity Incentive Plan, (C) amend Certificate of Incorporation of
Purchaser to increase the number of shares of authorized Class B
Common Stock to 100,000,000 Shares, and (D) approval to obtain any
and all other approvals necessary or advisable to effect the
consummation of the Transactions (including a proposal to adjourn
any meeting at which approval of the Purchaser Proposals (as
defined below) for the purposes of soliciting additional proxies to
approve the Purchaser Proposals, if necessary, the proposals set
forth in the forgoing clauses (A) through (D), are referred to as
the “Purchaser
Proposals”).
(c) As soon as
practicable after the Proxy Statement is “cleared” by
the SEC, the Purchaser shall cause the Proxy Statement to be
disseminated to holders of shares of Purchaser Class B Common
Stock.
(d) Except with respect
to the information provided by the Acquired Companies for inclusion
in the Proxy Statement and the Financing Documents, the Purchaser
shall ensure that, when filed, the Proxy Statement and the
Financing Documents will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of United States federal securities laws and the rules
and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder or otherwise (the
“Federal Securities
Laws”), the NRS and the Nasdaq rules. The Acquired
Companies shall promptly provide to the Purchaser such information
concerning the Acquired Companies, any of its Subsidiaries and the
Sellers as is either required by the Federal Securities Laws or
reasonably requested by the Purchaser for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement and the Financing Documents, including, if applicable,
the Company Financial Statements and the Required Financial
Statements (“Company
Information”). Subject to the Acquired
Companies’ review and approval of the Proxy Statement and the
Financing Documents, including Company Information and the consent
of the Acquired Companies’ auditor to the inclusion of the
Company Financial Statements and Required Financial Statements in
the Proxy Statement and the Financing Documents (in each case, such
approval or consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed), the Acquired Companies acknowledge and agree that Company
Information (including the Company Financial Statements and the
Required Financial Statements), or summaries thereof or extracts
therefrom, may be included in the Proxy Statement, the Financing
Documents, and any other filings required under the Exchange Act,
Securities Act or any other United States federal, foreign or blue
sky laws (“Other
Filings”). In connection therewith, the Acquired
Companies shall instruct the employees, counsel, financial
advisors, auditors, and other authorized representatives of the
Acquired Companies to reasonably cooperate with the Purchaser as
relevant if required to achieve the foregoing.
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(e) The Purchaser shall
provide copies of the proposed forms of the Financing Documents
(including any amendments or supplements thereto) to the Acquired
Companies and their representatives as soon as practicable such
that the Acquired Companies and their representatives are afforded
a reasonable amount of time prior to the dissemination or filing
thereof to review such material and comment thereon, and the
Purchaser shall reasonably consider in good faith any comments of
such Persons. The Purchaser and the Acquired Companies shall
promptly correct any information provided by them for use in the
Financing Documents if and to the extent that such information
shall have become false or misleading in any material respect or as
otherwise required by the Federal Securities Laws. The Purchaser
shall provide the Acquired Companies with copies of all written
comments, and shall inform the Acquired Companies of any material
oral comments, that the Purchaser or any of its representatives
receive from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Financing
Documents promptly after the receipt of such comments and shall
give the Acquired Companies and its representatives a reasonable
opportunity prior to responding thereto to review and comment on
any proposed written or material oral responses to such comments.
The Purchaser shall reasonably consider in good faith any such
comments of such Persons. The Purchaser shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to “clear” comments from the SEC and
its staff with respect to the Financing Documents and to permit the
Acquired Companies to participate with the Purchaser or its
representatives in any discussions or meetings with the SEC and its
staff regarding the Financing Documents. The Acquired Companies
shall, and shall cause each of its subsidiaries to, make their
respective directors, officers and employees and use commercially
reasonable efforts to make their accountants, in each case upon
reasonable advance notice, reasonably available to the Purchaser
and its representatives in connection with the drafting of the
public filings with respect to the Transactions (including the
Financing Documents) and responding in a timely manner to comments
thereon from the SEC or its staff.
(f) If at any time
prior to the Transaction Effective Time, any information relating
to the Purchaser, or the Acquired Companies, or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates, officers or directors, should
be discovered by the Acquired Companies or the Purchaser, as
applicable, that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement
to the Proxy Statement or the Financing Documents, so that such
documents would not include any misstatement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, the Party which discovers such information shall
promptly notify each other Party hereto and an appropriate
amendment or supplement describing such information shall be
promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by law,
disseminated to the Purchaser’s stockholders.
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(g) Notwithstanding
anything else to the contrary in this Agreement or any Additional
Agreements, the Purchaser may make any public filing with respect
to the Transactions to the extent required by applicable
Law.
(h) The Acquired
Companies acknowledge that:
(i) the Purchaser must
obtain the Purchaser Stockholder Approval contemplated by this
Agreement prior to the transactions contemplated hereby being
consummated and that, in connection with such approval, the
Purchaser must call a special meeting of its stockholders requiring
the Purchaser to prepare and file with the SEC the Proxy
Statement;
(ii) the
Purchaser will be required to file Quarterly and Annual reports
that may be required to contain information about the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; and
(iii) the
Purchaser will be required to file Current Reports on Form 8-K to
announce the transactions contemplated hereby and other significant
events that may occur in connection with such
transactions.
8.3 Shareholder Vote; Recommendation of
the Purchaser’s Board of Directors.
The
Purchaser, through the Purchaser’s Board of Directors, shall
recommend that the Purchaser’s stockholders vote in favor of
adopting and approving all Purchaser Proposals, and the Purchaser
shall include such recommendation in the Proxy Statement. Neither
the Purchaser’s Board of Directors nor any committee thereof
shall withdraw or modify, or propose to withdraw or modify, in a
manner adverse to the Sellers, such recommendation or fail to
re-affirm it on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day after
receipt of a written request for reaffirmation from the
Sellers’ Representative, provided that such re-affirmation by
the Purchaser Board of Directors shall not be required more than
once.
(a) The Purchaser shall
use all commercially reasonable efforts to take all action
necessary under applicable Law, Purchaser’s Organizational
Documents, and the rules of Nasdaq to, in consultation with the
Acquired Companies, establish a record date for, call, give notice
of and hold a meeting of the holders of shares of Purchaser Common
Stock to consider and vote on the Purchaser Proposals (such
meeting, the “Purchaser Stockholders’
Meeting”). The Purchaser Stockholders’ Meeting
shall be held as promptly as practicable, in accordance with
applicable Law and the Certificate of Incorporation, after the
Proxy Statement is “cleared” by the SEC. Purchaser
shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited
in connection with the Purchaser Stockholders’ Meeting are
solicited in compliance with all applicable Law. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the
Purchaser Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date
on which the Purchaser Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled,
the Purchaser reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive
proxies sufficient to obtain the Purchaser Required Vote, whether
or not a quorum would be present or (ii) it will not have
sufficient shares of Purchaser Common Stock represented (whether in
person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the
business of the Purchaser Stockholders’ Meeting, the
Purchaser may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive
postponements or adjournments of, the Purchaser Stockholders’
Meeting in compliance with the NRS and the Certificate of
Incorporation, as long as the date of the Purchaser
Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than
an aggregate of 30 calendar days in connection with any
postponements or adjournments.
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8.5 Confidentiality.
Prior
to Closing, except as necessary to complete the Proxy Statement or
any Other Filings, the Acquired Companies and the Sellers, on the
one hand, and the Purchaser, on the other hand, shall hold and
shall cause their respective representatives to hold in strict
confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or
administrative process or by other requirements of Law, all
Confidential Information concerning the other Party furnished to it
by such other Party or its representatives in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (except to the extent
that such information can be shown to have been (a) previously
known by the Party to which it was furnished, (b) in the public
domain through no fault of such Party or (c) later lawfully
acquired from other sources, which source is not the agent of the
other Party, by the Party to which it was furnished), and each
Party shall not release or disclose such Confidential Information
to any other Person, except its representatives in connection with
this Agreement. In the event that any Party believes that it is
required to disclose any such Confidential Information pursuant to
applicable Laws, such Party shall give timely written notice to the
other Parties so that such Parties may have an opportunity to
obtain a protective order or other appropriate relief. Each Party
shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations to hold
Confidential Information concerning or supplied by the other
Parties if it exercises the same care as it takes to preserve
confidentiality for its own similar information. The Parties
acknowledge that some previously confidential information will be
required to be disclosed in the Proxy Statement or any Other
Filings. For the avoidance of doubt, that certain Non-Disclosure
and Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2020, by
and among Purchaser and the Acquired Companies party thereto, and
the Principal Owners remains in full force and effect.
(a) As promptly as
practicable after execution of this Agreement, the Purchaser will
prepare and file a Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to the
Exchange Act to report the execution of this Agreement, a copy of
which will be provided to the Acquired Companies at least one (1)
Business Day before its filing deadline and Purchaser shall
consider in good faith any comments of the Sellers’
Representative prior to filing. Promptly after the execution of
this Agreement, the Purchaser and the Acquired Companies shall also
issue a joint press release announcing the execution of this
Agreement, in form and substance mutually acceptable to the
Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative.
(b) Before the Closing,
the Acquired Companies shall begin preparing, in consultation with
the Purchaser, a draft Current Report on Form 8-K in connection
with and announcing the Closing, together with, or incorporating by
reference, such information that is required to be disclosed with
respect to the Transactions pursuant to Form 8-K (the
“Closing Form
8-K”). Prior to the Closing, the Purchaser and the
Acquired Companies shall prepare a mutually agreeable press release
announcing the consummation of the Transactions (the
“Closing Press
Release”). Concurrently with the Closing, the
Purchaser shall distribute the Closing Press Release and, as soon
as practicable thereafter, file the Closing Form 8-K with the
SEC.
From
the date of this Agreement through the Closing, the Purchaser shall
use all reasonable efforts that are necessary or desirable for the
Purchaser to remain listed as a public company on, and for shares
of Purchaser Class B Common Stock to be tradable over, the
applicable Nasdaq market(s). The Purchaser shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Closing Payment Shares and the
Escrow Shares to be listed on Nasdaq at the Purchaser’s
expense.
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8.8 D&O
Insurance; Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
(a) If the Closing
occurs, the Purchaser agrees that all rights to indemnification and
advancement of expenses and all limitations on liability existing
in favor of any employee, officer or director of any of the
Acquired Companies prior to the Closing (collectively, the
“D&O
Persons”), as provided in the Organizational Documents
of the applicable Acquired Company or otherwise in effect as of the
date of this Agreement with respect to any matters occurring on or
prior to the Closing, shall survive the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and continue in full force and
effect and be honored by the Purchaser after the Closing. The
obligations of the Purchaser under this Section 8.8 shall not be
terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any
D&O Persons to whom this Section 8.8 applies without the
consent of such affected D&O Persons (it being expressly agreed
that the D&O Persons to whom this Section 8.8 applies shall be
intended third party beneficiaries of this Section 8.8).
(b) Prior to the
Closing Date, the Acquired Companies, at their sole cost and
expense, shall purchase and maintain in effect for a period of six
years following the Closing Date, without lapses in coverage, a
“tail” policy providing directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance coverage for the benefit of the
those Persons who are currently covered by any comparable insurance
policies of the Acquired Companies as of the date hereof with
respect to matters occurring on or prior to the Closing Date. Such
“tail” policy shall provide coverage on terms (with
respect to coverage and amount) that are no less favorable in the
aggregate to the insured than the coverage provided under the
Acquired Companies’ directors’ and officers’
liability insurance policies as of the date hereof; provided, that
the Acquired Companies shall not pay a premium for such
“tail” policy in excess of 300% of the most recent
annual premium paid by the Acquired Companies prior to the date of
this Agreement without the prior written consent of Purchaser. In
the event such tail coverage is unavailable with such terms or at
such pricing, the Acquired Companies shall purchase the maximum
coverage available for such 300% of the most recent annual premium
paid (the “D&O
Tail Policy”).
(c) Prior to the
Closing Date, the Purchaser may in its sole discretion direct the
Acquired Companies to purchase and pay for a tail/extended
reporting period for any insurance policy written on a claims-made
basis, either with the incumbent insurer on current terms or, if
unavailable, from a different insurer on substantially similar
terms. Such extended reporting periods shall be for a commercially
reasonable duration but no less than the following unless otherwise
permitted by Purchaser: 2 years for fiduciary liability; 3 years
for employment practices; 3 years for errors & omissions; and 5
years for pollution legal liability.
From
the date hereof through the earlier of the Closing Date or the date
that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms,
neither any Acquired Company nor any of the Sellers shall, and such
Persons shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of
their respective Representatives not to, directly or indirectly,
(i) encourage, solicit, initiate, engage, participate, enter into
discussions or negotiations with any Person concerning any
Alternative Transaction (as hereinafter defined), (ii) take any
other action intended or designed to facilitate the efforts of any
Person relating to a possible Alternative Transaction or (iii)
approve, accept, recommend or enter into any Alternative
Transaction or any Contract related to any Alternative Transaction.
For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Alternative Transaction”
shall mean any of the following transactions involving any of the
Acquired Companies or the Sellers (other than the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement): (i) any merger, acquisition
consolidation, recapitalization, share exchange, business
combination or other similar transaction, possible public
investment or public offering, or (ii) any sale, lease, exchange,
transfer or other disposition of a material portion of the assets
of such Person (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary
course of business) or any class or series of the capital stock,
membership interests or other Equity Interests of any Acquired
Company in a single transaction or series of transactions. In the
event that there is an unsolicited proposal for an Alternative
Transaction, made to any Acquired Company, any of the Sellers or
any of their respective Representatives (each, an
“Alternative
Proposal”), such Party shall as promptly as
practicable (and in any event within one (1) Business Day after
receipt) advise the other Parties to this Agreement orally and in
writing of any Alternative Proposal and the material terms and
conditions of any such Alternative Proposal (including any changes
thereto) and the identity of the Person making any such Alternative
Proposal.
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8.10 Adoption
of Equity Incentive Plan.
The
Purchaser and the Acquired Companies shall prepare a mutually
agreeable long-term incentive plan for employees of Purchaser and
its Subsidiaries (the “Equity Incentive Plan”)
to be effective at or prior to the Closing and allocate options or
restricted stock units to a list of employees provided by
Sellers’ Representative as set forth on Schedule 8.10. The grant of any
award under the Equity Incentive Plan shall be subject to receipt
from the grantee of a restrictive covenant agreement in the form
determined by Purchaser. The adoption of the Equity Incentive Plan
shall be included as a Purchaser Proposal in the Proxy Statement
for approval by the Purchaser’s Stockholders at the Purchaser
Stockholders’ Meeting. The Purchaser agrees to file, as soon
as practicable after Closing, a registration Statement on Form S-8
covering the issuance of shares underlying awards under the Equity
Incentive Plan.
(a) From the date
hereof until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement and
the Closing Date, Purchaser may, at its expense, conduct
environmental site assessment activities including obtaining Phase
I and/or Phase II Environmental Site Assessments and other reports
relating to the condition of the Real Property and compliance with
Environmental Laws (“Site Assessments”). The
Sellers and the Acquired Companies shall cooperate with and give,
and shall cause their respective Affiliates and Representatives to
cooperate with and give, to the Purchaser and its Representatives,
access to the Real Property and the general manager or site
supervisor for purposes of conducting the Site
Assessments.
(b) If the Site
Assessments identify Recognized Environmental Conditions, as
defined in the American Society for Testing and Materials
“Designation: E1527 – 13 Standard Practice for
Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site
Assessment Process” or specify that any Remedial Action is
required to return the location or locations operated by the
Acquired Companies to a condition in compliance with applicable
Laws that is estimated to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)
in the aggregate, then (i) the Base Cash Consideration shall be
reduced dollar for dollar, not to exceed $1,000,000, for the cost
and expense of the Remedial Action in excess of One Million Dollars
($1,000,000) and (ii) Purchaser will establish the order in which
sites will be remediated. If the cost and expense of the Remedial
Action is estimated to more than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000)
in the aggregate in order to return the locations operated by the
Acquired Companies to a condition in compliance with applicable
Laws, then the Parties shall negotiate additional remedies or
Purchaser may elect, in its sole discretion, to deem any Acquired
Company with one or more locations that require $50,000 or more of
additional Remedial Action an Excluded Company.
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8.12 Delivery
of Certain Documents. On or
before the thirtieth (30th) day after the date
hereof, Sellers’ Representative shall deliver to Purchaser
true and complete copies of all material Plan-related documents
that the Acquired Companies are able to obtain using commercially
reasonable efforts.
8.13 Certain
Filings. As soon as practicable following the date hereof,
the Principal Owners shall cause (a) the sponsor of the Coulter and
RideNow Affiliates 401(k) Plan and Trust to file all documentation
necessary to correct any failure to comply with elective deferrals
of commissioned participants pursuant to the DOL Voluntary
Fiduciary Correction Program or IRS Employee Plans Compliance
Resolution System, as applicable and (b) all applicable excise
taxes to be paid (with corresponding IRS filings) with respect to
delinquent participant contributions to the Coulter and RideNow
Affiliates 401(k) Plan and Trust in all applicable plan
years.
ARTICLE IX.
The
obligations of the Parties to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction (or,
if permitted by applicable Law, waiver by the Party for whose
benefit such condition exists) of all the following
conditions:
(a) All filings and
other notifications required to be made under any Antitrust Law for
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have
been made, all waiting periods relating thereto (including all
extensions thereof) shall have expired or been terminated, and all
clearances, authorizations, actions, non-actions, or other consents
required from a Governmental Authority under any Antitrust Law for
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have
been received or obtained.
(b) No Authority shall
have issued any Order, or have pending before it a proceeding for
the issuance thereof, and there shall not be any provision of any
applicable Law restraining or prohibiting the consummation of the
Closing, the ownership by the Purchaser of the Transferred Equity
Interests, the effectiveness of any merger contemplated hereby, or
the effective operation of the Business by the Acquired Companies
after the Closing Date. In addition, there shall not be any Action
brought by a third-party non-Affiliate to enjoin or otherwise
restrict the consummation of the Closing.
(c) Purchaser shall
have obtained the Purchaser Stockholder Approval.
(d) The Closing Payment
Shares shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq.
The
obligation of the Purchaser to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or,
if permitted by applicable Law, the waiver at the Purchaser’s
sole and absolute discretion, of all the following further
conditions:
(a) Each of the Sellers
and each of the Acquired Companies shall have duly performed and
complied with all of its obligations hereunder required to be
performed or complied by it on or prior to the Closing
Date.
(b) (1) Each of the
Seller Fundamental Representations shall be true and correct in all
but de minimis respects on and as of the date hereof and on and as
of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of such date, except to
the extent such representations and warranties are expressly made
as of an earlier date, in which case the same shall be true,
correct and complete only as of such date; and (2) each of the
representations and warranties of Sellers contained in this
Agreement (other than the Fundamental Representations),
disregarding all “materiality”, “Material Adverse
Effect” and similar qualifications, shall be true and correct
in all respects on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the
Closing Date, as if made at and as of such date (A) except to the
extent such representations and warranties are expressly made as of
an earlier date, in which case the same shall be true, correct and
complete only as of such date, and (B) except where the failure of
such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, has
not had, and would not have, a Material Adverse
Effect;
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(c) There shall have
been no event, change or occurrence which individually or together
with any other event, change or occurrence, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Each Employment
Agreement entered into by the Purchaser and/or the applicable
Acquired Company, on the one hand, and the applicable Principal
Owner, on the other hand, shall remain in full force and effect and
shall not have been repudiated, rescinded, modified or terminated
by the Purchaser and/or the applicable Acquired Company or the
applicable individual party thereto.
(e) Each Key Employee
shall have executed and delivered to Purchaser an Employment
Agreement.
(f) The Purchaser shall have received evidence that
(i) all Consents set forth on Schedule
9.2(f)(i) and any Consent
which should have been listed on Schedule 4.3
(the “General
Consents”) have been
given or obtained and have not been revoked and (ii) with
respect to the manufacturers set forth on Schedule
9.2(f)(ii) (the
“Manufacturer
Consents” and together
with the General Consents, the “Required
Consents”), Consents
have been given or obtained and have not been revoked with respect
to dealership locations operated by the Acquired Companies
representing at least 95% of revenue of the Acquired Companies from
the sale of new vehicles for the twelve (12) months ending December
31, 2020. For purposes of clarity, the failure to deliver a Consent
from a Factory that is not required to satisfy the foregoing
minimum percentage shall not constitute a default hereunder or in
any way be actionable under the indemnification provisions
hereof.
(g) The Assignment
Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by the parties
thereto.
(h) The Registration
Rights and Lock-Up Agreement entered into by the Purchaser and the
Sellers shall remain in full force and effect and shall not have
been repudiated, rescinded, modified or terminated by any of the
Sellers.
(i) The Purchaser shall
have received all of the items set forth in Section 2.6(b).
(j) The Purchaser shall
have completed all arrangements necessary to obtain the Financing
and shall have received the cash proceeds of the Financing
necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(k) No holders of
Equity Interests in any Transferred Entity shall have exercised
rights of first refusal or other rights preventing the conveyance
of Equity Interests owned by Sellers in such Transferred Entity to
Purchaser; provided however that this condition shall be applicable
separately as to each specific Transferred Entity individually and
the failure to satisfy this condition with respect to any one
Transferred Entity shall not serve as the failure to satisfy this
Closing condition as to any other Transferred Entity.
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(l) The lowest value on
a per share basis used in the calculation of Closing Payment Shares
herein shall not be less than $24.00.
9.3 Conditions to Obligations of the
Sellers.
The
obligations of the Sellers to consummate the Closing is subject to
the satisfaction, or the waiver at the Sellers’
Representative’s discretion, of all of the following further
conditions:
(a) The Purchaser shall
have performed in all material respects all of its obligations
hereunder required to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing
Date.
(b) (1) Each of the
Purchaser Fundamental Representations shall be true and correct in
all but de minimis respects on and as of the date hereof and on and
as of the Closing Date, as if made at and as of such date, except
to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly
made as of an earlier date, in which case the same shall be true,
correct and complete only as of such date; and (2) each of the
representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this
Agreement (other than the Fundamental Representations),
disregarding all “materiality”, “Material Adverse
Effect” and similar qualifications, shall be true and correct
in all respects on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the
Closing Date, as if made at and as of such date (A) except to the
extent such representations and warranties are expressly made as of
an earlier date, in which case the same shall be true, correct and
complete only as of such date, and (B) except where the failure of
such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, has
not had, and would not have, a Material Adverse
Effect;
(c) There shall have
been no event, change or occurrence which individually or together
with any other event, change or occurrence could reasonably be
expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.
(d) The Sellers’
Representative shall have received all of the items set forth in
Section
2.6(a).
(e) The Equity
Incentive Plan shall have been approved by the Purchaser’s
Board of Directors, as to options granted to employees as allocated
by Sellers’ Representative as contemplated in Section 8.10, and shall be
effective as of the Closing.
(f) William Coulter and
Mark Tkach shall have been appointed as directors of
Purchaser.
(g) The lowest value on
a per share basis used in the calculation of Closing Payment Shares
herein shall not be less than $24.00.
ARTICLE X.
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(a) Indemnification of
Purchaser.
(i) From and
after the Closing, the Principal Owners shall, jointly and
severally, indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser, each of its
Affiliates (including, following the Closing, the Acquired
Companies) and each of its and their respective managers,
directors, officers, employees, members, partners, stockholders,
successors and permitted assignees (the “Purchaser Indemnitees”),
from and against any and all losses, damages, liabilities,
penalties, Taxes, fines, judgments, awards, settlements, costs,
fees and expenses, including costs of investigation and reasonable
attorneys’ fees) (all of the foregoing collectively,
“Losses”) incurred,
suffered, paid or sustained by any Purchaser Indemnitee as a result
of or in connection with (A) any breach or inaccuracy in of any of
the representations or warranties of the Sellers contained herein;
(B) any breach or non-fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or
obligation to be performed by (x) any Acquired Company contained
herein to be performed prior to or at the Closing, and (y) any
Seller contained in this Agreement; (C) Indemnified Taxes; (D) any
claims made by Sellers (or any direct or indirect holders thereof)
with respect to the computation or allocation of the Purchase Price
among Sellers (including the calculation and determination of their
applicable Pro Rata Share, Per Share Merger Consideration, or the
calculations and determinations set forth in the Payment Notice or
in any Post-Closing Adjustment or disbursement of any Escrow Shares
at any time); (E) dissenters’, appraisal or similar rights
asserted by any equityholder of the Acquired Companies under any
Law; (F) any unpaid Change in Control Payments or Transaction
Expenses; and (G) any Special Indemnity Event.
(ii) From
and after the Closing, each Seller shall, severally and not
jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser Indemnitees from
and against any and all Losses incurred, suffered, paid or
sustained by any Purchaser Indemnitee as a result of or in
connection with (A) any breach or inaccuracy in of any of the
representations or warranties of such Seller contained in
Article IV but
solely with respect to the Acquired Company in which they own an
Equity Interest; (B) any breach or inaccuracy in of any of the
representations or warranties of such Seller contained in
Article V; and (C)
any breach or non-fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or
obligation to be performed by such Seller contained in this
Agreement.
(b) Indemnification of Sellers.
From and after the Closing, Purchaser and the Acquired Companies
shall, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless the
Sellers, each of their respective Affiliates and each of their
respective managers, directors, officers, employees, members,
partners, stockholders, successors and permitted assignees (the
“Seller
Indemnitees”), from and against any and all Losses
incurred, suffered, paid or sustained by any Seller Indemnitee as a
result of or in connection with (i) any breach or inaccuracy in of
any of the representations or warranties of Purchaser or the Merger
Subs contained herein; and (ii) any breach or non-fulfillment of
any covenant, agreement or obligation to be performed by Purchaser
or any Merger Sub contained in this Agreement.
10.2 Procedure.
The
following shall apply with respect to all claims by any Purchaser
Indemnitee or Seller Indemnitee, as applicable, (an
“Indemnified
Party”) for indemnification:
(a) Third Party
Claims.
(i) If any Indemnified
Party receives notice of the assertion or commencement of any
Action made or brought by any Person who is not a party to this
Agreement or an Affiliate of a Party to this Agreement (a
“Third-Party
Claim”) against such Indemnified Party with respect to
which the Principal Owners or the Sellers, on one hand, or
Purchaser and the Acquired Companies, on the other hand (as
applicable, the “Indemnifying Party”;
provided, however, that if the Sellers are required to provide
indemnification, Sellers’ Representative shall be the
Indemnifying Party for the purposes of actions to be taken pursuant
to this Section
10.2) are obligated to provide indemnification under this
Agreement, the Indemnified Party shall give the Sellers’
Representative (on behalf of such Indemnifying Party) or Purchaser,
as applicable, prompt written notice thereof (a “Third-Party Claim
Notice”). The failure to give such prompt written
notice shall not, however, relieve the Indemnifying Party of its
indemnification obligations, except and only to the extent that the
Indemnifying Party’s defense of such claim is materially and
adversely prejudiced by reason of such failure. Such notice by the
Indemnified Party shall describe the Third-Party Claim in
reasonable detail (to the extent then known) and shall indicate the
estimated amount, if reasonably practicable, of the Loss that has
been or may be sustained by the Indemnified Party. The Parties
shall reasonably cooperate with each other in good faith in
connection with the defense of any Third-Party Claim.
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(ii) The
Indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in, or by
giving written notice to the Indemnified Party within thirty days
after receipt of a Third-Party Claim Notice (which written notice
by the Indemnifying Party shall include an irrevocable
acknowledgement of the Indemnifying Party that the Indemnified
Party will be fully indemnified by the Indemnifying Party in
respect of such Third-Party Claim), to assume the defense of any
Third-Party Claim at the Indemnifying Party’s sole cost and
expense, including the engagement of the Indemnifying Party’s
own counsel. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnifying Party
shall not be entitled to assume the defense (and the Indemnified
Party shall be entitled to have sole control over the defense) of a
Third-Party Claim if: (A) such Third-Party Claim involves criminal
allegations; (B) such Third-Party Claim demands injunctive or other
equitable relief; (C) the Indemnified Party reasonably determines
that it would be inappropriate for a single counsel to represent
both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party in connection
with such Third-Party Claim under applicable standards of legal
ethics; (D) there are legal defenses available to the Indemnified
Party that are different from or additional to those available to
the Indemnifying Party; (E) such Third-Party Claim is made by or
otherwise involves any of the Acquired Company’s material
business relations (including any of its customers or suppliers,
including (for the avoidance of doubt) manufacturers and their
respective Affiliates); or (F) in the event such claim were to be
decided adversely, the aggregate amount of Losses associated
therewith, together with all other outstanding claims for
indemnification hereunder, would reasonably be expected to exceed
the aggregate liability limitations set forth in this Article
X.
(iii) In
the event that the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of any
Third-Party Claim, subject to Section 10.2(a)(iv), the
Indemnifying Party shall have the right to take such action as it
deems necessary to avoid, dispute, defend, appeal or make
counterclaims pertaining to any such Third-Party Claim in the name
and on behalf of the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party
shall keep the Indemnified Party apprised of the status of any
matter the defense of which they are maintaining, including
settlement offers, with respect to the Third-Party Claim and permit
the Indemnified Party to participate in the defense of the
Third-Party Claim. The Indemnified Party shall have the right, at
its own cost and expense, to participate in the defense of any
Third-Party Claim with counsel selected by it subject to the
Indemnifying Party’s right to control the defense thereof. If
the Indemnifying Party elects not to compromise or defend such
Third-Party Claim or fails to promptly notify the Indemnified Party
in writing of its election to defend as provided in this Agreement,
the Indemnified Party may pay, compromise, and defend such
Third-Party Claim and seek indemnification for any and all Losses
based upon, arising from or relating to such Third-Party
Claim.
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(iv) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall
not enter into settlement of any Third-Party Claim without the
prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except as provided in
this Section
10.2(iv). If (1) a firm offer is made to settle a
Third-Party Claim that (A) only involves the payment of monetary
damages that are paid in full by the Indemnifying Party and does
not include any liability or the creation of a financial or other
obligation on the part of the Indemnified Party, (B) provides, in
customary form, for the unconditional release of each Indemnified
Party from all liabilities and obligations in connection with such
Third-Party Claim, (C) does not involve any statement, finding or
admission of any fault of, breach of contract by, or violation of
Law by, the Indemnified Party; (D) includes a reasonable
confidentiality obligation by the third party claimant of the terms
of the settlement in any settlement agreement; and (E) provides
that the Indemnified Party is an express third party beneficiary of
the settlement agreement, entitled to enforce such settlement
agreement, and (2) the Indemnifying Party desires to accept and
agree to such offer, the Indemnifying Party shall give written
notice to that effect to the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnified
Party fails to consent to such firm offer within ten days after its
receipt of such notice, the Indemnified Party may continue to
contest or defend such Third-Party Claim and in such event, the
maximum liability of the Indemnifying Party as to such Third-Party
Claim shall not exceed the amount of such settlement offer. If the
Indemnified Party fails to consent to such firm offer and also
fails to assume defense of such Third-Party Claim, the Indemnifying
Party may settle the Third-Party Claim upon the terms set forth in
such firm offer to settle such Third-Party Claim.
(b) Direct Claims. Any claim by an
Indemnified Party on account of a Loss which does not result from a
Third-Party Claim (a “Direct Claim”) shall be
asserted by the Indemnified Party giving the Indemnifying Party
prompt written notice thereof (a “Direct Claim Notice”).
The failure to give such prompt written notice shall not, however,
relieve the Indemnifying Party of its indemnification obligations,
except and only to the extent that the Indemnifying Party’s
defense of such claim is actually materially and adversely
prejudiced by reason of such failure. Such notice shall describe
the Direct Claim in reasonable detail, shall include copies of all
material written evidence thereof and shall indicate the estimated
amount, if reasonably practicable, of the Loss that has been or may
be sustained by the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall
have 30 days after its receipt of such notice to respond in writing
to such Direct Claim. During such 30-day period, the Indemnified
Party shall allow the Indemnifying Party and its Representatives to
investigate the matter or circumstance alleged to give rise to the
Direct Claim, and whether and to what extent any amount is payable
in respect of the Direct Claim by giving reasonable access to the
Acquired Companies’ or Sellers’ personnel, as
applicable, and the right to examine and copy any accounts,
documents or records as the Indemnifying Party or any of its
professional advisors may reasonably request solely to the extent
that they relate to the Direct Claim; provided, that such access
shall be in a manner that does not unreasonably interfere with the
normal business operations of the Purchaser or the Acquired
Companies or applicable Seller, as applicable; provided, further,
that such access shall not jeopardize the attorney-client privilege
or attorney work-product doctrine or any other applicable privilege
to which any such books and records, materials and other
information is subject. If the Indemnifying Party does not so
respond within such 30-day period, the Indemnifying Party shall be
deemed to have accepted such claim.
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10.3 Determination
of Losses; Priority of Claims.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, the Indemnifying Party shall not be
liable to an Indemnified Party for indemnification under
Section
10.1(a)(i)(A) or Section 10.1(b)(i), as
applicable, until the aggregate amount of all Losses in respect of
indemnification under Section 10.1(a)(i)(A) and
Section
10.1(a)(ii)(A) or Section 10.1(b)(i), as
applicable, exceeds $4,000,000, in which event the Indemnifying
Party shall be required to pay or be liable for Losses from dollar
one; provided, however, that the limitation set forth in this
Section 10.3(a)
shall not apply to Losses related to breaches of Fundamental
Representations or the SOL Representations or Losses arising from
claims for fraud, intentional misrepresentation or willful
misconduct.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, the Indemnifying Party’s maximum
aggregate liability to an Indemnified Party for indemnification
under Section
10.1(a)(i)(A), Section 10.1(a)(ii)(A), or
Section 10.1(b)(i),
as applicable, shall not exceed $75,000,000 with respect to the
Principal Owners or Purchaser, as applicable, and, with respect to
the Sellers (other than the Principal Owners), Thirteen Percent
(13%) of portion of the Purchase Price received by the particular
Seller for which indemnification is sought (the “Cap”); provided, however,
that the limitation set forth in this Section 10.3(b) shall not apply
to Losses related to breaches of Fundamental Representations or the
SOL Representations or Losses arising from claims for fraud,
intentional misrepresentation or willful misconduct. Without
limiting the foregoing, in no event shall the Principal
Owners’, the Sellers’, or Purchaser’s maximum
aggregate liability under this Agreement for any and all Losses
under any theory of recovery exceed the Purchase
Price.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, for purposes of determining the amount of
any Losses that are the subject matter of a claim for
indemnification pursuant to this Article X, and for purposes of
determining whether the representations and warranties giving rise
to such indemnification have been breached, each representation and
warranty in this Agreement shall be read without regard and without
giving effect to the term, or, as applicable, clause containing,
“material”, “materiality” or similar
phrases or clauses (including “Material Adverse Effect”
or “material adverse effect”) contained in such
representation or warranty.
(d) If the Indemnifying
Party is a Seller, any claim for indemnification by an Indemnified
Party shall (i) first be brought against the Escrow Fund (using a
value per Escrow Share equal to the VWAP for the five (5) trading
days immediately prior to such payment), or, in the sole discretion
of Sellers’ Representative, by wire transfer of all or part
of the amount of any claim for indemnification by an Indemnified
Party in cash in immediately available funds to an account
designated in writing by the Purchaser, provided that if
Sellers’ Representative elects to pay all or part of any
claim for indemnification by an Indemnified Party in cash but fails
to timely pay such amount, then immediately upon Purchaser’s
request Sellers’ Representative shall execute any joint
written authorization necessary to release the applicable number of
Escrowed Shares from the Escrow Fund; and (ii) thereafter, if an
insufficient number of Escrow Shares remain in the Escrow Fund,
directly against the Indemnifying Parties. To the extent that the
Sellers’ Representative satisfies the amount of any claim for
indemnification by an Indemnified Party in cash as contemplated in
clause (i) in the preceding sentence, then Purchaser and
Sellers’ Representative shall execute a joint written
authorization necessary to release a pro rata number of Escrowed
Shares from the Escrow Fund.
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(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, each Seller hereby
waives and acknowledges that it shall not exercise or assert any
right of contribution or right to indemnity or any other right or
remedy against any Acquired Company in connection with any
indemnification obligation or any other Liability to which such
Seller may become subject under this Agreement or otherwise in
connection with any of the transactions contemplated
herein.
10.4 Escrow Fund.
(a) Payment of Dividends; Voting.
Any dividends, interest payments, or other distributions of any
kind made in respect of the Escrow Shares will be delivered
promptly to Sellers’ Representative for distribution to the
Sellers. The Principal Owners shall be entitled to vote the Escrow
Shares on any matters to come before the stockholders of the
Purchaser.
(b) Distribution of Escrow Shares.
If all or any portion of the Escrow Shares are to be released from
the Escrow Fund pursuant to Section 10.4(d), then such
Escrow Shares shall be released to the Sellers’
Representative for distribution to the Principal Owners. The
Purchaser will take such action as may be necessary to cause such
certificates to be issued in the names of the appropriate Persons.
Certificates or book-entry positions representing Escrow Shares so
issued that are subject to resale restrictions under applicable
securities laws will bear a legend to that effect. No fractional
shares shall be released and delivered from the Escrow Fund to the
Sellers’ Representative and all fractional shares shall be
rounded to the nearest whole share.
(c) Assignability. No Escrow Shares
or any beneficial interest therein may be pledged, sold, assigned
or transferred, including by operation of law, by the Principal
Owners or be taken or reached by any legal or equitable process in
satisfaction of any debt or other liability of any Principal Owner,
prior to the delivery to such Principal Owner by the Sellers’
Representative of the Escrow Shares by the Escrow Agent as provided
herein.
(d) Release from Escrow
Fund.
(i) Within five (5)
business days following the six month anniversary of Closing (the
“Initial Release
Date”), the following number of Escrow Shares will be
released from escrow to the Sellers’ Representative: (A)
one-third of the Escrow Shares, less (B) the number of Escrow
Shares, if any, previously released pursuant to Section 3.3(b) in connection
with any Post-Closing Adjustment; provided, that (notwithstanding
anything to the contrary) in the event that any Purchaser
Indemnified Party shall have delivered a Direct Claim Notice or
Third-Party Claim Notice in accordance with Section 10.2 prior to the
Initial Release Date (whether resolved or unresolved), no Escrow
Shares will be released from escrow on the Initial Release
Date.
(ii) Within
five (5) business days following the twelve (12) month anniversary
of Closing (the “Final Release Date”), the
following number of Escrow Shares will be released from escrow to
the Sellers’ Representative: (A) the remaining number of
Escrow Shares in the Escrow Fund, less (B) the number of Escrow
Shares (using a value per Escrow Share equal to the VWAP for the
five (5) trading days immediately prior to such payment) equal to
the amount of any potential Losses set forth in any Direct Claim
Notice or Third-Party Claim Notice delivered by the Purchaser prior
to the Final Release Date with respect to any pending but
unresolved claim for indemnification; provided that in lieu of the
Escrowed Shares being retained in the Escrow Fund under clause (B)
above, the Sellers’ Representative may elect to deliver cash
in immediately available funds equal to value of such Escrowed
Shares to an escrow agent mutually agreed by Purchaser and
Seller’s Representative and Purchaser and the Sellers’
Representative shall enter into a mutually acceptable escrow
agreement to hold such amount. If Sellers’ Representative
elects to provide cash in lieu of retaining Escrow Shares in the
Escrow Fund, then upon confirmation from the escrow agent that the
cash amount has been received Purchaser and Sellers’
Representative shall execute a joint written authorization
necessary to release the remaining Escrowed Shares from the Escrow
Fund. Escrow Shares, or cash in lieu thereof, retained in escrow as
a result of clause (B) in the immediately preceding sentence shall
be released promptly upon resolution of the related claim for
indemnification in accordance with the provisions of this Article
X.
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(iii) Prior
to the Initial Release Date and the Final Release Date,
respectively and as applicable, the Purchaser and the
Sellers’ Representative shall issue joint instructions to the
Escrow Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to release such number of
Escrow Shares determined in accordance with this Section 10.4(d).
(e) Survival. Except for (1) the
representations and warranties in Sections 4.1 (Corporate
Existence and Power), 4.2 (Authorization),
4.3 (Approvals and
Consents), 4.4
(Non-Contravention), 4.5 (Capitalization),
4.34
(Finder’s Fees), 5.1 (Ownership of Interests;
Authority), 5.2
(Approvals and Consents), 5.3 (Non-Contravention) and
5.6 (Finder’s
Fees) (collectively, the “Seller Fundamental
Representations”) and in Sections 6.1 (Corporate
Existence and Power), 6.2 (Authorization),
6.3 (Approvals and
Consents), 6.4(a)
(Non-Contravention), 6.5 (Finder’s Fees), and
6.8
(Capitalization) (collectively, the “Purchaser Fundamental
Representations” and, together with the Seller
Fundamental Representations, the “Fundamental
Representations”), which shall survive indefinitely,
and (2) the representations and warranties in Sections 4.29 (Employee
Benefits and Compensation), 4.32 (Tax Matters) and
4.33 (Environmental
Laws) (collectively, the “SOL Representations”),
which shall survive until sixty (60) days after the expiration of
the statute of limitations with respect to the subject matter
discussed therein (including any extensions and waivers thereof),
the representations and warranties of the Sellers, Purchaser, and
the Merger Subs shall survive until twelve months following the
Closing. The indemnification to which any Indemnified Party is
entitled from the Indemnifying Parties pursuant to Section 10.1(a) or Section 10.1(b) for Losses
shall be effective so long as an Indemnified Party makes a claim
for indemnification prior to the applicable Limitation Date (in
which case, the applicable representations and warranties shall
survive the applicable Limitation Date solely for purposes of
resolving such claim, until such time as such claim is fully and
finally resolved). “Limitation Date” shall
mean, with respect to any representation or warranty, the date on
which such representation or warranty expires pursuant to this
Section
10.4.
10.5 Tax Treatment of Indemnification
Payments.
All
indemnification payments made under this Agreement shall be treated
by the Parties as an adjustment to the Purchase Price for Tax
purposes, unless otherwise required by Law.
The
Parties acknowledge and agree that the sole and exclusive remedy of
any Purchaser Indemnitee or Seller Indemnitee, as applicable, with
respect to any and all claims (other than claims arising from
fraud, intentional misrepresentation or willful misconduct) for any
breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or
obligation set forth herein or otherwise relating to the subject
matter of this Agreement, shall be pursuant to the indemnification
provisions set forth in Section 7.8 and this
Article X. In
furtherance of the foregoing, the Purchaser on behalf of all
Purchaser Indemnitees and Sellers’ Representative on behalf
of all Seller Indemnitees hereby waives, to the fullest extent
permitted under Law, any and all rights, claims and causes of
action for any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant,
agreement or obligation set forth herein or otherwise relating to
the subject matter of this Agreement it may have against the other
Parties hereto and their Affiliates and each of their respective
representatives arising under or based upon any Law, except
pursuant to the indemnification provisions set forth in
Section 7.8 and
this Article X and
other than claims arising from fraud, intentional misrepresentation
or willful misconduct. Nothing in this Section 10.6 shall limit any
Person’s right to seek and obtain any equitable relief to
which any Person shall be entitled pursuant to Section 13.15, to obtain the
adjustments described in Sections 3.2 and 3.3, or to seek any remedy on
account of fraud, intentional misrepresentation or willful
misconduct.
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10.7 NO
ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS; NO RELIANCE.
THE
PURCHASER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT: (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY, EXCEPT FOR THE
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY MADE BY THE SELLERS IN
ARTICLES V AND VI, NEITHER THE ACQUIRED COMPANIES OR THE SELLERS OR
ANY AFFILIATE THEREOF NOR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS MADE ANY
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUIRED COMPANIES,
THE BUSINESS OR THE ACQUIRED COMPANY’S OPERATIONS, ASSETS,
LIABILITIES, CONDITION (FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE) OR PROSPECTS,
NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO THE PURCHASER, OR ANY
OF ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY
DOCUMENTATION, FORECASTS, PROJECTIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION WITH
RESPECT TO ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOREGOING; (B) THE PURCHASER HAS
NOT RELIED ON ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY FROM AN ACQUIRED
COMPANY OR THE SELLERS OR ANY OTHER PERSON IN DETERMINING TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT; AND (C) NONE OF THE SELLERS, THE ACQUIRED COMPANIES OR
ANY OTHER PERSON WILL HAVE, OR BE SUBJECT TO, ANY LIABILITY TO THE
PURCHASER OR ANY OTHER PERSON RESULTING FROM THE DISTRIBUTION TO
THE PURCHASER, OR ITS USE, OF ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE
ACQUIRED COMPANIES OR ITS BUSINESS OR MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
PURCHASER AND ITS REPRESENTATIVES, INCLUDING ANY INFORMATION,
DOCUMENTS OR MATERIAL MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PURCHASER IN THE DATA
ROOM HOSTED BY AKERMAN CONNECT, MANAGEMENT PRESENTATIONS OR IN ANY
OTHER FORM IN EXPECTATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY MADE BY THE
ACQUIRED COMPANIES AND THE SELLERS IN ARTICLES IV AND V AND FOR
FRAUD, INTENTIONAL MISREPRESENTATION OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, ALL
OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED BY THE ACQUIRED COMPANIES AND
SELLERS.
ARTICLE XI.
(a) ANY ACTION ARISING
OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY OR
ANY ACTION OR OTHER DISPUTE INVOLVING THE DEBT FINANCING SOURCE
RELATED PARTIES ARISING OUT OF OR BASED ON THIS AGREEMENT, THE
OTHER ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY
OR THEREBY MAY BE INSTITUTED IN THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA OR THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, AND EACH
PARTY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH
COURTS IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. THE PARTIES
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING
OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR ANY PROCEEDING IN SUCH COURTS AND
IRREVOCABLY WAIVE AND AGREE NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT
THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT
HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
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(b) THE PARTIES TO THIS
AGREEMENT HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY
RIGHT EACH SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OF
ANY KIND OR NATURE, IN ANY COURT IN WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE
COMMENCED, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE
FINANCING DOCUMENTS, OR THE DEBT FINANCING COMMITMENT LETTER
(INCLUDING ANY SUCH LEGAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING OR AGAINST THE DEBT
FINANCING SOURCE RELATED PARTIES) OR ANY ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT, OR
BY REASON OF ANY OTHER CAUSE OR DISPUTE WHATSOEVER BETWEEN OR AMONG
ANY OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT OF ANY KIND OR
NATURE.
(c) Each
of the Parties to this Agreement acknowledge that each has been
represented in connection with the signing of this waiver by
independent legal counsel selected by the respective Party and that
such Party has discussed the legal consequences and import of this
waiver with legal counsel. Each of the Parties to this Agreement
further acknowledge that each has read and understands the meaning
of this waiver and grants this waiver knowingly, voluntarily,
without duress and only after consideration of the consequences of
this waiver with legal counsel.
ARTICLE XII.
This
Agreement may be terminated, and the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement may be abandoned, at any time prior to the Closing
as follows:
(a) by mutual written
consent of Purchaser and the Sellers’
Representative;
(b) by either the
Purchaser or the Sellers’ Representative, upon written notice
to the other Party, if:
(i) the Closing has not
occurred by June 30, 2021 (the “Outside Closing Date”);
provided, that the right to terminate under this Section 12.1(b)(i) shall not be
available to any Party whose breach of its obligations, covenants,
representations or warranties has been the primary cause of the
failure to consummate the transactions by the Outside Closing Date;
provided, further, that in the event that (x) the Closing has not
occurred by the Outside Closing Date, (y) this Agreement has not
otherwise been terminated pursuant to this Article XII, and (z) the
Parties are working in good faith to consummate the Transactions,
then the Outside Closing Date shall be extended to July 31, 2021;
and provided, further that if the Closing has not occurred by the
Outside Closing Date solely as a result of a failure to obtain
approval of any Factory, Sellers’ Representative may, in his
sole discretion, extend the Outside Closing Date until thirty (30)
days following the final resolution of any and all proceedings with
a Factory;
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(ii) any
Authority shall have issued an Order or taken any other action
permanently enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such Order or other
action shall have become final and nonappealable; provided,
however, that neither Purchaser nor the Sellers’
Representative shall have such right to terminate pursuant to this
Section
12.01(b)(ii) unless, prior to such termination, such Party
shall have used its commercially reasonable efforts to oppose any
such Order or other restraint or to have such Order or other
restraint vacated or made inapplicable to the transaction
contemplated hereby and otherwise has fulfilled its obligations
under this Agreement;
(c) by the Purchaser,
by giving written notice to the Sellers’ Representative, if
any of the representations or warranties of Sellers set forth in
this Agreement shall not be true and correct or if Sellers have
failed to perform any covenant or agreement set forth in this
Agreement (including an obligation to consummate the Closing) such
that the condition to Closing set forth in either Section 9.2(a) or Section 9.2(b) would not be
satisfied and the breach or breaches causing such representations
or warranties not to be true and correct, or the failures to
perform any covenant or agreement, as applicable, is (or are) not
cured or cannot be cured within the earlier of (i) thirty days
after written notice thereof is delivered to the Sellers’
Representative and (ii) the Outside Closing Date; provided, however, that the
Purchaser’s right to terminate this Agreement under this
Section 12.1(c)
shall not be available if the Purchaser is also then in breach of
this Agreement so as to prevent the condition to Closing set forth
in either Section
9.3(a) or Section
9.3(b) from being satisfied; or
(d) by the
Sellers’ Representative or by Purchaser if the Purchaser
Stockholder Approval shall not have been obtained at the Purchaser
Stockholders’ Meeting;
(e) by the
Sellers’ Representative, by giving written notice to the
Purchaser, if any of the representations or warranties of the
Purchaser set forth in this Agreement shall not be true and correct
or if the Purchaser has failed to perform any covenant or agreement
set forth in this Agreement (including an obligation to consummate
the Closing) such that the condition to Closing set forth in either
Section 9.3(a) or
Section 9.3(b)
would not be satisfied and the breach or breaches causing such
representations or warranties not to be true and correct, or the
failures to perform any covenant or agreement, as applicable, is
(or are) not cured or cannot be cured within the earlier of (i)
thirty days after written notice thereof is delivered to the
Purchaser and (ii) the Outside Closing Date; provided, however, that the
Sellers’ Representative’s right to terminate this
Agreement under this Section 12.1(e) shall not be
available if the Sellers are also then in breach of this Agreement
so as to prevent the condition to Closing set forth in either
Section 9.2(a) or
Section 9.2(b) from
being satisfied.
12.2 Effect of Termination.
In the
event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Articles XII, all obligations
of the Parties hereunder (other than Section 8.5 (Confidentiality),
Article X
(Indemnification), Article XI (Dispute Resolution), this
Article XII
(Termination), and Article
XIII (Miscellaneous), which will survive the termination of
this Agreement) will terminate without any liability of any Party
to any other Party; provided, further, that no termination will
relieve Sellers, the Acquired Companies and their respective
Affiliates from any liability arising from or relating to any
knowing and intentional breach of a representation, a warranty or a
covenant by such Party prior to termination.
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ARTICLE XIII.
Any
notice hereunder shall be sent in writing, addressed as specified
below, and shall be deemed given: (a) if by hand or recognized
courier service, by 5:00PM Eastern Time on a business day,
addressee’s day and time, on the date of delivery, and
otherwise on the first business day after such delivery; (b) if by
fax or email, on the date that transmission is confirmed
electronically, if by 5:00PM Eastern Time on a business day,
addressee’s day and time, and otherwise on the first business
day after the date of such confirmation; or (c) five days after
mailing by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
Notices shall be addressed to the respective Parties as follows
(excluding telephone numbers, which are for convenience only), or
to such other address as a Party shall specify to the others in
accordance with these notice provisions:
if to
the Purchaser or the Acquired Companies (following the Closing),
to:
RumbleOn,
Inc.
901 W.
Walnut Hill Lane
Irving,
Texas 75038
Tel:
469.250.1185
Attention: Marshall
Chesrown (marshall@rumbleon.com),
Steve Berrard (sberrard@newrivercapital.com),
and Peter Levy (peter@rumbleon.com)
with a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Akerman
LLP
The
Main Las Olas
201
East Las Olas Boulevard
Suite
1800
Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33301
Tel:
954.463.2700
Fax:
942.463.2224
Attention: Michael
Francis (michael.francis@akerman.com),
Christina Russo (christina.russo@akerman.com),
and Scott Wasserman (scott.wasserman@akerman.com)
if to
the Acquired Companies (prior to the Closing):
William
Coulter
c/o
Coulter Cadillac
1188 E.
Camelback Road
Phoenix, AZ
85014
Attention: William
Coulter (billc@motorgrp.com)
with a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Gallagher &
Kennedy
2575 E.
Camelback Road, Suite 1100
Phoenix, AZ
85016-9225
Attention: Stephen
R. Boatwright (steve.boatwright@gknet.com)
if to
the Sellers’ Representative:
Mark
Tkach
c/o
Coulter Cadillac
1188 E.
Camelback Road
Phoenix, AZ
85014
Attention: Mark
Tkach (mtkach@ridenow.com)
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with a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Gallagher &
Kennedy
2575 E.
Camelback Road, Suite 1100
Phoenix, AZ
85016-9225
Attention: Stephen
R. Boatwright (steve.boatwright@gknet.com)
13.2 Amendments; No Waivers; Remedies.
(a) This Agreement
cannot be amended, except by a writing signed by each Party and
cannot be terminated orally or by course of conduct. No provision
hereof can be waived, except by a writing signed by the Party
against whom such waiver is to be enforced, and any such waiver
shall apply only in the particular instance in which such waiver
shall have been given. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, Sections
11.1, 13.7,
13.13, 13.17 and this Section 13.2(a) (and any
provision of this Agreement to the extent a modification, waiver or
termination of such provision would modify the substance of
Sections 11.1,
13.7, 13.13, 13.17 and this Section 13.2(a)) may not be
modified, waived or terminated in a manner that is materially
adverse to a Debt Financing Source Related Party without the prior
written consent of such Debt Financing Source Related
Party.
(b) Neither any failure
or delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder or in
requiring satisfaction of any condition herein nor any course of
dealing shall constitute a waiver of or prevent any Party from
enforcing any right or remedy or from requiring satisfaction of any
condition. No notice to or demand on a Party shall waive or
otherwise affect any obligation of that Party or impair any right
of the party giving such notice or making such demand, including
any right to take any action without notice or demand not otherwise
required by this Agreement. No exercise of any right or remedy with
respect to a breach of this Agreement shall preclude exercise of
any other right or remedy, as appropriate to make the aggrieved
Party whole with respect to such breach, or subsequent exercise of
any right or remedy with respect to any other breach.
(c) Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, no statement herein of any right or
remedy shall impair any other right or remedy stated herein or that
otherwise may be available. No single or partial exercise by a
Party hereto of any right, power or remedy hereunder shall preclude
any other or further exercise thereof.
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13.4 Publicity.
Except
as required by Law, fiduciary duties, by court process or by
obligations pursuant to any listing agreement with any national
securities exchange and except with respect to the Purchaser SEC
Documents, Sellers, on one hand, and Purchaser, on the other hand,
agree that neither they nor their respective agents shall issue any
press release or make any other public disclosure concerning the
transactions contemplated hereunder without the prior approval of
Purchaser and Sellers’ Representative.
Each
Party shall bear its own costs and expenses in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, unless
otherwise specified herein.
No
Party may assign this Agreement or any right, interest or
obligation hereunder, including by merger, consolidation, operation
of law, or otherwise, without the written consent of Purchaser, on
one hand, and Sellers’ Representative, on the other hand. Any
purported assignment or delegation without such consent shall be
void, in addition to constituting a material breach of this
Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentences, this Agreement will
be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by,
the Parties and their respective successors and
assigns.
This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the
laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the
conflict of laws principles thereof; provided, that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, any disputes involving the Debt
Financing Source Related Parties will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving
effect to the conflicts of law principles thereof.
This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which shall constitute one
agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon delivery to
each Party of an executed counterpart or the earlier delivery to
each Party of original, photocopied, or electronically transmitted
signature pages that together (but need not individually) bear the
signatures of all other Parties. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or by electronic
transmission in .PDF format shall be effective to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable Law.
This
Agreement together with the exhibits and schedules hereto and the
Additional Agreements, sets forth the entire agreement of the
Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and
supersedes all prior and contemporaneous understandings and
agreements related thereto (whether written or oral), all of which
are merged herein. No provision of this Agreement or any Additional
Agreement may be explained or qualified by any agreement,
negotiations, understanding, discussion, conduct or course of
conduct or by any trade usage. Except as otherwise expressly stated
herein or any Additional Agreement, there is no condition precedent
to the effectiveness of any provision hereof or thereof. No Party
has relied on any representation from, or warranty or agreement of,
any Person in entering into this Agreement, prior hereto or
contemporaneous herewith or any Additional Agreement, except those
expressly stated herein or therein.
A
determination by a court or other legal authority of competent
jurisdiction that any provision that is not of the essence of this
Agreement is legally invalid shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision hereof. The Parties shall
cooperate in good faith to substitute (or cause such court or other
legal authority to substitute) for any provision so held to be
invalid a valid provision, as alike in substance to such invalid
provision as is lawful.
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13.11 Construction
of certain terms and references; captions.
In this
Agreement:
(a) References to
particular sections and subsections, schedules, and exhibits not
otherwise specified are cross-references to sections and
subsections, schedules, and exhibits of this
Agreement.
(b) The words
“herein,” “hereof,”
“hereunder,” and words of similar import refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement, and, unless the context requires otherwise,
“Party” means a party signatory hereto.
(c) Any use of the
singular or plural, or the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender,
includes the others, unless the context otherwise requires;
“including” means “including without
limitation;” “or” means “and/or;”
“any” means “any one, more than one, or
all;” and, unless otherwise specified, any financial or
accounting term has the meaning of the term under United States
generally accepted accounting principles as consistently applied
heretofore by the Acquired Companies.
(d) Unless otherwise
specified, any reference to any agreement (including this
Agreement), instrument, or other document includes all schedules,
exhibits, or other attachments referred to therein, and any
reference to a statute or other law includes any rule, regulation,
ordinance, or the like promulgated thereunder, in each case, as
amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to
time. Any reference to a numbered schedule means the same-numbered
section of the disclosure schedule.
(e) If any action is
required to be taken or notice is required to be given within a
specified number of days following a specific date or event, the
day of such date or event is not counted in determining the last
day for such action or notice. If any action is required to be
taken or notice is required to be given on or before a particular
day which is not a Business Day, such action or notice shall be
considered timely if it is taken or given on or before the next
Business Day. With respect to any date or time period specified
herein or in any Additional Agreement, time is of the
essence.
(f) Captions are not a
part of this Agreement, but are included for convenience,
only.
(g) No reference to or
disclosure of any information in the Disclosure Schedules shall be
construed as an admission or indication that such information is
material or that such information is required to be referred to or
disclosed in the Disclosure Schedules nor shall such information be
deemed to establish a level or standard of materiality for purposes
of this Agreement;
(h) The terms
“Dollars” and “$” mean United States
Dollars;
(i) Information shall
be considered to have been “delivered to” or
“made available” (or words of similar import) to
Purchaser if provided in the “virtual data room” hosted
by Akerman Connect.
Each
Party shall execute and deliver such documents and take such
action, as may reasonably be considered within the scope of such
Party’s obligations hereunder, necessary to effectuate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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13.13 Third
Party Beneficiaries.
Except
with respect to Persons entitled to indemnification under
Article X hereof,
neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof confers any benefit
or right upon or may be enforced by any Person not a signatory
hereto; provided, however, that the Debt Financing Source Related
Parties shall be express third party beneficiaries of and have the
right to enforce Sections
11.1, 13.2(a), 13.7, 13.13 and 13.17.
(a) By executing this
Agreement or a Joinder or by executing and delivering a Letter of
Transmittal, each Seller hereby appoints Mark Tkach (and Mark Tkach
hereby consents to such appointment) as agent, proxy and
attorney-in-fact for each Seller for all purposes of this Agreement
and the Additional Agreements, including the full power and
authority on each such Seller’s behalf to (i) to give and
receive notices and communications to or by the Purchaser for any
purpose under this Agreement and the Additional Agreements, (ii) to
agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of and
demand mediation and comply with orders of courts and awards of
arbitrators with respect to any indemnification claims (including
Third-Party Claims) under Article XII, the Post-Closing Adjustment,
or other disputes arising under or related to this Agreement or the
Additional Agreements, (iii) to enter into and deliver the Escrow
Agreement on behalf of each of the Sellers and to disburse any
funds or shares of Purchaser Common Stock received hereunder or
pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, (iv) to authorize or object to
delivery to the Purchaser of the Escrow Fund, or any portion
thereof, in satisfaction of indemnification claims by the Purchaser
in accordance with the provisions of the Escrow Agreement, (v) to
act on behalf of Sellers in accordance with the provisions of the
Agreement and the Additional Agreements, the securities described
herein and any other document or instrument executed in connection
with the Agreement and the Transactions, (vi) to endorse and
deliver any certificates or instruments of assignment as Purchase
shall reasonably request; (vii) to execute and deliver on behalf of
each such Seller any amendment, waiver, ancillary agreement and
documents on behalf of any Seller that the Sellers’
Representative deems necessary or appropriate; and (viii) to take
all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the
Sellers’ Representative for the accomplishment of the
foregoing and to do each and every act and exercise any and all
rights which the Sellers collectively are permitted or required to
do or exercise under this Agreement. Purchaser is expressly
authorized to rely on the genuineness of the signature of
Sellers’ Representative and, upon receipt of any writing
which reasonably appears to have been signed by Sellers’
Representative, Purchaser may act in good faith upon the same
without any further duty of inquiry as to the genuineness of the
writing.
(b) Such agency may be
changed by the Sellers from time to time upon no less than twenty
(20) days prior written notice to the Purchaser, provided, however,
that the Sellers’ Representative may not be removed unless
holders of at least 51% of all of the Transferred Equity Interests
on an as-if converted basis outstanding immediately prior to the
Transactions agrees to such removal. Any vacancy in the position of
Sellers’ Representative may be filled by approval of the
holders of at least 51% of all of the Transferred Equity Interests
on an as-if converted basis outstanding immediately prior to the
Transactions. Any removal or change of the Sellers’
Representative shall not be effective until written notice is
delivered to Purchaser. No bond shall be required of the
Sellers’ Representative, and the Sellers’
Representative shall not receive any compensation for his services.
Notices or communications to or from the Sellers’
Representative shall constitute notice to or from the
Sellers.
(c) A decision, act,
consent or instruction of the Sellers’ Representative shall,
for all purposes hereunder, constitute a decision, act, consent or
instruction of all of the Sellers of the Acquired Companies and
shall be final, binding and conclusive upon each of the Sellers. In
connection with this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and any
instrument, agreement or document relating hereto or thereto, and
in exercising or failing to exercise all or any of the powers
conferred upon the Sellers’ Representative hereunder (i) the
Sellers’ Representative shall incur no responsibility
whatsoever to any Sellers by reason of any error in judgment or
other act or omission performed or omitted hereunder or in
connection with the Escrow Agreement or any such other agreement,
instrument or document, excepting only responsibility for any act
or failure to act which represents willful misconduct, and (ii) the
Sellers’ Representative shall be entitled to rely on the
advice of counsel, public accountants or other independent experts
experienced in the matter at issue, and any error in judgment or
other act or omission of the Sellers’ Representative pursuant
to such advice shall in no event subject the Sellers’
Representative to liability to any Sellers. Each Seller shall
severally (in accordance with their ownership percentages in the
Acquired Companies as set forth on Schedule 13.14(c)), and not
jointly, indemnify the Sellers’ Representative, against all
losses, damages, liabilities, claims, obligations, costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys’, accountants’
and other experts’ fees and the amount of any judgment
against them, of any nature whatsoever (including, but not limited
to, any and all expense whatsoever reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation,
commenced or threatened or any claims whatsoever)
(“Sellers’
Representative Losses”), arising out of or in
connection with any actions taken or omitted to be taken by the
Sellers’ Representative pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or the Escrow Agreement (including any claim,
investigation, challenge, action or proceeding or in connection
with any appeal thereof, relating to the acts or omissions of the
Sellers’ Representative hereunder, or under the Escrow
Agreement or otherwise), in each case as such Sellers’
Representative Loss is incurred or suffered. If not paid directly
to the Sellers’ Representative by the Sellers, any such
Sellers’ Representative Loss may be recovered by the
Sellers’ Representative from the Escrow Fund otherwise
distributable to the Sellers pursuant to the terms hereof and the
Escrow Agreement at the time of distribution in accordance with
written instructions delivered by the Sellers’ Representative
to the Escrow Agent; provided that while this section allows the
Sellers’ Representative to be paid from the Escrow Fund, this
does not relieve the Sellers from their obligation to promptly pay
such Sellers’ Representative Losses as they are suffered or
incurred, nor does it prevent the Sellers’ Representative
from seeking any remedies available to it at law or
otherwise.
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13.15 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 that the Parties shall be entitled to specific
performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy to
which they are entitled at law or in equity.
Effective
as of the Closing and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Law, each Seller, on his, her, or its own behalf and on behalf of
its past, present or future officers, managers, partners, agents,
attorneys, advisors, representatives, heirs, successors and
assigns, including any receiver, any assignee for the benefit of
creditors or any trustee under the United States Bankruptcy Code
(each, a “Releasing
Party” and, collectively, the “Releasing Parties”)
hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably releases and
forever discharges the Acquired Companies and their respective
Affiliates, successors and past, present and future assigns,
trusts, trustees, owners, partners, managers, directors, officers,
agents, attorneys and representatives (collectively, the
“Released
Parties”) from the following (collectively, the
“Released
Claims”): all claims, actions, causes of action,
suits, debts, liabilities, obligations, sums of money, accounts,
covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, damages,
judgments, executions, claims and demands arising out of, relating
to or in any way connected with the Acquired Companies or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (without
limitation) all claims related to any Releasing Party’s
ownership or purported ownership in the Acquired Companies or any
actual or promised grants of any of the foregoing, any Releasing
Party’s relationship with any of the Acquired Companies and
all claims related to the payment amounts set forth herein,
including the allocation thereof among the Sellers in accordance
with the Payment Notice, whether known or unknown, suspected or
unsuspected, absolute or contingent, direct or indirect or
nominally or beneficially possessed or claimed by a Releasing
Party, whether the same be in administrative proceedings, in
arbitration or admiralty, at law, in equity or mixed, which such
Releasing Party ever had or now has against the Released Parties
(or any of them), in respect of any and all agreements, liabilities
or obligations entered into or incurred on or prior to the Closing
Date, or in respect of any event occurring or circumstances
existing on or prior to the Closing Date, whether or not relating
to claims or circumstances existing on or prior to the Closing
Date, whether or not relating to claims pending on, or asserted
after, the Closing Date; provided, however, that the Released
Claims shall not include any rights and claims arising under this
Agreement or any Additional Agreement. Each of the Releasing
Parties acknowledges that it may hereafter discover facts in
addition to or different from those that such Releasing Party now
knows or believes to be true with respect to the subject matter of
this release, but it is such Releasing Parties’ intention to
fully and finally and forever settle and release any and all
Released Claims, respectively, that do now exist, may exist or
heretofore have existed with respect to the subject matter of this
release. In furtherance of this intention, the releases contained
in this Section
13.16 shall be and remain in effect as full and complete
general releases notwithstanding the discovery or existence of any
such additional or different facts.
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13.17 Spousal
Consent.
Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, each Principal
Owner shall deliver to Purchaser a spousal consent in the
form attached hereto as
Exhibit
G executed by his
spouse.
13.19
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Sellers, on behalf of
themselves, the Acquired Companies, and, to the extent permitted by
law, the other Seller Related Parties (i) acknowledge that none of
the Debt Financing Source Related Parties shall have any liability
to any Seller Related Party under this Agreement or for any claim
made by any Seller Related Party based on, in respect of, or by
reason of, the Transactions, including, but not limited to, any
dispute relating to, or arising from, the Debt Financing, the Debt
Financing Commitment Letter or the performance thereof, (ii) waive
any rights or claims of any kind or nature (whether in law or in
equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise) any Seller Related Party
may have against any Debt Financing Source Related Party relating
to this Agreement, the Debt Financing or the Transactions and (iii)
agree not to commence (and, if commenced, agrees to dismiss or
otherwise terminate, and not to assist) any action, arbitration,
audit, hearing, investigation, litigation, petition, grievance,
complaint, suit or proceeding against any Debt Financing Source
Related Party in connection with this Agreement, the Debt
Financing, the Debt Financing Commitment Letter or the
Transactions. Nothing in this Section 13.17 will limit the
rights of Purchaser or any Merger Sub in respect of the Debt
Financing Commitment Letter, the Debt Financing, or the Debt
Financing Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, no Debt
Financing Source Related Party shall be subject to any special,
consequential, punitive or indirect damages or damages of a
tortious nature to a Seller Related Party.
13.19 Additional Definitions. The
following terms, as used
herein in connection with the Debt Financing, have the following
meanings:
(a) “Debt
Financing” means the arrangement and implementation of
debt financing to be provided by the Debt Financing Sources
pursuant to the Debt Financing Commitment Letter and incurred in
connection with the Transactions.
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(b) “Debt Financing Commitment
Letter” means that certain commitment letter, by and
among the Purchaser and the Debt Financing Sources, pursuant to
which the Debt Financing Sources thereto have committed, subject to
the terms and conditions thereof, to lend the amounts set forth
therein for the purpose of funding a portion of the aggregate value
of the Transactions.
(c) “Debt Financing Documents”
means any documentation necessary or desirable in connection with
the Debt Financing, including, but not limited to, credit
agreements, security agreements, mortgages, promissory notes,
joinder agreements, prospectuses, private placement memoranda,
information memoranda and packages and lender and investor
presentations. For the avoidance of doubt, the Debt Financing
Commitment Letter is not a Debt Financing Document.
(d) “Debt Financing Source Related
Parties” means the Debt Financing Sources, any other
lenders party from time to time to any agreement related to the
Debt Financing, their respective Affiliates and their and their
respective Affiliates’ respective directors, officers,
employees, agents, advisors and other representatives, and their
successors and permitted assigns.
(e) “Debt Financing Sources”
means the lenders, arrangers and bookrunners party from time to
time to the Debt Financing Commitment Letter.
(f) “Seller Related Parties”
means, collectively, the Sellers, the Acquired Companies, their
respective Affiliates and their and their respective
Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees,
agents, advisors and other representatives, and their successors
and permitted assigns.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above
written.
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PURCHASER:
RUMBLEON,
INC.
By:
/s/ Marshall
Chesrown
Name:
Marshall Chesrown
Title:
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
SELLERS’
REPRESENTATIVE:
By:
/s/ Mark
Tkach
Name:
Mark Tkach
SELLERS:
By:
/s/ William
Coulter
Name:
William Coulter
By:
/s/ Mark
Tkach
Name:
Mark Tkach
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MERGED
ENTITIES:
C&W MOTORS, INC.,
an
Arizona corporation
By:
/s/ William
Coulter
Name:
William
Coulter
Title:
Authorized Officer
METRO MOTORCYCLE, INC.,
an
Arizona corporation
By:
/s/ William
Coulter
Name:
William
Coulter
Title:
Authorized
Officer
TUCSON MOTORCYCLES, INC.,
an
Arizona corporation
By:
/s/ William
Coulter
Name:
William
Coulter
Title:
Authorized
Officer
TUCSON MOTORSPORTS, INC.,
an
Arizona corporation
By:
/s/ William
Coulter
Name:
William
Coulter
Title:
Authorized
Officer
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MERGER
SUBS:
RO MERGER SUB I, INC.,
an
Arizona corporation
By:
/s/ Marshall
Chesrown
Name:
Marshall Chesrown
Title:
President
RO MERGER SUB II, INC.,
an
Arizona corporation
By:
/s/ Marshall
Chesrown
Name:
Marshall Chesrown
Title:
President
RO MERGER SUB III, INC.,
an
Arizona corporation
By:
/s/ Marshall
Chesrown
Name:
Marshall Chesrown
Title:
President
RO MERGER SUB IV, INC.,
an
Arizona corporation
By:
/s/ Marshall
Chesrown
Name:
Marshall Chesrown
Title:
President
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Exhibit
A-1
Key
Employees
William
Coulter
Mark
Tkach
A-1
Exhibit
A-2
Key
Employees
Omitted
A-2
Exhibit B
None
B-1
Exhibit
C
ESCROW AGREEMENT
THIS ESCROW AGREEMENT
(“Agreement”)
is made and entered into as of ________, 2021, by and among:
RumbleOn, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Purchaser”);the
Sellers’ Representative (as defined in the Purchase Agreement
(as defined below)) of the Persons identified from time to time
on Schedule
1 hereto; and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, a New York corporation (the “Escrow
Agent”). Except as set
forth herein, each capitalized term used but not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase
Agreement.
WHEREAS, this Agreement is delivered pursuant to
Section 3.1(c) of that certain Plan of Merger and Equity Purchase
Agreement, dated March 12, 2021, by and among Purchaser, RO Merger
Sub I, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
Purchaser, RO Merger Sub II, Inc., an Arizona corporation and
wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser, RO Merger Sub III, Inc., an
Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser, RO
Merger Sub IV, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of Purchaser, C&W Motors, Inc., an Arizona
corporation, Metro Motorcycle, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Tucson
Motorcycles, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and Tucson Motorsports,
Inc., an Arizona corporation, William Coulter
(“Coulter”),
Mark Tkach (“Tkach”
and together with Coulter, the “Principal
Owners”), and each other
Person who owns an Equity Interest in any Transferred Entity and
executes a Seller Joinder (together with the Principal Owners, the
“Sellers”
and each, a “Seller”),
and Sellers’ Representative (the “Purchase
Agreement”), pursuant to
which a portion of the consideration payable by Purchaser in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement shall be deposited in an escrow account pursuant to this
Agreement to compensate the Purchaser Indemnitees for any claims by
such parties for Losses suffered or incurred by them and for which
they are entitled to recovery under the Purchase Agreement;
and
WHEREAS,
the Sellers have appointed Sellers’ Representative as their
representative under the Purchase Agreement.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual
covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Appointment
(a) Each
of Purchaser and Sellers’ Representative hereby appoints the
Escrow Agent as its escrow agent for the purposes set forth herein,
and the Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment under the
terms and conditions set forth herein.
(b) All
capitalized terms with respect to the Escrow Agent shall be defined
herein. The Escrow Agent shall act only in accordance with the
terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and shall have no
duties or obligations with respect to the Purchase
Agreement.
2. Escrow
Shares
(a) Purchaser
agrees to deposit with the Escrow Agent [●] shares of Class B
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share of Purchaser (the
“Escrow
Shares”) on the date
hereof. The Escrow Agent shall hold the Escrow Shares as a
registered in the name of the applicable Seller in the amounts set
forth on Schedule
1.
(b) During
the term of this Agreement, each Seller shall have
the right to exercise any voting rights with respect to any of his,
her or its respective Escrow Shares with respect to any matter for
which the Escrow Shares are permitted to vote.
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(i) Any
dividends paid with respect to the Escrow Shares shall be deemed
part of the Escrow, be delivered to the Escrow Agent to be held in
a bank account, be deposited in a non-interest-bearing account to
be maintained by the Escrow Agent in the name of the Escrow Agent,
and continue to relate to the Escrow Shares for which they were
paid.
(ii) In
the event of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation,
combination, exchange of shares, liquidation, spin-off or other
similar change in capitalization or event, or any distribution to
holders of the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share of
Purchaser (“Class B Common
Stock”) other than a
regular cash dividend, the Escrow Shares shall be appropriately
adjusted on a pro rata basis.
3. Disposition
and Termination
(a) The
Escrow Agent shall administer the Escrow Shares in accordance with
written instructions to the Escrow Agent from time to time signed
by an authorized representative of Purchaser and the Sellers’
Representative (an “Instruction”)
directing the Escrow Agent to pay or release the Escrow Shares, or
any portion thereof, as set forth in such Instruction. The Escrow
Agent shall make distributions of the Escrow Shares only in
accordance with an Instruction or a written final order of a court
of competent jurisdiction delivered by Purchaser or the
Sellers’ Representative to the Escrow Agent and accompanied
by a written statement from such party to the effect that such
order if from a court of competent jurisdiction and is final and
not subject to further proceedings or appeal (a
“Final
Decision”).
(b) Upon
the delivery of all of the Escrow Shares (and any collected
dividends paid in connection therewith) by the Escrow Agent in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including this
Section
3), this Agreement shall
terminate, subject to the provisions of Section 7
and Section 12
which shall survive
termination.
4. Escrow
Agent
(a) The
Escrow Agent shall have only those duties as are specifically and
expressly provided herein, which shall be deemed purely ministerial
in nature, and no other duties shall be implied. The Escrow Agent
shall neither be responsible for, nor chargeable with, knowledge
of, nor have any requirements to comply with, the terms and
conditions of any other agreement, instrument or document between
Purchaser, Sellers’ Representative, and any other person or
entity, in connection herewith, if any, including without
limitation the Purchase Agreement nor shall the Escrow Agent be
required to determine if any person or entity has complied with any
such agreements, nor shall any additional obligations of the Escrow
Agent be inferred from the terms of such agreements, even though
reference thereto may be made in this Agreement. In the event of
any conflict between the terms and provisions of this Agreement,
those of the Purchase Agreement, any schedule or exhibit attached
to this Agreement, or any other agreement between Purchaser,
Sellers’ Representative, and any other person or entity,
solely with respect to Escrow Agent the terms and conditions of
this Agreement shall control. The Escrow Agent may rely upon and
shall not be liable, except to the extent of Escrow Agent’s
fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct, for acting or
refraining from acting upon any written notice, document,
instruction or request furnished to it hereunder and believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the Purchaser
or Sellers’ Representative without inquiry and without
requiring substantiating evidence of any kind except as provided
in Section
10 hereof.
The Escrow Agent shall not be liable to any beneficiary or other
person for refraining from acting upon any instruction setting
forth, claiming, containing, objecting to, or related to the
transfer or distribution of the Escrow Shares, or any portion
thereof, unless such instruction shall have been delivered to the
Escrow Agent in accordance with Section 10
below and the Escrow Agent has been
able to satisfy any applicable security procedures as may be
required hereunder and as set forth in Section 10.
Except as expressly provided in
Section
10, the Escrow Agent shall be
under no duty to inquire into or investigate the validity, accuracy
or content of any such document, notice, instruction or request.
The Escrow Agent shall have no duty to solicit any payments which
may be due it or the Escrow Shares nor shall the Escrow Agent have
any duty or obligation to confirm or verify the accuracy or
correctness of any amounts deposited with it
hereunder.
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(b) The
Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith except to the extent that a
final adjudication of a court of competent jurisdiction determines
that the Escrow Agent’s fraud, gross negligence or willful
misconduct resulted in any loss to any of Purchaser or the Sellers.
The Escrow Agent may execute any of its powers and perform any of
its duties hereunder directly or through affiliates or agents. The
Escrow Agent may consult with counsel, accountants and other
skilled persons to be selected and retained by it. The Escrow Agent
shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with, or in reliance upon,
the advice or opinion of any such counsel, accountants or other
skilled persons except to the extent that a final adjudication of a
court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Escrow
Agent’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct
resulted in any loss to either Purchaser or the Sellers. In the
event that the Escrow Agent shall be uncertain or believe there is
some ambiguity as to its duties or rights hereunder or shall
receive instructions, claims or demands from Purchaser or
Sellers’ Representative which, in its opinion, conflict with
any of the provisions of this Agreement, it shall be entitled to
refrain from taking any action and its sole obligation shall be to
keep safely all property held in escrow until it shall be given a
direction in writing which eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty
to the satisfaction of the Escrow Agent or by a Final
Decision.
5. Succession
(a) The
Escrow Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties or
obligations hereunder by giving thirty (30) days’ advance
notice in writing of such resignation to Purchaser and
Sellers’ Representative specifying a date when such
resignation shall take effect, provided that
such resignation shall not take effect
until a successor escrow agent has been appointed in accordance
with this Section 5.
If Purchaser and Sellers’
Representative have failed to appoint a successor escrow agent
prior to the expiration of thirty (30) days following receipt of
the notice of resignation, the Escrow Agent may petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor escrow
agent or for other appropriate relief, and any such resulting
appointment shall be binding upon all of the parties hereto. The
Escrow Agent’s sole responsibility after such thirty (30) day
notice period expires shall be to hold the Escrow Shares, and if
applicable, paid dividends thereon, (without any obligation to
reinvest the same) and to deliver the same to a designated
substitute escrow agent designated by Purchaser and Sellers’
Representative by Instruction, if any, or in accordance with the
directions of a final order or judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction, at which time of delivery the Escrow Agent’s
obligations hereunder shall cease and terminate, subject to the
provisions of Section 7
below.
(b) Any
entity into which the Escrow Agent may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any entity to which all or
substantially all the escrow business may be transferred, shall be
the Escrow Agent under this Agreement without further
act.
6. Compensation
and Reimbursement
The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to compensation
for its services under this Agreement as Escrow Agent and for
reimbursement for its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses,
in the amounts and payable as set forth on Schedule
2, which shall be payable 50%
by Purchaser and 50% by Sellers’s Representative, on behalf
of the Sellers. The Escrow Agent shall also be entitled to payment
of any amounts to which the Escrow Agent is entitled under the
indemnification provisions contained herein as set forth in
Section
7. The obligations of Purchaser
and Sellers’ Representative set forth in this
Section
6 shall survive the
resignation, replacement or removal of the Escrow Agent or the
termination of this Agreement.
7. Indemnity
(a) The
Escrow Agent shall be indemnified and held harmless by Purchaser
and Sellers’ Representative (on behalf of the
Sellers) from and against
any expenses, including actual and reasonable counsel fees and
disbursements, or loss suffered by the Escrow Agent in connection
with any action, suit or other proceeding involving any claim which
in any way, directly or indirectly, arises out of or relates to
this Agreement, the services of the Escrow Agent hereunder, other
than expenses or losses arising from the fraud, gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the Escrow Agent. Promptly after the receipt
by the Escrow Agent of notice of any demand or claim or the
commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, the Escrow Agent
shall notify the other parties hereto in writing. In the event of
the receipt of such notice, the Escrow Agent, in its sole
discretion, may commence an action in the nature of interpleader in
the any state or federal court located in New York County, State of
New York.
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(b) The
Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by
it in good faith and in the exercise of its own best judgment, and
may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting upon any
order, notice, demand, certificate, opinion or advice of counsel
(including counsel chosen by the Escrow Agent), statement,
instrument, report or other paper or document (not only as to its
due execution and the validity and effectiveness of its provisions,
but also as to the truth and acceptability of any information
therein contained) which is believed in good faith by the Escrow
Agent to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper
person or persons, subject to compliance with the provisions of
Section 10. The Escrow Agent shall not be bound by any notice or
demand, or any waiver, modification, termination or rescission of
this Agreement unless evidenced by a writing delivered to the
Escrow Agent signed by the proper party or parties and, if the
duties or rights of the Escrow Agent are affected, unless it shall
have given its prior written consent thereto.
(c) Except
to the extent of the Escrow Agent’s fraud, gross negligence
or willful misconduct, the Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any
action taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be
authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Agreement, and may consult with counsel of its own choice and shall
have full and complete authorization and indemnification, for any
action taken or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in
accordance with the opinion of such counsel.
(d) This
Section
7 shall survive termination of
this Agreement or the resignation, replacement or removal of the
Escrow Agent for any reason.
8. Patriot
Act Disclosure/Taxpayer Identification Numbers/Tax
Reporting
(a) Patriot
Act Disclosure. Section 326 of the Uniting and Strengthening
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (“USA PATRIOT
Act”) requires the Escrow
Agent to implement reasonable procedures to verify the identity of
any person that opens a new account with it. Accordingly, each of
Purchaser and Sellers’ Representative acknowledges that
Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Escrow Agent’s
identity verification procedures require the Escrow Agent to obtain
information which may be used to confirm identity including without
limitation name, address and organizational documents
(“identifying
information”). Each
Purchaser and Sellers’ Representativeagrees to provide the
Escrow Agent with and consent to the Escrow Agent obtaining from
third parties any such identifying information required as a
condition of opening an account with or using any service provided
by the Escrow Agent.
(b) Such
underlying transaction does not constitute an installment sale
requiring any tax reporting or withholding of imputed interest or
original issue discount to the IRS or other taxing
authority.
9. Notices.
All communications hereunder shall be
in writing and except for communications from Purchaser and
Sellers’ Representative setting forth, claiming, containing,
objecting to, or in any way related to the full or partial transfer
or distribution of the Escrow Shares, including but not limited to
transfer instructions (all of which shall be specifically governed
by Section 10
below), all notices and communications
hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given and made if in
writing and if (a) served by personal delivery upon the party for
whom it is intended, (b) delivered by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, or by Federal Express or similar
reputable overnight courier, or (c) sent by facsimile or email,
provided that the receipt of such facsimile or email is promptly
confirmed, by telephone or confirmatory email, to the party at the
address set forth below, or such other address as may be designated
in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such
party:
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If
to Purchaser:
RumbleOn,
Inc.
901
W. Walnut Hill Lane
Irving,
Texas 75038
Tel:
469.250.1185
Attention: Marshall Chesrown (marshall@rumbleon.com),
Steve Berrard (sberrard@newrivercapital.com),
and Peter Levy (peter@rumbleon.com)
with
a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Akerman
LLP
The
Main Las Olas
201
East Las Olas Boulevard
Suite
1800
Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33301
Tel:
954.463.2700
Fax:
942.463.2224
Attention: Michael Francis (michael.francis@akerman.com),
Christina Russo (christina.russo@akerman.com),
and Scott Wasserman (scott.wasserman@akerman.com)
If
to Sellers’ Representative:
Mark
Tkach
c/o
Coulter Cadillac
1188 E.
Camelback Road
Phoenix, AZ
85014
Attention: Mark
Tkach (mtkach@ridenow.com)
with
a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Gallagher &
Kennedy P.A.
2575
East Camelback Road
Phoenix, Arizona,
85016
Attention: Stephen
R. Boatwright
Tel:
602.530.8301
Email: steve.boatwright@gknet.com
If
to the Escrow Agent:
Continental Stock
Transfer and Trust
One
State Street — 30th Floor
New
York, New York 10004
Facsimile No: (212)
616-7615
Attention:
[●]
Email:
[●]
Notwithstanding the above, in the case of communications delivered
to the Escrow Agent, such communications shall be deemed to have
been given on the date received by an officer of the Escrow Agent
or any employee of the Escrow Agent who reports directly to any
such officer at the above-referenced office. In the event that the
Escrow Agent, in its sole discretion, shall determine that an
emergency exists, the Escrow Agent may use such other means of
communication as the Escrow Agent deems appropriate. For purposes
of this Agreement, “Business
Day” shall mean any day
other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which the Escrow
Agent located at the notice address set forth above is authorized
or required by law or executive order to remain
closed.
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Any party may change the address to which notices or other
communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving notice to
the other parties in the manner set forth in this
Section
9.
10. Security
Procedures
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary as set forth in Section 9,
any instructions setting forth,
claiming, containing, objecting to, or in any way related to the
transfer or distribution, including but not limited to any transfer
instructions that may otherwise be set forth in a written
instruction permitted pursuant to Section 3
of this Agreement, may be given to the
Escrow Agent only by confirmed facsimile or other electronic
transmission (including e-mail) and no instruction for or related
to the transfer or distribution of the Escrow Shares, or any
portion thereof, shall be deemed delivered and effective unless the
Escrow Agent actually shall have received such instruction by
facsimile or other electronic transmission (including e-mail) at
the number or e-mail address provided by the Escrow Agent in
accordance with Section 9
and as further evidenced by a
confirmed transmittal to that number or email address. Any notice
sent to Escrow Agent by Purchaser, on one hand, or Sellers’
Representative, on the other hand, shall be sent simultaneously to
the other party.
(b) In
the event transfer instructions are so received by the Escrow Agent
by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including e-mail),
the Escrow Agent is required and authorized to seek confirmation of
such instructions by telephone call-back to the person or persons
designated on Schedule 3
hereto, and the Escrow Agent may rely
upon the confirmation of anyone purporting to be the person or
persons so designated. The persons and telephone numbers for
call-backs may be changed only in a writing actually received and
acknowledged by the Escrow Agent. If the Escrow Agent is unable to
contact any of Purchaser’s authorized representatives
identified in Schedule 3,
the Escrow Agent is hereby authorized
both to receive written instructions from and seek confirmation of
such instructions by officers of Purchaser (collectively, the
“Senior
Officers”), as the case
may be, which shall include the titles of Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief
Administrative Officer, as the Escrow Agent may select. Such Senior
Officer shall deliver to the Escrow Agent a fully executed
incumbency certificate, and the Escrow Agent may rely upon the
confirmation of anyone purporting to be any such
officer.
11. Compliance with
Court Orders. The Escrow Shares
shall be held in trust and shall not be subject to any lien,
attachment, trustee process or any other judicial process of any
creditor of Purchaser, the Sellers, or Sellers’
Representative.
12. Miscellaneous.
Except for changes to transfer instructions as provided in
Section
10, the provisions of this
Agreement may be waived, altered, amended or supplemented, in whole
or in part, only by a writing signed by the Escrow Agent and each
of Purchaser and Sellers’ Representative. Neither this
Agreement nor any right or interest hereunder may be assigned in
whole or in part by the Escrow Agent or Purchaser or Sellers’
Representative except as provided in Section 5,
without the prior consent of the
Escrow Agent and each of Purchaser and Sellers’
Representative. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall
inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and each of
their respective permitted successors and assigns. This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of
New York. Each of Purchaser, Sellers’ Representative, and the
Escrow Agent irrevocably waives any objection on the grounds of
venue, forum non-conveniens or any similar grounds and irrevocably
consents to service of process by mail or in any other manner
permitted by applicable law and consents to the jurisdiction of any
court of the State of New York or United States federal court, in
each case, sitting in New York County, New York. To the extent that
in any jurisdiction any party may now or hereafter be entitled to
claim for itself or its assets, immunity from suit, execution
attachment (before or after judgment), or other legal process, such
party shall not claim, and it hereby irrevocably waives, such
immunity. THE PARTIES FURTHER HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY
JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LAWSUIT OR JUDICIAL PROCEEDING ARISING OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. No party to this Agreement is liable to
any other party for losses due to, or if it is unable to perform
its obligations under the terms of this Agreement because of, acts
of God, fire, war, terrorism, floods, strikes, electrical outages,
equipment or transmission failure, or other causes reasonably
beyond its control (a “Force Majeure Event”), provided,
however, that if Escrow Agent suffers a Force Majeure Event which
continues for more than thirty days, then Escrow Agent shall
provide written notice to Purchaser and Sellers’
Representative of such Force Majeure Event and Purchaser and
Sellers’ Representative may appoint a successor escrow agent
in accordance with Section 5
of this Agreement. This Agreement may
be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one
and the same instrument. All signatures of the parties to this
Agreement may be transmitted by facsimile or other electronic
transmission (including e-mail, .pdf, or DocuSign), and such
facsimile or other electronic transmission (including e-mail, .pdf,
or DocuSign) will, for all purposes, be deemed to be the original
signature of such party whose signature it reproduces, and will be
binding upon such party. If any provision of this Agreement is
determined to be prohibited or unenforceable by reason of any
applicable law of a jurisdiction, then such provision shall, as to
such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition
or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
thereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in such
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such
provisions in any other jurisdiction. A person who is not a party
to this Agreement shall have no right to enforce any term of this
Agreement. The parties represent, warrant and covenant that each
document, notice, instruction or request provided by such party to
the other party shall comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Where, however, the conflicting provisions of any such applicable
law may be waived, they are hereby irrevocably waived by the
parties hereto to the fullest extent permitted by law, to the end
that this Agreement shall be enforced as written. Nothing in this
Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give
to any person or entity other than the Escrow Agent and Purchaser
and Sellers’ Representative any legal or equitable right,
remedy, interest or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or
the Escrow Shares escrowed hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the date set forth above.
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PURCHASER:
RUMBLEON, INC.
By:
___________________________
Name:
Marshall Chesrown
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
SELLERS’ REPRESENTATIVE
______________________________
Mark
Tkach
ESCROW AGENT:
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER AND TRUST
By:
____________________________
Name:
_________________________
Title:
_________________________
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Schedule 1
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Seller
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Number of Escrow Shares
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William Coulter
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Mark Tkach
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Schedule 2
[Continental to provide fee schedule]
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Schedule 3
Telephone Number(s) and authorized signature(s) for Person(s)
Designated to give Instructions on behalf of Purchaser or
Sellers’ Representative, as applicable:
For Parent:
Name,
Title
Telephone
Number
Signature_________________
Marshall
Chesrown
_______________________
_________________________
Chief Executive Officer
Steve
Berrard
_______________________
_________________________
Chief Financial Officer
For Company Stockholders Representative:
Name
Telephone
Number
Signature_________________
Mark
Tkach
_______________________
_________________________
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Exhibit
D
Sample

Exhibit
E
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of
[●], 2021, is made and entered into by and among (i)
RumbleOn, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), (ii) each of
the Persons listed on Schedule A attached hereto (the
“Schedule of
Holders”) as of the date hereof, and (iii) each of the
other Persons set forth from time to time on the Schedule of
Holders who, at any time, own securities of the Company and enter
into a joinder to this Agreement agreeing to be bound by the terms
hereof (each Person identified in the foregoing (ii) and (iii), a
“Holder” and,
collectively, the “Holders”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company, as the purchaser,
has entered into a Plan of Merger and Equity Purchase Agreement,
dated March 12, 2021(the “Merger and Equity Purchase
Agreement”), by and among RO Merger Sub I, Inc.,
an Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company,
RO Merger Sub II, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company, RO Merger Sub III, Inc., an Arizona
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, RO Merger
Sub IV, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, C&W Motors, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Metro
Motorcycle, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Tucson Motorcycles, Inc.,
an Arizona corporation, and Tucson Motorsports, Inc., an Arizona
corporation, William Coulter, an individual (“Coulter”), Mark Tkach, an
individual (and together with Coulter, the “Principal Owners”), and
together with the parties joining therein (together with the
Principal Owners, the “Sellers”) and Mark Tkach,
as the representative of the Sellers, setting forth the terms of a
business combination (“Business Combination”);
and
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger
and Equity Purchase Agreement, the Sellers shall receive shares of
Common Stock, pursuant to the terms of the Merger and Equity
Purchase Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and
certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
1. Resale Shelf Registration
Rights.
(a) Registration Statement Covering Resale
of Registrable Securities. The Company shall prepare and
file or cause to be prepared and filed with the Commission, no
later than thirty (30) days following the closing of the Business
Combination (the “Filing Deadline”), a
Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act registering the
resale from time to time by the holders of all of the Registrable
Securities held by the Holders (the “Resale Shelf Registration
Statement”). The Resale Shelf Registration Statement
shall be on Form S-3 (“Form S-3”) or such other
appropriate form permitting Registration of such Registrable
Securities for resale by such Holders. The Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Resale Shelf
Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as possible
after filing, but in no event later than the earlier of (i) sixty
(60) days following the Filing Deadline or (ii) ten (10) Business
Days after the Commission notifies the Company that it will not
review the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, if applicable (the
“Effectiveness
Deadline”); provided, that the Effectiveness
Deadline shall be extended by no more than ninety (90) days after
the Filing Deadline if the Registration Statement is reviewed by,
and receives comments from, the Commission. Once effective, the
Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the
Resale Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective and
shall cause the Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be
supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that
such Registration Statement is available or, if not available, to
ensure that another Registration Statement is available, under the
Securities Act at all times until such date that theHolders may
sell all of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder
pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act without any restrictions
as to volume or manner of sale or otherwise (the
“Effectiveness
Period”). The Resale Shelf Registration Statement
shall contain a Prospectus in such form as to permit any Holder to
sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by
the Commission then in effect) at any time beginning on the
effective date for such Registration Statement (subject to lock-up
restrictions provided in this Agreement), and shall provide that
such Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to any method or
combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, the
Holders.
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(b) Notification and Distribution of
Materials. The Company shall notify the Holders in writing
of the effectiveness of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement as
soon as practicable, and in any event within one (1) Business Day
after the Resale Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective,
and shall furnish to them, without charge, such number of copies of
the Resale Shelf Registration Statement (including any amendments,
supplements and exhibits), the Prospectus contained therein
(including each preliminary prospectus and all related amendments
and supplements) and any documents incorporated by reference in the
Resale Shelf Registration Statement or such other documents as the
Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of
the Registrable Securities in the manner described in the Resale
Shelf Registration Statement.
(c) Amendments and Supplements.
Subject to the provisions of Section 1(a) above, the Company
shall promptly prepare and file with the Commission from time to
time such amendments and supplements to the Resale Shelf
Registration Statement and Prospectus used in connection therewith
as may be necessary to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement
effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act
with respect to the disposition of all the Registrable Securities
during the Effectiveness Period. If any Resale Shelf Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 1(a) is filed on Form
S-3 and thereafter the Company becomes ineligible to use Form S-3
for secondary sales, the Company shall promptly notify the Holders
of such ineligibility and shall file a shelf registration on Form
S-1 or other appropriate form as promptly as practicable to replace
the shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and use its
commercially reasonable efforts to have such replacement Resale
Shelf Registration Statement declared effective as promptly as
practicable and to cause such replacement Resale Shelf Registration
Statement to remain effective, and shall cause the Resale Shelf
Registration Statement to be supplemented and amended to the extent
necessary to ensure that such Resale Shelf Registration Statement
is available or, if not available, that another Resale Shelf
Registration Statement is available, for the resale of all the
Registrable Securities held by the Holders until all such
Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable
Securities;provided,
however, that at any time the Company once again becomes
eligible to use Form S-3, the Company shall cause such replacement
Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be amended, or shall file a
new replacement Resale Shelf Registration Statement, such that the
Resale Shelf Registration Statement is once again on Form
S-3.
(d) Notwithstanding the
registration obligations set forth in this Section 1, in the event the
Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable
Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be
registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single
registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform
each of the Holders thereof and shall file amendments to the Resale
Shelf Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or
(ii) withdraw the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and file a
new registration statement (a “New Registration
Statement”), on Form S-3, or if Form S-3 is not then
available to the Company for such registration statement, on such
other form available to register for resale the Registrable
Securities as a secondary offering;provided, however, that prior to filing
such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall
advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the
Registrable Securities in accordance with any publicly-available
written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the
Commission staff (the “SEC Guidance”), including
without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone
Interpretations D.29. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the
number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a
particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and
notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate
with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number
of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by
a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of
Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration
Statement will be reduced on a pro rata basis based on the total
number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders, subject to a
determination by the Commission that certain Holders must be
reduced first based on the number of Registrable Securities held by
such Holders. In the event the Company amends the Resale Shelf
Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as
the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company shall
file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or
SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of
securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form
S-3 or such other form available to register for resale those
Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the
Resale Shelf Registration Statement, as amended, or the New
Registration Statement.
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2. Reserved.
3. Piggyback
Registrations.
(a) Right to Piggyback. If, at any
time on or after the date the Company consummates the Business
Combination, Form S-3 is not available to the Company for the
Resale Shelf Registration Statement and the Company proposes to
register any of its securities under the Securities Act (other than
(i) pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, (ii) in
connection with registrations on Form S-4 or S-8 promulgated by the
Commission or any successor forms, (iii) a registration relating
solely to employment benefit plans, (iv) in connection with a
registration the primary purpose of which is to register debt
securities, or (v) a registration on any form that does not include
substantially the same information as would be required to be
included in a registration statement covering the sale of
Registrable Securities) and the registration form to be used may be
used for the registration of Registrable Securities (a
“Piggyback
Registration”), the Company shall give prompt written
notice to all holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to
effect such a Piggyback Registration and, subject to the terms of
Sections 3(c) and
3(d) hereof, shall
include in such Piggyback Registration (and in all related
registrations or qualifications under blue sky laws or in
compliance with other registration requirements and in any related
underwriting) all Registrable Securities with respect to which the
Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within
10 business days after the delivery of the Company’s notice;
provided that any such other holder may withdraw its request for
inclusion at any time prior to executing the underwriting agreement
or, if none, prior to the applicable registration statement
becoming effective.
(b) Piggyback Expenses. The
Registration Expenses of the holders of Registrable Securities
shall be paid by the Company in all Piggyback Registrations,
whether or not any such registration became effective.
(c) Priority on Primary
Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an
underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Company, and the
managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their
opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such
registration exceeds the number of securities which can be sold in
such offering without adversely affecting the marketability,
proposed offering price, timing or method of distribution of the
offering, the Company shall include in such registration (i) first,
the securities the Company proposes to sell, (ii) second, the
Registrable Securities requested to be included in such
registration by the Holders which, in the opinion of such
underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect (pro
rata among the holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis
of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such holder),
and (iii) third, other securities requested to be included in such
registration which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be
sold, without any such adverse effect.
(d) Priority on Secondary
Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an
underwritten secondary registration on behalf of holders of the
Company’s securities other than holders of Registrable
Securities, and the managing underwriters advise the Company in
writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to
be included in such registration exceeds the number of securities
which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the
marketability, proposed offering price, timing or method of
distribution of the offering, the Company shall include in such
registration (i) first, the securities requested to be included
therein by the holders initially requesting such registration, (ii)
second, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such
registration by the Holders which, in the opinion of such
underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect (pro
rata among the holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis
of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such holder),
and (iii) third, other securities requested to be included in such
registration which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be
sold, without any such adverse effect.
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(e) Other Registrations. If the
Company has previously filed a registration statement with respect
to Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 3, and if such previous
registration has not been withdrawn or abandoned, then the Company
shall not be required to file or cause to be effected any other
registration of any of its equity securities or securities
convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for its equity
securities under the Securities Act (except on Form S-8 or any
successor form) at the request of any holder or holders of such
securities until a period of at least 90 days has elapsed from the
effective date of such previous registration.
(f) Right to Terminate
Registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate
or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this
Section 3 whether
or not any holder of Registrable Securities has elected to include
securities in such registration. The Registration Expenses of such
withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance
with Section
7.
4. Agreements of
Holders.
(a) If required by the
Applicable Approving Party or the managing underwriter, in
connection with any underwritten Public Offering on or after the
date hereof, each holder of 1% or more of the outstanding
Registrable Securities shall enter into lock-up agreements with the
managing underwriter(s) of such underwritten Public Offering in
such form as agreed to by the Applicable Approving
Party;provided that the
applicable lock-up period shall not exceed 90 days.
(b) The holders of
Registrable Securities shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
provide such information as may reasonably be requested by the
Company, or the managing underwriter, if any, in connection with
the preparation of any Registration Statement, including amendments
and supplements thereto, in order to effect 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 and in connection
with the Company’s obligation to comply with federal and
applicable state securities laws.
5. Registration Procedures. In
connection with the Registration to be effected pursuant to the
Resale Shelf Registration Statement, and whenever the holders of
Registrable Securities have requested that any Registrable
Securities be registered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the
registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities in
accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and
pursuant thereto the Company shall as expeditiously as reasonably
possible:
(a) prepare in
accordance with the Securities Act and all applicable rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder and file with the Commission a
registration statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto
and related prospectuses as may be necessary to comply with
applicable securities laws, with respect to such Registrable
Securities and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective (provided that at least
five (5) Business Days before filing a registration statement or
prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company
shall furnish to counsel selected by the Applicable Approving Party
copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents
shall be subject to the review and comment of such
counsel);
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(b) notify each holder
of Registrable Securities of (A) the issuance by the Commission of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any registration
statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose,
(B) the receipt by the Company or its counsel of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, and
(C) the effectiveness of each registration statement filed
hereunder;
(c) prepare and file
with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such
registration statement and the prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement
effective for a period ending when all of the securities covered by
such registration statement have been disposed of in accordance
with the intended methods of distribution by the sellers thereof
set forth in such registration statement (but not in any event
before the expiration of any longerperiod required under the
Securities Act or, if such registration statement relates to an
underwritten Public Offering, such longer period as in the opinion
of counsel for the underwriters a prospectus is required by law to
be delivered in connection withsale of Registrable Securities by an
underwriter or dealer) and comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities
covered by such registration statement during such period in
accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers
thereof set forth in such registration statement;
(d) furnish to each
seller of Registrable Securities thereunder such number of copies
of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement
thereto, the prospectus included in such registration statement
(including each preliminary prospectus), each Free-Writing
Prospectus and such other documents as such seller may reasonably
request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable
Securities owned by such seller;
(e) during any period
in which a prospectus is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act, promptly file all documents required to be filed
with the Commission, including pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities
Act;
(f) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify such
Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws
of such jurisdictions as the lead underwriter or the Applicable
Approving Party reasonably requests and do any and all other acts
and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable
such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of
the Registrable Securities owned by such seller (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 Section 4(f), (ii) consent to
general service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii)
subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction);
(g) promptly notify in
writing each seller of such Registrable Securities (i) after it
receives notice thereof, of the date and time when such
registration statement and each post-effective amendment thereto
has become effective or a prospectus or supplement to any
prospectus relating to a registration statement has been filed and
when any registration or qualification has become effective under a
state securities or blue sky law or any exemption thereunder has
been obtained, (ii) after receipt thereof, of anyrequest by the
Commission for the amendment or supplementing of such registration
statement or prospectus or for additional information, and (iii) at
any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event
as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration
statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits
any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and, at the request of any such seller, the Company promptly shall
prepare, file with the Commission and furnish to each such seller a
reasonable number of copies of a supplement or amendment to such
prospectus 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 fact
necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading;
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(h) cause all such
Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on
which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed and,
if not so listed, to be listed on a securities exchange and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to arrange for at
least two market makers to register as such with respect to such
Registrable Securities with FINRA;
(i) provide a transfer
agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later
than the effective date of such registration
statement;
(j) enter into and
perform such customary agreements (including underwriting
agreements in customary form) and take all such other actions as
the Applicable Approving Party or the underwriters, if any,
reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities (including, without
limitation, effecting a stock split or a combination of shares and
preparing for and participating in such number of “road
shows”, investor presentations and marketing events as the
underwriters managing such offering may reasonably
request);
(k) make available for
inspection by any seller of Registrable Securities, any underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration
statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by
any such seller or underwriter, all financial and other records,
pertinent corporate and business documents and properties of the
Company as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due
diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers,
managers, directors, employees, agents, representatives and
independent accountants to supply all information reasonably
requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or
agent in connection with such registration statement;
(l) take all reasonable
actions to ensure that any Free-Writing Prospectus utilized in
connection with any Piggyback Registration hereunder complies in
all material respects with the Securities Act, is filed in
accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby,
is retained in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent
required thereby and, when taken together with the related
prospectus, shall not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading;
(m) otherwise use its
commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission;
(n) permit any holder
of Registrable Securities who, in its good faith judgment (based on
the advice of counsel), could reasonably be expected to be deemed
to be an underwriter or a controlling Person of the Company to
participate in the preparation of such registration or comparable
statement and to require the insertion therein of material
furnished to the Company in writing, which in the reasonable
judgment of such holder and its counsel should be
included;
(o) in the event of the
issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
registration statement, or of any order suspending or preventing
the use of any related prospectus or suspending the qualification
of any Common Stock included in such registration statement for
sale in any jurisdiction, the Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts promptly to obtain the withdrawal of such
order;
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(p) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered
with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities
as may be necessary to enable the sellers thereof to consummate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(q) cooperate with the
holders of Registrable Securities covered by the registration
statement and the managing underwriter or agent, if any, to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not
bearing any restrictive legends) representing securities to be sold
under the registration statement and enable such securities to be
in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing
underwriter, or agent, if any, or such holders may
request;
(r) cooperate with each
holder of Registrable Securities covered by the registration
statement and each underwriter or agent participating in the
disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective
counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with
FINRA;
(s) if such
registration includes an underwritten public offering, use its
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a cold comfort letter
from the Company’s independent public accountants and
addressed to the underwriters, in customary form and covering such
matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters as
the underwriters in such registration reasonably
request;
(t) provide a legal
opinion of the Company’s outside counsel, dated the effective
date of such registration statement (and, if such registration
includes an underwritten Public Offering, dated the date of the
closing under the underwriting agreement), with respect to the
registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the
prospectus included therein (including the preliminary prospectus)
and such other documents relating thereto in customary form and
covering such matters of the type customarily covered by legal
opinions of such nature, which opinion shall be addressed to the
underwriters;
(u) if the Company
files an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement covering any
Registrable Securities, use its commercially reasonable efforts to
remain a WKSI (and not become an ineligible issuer (as defined in
Rule 405)) during the period during which such Automatic Shelf
Registration Statement is required to remain
effective;
(v) if the Company does
not pay the filing fee covering the Registrable Securities at the
time an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement is filed, pay such
fee at such time or times as the Registrable Securities are to be
sold; and
(w) if an Automatic
Shelf Registration Statement has been outstanding for at least
three (3) years, at the end of the third year, refile a new
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement covering the Registrable
Securities, and, if at any time when the Company is required to
re-evaluate its WKSI status the Company determines that it is not a
WKSI, use its commercially reasonable efforts to refile the
registration statement on Form S-3 and keep such registration
statement effective (including by filing a new Resale Shelf
Registration or Shelf Registration, if necessary) during the period
throughout which such registration statement is required to be kept
effective.
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6. Termination
of Rights. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the right of any Holder to include Registrable Securities
in any Piggyback Registration shall terminate on such date that
such Holder may sell all of the Registrable Securities owned by
such Holder pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act without any
restrictions as to volume or manner of sale or
otherwise.
7. Registration
Expenses.
(a) All expenses
incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with
this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration,
qualification and filing fees, listing fees, fees and expenses of
compliance with securities or blue sky laws, stock exchange rules
and filings, printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses,
fees and disbursements of custodians, and fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company and all independent certified public
accountants, underwriters (excluding underwriting discounts and
commissions) and other Persons retained by the Company (all such
expenses being herein called “Registration Expenses”),
shall be borne by the Company as provided in this Agreement and,
for the avoidance of doubt, the Company also shall pay all of its
internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or
accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit or quarterly
review, and the expenses and fees for listing the securities to be
registered on each securities exchange on which similar securities
issued by the Company are then listed. Each Person that sells
securities pursuant to a Piggyback Registration hereunder shall
bear and pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and
transfer taxes applicable to the securities sold for such
Person’s account.
(b) the Company shall
reimburse the holders of Registrable Securities included in such
registration for the reasonable fees and disbursements, not to
exceed $15,000 with respect to any such Registration, of one
counsel and one local counsel (if necessary) chosen by the
Applicable Approving Party for the purpose of rendering a legal
opinion on behalf of such holders in connection with any Piggyback
Registration.
(c) To the extent
Registration Expenses are not required to be paid by the Company,
each holder of securities included in any registration hereunder
shall pay those Registration Expenses allocable to the registration
of such holder’s securities so included, and any Registration
Expenses not so allocable shall be borne by all sellers of
securities included in such registration in proportion to the
aggregate selling price of the securities to be so
registered.
8. Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees
to (i) indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, each Holder and their respective officers, directors,
members, partners, agents, affiliates and employees and each Person
who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act
or the Exchange Act) against all losses, claims, actions, damages,
liabilities and expenses caused by (A) any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of material fact contained in any registration statement,
prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, or (B) any violation or
alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any other
similar federal or state securities laws or any rule or regulation
promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to
action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any
such registration, qualification or compliance, and (ii) pay to
each Holder and their respective officers, directors, members,
partners, agents, affiliates and employees and each Person who
controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act or
the Exchange Act), as incurred, any legal and any other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or
defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, except
insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information
furnished in writing to the Company or any managing underwriter by
such Holder expressly for use therein;provided, however, that the indemnity
agreement contained in this Section 9 shall not apply to
amounts paid in settlement of any such claim, loss, damage,
liability or action if such settlement is effected without the
consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed), nor shall the Company be liable
in any such case for any such claim, loss, damage, liability or
action to the extent that it solely arises out of or is based upon
an untrue statement of any material fact contained in the
registration statement or omission to state therein a material fact
required to be statedtherein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, in each case to the extent that such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was made in the registration statement, in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder
expressly for use in connection with such registration statement.
In connection with an underwritten offering, the Company shall
indemnify any underwriters or deemed underwriters, their officers
and directors and each Person who controls such underwriters
(within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) to
the same extent as provided above with respect to the
indemnification of the holders of Registrable
Securities.
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(b) In connection with
any registration statement in which a holder of Registrable
Securities is participating, each such holder shall furnish to the
Company in writing such information as the Company reasonably
requests for use in connection with any such registration statement
or prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify
the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents and
representatives and each Person who controls the Company (within
the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses resulting from any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the
registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged
omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only
to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained
in any information so furnished in writing by such holder; provided
that the obligation to indemnify shall be individual, not joint and
several, for each holder and shall be limited to the net amount of
proceeds actually received by such holder from the sale of
Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration
statement.
(c) Any Person entitled
to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written notice
to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it
seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt
notice shall not impair any Person’s right to indemnification
hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced
the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified
party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between
such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to
such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of
such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not
be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the
indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). An indemnifying
party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense
of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of
more than one counsel (as well as one local counsel) for all
parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such
claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a
conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and
any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim.
In such instance, the conflicted indemnified parties shall have a
right to retain one separate counsel, chosen by the holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities included in the
registration, at the expense of the indemnifying party. No
indemnifying party, in the defense of such claim or litigation,
shall, except with the consent of each indemnified party, consent
to the 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 to such claim or litigation.
(d) Each party hereto
agrees that, if for any reason the indemnification provisions
contemplated by Sections
8(a) or 8(b)
are unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then
each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified
party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses (or actions inrespect thereof) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the
actions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and
indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact, relates to information supplied
by such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just or equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the holders or any underwriters or all
of them were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in this Section 8(d). The amount paid
or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect
thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or
other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or, except as provided in
Section 8(c),
defending any such action or claim. No Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities
Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The sellers’
obligations in this Section 8(d) to contribute
shall be several in proportion to the amount of securities
registered by them and not joint and shall be limited to an amount
equal to the net proceeds actually received by such seller from the
sale of Registrable Securities effected pursuant to such
registration.
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(e) The indemnification
and contribution provided for under this Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or
controlling Person of such indemnified party and shall survive the
transfer of Registrable Securities and the termination or
expiration of this Agreement.
9. Participation in Underwritten
Registrations. No Person may participate in any registration
hereunder which is underwritten unless such Person (a) agrees to
sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the Person or Persons
entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements (including, without
limitation, pursuant to any over-allotment or “green
shoe” option requested by the underwriters; provided that no
holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to sell more
than the number of Registrable Securities such holder has requested
to include) and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires,
powers of attorney, custody agreements, stock powers, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents required under the
terms of such underwriting arrangements; provided that no holder of
Registrable Securities included in any underwritten registration
shall be required to make any representations or warranties to the
Company or the underwriters (other than representations and
warranties regarding such holder, such holder’s title to the
securities, such Person’s authority to sell such securities
and such holder’s intended method of distribution) or to
undertake any indemnification obligations to the Company or the
underwriters with respect thereto that are materially more
burdensome than those provided in Section 8. Each holder of
Registrable Securities shall execute and deliver such other
agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company and the
lead managing underwriter(s) that are consistent with such
holder’s obligations under Section 4, Section 5 and this Section 9 or that are necessary
to give further effect thereto. To the extent that any such
agreement is entered into pursuant to, and consistent with,
Section 4 and this
Section 9, the
respective rights and obligations created under such agreement
shall supersede the respective rights and obligations of the
holders, the Company and the underwriters created pursuant to this
Section
9.
10. Other Agreements; Certain Limitations
on Registration Rights. The Company shall file all reports
required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the
Commission thereunder and shall take such further action as the
Holders may reasonably request, all to the extent required to
enablesuch Persons to sell securities pursuant to (a) Rule 144
adopted by the Commission under the Securities Act (as such rule
may be amended from time to time) or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission or (b) a registration statement
on Form S-3 or any similar registration form hereafter adopted by
the Commission. Upon request, the Company shall deliver to the
Holders a written statement as to whether it has complied with such
requirements. The Company shall at all times use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the securities so registered to
continue to be listed on one or more of the New York Stock
Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange American and the Nasdaq Stock
Market. The Company shall use its best efforts to facilitate and
expedite transfers of Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144,
which efforts shall include timely notice to its transfer agent to
expedite such transfers of Registrable Securities and delivery of
any opinions requested by the transfer agent.
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11. Lock-Up
Provisions.
(a) Each Lock-Up Holder
agrees that it, he or she shall not Transfer any Common Stock until
180 days after the completion of the Business Combination (the
“Lock-Up
Period”).
(b) Notwithstanding the
provisions set forth in Section 11(a), Transfers of
shares of Common Stock (collectively, “Restricted Securities”)
that are held by the Lock-Up Holders or any of their Permitted
Transferees (that have complied with this Section 11), are permitted (i)
to the Company’s officers or directors, any affiliate or
family member of any of the Company’s officers or directors,
any affiliate of such Lock-Up Holder or any member of such Lock-Up
Holder; (ii) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of
such individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the
beneficiary of which is a member of such individual’s
immediate family, an affiliate of such individual or to a
charitable organization; (iii) in the case of an individual, by
virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of such
individual; (iv) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a
qualified domestic relations order; or (v) by virtue of the laws of
the State of Nevada or a Lock-Up Holder’s organizational
documents upon dissolution of such Lock-Up Holder (each such
transferee, a “Permitted Transferee”);
provided, however, that, in
each case, any such Permitted Transferees must enter into a written
agreement with the Company agreeing to be bound by the transfer
restrictions herein in this Section 11(c) and the other
restrictions contained in this Agreement.
(c) If any Transfer not
permitted under this Section 11 is made or attempted
contrary to the provisions of this Agreement, such purported
prohibited Transfer shall be null and void ab initio, and the Company shall refuse
to recognize any such purported transferee as one of its equity
holders for any purpose. In order to enforce this Section 11(d), the Company may
impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Restricted
Securities of a Holder (and Permitted Transferees and assigns
thereof) until the end of the applicable Lock-Up
Period.
(d) During the Lock-Up
Period, each certificate or book-entry position evidencing any
Restricted Securities held by a Lock-Up Holder 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 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENT,
DATED AS OF [●], 2021, BY AND AMONG THE ISSUER OF SUCH
SECURITIES AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THE SHARES. A COPY OF SUCH
AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE ISSUER TO THE
HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.”
(e) For the avoidance
of doubt, each Lock-Up Holder shall retain all of its rights as a
stockholder of the Company with respect to the Restricted
Securities it holds during the Lock-Up Period, including the right
to vote any such Restricted Securities that are entitled to vote.
The Company agrees to (i) instruct its transfer agent to remove the
legends in Section
11(e) upon the expiration of the applicable Lock-Up Period
and (ii) cause its legal counsel, at the Company’s expense,
to deliver the necessary legal opinions, if any, to the transfer
agent in connection with the instruction under Section 11(f)(i).
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12. Reserved.
13. Definitions.
(a) “Applicable Approving
Party” means the holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities participating in the applicable
offering.
(b) “Business Day” means any
day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday in the
state in which the Company’s chief executive office is
located or in Miami, FL.
(c) “Commission” means the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(d) “Common Stock” means the
Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per
share.
(e) “Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or
any successor federal law then in force, together with all rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(f) “Fair Market Value” means
(i) in the case of any publicly traded security, the average of the
closing sale prices thereof on the principal market on which it is
traded for the last five (5) full trading days prior to the
determination, and (ii) in the case of any other asset or property,
the price, determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, at
which a willing seller would sell and a willing buyer would buy
such asset or property, as of the applicable valuation
determination date (without taking into account events subsequent
to that date) in an arm’s-length transaction.
(g) “FINRA” means the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
(h) “Free-Writing
Prospectus” means a free-writing prospectus, as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
(i) “Lock-Up Holders” means
those Holders set forth on Schedule B hereto.
(j) “Person” means an
individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability
company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint
venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity
or any department, agency or political subdivision
thereof.
(k) “
“Prospectus” means the
prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented
by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all
post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated
by reference in such prospectus.
(l) “Public Offering” means
any sale or distribution by the Company and/or holders of
Registrable Securities to the public of Common Stock pursuant to an
offering registered under the Securities Act.
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(m) “Register,”
“Registered” and
“Registration” mean a
registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration
Statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements
of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and such Registration Statement becoming
effective.
(n) “Registrable Securities”
means (i) any outstanding share of Common Stock (including the
shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise or
conversion of any other equity security) of the Company held by a
Holder as of the date of this Agreement or (ii) any Common Stock
issued or issuable with respect to the securities referred to in
the preceding clause (i) by way of a stock dividend or stock split
or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization,
merger, consolidation or other reorganization. As to any particular
Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be
Registrable Securities on such date that such Holder may sell all
of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder pursuant to Rule
144 of the Securities Act without any restrictions as to volume or
manner of sale or otherwise.
(o) “Registration Statement”
means any registration statement filed by the Company with the
Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder for a public offering and sale
of Common Stock or Registrable Securities, including the Prospectus
included in such registration statement, amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration
statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by
reference in such registration statement (other than a registration
statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8, or their
successors).
(p) “Rule 144”,
“Rule
405”, and “Rule 415” mean, in each
case, such rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision) by the Commission, as the same shall be
amended from time to time, or any successor rule then in
force.
(q) “Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any
successor federal law then in force, together with all rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(r) “Shelf Participant” means
any holder of Registrable Securities listed as a potential selling
stockholder in connection with the Resale Shelf Registration
Statement or the Shelf Registration or any such holder that could
be added to such Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Shelf
Registration without the need for a post-effective amendment
thereto or added by means of an automatic post-effective amendment
thereto.
(s) “Transfer” means shall
mean the (a) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell,
hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise
dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or
establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or
liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent
position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder
with respect to, any security, (b) entry into any swap or other
arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of
the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any
such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities,
in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention
to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or
(b).
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(t) “WKSI” means a
“well-known seasoned issuer” as defined under Rule
405.
14. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The
Company shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect
to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates or in any
way impairs the rights granted to the Holders in this
Agreement.
(b) Entire Agreement. This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions among the
parties hereto, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter
hereof, including without limitation the Original
Agreements.
(c) Remedies. Any Person having
rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to
enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other
security), to recover damages caused by reason of any breach of any
provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights
granted by law. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money
damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the
provisions of this Agreement and that, in addition to any other
rights and remedies existing in its favor, any party shall be
entitled to specific performance and/or other injunctive relief
from any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without
posting any bond or other security) in order to enforce or prevent
violation of the provisions of this Agreement.
(d) Other Registration Rights.
Other than as set forth in the Company’s filings with the
Commission, the Company represents and warrants that no person,
other than a holder of Registrable Securities pursuant to this
Agreement, has any right to require the Company to register any
securities of the Company for sale or to include such securities of
the Company in any Registration Statement filed by the Company for
the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of
any other person. Further, the Company represents and warrants that
this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights agreement
or agreement with similar terms and conditions and in the event of
a conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this
Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.
(e) Reserved.
(f) Amendments and Waivers.
Compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set
forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions,
covenants or conditions may be amended or modified, with the
written consent of the Company and (i) in the case of the
provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in Section 11, the consent of
Holders holding at least a majority in interest of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock then held by the Lock-Up Holders or (ii) in
the case of any other provision, covenant or condition, the Holders
of at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities at
the time in question;provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment
hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely
in its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the
Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other
Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder
so affected. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with
this Section 14(f)
shall be binding upon each Holder and the Company. No course of
dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party
hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the
Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement
shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder
or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or
remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver
or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder
or thereunder by such party.
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(g) Successors and Assigns; No Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights, duties and
obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or
delegated by the Company in whole or in part. A Holder may assign
or delegate such Holder’s rights, duties or obligations under
this Agreement, in whole or in part, to (a) a Permitted Transferee
of such Holder or (b) any Person with the prior written consent of
the Company. This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be
binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties
and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This
Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons
that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in
this Agreement. No assignment by any party hereto of such
party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be
binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company
shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as
provided in this Section
13(g) and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a
form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to be bound by the terms
and provisions of this Agreement. Any transfer or assignment made
other than as provided in this Section 13(g) shall be null and
void.
(h) All covenants and
agreements in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties
hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
successors and assigns of the parties hereto whether so expressed
or not. In addition, whether or not any express assignment has been
made, the provisions of this Agreement which are for the benefit of
purchasers or holders of Registrable Securities are also for the
benefit of, and enforceable by, any subsequent holder of
Registrable Securities.
(i) Severability. Whenever
possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in
such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but
if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any
applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the
extent of such prohibition, invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability, without invalidating the remainder of this
Agreement.
(j) Counterparts. This Agreement
may be executed simultaneously in counterparts, any one of which
need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but all
such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic
mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S.
federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the
Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law,
e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any
counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and
validly delivered and be valid and effective for all
purposes.
(k) Descriptive Headings;
Interpretation. The descriptive headings of this Agreement
are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of
this Agreement. The use of the word “including” herein
shall mean “including without limitation.”
(l) Governing Law; Jurisdiction.
All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement and the exhibits
and schedules hereto shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Nevada, without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of Nevada or any other jurisdiction) that
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the State of Nevada. The parties hereto agree that any suit,
action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based
on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in any
Nevada State Court, or if such court does not have subject matter
jurisdiction, any court of the United States located in the State
of Nevada. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the
jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate
courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the
venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or
that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court
has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such
suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in
the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such
court.
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(m) Notices. All notices, demands
or other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason
of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall
be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt)
by delivery in person, by telecopy or email or by registered or
certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to each
Holder at the address indicated on the Schedule of Holders attached
hereto and to the Company at the address indicated below (or at
such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice
given in accordance with this Section 13(m)):
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if to
the Company:
RumbleOn,
Inc.
901 W.
Walnut Hill Lane
Irving,
Texas 75038
Tel:
469.250.1185
Attention:
Marshall Chesrown (marshall@rumbleon.com), Steve Berrard
(sberrard@newrivercapital.com),
and Peter Levy (peter@rumbleon.com)
with a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Akerman
LLP
The
Main Las Olas
201
East Las Olas Boulevard
Suite
1800
Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33301
Tel:
954.463.2700
Fax:
942.463.2224
Attention:
Michael Francis (michael.francis@akerman.com) and Christina
Russo (christina.russo@akerman.com)
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(n) Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial. As
a specifically bargained inducement for each of the parties to
enter into this Agreement (with each party having had opportunity
to consult counsel), each party hereto expressly and irrevocably
waives the right to trial by jury in any lawsuit or legal
proceeding relating to or arising in any way from this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated herein, and any lawsuit or legal
proceeding relating to or arising in any way to this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated herein shall be tried in a court of
competent jurisdiction by a judge sitting without a
jury.
(o) No Strict Construction. The
parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and
drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question
of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be
construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no
presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring
any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of
this Agreement.
signature
pages follow
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the date first written above.
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RUMBLEON, INC.
By:
_______________________________________
Name: Marshall
Chesrown
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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Complete the following as appropriate:
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INDIVIDUAL HOLDER
If you are an individual, print your name and sign
below
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ENTITY HOLDER
If you are signing on behalf of an entity, please print the name of
the entity, sign below, and indicate your name and
title
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___________________________________
Name of
Individual (Please
print)
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______________________________________
Name of
Entity (Please
print)
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___________________________________
Signature
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By:
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Name:
Title:
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Holder
Address for Notices:
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Facsimile:
_____________________
Attention:
_____________________
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Schedule A
Schedule
of Holders
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Schedule B
Lock-Up
Holders
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Exhibit
F
JOINDER AGREEMENT
This
Joinder Agreement (this “Joinder Agreement”),
dated as of [●], 2021, is entered into by the undersigned
(“Seller”).
WHEREAS, Seller
owns an Equity Interest in the Persons listed on Schedule 1 hereto (which
Schedule 1 also lists the number of Equity Interests owned by
Seller in each Person listed thereon); and
WHEREAS, Seller
desires to join as a “Seller” under that certain Plan
of Merger and Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2021
(the “Purchase
Agreement”), by and among RumbleOn, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the “Purchaser”), RO Merger
Sub I, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
Purchaser, RO Merger Sub II, Inc., an Arizona corporation and
wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser, RO Merger Sub III, Inc., an
Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser, RO
Merger Sub IV, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of Purchaser, C&W Motors, Inc., an Arizona
corporation, Metro Motorcycle, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Tucson
Motorcycles, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and Tucson Motorsports,
Inc., an Arizona corporation, William Coulter, Mark Tkach, and each
other Person who owns an Equity Interest in any Transferred Entity
and executes a Seller Joinder, and Mark Tkach, as the
representative of the Sellers (the “Sellers’
Representative”).
1.
Recitals and Defined Terms. The
recitals to this Joinder Agreement are hereby incorporated by this
reference as if fully set forth herein. Capitalized terms used but
not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Purchase Agreement.
2.
Joinder. By execution of this
Joinder Agreement, Seller hereby joins the Purchase Agreement as a
“Seller” for all purposes of the Purchase Agreement and
agrees to be bound as a “Seller” by all the terms and
provisions of the Purchase Agreement with the same force and effect
as if Seller had been a signatory to the Purchase Agreement on the
execution date thereof.
3.
Spousal Consent. If Seller is a
natural person and is currently married as of the date of this
Joinder Agreement, Seller represents and warrants that he or she is
a resident of a state that is not a “community
property” state, or if he or she is a resident of a state
that is a “community property” state then his/her
spouse has executed and delivered, or shall, concurrently with
Seller’s execution hereof, execute and deliver to Purchaser
and Sellers’ Representative, his or her spouse’s
acknowledgement of and consent to the existence and binding effect
of all provisions contained in this Joinder Agreement and the
Purchase Agreement, which consent is attached in the form of
Exhibit A
hereto.
4.
Miscellaneous. Each party to
the Purchase Agreement is an intended third party beneficiary of
this Joinder Agreement. This Joinder Agreement and the legal
relations between the parties hereto shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware,
without regard to the conflict of laws rules thereof. Delivery of
an executed signature page of this Joinder Agreement by facsimile
transmission, pdf, DocuSign or other electronic transmission shall
be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
hereof. The illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this
Joinder Agreement or any instrument or agreement required hereunder
shall not in any way affect or impair the legality or
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Joinder
Agreement or any instrument or agreement required
hereunder.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Joinder Agreement
to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above
written.
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Address
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Exhibit A
Spousal Consent
[See
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F-4
CONSENT OF SPOUSE
I, ____________________, certify that I am the
spouse of ______________, and acknowledge that I have read the
Joinder Agreement, dated as of _____, 2021, to which this Consent
is attached as Exhibit A
(the “Joinder
Agreement”) and
the Plan of Merger and Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as
of March 12, 2021 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by
and among RumbleOn, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Purchaser”), RO Merger
Sub I, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
Purchaser, RO Merger Sub II, Inc., an Arizona corporation and
wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser, RO Merger Sub III, Inc., an
Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser, RO
Merger Sub IV, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of Purchaser, C&W Motors, Inc., an Arizona
corporation, Metro Motorcycle, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Tucson
Motorcycles, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and Tucson Motorsports,
Inc., an Arizona corporation, William Coulter, Mark Tkach, and each
other Person who owns an Equity Interest in any Transferred Entity
and executes a Seller Joinder, and Mark Tkach, as the
representative of the Sellers, and
that I know the contents of the Joinder Agreement and the Purchase
Agreement. I am aware that the Purchase Agreement contains
provisions regarding the sale of equity interests in those entities
set forth in Schedule 1 to the Joinder Agreement
(“Equity
Interests”) that my
spouse owns, including any interest I might have
therein.
I
hereby agree that my interest, if any, in any Equity Interests
shall be irrevocably bound by the Joinder Agreement and the
Purchase Agreement and further understand and agree that any
community property interest, if any, I may have in such Equity
Interests is similarly bound by the Joinder Agreement and the
Purchase Agreement. To the extent that the Equity Interests are
already the sole and separate property of my spouse, I agree and
intend that this Consent shall serve as further evidence and
acknowledgement of the status of such Equity
Interests.
I
hereby agree not to take any action at any time that might
interfere with the operation of the Joinder Agreement, Purchase
Agreement, the Equity Interests, or with the interests or rights
now or later acquired by me or my spouse related to the Joinder
Agreement and Purchase Agreement.
I
am aware that the legal, financial and related matters contained in
the Joinder Agreement and Purchase Agreement are complex and that I
am free to seek independent professional guidance or counsel with
respect to this Consent. I have either sought such guidance or
counsel or determined after reviewing the Joinder Agreement and
Purchase Agreement carefully that I will waive such
right.
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Exhibit
G
CONSENT OF SPOUSE
I, ____________________, certify that I am the
spouse of ____________________, and acknowledge that I have read
the Plan of Merger and Equity Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchase
Agreement”), by and among RumbleOn, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the “Purchaser”), RO Merger
Sub I, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
Purchaser, RO Merger Sub II, Inc., an Arizona corporation and
wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser, RO Merger Sub III, Inc., an
Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser, RO
Merger Sub IV, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of Purchaser, C&W Motors, Inc., an Arizona
corporation, Metro Motorcycle, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Tucson
Motorcycles, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and Tucson Motorsports,
Inc., an Arizona corporation, William Coulter, Mark Tkach, and each
other Person who owns an Equity Interest in any Transferred Entity
and executes a Seller Joinder, and Mark Tkach, as the
representative of the Sellers, and
that I know the contents of the Purchase Agreement. I am aware that
the Purchase Agreement contains provisions regarding the sale of
equity interests in those entities set forth in Schedule 1.1(a) and
Schedule 1.1(b) to the Purchase Agreement
(“Equity
Interests”) that my
spouse owns, including any interest I might have
therein.
I
hereby agree that my interest, if any, in any Equity Interests
shall be irrevocably bound by the the Purchase Agreement and
further understand and agree that any community property interest,
if any, I may have in such Equity Interests is similarly bound by
the Purchase Agreement. To the extent that the Equity Interests are
already the sole and separate property of my spouse, I agree and
intend that this Consent shall serve as further evidence and
acknowledgement of the status of such Equity
Interests.
I
hereby agree not to take any action at any time that might
interfere with the operation of the Purchase Agreement, the Equity
Interests, or with the interests or rights now or later acquired by
me or my spouse related to the Purchase Agreement.
I
am aware that the legal, financial and related matters contained in
the Purchase Agreement are complex and that I am free to seek
independent professional guidance or counsel with respect to this
Consent. I have either sought such guidance or counsel or
determined after reviewing the Purchase Agreement carefully that I
will waive such right.
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Schedule
1.1(a)
Transferred
Entities
110
Schedule
1.1(b)
Merged
Entities
111
Exhibit 4.1
Execution Copy
THIS
WARRANT AND ANY SHARES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, DONATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION PROVISIONS OF
APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR APPLICABLE
EXEMPTIONS THEREFROM.
RUMBLEON, INC.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE CLASS B COMMON STOCK
RumbleOn, Inc., a
Nevada corporation (the “Company”), certifies that, for
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.,
the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the
“Holder”), is
entitled, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to
purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined in
Section
1(c) below) then in
effect, upon surrender of this Warrant to Purchase Class B Common
Stock (including any Warrants to purchase Class B Common Stock
issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the
“Warrant”), at
any time or times on or after the Exercisability Date (as defined
below), but not after 11:59 p.m., New York Time, on the Expiration
Date (as defined below), the Warrant Shares (as defined below).
Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this
Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 18.
1. EXERCISE
OF WARRANT.
(a)
Mechanics
of Exercise. Subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the
Holder on any day on or after the Exercisability Date, in whole or
in part, by (i) delivery of a written notice (including via email),
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the
Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant to the Company,
and (ii) if the Holder is not electing a Cashless Exercise (as
defined below) pursuant to Section 1(d) of this Warrant, payment
to the Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price
multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant
is being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash
or wire transfer of immediately available funds (a
“Cash
Exercise”). The Holder shall not be required to
surrender this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder,
provided, that in the event of an exercise of this Warrant for all
Warrant Shares then issuable hereunder, the Holder shall surrender
this Warrant to the Company by the third (3rd) Trading Day
following the Share Delivery Date (as defined below). On or before
the first (1st) Trading Day
following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise
Notice, the Company shall transmit by email an acknowledgement of
confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Notice to the Holder. No
ink original or medallion guarantee shall be required on any
Exercise Notice. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares
purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the
Holder by (x)(i) crediting the account of the Holder’s
or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust
Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (or
any equivalent or replacement system) if the Company is then a
participant in such system and if the Warrant Shares may be so
delivered, and (ii) either (with respect to the Common Stock)
(A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the
issuance of the Warrant Shares to or
resale
of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are
eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale
limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the
Warrant), or (y) otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate or
copy of book-entry form representing such shares, registered in the
Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its
designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is
entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the
Holder in the Exercise Notice, by the date that is the earlier of
(i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the
Exercise Notice, and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the
Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the
Exercise Notice (such date, the “Share Delivery Date”),
provided, that,
except in the case of a cashless exercise of the Warrant, the
Company shall have received the Aggregate Exercise Price payable by
the Holder for the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder on or prior
to the applicable Share Delivery Date. If this Warrant is submitted
in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant
Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is
greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an
exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no
event later than two (2) Trading Days after any exercise and at the
Company’s own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance
with Section
8(e)) representing
the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable
immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the
number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is
exercised. The Company shall pay any and all taxes that may be
payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares
upon exercise of this Warrant. The Company agrees that the Transfer
Agent shall at all times be a participant in the FAST program (or
any equivalent or replacement program) so long as this Warrant
remains outstanding and exercisable. Upon delivery of the Exercise
Notice, so long as the Aggregate Exercise Price, in the case of a
Cash Exercise, is delivered to the Company on or before the first
(1st)
Trading Day following delivery of the Exercise Notice, 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 such Warrant
Shares are issued and deposited into the Holder’s account
with the Transfer Agent. If the Aggregate Exercise Price, in the
case of a Cash Exercise, is delivered to the Company any time after
the first (1st) Trading Day
following delivery of the Exercise Notice, 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 on the date of delivery of the Aggregate Exercise
Price.
(b) Failure to Deliver and Buy-In
Remedy. If the Company
fails for any reason (other than failure to receive any applicable
Aggregate Exercise Price) to deliver to the Holder the Warrant
Shares subject to an Exercise Notice 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 Warrant Shares subject to
such exercise (based on the Weighted Average Price of the Class B
Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice), $10
per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth
(5th)
Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each
Trading Day after such Share Delivery Date until such Warrant
Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise as provided
in the next sentence, provided, however, that Holder shall not
be entitled to any liquidated damages pursuant to this sentence if
Holder is entitled to a cash payment in connection with a Buy-In.
Any payments made pursuant to this Section 1(b) shall not constitute the
Holder’s exclusive remedy for such events; provided further, however, that any
payments made by the Company pursuant to this Section 1(b) shall reduce the amount
of any damages that the Holder may be entitled to as a remedy for
such events. If the Company fails to
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cause
the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares
pursuant to Section
1(a) by the Share
Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such
exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder,
if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to issue and
deposit into the Holder’s account with the Transfer Agent
such number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon
the Holder’s exercise pursuant to an exercise on or before
the Share Delivery Date, and if after such Share Delivery Date the
Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm
otherwise purchases, shares of Class B Common Stock to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which
the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a
“Buy-In”), then
the Company shall (i) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any,
by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Class B Common
Stock, so purchased in such Buy-In exceeds (y) the amount obtained
by multiplying (1) the number of shares of Class B Common Stock
purchased in such Buy-In by (2) the price at which the sell order
giving rise to such Buy-In was executed, and (ii) at the option of
the Holder, either 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) or
deliver to Holder the number of shares of Class B Common Stock that
would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its
exercise and delivery obligations hereunder (in which case, if
Holder has not previously delivered to the Company the Aggregate
Exercise Price for such shares of Class B Common Stock, Holder
shall be required to deliver such Aggregate Exercise Price to the
Company prior the delivery of such shares of Class B Common
Stock).
(c) Exercise
Price. For purposes of
this Warrant, “Exercise
Price” initially means the Warrant Price, subject to
adjustment as provided herein. For the avoidance of doubt, all
references to the “Exercise Price” herein refers to the
then current Exercise Price.
(d)
Cashless
Exercise. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, the Holder may, in its
sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in
lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made
to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate
Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the
“Net Number” of shares of Class B Common Stock
determined according to the following formula (a
“Cashless
Exercise”):
Net
Number = (A x B) - (A x
C)
B
For
purposes of the foregoing formula:
A= the
total number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant
is then being exercised.
B= the
Weighted Average Price of the shares of Class B Common Stock (as
reported by Bloomberg) on the date immediately preceding the date
of the Exercise Notice.
C= the
Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at
the time of such exercise.
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The
Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Warrant Shares issued
in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the
Holder pursuant to Rule 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.
(e) No
Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional
shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon
the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share that
the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such
exercise, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of
such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied
by the Exercise Price.
2.
ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE
PRICE. The Exercise
Price for the Warrant Shares shall be subject to adjustment
(without duplication) upon the occurrence of any of the following
events at any time after the Exercisability Date:
(a) Stock Dividends, Combinations and
Splits. The issuance of
Common Stock as a dividend or distribution to all holders of Class
B Common Stock, or a subdivision, combination, split, reverse split
or reclassification of the outstanding shares of Class B Common
Stock into a greater or smaller number of shares, in which event
the Exercise Price shall be adjusted based on the following
formula:
where:
E1
=
the Exercise Price
in effect immediately after (i) 9:00 a.m., New York City
time (the “Open of
Business”) on the first date on which the Class B
Common Stock can be traded without the right to receive an issuance
or distribution (the “Ex-Date”) in the case of a
dividend or distribution or (ii) the consummation of the
transaction in the case of a subdivision, combination, split,
reverse split or reclassification;
E0
=
the Exercise Price
in effect immediately prior to (i) the Open of Business on the
Ex-Date in the case of a dividend or distribution or (ii) the
consummation of the transaction in the case of a subdivision,
combination, split, reverse split or reclassification;
N0
=
the number of
shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to
(i) the Open of Business on the Record Date in the case of a
dividend or distribution or (ii) the consummation of the
transaction in the case of a subdivision, combination, split,
reverse split or reclassification; and
N1
=
the number of
shares of Class B Common Stock equal to (i) in the case of a
dividend or distribution, the sum of the number of shares
outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Record
Date for such dividend or distribution plus the total number of
shares issued pursuant to such dividend or distribution or
(ii) in the case of a subdivision, combination, split, reverse
split or reclassification, the number of shares outstanding
immediately after such subdivision, combination, split, reverse
split or reclassification.
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Such
adjustment shall become effective immediately after (i) the
Open of Business on the Ex-Date in the case of a dividend or
distribution or (ii) the consummation of the transaction in
the case of a subdivision, combination, split, reverse split or
reclassification. If any dividend or distribution or subdivision,
combination, split, reverse split or reclassification of the type
described in this Section 2 is declared or announced but
not so paid or made, the Exercise Price shall again be adjusted to
the Exercise Price that would then be in effect if such dividend or
distribution or subdivision, combination, split, reverse split or
reclassification had not been declared or announced, as the case
may be. If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the
provisions of this Section 2(a) but not expressly provided
for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting
of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights
with equity features to the holders of the Company’s equity
securities), then the Board of Directors will make an appropriate
adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares
so as to protect the rights of the Holder; provided, that no such
adjustment pursuant to this paragraph will increase the Exercise
Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise
determined pursuant to this Section 2.
(b) Below Exercise Price
Issuances. Other than any
dividend or distribution covered in Section 2(c), below, if there is an
issuance of Convertible Securities (other than the issuance of
Class B Common Stock upon the exercise of any Convertible
Securities outstanding, and at the Effective Price in effect (as
may be adjusted as provided for in the instrument governing such
Convertible Security), as of the date of the Merger Agreement) with
an Effective Price lower than the Exercise Price, the Exercise
Price will be adjusted to be the Effective Price of such
Convertible Securities being issued. Such adjustment shall become
effective immediately after the Open of Business on the second
Business Day preceding (i) the Ex-Date in the case of a dividend or
distribution or (ii) the date of the issuance in the case of an
issuance other than a dividend or distribution. In the event that
an issuance of such Convertible Securities is announced but such
Convertible Securities are not so issued, the Exercise Price shall
again be adjusted to be the Exercise Price that would then be in
effect if such issuance had not occurred.
(c) Other Dividends and
Distributions. The issuance as a
dividend or distribution to any holders of Class B Common Stock of
evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital stock or other
securities (other than Common Stock that is the subject of
Section
2(a) above, or
Purchase Rights that are the subject of Section 4(b) below), cash or other
property, in which event the Exercise Price will be adjusted based
on the following formula:
where:
E1
=
the Exercise Price
in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Date for
such dividend or distribution;
E0
=
the Exercise Price
in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Date
for such dividend or distribution;
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P
=
the Weighted
Average Price of a share of Class B Common Stock immediately prior
to the Open of Business on the second Business Day preceding the
Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution; and
FMV
=
the Fair Market
Value of the portion of such dividend or distribution applicable to
one share of Class B Common Stock as of the Open of Business on the
Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution.
Such
decrease shall become effective immediately after the Open of
Business on the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution. In the
event that such dividend or distribution is declared or announced
but not so paid or made, the Exercise Price shall again be adjusted
to be the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such
distribution had not been declared or announced.
(d) Tender or Exchange
Offer. The payment in
respect of any tender offer or exchange offer by the Company for
outstanding Class B Common Stock on a pro rata basis, where the
cash and Weighted Average Price of any other consideration included
in the payment per share of the Class B Common Stock exceeds the
Weighted Average Price of a share of Class B Common Stock as of the
Open of Business on the second Business Day preceding the
expiration date of the tender or exchange offer (the
“Offer Expiration
Date”), in which event the Exercise Price will be
adjusted based on the following formula:
where:
E1
=
the Exercise Price
in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the Offer
Expiration Date;
E0
=
the Exercise Price
in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Offer
Expiration Date;
N0
=
the number of
shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
expiration of the tender or exchange offer (prior to giving effect
to the purchase or exchange of shares);
N1
=
the number of
shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding immediately after the
expiration of the tender or exchange offer (after giving effect to
the purchase or exchange of shares);
A
=
the aggregate cash
and Weighted Average Price of any other consideration payable for
shares of Class B Common Stock purchased in such tender offer or
exchange offer; and
P
=
the Weighted
Average Price of a share of Class B Common Stock as of the Open of
Business on the second Business Day preceding the Offer Expiration
Date.
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An
adjustment, if any, to the Exercise Price pursuant to this
Section
2(d) shall become
effective immediately after the Close of Business on the Offer
Expiration Date. In the event that the Company or a Subsidiary of
the Company is obligated to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock
pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the
Company or such Subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable
law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are
rescinded, then the Exercise Price shall again be adjusted to be
the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such tender
offer or exchange offer had not been made. Except as set forth in
the preceding sentence, if the application of this Section 2(d) to any tender offer or
exchange offer would result in an increase in the Exercise Price,
no adjustment shall be made for such tender offer or exchange offer
under this Section
2(d).
(e) Multiple
Adjustments. If any single
action would require adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to
more than one subsection of this Section 2, only one adjustment shall be
made and such adjustment shall be the amount of adjustment that has
the highest, relative to the rights and interests of the registered
holders of the Warrants then outstanding, absolute value. For the
purpose of calculations pursuant to this Section 2, the number of shares of
Class B Common Stock outstanding shall be based solely on the
number of shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding on the
applicable date of determination, without giving effect to the
conversion of any Convertible Securities outstanding as of such
date.
(f) Adjustment
Timing. Solely with
respect to an exercise of this Warrant for Class B Common Stock,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Section
2 or any other
provision of this Warrant, if an Exercise Price adjustment becomes
effective on any Ex-Date, and a Holder that has exercised this
Warrant on or after such Ex-Date and on or prior to the related
Record Date would be treated as the record holder of the Class B
Common Stock on or prior to such Record Date, then, the Exercise
Price adjustment relating to such Ex-Date will not be made for such
exercising Holder. Instead, such Holder will be treated as if it
were the record owner of shares of Class B Common Stock on an
un-adjusted basis and participate in the related dividend,
distribution or other event giving rise to such
adjustment.
3. ADJUSTMENTS
TO NUMBER OF WARRANTS. Concurrently with
any adjustment to the Exercise Price under Section 2 (other than Section 2(b)), the number of Warrant
Shares hereunder will be adjusted such that the number of Warrant
Shares in effect immediately following the effectiveness of such
adjustment will be equal to the number of Warrant Shares in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction,
(i) the numerator of which is the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment, and (ii) the denominator
of which is the Exercise Price in effect immediately following such
adjustment.
4. PURCHASE
RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.
(a) Purchase
Rights. If at any time
after the Exercisability Date and prior to the Expiration Date the
Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities
or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property
pro rata to all of the record holders of any class of shares of
Class B Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder
will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such
Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder
could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of
Class B Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this
Warrant, assuming a Cash Exercise for Class B Common Stock (in both
cases, and without regard to any limitations on the exercise of
this Warrant) on the date on which a record is taken for the grant,
issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is
taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Class B
Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of
such Purchase Rights.
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(b) Fundamental
Transactions. Upon the
occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is
neither the Successor Entity nor the Parent Entity of the Successor
Entity, 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 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
with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as
the Company herein. Upon consummation of any Fundamental
Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Class B Common
Stock are entitled to receive shares of stock, securities, cash,
assets or any other property with respect to or in exchange for
shares of Class B Common Stock, the Successor Entity shall deliver
to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise
of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of such
Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of, or in addition to, the shares
of the Class B Common Stock (or other share of stock, securities,
cash, assets or other property purchasable upon the exercise of the
Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction), such shares of
stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever
(including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights), if
any, that the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the
happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as
adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. In
addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder,
prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant
to which holders of shares of Class B Common Stock are entitled to
receive shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other
property with respect to or in exchange for shares of Class B
Common Stock, the Company shall make appropriate provision to
ensure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive
upon exercise of this Warrant within thirty (30) days after the
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction but, in any event,
prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of, or in addition to, the
Warrant Shares (or other securities, cash, assets or other
property) purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to
such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities,
cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants
or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would
have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such
Fundamental Transaction had the Warrant been exercised immediately
prior to such Fundamental Transaction.
5. RESERVATION
OF WARRANT SHARES. The Company
covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out
of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise
unreserved shares of Class B Common Stock, solely for the purpose
of enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this
Warrant as herein provided, at least a number of shares of Class B
Common Stock equal to 100% of the number of shares of Class B
Common Stock which are then issuable and deliverable upon the Cash
Exercise of this entire Warrant for shares of Class B Common Stock,
assuming a Cash Exercise of the Warrant (the “Required Reserve Amount”), free
from preemptive or any other contingent purchase rights of Persons
other than the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and
restrictions in Section 2). The Company covenants that
all shares of Class B Common Stock so issuable and deliverable
shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise
Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly
authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable. The Company
will take all such actions as may be reasonably necessary,
including but not limited to seeking stockholder approval, to
assure that such shares of Class B Common Stock may be issued as
provided herein without violation of any applicable law or
regulation, or of any requirements of any Eligible Market upon
which the Class B Common Stock may be listed.
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6. INSUFFICIENT
AUTHORIZED SHARES. If at any time
while this Warrant remains outstanding the Company does not have
reserved for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant at least the
then Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then
the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase
the Company’s authorized shares of Class B Common Stock to an
amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required
Reserve Amount for this Warrant then outstanding. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable
after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure,
but in no event later than one hundred and twenty (120) days after
the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall
hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase
in the number of authorized shares of Class B Common Stock. In
connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each
stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its reasonable
best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such
increase in authorized shares of Class B Common Stock and to cause
the Board of Directors to recommend to the stockholders that they
approve such proposal.
7. WARRANT
HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as
otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such
Person’s capacity as a Holder, shall not be entitled to vote
or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of
the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this
Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such
Person’s capacity as a Holder, any of the rights of a
stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold
consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue
of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger,
conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive
dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the
issuance to the Holder which such Person is then entitled to
receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing
contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any
liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise
of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company,
whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by
creditors of the Company.
8. REGISTRATION
AND REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.
(a) Registration
of Warrant. The Company shall
register this Warrant, upon the records to be maintained by the
Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of
the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem
and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute
owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any
distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent
actual notice to the contrary. The Company shall also register any
transfer, exchange, reissuance or cancellation of any portion of
this Warrant in the Warrant Register. This Warrant shall
automatically be cancelled at 11:59:01 p.m., New York time, on the
Expiration Date and upon such cancellation, the Company shall
register the cancellation of this Warrant in the Warrant
Register.
(b)
Transfer
of Warrant. This Warrant may
be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the
consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by
applicable securities laws. Subject to applicable securities laws,
if this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender
this Warrant to the Company, together with all applicable transfer
taxes and all additional documentation (including, without
limitation, an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Company) reasonably requested by the Company to confirm that any
such transfer of this Warrant complies with applicable securities
laws, whereupon the Company will promptly issue and deliver upon
the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with
Section
8(e)), registered
as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the
number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if
less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this
Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with
Section
8(e)) to the Holder
representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not
being transferred. The acceptance and execution of the new Warrant
by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such
transferee of all of the rights and obligations in respect of the
new Warrant that the Holder has in respect of this
Warrant.
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(c) Lost,
Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by
the Company 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, if requested by the
Company, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the
Company in customary form by the Holder to the Company (but without
the requirement to post a bond) and, in the case of mutilation,
upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall
execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with
Section
8(e)) representing
the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this
Warrant.
(d) Exchangeable
for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is
exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the
principal office of the Company, together with all applicable
transfer taxes, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with
Section
8(e)) representing
in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares
then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will
represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares
as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender;
provided,
however, that the
Company shall not be required to issue new Warrants for fractional
Warrant Shares hereunder.
(i) No later than three
(3) days following the Merger Closing, the Company shall execute
and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with
Section
8(e)(iv)) representing the right to
purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant as a
result of the Merger Closing and reflecting the actual Exercise
Price applicable to such Warrant Shares determined in accordance
with the terms of this Warrant. The Holder shall surrender this
Warrant to the Company by the third (3rd) day following the
delivery by the Company of a new Warrant in accordance with the
terms of this Section 8(e)(i); provided that in the event
of a dispute described in Section 8(e)(iii), the Holder shall
surrender this Warrant to the Company by the third (3rd) day
following the delivery by the Company of a new Warrant that
reflects the resolution of such dispute in accordance with the
terms of Section
8(e)(iii).
(ii) No later than three
(3) days following the date that the Exercise Price as defined in
the “Form Commitment Termination Warrant” attached
hereto as Exhibit B
hereto (the “Commitment
Termination Warrant”) is determined pursuant to the
terms of the Commitment Termination Warrant, the Company shall
execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant substantially in
the form of the Commitment Termination Warrant representing the
right to purchase the Warrant Shares (as defined in the Commitment
Termination Warrant) as a result of the Commitment Termination and
reflecting the Exercise Price (as defined in the Commitment
Termination Warrant) applicable to such Warrant Shares determined
in accordance with the terms of the Commitment Termination Warrant.
The Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company by the third
(3rd) day following the delivery by the Company of a new executed
Commitment Termination Warrant in accordance with the terms of this
Section
8(e)(ii); provided that in the
event of a dispute described in Section 8(e)(iii), the Holder shall
surrender this Warrant to the Company by the third (3rd) day
following the delivery by the Company of a new Warrant that
reflects the resolution of such dispute in accordance with the
terms of Section
8(e)(iii).
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(iii) In the case of a
dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the
arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares in connection with the
issuance of a new Warrant, pursuant to Section 8(e)(i), or a Commitment
Termination Warrant, pursuant to Section 8(e)(ii), the Company shall submit
the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via email
within two (2) days of receipt of a notice from the Holder giving
rise to such dispute (a) the disputed determination of the
applicable 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 applicable Warrant Shares to
the Company’s independent, outside accountant. Any such
submitted dispute shall be determined in accordance with the terms
of Section 16.
(iv) Whenever the
Company or its Transfer Agent, as directed by the Company, is
required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this
Warrant, such new Warrant shall (i) be of like tenor with this
Warrant, (ii) represent, as indicated on the face of such new
Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying
this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant
to Section
8(b) or
Section
8(c), the Warrant
Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of
shares of Class B Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants
issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number
of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) have an
issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which
is the same as the Issuance Date and (iv) have the same terms and
conditions as this Warrant.
(a) Filing of Registration
Statement. As soon as
reasonably practicable, but in no event later than twenty (20) days
following the Merger Closing (such date of filing is referred to as
the “Filing
Date”), the Company shall file a registration
statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares on a
registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the
SEC and effect the registration, qualifications or compliances
(including, without limitation, the execution of any required
undertaking to file post-effective amendments, appropriate
qualifications or exemptions under applicable blue sky or other
state securities laws and appropriate compliance with applicable
securities laws, requirements or regulations) as promptly as
possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the
date that is sixty (60) days after the Filing Date.
(b) Expenses.
All registration expenses incurred in connection with any
registration, qualification, exemption or compliance pursuant to
this Section
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the Company.
(c) Registration
Defaults. The Company
further agrees that, in the event that the Registration Statement
(i) has not been filed with the SEC by the date such filing is
required pursuant to Section 9(a), (ii) has not been
declared effective by the SEC by the date such filing is required
pursuant to Section
9(a) (or, in the
event the Company receives comments on such Registration Statement,
the date that is ninety (90) days after the Filing Date), or (iii)
after the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC,
is suspended by the Company or ceases to remain continuously
effective as to all Warrant Shares for which it is required to be
effective, other than, in each case, within the time period(s)
permitted by Section
9(f)(ii) (each such event referred to in clauses (i), (ii)
and (iii), (a “Registration
Default”)), for any thirty-day period (a
“Penalty
Period”) during which the Registration Default remains
uncured (which initial thirty-day period shall commence on the
fifth Business Day after the date of such Registration Default if
such Registration Default has not been cured by such date), the
Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced by an amount equal
to one percent (1%) of such Exercise Price for each Penalty Period
during which the Registration Default remains uncured; provided, however, that if the Holder
fails to provide the Company with any information that is required
to be provided in the Registration Statement with respect to the
Holder as set forth herein, then the commencement of the Penalty
Period described above shall be extended until five Business Days
following the date of receipt by the Company of such required
information; provided further, that the amount
payable to the Holder hereunder for any partial Penalty Period
shall be prorated for the number of actual days during such Penalty
Period during which a Registration Default remains uncured. The
Company shall deliver said cash payment to the Holder by the fifth
Business Day after the end of such Penalty Period. If the Company
fails to pay said cash payment to the Holder in full by the fifth
Business Day after the end of such Penalty Period, the Company will
pay interest thereon at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum (or
such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by
applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such
liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such
interest thereon, are paid in full.
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(d) Registration
Period Covenants. In the case of
the registration, qualification, exemption or compliance effected
by the Company pursuant to this Warrant, the Company shall, upon
reasonable request, inform the Holder as to the status of such
registration, qualification, exemption and compliance. At its
expense, during the Registration Period, the Company
shall:
(i) except for such
times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of
the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement under
Section 9(f)(ii),
use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such registration,
and any qualification, exemption or compliance under state
securities laws that the Company determines to obtain, continuously
effective with respect to the Holder, and to keep such Registration
Statement free of any material misstatements or omissions, until
the later of the following: (i) the second anniversary of the
applicable Exercisability Date and (ii) the date all Warrant Shares
may be sold under Rule 144 during any 90 day period without volume
or manner of sale limitations. The period of time during which the
Company is required hereunder to keep the Registration Statement
effective is referred to herein as the “Registration Period;”
(ii) advise the
Holders:
(A) within two Business
Days when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has
been filed with the SEC and when the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
(B) within five
Business Days of any request by the SEC for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus
included therein or for additional information;
(C) within five
Business Days of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for such purpose;
(D) within five
Business Days of the receipt by the Company of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Warrant
Shares included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;
and
(E) within five
Business Days of the occurrence of any event that requires the
making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the
prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not
misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the
case of the prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made) not misleading; provided that, the Company
shall not be required to provide, and shall not provide, the Holder
or its representatives with material, non-public information unless
the Holder agrees to receive such information and enters into a
written confidentiality agreement with the Company in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Company;
(F) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any
order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as
soon as reasonably practicable;
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(G) promptly deliver to
the Holder, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus
included in such Registration Statement and any amendment or
supplement thereto as the Holder may reasonably request in writing;
and the Company consents to the use, consistent with the provisions
hereof, of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by
the Holder of Warrant Shares in connection with the offering and
sale of the Warrant Shares covered by the prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto;
(H) if the Holder so
requests in writing, deliver to the Holder, without charge, (i) one
copy of the following documents, other than those documents
available via EDGAR: (A) its annual report to its stockholders, if
any (which annual report shall contain financial statements audited
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America by a firm of certified public accountants
of recognized standing), (B) if not included in substance in its
annual report to stockholders, its annual report on Form 10-K (or
similar form), (C) its definitive proxy statement with respect to
its annual meeting of stockholders, (D) each of its quarterly
reports to its stockholders, and, if not included in substance in
its quarterly reports to stockholders, its quarterly report on Form
10-Q (or similar form), and (E) a copy of the full Registration
Statement (the foregoing, in each case, excluding exhibits); and
(ii) if explicitly requested, all exhibits excluded by the
parenthetical to the immediately preceding clause (E);
(I) prior to any public
offering of Warrant Shares pursuant to any Registration Statement,
promptly take such actions as may be necessary to register or
qualify or obtain an exemption for offer and sale under the
securities or blue sky laws of such United States jurisdictions as
any such Holders reasonably request in writing, provided that the
Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify
generally to transact business as a foreign corporation in any
jurisdiction where it is not so qualified or to consent to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction, and do any and all
other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable
the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Warrant Shares
covered by such Registration Statement;
(J) upon the occurrence
of any event contemplated by Section 9(d)(ii)(E) above, except for
such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use
of the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, the
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as soon as
reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus,
or file any other required document so that, as thereafter
delivered to purchasers of the Warrant Shares included therein, the
prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading;
(K) otherwise use its
commercially reasonable efforts to comply in all material respects
with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC that could
affect the sale of the Warrant Shares;
(L) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Warrant Shares to be
listed on each securities exchange or market, if any, on which
equity securities issued by the Company have been
listed;
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(M) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary
to effect the registration of the Warrant Shares contemplated
hereby and to enable the Holders to sell Warrant Shares under Rule
144;
(N) provide to the
Holder and its representatives, if requested, the opportunity to
conduct a reasonable inquiry of the Company’s financial and
other records during normal business hours and make available on
reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours its
officers, directors and employees for questions regarding
information that the Holder may reasonably request in order to
fulfill any due diligence obligation on its part; and
(O) at the
Holder’s expense, permit a single counsel for the Holder to
review the Registration Statement and all amendments and
supplements thereto, at least two Business Days prior to the filing
thereof with the SEC;
(iii) upon request from
the Holder, take all customary actions, and to cause the Transfer
Agent to take all reasonable actions, necessary to remove any
legend on the Warrant Shares at the earliest possible time
permitted by applicable law; and
(iv) provide a legal
opinion of the Company's outside counsel, dated the effective date
of such Registration Statement, with respect to the Registration
Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus
included therein (including the preliminary prospectus) and such
other documents relating thereto in customary form and covering
such matters of the type customarily covered by legal opinions of
such nature.
(e) Indemnity.
(i) To the extent
permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify the Holder and each
person controlling the Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act, with respect to which any registration that has been
effected pursuant to this Section 9, against all claims, losses,
damages and liabilities (or action in respect thereof), including
any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation,
commenced or threatened (subject to Section 9(e)(iii) below),
arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue
statement) of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereof, or
other document incident to any such registration, qualification or
compliance or based on 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, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, or any violation by the
Company of any rule or regulation promulgated by the Act applicable
to the Company and relating to any action or inaction required of
the Company in connection with any such registration, qualification
or compliance, and will reimburse the Holder and each person
controlling the Holder, for reasonable legal and other
out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability
or action as incurred; provided that the Company will
not be liable in any such case to the extent that any untrue
statement or omission or allegation thereof is made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of the Holder for use in preparation of
such Registration Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement;
provided
further that the
Company will not be liable in any such case where the claim, loss,
damage or liability arises out of or is related to the failure of
the Holder to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in
this Warrant respecting sales of Warrant Shares, and except that
the foregoing indemnity agreement is subject to the condition that,
insofar as it relates to any such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the
preliminary prospectus but eliminated or remedied in the amended
prospectus on file with the SEC at the time the Registration
Statement becomes effective or in the amended prospectus filed with
the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) or in the prospectus subject to
completion under Rule 434 of the Act, which together meet the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act (the “Final Prospectus”), such indemnity
shall not inure to the benefit of the Holder or any such
controlling person, if a copy of the Final Prospectus furnished by
the Company to the Holder for delivery was not furnished to the
person or entity asserting the loss, liability, claim or damage at
or prior to the time such furnishing is required by the Act and the
Final Prospectus would have cured the defect giving rise to such
loss, liability, claim or damage.
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(ii) The Holder will
severally, and not jointly, indemnify the Company, each of its
directors and officers, and each person who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against all claims,
losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof),
including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any
litigation, commenced or threatened (subject to Section 9(e)(iii) below),
arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue
statement) of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereof,
incident to any such registration, or based on 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, in light of the circumstances in which they were made,
and will reimburse the Company, such directors and officers, and
each person controlling the Company for reasonable legal and any
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating
or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action as
incurred, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
such untrue statement or omission or allegation thereof is made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of the Holder about the Holder for
use in preparation of the Registration Statement, prospectus,
amendment or supplement; provided that the indemnity
shall not apply to the extent that such claim, loss, damage or
liability results from the fact that a current copy of the
prospectus was not made available to the person or entity asserting
the loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the time such
furnishing is required by the Act and the Final Prospectus would
have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or
liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder’s
aggregate liability pursuant to this subsection (ii) shall be
limited to the net amount received by the Holder from the sale of
the Warrant Shares giving rise to such claims, losses, damages and
liabilities (and actions in respect thereof).
(iii) Each party entitled
to indemnification under this Section 9(e) (the
“Indemnified
Party”) shall give notice to the party required to
provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly
after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as
to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying
Party (at its expense) to assume the defense of any such claim or
any litigation resulting therefrom; provided that counsel for the
Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or
litigation, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose
approval shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed), and the
Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such
Indemnified Party’s expense; provided further that the failure of any
Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not
relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this
Warrant, unless such failure is materially prejudicial to the
Indemnifying Party in defending such claim or litigation. An
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of an
action or claim effected without its written consent (which consent
will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). No Indemnifying
Party, in its defense of any such claim or litigation, shall,
except with the consent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) of the Indemnified Party consent to entry of
any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as
an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or
plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability
in respect to such claim or litigation.
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(iv) If the
indemnification provided for in this Section 9(e) is held by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party
or is insufficient to hold such Indemnified Party harmless with
respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred
to therein, then the Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of
such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying
Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
loss, liability, claim, damage or expense as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the
Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying
Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct
or prevent such statement or omission. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Holder’s aggregate liability pursuant to this
subsection (iv) shall be limited to the net amount received by the
Holder from the sale of Warrant Shares giving rise to such loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense (or actions in respect thereof)
less all other amounts paid as damages in respect
thereto.
(f) Additional
Covenants and Agreements of the Holder.
(i) The Holder agrees
that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening
of any event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment
to a prospectus relating to Warrant Shares so that, as thereafter
delivered to the Holder, 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 not misleading, the Holder will forthwith
discontinue disposition of Warrant Shares pursuant to the
Registration Statement and prospectus contemplated by Section 9(a) until its receipt of
copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus from the Company
and, if so directed by the Company, the Holder shall deliver to the
Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in the
Holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Warrant
Shares current at the time of receipt of such notice.
(ii) The Holder shall
suspend, upon written request of the Company, any disposition of
Warrant Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement and
prospectus contemplated by Section 9(a) during no more than 90
calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) during any
12-month period to the extent that the Board of Directors of the
Company determines in good faith that the sale of Warrant Shares
under the Registration Statement would be reasonably likely to
cause a violation of the Act or Exchange Act; provided, that, in
the event the Company requests such suspension, then the Expiration
Date shall be extended by a number of Trading Days equal to the
number of Trading Days that occur during such
suspension.
(iii) As a condition to
the inclusion of its Warrant Shares, the Holder shall furnish to
the Company such information regarding the Holder and the
distribution proposed by the Holder as the Company may reasonably
request in writing, including completing a Registration Statement
questionnaire in the form provided by the Company, or as shall be
required in connection with any registration referred to in this
Section
9.
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(iv) The Holder hereby
covenants with the Company (A) not to make any sale of the Warrant
Shares without effectively causing the prospectus delivery
requirements under the Act to be satisfied, and (B) if such Warrant
Shares are to be sold by any method or in any transaction other
than on a national securities exchange, Nasdaq or in the
over-the-counter market, in privately negotiated transactions, or
in a combination of such methods, to notify the Company at least
five Business Days prior to the date on which the Holder first
offers to sell any such Warrant Shares.
(v) The Holder
acknowledges and agrees that the Warrant Shares sold pursuant to
the Registration Statement are not transferable on the books of the
Company unless the stock certificate submitted to the transfer
agent evidencing such Warrant Shares is accompanied by a
certificate reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect
that (A) the Warrant Shares have been sold in accordance with such
Registration Statement and (B) the requirement of delivering a
current prospectus has been satisfied.
(vi) The Holder agrees
not to take any action with respect to any distribution deemed to
be made pursuant to such Registration Statement that would
constitute a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act or
any other applicable rule, regulation or law.
(vii) At the end of the
Registration Period, the Holders shall discontinue sales of shares
pursuant to such Registration Statement upon receipt of notice from
the Company of its intention to remove from registration the shares
covered by such Registration Statement which remain unsold, and
such Holders shall notify the Company of the number of shares
registered which remain unsold immediately upon receipt of such
notice from the Company.
(g) Additional
Covenants and Agreements of the Company. With a view to
making available to the Holder the benefits of certain rules and
regulations of the SEC that at any time permit the sale of the
Warrant Shares to the public without registration, so long as the
Holder still own Warrant Shares, the Company shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to:
(i) make and keep
public information available, as those terms are understood and
defined in Rule 144, at all times;
(ii) file with the SEC
in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the Exchange Act; and
(iii) so long as the
Holder owns any Warrant Shares, make available or furnish to the
Holder, upon any reasonable request, a written statement by the
Company as to its compliance with Rule 144 and of the Exchange Act,
a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the
Company, and such other reports and documents of the Company as the
Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or
regulation of the SEC allowing the Holder to sell any such
securities without registration.
(h) Assignment
of Registration Rights. The rights to
cause the Company to register Warrant Shares granted to the Holder
by the Company under Section 9(a) may be assigned by the
Holder in connection with a transfer by the Holder to a transferee
of the Warrants and all Warrant Shares, provided, however, that (i)
such transfer complies with all applicable securities laws and with
the terms and provisions of the Warrant; (ii) the Holder gives
prior written notice to the Company; and (iii) such transferee
agrees in writing to comply with the terms and provisions of the
Warrant, and has provided the Company with a completed Registration
Statement questionnaire in such form as is reasonably requested by
the Company.
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10. CERTAIN
TAX MATTERS.
(a) No
Deductions or Withholdings. The grant of this
Warrant shall be made free and clear of, and without any deduction
or withholding for or on account of, any current or future taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, charges or other deductions or
withholdings levied by any national, state, provincial or local
taxing authority, or will be grossed up by Company for such
amounts.
(b) Cooperation.
In addition, and in connection with the ownership by Holder of this
Warrant and any Class B Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
this Warrant, Company shall (and shall cause its subsidiaries to)
reasonably cooperate with the Holder, and use commercially
reasonable efforts to provide the Holder with all reasonably
requested information, records, and documents related to Company
and its subsidiaries that are necessary for, the completion of tax
and information returns of the Holder and its Affiliates (or their
direct or indirect equity owners) and their compliance with any
applicable tax laws, including with respect to withholding tax
obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (x)
in the event that Company makes or has made any actual or deemed
distribution to its stockholders, Company shall make commercially
reasonable efforts to provide to the Holder such information
regarding the current and accumulated “earnings and
profits” of Company (including any projections with respect
to current earnings and profits) as the Holder may reasonably
request in order to determine what portion (if any) of any such
distribution is a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes and
(y) Company shall (1) provide to the Holder, upon written request
and within thirty (30) days following such request, either (A) a
certification that Company is not a United States real property
holding company, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections
1.897-2(g)(1)(ii) and 1.897-2(h)(1) or (B) written notice of its
legal inability to provide such a certification, and (2) in
connection with the provision of any certification pursuant to the
preceding clause (1)(A), comply with the notice provisions set
forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2).
(c) Cashless
Exercise. If the Holder
elects to exercise this Warrant using the Cashless Exercise method
of payment, the Company, upon request of the Holder, shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to structure the exercise of this
Warrant in such a manner (as requested by the Holder) as to
maximize the after-tax returns to the Holder and its Affiliates (or
their direct or indirect equity owners), including, at the
Holder’s request, by treating the exercise as a
recapitalization within the meaning of Code Section
368(a)(1)(E).
11. NOTICES.
Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless
otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in writing,
(a) if delivered from within the domestic United States, by
first-class registered or certified airmail, or nationally
recognized overnight express courier, postage prepaid, or by email
or (b) if delivered from outside the United States, by
International Federal Express or by email and (c) will be deemed
given (i) if delivered by first-class registered or certified
domestic mail, three (3) Business Days after so mailed, (ii) if
delivered by nationally recognized overnight carrier, one (1)
Business Day after so mailed, (iii) if delivered by International
Federal Express, two (2) Business Days after so mailed, and (iv) if
delivered by email, upon receipt, and will be delivered and
addressed as follows:
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(a) If
to the Company, to
RumbleOn,
Inc.
901 W.
Walnut Hill Lane
Irving,
Texas 75038
Attention: Marshall
Chesrown and Peter Levy
Email:
Marshall Chesrown (marshall@rumbleon.com) and Peter Levy
(peter@rumbleon.com)
with a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Akerman
LLP
The
Main Las Olas
201
East Las Olas Boulevard
Suite
1800
Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33301
Attention: Michael
Francis, Christina Russo
Email:
Michael Francis (michael.francis@akerman.com) Christina Russo
(christina.russo@akerman.com)
(b) If
to the Holder, to
Oaktree
Capital Management, L.P.
333
South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor
Los
Angeles, California 90071
Tel:
954.463.2700
Attention:
Christine Pope; Mary Gallegly
Email:
Christine Pope (cpope@oaktreecapital.com);
Mary Gallegly (mgallegly@oaktreecapital.com)
with a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Akin
Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
One
Bryant Park
New
York, NY 10036
Attention: Elazar
Guttman
Email:
Elazar Guttman (eguttman@akingump.com)
The
Company shall give written notice to the Holder (i) reasonably
promptly following any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting
forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such
adjustment and (ii) at least ten (10) days prior to the date on
which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with
respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Class B
Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of
any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock,
warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record
holders of any class of shares of Class B Common Stock or (C) for
determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental
Transaction, dissolution or liquidation; provided, that in each case,
such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in
conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder; and
provided,
further, that the
failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the
delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporation
action required to be specified in such notice. Upon receipt or
delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms
of this Warrant, unless the Company has in good faith determined
that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute
material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its
subsidiaries, the Company shall contemporaneously with any such
receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic
information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise in
accordance with applicable laws. In the event that the Company
believes that a notice contains material, nonpublic information
relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, the Company so shall
indicate to such Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such
notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall
be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do
not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the
Company or its subsidiaries.
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12. NONCIRCUMVENTION.
The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not,
by amendment of its Articles or Bylaws, each as currently in
effect, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, 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 of this
Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the
provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required
to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the
par value of any shares of Class B Common Stock receivable upon the
exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect,
and (ii) shall use all reasonable efforts to take all such actions
as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may
validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Class B Common Stock upon the exercise of this
Warrant.
13. AMENDMENT
AND WAIVER. Except as
otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may not
be modified, amended or waived except pursuant to an instrument in
writing signed by the Company and the Holder. The Company may not
take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act
herein required to be performed by it without the written consent
of the Holder and the Holder may not take any action herein
prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be
performed by it without the written consent of the
Company.
14. GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL. This Warrant
shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with,
and all questions concerning the construction, validity,
interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed
by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule
(whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other
than the State of New York. THE
COMPANY AND THE HOLDER EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT
MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
15. CONSTRUCTION;
HEADINGS. This Warrant
shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder
and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter
hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of
reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation
of, this Warrant.
16. 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
email within two (2) Trading Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice
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 five (5) Trading Days after such disputed
determination or arithmetic calculation is submitted to the Holder,
then the Company shall, within two (2) Trading Days, submit via
email (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 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) Trading Days after the date that such
investment bank or accountant, as the case may be, receives the
disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment
bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as
the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent
demonstrable error. The expenses of the investment bank and
accountant will be borne by the Company unless the investment bank
or accountant determines that the determination of the Exercise
Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares by the
Company was correct, in which case the expenses of the investment
bank and accountant will be borne by the Holder.
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17. REMEDIES,
OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE
RELIEF.
The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in
addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant, at law
or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or
other injunctive relief). The Company acknowledges that a breach by
it of its obligations hereunder may cause irreparable harm to the
Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be
inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any
such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in
addition to all other available remedies, to seek an injunction
restraining any breach, specific performance and any other relief
that may be available from a court of competent jurisdiction, and
in any case no bond or other security shall be required in
connection therewith.
18. CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS. For purposes of
this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to
any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls,
is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it
being understood for purposes of this definition that
“control” of a Person means the power directly or
indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person whether by contract or otherwise.
(b) “Articles” means the
Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as may be amended from
time to time.
(c) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg
Financial Markets.
(d) “Board of Directors” means the
Board of Directors of the Company.
(e) “Business Day” means a day, other
than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York are open for
the general transaction of business.
(f) “Bylaws” means the Bylaws of the
Company, as amended and may be further amended from time to
time.
(g) “Class A Common Stock” means the
Company’s shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value
per share.
(h) “Class B Common Stock” means (i)
the Company’s shares of Class B Common Stock, $0.001 par
value per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Class B
Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting
from a reclassification of such Class B Common Stock.
(i) “Close of Business” means 4:00pm
New York City time.
(j) “Code” means the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (including any successor
statute).
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(k) “Commitment Termination” means the
termination of the Debt Commitment Letter and the commitments
thereunder in accordance with the terms of the Debt Commitment
Letter (except for a termination as a result of a breach by the
Commitment Party (as such term is defined in the Debt Commitment
Letter) to uphold its obligations pursuant to the Debt Commitment
Letter).
(l) “Common Stock” means the common
stock of the Company, as defined in the Articles, and including the
Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock.
(m) “Convertible Securities” means any
stock or securities directly or indirectly convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Class B Common Stock
except for such stock or securities issued as awards under the
Company’s equity incentive plan.
(n) “Debt Commitment Letter” means the
Commitment Letter, dated March 12, 2021, delivered by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
to the Company pursuant to which the Holder agreed to provide
certain financing to the Company in connection with the transaction
contemplated pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
(o) “Effective Price” means the amount
paid or payable to acquire shares of Class B Common Stock (or in
the case of Convertible Securities, the amount paid or payable to
acquire the Convertible Security, if any, plus the exercise price
for the underlying Class B Common Stock).
(p) “Eligible Market” means the
Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the NYSE
American LLC, The Nasdaq Stock Market, or the OTC Bulletin
Board.
(q) “Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(r) “Exercisability Date” means the
Closing Date, as such term is defined in the Merger
Agreement.
(s) “Expiration Date” means the
eighteen (18) month anniversary of the Exercisability Date;
provided, that in the event that after such date, the SEC issues
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, the Registration Statement is suspended by the Company
or ceases to remain continuously effective as to all Warrant Shares
for which it is required to be effective, then the Expiration Date
shall be extended by a number of Trading Days equal to the number
of Trading Days that occur during the period that such stop order
by the SEC has not been terminated or the Registration Statement is
suspended by the Company or ceases to remain
effective.
(t) “Fair Market Value” means, as of
the applicable date of determination, the fair market value of a
dividend or distribution as determined reasonably and in good faith
by the Board of Directors and the Holder; provided, that if the Board of
Directors and the Holder cannot mutually agree on a determination
of Fair Market Value within 30 days of the Ex-Date, the Fair Market
Value shall be determined by an independent appraiser selected by
the Board of Directors and reasonably satisfactory to the Holder
(the “Appraiser”). The determination of
Fair Market Value by the Appraiser shall be final and binding upon
the parties hereto, absent fraud or manifest error, and the Company
shall pay the fees and expenses of the Appraiser.
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(u) “Fully-Diluted Basis” means, at any
given time and without duplication, (x) the aggregate number
of Common Stock and Preferred Stock (as such terms are defined in
the Articles) and any other shares of the Company outstanding at
such time plus (y) the aggregate number of Common Stock and
Preferred Stock and any other shares of the Company issuable
(subject to readjustment upon the actual issuance thereof) upon the
exercise, conversion or exchange of any Convertible Security
outstanding at such time and plus (z) the maximum amount of Common
Stock and Preferred Stock reserved or contemplated to be issued
pursuant to any equity incentive plan of the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
(v) “Fundamental Transaction” means at
any time after the Exercisability Date and prior to the Expiration
Date (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including
through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more
related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into
(whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another
Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of
the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries”
(as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject
Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to
make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its shares of
Class B Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject
Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is
accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the
outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, (y) 50% of the
outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock calculated as if any
shares of Class B Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making
or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or
party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not
outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Class B Common Stock
such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated
with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender
or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of at least 50% of
the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, or (iv) consummate
a stock purchase or other business combination (including, without
limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme
of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such
Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either
(x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock,
(y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock
calculated as if any shares of Class B Common Stock held by all the
Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject
Entity making or party to, such stock purchase or other business
combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of
Class B Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become
collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of
Class B Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify
its shares of Class B Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall,
directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates
or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any
Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the
aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment,
conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in
outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, merger, consolidation,
business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off,
scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or
reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either
(x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented
by issued and outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, (y) at
least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by
issued and outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock not held by
all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Warrant calculated
as if any shares of Class B Common Stock held by all such Subject
Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares
of Class B Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company
sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory
short form merger or other transaction requiring other stockholders
of the Company to surrender their Class B Common Stock without
approval of the stockholders of the Company, or (C) directly or
indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or
otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance by the
Company of or the entering by the Company into any other instrument
or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that
circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this
definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise
than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the
extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this
definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended
treatment of such instrument or transaction.
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(w) “Group” means a “group”
as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and as
defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.
(x) “Merger Agreement” means that
certain Plan of Merger and Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of
the Issuance Date, by and among the Company, the Company, RO Merger
Sub I, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, RO Merger Sub II, Inc., an Arizona corporation and
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, RO Merger Sub III, Inc., an
Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, RO
Merger Sub IV, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company, C&W Motors, Inc., an Arizona
corporation, Metro Motorcycle, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Tucson
Motorcycles, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and Tucson Motorsports,
Inc., an Arizona corporation, William Coulter, an individual, Mark
Tkach, an individual, and each other Person (as defined therein)
who owns an Equity Interest (as defined therein) in any Transferred
Entity (as defined therein) and executes a Seller Joinder (as
defined therein), and Tkach, as the representative of the Sellers
(as defined therein).
(y) “Merger Closing” means the Closing,
as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement.
(z) “Options” means any rights,
warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Class B
Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
(aa) “Parent Entity” of a Person means
an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable
Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is
quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than
one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with
the largest public market capitalization as of the date of
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
(bb) “Person” means an individual, a
limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a
corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other
entity and a government or any department or agency
thereof.
(cc) “Principal Market” means the NASDAQ
Capital Market.
(dd) “Record Date” means, with respect
to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in
which the holders of Class B Common Stock have the right to receive
any cash, securities or other property or in which Class B Common
Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted
into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the
date fixed for determination of holders of Class B Common Stock
entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property
(whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by
statute, contract or otherwise).
(ee) “Standard Settlement Period” means
the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading
Days, on the Company’s primary trading market with respect to
the Class B Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of
the Exercise Notice.
(ff) “Subject Entity” means any Person,
Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person,
Persons or Group.
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(gg) “Subsidiary” means, as to any
Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of
which at least a majority of the securities or other interests
having by their terms voting power to elect a majority of the board
of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to
such corporation or other organization is directly or indirectly
beneficially owned or controlled by such party or by any one or
more of its subsidiaries, or by such party and one or more of its
subsidiaries.
(hh) “Successor Entity” means the Person
(or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by,
resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the
Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with
which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered
into.
(ii) “Trading Day” means any day on
which the Class B Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market,
or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for
the Class B Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange
or securities market on which the Class B Common Stock is then
traded; provided
that “Trading Day” shall not include any day that the
Class B Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final
hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or
market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on
such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00
p.m., New York Time).
(jj) “Transfer Agent” means West Coast Stock Transfer,
Inc., or any other
successor Person appointed to act in the capacity of transfer agent
of the Company.
(kk) “Treasury Regulations” means the
final or temporary regulations issued by the United States
Department of Treasury pursuant to its authority under the Code,
and any successor regulations.
(ll) “Warrant Price” means the price per
share of Class B Common Stock equivalent to the lowest price per
share of the Class B Common Stock issued by the Company in
connection with the Equity Issuance (as such term is defined in the
Debt Commitment Letter).
(mm) “Warrant Shares” means that number
of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to $40,000,000 divided by
the Warrant Price. Warrant shares are fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Class B Common Stock.
(nn) “Weighted Average Price” means, for
any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average
price for such security on the Principal Market during the period
beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time, and ending at
4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg through
its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing
does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such
security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin
board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01
a.m., New York City time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City
time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted
average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such
hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest
closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as
reported in the OTC Pink Market maintained by OTC Markets Group
Inc. If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for such
security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted
Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair
market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder.
If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair
market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved
pursuant to Section
14 with the term
“Weighted Average Price” being substituted for the term
“Exercise Price.” All such determinations shall be
appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split or other
similar transaction during such period.
[Signature
Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has
caused this Warrant to Purchase Class B Common Stock to be duly
executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.
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RUMBLEON,
INC.
By: /s/ Steve
Berrard
Name:
Steve
Berrard
Title:
CFO
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Accepted
as of the date first written above:
OAKTREE
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.,
Solely
as manager on behalf of certain funds or accounts within its
Strategic Credit Strategy
By:
/s/ Christine
Pope
Name:
Christine
Pope
Title:
Managing Director
[Signature
Page to Class B Common Warrant]
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EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS WARRANT TO
PURCHASE CLASS b COMMON STOCK
RUMBLEON, INC.
The
undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase
[_________] shares of Class B Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of RumbleOn,
Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the
attached Warrant to Purchase Class B Common Stock (the
“Warrant”).
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
1.
Exercise Price. The
Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as
(check one):
☐ Cash Exercise under
Section
1(a).
☐ Cashless Exercise
under Section
1(d).
2.
Cash Exercise. If
the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise, the Holder shall pay the
sum of $[_________] to the Company in accordance with the terms of
the Warrant.
3.
Delivery of Warrant
Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder Warrant
Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. If the shares
are to be delivered electronically, please complete the Depositary
information below.
DATED:
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(Signature must
conform in all respects to name of the Holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant)
Registered
Holder
Address:
_________________________________
If
shares are to be delivered electronically:
Broker
name:
Broker
Depositary account #:
Account
at Broker shares are to be delivered to:
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AGSH&F Draft 3/9/2021
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The
Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice.
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RUMBLEON,
INC.
By:________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF COMMITMENT TERMINATION WARRANT
THIS
WARRANT AND ANY SHARES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, DONATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION PROVISIONS OF
APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR APPLICABLE
EXEMPTIONS THEREFROM.
RUMBLEON, INC.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE CLASS B COMMON STOCK1
Date of
Issuance: March 12, 2021 (“Issuance Date”)
RumbleOn, Inc., a
Nevada corporation (the “Company”), certifies that, for
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, [Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.], the
registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the
“Holder”), is
entitled, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, to
purchase from the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined in
Section
1(c) below) then in
effect, upon surrender of this Warrant to Purchase Class B Common
Stock (including any Warrants to purchase Class B Common Stock
issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the
“Warrant”), at
any time or times on or after the Exercisability Date (as defined
below), but not after 11:59 p.m., New York Time, on the Expiration
Date (as defined below), the Warrant Shares (as defined below).
Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this
Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 18.
1. EXERCISE
OF WARRANT.
(a) Mechanics
of Exercise
.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this Warrant may be
exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Exercisability
Date, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of a written notice
(including via email), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
(the “Exercise
Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise
this Warrant to the Company, and (ii) if the Holder is not electing
a Cashless Exercise (as defined below) pursuant to Section 1(d) of this Warrant, payment
to the Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price
multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant
is being exercised (the “Aggregate Exercise Price”) in cash
or wire transfer of immediately available funds (a
“Cash
Exercise”). The Holder shall not be required to
surrender this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder,
provided, that in the event of an exercise of this Warrant for all
Warrant Shares then issuable hereunder, the Holder shall surrender
this Warrant to the Company by the third (3rd) Trading Day
following the Share Delivery Date (as defined below). On or before
the first (1st) Trading Day
following the date on which the Company has received the Exercise
Notice, the Company shall transmit by email an acknowledgement of
confirmation of receipt of the Exercise Notice to the
_____________________
1 Note to Draft: Akerman to deliver
customary legal opinion in connection with the issuance of this
Warrant.
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Holder.
No ink original or medallion guarantee shall be required on any
Exercise Notice. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares
purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the
Holder by (x)(i) crediting the account of the Holder’s
or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust
Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (or
any equivalent or replacement system) if the Company is then a
participant in such system and if the Warrant Shares may be so
delivered, and (ii) either (with respect to the Common Stock)
(A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the
issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares
by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by
the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to
Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrant), or (ii)
otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate or copy of
book-entry form representing such shares, registered in the
Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its
designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is
entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the
Holder in the Exercise Notice, by the date that is the earlier of
(i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the
Exercise Notice, and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the
Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the
Exercise Notice (such date, the “Share Delivery Date”),
provided, that,
except in the case of a cashless exercise of the Warrant, the
Company shall have received the Aggregate Exercise Price payable by
the Holder for the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder on or prior
to the applicable Share Delivery Date. If this Warrant is submitted
in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant
Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is
greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an
exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no
event later than two (2) Trading Days after any exercise and at the
Company’s own expense, issue a new Warrant (in accordance
with Section
8(e)) representing
the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable
immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the
number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is
exercised. The Company shall pay any and all taxes that may be
payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares
upon exercise of this Warrant. The Company agrees that the Transfer
Agent shall at all times be a participant in the FAST program (or
any equivalent or replacement program) so long as this Warrant
remains outstanding and exercisable. Upon delivery of the Exercise
Notice, so long as the Aggregate Exercise Price, in the case of a
Cash Exercise, is delivered to the Company on or before the first
(1st)
Trading Day following delivery of the Exercise Notice, 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 such Warrant
Shares are issued and deposited into the Holder’s account
with the Transfer Agent. If the Aggregate Exercise Price, in the
case of a Cash Exercise, is delivered to the Company any time after
the first (1st) Trading Day
following delivery of the Exercise Notice, 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 on the date of delivery of the Aggregate Exercise
Price.
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(b) Failure
to Deliver and Buy-In Remedy. If the Company
fails for any reason (other than failure to receive any applicable
Aggregate Exercise Price) to deliver to the Holder the Warrant
Shares subject to an Exercise Notice 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 Warrant Shares subject to
such exercise (based on the Weighted Average Price of the Class B
Common Stock on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice), $10
per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth
(5th)
Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each
Trading Day after such Share Delivery Date until such Warrant
Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise as provided
in the next sentence, provided, however, that Holder shall not
be entitled to any liquidated damages pursuant to this sentence if
Holder is entitled to a cash payment in connection with a Buy-In.
Any payments made pursuant to this Section 1(b) shall not constitute the
Holder’s exclusive remedy for such events; provided further, however, that any
payments made by the Company pursuant to this Section 1(b) shall reduce the amount
of any damages that the Holder may be entitled to as a remedy for
such events. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to
transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 1(a) by the Share Delivery
Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the
Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to issue and deposit into
the Holder’s account with the Transfer Agent such number of
Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled upon the
Holder’s exercise pursuant to an exercise on or before the
Share Delivery Date, and if after such Share Delivery Date the
Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm
otherwise purchases, shares of Class B Common Stock to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which
the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a
“Buy-In”), then
the Company shall (i) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any,
by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Class B Common
Stock, so purchased in such Buy-In exceeds (y) the amount obtained
by multiplying (1) the number of shares of Class B Common Stock
purchased in such Buy-In by (2) the price at which the sell order
giving rise to such Buy-In was executed, and (ii) at the option of
the Holder, either 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) or
deliver to Holder the number of shares of Class B Common Stock that
would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its
exercise and delivery obligations hereunder (in which case, if
Holder has not previously delivered to the Company the Aggregate
Exercise Price for such shares of Class B Common Stock, Holder
shall be required to deliver such Aggregate Exercise Price to the
Company prior the delivery of such shares of Class B Common
Stock).
(c) Exercise
Price. For purposes of
this Warrant, “Exercise
Price” initially means the Warrant Price, subject to
adjustment as provided herein. For the avoidance of doubt, all
references to the “Exercise Price” herein refers to the
then current Exercise Price.
(d) Cashless
Exercise. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, the Holder may, in its
sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in
lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made
to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate
Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the
“Net Number” of shares of Class B Common Stock
determined according to the following formula (a
“Cashless
Exercise”):
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Net
Number = (A x B) - (A x
C)
B
For
purposes of the foregoing formula:
A= the
total number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant
is then being exercised.
B= the
Weighted Average Price of the shares of Class B Common Stock (as
reported by Bloomberg) on the date immediately preceding the date
of the Exercise Notice.
C= the
Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at
the time of such exercise.
The
Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Warrant Shares issued
in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the
Holder pursuant to Rule 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act.
(e) No
Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional
shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon
the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share that
the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such
exercise, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of
such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied
by the Exercise Price.
2. ADJUSTMENT
OF EXERCISE PRICE. The Exercise
Price for the Warrant Shares shall be subject to adjustment
(without duplication) upon the occurrence of any of the following
events at any time after the Exercisability Date:
(a) Stock
Dividends, Combinations and Splits. The issuance of
Common Stock as a dividend or distribution to all holders of Class
B Common Stock, or a subdivision, combination, split, reverse split
or reclassification of the outstanding shares of Class B Common
Stock into a greater or smaller number of shares, in which event
the Exercise Price shall be adjusted based on the following
formula:
where:
E1
=
the Exercise Price
in effect immediately after (i) 9:00 a.m., New York City
time (the “Open of
Business”) on the first date on which the Class B
Common Stock can be traded without the right to receive an issuance
or distribution (the “Ex-Date”) in the case of a
dividend or distribution or (ii) the consummation of the
transaction in the case of a subdivision, combination, split,
reverse split or reclassification;
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E0
=
the Exercise Price
in effect immediately prior to (i) the Open of Business on the
Ex-Date in the case of a dividend or distribution or (ii) the
consummation of the transaction in the case of a subdivision,
combination, split, reverse split or reclassification;
N0
=
the number of
shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to
(i) the Open of Business on the Record Date in the case of a
dividend or distribution or (ii) the consummation of the
transaction in the case of a subdivision, combination, split,
reverse split or reclassification; and
N1
=
the number of
shares of Class B Common Stock equal to (i) in the case of a
dividend or distribution, the sum of the number of shares
outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Record
Date for such dividend or distribution plus the total number of
shares issued pursuant to such dividend or distribution or
(ii) in the case of a subdivision, combination, split, reverse
split or reclassification, the number of shares outstanding
immediately after such subdivision, combination, split, reverse
split or reclassification.
Such
adjustment shall become effective immediately after (i) the
Open of Business on the Ex-Date in the case of a dividend or
distribution or (ii) the consummation of the transaction in
the case of a subdivision, combination, split, reverse split or
reclassification. If any dividend or distribution or subdivision,
combination, split, reverse split or reclassification of the type
described in this Section 2 is declared or announced but
not so paid or made, the Exercise Price shall again be adjusted to
the Exercise Price that would then be in effect if such dividend or
distribution or subdivision, combination, split, reverse split or
reclassification had not been declared or announced, as the case
may be. If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the
provisions of this Section 2(a) but not expressly provided
for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting
of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights
with equity features to the holders of the Company’s equity
securities), then the Board of Directors will make an appropriate
adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares
so as to protect the rights of the Holder; provided, that no such
adjustment pursuant to this paragraph will increase the Exercise
Price or decrease the number of Warrant Shares as otherwise
determined pursuant to this Section 2.
(b) Below
Exercise Price Issuances. Other than any
dividend or distribution covered in Section 2(c), below, if there is an
issuance of Convertible Securities (other than the issuance of
Class B Common Stock upon the exercise of any Convertible
Securities outstanding, and at the Effective Price in effect (as
may be adjusted as provided for in the instrument governing such
Convertible Security), as of the date of the Merger Agreement) with
an Effective Price lower than the Exercise Price, the Exercise
Price will be adjusted to be the Effective Price of such
Convertible Securities being issued. Such adjustment shall become
effective immediately after the Open of Business on the second
Business Day preceding (i) the Ex-Date in the case of a dividend or
distribution or (ii) the date of the issuance in the case of an
issuance other than a dividend or distribution. In the event that
an issuance of such Convertible Securities is announced but such
Convertible Securities are not so issued, the Exercise Price shall
again be adjusted to be the Exercise Price that would then be in
effect if such issuance had not occurred.
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(c) Other
Dividends and Distributions. The issuance as a
dividend or distribution to any holders of Class B Common Stock of
evidences of indebtedness, shares of capital stock or other
securities (other than Common Stock that is the subject of
Section
2(a) above, or
Purchase Rights that are the subject of Section 4(b) below), cash or other
property, in which event the Exercise Price will be adjusted based
on the following formula:
where:
E1
=
the Exercise Price
in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Date for
such dividend or distribution;
E0
=
the Exercise Price
in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Date
for such dividend or distribution;
P
=
the Weighted
Average Price of a share of Class B Common Stock immediately prior
to the Open of Business on the second Business Day preceding the
Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution; and
FMV
=
the Fair Market
Value of the portion of such dividend or distribution applicable to
one share of Class B Common Stock as of the Open of Business on the
Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution.
Such
decrease shall become effective immediately after the Open of
Business on the Ex-Date for such dividend or distribution. In the
event that such dividend or distribution is declared or announced
but not so paid or made, the Exercise Price shall again be adjusted
to be the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such
distribution had not been declared or announced.
(d) Tender
or Exchange Offer. The payment in
respect of any tender offer or exchange offer by the Company for
outstanding Class B Common Stock on a pro rata basis, where the
cash and Weighted Average Price of any other consideration included
in the payment per share of the Class B Common Stock exceeds the
Weighted Average Price of a share of Class B Common Stock as of the
Open of Business on the second Business Day preceding the
expiration date of the tender or exchange offer (the
“Offer Expiration
Date”), in which event the Exercise Price will be
adjusted based on the following formula:
where:
E1
=
the Exercise Price
in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the Offer
Expiration Date;
E0
=
the Exercise Price
in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Offer
Expiration Date;
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N0
=
the number of
shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
expiration of the tender or exchange offer (prior to giving effect
to the purchase or exchange of shares);
N1
=
the number of
shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding immediately after the
expiration of the tender or exchange offer (after giving effect to
the purchase or exchange of shares);
A
=
the aggregate cash
and Weighted Average Price of any other consideration payable for
shares of Class B Common Stock purchased in such tender offer or
exchange offer; and
P
=
the Weighted
Average Price of a share of Class B Common Stock as of the Open of
Business on the second Business Day preceding the Offer Expiration
Date.
An
adjustment, if any, to the Exercise Price pursuant to this
Section
2(d) shall become
effective immediately after the Close of Business on the Offer
Expiration Date. In the event that the Company or a Subsidiary of
the Company is obligated to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock
pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the
Company or such Subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable
law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are
rescinded, then the Exercise Price shall again be adjusted to be
the Exercise Price which would then be in effect if such tender
offer or exchange offer had not been made. Except as set forth in
the preceding sentence, if the application of this Section 2(d) to any tender offer or
exchange offer would result in an increase in the Exercise Price,
no adjustment shall be made for such tender offer or exchange offer
under this Section
2(d).
(e) Multiple
Adjustments. If any single
action would require adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to
more than one subsection of this Section 2, only one adjustment shall be
made and such adjustment shall be the amount of adjustment that has
the highest, relative to the rights and interests of the registered
holders of the Warrants then outstanding, absolute value. For the
purpose of calculations pursuant to this Section 2, the number of shares of
Class B Common Stock outstanding shall be based solely on the
number of shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding on the
applicable date of determination, without giving effect to the
conversion of any Convertible Securities outstanding as of such
date.
(f) Adjustment
Timing. Solely with
respect to an exercise of this Warrant for Class B Common Stock,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Section
2 or any other
provision of this Warrant, if an Exercise Price adjustment becomes
effective on any Ex-Date, and a Holder that has exercised this
Warrant on or after such Ex-Date and on or prior to the related
Record Date would be treated as the record holder of the Class B
Common Stock on or prior to such Record Date, then, the Exercise
Price adjustment relating to such Ex-Date will not be made for such
exercising Holder. Instead, such Holder will be treated as if it
were the record owner of shares of Class B Common Stock on an
un-adjusted basis and participate in the related dividend,
distribution or other event giving rise to such
adjustment.
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3. ADJUSTMENTS
TO NUMBER OF WARRANTS. Concurrently with
any adjustment to the Exercise Price under Section 2 (other than Section 2(b)), the number of Warrant
Shares hereunder will be adjusted such that the number of Warrant
Shares in effect immediately following the effectiveness of such
adjustment will be equal to the number of Warrant Shares in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction,
(i) the numerator of which is the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment, and (ii) the denominator
of which is the Exercise Price in effect immediately following such
adjustment.
4. PURCHASE
RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.
(a) Purchase
Rights. If at any time
after the Exercisability Date and prior to the Expiration Date the
Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities
or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property
pro rata to all of the record holders of any class of shares of
Class B Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder
will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such
Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder
could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of
Class B Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this
Warrant, assuming a Cash Exercise for Class B Common Stock (in both
cases, and without regard to any limitations on the exercise of
this Warrant) on the date on which a record is taken for the grant,
issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is
taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Class B
Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of
such Purchase Rights.
(b) Fundamental
Transactions. Upon the
occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is
neither the Successor Entity nor the Parent Entity of the Successor
Entity, 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 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
with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as
the Company herein. Upon consummation of any Fundamental
Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Class B Common
Stock are entitled to receive shares of stock, securities, cash,
assets or any other property with respect to or in exchange for
shares of Class B Common Stock, the Successor Entity shall deliver
to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise
of this Warrant at any time after the consummation of such
Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of, or in addition to, the shares
of the Class B Common Stock (or other share of stock, securities,
cash, assets or other property purchasable upon the exercise of the
Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction), such shares of
stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever
(including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights), if
any, that the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the
happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as
adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. In
addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder,
prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant
to which holders of shares of Class B Common Stock are entitled to
receive shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other
property with respect to or in exchange for shares of Class B
Common Stock, the Company shall make appropriate provision to
ensure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive
upon exercise of this Warrant within thirty (30) days after the
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction but, in any event,
prior to the Expiration Date, in lieu of, or in addition to, the
Warrant Shares (or other securities, cash, assets or other
property) purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant prior to
such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities,
cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants
or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would
have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such
Fundamental Transaction had the Warrant been exercised immediately
prior to such Fundamental Transaction.
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5. RESERVATION
OF WARRANT SHARES. The Company
covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out
of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise
unreserved shares of Class B Common Stock, solely for the purpose
of enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this
Warrant as herein provided, at least a number of shares of Class B
Common Stock equal to 100% of the number of shares of Class B
Common Stock which are then issuable and deliverable upon the Cash
Exercise of this entire Warrant for shares of Class B Common Stock,
assuming a Cash Exercise of the Warrant (the “Required Reserve Amount”), free
from preemptive or any other contingent purchase rights of Persons
other than the Holder (taking into account the adjustments and
restrictions in Section 2). The Company covenants that
all shares of Class B Common Stock so issuable and deliverable
shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise
Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly
authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable. The Company
will take all such actions as may be reasonably necessary,
including but not limited to seeking stockholder approval, to
assure that such shares of Class B Common Stock may be issued as
provided herein without violation of any applicable law or
regulation, or of any requirements of any Eligible Market upon
which the Class B Common Stock may be listed.
6. INSUFFICIENT
AUTHORIZED SHARES. If at any time
while this Warrant remains outstanding the Company does not have
reserved for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant at least the
then Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share Failure”), then
the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase
the Company’s authorized shares of Class B Common Stock to an
amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required
Reserve Amount for this Warrant then outstanding. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable
after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure,
but in no event later than one hundred and twenty (120) days after
the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall
hold a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase
in the number of authorized shares of Class B Common Stock. In
connection with such meeting, the Company shall provide each
stockholder with a proxy statement and shall use its reasonable
best efforts to solicit its stockholders’ approval of such
increase in authorized shares of Class B Common Stock and to cause
the Board of Directors to recommend to the stockholders that they
approve such proposal.
7. WARRANT
HOLDER NOT DEEMED A STOCKHOLDER. Except as
otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in such
Person’s capacity as a Holder, shall not be entitled to vote
or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of share capital of
the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this
Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in such
Person’s capacity as a Holder, any of the rights of a
stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold
consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue
of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger,
conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive
dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the
issuance to the Holder which such Person is then entitled to
receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing
contained in this Warrant shall be construed as imposing any
liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise
of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company,
whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by
creditors of the Company.
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8. REGISTRATION
AND REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.
(a) Registration
of Warrant. The Company shall
register this Warrant, upon the records to be maintained by the
Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of
the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem
and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute
owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any
distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent
actual notice to the contrary. The Company shall also register any
transfer, exchange, reissuance or cancellation of any portion of
this Warrant in the Warrant Register. This Warrant shall
automatically be cancelled at 11:59:01 p.m., New York time, on the
Expiration Date and upon such cancellation, the Company shall
register the cancellation of this Warrant in the Warrant
Register.
(b) Transfer
of Warrant. This Warrant may
be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the
consent of the Company, except as may otherwise be required by
applicable securities laws. Subject to applicable securities laws,
if this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender
this Warrant to the Company, together with all applicable transfer
taxes and all additional documentation (including, without
limitation, an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Company) reasonably requested by the Company to confirm that any
such transfer of this Warrant complies with applicable securities
laws, whereupon the Company will promptly issue and deliver upon
the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with
Section
8(e)), registered
as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the
number of Warrant Shares being transferred by the Holder and, if
less than the total number of Warrant Shares then underlying this
Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with
Section
8(e)) to the Holder
representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares not
being transferred. The acceptance and execution of the new Warrant
by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such
transferee of all of the rights and obligations in respect of the
new Warrant that the Holder has in respect of this
Warrant.
(c) Lost,
Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by
the Company 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, if requested by the
Company, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the
Company in customary form by the Holder to the Company (but without
the requirement to post a bond) and, in the case of mutilation,
upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company shall
execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with
Section
8(e)) representing
the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying this
Warrant.
(d) Exchangeable
for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is
exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the
principal office of the Company, together with all applicable
transfer taxes, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with
Section
8(e)) representing
in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares
then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will
represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Shares
as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender;
provided,
however, that the
Company shall not be required to issue new Warrants for fractional
Warrant Shares hereunder.
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(e) Issuance
of New Warrants. Whenever the
Company or its Transfer Agent, as directed by the Company, is
required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this
Warrant, such new Warrant shall (i) be of like tenor with this
Warrant, (ii) represent, as indicated on the face of such new
Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Shares then underlying
this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant
to Section
8(b) or
Section
8(c), the Warrant
Shares designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of
shares of Class B Common Stock underlying the other new Warrants
issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number
of Warrant Shares then underlying this Warrant), (iii) have an
issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which
is the same as the Issuance Date and (iv) have the same terms and
conditions as this Warrant.
9. REGISTRATION
RIGHTS.
(a) Filing
of Registration Statement. As soon as
reasonably practicable, but in no event later than thirty (30) days
after a Commitment Termination occurs (such date of filing is
referred to as the “Filing
Date”), the Company shall file a registration
statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares on a
registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the
SEC and effect the registration, qualifications or compliances
(including, without limitation, the execution of any required
undertaking to file post-effective amendments, appropriate
qualifications or exemptions under applicable blue sky or other
state securities laws and appropriate compliance with applicable
securities laws, requirements or regulations) as promptly as
possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the
date that is sixty (60) days after the Filing Date.
(b) Expenses.
All registration expenses incurred in connection with any
registration, qualification, exemption or compliance pursuant to
this Section
9 shall be borne by
the Company.
(c) Registration
Defaults. The Company
further agrees that, in the event that the Registration Statement
(i) has not been filed with the SEC by the date such filing is
required pursuant to Section 9(a), (ii) has not been
declared effective by the SEC by the date such filing is required
pursuant to Section
9(a) (or, in the
event the Company receives comments on such Registration Statement,
the date that is ninety (90) days after the Filing Date), or (iii)
after the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC,
is suspended by the Company or ceases to remain continuously
effective as to all Warrant Shares for which it is required to be
effective, other than, in each case, within the time period(s)
permitted by Section
9(f)(ii) (each such event referred to in clauses (i), (ii)
and (iii), (a “Registration
Default”)), for any thirty-day period (a
“Penalty
Period”) during which the Registration Default remains
uncured (which initial thirty-day period shall commence on the
fifth Business Day after the date of such Registration Default if
such Registration Default has not been cured by such date), the
Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced by an amount equal
to one percent (1%) of such Exercise Price for each Penalty Period
during which the Registration Default remains uncured; provided, however, that if the Holder
fails to provide the Company with any information that is required
to be provided in the Registration Statement with respect to the
Holder as set forth herein, then the commencement of the Penalty
Period described above shall be extended until five Business Days
following the date of receipt by the Company of such required
information; provided further, that the amount
payable to the Holder hereunder for any partial Penalty Period
shall be prorated for the number of actual days during such Penalty
Period during which a Registration Default remains uncured. The
Company shall deliver said cash payment to the Holder by the fifth
Business Day after the end of such Penalty Period. If the Company
fails to pay said cash payment to the Holder in full by the fifth
Business Day after the end of such Penalty Period, the Company will
pay interest thereon at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum (or
such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by
applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such
liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such
interest thereon, are paid in full.
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(d) Registration
Period Covenants. In the case of
the registration, qualification, exemption or compliance effected
by the Company pursuant to this Warrant, the Company shall, upon
reasonable request, inform the Holder as to the status of such
registration, qualification, exemption and compliance. At its
expense, during the Registration Period, the Company
shall:
(i) except for such
times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of
the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement under
Section 9(f)(ii),
use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such registration,
and any qualification, exemption or compliance under state
securities laws that the Company determines to obtain, continuously
effective with respect to the Holder, and to keep such Registration
Statement free of any material misstatements or omissions, until
the later of the following: (i) the second anniversary of the
applicable Exercisability Date and (ii) the date all Warrant Shares
may be sold under Rule 144 during any 90 day period without volume
or manner of sale limitations. The period of time during which the
Company is required hereunder to keep the Registration Statement
effective is referred to herein as the “Registration Period;”
(ii) advise the
Holders:
(A) within two Business
Days when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has
been filed with the SEC and when the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
(B) within five
Business Days of any request by the SEC for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus
included therein or for additional information;
(C) within five
Business Days of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for such purpose;
(D) within five
Business Days of the receipt by the Company of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Warrant
Shares included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;
and
(E) within five
Business Days of the occurrence of any event that requires the
making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the
prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not
misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the
case of the prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made) not misleading; provided that, the Company
shall not be required to provide, and shall not provide, the Holder
or its representatives with material, non-public information unless
the Holder agrees to receive such information and enters into a
written confidentiality agreement with the Company in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Company;
(F) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any
order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as
soon as reasonably practicable;
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(G) promptly deliver to
the Holder, without charge, as many copies of the prospectus
included in such Registration Statement and any amendment or
supplement thereto as the Holder may reasonably request in writing;
and the Company consents to the use, consistent with the provisions
hereof, of the prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by
the Holder of Warrant Shares in connection with the offering and
sale of the Warrant Shares covered by the prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto;
(H) if the Holder so
requests in writing, deliver to the Holder, without charge, (i) one
copy of the following documents, other than those documents
available via EDGAR: (A) its annual report to its stockholders, if
any (which annual report shall contain financial statements audited
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America by a firm of certified public accountants
of recognized standing), (B) if not included in substance in its
annual report to stockholders, its annual report on Form 10-K (or
similar form), (C) its definitive proxy statement with respect to
its annual meeting of stockholders, (D) each of its quarterly
reports to its stockholders, and, if not included in substance in
its quarterly reports to stockholders, its quarterly report on Form
10-Q (or similar form), and (E) a copy of the full Registration
Statement (the foregoing, in each case, excluding exhibits); and
(ii) if explicitly requested, all exhibits excluded by the
parenthetical to the immediately preceding clause (E);
(I) prior to any public
offering of Warrant Shares pursuant to any Registration Statement,
promptly take such actions as may be necessary to register or
qualify or obtain an exemption for offer and sale under the
securities or blue sky laws of such United States jurisdictions as
any such Holders reasonably request in writing, provided that the
Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify
generally to transact business as a foreign corporation in any
jurisdiction where it is not so qualified or to consent to general
service of process in any such jurisdiction, and do any and all
other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable
the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Warrant Shares
covered by such Registration Statement;
(J) upon the occurrence
of any event contemplated by Section 9(d)(ii)(E) above, except for
such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use
of the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, the
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as soon as
reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus,
or file any other required document so that, as thereafter
delivered to purchasers of the Warrant Shares included therein, the
prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading;
(K) otherwise use its
commercially reasonable efforts to comply in all material respects
with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC that could
affect the sale of the Warrant Shares;
(L) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Warrant Shares to be
listed on each securities exchange or market, if any, on which
equity securities issued by the Company have been
listed;
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(M) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary
to effect the registration of the Warrant Shares contemplated
hereby and to enable the Holders to sell Warrant Shares under Rule
144;
(N) provide to the
Holder and its representatives, if requested, the opportunity to
conduct a reasonable inquiry of the Company’s financial and
other records during normal business hours and make available on
reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours its
officers, directors and employees for questions regarding
information that the Holder may reasonably request in order to
fulfill any due diligence obligation on its part; and
(O) at the
Holder’s expense, permit a single counsel for the Holder to
review the Registration Statement and all amendments and
supplements thereto, at least two Business Days prior to the filing
thereof with the SEC;
(iii) upon request from
the Holder, take all customary actions, and to cause the Transfer
Agent to take all reasonable actions, necessary to remove any
legend on the Warrant Shares at the earliest possible time
permitted by applicable law; and
(iv) provide a legal
opinion of the Company's outside counsel, dated the effective date
of such Registration Statement, with respect to the Registration
Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus
included therein (including the preliminary prospectus) and such
other documents relating thereto in customary form and covering
such matters of the type customarily covered by legal opinions of
such nature.
(e) Indemnity.
(i) To the extent
permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify the Holder and each
person controlling the Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act, with respect to which any registration that has been
effected pursuant to this Section 9, against all claims, losses,
damages and liabilities (or action in respect thereof), including
any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation,
commenced or threatened (subject to Section 9(e)(iii) below),
arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue
statement) of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereof, or
other document incident to any such registration, qualification or
compliance or based on 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, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, or any violation by the
Company of any rule or regulation promulgated by the Act applicable
to the Company and relating to any action or inaction required of
the Company in connection with any such registration, qualification
or compliance, and will reimburse the Holder and each person
controlling the Holder, for reasonable legal and other
out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability
or action as incurred; provided that the Company will
not be liable in any such case to the extent that any untrue
statement or omission or allegation thereof is made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of the Holder for use in preparation of
such Registration Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement;
provided
further that the
Company will not be liable in any such case where the claim, loss,
damage or liability arises out of or is related to the failure of
the Holder to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in
this Warrant respecting sales of Warrant Shares, and except that
the foregoing indemnity agreement is subject to the condition that,
insofar as it relates to any such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the
preliminary prospectus but eliminated or remedied in the amended
prospectus on file with the SEC at the time the Registration
Statement becomes effective or in the amended prospectus filed with
the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) or in the prospectus subject to
completion under Rule 434 of the Act, which together meet the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act (the “Final Prospectus”), such indemnity
shall not inure to the benefit of the Holder or any such
controlling person, if a copy of the Final Prospectus furnished by
the Company to the Holder for delivery was not furnished to the
person or entity asserting the loss, liability, claim or damage at
or prior to the time such furnishing is required by the Act and the
Final Prospectus would have cured the defect giving rise to such
loss, liability, claim or damage.
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(ii) The Holder will
severally, and not jointly, indemnify the Company, each of its
directors and officers, and each person who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against all claims,
losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof),
including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any
litigation, commenced or threatened (subject to Section 9(e)(iii) below),
arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue
statement) of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereof,
incident to any such registration, or based on 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, in light of the circumstances in which they were made,
and will reimburse the Company, such directors and officers, and
each person controlling the Company for reasonable legal and any
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating
or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action as
incurred, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
such untrue statement or omission or allegation thereof is made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of the Holder about the Holder for
use in preparation of the Registration Statement, prospectus,
amendment or supplement; provided that the indemnity
shall not apply to the extent that such claim, loss, damage or
liability results from the fact that a current copy of the
prospectus was not made available to the person or entity asserting
the loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the time such
furnishing is required by the Act and the Final Prospectus would
have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or
liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder’s
aggregate liability pursuant to this subsection (ii) shall be
limited to the net amount received by the Holder from the sale of
the Warrant Shares giving rise to such claims, losses, damages and
liabilities (and actions in respect thereof).
(iii) Each party entitled
to indemnification under this Section 9(e) (the
“Indemnified
Party”) shall give notice to the party required to
provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly
after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as
to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying
Party (at its expense) to assume the defense of any such claim or
any litigation resulting therefrom; provided that counsel for the
Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or
litigation, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose
approval shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed), and the
Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such
Indemnified Party’s expense; provided further that the failure of any
Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not
relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this
Warrant, unless such failure is materially prejudicial to the
Indemnifying Party in defending such claim or litigation. An
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of an
action or claim effected without its written consent (which consent
will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). No Indemnifying
Party, in its defense of any such claim or litigation, shall,
except with the consent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) of the Indemnified Party consent to entry of
any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as
an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or
plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability
in respect to such claim or litigation.
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(iv) If the
indemnification provided for in this Section 9(e) is held by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party
or is insufficient to hold such Indemnified Party harmless with
respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred
to therein, then the Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of
such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying
Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
loss, liability, claim, damage or expense as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the
Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying
Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct
or prevent such statement or omission. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Holder’s aggregate liability pursuant to this
subsection (iv) shall be limited to the net amount received by the
Holder from the sale of Warrant Shares giving rise to such loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense (or actions in respect thereof)
less all other amounts paid as damages in respect
thereto.
(f) Additional
Covenants and Agreements of the Holder.
(i) The Holder agrees
that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening
of any event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment
to a prospectus relating to Warrant Shares so that, as thereafter
delivered to the Holder, 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 not misleading, the Holder will forthwith
discontinue disposition of Warrant Shares pursuant to the
Registration Statement and prospectus contemplated by Section 9(a) until its receipt of
copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus from the Company
and, if so directed by the Company, the Holder shall deliver to the
Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in the
Holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Warrant
Shares current at the time of receipt of such notice.
(ii) The Holder shall
suspend, upon written request of the Company, any disposition of
Warrant Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement and
prospectus contemplated by Section 9(a) during no more than 90
calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) during any
12-month period to the extent that the Board of Directors of the
Company determines in good faith that the sale of Warrant Shares
under the Registration Statement would be reasonably likely to
cause a violation of the Act or Exchange Act; provided, that, in
the event the Company requests such suspension, then the Expiration
Date shall be extended by a number of Trading Days equal to the
number of Trading Days that occur during such
suspension.
(iii) As a condition to
the inclusion of its Warrant Shares, the Holder shall furnish to
the Company such information regarding the Holder and the
distribution proposed by the Holder as the Company may reasonably
request in writing, including completing a Registration Statement
questionnaire in the form provided by the Company, or as shall be
required in connection with any registration referred to in this
Section
9.
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(iv) The Holder hereby
covenants with the Company (A) not to make any sale of the Warrant
Shares without effectively causing the prospectus delivery
requirements under the Act to be satisfied, and (B) if such Warrant
Shares are to be sold by any method or in any transaction other
than on a national securities exchange, Nasdaq or in the
over-the-counter market, in privately negotiated transactions, or
in a combination of such methods, to notify the Company at least
five Business Days prior to the date on which the Holder first
offers to sell any such Warrant Shares.
(v) The Holder
acknowledges and agrees that the Warrant Shares sold pursuant to
the Registration Statement are not transferable on the books of the
Company unless the stock certificate submitted to the transfer
agent evidencing such Warrant Shares is accompanied by a
certificate reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect
that (A) the Warrant Shares have been sold in accordance with such
Registration Statement and (B) the requirement of delivering a
current prospectus has been satisfied.
(vi) The Holder agrees
not to take any action with respect to any distribution deemed to
be made pursuant to such Registration Statement that would
constitute a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act or
any other applicable rule, regulation or law.
(vii) At the end of the
Registration Period, the Holders shall discontinue sales of shares
pursuant to such Registration Statement upon receipt of notice from
the Company of its intention to remove from registration the shares
covered by such Registration Statement which remain unsold, and
such Holders shall notify the Company of the number of shares
registered which remain unsold immediately upon receipt of such
notice from the Company.
(g) Additional
Covenants and Agreements of the Company. With a view to
making available to the Holder the benefits of certain rules and
regulations of the SEC that at any time permit the sale of the
Warrant Shares to the public without registration, so long as the
Holder still own Warrant Shares, the Company shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to:
(i) make and keep
public information available, as those terms are understood and
defined in Rule 144, at all times;
(ii) file with the SEC
in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the
Company under the Exchange Act; and
(iii) so long as the
Holder owns any Warrant Shares, make available or furnish to the
Holder, upon any reasonable request, a written statement by the
Company as to its compliance with Rule 144 and of the Exchange Act,
a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the
Company, and such other reports and documents of the Company as the
Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or
regulation of the SEC allowing the Holder to sell any such
securities without registration.
(h) Assignment
of Registration Rights. The rights to
cause the Company to register Warrant Shares granted to the Holder
by the Company under Section 9(a) may be assigned by the
Holder in connection with a transfer by the Holder to a transferee
of the Warrants and all Warrant Shares, provided, however, that (i)
such transfer complies with all applicable securities laws and with
the terms and provisions of the Warrant; (ii) the Holder gives
prior written notice to the Company; and (iii) such transferee
agrees in writing to comply with the terms and provisions of the
Warrant, and has provided the Company with a completed Registration
Statement questionnaire in such form as is reasonably requested by
the Company.
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10. CERTAIN
TAX MATTERS.
(a) No
Deductions or Withholdings. The grant of this
Warrant shall be made free and clear of, and without any deduction
or withholding for or on account of, any current or future taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, charges or other deductions or
withholdings levied by any national, state, provincial or local
taxing authority, or will be grossed up by Company for such
amounts.
(b) Cooperation.
In addition, and in connection with the ownership by Holder of this
Warrant and any Class B Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
this Warrant, Company shall (and shall cause its subsidiaries to)
reasonably cooperate with the Holder, and use commercially
reasonable efforts to provide the Holder with all reasonably
requested information, records, and documents related to Company
and its subsidiaries that are necessary for, the completion of tax
and information returns of the Holder and its Affiliates (or their
direct or indirect equity owners) and their compliance with any
applicable tax laws, including with respect to withholding tax
obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (x)
in the event that Company makes or has made any actual or deemed
distribution to its stockholders, Company shall make commercially
reasonable efforts to provide to the Holder such information
regarding the current and accumulated “earnings and
profits” of Company (including any projections with respect
to current earnings and profits) as the Holder may reasonably
request in order to determine what portion (if any) of any such
distribution is a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes and
(y) Company shall (1) provide to the Holder, upon written request
and within thirty (30) days following such request, either (A) a
certification that Company is not a United States real property
holding company, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections
1.897-2(g)(1)(ii) and 1.897-2(h)(1) or (B) written notice of its
legal inability to provide such a certification, and (2) in
connection with the provision of any certification pursuant to the
preceding clause (1)(A), comply with the notice provisions set
forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2).
(c) Cashless
Exercise. If the Holder
elects to exercise this Warrant using the Cashless Exercise method
of payment, the Company, upon request of the Holder, shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to structure the exercise of this
Warrant in such a manner (as requested by the Holder) as to
maximize the after-tax returns to the Holder and its Affiliates (or
their direct or indirect equity owners), including, at the
Holder’s request, by treating the exercise as a
recapitalization within the meaning of Code Section
368(a)(1)(E).
11. NOTICES.
Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless
otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in writing,
(a) if delivered from within the domestic United States, by
first-class registered or certified airmail, or nationally
recognized overnight express courier, postage prepaid, or by email
or (b) if delivered from outside the United States, by
International Federal Express or by email and (c) will be deemed
given (i) if delivered by first-class registered or certified
domestic mail, three (3) Business Days after so mailed, (ii) if
delivered by nationally recognized overnight carrier, one (1)
Business Day after so mailed, (iii) if delivered by International
Federal Express, two (2) Business Days after so mailed, and (iv) if
delivered by email, upon receipt, and will be delivered and
addressed as follows:
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(a) If
to the Company, to
RumbleOn,
Inc.
901 W.
Walnut Hill Lane
Irving,
Texas 75038
Attention: Marshall
Chesrown and Peter Levy
Email:
Marshall Chesrown (marshall@rumbleon.com) and Peter Levy
(peter@rumbleon.com)
with a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Akerman
LLP
The
Main Las Olas
201
East Las Olas Boulevard
Suite
1800
Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33301
Tel:
954.463.2700
Fax:
942.463.2224
Attention: Michael
Francis (michael.francis@akerman.com), Christina Russo
(christina.russo@akerman.com)
(b) If
to the Holder, to
[_________].
The
Company shall give written notice to the Holder (i) reasonably
promptly following any adjustment of the Exercise Price, setting
forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such
adjustment and (ii) at least ten (10) days prior to the date on
which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with
respect to any dividend or distribution upon the shares of Class B
Common Stock, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of
any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock,
warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record
holders of any class of shares of Class B Common Stock or (C) for
determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental
Transaction, dissolution or liquidation; provided, that in each case,
such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in
conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder; and
provided,
further, that the
failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the
delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporation
action required to be specified in such notice. Upon receipt or
delivery by the Company of any notice in accordance with the terms
of this Warrant, unless the Company has in good faith determined
that the matters relating to such notice do not constitute
material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its
subsidiaries, the Company shall contemporaneously with any such
receipt or delivery publicly disclose such material, nonpublic
information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise in
accordance with applicable laws. In the event that the Company
believes that a notice contains material, nonpublic information
relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, the Company so shall
indicate to such Holder contemporaneously with delivery of such
notice, and in the absence of any such indication, the Holder shall
be allowed to presume that all matters relating to such notice do
not constitute material, nonpublic information relating to the
Company or its subsidiaries.
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12. NONCIRCUMVENTION.
The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not,
by amendment of its Articles or Bylaws, each as currently in
effect, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, 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 of this
Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the
provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required
to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall not increase the
par value of any shares of Class B Common Stock receivable upon the
exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect,
and (ii) shall use all reasonable efforts to take all such actions
as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may
validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Class B Common Stock upon the exercise of this
Warrant.
13. AMENDMENT
AND WAIVER. Except as
otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant may not
be modified, amended or waived except pursuant to an instrument in
writing signed by the Company and the Holder. The Company may not
take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act
herein required to be performed by it without the written consent
of the Holder and the Holder may not take any action herein
prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be
performed by it without the written consent of the
Company.
14. GOVERNING
LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. This Warrant
shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with,
and all questions concerning the construction, validity,
interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed
by, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule
(whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other
than the State of New York. THE
COMPANY AND THE HOLDER EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT
MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
15. CONSTRUCTION;
HEADINGS. This Warrant
shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder
and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter
hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of
reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation
of, this Warrant.
16. 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
email within two (2) Trading Days of receipt of the Exercise Notice
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 five (5) Trading Days after such disputed
determination or arithmetic calculation is submitted to the Holder,
then the Company shall, within two (2) Trading Days, submit via
email (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 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) Trading Days after the date that such
investment bank or accountant, as the case may be, receives the
disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment
bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as
the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent
demonstrable error. The expenses of the investment bank and
accountant will be borne by the Company unless the investment bank
or accountant determines that the determination of the Exercise
Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares by the
Company was correct, in which case the expenses of the investment
bank and accountant will be borne by the Holder.
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17. REMEDIES,
OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE
RELIEF.
The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in
addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant, at law
or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or
other injunctive relief). The Company acknowledges that a breach by
it of its obligations hereunder may cause irreparable harm to the
Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be
inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any
such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in
addition to all other available remedies, to seek an injunction
restraining any breach, specific performance and any other relief
that may be available from a court of competent jurisdiction, and
in any case no bond or other security shall be required in
connection therewith.
18. CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS. For purposes of
this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to
any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls,
is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it
being understood for purposes of this definition that
“control” of a Person means the power directly or
indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person whether by contract or otherwise.
(b) “Articles” means the
Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as may be amended from
time to time.
(c) “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg
Financial Markets.
(d) “Board of Directors” means the
Board of Directors of the Company.
(e) “Business Day” means a day, other
than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York are open for
the general transaction of business.
(f) “Bylaws” means the Bylaws of the
Company, as amended and may be further amended from time to
time.
(g) “Class A Common Stock” means the
Company’s shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value
per share.
(h) “Class B Common Stock” means (i)
the Company’s shares of Class B Common Stock, $0.001 par
value per share, and (ii) any share capital into which such Class B
Common Stock shall have been changed or any share capital resulting
from a reclassification of such Class B Common Stock.
(i) “Close of Business” means 4:00pm
New York City time.
(j) “Code” means the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (including any successor
statute).
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(k) “Commitment Termination” means the
public announcement of the termination of the Debt Commitment
Letter and the commitments thereunder in accordance with the terms
of the Debt Commitment Letter (except for a termination as a result
of a breach by the Commitment Party (as such term is defined in the
Debt Commitment Letter) to uphold its obligations pursuant to the
Debt Commitment Letter).
(l) “Common Stock” means the common
stock of the Company, as defined in the Articles, and including the
Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock.
(m) “Convertible Securities” means any
stock or securities directly or indirectly convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Class B Common Stock
except for such stock or securities issued as awards under the
Company’s equity incentive plan.
(n) “Debt Commitment Letter” means the
Commitment Letter, dated March [12], 2021, delivered by Oaktree
Capital Management, L.P. to the Company pursuant to which the
Holder agreed to provide certain financing to the Company in
connection with the transaction contemplated pursuant to the Merger
Agreement.
(o) “Effective Price” means the amount
paid or payable to acquire shares of Class B Common Stock (or in
the case of Convertible Securities, the amount paid or payable to
acquire the Convertible Security, if any, plus the exercise price
for the underlying Class B Common Stock).
(p) “Eligible Market” means the
Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the NYSE
American LLC, The Nasdaq Stock Market, or the OTC Bulletin
Board.
(q) “Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(r) “Exercisability Date” means the
date that is five (5) Trading Days after a Commitment
Termination.
(s) “Expiration Date” means the
eighteen (18) month anniversary of the Exercisability Date;
provided, that in the event that after such date, the SEC issues
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, the Registration Statement is suspended by the Company
or ceases to remain continuously effective as to all Warrant Shares
for which it is required to be effective, then the Expiration Date
shall be extended by a number of Trading Days equal to the number
of Trading Days that occur during the period that such stop order
by the SEC has not been terminated or the Registration Statement is
suspended by the Company or ceases to remain
effective.
(t) “Fair Market Value” means, as of
the applicable date of determination, the fair market value of a
dividend or distribution as determined reasonably and in good faith
by the Board of Directors and the Holder; provided, that if the Board of
Directors and the Holder cannot mutually agree on a determination
of Fair Market Value within 30 days of the Ex-Date, the Fair Market
Value shall be determined by an independent appraiser selected by
the Board of Directors and reasonably satisfactory to the Holder
(the “Appraiser”). The determination of
Fair Market Value by the Appraiser shall be final and binding upon
the parties hereto, absent fraud or manifest error, and the Company
shall pay the fees and expenses of the Appraiser.
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(u) “Fully-Diluted Basis” means, at any
given time and without duplication, (x) the aggregate number
of Common Stock and Preferred Stock (as such terms are defined in
the Articles) and any other shares of the Company outstanding at
such time plus (y) the aggregate number of Common Stock and
Preferred Stock and any other shares of the Company issuable
(subject to readjustment upon the actual issuance thereof) upon the
exercise, conversion or exchange of any Convertible Security
outstanding at such time and plus (z) the maximum amount of Common
Stock and Preferred Stock reserved or contemplated to be issued
pursuant to any equity incentive plan of the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
(v) “Fundamental Transaction” means at
any time after the Exercisability Date and prior to the Expiration
Date (A) that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, including
through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more
related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into
(whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another
Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of
the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries”
(as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject
Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to
make, or allow the Company to be subject to or have its shares of
Class B Common Stock be subject to or party to one or more Subject
Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is
accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the
outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, (y) 50% of the
outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock calculated as if any
shares of Class B Common Stock held by all Subject Entities making
or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or
party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not
outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of Class B Common Stock
such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated
with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender
or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of at least 50% of
the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, or (iv) consummate
a stock purchase or other business combination (including, without
limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme
of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby all such
Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either
(x) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock,
(y) at least 50% of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock
calculated as if any shares of Class B Common Stock held by all the
Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject
Entity making or party to, such stock purchase or other business
combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of shares of
Class B Common Stock such that the Subject Entities become
collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding shares of
Class B Common Stock, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify
its shares of Class B Common Stock, (B) that the Company shall,
directly or indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates
or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any
Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the
aggregate to be or become the “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment,
conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in
outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, merger, consolidation,
business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off,
scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or
reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either
(x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented
by issued and outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, (y) at
least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by
issued and outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock not held by
all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Warrant calculated
as if any shares of Class B Common Stock held by all such Subject
Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding shares
of Class B Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company
sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory
short form merger or other transaction requiring other stockholders
of the Company to surrender their Class B Common Stock without
approval of the stockholders of the Company, or (C) directly or
indirectly, including through Subsidiaries, Affiliates or
otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance by the
Company of or the entering by the Company into any other instrument
or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that
circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this
definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise
than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the
extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this
definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended
treatment of such instrument or transaction.
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(w) “Group” means a “group”
as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and as
defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.
(x) “Merger Agreement” means that
certain Plan of Merger and Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of
the Issuance Date, by and among the Company, the Company, RO Merger
Sub I, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, RO Merger Sub II, Inc., an Arizona corporation and
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, RO Merger Sub III, Inc., an
Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, RO
Merger Sub IV, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company, C&W Motors, Inc., an Arizona
corporation, Metro Motorcycle, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Tucson
Motorcycles, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and Tucson Motorsports,
Inc., an Arizona corporation, William Coulter, an individual, Mark
Tkach, an individual, and each other Person (as defined therein)
who owns an Equity Interest (as defined therein) in any Transferred
Entity (as defined therein) and executes a Seller Joinder (as
defined therein), and Tkach, as the representative of the Sellers
(as defined therein).
(y) “Options” means any rights,
warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Class B
Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
(z) “Parent Entity” of a Person means
an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable
Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is
quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than
one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with
the largest public market capitalization as of the date of
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
(aa) “Person” means an individual, a
limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a
corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other
entity and a government or any department or agency
thereof.
(bb) “Principal Market” means the NASDAQ
Capital Market.
(cc) “Record Date” means, with respect
to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in
which the holders of Class B Common Stock have the right to receive
any cash, securities or other property or in which Class B Common
Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted
into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the
date fixed for determination of holders of Class B Common Stock
entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property
(whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by
statute, contract or otherwise).
(dd) “Standard Settlement Period” means
the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading
Days, on the Company’s primary trading market with respect to
the Class B Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of
the Exercise Notice.
(ee) “Subject Entity” means any Person,
Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person,
Persons or Group.
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(ff) “Subsidiary” means, as to any
Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of
which at least a majority of the securities or other interests
having by their terms voting power to elect a majority of the board
of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to
such corporation or other organization is directly or indirectly
beneficially owned or controlled by such party or by any one or
more of its subsidiaries, or by such party and one or more of its
subsidiaries.
(gg) “Successor Entity” means the Person
(or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by,
resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the
Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with
which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered
into.
(hh) “Trading Day” means any day on
which the Class B Common Stock is traded on the Principal Market,
or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for
the Class B Common Stock, then on the principal securities exchange
or securities market on which the Class B Common Stock is then
traded; provided
that “Trading Day” shall not include any day that the
Class B Common Stock is suspended from trading during the final
hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or
market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on
such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00
p.m., New York Time).
(ii) “Transfer Agent” means West Coast
Stock Transfer, Inc., or any
other successor Person appointed to act in the capacity of transfer
agent of the Company.
(jj) “Treasury Regulations” means the
final or temporary regulations issued by the United States
Department of Treasury pursuant to its authority under the Code,
and any successor regulations.
(kk) “Warrant Price” means [insert
amount equal to the Weighted Average Price of the Company’s
Class B Common Stock determined over the first five (5) Trading
Days following a Commitment Termination].
(ll) “Warrant Shares” means [insert
amount equal to that number of shares of Class B Common Stock equal
to five percent (5%) of the public equity market capitalization of
the Company, on a Fully-Diluted Basis, as of the close of trading
on the date after a Commitment Termination is publicly announced,
provided that if such date is not a Trading Day, then the first
Trading Day immediately following such date]..
(mm) “Weighted Average Price” means, for
any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average
price for such security on the Principal Market during the period
beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York City time, and ending at
4:00:00 p.m., New York City time, as reported by Bloomberg through
its “Volume at Price” function or, if the foregoing
does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such
security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin
board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01
a.m., New York City time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York City
time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted
average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such
hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest
closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as
reported in the OTC Pink Market maintained by OTC Markets Group
Inc. If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for such
security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted
Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair
market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder.
If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair
market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved
pursuant to Section
14 with the term
“Weighted Average Price” being substituted for the term
“Exercise Price.” All such determinations shall be
appropriately adjusted for any share dividend, share split or other
similar transaction during such period.
[Signature
Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has
caused this Warrant to Purchase Class B Common Stock to be duly
executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.
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Name:
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as of the date first written above:
OAKTREE
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.,
Solely
as manager on behalf of certain funds or accounts within its
Strategic Credit Strategy
By:________________________________________
Name:
Title:
[Signature
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EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE
NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS WARRANT TO
PURCHASE CLASS b COMMON STOCK
RUMBLEON,
INC.
The
undersigned holder hereby exercises the right to purchase
[_________] shares of Class B Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”) of RumbleOn,
Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the
attached Warrant to Purchase Class B Common Stock (the
“Warrant”).
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
1.
Exercise Price. The
Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as
(check one):
☐ Cash Exercise under
Section
1(a).
☐ Cashless Exercise
under Section
1(d).
2.
Cash Exercise. If
the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise, the Holder shall pay the
sum of $[_________] to the Company in accordance with the terms of
the Warrant.
3.
Delivery of Warrant
Shares. The Company shall deliver to the holder Warrant
Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. If the shares
are to be delivered electronically, please complete the Depositary
information below.
DATED:
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(Signature must
conform in all respects to name of the Holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant)
Registered
Holder
Address:
_________________________________
If
shares are to be delivered electronically:
Broker
name:
Broker
Depositary account #:
Account
at Broker shares are to be delivered to:
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The
Company hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice.
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RUMBLEON,
INC.
By:________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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58
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
333
South Grand Avenue, 28th Floor
Los
Angeles, California 90071
CONFIDENTIAL
March
12, 2021
RumbleOn,
Inc.
901 W.
Walnut Lane, Suite #350C
Irving,
Texas 75038
Attention:
Marshall Chesrown
Project Wheelie
Commitment Letter
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
RumbleOn, Inc, a
Nevada corporation (“you” or the
“Borrower”),
has advised Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree” or
the “Commitment
Party”, “us” or
“we”), that you
intend to acquire, directly or indirectly, the “Target”
(as defined in Exhibit
A hereto) and consummate the other transactions described in
Exhibit A hereto.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used with the
meanings assigned to them on the exhibits attached hereto (such
exhibits, together with this letter, collectively, the
“Commitment
Letter”).
1.
Commitments
In
connection with the Transactions, Oaktree (the “Initial
Lender”) is pleased to advise you of its commitment to
provide, and hereby agrees to provide, 100% of the principal amount
of the Term Facilities, upon the terms expressly set forth in this
Commitment Letter (including, without limitation, the Summary of
Terms and Conditions attached hereto as Exhibit B, respectively (the
“Term
Sheet”)) and subject solely to the Exclusive Funding
Conditions (as defined below).
2.
Titles and Roles
You
hereby appoint (i) Oaktree to act as sole lead arranger and
bookrunning manager (in such capacity, the “Lead
Arranger”) and (ii) Oaktree Fund Administration,
LLC to act as sole administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“Administrative
Agent”) for the Term Facilities.
It is
further agreed that Oaktree will have “left” placement
on any marketing materials or other documentation used in
connection with the Term Facilities and shall hold the leading role
and responsibility associated with such “top left”
placement. You agree that no other agents or arrangers will be
appointed, no other titles will be awarded and no compensation
(other than that compensation expressly contemplated by this
Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter referred to below) will be
paid in connection with obtaining the commitment of Lenders (as
defined below) to participate in the Term Facilities unless you and
we shall so agree.
3.
Syndication
The
Lead Arranger intends to syndicate the Term Facilities to a group
of banks, financial institutions and other lenders (together with
the Initial Lender but excluding Specified Competitors (as defined
below), the “Lenders”);
provided that (i)
the Lead Arranger will not syndicate, assign or participate to
those entities reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Arranger and
identified by you in writing within five (5) business days hereof
as competitors of the Borrower, the Target or their respective
subsidiaries (collectively, the “Specified
Competitors”) and (ii) the Lead Arranger may not
syndicate more than $200,000,000 of the principal amount of the
Term Facilities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Commitment Letter to the contrary and notwithstanding any
assignment, syndication or participation by the Initial Lender, (i)
the Initial Lender shall not be released, relieved or novated from
its obligations hereunder (including its obligation to fully fund
the Initial Term Facility on the Closing Date) in connection with
any syndication, assignment or participation of the Initial Term
Facility, including its commitments in respect thereof, until after
the funding of the Initial Term Facility on the Closing Date, (ii)
no assignment or novation shall become effective with respect to
all or any portion of the Initial Lender’s commitments in
respect of the Term Facilities until after the funding of the
Initial Term Facility on the Closing Date and (iii) unless you
otherwise agree in writing, the Initial Lender shall retain
exclusive control over all rights and obligations with respect to
its respective commitments in respect of the Term Facilities,
including all rights with respect to consents, modifications,
supplements and amendments, until after the initial funding of the
Term Facilities on the Closing Date has occurred.
The
Lead Arranger intends to commence syndication efforts with respect
to the Term Facilities promptly following your execution and
delivery of this Commitment Letter and, until thirty (30) days
after the Closing Date (such period, the “Syndication
Period”), you agree to use your commercially
reasonable efforts to assist (and to use your commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Target to assist) the Lead Arranger
in completing a syndication reasonably satisfactory to the Lead
Arranger and you. Such assistance shall include the following:
using your commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate direct
contact between your senior management and the proposed Lenders
(and using your commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such
contact between the senior management of the Target and the
proposed Lenders) at times and locations to be mutually agreed;
provided that all
such meetings shall be virtual. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter or
any other letter agreement or undertaking concerning the financing
of the Transactions to the contrary, neither the commencement nor
the completion of the syndication of the Term Facilities nor the
compliance with any of the other provisions set forth in any
provision of this or any other paragraph of this Section 3 shall constitute a
condition to the commitments hereunder or the funding of the Term
Facilities on the Closing Date.
The
Lead Arranger, in its capacity as such, will manage, in
consultation with you (subject to your rights set forth in the
preceding paragraphs of this Section 3), all aspects of the
syndication, including decisions as to the selection of
institutions (other than Specified Competitors) to be approached
and when they will be approached, when the Lenders’
commitments will be accepted, which Lenders (other than Specified
Competitors) will participate, the allocation of the commitments
among the Lenders and, subject to the provisions of the Fee Letter,
the amount and distribution of fees among the Lenders.
[Commitment
Letter]
You
acknowledge that (a) the Lead Arranger on your behalf will make
available, on a confidential basis, an information package and
presentation to the proposed syndicate of Lenders by posting the
information package and presentation on IntraLinks, DebtDomain or
another similar electronic system and (b) certain prospective
Lenders may be “public side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders
that have personnel that do not wish to receive material non-public
information (within the meaning of the United States federal and
state securities laws, “MNPI”) with
respect to you, the Target, your or their respective subsidiaries,
the respective securities of any of the foregoing or the
Acquisition and who may be engaged in investment and other
market-related activities with respect to such entities’
securities). At the reasonable request of the Lead Arranger, you
agree to use your commercially reasonable efforts to assist (and to
use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Target to assist)
in the preparation of a version of the information package and
presentation to be used in connection with the syndication of the
Term Facilities consisting exclusively of information and
documentation with respect to you, the Target, your or the
Target’s securities and the Acquisition that is (a) not
material (as reasonably determined by you) with respect to you, the
Target, your or their respective subsidiaries, the Acquisition or
any of your or their respective securities for purposes of United
States federal and state securities laws or (b) of a type that
would customarily be publicly disclosed (as reasonably determined
by you) in connection with any issuance by you or the Target or any
of your or their respective subsidiaries of any debt or equity
securities issued pursuant to a public offering, Rule 144A offering
or other private placement where assisted by a placement agent (all
such information and documentation being “Public Lender
Information” and with any information and documentation that
is not Public Lender Information being referred to herein as
“Private
Lender Information”). It is understood that in
connection with your assistance described above, a customary
authorization letter will be included in the Confidential
Information Memorandum that authorizes the distribution of such
information to prospective Lenders and confirms to the Lead
Arranger that the Public Lender Information does not include
information about the Borrower, the Target or their respective
subsidiaries or their respective securities other than as described
in clauses (a) and (b) above (other than information about the
Transactions or the Term Facilities) and will include a customary
representation consistent with the representation in Section 4 below with respect to
the information set forth therein, and the Public Lender
Information will contain customary language exculpating us, our
affiliates, you, the Target and your and their respective
affiliates with respect to any liability related to the use (or
misuse) of the contents of such Public Lender Information or the
related marketing material by the recipients thereof. You
acknowledge and agree that the following documents may be
distributed to prospective Lenders wishing to receive only the
Public Lender Information (unless you promptly notify us otherwise
and provided that you have been given a reasonable opportunity to
review such documents): (i) drafts and final definitive
documentation with respect to the Term Facilities (excluding, if
applicable, any specifically identified schedules thereof); (ii)
administrative materials prepared by the Lead Arranger for
prospective Lenders (such as a Lender meeting invitation,
allocations and funding and closing memoranda (but excluding any
Projections (as defined below))); and (iii) term sheets and
notification of changes in the terms of the Term Facilities. You
also agree to identify that portion of any other Information (as
defined below) as relating to you or the Target (the
“Borrower
Materials”) to be distributed to “public
side” Lenders and that you will clearly and conspicuously
mark such materials “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall
mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on
the first page thereof. By marking Borrower Materials
“PUBLIC,” you shall be deemed to have authorized the
Lead Arranger and the proposed Lenders to treat such Borrower
Materials as not containing any information about the Borrower, the
Target or their respective subsidiaries or their respective
securities other than as described in clauses (a) and (b) above
(other than information about the Transactions or the Term
Facilities) (it being understood that you shall not be under any
obligation to mark the Information Materials “PUBLIC”).
You agree that, unless expressly identified as Public Lender
Information, each document to be disseminated by the Lead Arranger
to any Lender in connection with the Term Facilities will be deemed
to contain Private Lender Information (except with respect to those
documents described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the third
preceding sentence or information about the Transactions or the
Term Facilities).
4.
Information
You
hereby represent and warrant (with respect to Information (as
defined below) relating to the Target and its subsidiaries and
their respective businesses, to your knowledge) that, (a) all
written information, other than customary financial projections to
be used in connection with the syndication of the Term Facilities
including financial estimates, pro forma financial statements,
forecasts and other forward-looking information (the
“Projections”)
and information of a general economic or industry-specific nature,
concerning you, the Target, your and its respective subsidiaries,
the Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated hereby (the
“Information”),
that has been or will be made available to us by or on behalf of
you or your representatives in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, taken as a whole and as supplemented, does not
contain (or, in the case of Information furnished after the date
hereof, will not contain), as of the time it was (or hereafter is)
furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained
therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances
under which such statements are made, as supplemented and updated
as provided below and (b) the Projections that have been or
will be made available to us by or on behalf of you in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby have been or will be
prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by you to be
reasonable at the time furnished (it being recognized by the
Commitment Party that (i) such Projections are not to be
viewed as facts or a guarantee of performance and are subject to
significant uncertainties and contingencies many of which are
beyond your control and (ii) no assurance can be given that
any particular financial projections will be realized, and that
actual results during the period or periods covered by any such
Projections may differ from the projected results, and such
differences may be material). You agree that if, at any time prior
to the later of Closing Date and the end of the Syndication Period,
you become aware that any of the representations and warranties in
the preceding sentence would be, (with respect to Information
relating to the Target and its subsidiaries and their respective
businesses, to your knowledge) incorrect in any material respect if
the Information or Projections were being furnished and such
representations and warranties were being made at such time, then
you will (and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Target to) promptly supplement the Information and the Projections
so that (with respect to Information relating to the Target and its
subsidiaries and their respective businesses, to your knowledge)
such representations are correct, in all material respects, under
those circumstances. The making or accuracy of the foregoing
representations and warranties, whether or not cured, shall not be
a condition to the obligations of the Commitment Party. You
understand that in arranging and syndicating the Term Facilities we
may use and rely on the Information and the Projections without
independent verification thereof, and we do not assume
responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the Information
or the Projections.
[Commitment
Letter]
5.
Fees
As
consideration for the commitments and agreements of the Commitment
Party hereunder, you agree to pay or cause to be paid the
nonrefundable compensation described in the separate fee letter
dated the date hereof and delivered herewith (the
“Fee
Letter”) on the terms and subject to the conditions
expressly set forth therein.
6.
Conditions
The
Initial Lender’s commitments hereunder are subject solely to
the satisfaction (or waiver) of the Exclusive Funding Conditions,
and upon the satisfaction (or waiver by the Commitment Party) of
the Exclusive Funding Conditions, the initial funding of the
Initial Term Facility shall occur.
Notwithstanding
anything in this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter, the Credit
Facility Documentation or any other letter agreement or other
undertaking concerning the financing of the transactions
contemplated hereby to the contrary, (a) the only
representations the accuracy of which shall be a condition to the
availability of the Initial Term Facility on the Closing Date,
shall be (i) such of the representations made by or on behalf
of the Target and its subsidiaries in the Purchase Agreement as are
material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent
that you or your applicable affiliates have the right (determined
without regard to any notice provisions but taking into account any
applicable cure provisions) to terminate your (or their)
obligations under the Purchase Agreement or decline to consummate
the Acquisition as a result of a breach of such representations in
the Purchase Agreement (the “Specified Purchase
Agreement Representations”) and (ii) the
Specified Representations (as defined below) (the representations
described in clauses (i) and (ii) being the
“Closing
Date Representations”) and (b) the terms of the
Credit Facility Documentation shall be in a form such that they do
not impair the availability of the Initial Term Facility on the
Closing Date if the Exclusive Funding Conditions are satisfied (or
waived by the Commitment Party), it being understood that, to the
extent any lien search, insurance certificate, guarantee (solely
with respect to the Target and its subsidiaries) or Collateral
(including the creation or perfection of any security interest) is
not or cannot be provided on the Closing Date (other than the
pledge and perfection of Collateral of Borrower and the Guarantors
with respect to which a lien may be perfected solely by (A) the
filing of financing statements (other than fixture filings on real
estate) under the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) and (B)
the delivery of stock certificates or other certificates, if any,
representing equity interests of the Borrower and any material
domestic wholly-owned restricted subsidiary of Borrower (if any)
that is part of the Collateral required to be pledged pursuant to
the Term Sheet to the extent (x) possession of such certificates
perfects a security interest therein and (y) in the case of stock
certificates or other certificates representing equity interests of
subsidiaries of the Target, such stock certificates have been
received from the Target after your use of commercially reasonable
efforts to do so) after your use of commercially reasonable efforts
to do so without undue burden or expense, then the provision and/or
perfection, as applicable, of any such lien search, insurance
certificate and/or Collateral shall not constitute a condition
precedent to the availability of the Initial Term Facility, but may
instead be provided within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date,
in each case, subject to such extensions as are reasonably agreed
by Oaktree and Borrower, or pursuant to arrangements to be mutually
agreed by the parties hereto acting reasonably. “Specified
Representations” means the representations in the
Credit Facility Documentation relating to corporate or other
organizational existence, organizational power and authority of
Borrower and the Guarantors (as they relate to due authorization,
execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Facility
Documentation); due authorization, execution, delivery and
enforceability, in each case relating to the entering into and
performance of such Credit Facility Documentation by Borrower and
the Guarantors; solvency as of the Closing Date (after giving
effect to the Transactions) of Borrower and its subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis (in form and scope consistent with the solvency
certificate to be delivered pursuant to paragraph 1 of
Exhibit C hereto);
no violations or conflicts with organizational documents (as
related to the Credit Facility Documentation) of Borrower and the
Guarantors; Federal Reserve margin regulations; the Investment
Company Act; the PATRIOT Act; use of proceeds of the Term Loans not
violating OFAC or FCPA; and the creation, validity and perfection
of the security interests (subject to customary permitted liens) in
the Collateral of Borrower and the Guarantors and subject in all
respects to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph.
Notwithstanding anything in this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter,
the Credit Facility Documentation or any other letter agreement or
other undertaking concerning the financing of the transactions
contemplated hereby to the contrary, (a) the commitments of
the Initial Lender hereunder and the Lead Arranger’s
agreements to perform the services described herein, including the
funding of the Initial Term Facility, are subject (i) to the
conditions expressly set forth under the heading “Conditions
to Initial Borrowing on the Closing Date” in the Term Sheet
on Exhibit B, and
(ii) to the conditions set forth in this Section 6 and in Exhibit C hereto (collectively,
the “Exclusive Funding
Conditions”), (b) the only conditions (express or
implied) to the availability of the Initial Term Facility on the
Closing Date are the Exclusive Funding Conditions and (c) to
the extent the Closing Date Representations with respect to the
Target and its subsidiaries are qualified or subject to
“material adverse effect”, the definition thereof shall
be “Material Adverse Effect” as defined in the Purchase
Agreement as in effect on the date hereof or as amended in
accordance with paragraph 2 of Exhibit C hereto
(“Target
Material Adverse Effect”) for purposes of any
representations and warranties made or to be made on or as of the
Closing Date. This paragraph, and the provisions herein, shall be
referred to as the “Certain Funds
Provision.” The Lead Arranger will cooperate with you
as reasonably requested in coordinating the timing and procedures
for the funding of the Initial Term Facility in a manner consistent
with the Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date.
[Commitment
Letter]
7.
Indemnification and Expenses
You
agree (a) to indemnify and hold harmless the Commitment Party,
its controlled affiliates and controlling persons and the
respective directors, officers, employees and other representatives
of each of the foregoing and their respective successors (each, an
“indemnified
person”) from and against any and all actual losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, joint or several, to
which any such indemnified person may become subject arising out of
or in connection with this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter, the
Transactions or the use of proceeds of the Initial Term Facility or
any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding (a
“Proceeding”)
relating to any of the foregoing, regardless of whether any
indemnified person is a party thereto, whether or not such
Proceedings are brought by you, the Target, your or their equity
holders, affiliates, creditors or any other person, and to
reimburse each indemnified person within thirty (30) days of
written demand (together with reasonable backup documentation) for
any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with
investigating or defending any of the foregoing (but limited, in
the case of legal fees and expenses, to one counsel to such
indemnified persons taken as a whole and, if reasonably necessary,
one local counsel in any relevant material jurisdiction and, in the
case of a conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the
affected indemnified persons taken as a whole, in each case
excluding allocated costs of in-house counsel); provided that, the foregoing
indemnity will not, as to any indemnified person, apply to losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses to the extent they
arise from (i) the willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or
gross negligence of such indemnified person (or its controlled
affiliates and controlling persons and their respective directors,
officers, employees and other representatives), (ii) the
material breach of the Commitment Letter or Fee Letter by any
indemnified person (or its controlled affiliates and controlling
persons and their respective directors, officers, employees and
other representatives) (in the case of each of preceding clause
(i) and this clause (ii), as determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment) and
(iii) any disputes solely among indemnified persons (other
than (x) any claims against the Commitment Party in its capacity as
a Lead Arranger or any similar role under the Term Facilities
unless such claim would otherwise be excluded pursuant to clause
(i) or (ii) above and (y) claims arising out of any act or
omission of Borrower or the Target or any of your or its respective
subsidiaries) and (b) whether or not the Closing Date occurs,
to reimburse the Commitment Party and its affiliates for all
reasonable and documented expenses (including, but not limited to, due
diligence expenses, syndication expenses and (limited to)
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one primary counsel
to the Commitment Party and, if reasonably necessary, one local
counsel in any relevant material jurisdiction incurred in
connection with the Term Facilities and any related documentation
(including this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and the Credit
Facility Documentation) or the administration, amendment,
modification or waiver of any of the foregoing) within thirty (30)
days of written demand (including documentation reasonably
supporting such request) (other than with respect to such fees and
expenses paid on the Closing Date for which written demand
including documentation reasonably supporting such request is
provided at least three (3) business days prior to the Closing
Date); provided
that, such fees and expenses (i) in the case of legal counsel,
shall be limited to the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel
described in this clause (b) which, in any event, shall exclude
allocated costs of in-house counsel and (ii) in the case of any
other advisors and consultants, shall be limited solely to advisors
and consultants approved by you;. No person a party hereto nor any
indemnified person shall be liable for any damages arising from the
use by others of Information or other materials obtained through
electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission
systems, including, without limitation, SyndTrak, IntraLinks, the
internet, email or similar electronic transmission systems, in each
case, except to the extent any such damages are found in a final
non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to
have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith, fraud or
willful misconduct of, or material breach of this Commitment Letter
or the Fee Letter by, such person (or its controlled affiliates and
controlling persons and their respective directors, officers,
employees and other representatives). None of the indemnified
persons or you, the Target or any of your or its respective
affiliates or the respective directors, officers, employees,
advisors, and agents of the foregoing shall be liable for any
indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages in connection
with this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter, the Term Facilities or
the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that, nothing
contained in this sentence shall limit your indemnification and
reimbursement obligations to the extent expressly set forth herein
in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses
incurred or paid by an indemnified person to a third party
unaffiliated with the Commitment Party. Each indemnified person (by
accepting the benefits hereof) agrees to refund and return any and
all amounts paid by you to such indemnified person pursuant to the
terms of this paragraph to the extent such indemnified person is
not entitled to the payment thereof pursuant to the terms of this
paragraph.
You
shall not be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding (or
expenses solely in respect of such settlement) effected without
your written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or conditioned), but if settled with your written
consent, or if there is a final judgment against an indemnified
person in any such Proceeding, you agree to indemnify and hold
harmless each indemnified person to the extent and in the manner
set forth above. You shall not, without the prior written consent
of the affected indemnified person (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding against such
indemnified person in respect of which indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified person unless (a) such
settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified
person from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of
such Proceeding, (b) includes customary confidentiality provisions
and (c) such settlement does not include any statement as to
any admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on
behalf of any indemnified person.
[Commitment
Letter]
In case
any Proceeding is instituted involving any indemnified person for
which indemnification is to be sought hereunder by such indemnified
person, then such indemnified person will promptly notify you of
the commencement of any Proceeding after such indemnified person
has actual knowledge of the same; provided, however, that the failure so to
notify you will not relieve you from any liability that you may
have to such indemnified person pursuant to this Section 7.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the execution of
the Credit Facility Documentation, (a) the relevant provisions
of such definitive documentation shall supersede the provisions of
the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7 and (b) your
obligation pursuant to this Commitment Letter to reimburse an
indemnified person (or its related indemnified persons) for losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, expenses, fees or any such
indemnified obligations or any other expense reimbursement shall
automatically terminate and be replaced in all respects by the
relevant provisions set forth in the Credit Facility
Documentation.
8.
Sharing of Information, Absence of Fiduciary Relationship,
Affiliate Activities
You
acknowledge that the Commitment Party (or its affiliates) is a
full-service securities firm and that we may from time to time
(a) effect transactions, for our own or our affiliates’
account or the account of customers, and hold positions in loans,
securities or options on loans or securities of you, the Target or
its affiliates and of other companies that may be the subject of
the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter or with
which you or the Target or their subsidiaries may have commercial
or other relationships or adverse interests or (b) provide
debt financing, equity capital, investment banking, financial
advisory services, securities trading, hedging, financing and
brokerage activities and financial planning and benefits counseling
to other companies in respect of which you may have conflicting
interests. In addition, consistent with the Commitment
Party’s policy to hold in confidence the affairs of its
customers, the Commitment Party will not furnish information
obtained from you, the Target or your or their respective
affiliates and representatives to any of its other clients (or to
clients of its affiliates) or in connection with the performance by
the Commitment Party and its affiliates of services for its other
clients (or for clients of their affiliates). You also acknowledge
that the Commitment Party and its affiliates have no obligation to
use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or to
furnish to you, confidential information obtained from other
companies or other persons.
You
further acknowledge and agree that (a) you are capable of
evaluating and understanding, and you understand and accept, the
terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by
this Commitment Letter, (b) you have been advised that the
Commitment Party and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of
transactions that may involve interests that differ from your and
your affiliates’ interests and that the Commitment Party has
no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to you or
your affiliates, (c) you have consulted your own legal,
accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent you have
deemed appropriate and you are not relying on the Commitment Party
for such advice, and (d) none of the Commitment Party nor its
affiliates have any obligation to you or your affiliates with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those
obligations expressly set forth herein or in any other express
writing executed and delivered by the Commitment Party and you.
Please note that neither the Commitment Party nor any of its
affiliates provide tax, accounting or legal advice.
[Commitment
Letter]
You
further acknowledge and agree that (a) no fiduciary, advisory or
agency relationship between you and us is intended to be or has
been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Commitment Letter, irrespective of whether we or our
affiliates have advised or are advising you on other matters, (b)
we, on the one hand, and you, on the other hand, have an
arms-length business relationship that does not directly or
indirectly give rise to, nor do you rely on, any fiduciary duty on
our part, (c) in connection therewith and with the process leading
to the Transactions, the Commitment Party and its affiliates (as
the case may be) are acting solely as a principal and not as agents
or fiduciaries of you and their management, stockholders,
creditors, affiliates or any other person and (d) you will not
claim that the Commitment Party (in its capacity as such) or its
applicable affiliates, as the case may be, have rendered advisory
services of any nature or respect, or owe a fiduciary or similar
duty to you or your affiliates, in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Commitment Letter or the process leading
thereto.
9.
Confidentiality
This
Commitment Letter is delivered to you on the understanding that
neither this Commitment Letter nor the Fee Letter nor any of their
terms shall be disclosed by you to any other person, except
(a) to your officers, directors, employees, affiliates,
members, partners, stockholders, actual and potential co-investors,
attorneys, accountants, agents and advisors on a confidential
basis, (b) to the Target and its officers, directors,
employees, affiliates, members, partners, stockholders, attorneys,
accountants, agents and advisors on a confidential basis (provided
that, any disclosure of the Fee Letter or its terms or substance
under this clause (b) prior to the Closing Date shall
be redacted in a customary manner in respect of the amounts,
percentages and basis points of compensation set forth therein
(and, after the Closing Date, may be disclosed in an unredacted
version to the Target and its respective officers, directors,
employees, attorneys, accountants, agents and advisors, in each
case, on a confidential basis)), unless the Commitment Party
otherwise consents in writing (including via e-mail) (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (c) after
the Closing Date, the Commitment Letter and Fee Letter may be used
for customary accounting purposes, including accounting for
deferred accounting costs or the aggregate amount of fees payable
may be used as part of projections, pro forma information and a
generic disclosure of aggregate sources and uses, (d) in any
legal, regulatory, judicial or administrative proceeding or as
otherwise required by applicable law, rule or regulation or as
requested by a governmental authority (including a self-regulatory
authority) (in which case you agree, to the extent permitted by
law, rule or regulation, to inform us promptly thereof),
(e) in connection with the exercise of any remedy or
enforcement of any right under this Commitment Letter and the Fee
Letter, (f) the existence and contents of the Commitment Letter and
the Term Sheet may be disclosed (but not the Fee Letter or the
contents thereof other than the existence thereof and the aggregate
amount of fees payable as part of projections, pro forma
information and a generic disclosure of aggregate sources and uses)
in any proxy, public filing, prospectus, offering memorandum,
offering circulation, syndication materials or other materials in
connection with the Transactions, (g) the Commitment Letter
including the Term Sheet and Exhibit C hereto (but not the
Fee Letter or the contents thereof other than the existence thereof
and the aggregate amount of fees payable as part of projections,
pro forma information and a generic disclosure of aggregate sources
and uses) may be disclosed to actual and prospective Lenders and to
any rating agency in connection with the Transactions or in any
public regulatory filing requirement (including, for clarity
purposes, any customary 8-K in connection with the Commitment
Letter) relating to the Transactions, (h) to the extent any such
information becomes publicly available other than by reason of
disclosure by you, your controlled affiliates or your
representatives in violation of this Commitment Letter and (i) with
the Commitment Party’s consent in writing (including via
e-mail). The foregoing restrictions shall cease to apply after the
Credit Facility Documentation shall have been executed and
delivered by the parties hereto (other than with respect to any
economics referenced in the Fee Letter).
[Commitment
Letter]
The
Commitment Party shall treat confidentially all information
received by it from you, the Target or your or their respective
affiliates and representatives in connection with the Acquisition
and the other Transactions and only use such information for the
purposes of providing the services contemplated by this Commitment
Letter; provided,
however, that
nothing herein shall prevent the Commitment Party from disclosing
any such information (a) to any actual or prospective participants,
current or prospective funding sources (including leverage
providers) or derivative counterparties (other than Specified
Competitors and persons to whom you have affirmatively declined to
provide your consent to the assignment or syndication thereto);
provided that, the
disclosure of any such information to any actual or prospective
participants or derivative counterparties referred to above shall
be made subject to the acknowledgment and acceptance by such actual
or prospective Lender, participant or derivative counterparty that
such information is being disseminated on a confidential basis (on
substantially the terms set forth in this paragraph or as is
otherwise reasonably acceptable to you and the Commitment Party,
including, without limitation, as agreed in any confidential
information memorandum or other marketing materials) in accordance
with the standard syndication practice of the Commitment Party or
customary market standards for dissemination of such type of
information, in the event of any electronic access through
IntraLinks, another website or similar electronic system or
platform, which shall in any event require “click
through” or other affirmative action on the part of the
recipient to access such information and acknowledge its
confidentiality obligations in respect thereof, in each case on
terms reasonably acceptable to you; (b) in any legal,
judicial, or administrative proceeding or other compulsory process
or otherwise as required by applicable law, rule or regulations (in
which case the Commitment Party shall promptly notify you, in
advance, to the extent permitted by law, rule or regulation (except
with respect to any routine audit or examination conducted by bank
accountants or regulatory authority exercising routine examination
or regulatory authority)), (c) upon the request or demand of
any governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over
the Commitment Party or any of its affiliates or upon the good
faith determination by counsel that such information must be
disclosed in light of ongoing oversight or review of the Commitment
Party by any governmental or regulatory authority having
jurisdiction over the Commitment Party or its affiliates (in each
case the Commitment Party shall, except with respect to any audit
or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental
bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory
authority, promptly notify you, in advance, to the extent lawfully
permitted to do so), (d) to the officers, directors,
employees, legal counsel, independent auditors, professionals,
financing sources, and other experts or agents of the Commitment
Party (collectively, “Representatives”);
provided that, any
such Representative is advised of its obligation to retain such
information as confidential and agrees to keep information of this
type confidential, and the Commitment Party shall be responsible
for the compliance of its Representatives with this paragraph, (e)
to any of its affiliates and Representatives of its affiliates
(provided that, any such affiliate or Representative is advised of
its obligation to retain such information as confidential, and the
Commitment Party shall be responsible for the compliance of its
affiliates and Representatives of their affiliates with this
paragraph) solely in connection with the Term Facilities and the
related Transactions, (f) to the extent any such information
becomes publicly available other than by reason of disclosure by
the Commitment Party, its affiliates or Representatives in breach
of this Commitment Letter or other obligation of confidentiality
owed to you, the Target or your or their respective affiliates, (g)
to the extent that such information is received by the Commitment
Party, its affiliates or their respective Representatives from a
third party that is not known (after due inquiry) by the Commitment
Party to be subject to confidentiality obligations to you, the
Target or your or their respective affiliates, (h) to the extent
that such information is independently developed by the Commitment
Party, its affiliates, or their respective Representatives without
the use of such information and (i) to enforce or defend their
respective rights hereunder or under the Fee Letter; provided, however, that, no such
disclosure shall be made by the Commitment Party to any Specified
Competitor (as defined in Exhibit A). The Commitment
Party’s obligations under this paragraph shall remain in
effect until the earlier of (x) two years from the date hereof and
(y) the date the Credit Facility Documentation is effective, at
which time our obligations under this paragraph shall automatically
terminate and be superseded by the confidentiality provisions in
the Credit Facility Documentation upon the execution and delivery
thereof.
After
the closing of the Transactions, the Borrower may, after
consultation with the Commitment Party (except no consultation
shall be required for customary form 8-K filings), disclose the
existence of the Term Facilities (including Oaktree’s role in
arranging any syndicating the Term Facilities) in any press release
or public filing.
[Commitment
Letter]
After
the closing of the Transactions, the Commitment Party may (i) after
consultation with the Borrower, place advertisements in periodicals
and on the Internet as it may choose and (ii) on a confidential
basis, circulate promotional materials in the form of a
“tombstone” or “case study” (and, in each
case, otherwise describe the names of any of you or your affiliates
and any other information about the Transactions, including the
amount, type and closing date of the Term Facilities). In addition,
the Commitment Party may disclose the existence of the Term
Facilities and the information about the Term Facilities to market
data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry,
and service providers to the Commitment Party in connection with
the administration and management of the Term
Facilities.
10.
Miscellaneous
This
Commitment Letter shall not be assignable by any party hereto
(except by you to one or more of your subsidiaries that is a newly
formed domestic “shell” company wholly-owned, directly
or indirectly, by the Borrower to effect the consummation of the
Acquisition) without the prior written consent of the other parties
hereto (and any purported assignment without such consent shall be
null and void), is intended to be solely for the benefit of the
parties hereto and, to the extent set forth in Section 7, the indemnified
persons and is not intended to and does not confer any benefits
upon, or create any rights in favor of, any person other than the
parties hereto and the indemnified persons to the extent expressly
set forth herein. This Commitment Letter may not be amended or
waived except by an instrument in writing signed by you and the
Commitment Party. This Commitment Letter may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all
of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement.
Delivery of an executed signature page of this Commitment Letter by
facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g.,
“pdf” or
“tif”) shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof,
and the words “execution,” “execute”,
“signed,” “signature,” and words of like
import in or related to this Commitment Letter shall be deemed to
include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of
assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms
approved by the Commitment Party, or the keeping of records in
electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect,
validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the
use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to
the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the
Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act,
the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any
other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act. This Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter are the
only agreements that have been entered into among us and you with
respect to the Term Facilities and set forth the entire
understanding of the parties with respect thereto. This Commitment
Letter shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard
to principles of conflicts of law, to the extent that the same are
not mandatorily applicable by statute and would require or permit
the application of the law of another jurisdiction; provided, however, that the laws of the
state which governs the Purchase Agreement shall govern in
determining (a) the interpretation of a “Target Material
Adverse Effect” and whether a “Target Material Adverse
Effect” has occurred, (b) the accuracy of any Specified
Purchase Agreement Representation and whether as a result of any
inaccuracy thereof you or your applicable affiliate have the right
or would have the right (without regard to any notice requirement
but taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to
terminate your obligations (or to refuse to consummate the
Acquisition) under the Purchase Agreement and (c) whether the
Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with the terms of
the Purchase Agreement. Each of the parties hereto agrees that
(i) this Commitment Letter is a binding and enforceable
agreement with respect to the subject matter herein, including an
agreement to negotiate in good faith the Credit Facility
Documentation by the parties hereto in a manner consistent with
this Commitment Letter and the Documentation Principles (it being
acknowledged and agreed that the funding of the Initial Term
Facility is subject only to the Exclusive Funding Conditions,
including the execution and delivery of the Credit Facility
Documentation as provided in this Commitment Letter) and
(ii) the Fee Letter is a binding and enforceable agreement
with respect to the subject matter contained therein. Reasonably
promptly following the execution of this Commitment Letter, the
parties hereto shall proceed with the negotiation in good faith of
the Credit Facility Documentation for the purpose of executing and
delivering the Credit Facility Documentation substantially
simultaneously with the consummation of the Acquisition. Section
headings used herein are for convenience of reference only and are
not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Commitment Letter.
Each of
the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally
(a) submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive
jurisdiction of any federal court sitting in the Borough of
Manhattan in the City of New York or, if that court does not have
subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in the City
and County of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof,
over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby,
this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter or the performance of
services hereunder or thereunder or for recognition or enforcement
of any judgment and agrees that all claims in respect of any such
action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York
state or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court and
(b) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner
provided by law. You and we agree that service of any process,
summons, notice or document by registered mail addressed to any of
the parties hereto at the applicable addresses above shall be
effective service of process for any suit, action or proceeding
brought in any such court. You and we hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waive, to the fullest extent you and we may legally
and effectively do so, any objection to the laying of venue of any
such suit, action or proceeding brought in any court in accordance
with clause (a) of the first
sentence of this paragraph and any claim that any such suit, action
or proceeding has been brought in any inconvenient forum. YOU AND
WE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, PROCEEDING,
CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY PARTY RELATED
TO OR ARISING OUT OF THE TRANSACTIONS, THIS COMMITMENT LETTER OR
THE FEE LETTER OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES HEREUNDER OR
THEREUNDER.
[Commitment
Letter]
The
Commitment Party hereby notifies you that, pursuant to the
requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law on October 26, 2001) (as amended, the
“PATRIOT
Act”), we are required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies Borrower and each Guarantor, which
information includes names, addresses, tax identification numbers
and other information that will allow the Commitment Party or such
Lender to identify Borrower and each Guarantor in accordance with
the PATRIOT Act. This notice is given in accordance with the
requirements of the PATRIOT Act and is effective for the Commitment
Party and each Lender. In addition to the foregoing, you shall,
promptly upon the reasonable request by the Commitment Party,
deliver to the Commitment Party all documentation and other
information reasonably requested by the Commitment Party with
respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors under applicable
“know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules
and regulations, including, without limitation, the certification
regarding beneficial ownership required by 31 C.F.R. §1010.230
(the “Beneficial Ownership
Regulation”).
The
indemnification, jurisdiction, waiver of jury trial, service of
process, venue, governing law, sharing of information, no agency or
fiduciary duty and confidentiality provisions contained herein and
the Fee Letter shall remain in full force and effect regardless of
whether definitive financing documentation shall be executed and
delivered and notwithstanding the termination of this Commitment
Letter or the commitments hereunder; provided that, your obligations
under this Commitment Letter (but not the Fee Letter) (and other
than in respect of your obligations in respect of syndication
assistance and related information provisions (which shall
terminate in accordance with Sections 3 and 4, respectively), your
agreements in respect of no fiduciary or similar duties and your
obligations in respect of confidentiality (which shall terminate in
accordance with Section
9) and indemnification (which shall terminate in accordance
with Section 7))
shall automatically terminate and be superseded by the provisions
of the Credit Facility Documentation upon the execution thereof,
and you shall automatically be released from all liability in
connection therewith at such time. You may terminate the Commitment
Party’s commitments (or a portion thereof) hereunder at any
time subject to the provisions of the preceding
sentence.
If the
foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement, please indicate your
acceptance of the terms of this Commitment Letter and the Fee
Letter by returning to us executed counterparts of this Commitment
Letter and of the Fee Letter not later than 11:59 p.m., New York
City time, on March 12, 2021. This offer will automatically expire
at such time if we have not received such executed counterparts in
accordance with the preceding sentence, unless we shall, in our
sole discretion, agree to an extension. Unless we shall, in our
sole discretion, agree to an extension, this Commitment Letter and
the commitments hereunder shall automatically terminate in the
event that (a) if the initial borrowing under the Initial Term
Facility does not occur on or before 11:59 p.m., New York City
time, on September 12, 2021, (b) the Acquisition closes with or
without the use of the Initial Term Facility, (c) after
execution of the Purchase Agreement and prior to the consummation
of the Acquisition, the valid termination by you of the Purchase
Agreement in accordance with its terms or (d) the occurrence of the
Closing Date; provided that, the termination
of any commitment pursuant to this sentence does not prejudice your
rights and remedies in respect of any breach of this Commitment
Letter.
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[Commitment
Letter]
We are
pleased to have been given the opportunity to assist you in
connection with the financing for the Transactions.
Very
truly yours,
OAKTREE CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT, L.P.
By: /s/
Christine
Pope
Name: Christine Pope
Title: Managing Director
[Signature
Page To Commitment Letter]
Accepted
and agreed to as of
the
date first above written:
RUMBLEON,
INC.
By: /s/ Steve
Berrard
Name: Steve Berrard
Title: CFO
[Signature
Page To Commitment Letter]
EXHIBIT
A
Project Wheelie
$280,000,000
Term Loan Facility
$120,000,000 Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility
Transaction
Description
Capitalized terms
used but not defined in this Exhibit A shall have the
meanings set forth in the other Exhibits to the Commitment Letter
to which this Exhibit
A is attached (the “Commitment
Letter”) or in the Commitment Letter. In the case of
any such capitalized term that is subject to multiple and differing
definitions, the appropriate meaning thereof in this Exhibit A shall be determined
by reference to the context in which it is used.
Reference is made
to that certain Plan of Merger and Equity Purchase Agreement, dated
as of March 12, 2021 (together with the exhibits and disclosure
schedules thereto, as amended, modified, supplemented or waived,
the “Purchase
Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, RO Merger Sub
I, Inc., an Arizona corporation (“Merger Sub
I”), RO Merger Sub II, Inc., an Arizona corporation
(“Merger
Sub II”), RO Merger Sub III, Inc., an Arizona
corporation (“Merger Sub
III”), RO Merger Sub IV, Inc., an Arizona corporation
(“Merger
Sub IV” and, together with Merger Sub I, Merger Sub II
and Merger Sub III, each a “Merger Sub”
and collectively, the “Merger
Subs”), C&W Motors, Inc., an Arizona
corporation, , Metro Motorcycle, Inc., an Arizona corporation,
Tucson Motorcycles, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and Tucson
Motorsports, Inc., an Arizona corporation, and the sellers party
thereto, and Mark Tkach, as representative of the sellers party
thereto, pursuant to which the Borrower intends to acquire,
directly or indirectly, (the “Acquisition”)
certain of the outstanding Equity Interests (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement) of the Acquired Companies (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement; the Acquired Companies, individually and
collectively, are herein referred to as the “Target”)
and in connection with the foregoing, it is intended
that:
(a) The
Acquisition shall occur through the acquisition by the Borrower,
directly or indirectly, of certain of the outstanding Equity
Interests of the Target either directly, indirectly or through a
merger by the Merger Subs with and into certain of such of the
Target entities, with such Target entities as the surviving
entities and direct or indirect restricted subsidiaries of
Borrower.
(b) Cash
proceeds for equity (in the form of (x) common equity or (y)
preferred equity that does not constitute “disqualified
stock” in a manner consistent with the terms of the Credit
Facility Documentation or that is otherwise reasonably acceptable
to the Commitment Party, any equity described in the foregoing
clauses (x) and (y) being “Permitted
Equity”) will be paid in cash directly to the Borrower
in exchange for Permitted Equity (the “Equity
Contribution”) in an aggregate amount of not less than
$170.0 million.
(c) Substantially
concurrently with the Acquisition, the Borrower will obtain (i)
$280 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured term
loans and (ii) $120 in commitments under a senior secured delayed
draw term loan facility, as described in Exhibit B to the Commitment
Letter.
(d) Prior
to, or substantially concurrently with the funding of the Initial
Term Facility, the Borrower will repay the outstanding debt of the
Target issued pursuant to (i) that certain Term Loan Agreement,
dated as of July 1, 2016, by and among CMG Powersports, Inc.,
America’s Powersports, Inc., San Diego House of Motorcycles,
Inc., Woods Fun Center, Inc., APS Austin Holdings, LLC, APS Texas
Holdings, LLC, APS of Texas LLC, APS of Oklahoma, LLC and APS of
Ohio, LLC, collectively, as borrower, and The Northern Trust
Company, as bank, as amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the
Closing Date and (ii) that certain Line of Credit Note, dated as of
February 12, 2020, made by BJ Motorsports, LLC, C&W Motors,
Inc., Coyote Motorsports-Allen, Ltd., Coyote Motorsports-Garland,
Ltd., East Valley Motorcycles, L.L.C., ECHD Motorcycles, LLC,
Glendale Motorcycles, L.L.C., IOT Motorcycles, LLC, JJB Properties,
L.L.C., Metro Motorcycle, Inc., Ride Now, LLC, Ride Now-Carolina,
LLC, Ride Now 6 Garland, LLC, Ride Now USA, L.L.C., RN-Gainesville,
LLC, RN Tri-Cities, LLC, RNKC, LLC, RNMC Daytona, LLC, Top Cat
Enterprises, L.L.C., Tucson Motorcycles, Inc., Tucson Motorsports,
Inc., YSA Motorsports, LLC, TC Motorcycles, LLC, Ride Now 5 Allen,
LLC and RHND Ocala, LLC, as borrowers, payable to JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., as the bank, as amended, restated, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Closing
Date (collectively, the “Existing Target Financing
Agreements”) so that upon such repayment there shall
not exceed $15 million outstanding (the repayment to reduce such
outstanding debt under the Existing Target Financing Agreements
and, subject to the Certain Funds Provision, the release of
substantially all guarantees and liens in respect of any Existing
Target Financing Agreement paid in full, the “Refinancing”).
(e) The
proceeds of a portion of the Equity Contribution, the Initial Term
Facility and cash on hand at the Borrower, the Target and their
respective subsidiaries on the Closing Date will be applied to,
among other things, (i) fund the Acquisition, (ii) consummate the
Refinancing and (iii) pay the fees, premiums, expenses and other
transaction costs incurred in connection with the foregoing (the
“Transaction
Costs”).
The
transactions described above are collectively referred to herein as
the “Transactions.”
For purposes of the Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter,
“Closing
Date” shall mean the date of (i) the satisfaction or
waiver of the Exclusive Funding Conditions, (ii) the initial
funding of the Initial Term Facility, (iii) the consummation of the
Refinancing and (iv) the consummation of the
Acquisition.
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EXHIBIT
B
Project Wheelie
$280,000,000
Term Loan Facility
$120,000,000 Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility
Summary
of Principal Terms and Conditions
Set
forth below is a summary of the principal terms and conditions for
the Term Facilities. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this
Exhibit B
shall have the meanings set forth in the letter to which this
Exhibit B is
attached or in Exhibits
A or C
attached thereto.
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Borrower:
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RumbleOn,
Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware (the “Borrower”).
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Transactions:
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As set
forth in Exhibit A to the Commitment Letter.
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Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent:
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Oaktree
Fund Administration, LLC will act as sole administrative agent and
sole collateral agent (in such capacities, the “Administrative
Agent”) for a syndicate of banks, financial
institutions and other entities reasonably acceptable to the
Borrower (excluding any Specified Competitors) with respect to the
Term Facilities (together with the Initial Lenders, the
“Lenders”), and
will perform the duties customarily associated with such
roles.
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Lead Arranger and Bookrunner:
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Oaktree
Capital Management, L.P. will act as lead arranger and bookrunner
for the Term Facilities (together with its designated affiliates,
in such capacity, the “Lead
Arranger”), and will perform the duties customarily
associated with such roles.
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Initial Term Facility:
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A
senior secured first lien term loan facility (the
“Initial
Term Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of
$280 million.
Lenders
with commitments under the Initial Term Facility are collectively
referred to herein as the “Initial Term Facility
Lenders”.
Loans
under the Initial Term Facility (“Initial Term
Loans”) will be available to the Borrower in U.S.
dollars.
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Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility:
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A
senior secured first lien delayed draw term loan facility in an
aggregate principal amount of up to $120 million (the
“Delayed
Draw Term Facility” and, together with the Initial
Term Facility, the “Term
Facilities”).
Lenders
with commitments under the Delayed Draw Term Facility are
collectively referred to herein as the “Delayed Draw Term Facility
Lenders”. Initial Term Facility Lenders and Delayed
Draw Term Facility Lenders are collectively referred to herein as
“Lenders”
Loans,
if any, under the Delayed Draw Term Facility (the
“Delayed
Draw Term Loans” and together with the Initial Term
Loans, the “Term Loans”)
will be available to the Borrower in U.S. dollars. The Initial Term
Loans and, after the funding thereof, the Delayed Draw Term Loans,
shall have the same terms and shall be treated as a single
“fungible” class for all purposes; provided that the
Credit Facility Documentation may be amended by the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent as may be necessary or advisable in their
reasonable opinion to have such facility fungible with other Term
Loans.
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Loans
under the Delayed Draw Term Facility will be available on and after
the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date until the
eighteenth-month anniversary of the Closing Date (the
“Delayed
Draw Termination Date”), in a maximum number of five
(5) draws. Amounts repaid or prepaid under the Delayed Draw Term
Facility may not be reborrowed.
If the
Delayed Draw Term Facility has not been drawn in full by the
Delayed Draw Termination Date, then on such date any remaining
unused commitments under the Delayed Draw Term Facility shall
automatically be reduced to $0. The Borrower may reduce commitments
under the Delayed Draw Term Facility, at its option, in whole or in
part, prior to the Delayed Draw Termination Date.
Any
incurrence of Delayed Draw Term Loans after the Closing Date will
be in minimum amounts of the lesser of $20 million and the
remaining undrawn amount of the Delayed Draw Term Facility, and
subject only to the following conditions, measured at the time of
the incurrence of such Delayed Draw Term Loans (clause (a) through
(c) below, collectively, the “Delayed Draw Term Loan
Conditions”):
(a) the Consolidated
Total Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in Exhibit D hereto) as of the
last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower
for which internal financial statements are available, calculated
on a pro forma basis, giving effect to the use of proceeds
therefrom (excluding the cash proceeds to the Borrower of any
Delayed Draw Term Loans) does not exceed the Consolidated Total Net
Leverage Ratio on the Closing Date upon Acquisition;
(b) the proceeds of
borrowings under the Delayed Draw Term Facility shall only be used
by the Borrower (A) to finance Permitted Acquisitions and similar
investments (and such Delayed Draw Term Loans may be drawn prior to
or substantially simultaneously with the consummation of such
Permitted Acquisition or investment), and earnouts and (B) in each
case, to pay related fees and expenses, including earnout
obligations with respect to such acquisitions;
(c) all representations
and warranties will be true and correct in all material respects
(in the case of any representation and warranty that is qualified
as to “materiality”, “material adverse
effect” or similar language, the accuracy in all respects)
immediately prior to, and after giving effect to, the incurrence of
such Delayed Draw Term Loans (subject to customary “Certain
Funds Provisions” if being incurred in connection with a
Permitted Acquisition).
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Incremental
Term Facilities:
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The
Credit Facility Documentation will permit the Borrower to add one
or more incremental term loan facilities under the Credit Facility
Documentation (each, an “Incremental Term
Facility”) until the eighteenth-month anniversary of
the Closing Date in an aggregate amount of up to $100 million;
provided that each Incremental Term Facility shall be subject to
the following terms and conditions:
(i) the Incremental
Term Facilities will have the same guarantees as, and be secured on
a pari passu basis by the
same collateral securing, the Initial Term Facility;
(ii) the
Delayed Draw Term Facility shall have been fully funded prior to,
or at the time of, the addition of any Incremental Term
Facility;
(iii) the
Delayed Draw Term Loan Conditions shall be satisfied;
(iv) no
existing Lender will be required to participate in any such
Incremental Term Facility without its consent;
(v) any Incremental
Term Facility may be offered to third-party lenders but shall first
be offered to any then-existing Lenders on a pro rata basis as more
fully described in the Credit Facility Documentation;
(vi) the
maturity date of any Incremental Term Facility shall be no earlier
than the maturity date of the Term Facilities and the weighted
average life of such Incremental Term Facility shall be not shorter
than the then remaining weighted average life of the Term
Facilities;
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B-3
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(vii) the
interest rate margins applicable to any Incremental Term Facility
shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders thereunder;
provided that, in the event the interest rate margins for the
Incremental Term Facility are higher than the interest rate margins
for the Term Facilities by more than 50 basis points per annum,
then the interest rate margins for the Term Loans shall be
increased to the extent necessary so that such interest rate
margins are equal to the interest rate margins for the Incremental
Term Facility minus 50 basis points per annum; provided further
that, in determining the interest rate margins applicable to the
Incremental Term Facility, (x) customary arrangement or commitment
fees payable to the Lead Arranger (or its affiliates) in connection
with the Term Loans or to one or more arrangers (or their
affiliates) of the Incremental Term Facility shall be excluded,
(y) original issue discount (“OID”) and
upfront fees paid to the lenders thereunder shall be included (with
OID being equated to interest based on assumed four-year life to
maturity) and (z) if the Incremental Term Facility includes an
interest rate floor greater than the applicable interest rate floor
under the existing Term Facilities, such differential between
interest rate floors shall be equated to the applicable interest
rate margin for purposes of determining whether an increase to the
interest rate margin under the existing Term Facility shall be
required, but only to the extent an increase in the interest rate
floor in the existing Term Facility would cause an increase in the
interest rate then in effect thereunder, and in such case the
interest rate floor (but not the interest rate margin) applicable
to the existing Term Facilities shall be increased to the extent of
such differential between interest rate floors;
(viii) any
Incremental Term Facility, for purposes of prepayments, shall be
treated substantially the same as (and in any event no more
favorably than) the Term Facilities;
(ix) any
Incremental Term Facility shall be on terms and pursuant to
documentation to be determined; provided that, to the extent such
terms and documentation are not consistent with the Term Facility
(except to the extent permitted by clause (vi), (vii) or (viii)
above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent (it being understood that no consent shall be required from
the Administrative Agent for terms or conditions that are more
restrictive than the Credit Facility Documentation if the Lenders
under the Initial Term Facility receive the benefit of such terms
or conditions through their addition to the Credit Facility
Documentation or to the extent that they apply solely to periods
following the latest maturity date then in effect);
and
(x) each Incremental
Term Facility shall be in such minimum amounts and subject to such
notice provisions and other mechanics as are consistent with the
Documentation Principles and, if incurred in connection with a
Permitted Acquisition, subject to customary “Certain Funds
Provisions.”
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B-4
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Purpose:
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The
proceeds of borrowings under the Initial Term Facility will be used
by the Borrower on the Closing Date, together with the Equity
Contribution and cash on hand at the Target, to (i) fund the
Acquisition, (ii) consummate the Refinancing and (iii) pay the
Transaction Costs.
The
proceeds of borrowings under the Delayed Draw Term Facility will be
used by the Borrower (A) to finance Permitted Acquisitions and
similar investments (and such Delayed Draw Term Loans may be drawn
prior to or substantially simultaneously with the consummation of
such Permitted Acquisition or investment), and earnouts and (B) in
each case, to pay related fees and expenses, including earnout
obligations with respect to such acquisitions.
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Availability:
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The
Initial Term Facility will be available in a single drawing on the
Closing Date.
The
Delayed Draw Term Facility may be drawn in one or more drawings
prior to the Delayed Draw Termination Date.
Amounts
borrowed under the Initial Term Facility and the Delayed Draw Term
Facility that are repaid or prepaid may not be
reborrowed.
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Interest Rates and Fees:
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As set
forth on Annex I hereto.
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Default Rate:
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With
respect to any overdue amount (including overdue principal and
overdue interest), the applicable interest rate plus 2.00% per
annum shall be payable on demand.
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B-5
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Final Maturity andAmortization:
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The
Term Facilities will mature on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the
Closing Date (subject to extension with the consent of only the
extending lender) and will amortize in equal quarterly installments
in an aggregate annual amount equal to 1.00% of the original
principal amount of the Initial Term Facility (as increased by the
original principal amount of any extension of credit under the
Delayed Draw Term Facility and/or any Incremental Term Facility in
the form of an increase to the Initial Term Facility from and after
the first full fiscal quarter ending after the applicable date of
drawing of the Delayed Draw Term Loans and/or loans under such
Incremental Term Facility, as applicable (with appropriate
adjustments as may be necessary to cause the Delayed Draw Term
Loans and/or loans under such Incremental Term Facility, as
applicable, to be treated as the same class as loans under the
Initial Term Facility and to permit “fungibility” with
the Initial Term Facility)) during each year of the Term Facilities
(such payments subject to reduction as provided herein and in the
Documentation Principles and such other reductions as the Borrower
and the Lead Arranger may agree), with the balance of the original
principal amount of the Term Facilities payable at maturity.
Amortization will commence on the last business day of the first
full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date.
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Guarantees:
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All
obligations of the Borrower (the “Borrower
Obligations”) under the Term Facilities will be
unconditionally guaranteed jointly and severally on a senior
secured basis (the “Guarantees”)
by each existing and subsequently acquired or organized direct or
indirect wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiary of the
Borrower (the “Guarantors”
and, together with the Borrower, each a “Loan Party”
and collectively, the “Loan
Parties”), provided that Guarantors shall not
include, (a) (i) any domestic subsidiary of a foreign subsidiary
that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the
meaning of Section 957 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (a
“CFC”) or (ii)
any domestic subsidiary that owns no material assets (directly or
through one or more disregarded entities) other than capital stock
or debt (including any debt instrument treated as equity for U.S.
federal income tax purposes) of one or more foreign subsidiaries
that are CFCs (a “Domestic Foreign Holding
Company”), (b) unrestricted subsidiaries,
(c) immaterial subsidiaries, (d) captive insurance companies,
(e) not-for-profit subsidiaries, (f) special purpose entities and
(g) any subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable law, rule or
regulation or by any contractual obligation existing on the Closing
Date or at the time such restricted subsidiary is acquired (and not
entered into in contemplation of such acquisition), as applicable,
from guaranteeing the Term Facilities or which would require
governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or
authorization to provide a Guarantee unless such consent, approval,
license or authorization has been received.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, subsidiaries may be excluded from the guarantee
requirements in circumstances where the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent reasonably agree that the cost of providing
such a guarantee is excessive in relation to the value afforded
thereby.
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Security:
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Subject
to the limitations set forth below in this section and subject to
the Certain Funds Provision, the Borrower Obligations and the
Guarantees will be secured by: (i) (a) a perfected first priority pledge of the equity
interests of each subsidiary directly held by the Borrower or any
subsidiary Guarantor, (b) perfected first priority security
interests in, and mortgages on, substantially all tangible and
intangible personal property and fee-owned real property above an
agreed threshold of the Borrower and each Guarantor (including but
not limited to, equipment, general intangibles (including contract
rights), investment property, U.S. intellectual property,
intercompany notes, instruments, chattel paper and documents and
proceeds of the foregoing) and (c) a perfected first priority
security interest in the cash, cash equivalents, deposit,
securities, commodity and similar accounts of the Borrower and the
Guarantors, subject to customary exceptions to be mutually agreed
(in each case, subject to control agreements in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (ii) a
perfected second priority interest in and on any assets securing
obligations of the Borrower or any Guarantor under any Floor Plan
Financing (solely to the extent permitted under such facility and,
with respect to perfection in deposit accounts that are reserves
for Floor Plan Financings, solely to the extent consented to by the
capital provider of the applicable Floor Plan Financing) (the items
described in clauses (i) (a), (b) and (c) and (ii) above, but
excluding the Excluded Assets, collectively, the
“Collateral”).
Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a
landlord waiver, collateral access agreement or similar agreement
with respect to each location where a material portion (subject to
a threshold to be agreed) of the Collateral is
located.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, the Collateral shall exclude (including
from any applicable security documents) the following: (i) any
fee-owned real property with a fair market value of less than an
amount to be agreed (with all required mortgages being permitted to
be delivered post-closing) and all leasehold interests in real
property, (ii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to
certificates of title to the extent a lien therein cannot be
perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement, letter of
credit rights (other than to the extent perfection of the security
interest therein is accomplished by the filing of a UCC financing
statement) and commercial tort claims below a threshold to be
agreed, (iii) pledges and security interests prohibited by
applicable law, rule or regulation after giving effect to the
anti-assignment provisions of the UCC and other applicable law,
(iv) margin stock and, to the extent requiring the consent of
one or more third parties (that are not the Borrower or its direct
or indirect subsidiaries) or prohibited by the terms of any
applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement or
shareholders’ agreement after giving effect to the
anti-assignment provisions of the UCC and other applicable law,
equity interests in any person other than wholly-owned material
restricted subsidiaries, (v) any lease, license or other agreement
or any property subject to a purchase money security interest,
capital lease obligation or similar arrangements, in each case, to
the extent permitted under the Credit Facility Documentation, to
the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would
violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement, purchase
money, capital lease or a similar arrangement or create a right of
termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the
Borrower or a Guarantor) after giving effect to the applicable
anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code or other
applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the
assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under applicable
law notwithstanding such prohibition, (vi) any assets to the extent
a security interest in such assets would result in material adverse
tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower, in
consultation with (but without the consent of) the Administrative
Agent, (vii) those assets as to which the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower reasonably agree in writing that the cost of obtaining
such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in
relation to the benefit to the Lenders of the security to be
afforded thereby, (viii) any intent-to-use trademark application
prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or
“Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, to the
extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in
which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the
validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark
application under applicable federal law, (ix) up to $5.2 million
in cash held in an escrow account or reserve account in connection
with any prepayment of the PPP Debt (as defined below) and (x)
other exceptions to be mutually agreed upon (the foregoing
described in clauses (i) through (x) are, collectively, the
“Excluded
Assets”).
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B-7
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, but subject to the Certain Funds
Provision, the Borrower and the Guarantors shall not be required,
nor shall the Administrative Agent be authorized, to (i) perfect
the above-described pledges, security interests and mortgages in
the Collateral by any means other than by (A) filings pursuant to
the Uniform Commercial Code in the office of the secretary of state
(or similar central filing office) of the relevant State(s) and
filings in the applicable real estate records with respect to
mortgaged properties constituting Collateral or any fixtures
relating to such mortgaged properties, (B) filings in United States
government offices with respect to intellectual property as
expressly required in the Credit Facility Documentation, (C)
mortgages in respect of fee-owned real property with a fair market
value in excess of an amount to be agreed or (D) delivery to the
Administrative Agent to be held in its possession of all Collateral
consisting of intercompany notes, stock certificates of the
Borrower and its subsidiaries and instruments, in each case as
expressly required in the Credit Facility Documentation or (ii) to
take any action with respect to any assets located outside of the
United States (it being understood that there shall be no security
agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any
non-U.S. jurisdiction).
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All the
above-described pledges, security interests and mortgages shall be
created on terms to be set forth in the Credit Facility
Documentation, and none of the Collateral shall be subject to other
pledges, security interests or mortgages (except permitted liens
and other exceptions and baskets to be set forth in the Credit
Facility Documentation).
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Mandatory Prepayments:
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Loans
under the Term Facilities shall be prepaid with:
(a) commencing with the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, 50% of Excess Cash Flow (as
defined in Exhibit D hereto) in excess of $2.5 million; provided
that in any fiscal year, any voluntary prepayments (including those
pursuant to debt buybacks made by Borrower or one of its restricted
subsidiaries in an amount equal to the discounted amount actually
paid in respect thereof) of loans under the Term Facilities or any
revolving credit facility to the extent there is a corresponding
permanent reduction in commitments thereunder (other than, in each
case, prepayments funded with the proceeds of incurrences of
indebtedness (other than revolving loans)) shall be credited
against Excess Cash Flow prepayment obligations on a
dollar-for-dollar basis prior to the making of such Excess Cash
Flow prepayment;
(b) 100% of the net
cash proceeds of all non-ordinary course asset sales or other
dispositions of property by the Borrower and its restricted
subsidiaries (including insurance and condemnation proceeds and
sale leaseback proceeds) subject to exceptions to be agreed
(including in excess of thresholds per transaction and per fiscal
year to be agreed) and subject to the right to reinvest 100% of
such proceeds, if such proceeds are reinvested in the business (but
excluding investments in cash and cash equivalents), including in
permitted acquisitions or capital expenditures within 12 months,
and other exceptions to be set forth in the Credit Facility
Documentation;
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(c) 100% of the net
cash proceeds of issuances of debt obligations of the Borrower and
its restricted subsidiaries after the Closing Date (excluding
Incremental Term Facility, Delayed Draw Term Facility and other
debt permitted under the Credit Facility Documentation);
and
(d) 50% of the net cash
proceeds of public or private equity issuances of the Borrower and
its restricted subsidiaries after the Closing Date; provided that
the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries may issue public or
private equity securities in order to finance Permitted
Acquisitions or to fund working capital, and, so long as the
Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants
and the Minimum Liquidity Covenant set forth herein, the Borrower
shall not be required to use the proceeds of such issuances to
prepay the Term Loans.
Mandatory
prepayments shall be applied, without premium or penalty, subject
to reimbursement of the Lenders’ redeployment costs in the
case of a prepayment of Adjusted LIBOR borrowings other than on the
last day of the relevant interest period, on a pro rata basis to
the Term Facilities and any Incremental Term Facility under the
Credit Facility Documentation and to scheduled amortization
payments thereof in direct order of maturity to the next eight
scheduled amortization payments and then pro rata to the remaining
scheduled amortization payments.
Any
Lender under the Term Facilities may elect not to accept its pro
rata portion of any mandatory prepayment under clause (a), (b), (c)
or (d) above (each a “Declining
Lender”). Any prepayment amount declined by a
Declining Lender may be retained by the Borrower.
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For the
avoidance of doubt, any mandatory prepayment required hereunder may
be made by the Borrower from any source of funds and shall not be
required to be made from the funds of any particular subsidiary of
the Borrower.
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Voluntary Prepayments and Reductions in
Commitments:
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Prepayments
of borrowings under the Term Facilities will be permitted at any
time (subject to customary notice requirements), in minimum
principal amounts to be agreed, subject to reimbursement of the
Lenders’ redeployment costs in the case of a prepayment of
Adjusted LIBOR borrowings prior to the last day of the relevant
interest period.
Any
voluntary prepayment of the Term Facilities and any mandatory
prepayments made with the net cash proceeds of issuances, offerings
or placement of debt obligations (or any mandatory assignment in
connection with a transaction analogous to a “repricing
transaction”) must be prepaid (a) with a make-whole based on
U.S. Treasury notes with a maturity closest to the first
anniversary of the Closing Date plus 50 basis points, for any
prepayments made on or after the Closing Date but prior to the
first anniversary of the Closing Date, (b) at 102% on or after the
first anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the second
anniversary of the Closing Date, (c) at 101% on or after the second
anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the third anniversary
of the Closing Date and (d) without premium or penalty on or after
the third anniversary of the Closing Date.
All
voluntary prepayments of the Term Facilities and any Incremental
Term Facility will be applied to the remaining amortization
payments under the applicable Term Facility or such Incremental
Term Facility, as applicable, in the indirect order of maturity
thereof.
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Documentation Principles:
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The
definitive documentation for the Term Facilities (together with the
ancillary documentation, the “Credit Facility
Documentation”) will be initially drafted by counsel
to the Lead Arranger and negotiated in good faith by the Borrower
and the Lead Arranger, giving effect to the Certain Funds
Provision, shall contain the terms and conditions set forth in this
Term Sheet and the Fee Letter. The Credit Facility Documentation
shall contain only those payments, conditions to borrowing,
mandatory prepayments, representations, warranties, covenants and
events of default and other terms and conditions expressly set
forth in this Term Sheet, in each case, applicable to the Borrower
and its restricted subsidiaries.
The
foregoing provisions, collectively, are referred to as the
“Documentation
Principles”. All standards, qualifications,
thresholds, exceptions, “baskets” and grace and cure
periods in the Credit Facility Documentation shall be consistent
with the Documentation Principles.
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Representations and Warranties:
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Subject
to the Certain Funds Provision and limited to the following (to be
applicable to the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries and as
qualified by disclosure schedules to be delivered by the Borrower
containing information necessary to make such representations and
warranties accurate and complete when made; provided that any such information on
the disclosure schedule shall be reasonably acceptable to the Lead
Arranger): organizational status and good standing; power and
authority, due authorization, qualification, execution, delivery,
binding effect and enforceability of the Credit Facility
Documentation; with respect to the Credit Facility Documentation,
no violation of, or conflict with, law, organizational documents
and no violation of specified material debt agreements; compliance
with law; anti-terrorism laws; PATRIOT Act; OFAC; FCPA; litigation;
margin regulations; material governmental and third party
approvals; Investment Company Act; accurate and complete
disclosure; accuracy of historical and pro forma financial
statements; no material adverse change (after the Closing Date);
taxes; ERISA; labor matters; subsidiaries; intellectual property;
environmental laws; use of proceeds; ownership of properties;
creation and perfection of liens (subject to permitted liens) and
other security interests; and consolidated solvency (defined in a
manner consistent with Annex I to Exhibit C hereto) of the Borrower
and its subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, subject, in the case
of each of the foregoing representations and warranties, to
customary qualifications and limitations for materiality to be
provided in the Credit Facility Documentation consistent with the
Documentation Principles.
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Conditions to Initial Borrowing on the Closing
Date:
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The
availability of the initial borrowing and other extensions of
credit under the Term Facility on the Closing Date will be subject
solely to the applicable conditions set forth in Exhibit C to the
Commitment Letter.
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Conditions to All Borrowings:
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Except
as set forth above under the section titled and “Delayed Draw
Term Loan Facility” and “Incremental Term
Facilities”, the making of each extension of credit under the
Term Facilities (other than the Initial Term Facility) will be
conditioned upon (a) the making and accuracy of representations and
warranties in all material respects; provided that any such
representation that is qualified as to “materiality” or
“Material Adverse Effect” shall be accurate in all
respects, (b) the absence of defaults and events of default under
the Term Facilities at the time of, and immediately after giving
effect to the making of such extension of credit and the use of
proceeds thereof and (c) the delivery of a customary borrowing
notice.
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Affirmative Covenants:
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Limited
to the following (to be applicable to the Borrower and its
restricted subsidiaries only): quarterly (for (x) subject to the
Borrower’s using its commercially reasonable efforts to
deliver such quarterly financial statements, the fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 2021 (which, at the Borrower’s election, may
be presented on a standalone basis with respect to the Borrower
only (without including the Target)) and (y) the first three fiscal
quarters of a fiscal year) unaudited financial statements within 60
days after such fiscal quarter end (or such earlier date as may be
required (including any extensions)) by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and
annual audited financial statements (in the case of such annual
audited financial statements, without qualifications as to
“going concern” or the scope of the audit (other than
with respect to, or disclosure or an exception or qualification
resulting from (x) the impending maturity of any indebtedness or
(y) any prospective or actual default under any financial
covenant)) within 120 days after the fiscal year end (or such
earlier date as may be required (including any extensions) by the
SEC), in each case, for Borrower and its subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis (together with, if applicable, the related
consolidating financial information reflecting the adjustments
necessary to eliminate the unrestricted subsidiaries from such
consolidated financial information (it being agreed that no such
consolidating financial information shall be required to be audited
and such information may be in footnote format)); compliance
certificates and summary MD&A (delivered with the first three
quarterly financial statements of each fiscal year and annual
financial statements); annual budgets (delivered within 60 days
after the start of the applicable fiscal year), with the first such
budget being delivered for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2022; annual lender conference calls (with the ability, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, to join quarterly public calls
with public equity-holders); other information, including, upon
reasonable request of Oaktree and the Administrative Agent,
customary know-your-customer information (other than information
subject to attorney/client privilege or confidentiality
obligations); notices of defaults and material litigation; notice
of material ERISA events; inspections (subject to frequency (so
long as there is no ongoing event of default) and cost
reimbursement limitations); maintenance of property (subject to
casualty, condemnation and normal wear and tear) and customary
insurance (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, flood insurance
except to the extent required by applicable law); maintenance of
existence and corporate franchises, rights, licenses and
privileges; maintenance and inspection of books and records;
payment of material taxes and similar claims; compliance with laws
and regulations (including ERISA, environmental, the PATRIOT Act,
OFAC and FCPA); additional Guarantors and Collateral (subject to
limitations set forth above); use of proceeds; changes in lines of
business; commercially reasonable efforts to maintain ratings (but
not any specific ratings); and further assurances on collateral and
guarantee matters, subject, in the case of each of the foregoing
covenants, to exceptions and qualifications to be provided in the
Credit Facility Documentation consistent with the Documentation
Principles.
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Negative Covenants:
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Limited
to the following (to be applicable to the Borrower and its
restricted subsidiaries) limitations on:
a) the incurrence of
debt, with exceptions including, among others, the ability to incur
indebtedness (i) in the form of the Term Facilities and Incremental
Term Facility, (ii) in the form of purchase money indebtedness and
capital leases for personal property in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $5 million outstanding at any time, (iii) in
the form of indebtedness assumed in connection with a Permitted
Acquisition (but not in contemplation of a Permitted Acquisition),
and any refinancing thereof, in an aggregate principal amount not
to exceed $5 million outstanding at any time (such indebtedness,
the “Permitted Acquisition
Debt”), (iv) in the form of intercompany indebtedness,
including, without limitation, indebtedness arising from
intercompany loans and advances (subject to limitations on
indebtedness owed by non-Loan Parties to Loan Parties in an
aggregate amount to be agreed), (v) in the form of convertible
promissory notes existing on the Closing Date and in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $40 million (such indebtedness, the
“Convertible
Notes”), and any refinancing thereof in the form of
non-cash pay unsecured indebtedness, (vi) in the form of
indebtedness under the United States Small Business
Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program in an amount not
to exceed $5.2 million in principal amount (such indebtedness,
“PPP
Debt”), (vii) in the form of indebtedness under the
Existing Target Financing Agreements in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $15 million (the “Target Debt”),
(viii) in the form of indebtedness under that certain Loan
Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2020, by and between CL Rider
Finance, L.P., as lender, and RumbleOn Finance, LLC, as borrower,
in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2.5 million
outstanding at any time (such indebtedness, the “Warehouse
Debt”), (ix) in the form of Floor Plan Financings in
an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 100% of the cost to the
Borrower of the vehicles being financed by such Floor Plan
Financings, consistent with historical practice, (x) pursuant to a
general debt basket not to exceed $15 million outstanding at any
time and (xi) in the form of unsecured indebtedness so long as the Borrower is in compliance with a
Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio, on a pro forma basis, of no
greater than 2.25 to 1.00 (any such indebtedness incurred pursuant
to the foregoing, “Unsecured
Ratio Debt”);
provided that (A) any such Unsecured Ratio Debt is
incurred by the Borrower or another Guarantor, (B) any such
Unsecured Ratio Debt is not guaranteed by and person that does not
guaranty the Term Facilities (C) any such Unsecured Ratio Debt does
not mature prior to the date that is 180 days after the maturity
date of the Term Facilities or have a weighted average life less
than the weighted average life of the Term Facilities plus 180
days, (D) any such Unsecured Ratio Debt does not have mandatory
prepayment, redemption or offer to purchase events more onerous
than those set forth in the Term Facilities and (E) the other terms
and conditions of such Unsecured Ratio Debt (excluding pricing and
optional prepayment or redemption terms) reflect market terms and
conditions at the time of incurrence or issuance;
b) liens, with
exceptions including, among others, the ability to incur additional
liens (i) to secure the Term Facilities and Incremental Term
Facility, (ii) to secure Floor Plan Financings, (iii) to secure
Warehouse Debt, (iv) to secure the Convertible Notes, (v) to secure
Permitted Acquisition Debt, (vi) to secure the Target Debt, (vii)
to secure the permitted purchase money indebtedness and capital
leases for personal property, (viii) of not more than $5.2 million
cash deposits securing the PPP Debt and (ix) pursuant to a general
liens basket not to exceed $15 million;
c) fundamental changes
(with exceptions to include (i) intercompany mergers,
consolidations, liquidation and dissolutions, (ii) Permitted
Acquisitions and other permitted investments and (iii) certain
other transactions to be mutually agreed);
d) asset sales
(including sales of capital stock of restricted subsidiaries) and
sale leasebacks (which, in each case, shall be permitted on the
terms set forth in the section entitled “Asset Sales”
hereof);
e) investments (with
baskets for (i) loans and advances to officers, directors and
employees to acquire equity in the Borrower or for other customary
purposes (e.g. travel, entertainment, relocation) or otherwise,
(ii) investments in immaterial subsidiaries (to be defined as any
restricted subsidiary with not more than 2.5% of the total assets
or consolidated revenue of the Borrower and its restricted
subsidiaries and all such immaterial subsidiaries shall not in the
aggregate account for more than 5.0% of the total assets or
consolidated revenue of the Borrower and its restricted
subsidiaries), (iii) intercompany investments (subject to a
mutually agreed cap on investments by Loan Parties in non-Loan
Parties), (iv) the extension of trade credit, (v) a general
investment basket not to exceed $10 million, (vi) Permitted
Acquisitions (which shall be permitted on the terms set forth in
the section entitled “Permitted Acquisitions” hereof)
and (vii) investments on the Closing Date in non-wholly owned and
non-guarantor restricted subsidiaries not to exceed $10
million;
f) dividends or
distributions on, or redemptions of, the Borrower’s equity
interests, with exceptions including, among others, (i) dividends
made only in common stock or other equity interests of the Borrower
and (ii) on the terms set forth in the section entitled
“General Restricted Payment Incurrence Test”
hereof;
g) prepayments,
purchases or redemptions of junior lien, unsecured or subordinated
indebtedness (collectively, “Specified
Indebtedness”), with exceptions including, among
others, (i) on the terms set forth in the section entitled
“General Restricted Payment Incurrence Test” hereof,
(ii) payments of PPP Debt in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5.2
million in principal amount and (iii) redemptions of options or
equity issued by the Borrower to any directors, officers,
employees, consultants, advisors or other services provided in an
amount to be mutually agreed;
h) amendments of any
documentation governing such indebtedness in a manner material and
adverse to the Lenders;
i) negative pledge
clauses and clauses restricting distributions from restricted
subsidiaries;
j) changes in business
and/or lines of business;
k) changes in fiscal
year; and
l) transactions with
affiliates.
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Asset Sales:
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The
Borrower or any restricted subsidiary will be permitted to make (i)
dispositions of inventory, obsolete or worn out property and
property no longer used or useful in the business and (ii)
unlimited non-ordinary course asset sales, subject solely to the
following terms and conditions: (A) such asset sales are for fair
market value as reasonably determined by the Borrower or the
applicable restricted subsidiary in good faith, (B) the
consideration for any such sales in excess of an amount to be
agreed is at least 75% cash consideration (including designated
non-cash consideration up to an amount to be agreed), (C) the
proceeds of such asset sales are subject to the terms set forth in
the section entitled “Mandatory Prepayments” hereof and
(D) no default or event of default is existing or would result
therefrom (other than with respect to
an asset sale made pursuant to a legally binding commitment entered
into at a time when no event of default existed or would have
resulted from such asset sale).
The
Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries will also be permitted to
make (i) sales of obsolete, damaged, technologically outdated, worn
out or surplus assets or assets no longer used or useful in the
business (in each case determined by Borrower in good faith), (ii)
asset swaps, (iii) dispositions of noncore assets acquired in
connection with a Permitted Acquisition or other permitted
investment, or made to obtain the approval of an anti-trust
authority, (iv) intercompany transfers for fair value or otherwise
subject to limitations on the value of transfers to non-Loan
Parties to be mutually agreed, (v) sales of assets in the ordinary
course of business and immaterial assets, in each case, consistent
with the Documentation Principles and (vi) licensing
arrangements.
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General Restricted Payment Incurrence
Test:
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The
Credit Facility Documentation shall permit the Borrower and its
restricted subsidiaries to make unlimited restricted payments, and
prepayments of Specified Indebtedness so long as at the time of
making such restricted payment, or prepayment of Specified
Indebtedness (a) no default or event of default shall have occurred
and be continuing and (b) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio (as
defined in Exhibit D hereto) of the Borrower on a pro forma basis
shall be no greater than 2.00 to 1.00.
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Permitted Acquisitions:
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The
Borrower or any restricted subsidiary will be permitted to make
acquisitions (each, a “Permitted
Acquisition”), subject solely to the following terms
and conditions: (i) there is no event of default immediately before
and immediately after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition,
(ii) after giving effect thereto, the Borrower is in compliance
with the permitted lines of business covenant, (iii) the Borrower
is in compliance with the Financial Covenants (as defined below) as
of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the
Borrower for which internal financial statements are available,
calculated on a pro forma basis, giving pro forma effect to the
consummation of such Permitted Acquisition (excluding the cash
proceeds to the Borrower of any Delayed Draw Term Loans) and (iv)
solely to the extent required by, and subject to the limitations
set forth in, “Guarantees” and “Security”
above, the acquired company and its subsidiaries will become
Guarantors and pledge their Collateral to the Administrative
Agent.
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B-13
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Financial Maintenance Covenants:
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The
Borrower shall comply on a quarterly basis with (i) a maximum
Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in Exhibit D
hereto) of 4.25 to 1.00 and (ii) a maximum Consolidated Senior
Secured Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in Exhibit D hereto) of 3.75
to 1.00, in each case, commencing with the first full fiscal
quarter following the Closing Date (collectively, the
“Financial
Covenants”).
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Minimum Liquidity Covenant
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The
Borrower shall maintain minimum cash liquidity of $25 million with
respect to the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis, beginning on the last day of each fiscal
quarter, commencing with the first full fiscal quarter following
the Closing Date (the “Minimum Liquidity
Covenant”).
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Unrestricted Subsidiaries:
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The Credit Facility Documentation will contain provisions pursuant to which, subject
to limitations on loans, advances and other investments in,
unrestricted subsidiaries, the Borrower will be permitted to
designate any existing or subsequently acquired or organized
subsidiary as an “unrestricted subsidiary” and
subsequently re-designate any such unrestricted subsidiary as a
restricted subsidiary, subject solely to the following terms and
conditions: (a) after giving
effect to any such designation or re-designation (including after
the reclassification of debt of or liens on assets of the
applicable subsidiary), no event of default shall be continuing and
(b) in the case of the designation of a subsidiary as an
unrestricted subsidiary, (i) the subsidiary to be so designated
does not (directly, or indirectly through its subsidiaries) own any
equity interests or indebtedness of, or own or hold any lien on any
property of, the Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries and
(ii) such subsidiary has not, at the time of designation, and does
not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any
indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of
the assets of the Borrower or any restricted subsidiary.
Unrestricted subsidiaries will not be subject to the representation
and warranties, affirmative or negative covenant or event of
default provisions of the Credit Facility
Documentation, and the results of
operations and indebtedness of unrestricted subsidiaries will not
be taken into account for purposes of determining Consolidated
EBITDA. The designation of any
restricted subsidiary as an unrestricted subsidiary shall
constitute an investment therein at the date of designation in an
amount equal to the fair market value thereof.
The designation of any unrestricted subsidiary as a restricted
subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of
designation of any indebtedness or liens of such subsidiary
existing at such time.
As of the Closing Date, the Borrower shall not be permitted to have
any Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
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Events of Default:
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Limited
to the following (except as otherwise expressly indicated, to be
applicable to the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries only):
nonpayment of principal when due; nonpayment of interest or other
amounts after a customary five business day grace period; violation
of affirmative covenants with after a thirty day grace period
(except for notices of default and preservation of existence of the
Borrower, which shall have no grace period) and violation of
negative covenants; incorrectness of representations and warranties
in any material respect when made; cross-payment default to, and
cross-acceleration to, other indebtedness in excess of $5 million;
bankruptcy or other insolvency events of the Borrower or its
material subsidiaries (with a customary grace period for
involuntary events); unsatisfied monetary judgments in excess of $5
million; ERISA events resulting in a material adverse effect;
actual or asserted in writing invalidity of material guarantees or
security documents or any material security interest purported to
be created thereunder; and Change of Control (which shall not
mature into an event of default until after a thirty day grace
period to the extent not otherwise cured during such thirty day
period) (as defined in Exhibit D).
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Voting:
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Amendments
and waivers of the Credit Facility Documentation will require the
approval of Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate amount
of the loans and, without duplication, commitments under the Term
Facilities (the “Required
Lenders”); provided, however, that the Required
Lenders shall at all times include Oaktree and its affiliates (to
the extent that Oaktree and its affiliates are Lenders under the
Credit Facility Documentation at such time), except that (i) the
consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby
shall be required with respect to only the following: (A) increases
in the commitment of such Lender, (B) reductions or forgiveness of
principal, interest, fees, or (if any) prepayment premiums, (C)
changes in the “waterfall” or subordination provisions
relating to the Term Facilities and (D) extensions of scheduled
amortization payments, final maturity, interest, fees, or
prepayment premiums, (ii) the consent of 100% of the Lenders will
be required with respect to only the following: (A) modifications
to any of the voting percentages, (B) releases of all or
substantially all of the value of the Guarantors or releases of all
or substantially all of the Collateral and (C) modifications to the
pro rata sharing and payment provisions (other than any amendments
that establish Term Loans and/or Incremental Term Facilities and
other than in connection with loan buy-backs permitted pursuant to
the terms hereof), (iii) customary protections for the
Administrative Agent will be provided and (iv) any amendment or
waiver that by its terms affects the rights or duties of Lenders
holding loans or commitments of a particular class (but not the
Lenders holding loans or commitments of any other class) will
require only the requisite percentage in interest of the affected
class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto if such
class of Lenders were the only class of Lenders.
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The
Credit Facility Documentation shall contain customary provisions
for replacing (i) non-consenting Lenders in connection with
amendments and waivers requiring the consent of all relevant
Lenders, or of all relevant Lenders directly affected thereby (and
for replacing any lender that constitutes a non-extending lender in
connection with an extension of the maturity date of the Term
Facilities as permitted under the section titled “Final
Maturity and Amortization” hereof), so long as Lenders under
the relevant Term Facility holding more than 50% of the aggregate
amount of the loans and commitments thereunder shall have consented
thereto, (ii) Lenders requesting compensation for increased costs
or loss of yield and (iii) Lenders that are Specified
Competitors.
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B-15
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Cost and Yield Protection:
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The
Credit Facility Documentation will include customary tax gross-up,
cost and yield protection provisions. The obligation of the
Borrower and the Guarantors to gross up for and/or to indemnify
Lenders for taxes imposed on payments will be subject to customary
exceptions, including the requirement to provide applicable tax
related documentation, and will include customary mitigation
provisions. Protection for increased costs imposed as a result of
rules enacted or promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act or Basel III
shall be included in the Credit Facility Documentation (but solely
for such costs that would have been included if they had been
otherwise imposed under the applicable increased cost provisions
and only to the extent the applicable Lender is imposing such
charges on other similarly situated borrowers under comparable
syndicated Term Facilities).
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Assignments and Participations:
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After
the Closing Date, the Lenders will be permitted to assign loans
and/or commitments under the Term Facilities with the consent of
the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed); provided that (A) no assignment may be made to a natural
person, a Specified Competitor or, except as permitted below, an
Affiliated Lender, (B) no consent of the Administrative Agent shall
be required with respect to assignment of any Term Loans if such
assignment is an assignment to another Lender, an affiliate of a
Lender or an approved fund and (C) Oaktree and its Affiliates shall
only be permitted to assign up to $200 million of the loans and/or
commitments under the Term Facilities to an entity that is not
Oaktree or an Affiliate of Oaktree prior to the twelve (12) month
anniversary of the Closing Date without the consent of the
Borrower.
Each
assignment (other than to another Lender, an affiliate of a Lender
or an approved fund) will be in an amount of an integral multiple
of $1.0 million (or lesser amounts, if agreed between the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent) or, if less, all of such
Lender’s remaining loans and commitments of the applicable
class. Assignments will be by novation and will not be required to
be pro rata. The Administrative Agent shall receive a processing
and recordation fee of $3,500 for each assignment (unless waived by
such Administrative Agent).
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The
Lenders will be permitted to sell participations in loans and
commitments (other than, so long as the identity of the Specified
Competitors is posted to the Lenders, to Specified Competitors)
without restriction in accordance with applicable law and subject
to limitations consistent with the Documentation Principles. Voting
rights of participants shall be limited to matters set forth under
“Voting” above with respect to which the unanimous vote
of all Lenders (or all directly and adversely affected Lenders, if
the participant is directly and adversely affected) would be
required.
The
Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability
for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or
enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to
Specified Competitors. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (x) be obligated to
ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or
participant or prospective Lender or participant is a Specified
Competitor or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out
of any assignment or participation of loans and commitments under
the Term Facilities, or disclosure of confidential information, to
any Specified Competitor.
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B-16
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Non-pro
rata distributions will be permitted without any consent in
connection with loan buy-back or similar programs and assignments
to, and purchases by you and your affiliates who own 10% or more of
the outstanding equity interests of the Borrower or its
subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Borrower and its
subsidiaries) but excluding the Initial Lenders (each, an
“Affiliated
Lender”), including through open-market purchases;
provided that (i) the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries
shall cause any loans or commitments assigned to it (including as
contemplated by the following clause (ii)) or them to be cancelled,
(ii) any Term Loans acquired by an Affiliated Lender (other than
the Borrower) may, with the consent of the Borrower, be contributed
to the Borrower (whether through any of its direct or indirect
parent entities or otherwise) and exchanged for debt or equity
securities of such parent entity or the Borrower that are otherwise
permitted to be issued by such entity at such time, (iii) the
aggregate principal amount of Term Loans held by all Affiliated
Lenders (excluding Affiliated Debt Funds (as defined below)) shall
not exceed 25% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Term
Loans then outstanding (determined as of the time of such
purchase), (iv) Affiliated Lenders will not receive information
provided solely to Lenders and will not be permitted to attend or
participate in Lender only meetings and will not be entitled to
challenge the Administrative Agent’s and the applicable
Lenders attorney-client privilege as a result of their status as
Affiliated Lenders, (v) in the event that any proceeding under the
Bankruptcy Code shall be instituted by or against the Borrower or
any Guarantor, each Affiliated Lender shall acknowledge and agree
that they are each “insiders” under Section 101(31) of
the Bankruptcy Code and, as such, the claims associated with the
loans and commitments owned by it shall not be included in
determining whether the applicable class of creditors holding such
claims has voted to accept a proposed plan for purposes of section
1129(a)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code, or, alternatively, to the
extent that the foregoing designation is deemed unenforceable for
any reason, each Affiliated Lender shall vote in such proceedings
in the same proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to
such matter by those Lenders who are not Affiliated Lenders, except
to the extent that any plan of reorganization proposes to treat the
Borrower Obligations held by such Affiliated Lender in a manner
that is less favorable in any material respect to such Affiliated
Lender than the proposed treatment of similar Borrower Obligations
held by Lenders that are not Affiliated Lenders (provided, however,
that this clause (v) shall not apply to Affiliated Debt Funds),
(vi) any purchases by Affiliated Lenders shall require that such
Affiliated Lender clearly identify itself as an Affiliated Lender
in any assignment and assumption agreement executed in connection
with such purchases or sales and each such assignment and
assumption shall contain customary “big boy”
representations but no requirement to make representations as to
the absence of any material nonpublic information, (vii) each
Affiliated Lender shall waive any rights to bring any action in
connection with such purchased Term Loans against the
Administrative Agent in its capacity as such or to challenge the
Administrative Agent’s or Lender’s attorney client
privilege, (viii) the Borrower and its subsidiaries may not
purchase any loans so long as any event of default has occurred and
is continuing and (ix) for purposes of any amendment, waiver or
modification of the Credit Facility Documentation that requires the
consent of the Required Lenders or that does not in each case
adversely affect such Affiliated Lender (in its capacity as a
Lender) in any material respect as compared to other Lenders,
Affiliated Lenders will be deemed to have voted in the same
proportion as non-affiliated Lenders voting on such matter;
provided, however, that an Affiliated Lender that is primarily
engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are
engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in
commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course and with respect to which you do not, directly or
indirectly, possess the power to direct or cause the direction of
the investment policies of such entity (such lender an
“Affiliated Debt
Fund”), will not be subject to such voting limitations
and will be entitled to vote as if it was a Lender, except that
Affiliated Debt Funds may not, in the aggregate, account for more
than 49.9% of the amount necessary to constitute the Required
Lenders.
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Expenses and Indemnification:
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The
Borrower shall pay all reasonable and documented or invoiced
out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and
the Commitment Party (without duplication) associated with the
syndication of the Term Facilities and the preparation, execution
and delivery, administration, amendment, modification, waiver
and/or enforcement of the Credit Facility Documentation (including
the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel
identified herein or otherwise retained (except in the context of
enforcement) with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to
be unreasonably withheld or delayed)).
The
Borrower will indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Commitment
Party, the Lenders and their affiliates, and the directors,
officers, employees, counsel, agents, advisors and other
representatives or successors and assigns of the foregoing, and
hold them harmless from and against any and all losses,
liabilities, damages, claims and reasonable and documented or
invoiced out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including reasonable
fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel for all
indemnified parties and, if necessary, one firm of local counsel in
each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single special
counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for all indemnified
parties (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of
interest, where the indemnified person affected by such conflict
informs the Borrower of such conflict and thereafter retains its
own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such affected
indemnified person)) of any such indemnified person arising out of
or relating to any claim or any litigation or other proceeding
(regardless of whether such indemnified person is a party thereto
and whether or not such proceedings are brought by the Borrower,
its equity holders, its affiliates, creditors or any other third
person) that relates to the Transactions, including the financing
contemplated hereby; provided that no indemnified person will be
indemnified for any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements to the extent it has resulted from (i)
the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such
person or any of its controlled affiliates or any of the officers,
directors, employees, agents, advisors, or other representatives of
any of the foregoing, in each case who are involved in or aware of
the Transactions (as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment), (ii) a
material breach of the Credit Facility Documentation by any such
person or one of its affiliates (as determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment) or
(iii) disputes between and among indemnified persons to the extent
such disputes do not arise from any act or omission of the Borrower
or any of its affiliates (other than claims against an indemnified
person acting in its capacity as an agent or arranger or similar
role under the Term Facilities unless such claims arise from the
gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such
indemnified person (as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment)).
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Governing Law and Forum:
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New
York.
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EU Bail-In Provisions:
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Customary
Loan Syndications & Trading Association EU Bail-In provisions
shall be included in the Credit Facility Documentation (which shall
include a provision specifying that in the event any Lender (or a
direct or indirect parent company thereof) becomes subject to a
“Bail-in Action”, such Lender shall be deemed to be a
defaulting lender for all purposes under the Credit Facility
Documentation).
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Counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger and the
Bookrunner:
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Akin
Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
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B-18
ANNEX I
to
EXHIBIT
B
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Interest
Rates:
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The
interest rates under the Term Facilities will be, at the option of
the Borrower, (a) Adjusted LIBOR plus 8.25%, of which (i)
Adjusted LIBOR plus 7.25% shall be paid in cash and (ii) 1.00%
shall be payable in kind or (b) ABR plus 7.25%, of which (i) ABR
plus 6.25% shall be paid in cash and (ii) 1.00% shall be payable in
kind.
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The
Borrower may elect interest periods of 1, 2, 3 or 6 months for
Adjusted LIBOR borrowings.
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Calculation
of interest shall be on the basis of the actual days elapsed in a
year of (i) 360 days (or 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, in
the case of ABR loans based on the Prime Rate) and interest shall
be payable (i) in the case of Adjusted LIBOR loans, at the end of
each interest period and, in any event, at least every 3 months and
(ii) in the case of ABR loans, quarterly in arrears.
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“ABR”
is the Alternate Base Rate, which is the highest of the rate
published by The Wall Street Journal (or any successor publication)
from time to time as the “U.S. prime lending rate”, the
Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1.00%, and one-month
Adjusted LIBOR plus 1.00%, subject to a floor of 2.00% for the Term
Facilities.
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“Adjusted
LIBOR” is the London interbank offered rate for
dollars, adjusted for customary Eurodollar reserve requirements, if
any, and shall be subject to a floor of 1.00% for the Term
Facilities.
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Annex I
to Exhibit B-1
EXHIBIT
C
Project Wheelie
$280,000,000
Term Loan Facility
$120,000,000 Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility
Summary
of Additional Conditions
The
availability of the Term Facilities shall be subject solely to the
satisfaction or waiver by the Commitment Party of the following
conditions (subject to the Certain Funds Provision). Capitalized
terms used but not defined in this Exhibit C have the meanings set
forth in the letter to which this Exhibit C is attached or in
Exhibits A, or
B
thereto:
1.
Subject to the
Certain Funds Provision, Borrower and each other Guarantor shall
have executed and delivered the Credit Facility Documentation, in
each case, consistent with the Commitment Letter and Term Sheet, to
which they are parties and the Commitment Party shall have
received:
(a)
a customary notice of borrowing;
(b)
customary closing officer’s (certifying as to
resolutions, organizational documents and incumbency and to the
conditions set forth in paragraph 8 (with respect to Specified
Representations only)) and good standing (of the jurisdiction of
organization of Borrower and the Guarantors at closing)
certificates and legal opinions; and
(c)
a certificate (substantially in the form of Annex I to this Exhibit C) from the chief
financial officer (or other officer with reasonably equivalent
duties) of Borrower certifying that Borrower and its subsidiaries,
on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions,
are solvent.
2.
The Acquisition
shall be consummated in all material respects pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement prior to, or substantially concurrently with,
the initial funding of the Initial Term Facility without giving
effect to any amendments or modifications to the provisions thereof
or express waivers or consents thereto that, in any such case, are
materially adverse to the interests of the Commitment Party without
the consent of the Commitment Party, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed (it being understood
and agreed that (i) any decrease in the consideration for the
Acquisition shall be deemed not to be materially adverse to the
interests of the Commitment Party so long as such decrease reduced,
on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the aggregate amount of the Initial
Term Facility, (ii) any increase in the consideration for the
Acquisition shall be deemed not to be materially adverse to the
interests of the Commitment Party so long as funded with proceeds
of common equity, preferred equity that does not constitute
“disqualified stock” in a manner consistent with the
terms of the Credit Facility Documentation and (iii) any adverse
amendment, supplement or other modification to, consent under or
waiver of the definition of Target Material Adverse Effect (in each
case, without the prior written consent of the Commitment Party
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or
conditioned)) shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the
interests of the Commitment Parties); provided that in each case the
Commitment Party shall be deemed to have consented to such
modification, amendment, waiver or consent unless it shall object
thereto within two (2) business days of receipt of written notice
of such modification, amendment, consent or waiver.
C-1
3.
The Commitment
Party shall have received (a) an audited consolidated balance sheet
of the Borrower and an audited combined balance sheet of the Target
as at December 31, 2020 and in each case an audited consolidated
income statement and audited consolidated statement of cash flows
or an audited combined income statement and audited combined
statement of cash flows, as applicable, for the fiscal year then
ended; (b) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower
and an unaudited combined balance sheet of the Target for the
fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021, at least 30 days prior to the
Closing Date; and in each case an unaudited consolidated income
statement and unaudited consolidated statement of cash flows or an
unaudited combined income statement and unaudited combined
statement of cash flows, as applicable, for each such period then
ended, and (c) a pro forma consolidated balance sheet of Borrower
and its Subsidiaries as of the date of the most recent financial
statements delivered pursuant to clause (b) above, prepared after
giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had
occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) and
any other adjustments as agreed by the Borrower and the Commitment
Party (which need not be prepared in compliance with Regulation S-X
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or include adjustments
for purchase or recapitalization accounting (including adjustments
of the type contemplated by Financial Accounting Standards Board
Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations
(formerly SFAS 141R))); provided, further, that (x) the
Commitment Party acknowledges receipt of, and satisfaction of the
condition with respect to, the financial statements specified in
clause (a) of this paragraph 3 and (y) such financial statements
shall be deemed to have been received by the Commitment Party upon
filing of such financial statements with the SEC.
4.
Since the date of
the Purchase Agreement, there shall not have occurred any Material
Adverse Change (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or state of
facts that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would
reasonably be expected to have a Target Material Adverse
Effect.
5.
So long as
requested at least five (5) business days prior to the Closing
Date, the Commitment Party and the Administrative Agent shall have
received, at least three (3) business days prior to the Closing
Date, (a) all documentation and other information with respect to
Borrower and the Guarantors that is required by regulatory
authorities under applicable “know your customer” and
anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without
limitation, the PATRIOT Act and a certification regarding
beneficial ownership required by 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230 and (b)
a completed copy of the Commitment Party’s standard
environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG)
questionnaire.
6.
Payment of all fees
and expenses earned, due and payable to the Commitment Party and
the Lenders required to be paid on the Closing Date from the
proceeds of the initial fundings under the Initial Term Facility
for which invoices have been received at least three (3) business
days in advance (which amounts may be offset against the proceeds
of the Initial Term Facility) shall have been made (or shall be
made substantially contemporaneously with funding).
7.
Subject to the
Certain Funds Provision, with respect to the Term Facilities,
commercially reasonable actions necessary to establish that the
Administrative Agent will have a perfected security interest in the
Collateral of Borrower and each Guarantor under the Term Facilities
shall have been taken (or shall be taken substantially
contemporaneously with funding).
8.
The Specified
Purchase Agreement Representations shall be true and correct to the
extent required by the Certain Funds Provision and the Specified
Representations shall be true and correct in all material
respects.
9.
The Refinancing
shall have been consummated upon, or substantially simultaneously
with, the initial funding of the Term Facility.
10.
Prior to, or
substantially concurrently with the initial fundings contemplated
by the Commitment Letter, Borrower shall have received the Equity
Contribution substantially in the manner described in Exhibit A to the Commitment
Letter (subject to reduction in accordance with paragraph 2
above).
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ANNEX I
to
EXHIBIT
C
RUMBLEON,
INC.
SOLVENCY
CERTIFICATE
[____],
20[_]
Pursuant to Section
[_] of the Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as
amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among
[_________], the undersigned [chief financial officer] [other
officer with equivalent duties] of the Borrower hereby certify as
of the date hereof, solely on behalf of the Borrower and not in
their individual capacity and without assuming any personal
liability whatsoever, that:
1.
I am familiar with
the finances, properties, businesses and assets of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries. I have reviewed the Loan Documents and such other
documentation and information and have made such investigation and
inquiries as I have deemed necessary and prudent therefor. I have
also reviewed the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, including projected financial statements and
forecasts relating to income statements and cash flow statements of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
2.
On the Closing
Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (on a consolidated
basis) (a) have property with fair value greater than the
total amount of their debts and liabilities, contingent (it being
understood that the amount of contingent liabilities at any time
shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and
circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can
reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability),
subordinated or otherwise, (b) have assets with present fair
salable value not less than the amount that will be required to pay
their liability on their debts as they become absolute and matured,
(c) will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, as they become absolute and matured and
(d) are not engaged in business or a transaction, and are not about
to engage in business or a transaction, for which their property
would constitute an unreasonably small capital.
All
capitalized terms used but not defined in this certificate shall
have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO FOLLOW]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Certificate as of the date
first written above.
RUMBLEON,
INC.
By:
__________________________
Name:
Title:
Annex I
to Exhibit C-[Insert Page
Number]
EXHIBIT
D
Project Wheelie
$280,000,000 Term Loan Facility
$120,000,000 Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility
Select Definitions
The
Credit Facility Documentation will include definitions
substantially consistent with the concepts set forth below, which
may include additional add backs and exclusions as are agreed upon
between you and the Commitment Party, subject to the Documentation
Principles.
As used
in this Exhibit D, the phrase “capitalized lease
obligations” shall not be deemed to include any obligations
in respect of leases of real property.
“Change of
Control” shall mean the occurrence after the Equity
Contribution and Closing Date of either of the following events:
(a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms
are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or
its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity
as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such
plan), other than a Permitted Holder, becomes the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group
shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all
securities that such person or group has the right to acquire (such
right, an “option right”), whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time),
directly or indirectly, of more than the greater of (x) 40.0% or
more of the capital stock of the Borrower entitled to vote for
members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of
the Borrower on a fully diluted basis (and taking into account all
such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire
pursuant to any option right) (the “Voting Stock”)
and (y) the percentage of Voting Stock owned, directly or
indirectly, beneficially by the Permitted Holders, or (b) during
any period of 24 consecutive months (the first such period
commencing two (2) months after the Closing Date), a majority of
the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing
body of the Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (i) who
were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the
first day of such period, (ii) whose election, appointment or
nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved
by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the
time of such election, appointment or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose
election, appointment or nomination to that board or other
equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to
in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such
election, appointment or nomination at least a majority of that
board or equivalent governing body.
“Consolidated Depreciation
and Amortization Expense” means, with respect to any
person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and
amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred
financing fees or costs, capitalized expenditures, customer
acquisition costs and incentive payments, conversion costs and
contract acquisition costs, the amortization of original issue
discount resulting from the issuance of indebtedness at less than
par and amortization of favorable or unfavorable lease assets or
liabilities, of such person and its restricted subsidiaries for
such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
EBITDA” means, with respect to any person for any
period, the Consolidated Net Income of such person for such
period:
(a) increased
(without duplication) by the following:
(i) provision
for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without
limitation, state franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign
withholding taxes of such person paid or accrued during such
period, including any penalties and interest relating to any tax
examinations, deducted (and not added back) in computing
Consolidated Net Income; plus
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(ii) Consolidated
Interest Expense (other than Floor Plan Interest Expense) of such
person for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and
not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(iii) Consolidated
Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such person for such
period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in
computing Consolidated Net Income whether before or after the
Closing Date; plus
(iv) any
expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization
expense) related to any equity offering, investment, acquisition,
disposition or recapitalization permitted hereunder or the
incurrence of indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder
(including a refinancing thereof, but excluding any expenses or
charges relating to any Floor Plan Financing) (whether or not
successful), including (A) such fees, expenses or charges related
to the Credit Facility Documentation and (B) any amendment or other
modification of the Credit Facility Documentation, in each case,
deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(v) the
amount of any restructuring charge or reserve, integration cost or
other business optimization expense or cost that is deducted (and
not added back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net
Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with
acquisitions or divestitures after the Closing Date, and costs
related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities and to
existing lines of business; plus
(vi) any
other non-cash charges, write-downs, expenses, losses or items
reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period including any
impairment charges or the impact of purchase accounting, (excluding
any such non-cash charge, write-down or item to the extent it
represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a
future period) or other items classified by the Borrower as special
items less other non-cash items of income increasing Consolidated
Net Income (excluding any such non-cash item of income to the
extent it represents a receipt of cash in any future period);
plus
(vii) the
amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary
income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties
in any non-wholly-owned subsidiary; plus
(viii) the
amount of “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense
reductions and synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to
result from actions taken prior to or during, or expected to be
taken following such period (which cost savings, operating expense
reductions or synergies shall be subject only to certification by a
responsible officer of the Borrower and shall be calculated on a
pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense
reductions or synergies had been realized on the first day of such
period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized prior to or
during such period from such actions; provided that (A) a responsible officer
of the Borrower shall have certified to the Administrative Agent
that (x) such cost savings, operating expense reductions or
synergies are reasonably identifiable, reasonably attributable to
the actions specified and reasonably anticipated to result from
such actions and (y) such actions have been taken or are to be
taken within eighteen (18) months from the date of such transaction
and (B) amounts added back pursuant to this clause (viii) shall not
exceed, when added to the aggregate amount of add backs made
pursuant to clause (v) of this definition of “Consolidated
EBITDA”, 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period
calculated prior to giving effect to the add-backs set forth in
this clause (viii); plus
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(ix) any
costs or expenses incurred by the Borrower or a restricted
subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option
plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement,
any severance agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder
agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with
cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or net
cash proceeds of an issuance of equity interests (other than
disqualified equity interests) of the Borrower; plus
(x) cash
receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash
expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated
Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to
such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA
pursuant to paragraph
(b) below for any previous period and not added back;
plus
(xi) any
net loss included in Consolidated Net Income attributable to
non-controlling interests pursuant to the application of Accounting
Standards Codification Topic 810-10-45; plus
(xii)
realized foreign exchange gains or losses resulting from the impact
of foreign currency changes on the valuation of assets or
liabilities on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its restricted
subsidiaries; plus
(xiii)
net realized losses from swap contracts or embedded derivatives
that require similar accounting treatment and the application of
Accounting Standard Codification Topic 815 and related
pronouncements;
(b) decreased
(without duplication) by the following:
(i) non-cash
gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such person for such
period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent
the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item
that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period and any
non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior
period so long as such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in
such prior period; plus
(ii)
realized foreign exchange income or gains resulting from the impact
of foreign currency changes on the valuation of assets or
liabilities on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its restricted
subsidiaries; plus
(iii)
any net realized income or gains from any obligations under any
swap contracts or embedded derivatives that require similar
accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standard
Codification Topic 815 and related pronouncements; plus
(iv) any
amount included in Consolidated Net Income of such person for such
period attributable to non-controlling interests pursuant to the
application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic
810-10-45;
(c) increased
or decreased (without duplication) by, as applicable, any
adjustments resulting from the application of Accounting Standards
Codification Topic 460 or any comparable regulation;
and
(d) increased
or decreased (to the extent not already included in determining
Consolidated EBITDA) by any pro forma adjustment.
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There
shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any
period, without duplication, (A) the EBITDA of any person,
property, business or asset acquired by the Borrower or any
restricted subsidiary during such period (but not the EBITDA of any
related person, property, business or assets to the extent not so
acquired), to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of by the Borrower or such restricted subsidiary
during such period (each such person, property, business or asset
acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an
“Acquired
Entity or Business”), and the EBITDA of any
unrestricted subsidiary that is converted into a restricted
subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted
Subsidiary”), based on the actual EBITDA of such
Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for
such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such
acquisition or conversion) and (B) an adjustment in respect of each
Acquired Entity or Business equal to the amount of the pro forma
adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business for
such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such
acquisition) as specified in a certificate executed by a
responsible officer and delivered to the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent. For purposes of determining Consolidated
EBITDA for any period, there shall be excluded in determining
Consolidated EBITDA for any period the EBITDA of any person,
property, business or asset (other than an unrestricted subsidiary)
sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as
discontinued operations by the Borrower or any restricted
subsidiary during such period (each such person, property, business
or asset so sold or disposed of, a “Sold Entity or
Business”) and the EBITDA of any restricted subsidiary
that is converted into an unrestricted subsidiary during such
period (each, a “Converted Unrestricted
Subsidiary”), based on the actual EBITDA of such Sold
Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such
period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale,
transfer or disposition).
“Consolidated Interest
Expense” means, with respect to any person for any
period, without duplication, the sum of:
(1) consolidated
interest expense of such person and its restricted subsidiaries for
such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added
back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including
(a) amortization of original issue discount or premium
resulting from the issuance of indebtedness at less than par,
(b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed
with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances,
(c) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash
interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market
valuation of swap contracts or other derivative investments
pursuant to GAAP), (d) the interest component of capitalized
lease obligations,(e) net payments, if any, pursuant to
interest rate obligations under any swap contracts with respect to
indebtedness and (f) interest expense related to Floor Plan
Financings); plus
(2) consolidated
capitalized interest of such person and its restricted subsidiaries
for such period, whether paid or accrued; less
(3) interest
income for such period.
For
purposes of this definition, interest on a capitalized lease
obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably
determined by such person to be the rate of interest implicit in
such capitalized lease obligation in accordance with
GAAP.
“Consolidated Net
Income” means, with respect to any person for any
period, the net income (loss) of such person and its restricted
subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis on
the basis of GAAP; provided, however, that there will not be
included in such Consolidated Net Income:
(1) any
net income (loss) of any person if such person is not a restricted
subsidiary, except that the Borrower’s equity in the net
income of any such person for such period will be included in such
Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash or cash
equivalents actually distributed (or, so long as such person is not
(x) a joint venture with outstanding third-party indebtedness for
borrowed money or (y) an unrestricted subsidiary, that (as
reasonably determined by a responsible officer of the Borrower)
could have been distributed by such person during such period to
the Borrower or a restricted subsidiary) as a dividend or other
distribution or return on investment;
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(2) any
net gain (or loss) from disposed, abandoned or discontinued
operations and any net gain (or loss) on disposal of disposed,
discontinued or abandoned operations;
(3) any
net gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of
any asset (including pursuant to any sale/leaseback transaction)
which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course
of business (as determined in good faith by a responsible officer
or the board of directors of the Borrower);
(4)
any extraordinary, exceptional, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss,
charge or expense (including relating to the Transaction Costs), or
any charges, expenses or reserves in respect of any restructuring,
redundancy or severance expense, new product introductions or
one-time compensation charges;
(5) the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles;
(6) any
(i) non-cash compensation charge or expense arising from any grant
of stock, stock options or other equity based awards and any
non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension
liabilities or other provisions and (ii) income (loss) attributable
to deferred compensation plans or trusts;
(7) all
deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid or other
expenses incurred directly in connection with any early
extinguishment of indebtedness and any net gain (loss) from any
write-off or forgiveness of indebtedness;
(8) any
unrealized gains or losses in respect of any obligations under any
swap contracts or any ineffectiveness recognized in earnings
related to hedge transactions or the fair value of changes therein
recognized in earnings for derivatives that do not qualify as hedge
transactions, in each case, in respect of any obligations under any
swap contracts;
(9) any
unrealized foreign currency transaction gains or losses in respect
of indebtedness of any person denominated in a currency other than
the functional currency of such person and any unrealized foreign
exchange gains or losses relating to translation of assets and
liabilities denominated in foreign currencies;
(10)
any purchase accounting effects including, but not limited to,
adjustments to inventory, property and equipment, software and
other intangible assets and deferred revenue in component amounts
required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative
pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed
down to the Borrower and the restricted subsidiaries), as a result
of any consummated acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of
any amounts thereof (including any write-off of in process research
and development);
(11)
any impairment charge, asset write-down or write-off, including
impairment charges, or asset write-downs or write-offs relating to
intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and
equity securities or as a result of a change in law or
regulation;
(12) any
after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment or
cancellation of indebtedness or any obligations under any swap
contracts or other derivative instruments;
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(13) accruals
and reserves that are established within twelve months after the
Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of
the Transactions in accordance with GAAP;
(14)
any net unrealized gains and losses resulting from swap contracts
or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment
and the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815
and related pronouncements; and
(15) any
deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net
operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the
release of any valuation allowance related to such
item.
In
addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated
Net Income of such person and its restricted subsidiaries,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing,
Consolidated Net Income shall include (i) any expenses and charges
that are reimbursed by indemnification or other reimbursement
provisions in connection with any investment or any sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted
hereunder and (ii) to the extent covered by insurance and actually
reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination
that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact
be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such
amount is (A) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing
within 180 days and (B) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the
date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added
back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days),
expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business
interruption.
“Consolidated Senior Secured
Net Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any test
period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Debt (other than
any portion of Consolidated Net Debt that is unsecured) as of the
last day of such test period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the
Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries for such test
period.
“Consolidated Total
Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the
aggregate principal amount of indebtedness of the Borrower and its
restricted subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the
effects of any discounting of indebtedness resulting from the
application of purchase accounting in connection with the
Transactions or any Permitted Acquisition), consisting of
indebtedness for borrowed money, capitalized lease obligations and
debt obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan
agreements or other similar instruments; provided that Consolidated Total Debt
shall not include (x) obligations under swap contracts entered into
in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative
purposes, (y) undrawn letters of credit and (z) Floor Plan
Debt.
“Consolidated Total Leverage
Ratio” means, with respect to any test period, the
ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day of such
test period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its
restricted subsidiaries for such test period.
“Consolidated Total Net
Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a)
Consolidated Total Debt minus (b) the aggregate amount of
unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the Borrower and its
restricted subsidiaries as of such date held in (i) reserve
accounts in connection with any prepayment of the PPP Debt and (ii)
accounts that are subject to a control agreement in favor of the
Administrative Agent.
“Consolidated Total Net
Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any test
period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Debt as of the last
day of such test period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower
and its restricted subsidiaries for such test period.
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“Consolidated Working
Capital” means, at any date, (x) the sum of (i) all
amounts (other than cash and cash equivalents) that would, in
conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption
“total current assets” (or any like caption) on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its restricted
subsidiaries at such date and (ii) long-term accounts receivable
less (y) the sum of (i) all
amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite
the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like
caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
restricted subsidiaries on such date and (ii) long-term deferred
revenue, but excluding, without duplication, (a) the current
portion of any funded debt or other long-term liabilities, (b) the
current portion of interest, (c) the current portion of current and
deferred income taxes, (d) the current portion of any capitalized
lease obligations, (e) deferred revenue arising from cash receipts
that are earmarked for specific projects, (f) the current portion
of deferred acquisition costs and (g) current accrued costs
associated with any restructuring or business optimization
(including accrued severance and accrued facility closure
costs).
“Excess Cash
Flow” means, for any period, an amount equal
to:
(a) the
sum, without duplication, of:
(i) Consolidated
Net Income for such period;
(ii) an
amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges (including
depreciation and amortization) to the extent deducted in arriving
at such Consolidated Net Income;
(iii) decreases
in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any
such decreases arising from acquisitions by the Borrower and its
restricted subsidiaries completed during such period or the
application of purchase accounting);
(iv) an
amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on dispositions by
the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries during such period
(other than dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the
extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;
and
(v) cash
receipts in respect of swap contracts during such period to the
extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income;
less
(b) the
sum, without duplication, of:
(i) an
amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in
arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash charges to the
extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net
Income;
(ii) without
duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in
prior fiscal years, the amount of capital expenditures or
acquisitions made in cash during such period, except to the extent
that such capital expenditures or acquisitions were financed with
the proceeds of an incurrence or issuance of indebtedness of the
Borrower or its restricted subsidiaries;
(iii) the
aggregate amount of all principal payments of indebtedness of the
Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries (including (A) the
principal component of capitalized lease obligations and (B) the
amount of amortization payments and any mandatory prepayment of
Term Loans to the extent required due to a disposition that
resulted in an increase to such Consolidated Net Income and not in
excess of the amount of such increase but excluding all other
prepayments of Term Loans), except to the extent financed with the
proceeds of an incurrence or issuance of other indebtedness of the
Borrower or its restricted subsidiaries;
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(iv) an
amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on dispositions by
the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries during such period
(other than dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the
extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net
Income;
(v) increases
in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any
such increases arising from acquisitions by the Borrower and its
restricted subsidiaries completed during such period or the
application of purchase accounting);
(vi) cash
payments by the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries during
such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and
its restricted subsidiaries other than indebtedness (including such
indebtedness specified in clause (b)(iii)
above);
(vii) without
duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior
periods, the amount of certain investments and acquisitions to be
agreed made during such period pursuant to the Credit Facility
Documentation, except to the extent that such investments and
acquisitions were financed with the proceeds of an incurrence or
issuance of indebtedness of the Borrower or its restricted
subsidiaries;
(viii) the
amount of certain restricted payments to be agreed paid during such
period except to the extent that such restricted payments were
financed with the proceeds of an incurrence or issuance of
indebtedness of the Borrower or its restricted
subsidiaries;
(ix) the
aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments
actually paid in cash by the Borrower and its restricted
subsidiaries during such period that are required to be made in
connection with any prepayment of indebtedness except to the extent
that such amounts (but not the indebtedness so prepaid) were
financed with the proceeds of an incurrence or issuance of
indebtedness of the Borrower or its restricted
subsidiaries;
(x) the
aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and
its restricted subsidiaries in cash during such period (including
expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that
such expenditures are not expensed during such period and were not
financed with the proceeds of an incurrence or issuance of
indebtedness of the Borrower or its restricted
subsidiaries;
(xi) without
duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior
periods, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by
the Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries pursuant to
binding contracts (the “Contract
Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such
period relating to Permitted Acquisitions, capital expenditures or
acquisitions to be consummated or made during the period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of
such period except to the extent intended to be financed with the
proceeds of an incurrence or issuance of other indebtedness of the
Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that to the
extent the aggregate amount utilized to finance such Permitted
Acquisitions, capital expenditures or acquisitions during such
period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the
Contract Consideration, the amount of such shortfall, shall be
added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such
period of four consecutive fiscal quarters;
(xii) the
amount of cash taxes (including penalties and interest) paid or tax
reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period
to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in
determining Consolidated Net Income for such period;
and
D-8
(xiii) cash
expenditures in respect of swap contracts during such fiscal year
to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net
Income.
“Floor Plan
Financing” means financing arrangements pursuant to
which a capital provider agrees to extend credit to Borrower or a
restricted subsidiary to finance Floor Plan Units that are either
held available for sale or as inventory by Borrower or such
subsidiary.
“Floor Plan
Debt” means all indebtedness of the Borrower and its
restricted subsidiaries incurred to finance Floor Plan
Units.
“Floor Plan Interest
Expense” means that component of the Borrower’s
and its restricted subsidiaries’ aggregate Consolidated
Interest Expense attributable to Floor Plan Debt.
“Floor Plan
Units” means inventory of the Borrower and its
restricted subsidiaries consisting of automobiles, motorcycles,
power sports vehicles or any other vehicle sold or leased by the
Borrower or its restricted subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
their business. Floor Plan Units do not include supplies or spare
parts inventory.
“Permitted
Holders” shall mean William Coulter, Mark Tkach,
Marshall Chesrown and Steven Berrard and their respective spouses,
children, grandchildren and other immediate family members and
personal representatives of their estates or trusts of which they
or their respective spouses, children, grandchildren, or other
immediate family members are the sole beneficiaries (in each case,
directly or indirectly, including through one or more investment
vehicles).
D-9
Exhibit 10.2
SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE
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$2,500,000.00
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New York, New
York
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March 12,
2021
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FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, NextGen Pro, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“NextGen”), and RumbleOn, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (“Parent”; NextGen and Parent collectively
herein called the “Borrowers” and each a
“Borrower”), both jointly and severally, promise to pay
to the order of BRF Finance Co., LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (herein called “Lender”), at its offices in
30780 Russell Ranch Rd Suite 250, Westlake Village, CA 91362 , or
at such other place as the holder of this note may hereafter
designate in writing, in immediately available funds and in lawful
money of the United States of America, the principal sum of Two
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00), together
with interest on the unpaid principal balance of this note from
time to time outstanding until maturity (whether by acceleration or
otherwise) at the Stated Rate and interest on all past due
principal and other past due amounts owing hereunder at the Past
Due Rate.
"Stated
Rate" means, on any day, a rate per annum equal to twelve percent
(12%). "Past Due Rate" means, on any day , a rate per annum equal
to the Stated Rate plus six percent (6%). Interest shall be
computed for the actual number of days elapsed in a year consisting
of 360 days.
Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary contained in this note or any other
document, it is expressly provided that in no case or event (A)
shall the aggregate of (i) all interest on the unpaid balance
hereof accrued or paid from the date hereof and (ii) the aggregate
of any other amounts accrued or paid pursuant hereto which under
applicable laws are or may be deemed to constitute interest upon
the indebtedness evidenced hereby, ever exceed the maximum rate of
interest which could lawfully be contracted for, charged or
received on the unpaid principal balance of this note; or (B) shall
Borrowers be obligated to pay interest and other amounts described
above at a rate which could subject the Lender to either civil or
criminal liability as a result of such rate being in excess of the
maximum rate which the Lender is permitted to charge under
applicable law. In this connection, it is expressly stipulated and
agreed that it is the intent of the Borrowers and the Lender to
contract in strict compliance with the applicable federal and state
usury laws (whichever permit the higher rate of interest) from time
to time in effect.
On the
first day of each calendar month during the term of this note,
interest hereunder shall be due and payable and shall be paid and
discharged by adding the accrued but unpaid interest to the
principal amount of this note, whereupon it shall be deemed to be a
portion of the principal amount outstanding hereunder for all
purposes (including, without limitation, the accrual of interest).
This note shall be due and payable in an amount equal to the
principal of this note which then remains unpaid, together with all
accrued but unpaid interest, on September 30, 2021, the final
maturity of this note. On or after maturity, interest on this note
shall be payable on demand.
This
note may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time without premium
or penalty. All outstanding amounts under this this note shall be
immediately prepaid in full without premium or penalty in the event
that the Parent shall issue either debt or equity, or a combination
thereof, in one or more transactions following the date hereof
resulting in cash proceeds to the Parent in excess of $2,650,000
net of transaction costs. All prepayments shall be applied first to
accrued but unpaid interest, the balance to principal.
Borrowers' failure
to pay any principal or accrued interest on this note when due or
Borrowers' failure to pay any other amount payable pursuant to this
note within five (5) days of written demand or the occurrence of
any default of any other obligation in this note that is not
remedied within ten (10) days of the earlier of (1) written notice
thereof or (2) a Borrower obtaining knowledge thereof or an
involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect is commenced against
either Borrower and such petition remains unstayed and in effect
for a period of 60 consecutive days or any Borrower shall commence
a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the
entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such
law, or consent to the appointment or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or
similar official of such Borrower or any substantial part of its
respective property or make any general assignment for the benefit
of creditors or any Borrower shall admit in writing its inability
to pay its debts generally as they become due or any action shall
be taken by any Borrower in furtherance of any of the foregoing
purposes, in each case, shall constitute default under this note,
whereupon the holder of this note may elect to exercise any or all
rights, powers and remedies afforded (a) as set forth in this note
with regard to the Collateral (as defined below) and under all
writings related to this note and (b) by law, including the right
to accelerate the maturity of this entire note.
Borrowers shall,
jointly and severally, pay on written demand all reasonable fees
and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses, incurred by Lender with respect to any amendments or
waivers hereof or in the enforcement or attempted enforcement of
any of the obligations of Borrowers to Lender under this note or in
preserving any of Lender’s rights and remedies (including,
without limitation, all such fees and expenses incurred in
connection with any “workout” or restructuring
affecting this note, including without limitation, the enforcement
of any lien on the Collateral or of the obligations thereunder or
any bankruptcy or similar proceeding involving any Borrower) and
all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by
Lender in analyzing, exercising, or addressing any rights of Lender
in connection with any future actions of the Lender or
Borrowers. Any such amounts shall be deemed to be outstanding
under this note and shall be payable on written
demand.
Except
only for any notices which are specifically required by another
provision of this note, Borrowers waive notice (including, but not
limited to, notice of intent to accelerate and notice of
acceleration, notice of protest and notice of dishonor), demand,
presentment for payment, protest, diligence in collecting and the
filing of suit for the purpose of fixing liability. Borrowers
absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably waive any and all right
to assert any defense, counterclaim, crossclaim or setoff of any
nature whatsoever with respect to this note except to the extent
such right (other than setoff) would be waived if not asserted in
any proceeding commenced by the Lender.
As
security for the payment and performance of all obligations of the
Borrowers under or pursuant to, or evidenced by, this note, NextGen
does hereby grant to the Lender a continuing first priority
security interest in all of the Collateral (as hereinafter
defined), whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired and
wherever located. For purposes of this note, the term "Collateral"
shall mean all of NextGen’s right, title and interest in (a)
software and other general intangibles as such terms are defined in
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York
(the "UCC"), (b) copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual
property, together with all goodwill associated therewith, (c) all
contract rights, documents, applications, licenses, materials and
other matters related to such general intangibles, and (d) all
proceeds of the foregoing. Without limiting the foregoing, NextGen
intends that the Collateral shall include all of NextGen’s
right, title and interest in intellectual property including, but
not limited to, (i) all patents, and all unpatented or unpatentable
inventions; (ii) all trademarks, service marks, and trade names;
(iii) all copyrights and literary rights; (iv) all computer
software programs; (v) all mask works of semiconductor chip
products; (vi) all trade secrets, proprietary information, customer
lists, manufacturing, engineering and production plans, drawings,
specifications, processes and systems; and (vii) all good will
connected with or symbolized by any of such general intangibles,
including, without limitation, the intellectual property described
on Exhibit A hereto and the goodwill associated therewith (the
“Specific IP”). The Lender is a secured party under
Article 9 of the UCC and shall have all the rights of a secured
party under Article 9 of the UCC and applicable law including,
without limitation, the right to foreclose or otherwise enforce the
security interest upon default under this note. Upon disposition of
any Collateral, the Borrowers and each other obligor shall remain
liable for any deficiency. The Lender is authorized to file
financing statements naming the Lender as secured party and NextGen
as debtor indicating that the financing statement covers all assets
or all personal property of NextGen. NextGen hereby represents and
warrants that it is the sole owner of the Specific IP, free and
clear of any liens charges or other encumbrances and that none of
the Specific IP is subject to any license other than non-exclusive
licenses granted by NextGen in the ordinary course of business.
None of the Specific IP is subject to any copyright filed in the US
Copyright Office. Until payment in full in cash of all outstanding
amounts under this note, NextGen shall not create, assume or incur,
directly or indirectly, or permit to be created, assumed or
incurred, or suffer to exist any lien, charge or other encumbrance
on the Collateral or sell, transfer, license or otherwise dispose
of any Collateral other than non-exclusive licenses of the
Collateral in the ordinary course of business.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. NEW YORK COUNTY,
NEW YORK SHALL BE A PROPER PLACE OF VENUE FOR SUIT HEREON.
BORROWERS IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ANY LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN RESPECT
OF THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER WRITING RELATING HERETO MAY BE BROUGHT IN
ANY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW
YORK, OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND BORROWERS IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS IN ANY SUCH LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS. THE BORROWERS AGREE THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE
MADE BY DELIVERY BY CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT
REQUESTED, OR COURIER OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY SERVICE, TO THE
BORROWERS' ADDRESSES AS THEN SHOWN ON THE RECORDS OF THE
LENDER.
BORROWERS
AND LENDER WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ANY
COUNTERCLAIM, OFFSET OR DEFENSE) ARISING UNDER, OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE.
BORROWERS’
OBLIGATIONS TO PAY THIS NOTE ARE JOINT AND SEVERAL.
The
Borrowers may not assign this note. The Lender may assign this note
at any time to an affiliate of the Lender or, after the occurrence
of a default hereunder, to any party.
This note may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute a
single instrument. Delivery of this note or an executed signature
page of this note by facsimile or other electronic transmission
(e.g., “pdf” or
“tif”) shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof,
and the words “execution,” “execute”,
“signed,” “signature,” and words of like
import in or related to this note shall be deemed to include
electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms
and contract formations on electronic platforms, or the
keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of
the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually
executed signature or the use of a paper based recordkeeping
system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in
any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in
Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic
Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based
on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
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RumbleOn,
Inc.
By:_/s/ Thomas E.
Aucamp___
Name:_
Thomas E.
Aucamp___
Title:_CAO_________________
NextGen
Pro, LLC
By:_/s/ Thomas E.
Aucamp___
Name:_
Thomas E.
Aucamp___
Title:_CAO_________________ |
Exhibit A
Specific Intellectual Property
1)
CyclePro Trademark
2)
Cash offer
Tool
a)
Proprietary
acquisitions tool with full website integration and third party
valuation tools
b)
Global Margin
Controls
c)
Machine Learning
/AI valuation predictions
3)
Targeted
Acquisition Tool (Sniper)
a)
Targeted cash offer
submissions
b)
Focus on Region,
brand, value, miles, color, previous targets, etc
4)
Middleware
Integration Normalization Portal
a)
Normalizes third
party data
b)
Full DMS and
Website integration
5)
Dealer Direct
Marketplace
a)
Fully online Dealer
Marketplace
b)
RumbleOn to Dealer
auction sales
c)
Dealer to Dealer
Auction Sales
6)
Inventory/Transaction
Management Hub (P2)
a)
Proprietary
Inventory Management tool
b)
Controls all
inventory for all companies
c)
Stores and tracks
all valuations and data for inventory history
7)
Corporate Analytics
& Metrics
a)
Real time analytics
for Sales, Performance, Acquisitions, Inventory, Leads, and Pay
plans
8)
CyclePro
a)
Full Powersports
focused CRM
b)
Equity Mining
Tool
c)
ProValue
Acquisitions Tool
9)
Fulfillment Center
and CR
a)
Location Control of
Cash Offers. Ability to submit, edit, and accept offers for
customers
b)
Complete
Acquisitions in person
c)
CR ability on
purchased units
10)
Dealer
Portal
a)
Full RumbleOn
Dealer Service Access
b)
Submit Cash
Offers
c)
Monitor
Leads
d)
Sell to RumbleOn
Cash Offer Leads
e)
Dealer Direct
Access
11)
On Demand Vehicle
Acquisition Service (Spedding)
a)
Live and Realtime
filtered vehicles available for sale.
b)
Allows targeted
purchases on multiple platforms.
12)
Real Time Vehicle
Pricing, Valuation, and Stock Tool (Carvis)
a)
Full Acquisitions
Tool
b)
Ability to
Evaluate, Save, and Purchase
c)
Automated
integrations to stock in the unit, book transportation and
unwind.
13)
Wholesale Express
Logistics
a)
Automated
transportation quoting tool
b)
Integration for
transportation booking
Patents and Applications
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App. No.
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Pat. No.
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Title
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Owner
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14/614160
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10165424
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Near Field Communication (NFC) Vehicle Identification System and
Process
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Nextgen Pro, LLC
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Exhibit 10.3
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of
March 12, 2021, is made and entered into by and among (i) RumbleOn,
Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), (ii) each of
the Persons listed on Schedule A attached hereto (the
“Schedule of
Holders”) as of the date hereof, and (iii) each of the
other Persons set forth from time to time on the Schedule of
Holders who, at any time, own securities of the Company and enter
into a joinder to this Agreement agreeing to be bound by the terms
hereof (each Person identified in the foregoing (ii) and (iii), a
“Holder” and,
collectively, the “Holders”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company, as the purchaser,
has entered into a Plan of Merger and Equity Purchase Agreement,
dated March 12, 2021(the “Merger and Equity Purchase
Agreement”), by and among RO Merger Sub I, Inc.,
an Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company,
RO Merger Sub II, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company, RO Merger Sub III, Inc., an Arizona
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, RO Merger
Sub IV, Inc., an Arizona corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, C&W Motors, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Metro
Motorcycle, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Tucson Motorcycles, Inc.,
an Arizona corporation, and Tucson Motorsports, Inc., an Arizona
corporation, William Coulter, an individual (“Coulter”), Mark Tkach, an
individual (and together with Coulter, the “Principal Owners”), and
together with the parties joining therein (together with the
Principal Owners, the “Sellers”) and Mark Tkach,
as the representative of the Sellers, setting forth the terms of a
business combination (“Business Combination”);
and
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger
and Equity Purchase Agreement, the Sellers shall receive shares of
Common Stock, pursuant to the terms of the Merger and Equity
Purchase Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and
certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
1. Resale Shelf Registration
Rights.
(a) Registration Statement Covering Resale
of Registrable Securities. The Company shall prepare and
file or cause to be prepared and filed with the Commission, no
later than thirty (30) days following the closing of the Business
Combination (the “Filing Deadline”), a
Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act registering the
resale from time to time by the holders of all of the Registrable
Securities held by the Holders (the “Resale Shelf Registration
Statement”). The Resale Shelf Registration Statement
shall be on Form S-3 (“Form S-3”) or such other
appropriate form permitting Registration of such Registrable
Securities for resale by such Holders. The Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Resale Shelf
Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as possible
after filing, but in no event later than the earlier of (i) sixty
(60) days following the Filing Deadline or (ii) ten (10) Business
Days after the Commission notifies the Company that it will not
review the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, if applicable (the
“Effectiveness
Deadline”); provided, that the Effectiveness
Deadline shall be extended by no more than ninety (90) days after
the Filing Deadline if the Registration Statement is reviewed by,
and receives comments from, the Commission. Once effective, the
Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the
Resale Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective and
shall cause the Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be
supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that
such Registration Statement is available or, if not available, to
ensure that another Registration Statement is available, under the
Securities Act at all times until such date that the Holders may
sell all of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder
pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act without any restrictions
as to volume or manner of sale or otherwise (the
“Effectiveness
Period”). The Resale Shelf Registration Statement
shall contain a Prospectus in such form as to permit any Holder to
sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by
the Commission then in effect) at any time beginning on the
effective date for such Registration Statement (subject to lock-up
restrictions provided in this Agreement), and shall provide that
such Registrable Securities may be sold pursuant to any method or
combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, the
Holders.
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(b) Notification and Distribution of
Materials. The Company shall notify the Holders in writing
of the effectiveness of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement as
soon as practicable, and in any event within one (1) Business Day
after the Resale Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective,
and shall furnish to them, without charge, such number of copies of
the Resale Shelf Registration Statement (including any amendments,
supplements and exhibits), the Prospectus contained therein
(including each preliminary prospectus and all related amendments
and supplements) and any documents incorporated by reference in the
Resale Shelf Registration Statement or such other documents as the
Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of
the Registrable Securities in the manner described in the Resale
Shelf Registration Statement.
(c) Amendments and Supplements.
Subject to the provisions of Section 1(a) above, the Company
shall promptly prepare and file with the Commission from time to
time such amendments and supplements to the Resale Shelf
Registration Statement and Prospectus used in connection therewith
as may be necessary to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement
effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act
with respect to the disposition of all the Registrable Securities
during the Effectiveness Period. If any Resale Shelf Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 1(a) is filed on Form
S-3 and thereafter the Company becomes ineligible to use Form S-3
for secondary sales, the Company shall promptly notify the Holders
of such ineligibility and shall file a shelf registration on Form
S-1 or other appropriate form as promptly as practicable to replace
the shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and use its
commercially reasonable efforts to have such replacement Resale
Shelf Registration Statement declared effective as promptly as
practicable and to cause such replacement Resale Shelf Registration
Statement to remain effective, and shall cause the Resale Shelf
Registration Statement to be supplemented and amended to the extent
necessary to ensure that such Resale Shelf Registration Statement
is available or, if not available, that another Resale Shelf
Registration Statement is available, for the resale of all the
Registrable Securities held by the Holders until all such
Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities;
provided, however, that at
any time the Company once again becomes eligible to use Form S-3,
the Company shall cause such replacement Resale Shelf Registration
Statement to be amended, or shall file a new replacement Resale
Shelf Registration Statement, such that the Resale Shelf
Registration Statement is once again on Form S-3.
(d) Notwithstanding the
registration obligations set forth in this Section 1, in the event the
Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable
Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be
registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single
registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform
each of the Holders thereof and shall file amendments to the Resale
Shelf Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or
(ii) withdraw the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and file a
new registration statement (a “New Registration
Statement”), on Form S-3, or if Form S-3 is not then
available to the Company for such registration statement, on such
other form available to register for resale the Registrable
Securities as a secondary offering; provided, however, that prior to filing
such amendment or New Registration Statement, the Company shall
advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the
Registrable Securities in accordance with any publicly-available
written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the
Commission staff (the “SEC Guidance”), including
without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone
Interpretations D.29. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the
number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a
particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and
notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate
with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number
of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by
a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of
Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration
Statement will be reduced on a pro rata basis based on the total
number of Registrable Securities held by the Holders, subject to a
determination by the Commission that certain Holders must be
reduced first based on the number of Registrable Securities held by
such Holders. In the event the Company amends the Resale Shelf
Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as
the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company shall
file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or
SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of
securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form
S-3 or such other form available to register for resale those
Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the
Resale Shelf Registration Statement, as amended, or the New
Registration Statement.
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2. Reserved.
3. Piggyback
Registrations.
(a) Right to Piggyback. If, at any
time on or after the date the Company consummates the Business
Combination, Form S-3 is not available to the Company for the
Resale Shelf Registration Statement and the Company proposes to
register any of its securities under the Securities Act (other than
(i) pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, (ii) in
connection with registrations on Form S-4 or S-8 promulgated by the
Commission or any successor forms, (iii) a registration relating
solely to employment benefit plans, (iv) in connection with a
registration the primary purpose of which is to register debt
securities, or (v) a registration on any form that does not include
substantially the same information as would be required to be
included in a registration statement covering the sale of
Registrable Securities) and the registration form to be used may be
used for the registration of Registrable Securities (a
“Piggyback
Registration”), the Company shall give prompt written
notice to all holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to
effect such a Piggyback Registration and, subject to the terms of
Sections 3(c) and
3(d) hereof, shall
include in such Piggyback Registration (and in all related
registrations or qualifications under blue sky laws or in
compliance with other registration requirements and in any related
underwriting) all Registrable Securities with respect to which the
Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within
10 business days after the delivery of the Company’s notice;
provided that any such other holder may withdraw its request for
inclusion at any time prior to executing the underwriting agreement
or, if none, prior to the applicable registration statement
becoming effective.
(b) Piggyback Expenses. The
Registration Expenses of the holders of Registrable Securities
shall be paid by the Company in all Piggyback Registrations,
whether or not any such registration became effective.
(c) Priority on Primary
Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an
underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Company, and the
managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their
opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such
registration exceeds the number of securities which can be sold in
such offering without adversely affecting the marketability,
proposed offering price, timing or method of distribution of the
offering, the Company shall include in such registration (i) first,
the securities the Company proposes to sell, (ii) second, the
Registrable Securities requested to be included in such
registration by the Holders which, in the opinion of such
underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect (pro
rata among the holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis
of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such holder),
and (iii) third, other securities requested to be included in such
registration which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be
sold, without any such adverse effect.
(d) Priority on Secondary
Registrations. If a Piggyback Registration is an
underwritten secondary registration on behalf of holders of the
Company’s securities other than holders of Registrable
Securities, and the managing underwriters advise the Company in
writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to
be included in such registration exceeds the number of securities
which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the
marketability, proposed offering price, timing or method of
distribution of the offering, the Company shall include in such
registration (i) first, the securities requested to be included
therein by the holders initially requesting such registration, (ii)
second, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such
registration by the Holders which, in the opinion of such
underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect (pro
rata among the holders of such Registrable Securities on the basis
of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such holder),
and (iii) third, other securities requested to be included in such
registration which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be
sold, without any such adverse effect.
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(e) Other Registrations. If the
Company has previously filed a registration statement with respect
to Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 3, and if such previous
registration has not been withdrawn or abandoned, then the Company
shall not be required to file or cause to be effected any other
registration of any of its equity securities or securities
convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for its equity
securities under the Securities Act (except on Form S-8 or any
successor form) at the request of any holder or holders of such
securities until a period of at least 90 days has elapsed from the
effective date of such previous registration.
(f) Right to Terminate
Registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate
or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this
Section 3 whether
or not any holder of Registrable Securities has elected to include
securities in such registration. The Registration Expenses of such
withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance
with Section
7.
4. Agreements of
Holders.
(a) If required by the
Applicable Approving Party or the managing underwriter, in
connection with any underwritten Public Offering on or after the
date hereof, each holder of 1% or more of the outstanding
Registrable Securities shall enter into lock-up agreements with the
managing underwriter(s) of such underwritten Public Offering in
such form as agreed to by the Applicable Approving Party;
provided that the
applicable lock-up period shall not exceed 90 days.
(b) The holders of
Registrable Securities shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
provide such information as may reasonably be requested by the
Company, or the managing underwriter, if any, in connection with
the preparation of any Registration Statement, including amendments
and supplements thereto, in order to effect 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 and in connection
with the Company’s obligation to comply with federal and
applicable state securities laws.
5. Registration Procedures. In
connection with the Registration to be effected pursuant to the
Resale Shelf Registration Statement, and whenever the holders of
Registrable Securities have requested that any Registrable
Securities be registered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the
registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities in
accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and
pursuant thereto the Company shall as expeditiously as reasonably
possible:
(a) prepare in
accordance with the Securities Act and all applicable rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder and file with the Commission a
registration statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto
and related prospectuses as may be necessary to comply with
applicable securities laws, with respect to such Registrable
Securities and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective (provided that at least
five (5) Business Days before filing a registration statement or
prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company
shall furnish to counsel selected by the Applicable Approving Party
copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents
shall be subject to the review and comment of such
counsel);
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(b) notify each holder
of Registrable Securities of (A) the issuance by the Commission of
any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any registration
statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose,
(B) the receipt by the Company or its counsel of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, and
(C) the effectiveness of each registration statement filed
hereunder;
(c) prepare and file
with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such
registration statement and the prospectus used in connection
therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement
effective for a period ending when all of the securities covered by
such registration statement have been disposed of in accordance
with the intended methods of distribution by the sellers thereof
set forth in such registration statement (but not in any event
before the expiration of any longer period required under the
Securities Act or, if such registration statement relates to an
underwritten Public Offering, such longer period as in the opinion
of counsel for the underwriters a prospectus is required by law to
be delivered in connection with sale of Registrable Securities by
an underwriter or dealer) and comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities
covered by such registration statement during such period in
accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers
thereof set forth in such registration statement;
(d) furnish to each
seller of Registrable Securities thereunder such number of copies
of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement
thereto, the prospectus included in such registration statement
(including each preliminary prospectus), each Free-Writing
Prospectus and such other documents as such seller may reasonably
request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable
Securities owned by such seller;
(e) during any period
in which a prospectus is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act, promptly file all documents required to be filed
with the Commission, including pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities
Act;
(f) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify such
Registrable Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws
of such jurisdictions as the lead underwriter or the Applicable
Approving Party reasonably requests and do any and all other acts
and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable
such seller to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of
the Registrable Securities owned by such seller (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 Section 4(f), (ii) consent to
general service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii)
subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction);
(g) promptly notify in
writing each seller of such Registrable Securities (i) after it
receives notice thereof, of the date and time when such
registration statement and each post-effective amendment thereto
has become effective or a prospectus or supplement to any
prospectus relating to a registration statement has been filed and
when any registration or qualification has become effective under a
state securities or blue sky law or any exemption thereunder has
been obtained, (ii) after receipt thereof, of any request by the
Commission for the amendment or supplementing of such registration
statement or prospectus or for additional information, and (iii) at
any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event
as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration
statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits
any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and, at the request of any such seller, the Company promptly shall
prepare, file with the Commission and furnish to each such seller a
reasonable number of copies of a supplement or amendment to such
prospectus 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 fact
necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading;
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(h) cause all such
Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on
which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed and,
if not so listed, to be listed on a securities exchange and,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to arrange for at
least two market makers to register as such with respect to such
Registrable Securities with FINRA;
(i) provide a transfer
agent and registrar for all such Registrable Securities not later
than the effective date of such registration
statement;
(j) enter into and
perform such customary agreements (including underwriting
agreements in customary form) and take all such other actions as
the Applicable Approving Party or the underwriters, if any,
reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities (including, without
limitation, effecting a stock split or a combination of shares and
preparing for and participating in such number of “road
shows”, investor presentations and marketing events as the
underwriters managing such offering may reasonably
request);
(k) make available for
inspection by any seller of Registrable Securities, any underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration
statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by
any such seller or underwriter, all financial and other records,
pertinent corporate and business documents and properties of the
Company as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due
diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers,
managers, directors, employees, agents, representatives and
independent accountants to supply all information reasonably
requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney, accountant or
agent in connection with such registration statement;
(l) take all reasonable
actions to ensure that any Free-Writing Prospectus utilized in
connection with any Piggyback Registration hereunder complies in
all material respects with the Securities Act, is filed in
accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby,
is retained in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent
required thereby and, when taken together with the related
prospectus, shall not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading;
(m) otherwise use its
commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission;
(n) permit any holder
of Registrable Securities who, in its good faith judgment (based on
the advice of counsel), could reasonably be expected to be deemed
to be an underwriter or a controlling Person of the Company to
participate in the preparation of such registration or comparable
statement and to require the insertion therein of material
furnished to the Company in writing, which in the reasonable
judgment of such holder and its counsel should be
included;
(o) in the event of the
issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
registration statement, or of any order suspending or preventing
the use of any related prospectus or suspending the qualification
of any Common Stock included in such registration statement for
sale in any jurisdiction, the Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts promptly to obtain the withdrawal of such
order;
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(p) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered
with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities
as may be necessary to enable the sellers thereof to consummate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities;
(q) cooperate with the
holders of Registrable Securities covered by the registration
statement and the managing underwriter or agent, if any, to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not
bearing any restrictive legends) representing securities to be sold
under the registration statement and enable such securities to be
in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing
underwriter, or agent, if any, or such holders may
request;
(r) cooperate with each
holder of Registrable Securities covered by the registration
statement and each underwriter or agent participating in the
disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective
counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with
FINRA;
(s) if such
registration includes an underwritten public offering, use its
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a cold comfort letter
from the Company’s independent public accountants and
addressed to the underwriters, in customary form and covering such
matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters as
the underwriters in such registration reasonably
request;
(t) provide a legal
opinion of the Company’s outside counsel, dated the effective
date of such registration statement (and, if such registration
includes an underwritten Public Offering, dated the date of the
closing under the underwriting agreement), with respect to the
registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the
prospectus included therein (including the preliminary prospectus)
and such other documents relating thereto in customary form and
covering such matters of the type customarily covered by legal
opinions of such nature, which opinion shall be addressed to the
underwriters;
(u) if the Company
files an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement covering any
Registrable Securities, use its commercially reasonable efforts to
remain a WKSI (and not become an ineligible issuer (as defined in
Rule 405)) during the period during which such Automatic Shelf
Registration Statement is required to remain
effective;
(v) if the Company does
not pay the filing fee covering the Registrable Securities at the
time an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement is filed, pay such
fee at such time or times as the Registrable Securities are to be
sold; and
(w) if an Automatic
Shelf Registration Statement has been outstanding for at least
three (3) years, at the end of the third year, refile a new
Automatic Shelf Registration Statement covering the Registrable
Securities, and, if at any time when the Company is required to
re-evaluate its WKSI status the Company determines that it is not a
WKSI, use its commercially reasonable efforts to refile the
registration statement on Form S-3 and keep such registration
statement effective (including by filing a new Resale Shelf
Registration or Shelf Registration, if necessary) during the period
throughout which such registration statement is required to be kept
effective.
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6. Termination
of Rights. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the right of any Holder to include Registrable Securities
in any Piggyback Registration shall terminate on such date that
such Holder may sell all of the Registrable Securities owned by
such Holder pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act without any
restrictions as to volume or manner of sale or
otherwise.
7. Registration
Expenses.
(a) All expenses
incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with
this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration,
qualification and filing fees, listing fees, fees and expenses of
compliance with securities or blue sky laws, stock exchange rules
and filings, printing expenses, messenger and delivery expenses,
fees and disbursements of custodians, and fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Company and all independent certified public
accountants, underwriters (excluding underwriting discounts and
commissions) and other Persons retained by the Company (all such
expenses being herein called “Registration Expenses”),
shall be borne by the Company as provided in this Agreement and,
for the avoidance of doubt, the Company also shall pay all of its
internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or
accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit or quarterly
review, and the expenses and fees for listing the securities to be
registered on each securities exchange on which similar securities
issued by the Company are then listed. Each Person that sells
securities pursuant to a Piggyback Registration hereunder shall
bear and pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and
transfer taxes applicable to the securities sold for such
Person’s account.
(b) the Company shall
reimburse the holders of Registrable Securities included in such
registration for the reasonable fees and disbursements, not to
exceed $15,000 with respect to any such Registration, of one
counsel and one local counsel (if necessary) chosen by the
Applicable Approving Party for the purpose of rendering a legal
opinion on behalf of such holders in connection with any Piggyback
Registration.
(c) To the extent
Registration Expenses are not required to be paid by the Company,
each holder of securities included in any registration hereunder
shall pay those Registration Expenses allocable to the registration
of such holder’s securities so included, and any Registration
Expenses not so allocable shall be borne by all sellers of
securities included in such registration in proportion to the
aggregate selling price of the securities to be so
registered.
8. Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees
to (i) indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, each Holder and their respective officers, directors,
members, partners, agents, affiliates and employees and each Person
who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act
or the Exchange Act) against all losses, claims, actions, damages,
liabilities and expenses caused by (A) any untrue or alleged untrue
statement of material fact contained in any registration statement,
prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, or (B) any violation or
alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any other
similar federal or state securities laws or any rule or regulation
promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to
action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any
such registration, qualification or compliance, and (ii) pay to
each Holder and their respective officers, directors, members,
partners, agents, affiliates and employees and each Person who
controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act or
the Exchange Act), as incurred, any legal and any other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with investigating, preparing or
defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, except
insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information
furnished in writing to the Company or any managing underwriter by
such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the indemnity
agreement contained in this Section 9 shall not apply to
amounts paid in settlement of any such claim, loss, damage,
liability or action if such settlement is effected without the
consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed), nor shall the Company be liable
in any such case for any such claim, loss, damage, liability or
action to the extent that it solely arises out of or is based upon
an untrue statement of any material fact contained in the
registration statement or omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, in each case to the extent that such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was made in the registration statement, in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder
expressly for use in connection with such registration statement.
In connection with an underwritten offering, the Company shall
indemnify any underwriters or deemed underwriters, their officers
and directors and each Person who controls such underwriters
(within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) to
the same extent as provided above with respect to the
indemnification of the holders of Registrable
Securities.
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(b) In connection with
any registration statement in which a holder of Registrable
Securities is participating, each such holder shall furnish to the
Company in writing such information as the Company reasonably
requests for use in connection with any such registration statement
or prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify
the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents and
representatives and each Person who controls the Company (within
the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses resulting from any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in the
registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged
omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only
to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained
in any information so furnished in writing by such holder; provided
that the obligation to indemnify shall be individual, not joint and
several, for each holder and shall be limited to the net amount of
proceeds actually received by such holder from the sale of
Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration
statement.
(c) Any Person entitled
to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written notice
to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it
seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt
notice shall not impair any Person’s right to indemnification
hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced
the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified
party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between
such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to
such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of
such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not
be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the
indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). An indemnifying
party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense
of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of
more than one counsel (as well as one local counsel) for all
parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such
claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a
conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and
any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim.
In such instance, the conflicted indemnified parties shall have a
right to retain one separate counsel, chosen by the holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities included in the
registration, at the expense of the indemnifying party. No
indemnifying party, in the defense of such claim or litigation,
shall, except with the consent of each indemnified party, consent
to the 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 to such claim or litigation.
(d) Each party hereto
agrees that, if for any reason the indemnification provisions
contemplated by Sections
8(a) or 8(b)
are unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then
each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified
party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the
actions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and
indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged
omission to state a material fact, relates to information supplied
by such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just or equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the holders or any underwriters or all
of them were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in this Section 8(d). The amount paid
or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect
thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or
other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or, except as provided in
Section 8(c),
defending any such action or claim. No Person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities
Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The sellers’
obligations in this Section 8(d) to contribute
shall be several in proportion to the amount of securities
registered by them and not joint and shall be limited to an amount
equal to the net proceeds actually received by such seller from the
sale of Registrable Securities effected pursuant to such
registration.
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(e) The indemnification
and contribution provided for under this Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or
controlling Person of such indemnified party and shall survive the
transfer of Registrable Securities and the termination or
expiration of this Agreement.
9. Participation in Underwritten
Registrations. No Person may participate in any registration
hereunder which is underwritten unless such Person (a) agrees to
sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any
underwriting arrangements approved by the Person or Persons
entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements (including, without
limitation, pursuant to any over-allotment or “green
shoe” option requested by the underwriters; provided that no
holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to sell more
than the number of Registrable Securities such holder has requested
to include) and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires,
powers of attorney, custody agreements, stock powers, indemnities,
underwriting agreements and other documents required under the
terms of such underwriting arrangements; provided that no holder of
Registrable Securities included in any underwritten registration
shall be required to make any representations or warranties to the
Company or the underwriters (other than representations and
warranties regarding such holder, such holder’s title to the
securities, such Person’s authority to sell such securities
and such holder’s intended method of distribution) or to
undertake any indemnification obligations to the Company or the
underwriters with respect thereto that are materially more
burdensome than those provided in Section 8. Each holder of
Registrable Securities shall execute and deliver such other
agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Company and the
lead managing underwriter(s) that are consistent with such
holder’s obligations under Section 4, Section 5 and this Section 9 or that are necessary
to give further effect thereto. To the extent that any such
agreement is entered into pursuant to, and consistent with,
Section 4 and this
Section 9, the
respective rights and obligations created under such agreement
shall supersede the respective rights and obligations of the
holders, the Company and the underwriters created pursuant to this
Section
9.
10. Other Agreements; Certain Limitations
on Registration Rights. The Company shall file all reports
required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the
Commission thereunder and shall take such further action as the
Holders may reasonably request, all to the extent required to
enable such Persons to sell securities pursuant to (a) Rule 144
adopted by the Commission under the Securities Act (as such rule
may be amended from time to time) or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission or (b) a registration statement
on Form S-3 or any similar registration form hereafter adopted by
the Commission. Upon request, the Company shall deliver to the
Holders a written statement as to whether it has complied with such
requirements. The Company shall at all times use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the securities so registered to
continue to be listed on one or more of the New York Stock
Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange American and the Nasdaq Stock
Market. The Company shall use its best efforts to facilitate and
expedite transfers of Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144,
which efforts shall include timely notice to its transfer agent to
expedite such transfers of Registrable Securities and delivery of
any opinions requested by the transfer agent.
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11. Lock-Up
Provisions.
(a) Each Lock-Up Holder
agrees that it, he or she shall not Transfer any Common Stock until
180 days after the completion of the Business Combination (the
“Lock-Up
Period”).
(b) Notwithstanding the
provisions set forth in Section 11(a), Transfers of
shares of Common Stock (collectively, “Restricted Securities”)
that are held by the Lock-Up Holders or any of their Permitted
Transferees (that have complied with this Section 11), are permitted (i)
to the Company’s officers or directors, any affiliate or
family member of any of the Company’s officers or directors,
any affiliate of such Lock-Up Holder or any member of such Lock-Up
Holder; (ii) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of
such individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the
beneficiary of which is a member of such individual’s
immediate family, an affiliate of such individual or to a
charitable organization; (iii) in the case of an individual, by
virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of such
individual; (iv) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a
qualified domestic relations order; or (v) by virtue of the laws of
the State of Nevada or a Lock-Up Holder’s organizational
documents upon dissolution of such Lock-Up Holder (each such
transferee, a “Permitted Transferee”);
provided, however, that, in
each case, any such Permitted Transferees must enter into a written
agreement with the Company agreeing to be bound by the transfer
restrictions herein in this Section 11(c) and the other
restrictions contained in this Agreement.
(c) If any Transfer not
permitted under this Section 11 is made or attempted
contrary to the provisions of this Agreement, such purported
prohibited Transfer shall be null and void ab initio, and the Company shall refuse
to recognize any such purported transferee as one of its equity
holders for any purpose. In order to enforce this Section 11(d), the Company may
impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Restricted
Securities of a Holder (and Permitted Transferees and assigns
thereof) until the end of the applicable Lock-Up
Period.
(d) During the Lock-Up
Period, each certificate or book-entry position evidencing any
Restricted Securities held by a Lock-Up Holder 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 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENT,
DATED AS OF March 12, 2021, BY AND AMONG THE ISSUER OF SUCH
SECURITIES AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THE SHARES. A COPY OF SUCH
AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE ISSUER TO THE
HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.”
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(e) For the avoidance
of doubt, each Lock-Up Holder shall retain all of its rights as a
stockholder of the Company with respect to the Restricted
Securities it holds during the Lock-Up Period, including the right
to vote any such Restricted Securities that are entitled to vote.
The Company agrees to (i) instruct its transfer agent to remove the
legends in Section
11(e) upon the expiration of the applicable Lock-Up Period
and (ii) cause its legal counsel, at the Company’s expense,
to deliver the necessary legal opinions, if any, to the transfer
agent in connection with the instruction under Section 11(f)(i).
12. Reserved.
13. Definitions.
(a) “Applicable Approving
Party” means the holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities participating in the applicable
offering.
(b) “Business Day” means any
day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday in the
state in which the Company’s chief executive office is
located or in Miami, FL.
(c) “Commission” means the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(d) “Common Stock” means the
Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per
share.
(e) “Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or
any successor federal law then in force, together with all rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(f) “Fair Market Value” means
(i) in the case of any publicly traded security, the average of the
closing sale prices thereof on the principal market on which it is
traded for the last five (5) full trading days prior to the
determination, and (ii) in the case of any other asset or property,
the price, determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, at
which a willing seller would sell and a willing buyer would buy
such asset or property, as of the applicable valuation
determination date (without taking into account events subsequent
to that date) in an arm’s-length transaction.
(g) “FINRA” means the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
(h) “Free-Writing
Prospectus” means a free-writing prospectus, as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
(i) “Lock-Up Holders” means
those Holders set forth on Schedule B hereto.
(j) “Person” means an
individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability
company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint
venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity
or any department, agency or political subdivision
thereof.
(k) “
“Prospectus” means the
prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented
by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all
post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated
by reference in such prospectus.
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(l) “Public Offering” means
any sale or distribution by the Company and/or holders of
Registrable Securities to the public of Common Stock pursuant to an
offering registered under the Securities Act.
(m) “Register,”
“Registered” and
“Registration” mean a
registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration
Statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements
of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and such Registration Statement becoming
effective.
(n) “Registrable Securities”
means (i) any outstanding share of Common Stock (including the
shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise or
conversion of any other equity security) of the Company held by a
Holder as of the date of this Agreement or (ii) any Common Stock
issued or issuable with respect to the securities referred to in
the preceding clause (i) by way of a stock dividend or stock split
or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization,
merger, consolidation or other reorganization. As to any particular
Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be
Registrable Securities on such date that such Holder may sell all
of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder pursuant to Rule
144 of the Securities Act without any restrictions as to volume or
manner of sale or otherwise.
(o) “Registration Statement”
means any registration statement filed by the Company with the
Commission in compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder for a public offering and sale
of Common Stock or Registrable Securities, including the Prospectus
included in such registration statement, amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration
statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by
reference in such registration statement (other than a registration
statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8, or their
successors).
(p) “Rule 144”,
“Rule
405”, and “Rule 415” mean, in each
case, such rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any
successor provision) by the Commission, as the same shall be
amended from time to time, or any successor rule then in
force.
(q) “Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any
successor federal law then in force, together with all rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(r) “Shelf Participant” means
any holder of Registrable Securities listed as a potential selling
stockholder in connection with the Resale Shelf Registration
Statement or the Shelf Registration or any such holder that could
be added to such Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Shelf
Registration without the need for a post-effective amendment
thereto or added by means of an automatic post-effective amendment
thereto.
(s) “Transfer” means shall
mean the (a) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell,
hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise
dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or
establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or
liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent
position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder
with respect to, any security, (b) entry into any swap or other
arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of
the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any
such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities,
in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention
to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or
(b).
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(t) “WKSI” means a
“well-known seasoned issuer” as defined under Rule
405.
14. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The
Company shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect
to its securities which is inconsistent with or violates or in any
way impairs the rights granted to the Holders in this
Agreement.
(b) Entire Agreement. This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions among the
parties hereto, written or oral, with respect to the subject matter
hereof, including without limitation the Original
Agreements.
(c) Remedies. Any Person having
rights under any provision of this Agreement shall be entitled to
enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other
security), to recover damages caused by reason of any breach of any
provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights
granted by law. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that money
damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the
provisions of this Agreement and that, in addition to any other
rights and remedies existing in its favor, any party shall be
entitled to specific performance and/or other injunctive relief
from any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction (without
posting any bond or other security) in order to enforce or prevent
violation of the provisions of this Agreement.
(d) Other Registration Rights.
Other than as set forth in the Company’s filings with the
Commission, the Company represents and warrants that no person,
other than a holder of Registrable Securities pursuant to this
Agreement, has any right to require the Company to register any
securities of the Company for sale or to include such securities of
the Company in any Registration Statement filed by the Company for
the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of
any other person. Further, the Company represents and warrants that
this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights agreement
or agreement with similar terms and conditions and in the event of
a conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this
Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.
(e) Reserved.
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(f) Amendments and Waivers.
Compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set
forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions,
covenants or conditions may be amended or modified, with the
written consent of the Company and (i) in the case of the
provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in Section 11, the consent of
Holders holding at least a majority in interest of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock then held by the Lock-Up Holders or (ii) in
the case of any other provision, covenant or condition, the Holders
of at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities at
the time in question; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment
hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely
in its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the
Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other
Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder
so affected. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with
this Section 14(f)
shall be binding upon each Holder and the Company. No course of
dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party
hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the
Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement
shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder
or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or
remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver
or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder
or thereunder by such party.
(g) Successors and Assigns; No Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement and the rights, duties and
obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or
delegated by the Company in whole or in part. A Holder may assign
or delegate such Holder’s rights, duties or obligations under
this Agreement, in whole or in part, to (a) a Permitted Transferee
of such Holder or (b) any Person with the prior written consent of
the Company. This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be
binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties
and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This
Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons
that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in
this Agreement. No assignment by any party hereto of such
party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be
binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company
shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as
provided in this Section
13(g) and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a
form reasonably acceptable to the Company, to be bound by the terms
and provisions of this Agreement. Any transfer or assignment made
other than as provided in this Section 13(g) shall be null and
void.
(h) All covenants and
agreements in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties
hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
successors and assigns of the parties hereto whether so expressed
or not. In addition, whether or not any express assignment has been
made, the provisions of this Agreement which are for the benefit of
purchasers or holders of Registrable Securities are also for the
benefit of, and enforceable by, any subsequent holder of
Registrable Securities.
(i) Severability. Whenever
possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in
such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but
if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any
applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the
extent of such prohibition, invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability, without invalidating the remainder of this
Agreement.
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(j) Counterparts. This Agreement
may be executed simultaneously in counterparts, any one of which
need not contain the signatures of more than one party, but all
such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same
Agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic
mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S.
federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the
Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law,
e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any
counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and
validly delivered and be valid and effective for all
purposes.
(k) Descriptive Headings;
Interpretation. The descriptive headings of this Agreement
are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of
this Agreement. The use of the word “including” herein
shall mean “including without limitation.”
(l) Governing Law; Jurisdiction.
All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement and the exhibits
and schedules hereto shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Nevada, without giving
effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of Nevada or any other jurisdiction) that
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the State of Nevada. The parties hereto agree that any suit,
action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based
on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in any
Nevada State Court, or if such court does not have subject matter
jurisdiction, any court of the United States located in the State
of Nevada. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the
jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate
courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the
venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or
that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court
has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such
suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in
the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such
court.
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(m) Notices. All notices, demands
or other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason
of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall
be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt)
by delivery in person, by telecopy or email or by registered or
certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to each
Holder at the address indicated on the Schedule of Holders attached
hereto and to the Company at the address indicated below (or at
such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice
given in accordance with this Section 13(m)):
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if to
the Company:
RumbleOn,
Inc.
901 W.
Walnut Hill Lane
Irving,
Texas 75038
Tel:
469.250.1185
Attention:
Marshall Chesrown (marshall@rumbleon.com), Steve Berrard
(sberrard@newrivercapital.com),
and Peter Levy (peter@rumbleon.com)
with a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Akerman
LLP
The
Main Las Olas
201
East Las Olas Boulevard
Suite
1800
Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33301
Tel:
954.463.2700
Fax:
942.463.2224
Attention:
Michael Francis (michael.francis@akerman.com) and Christina
Russo (christina.russo@akerman.com)
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(n) Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial. As
a specifically bargained inducement for each of the parties to
enter into this Agreement (with each party having had opportunity
to consult counsel), each party hereto expressly and irrevocably
waives the right to trial by jury in any lawsuit or legal
proceeding relating to or arising in any way from this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated herein, and any lawsuit or legal
proceeding relating to or arising in any way to this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated herein shall be tried in a court of
competent jurisdiction by a judge sitting without a
jury.
(o) No Strict Construction. The
parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and
drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question
of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be
construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no
presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring
any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of
this Agreement.
signature
pages follow
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the date first written above.
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RUMBLEON, INC.
By: /s/
Marshall Chesrown
Name:
Marshall Chesrown
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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Complete the following as appropriate:
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INDIVIDUAL HOLDER
If you are an individual, print your name and sign
below
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ENTITY HOLDER
If you are signing on behalf of an entity, please print the name of
the entity, sign below, and indicate your name and
title
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William
Coulter_______________________
Name of
Individual (Please
print)
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Name of
Entity (Please
print)
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/s/ William Coulter____________________
Signature
____________________
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Name:
Title:
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Holder
Address for Notices:
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Facsimile:
_____________________
Attention:
_____________________
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Complete the following as appropriate:
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INDIVIDUAL HOLDER
If you are an individual, print your name and sign
below
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ENTITY HOLDER
If you are signing on behalf of an entity, please print the name of
the entity, sign below, and indicate your name and
title
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Mark
Tkach_________________________
Name of
Individual (Please
print)
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Name of
Entity (Please
print)
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/s/ Mark Tkach______________________
Signature
____________________
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Title:
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Address for Notices:
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Facsimile:
_____________________
Attention:
_____________________
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Schedule A
Schedule
of Holders
William
Coulter
Mark
Tkach
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Schedule B
Lock-Up
Holders
William
Coulter
Mark
Tkach
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Exhibit
99.2
Investor
Presentation Script
March
15, 2021
RumbleOn – Project Wheelie Deal Announcement Prepared
Remarks
[Dylan]
Good
morning everyone, thank you for joining us on a conference call to
discuss our full year 2020 results and the proposed business
combination of RumbleOn and RideNow. The companies have issued a
joint press release and investor presentation regarding the
proposed business combination, which can be found on
RumbleOn’s Investor Relations website at
investors.rumbleon.com.
Joining
me on the call today are RumbleOn’s CEO, Marshall Chesrown,
RumbleOn’s CFO Steve Berrard, and RideNow’s CEO Mark
Tkach.
Details
of our financial results and additional Management commentary are
available in our earnings release, which can be found on the
Investor Relations section of the website at
investors.rumbleon.com. Please note that this call will be
simultaneously webcast on the Investor Relations section of the
Company’s corporate website. This conference call is the
property of RumbleOn, and any taping or other reproduction is
expressly prohibited without prior written consent.
Before
we start, I would like to remind you that the following discussion
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially
from those discussed here. Additional information that could cause
actual results to differ from forward-looking statements can be
found in RumbleOn’s periodic SEC filings.
The
forward-looking statements in this conference call, including
responses to your questions, are based on current expectations as
of today, and RumbleOn assumes no obligation to update or revise
them, whether as a result of new developments or otherwise, except
as required by law.
Also
the following discussion may contain non-GAAP financial measures.
For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures, please
see our earnings release.
Now
I’ll turn the call over to Marshall. Marshall?
[Marshall]
Thanks,
Dylan.
Today
is an exciting day for powersports enthusiasts across the
country.
As you
saw in our press release this morning, RumbleOn and RideNow are
combining to create the first - and only - omnichannel powersport
platform in the US, offering the fastest, easiest, and most
transparent transaction process available today.
The
RideNow Powersports group is the nation’s largest powersports
retailer with more than 40 full-service locations across 11 states.
The Company sold over 45,000 powersport units in 2020, generating
approximately $899.4 million of revenue, $90.3 million in net
income and approximately $96.6 million of adjusted EBITDA. Its
footprint is strategically concentrated in sunbelt states like
Arizona, Texas, and Florida that are benefitting from population
growth and year-round powersports demand. Combining
RumbleOn’s disruptive eCommerce platform with RideNow’s
dominant retail footprint will provide powersports enthusiasts with
a best-in-class transaction experience. For our customers, this is
about offering a simple, safe, hassle-free and flexible experience.
Shop for your next powersports vehicle from our robust selection of
new and used inventory, access financing options 100% online,
receive a cash offer for a vehicle you own today, or trade-in any
vehicle type toward your next powersports experience. And now even
if you transact online, you’ll have the benefit of the best
parts and service experience in the industry.
Our
business models are complementary to each other, and together we
will revolutionize the powersports transaction experience. Together
we tackle an industry that is more than $100B domestically with
considerable tailwinds benefitting our customers. Powersport
vehicle sales are seeing strong demand and continue to experience
significant growth as consumers pursue an outdoor lifestyle.
Millennials and Gen X want unique experiences. The average
powersports buyer is younger and from a broader demographic than
ever before. There has never been a better time to be in the
industry. And we are the first to offer this industry a true
omnichannel solution.
We will
continue to serve our many dealer partners, who also stand to
benefit from this combination. As a reminder, we launched RumbleOn
3.0 in August 2020 to help drive the powersports industry to the
next generation technology platform. 3.0 will still bring
traditional brick and mortar powersports dealers across the country
online, including markets not served by our RideNow footprint. We
offer the opportunity for incremental sales volume to dealer groups
large or small, regardless of their geographic location. Most do
not have the ability to support a 100% online transaction
efficiently, and certainly not with the technological
sophistication and automation that powers RumbleOn. Dealers around
the country are choosing RumbleOn's technology solutions to lead
their transformation to transact digitally.
We
announced the launch of 3.0 in August of 2020. At that time, we had
more than 18,000 powersport listings on our site, from over 130
dealer locations around the country. We’ve since massively
scaled the offering, and currently have more than 50,000 listings
from over 300 dealer locations from coast to coast on our
platform.
The
business combination with RideNow is a natural evolution of our 3.0
strategy. This combination will create the only omnichannel
customer experience in powersports and the largest publicly traded
powersports dealership platform. With more than 7,000 powersports
dealers in the US and 85% of these dealers who own only a single
location, this industry remains ripe for consolidation. Our
technology, OEM relationships, winning culture and new financial
partners make us the partner of choice for dealers around the
country. Many of them, like RideNow, will get to know us through
RumbleOn 3.0.
Concurrent
with the transaction announcement, we released our financial
results for the full year 2020. Before Steve discusses our results
and the transaction details, I’d like to introduce Mark
Tkach, RideNow’s CEO. Mark and his partner Bill Coulter have
established a remarkable track record of organic sales growth,
accretive acquisitions, and consistent profitability. At the
closing of this transaction, Mark and Bill will become two of the
largest shareholders of RumbleOn and I couldn’t imagine
better partners with whom to create this transformational
combination. Mark, welcome to the RumbleOn family.
[Mark]
Thanks
Marshall.
Today
is a transformative day for me and the [1,800] thousand RideNow
team members who are dedicated to providing our customers with a
best-in-class experience. This combination is about bringing that
experience to another level. We began working with RumbleOn in
August of last year as part of their RumbleOn 3.0 launch. We listed
our entire catalogue of new and used inventory with RumbleOn.com
and the incremental leads, sales volume and advanced capabilities
RumbleOn’s technology brought successfully expanded our
online capabilities.
We are
solidifying this partnership today and believe we can unlock
significant synergies as a combined company. The first omnichannel
consumer experience available in powersports enables us to reach
more consumers than either company could independently.
RumbleOn’s technology and online capabilities combined with
RideNow’s physical locations and brand will expand our
product and inventory, which will drive an increase in sales and
improved monetization. And, as Marshall mentioned, operating as a
public company will help further our industry consolidation
efforts.
We also
look forward to servicing former and future RumbleOn customers. We
don’t sell vehicles, we sell a lifestyle and an experience.
With RideNow, consumers have the ability to go to a trusted shop
for maintenance and repairs, apparel and accessories, all of which
will allow us to continue the connection with our combined
customers, increasing their lifetime value and enhancing their
overall powersports experience.
This is
a people business, and we’ve known the RumbleOn team for many
years. They are the right people to help realize the full potential
of our combined company. Bill and I are excited to join forces with
Marshall and the entire RumbleOn executive team. We look forward to
a partnership that will forever change powersports retail and
deliver value to our fellow shareholders.
Now
I’ll pass the call over to Steve.
[Steve]
Before
discussing the transaction details, I will first provide a brief
overview of RumbleOn’s Full year 2020 results and some color
on what our financial results would look like on a proforma
basis.
For the
full year 2020, RumbleOn sold 18,024 units and generated revenue of
$416.4 million, as compared to 43,143 units and $840.6 million in
2019. The decrease in vehicles sold resulted from (i) the adverse
impact of COVID-19 pandemic on commercial activity resulting in
lower levels of inventory available for purchase causing lower unit
sales but higher average selling prices due to the supply and
demand imbalance; (ii) a reduction in automotive unit sales
resulting from the significant damage to the Company’s
operating facilities and inventory held for sale in Nashville as a
result of the March 2020 tornado; (iii) our continued disciplined
approach to sales volume and margin growth; and (iv) a reduction in
per vehicle advertising expenditures.
RumbleOn’s
full year gross profit was $31.6 million, or 7.6% of revenue, an
improvement from gross margins of 6.0% in 2019. The increase was
due in part to COVID-19 creating supply and demand imbalances which
led to higher average selling prices and margins. The improved
gross margin were also a result of our continued disciplined
approach to sales volume and margin growth as we take prescriptive
steps to drive towards sustainable future
profitability.
Total
SG&A for the year was $53.7 million, a decrease of nearly $33
million from the $86.6 million reported in 2019. The reduction in
SG&A was a result of a decrease in vehicles sold resulting in a
corresponding reduction in selling expenses, sales related
compensation, and marketing spend for the year ended December 31,
2020 as compared to 2019; (ii) a reduction in automotive vehicle
sales resulting from the significant damage to the Company's
operating facilities and inventory held for sale in Nashville as a
result of the tornado; and (iii) a reduction in staffing levels and
adjusted purchasing levels to align with demand and market
conditions and a deferral of discretionary growth expenditures such
as travel, facilities, information technology investments due to
the adverse impact of COVID-19 on commercial activity.
For the
full year, RumbleOn’s net loss of $25.0 million and adjusted
EBITDA loss was $5.8 million a significant improvement from the
$45.2 million net loss and $26.4 million adjusted EBITDA loss in
2019.
On a
proforma basis the combined company would have generated approx.
$1.3 billion in revenue, $65.3 million in net income and
approximately $90.8 million in adjusted EBITDA.
We
expect our business combination with RideNow to close in the second
or third quarter of this year, so we are not providing guidance for
standalone RumbleOn for 2021. We believe our business models are
highly complementary and we expect to achieve cost synergies over
time, while driving incremental growth. For 2021, assuming a
combination as of January 1, 2021, we expect a revenue range of
$1.45-$1.55 billion and adjusted EBITDA in the range of $100-$110
million. We expect to drive sustainable long term revenue growth
and strong unit economics, with a long-term revenue target in
excess of $5.0 billion and an adjusted EBITDA margin target in
excess of 10%.
We will
provide historical and pro forma financial statements in future
filings with the SEC.
Under
the terms of the definitive agreement, RumbleOn will combine with
up to 46 entities operating under the RideNow brand for a total
consideration of up to $575.4 million, consisting of $400.4 million
of cash and $175.0 million in RumbleOn Class B common stock.
RumbleOn will finance the cash consideration through a combination
of up to $280.0 million of debt and the remainder through the
issuance of new equity. We have entered into a commitment letter
with Oaktree to provide for the debt financing, subject to certain
conditions.
The
number of shares to be issued to RideNow is subject to adjustment
as described in the definitive agreement. The transaction is
subject to successful completion of the debt and equity financing,
RumbleOn stockholder approval, manufacturer approvals, other
federal and state regulatory approvals, and other customary closing
conditions as described in the definitive agreement.
Upon
closing, the RideNow’s executive management team will join
RumbleOn’s leadership team and the combined company will
continue to be listed on the NASDAQ under ticker symbol
RMBL.
We are
excited by both the business opportunities that a combination with
RideNow will bring to the table and the financial
profile.
With
that, I’ll pass the call back to Marshall for closing
remarks.
[Marshall]
Thanks
Steve.
We are
creating the only omnichannel solution in the powersports industry
– offering an unparalleled customer experience for outdoor
enthusiasts across the country.
We are
thrilled with the combination that will transform the way in which
consumers and dealers transact in the powersports industry. We will
provide more details on our business combination in the coming
months.
Thank
you to all of our customers for your continued trust, to our
employees for your hard work and dedication and to our shareholders
for your continued support.
Thank
you again for joining us this morning. We will keep you posted on
the proposed business combination of RumbleOn and RideNow. We look
forward to seeing many of you on the road.
Operator,
we are ready for questions.
Additional Information about the Transaction and Where to Find
It
In
connection with the Transaction, RumbleOn intends to file relevant
materials with the SEC, including a preliminary proxy statement,
and when available, a definitive proxy statement. Promptly after
filing its definitive proxy statement with the SEC, RumbleOn will
mail the definitive proxy statement and a proxy card to each
RumbleOn stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting of
stockholders relating to the Transaction. INVESTORS AND
STOCKHOLDERS OF RUMBLEON ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS
(INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER
RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTION THAT RUMBLEON
WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL
CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT RUMBLEON, RIDENOW, AND THE
TRANSACTION. The definitive proxy statement, the preliminary proxy
statement, and other relevant materials in connection with the
Transaction (when they become available), and any other documents
filed by RumbleOn with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at
the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov) or by visiting RumbleOn's
investor relations section at www.rumbleon.com. The information
contained on, or that may be accessed through, the websites
referenced in this presentation is not incorporated by reference
into, and is not a part of, this presentation.
Participants in the Solicitation
RumbleOn
and its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants
in the solicitation of proxies from RumbleOn’s stockholders
with respect to the Transaction. A list of the names of those
directors and executive officers and a description of their
interests in RumbleOn will be included in the proxy statement for
the proposed business combination and will be available at
www.sec.gov. Additional information regarding the interests of such
participants will be contained in the proxy statement relating to
the Transaction when available. Information about RumbleOn’s
directors and executive officers and their ownership of
RumbleOn’s common stock is set forth in RumbleOn’s
definitive proxy statement for its 2020 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders filed with the SEC on July 29, 2020. Other information
regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy
solicitation will be included in the proxy statement relating to
the Transaction when it becomes available. These documents can be
obtained free of charge from the sources indicated
above.
RideNow
and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders
of RumbleOn in connection with the Transaction. A list of the names
of such directors and executive officers and information regarding
their interests in the proposed business combination will be
included in the proxy statement relating to the
Transaction.
No Offer or Solicitation
This
presentation does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of
any vote or approval, by RumbleOn, nor shall there be any sale of
the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful before the registration or qualification
under the securities laws of such state. Any offering of the
securities will only be by means of a statutory prospectus meeting
the requirements of the rules and regulations of the SEC and
applicable law.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain
statements made in this presentation are “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the “safe
harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by
the use of words such as “target,”
“believe,” “expect,” “will,”
“shall,” “may,” “anticipate,”
“estimate,” “would,”
“positioned,” “future,”
“forecast,” “intend,” “plan,”
“project,” “outlook”, and other similar
expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or
that are not statements of historical matters. Examples of
forward-looking statements include, among others, statements made
in this presentation regarding the Transaction, including the
benefits of the Transaction, revenue opportunities, anticipated
future financial and operating performance, and results, including
estimates for growth, and the expected timing of the Transaction.
Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor
assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on
management’s current beliefs, expectations, and assumptions.
Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are
subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in
circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are
outside of RumbleOn's control. Actual results and outcomes may
differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking
statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these
forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause
actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those
indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others,
the following: (1) the occurrence of any event, change, or other
circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the
Transaction; (2) the failure to obtain debt and equity financing
required to complete the Transaction; (3) failure to obtain the OEM
approvals; (4) the inability to complete the Transaction, including
due to failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of RumbleOn,
certain regulatory approvals, or satisfy other conditions to
closing in the Agreement; (5) the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on
RumbleOn's business and/or the ability of the parties to complete
the Transaction; (6) the risk that the Transaction disrupts current
plans and operations as a result of the announcement and
consummation of the Transaction; (7) the ability to recognize the
anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which
may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of
management to integrate the combined company's business and
operation, and the ability of the parties to retain its key
employees; (8) costs related to the Transaction; (9) changes in
applicable laws or regulations; (10) risks relating to the
uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to
the combined company; and (11) other risks and uncertainties
indicated from time to time in the preliminary and definitive proxy
statements to be filed with the SEC relating to the Transaction,
including those under “Risk Factors” therein, and in
RumbleOn's other filings with the SEC. RumbleOn cautions that the
foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. RumbleOn cautions
readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date made. RumbleOn does not
undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release
publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements
to reflect any change in their expectations or any change in
events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is
based, whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law. Neither
RumbleOn nor RideNow gives any assurance that after the Transaction
the combined company will achieve its expectations.
Without
limiting the foregoing, the inclusion of the financial projections
in this presentation should not be regarded as an indication that
RumbleOn considered, or now considers, them to be a reliable
prediction of the future results. The financial projections were
not prepared with a view towards public disclosure or with a view
to complying with the published guidelines of the SEC, the
guidelines established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants with respect to prospective financial
information, or with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Neither RumbleOn’s independent auditors, nor any other
independent accountants, have compiled, examined or performed any
procedures with respect to the financial projections, nor have they
expressed any opinion or any other form of assurance on such
information or its achievability. Although the financial
projections were prepared based on assumptions and estimates that
RumbleOn’s management believes are reasonable, RumbleOn
provides no assurance that the assumptions made in preparing the
financial projections will prove accurate or that actual results
will be consistent with these financial projections. Projections of
this type involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not
be read as guarantees of future performance or results and will not
necessarily be accurate indicators of whether or not such results
will be achieved.
Exhibit
99.3
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Transcript of Introductory Video
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Narrator:
What is Omnichannel? Omnichannel is the integration of all physical
channels offline and digital channels online to offer a unified
customer experience. Now watch and see what it means for
you.
Narrator:
The Enthusiast. Powersports. The essence of powersports is more
than just bikes on the highway or ATVs ripping through the desert.
Powersports is a lifestyle. It's a defiance of the norm, a
celebration of adventure. Whether you're a powersports enthusiast
or riding is entirely new, the appeal of powersports can be
alluring to everybody. And we're celebrating an entirely new
opportunity in the powersports market brought to you by the
upcoming merger of RumbleOn and RideNow.
Marshall Chesrown:
I started in the automobile business right out of high school as a
teenager and had been in the business over 40 years.
Mark Tkach:
I was in the auto business and gas was really high priced and so I
got a job just selling Honda motorcycles 41 years ago.
Peter Levy:
Just out of college, my first job was in the remarketing business
for the auto industry.
Narrator:
The journey of many enthusiasts may have started on the back of
their grandpa's cruiser or in the barn with a mini bike, but it
lives on as an energy that fuels them. Sometimes for
life.
Marshall Chesrown:
I'm definitely a toy nut. I mean, I started at about eight years
old. I believe my mother bought me my first Honda mini trail. It's
here in this building, we should probably drag it out.
Mark Tkach:
I met my business partner 31 years ago dirt bike riding out in the
desert.
Peter Levy:
When I was 10 years old, my father bought me a mini bike and that
was the first time in my life that I got to really feel the wind in
my face and the freedom that it provides.
Narrator:
Customers want hassle-free transactions with the quickest and
simplest route to their dreams. Current marketplaces offer
unsecured transactions and commonly lack transparency or accurate
information.
Marshall Chesrown:
Well, I think the biggest challenge for consumers today is dealers
are not equipped to do full online transactions.
Narrator:
Riders demand more than just unmoderated listing sites with unsafe
transactions. Like any major vehicle purchase today, they want a
no-risk online transaction with trade options, asset history, and
guaranteed peace of mind.
Marshall Chesrown:
This is not about changing anything at RideNow, zero. This is all
about incremental sales and increasing the opportunity on the
pre-owned space.
Narrator:
Combining RideNow's enormous national footprint with the technology
of RumbleOn, we provide an omnichannel solution for the modern-day
enthusiast. RideNow and RumbleOn share a passion that is making
waves amongst adrenaline junkies.
Peter Levy:
RumbleOn is unique because we're in the want business. When you're
in the want business and you're buying a motorcycle like the one
I'm sitting on, there's a passion that comes about.
Mark Tkach:
People want these motorcycles and no matter what, even when things
were at their worst in 2009, we still had people come in that
door.
Marshall Chesrown:
We really landed on the motorcycle space as a great opportunity
because there weren't any major players. There weren't any
significant big box type retail organizations, and there was a
really, really antiquated online presence. It is an industry that
really had not been touched.
Mark Tkach:
We are the brick and mortar to the online side of business. I mean,
we've obviously been doing business a long time, well before the
internet came about. With the technology that they're bringing to
the table, I believe it'll be an awesome marriage and it will give
us a very nice increase in product, which will obviously flow
through to an increase in more sales, which flows through the more
profit.
Marshall Chesrown:
RideNow provides after-sale. It's great to talk about doing an
online vehicle transaction, but these are used vehicles and used
vehicles do break. To have a place that they can go for
maintenance, for oil changes, for all those types of things if they
need work on their vehicle, to be able to continue that connection
to our customer through the entire lifecycle of their
toys.
Peter Levy:
RumbleOn has given the ability for mom and dad, regardless of
seasons and regardless of place, from the comfort of their couch,
to be able to sell assets that may have been sitting in their
garage for some time or some financial need is created where they
need to sell those assets today. We've done that almost a million
times since the day we started.
Narrator:
As the leader in the motorcycle remarketing space, RumbleOn is
excited to grow with RideNow's nationwide footprint, an extensive
range of manufacturers. This creates a new opportunity to appeal to
100% of enthusiasts while expanding the fan base beyond
powersports.
Peter Levy:
It's RumbleOn's dream that when you wake up in the morning and you
grab your phone, that the first thing you do is you look at your
RumbleOn app because it's going to feed you something about your
passion.
Narrator:
We connect people to their vehicles, the unique communities they
desire and the adventures that are sure to follow.
Peter Levy:
We believe that RumbleOn and the RumbleOn app starts in the garage.
RumbleOn allows you to fill your garage with all the essentials
that you can keep in one place and revert back to
anytime.
Narrator:
We know the life of an enthusiast can be busy, so the app will
deliver tailored alerts and recommendations that will enhance
everyone's experience. When it's time to take a ride, RumbleOn
provides a list of destinations, whether they want an ATV tour in
Texas, or to attend Cars and Coffee in California, we can show them
the way.
Peter Levy: [HERE]
The feature-rich content with having all your records and your
assets, everything with a VIN stored in your RumbleOn app with
reminders for oil changes. With our nationwide footprint of
dealerships where we can service, help you pick up that broken down
bike, or service the need you have in buying and selling your new
motorcycle, no one is going to take that app off their
phone.
Marshall Chesrown:
We have technology that dealers don't have today, don't really even
have the infrastructure to create it and this is not stuff that you
go buy off the shelf for $399 a month. When you talk about
facilitating a complete online transaction through a trade-in,
through the financing, through the titling, through the payment
process, inspection process, all those types of things and doing it
100% online, we believe in the powersports space we're the only
ones that have it, the only ones that can do it.
Peter Levy:
From a cash offer tool, to auction technology, to data mining, to
artificial intelligence, to the fact that we can deliver content to
you immediately.
Narrator:
We're great at what we do. With over 250 years of combined
experience across auto, powersport, and technology industries,
we're proud of our stellar Google rating and enthused by fan
reception in-person and online.
Peter Levy:
It's the want business. The want business starts from the day you
were born. We want something and I don't think it ends until the
day you die.
Mark Tkach:
RumbleOn will bring all this used product in that obviously lowers
our pricing. It makes it more affordable for that first-time
buyer.
Marshall Chesrown:
When you want to bring new riders, from our perspective, into the
industry, you bring them in with pre-owned and you bring them in
with pre-owned because of affordability.
Mark Tkach:
40 years later, every time I see somebody taking delivery, I still
get that excitement in myself. That's the truth because it's just,
you just know what they're feeling and how excited they are, but
the passion part comes from, it's just in you.
Narrator:
Whatever you ride and wherever you explore, you'll discover an
adrenaline-filled journey with RideNow and RumbleOn that fuels your
passion for powersports at every level and keeps your wheels
turning.
****
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in the introductory video are
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the
“safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be
identified by the use of words such as “target,”
“believe,” “expect,” “will,”
“shall,” “may,” “anticipate,”
“estimate,” “would,”
“positioned,” “future,”
“forecast,” “intend,” “plan,”
“project,” “outlook,” and other similar
expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or
that are not statements of historical matters. Examples of
forward-looking statements include, among others, statements made
in the introductory video regarding the proposed business
combination of RumbleOn and RideNow contemplated by the definitive
agreement (the “Transaction”), including the benefits
of the Transaction, revenue opportunities, anticipated future
financial and operating performance, and results, including
estimates for growth, and the expected timing of the Transaction.
Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor
assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on
managements’ current beliefs, expectations, and assumptions.
Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are
subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in
circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are
outside of RumbleOn's control. Actual results and outcomes may
differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking
statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these
forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause
actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those
indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others,
the following: (1) the occurrence of any event, change, or other
circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the
definitive agreement; (2) the failure to obtain debt and equity
financing required to complete the Transaction; (3) the failure to
obtain the OEM approvals; (4) the inability to complete the
Transaction, including due to failure to obtain approval of the
stockholders of RumbleOn, certain regulatory approvals, or satisfy
other conditions to closing in the definitive agreement; (5) the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on RumbleOn's business and/or the
ability of the parties to complete the Transaction; (6) the risk
that the Transaction disrupts current plans and operations as a
result of the announcement and consummation of the Transaction; (7)
the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the
Transaction, which may be affected by, among other things,
competition, the ability of management to integrate the combined
company's business and operation, and the ability of the parties to
retain its key employees; (8) costs related to the Transaction; (9)
changes in applicable laws or regulations; (10) risks relating to
the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect
to the combined company; and (11) other risks and uncertainties
indicated from time to time in the preliminary and definitive proxy
statements to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) relating to the Transaction, including
those under “Risk Factors” therein, and in RumbleOn's
other filings with the SEC. RumbleOn cautions that the foregoing
list of factors is not exclusive. RumbleOn cautions readers not to
place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date made. RumbleOn does not undertake or
accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any
updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect
any change in their expectations or any change in events,
conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law. Neither
RumbleOn nor RideNow gives any assurance that the combined company
will achieve its expectations.
Without limiting the foregoing, the inclusion of the financial
projections in the introductory video should not be regarded as an
indication that RumbleOn considered, or now considers, them to be a
reliable prediction of the future results. The financial
projections were not prepared with a view towards public disclosure
or with a view to complying with the published guidelines of the
SEC, the guidelines established by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants with respect to prospective financial
information, or with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Neither RumbleOn’s independent auditors, nor any other
independent accountants, have compiled, examined or performed any
procedures with respect to the financial projections, nor have they
expressed any opinion or any other form of assurance on such
information or its achievability. Although the financial
projections were prepared based on assumptions and estimates that
RumbleOn’s management believes are reasonable, RumbleOn
provides no assurance that the assumptions made in preparing the
financial projections will prove accurate or that actual results
will be consistent with these financial projections. Projections of
this type involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not
be read as guarantees of future performance or results and will not
necessarily be accurate indicators of whether or not such results
will be achieved.
Additional Information about the Transaction and Where to Find
It
In connection with the Transaction, RumbleOn intends to file
relevant materials with the SEC, including a preliminary proxy
statement, and when available, a definitive proxy statement.
Promptly after filing its definitive proxy statement with the SEC,
RumbleOn will mail the definitive proxy statement and a proxy card
to each RumbleOn stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting of
stockholders relating to the Transaction. INVESTORS AND
STOCKHOLDERS OF RUMBLEON ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS
(INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER
RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTION THAT RUMBLEON
WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL
CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT RUMBLEON, RIDENOW, AND THE
TRANSACTION. The preliminary proxy statement, the definitive proxy
statement, and other relevant materials in connection with the
Transaction (when they become available), and any other documents
filed by RumbleOn with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at
the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov) or by visiting RumbleOn's
investor relations section at www.rumbleon.com. The information
contained on, or that may be accessed through, the websites
referenced in the introductory video are not incorporated by
reference into, and are not a part of, the introductory
video.
Participants in the Solicitation
RumbleOn and its directors and executive officers may be deemed
participants in the solicitation of proxies from RumbleOn’s
stockholders with respect to the Transaction. A list of the names
of those directors and executive officers and a description of
their interests in RumbleOn will be included in the proxy statement
for the Transaction and will be available at www.sec.gov.
Additional information regarding the interests of such participants
will be contained in the proxy statement for the Transaction when
available. Information about RumbleOn’s directors and
executive officers and their ownership of RumbleOn’s common
stock is set forth in RumbleOn’s definitive proxy statement
for its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on
July 29, 2020. Other information regarding the interests of the
participants in the proxy solicitation will be included in the
proxy statement pertaining to the Transaction when it becomes
available. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the
sources indicated above.
RideNow and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed
to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the
stockholders of RumbleOn in connection with the Transaction. A list
of the names of such directors and executive officers and
information regarding their interests in the Transaction will be
included in the proxy statement for the Transaction.
No Offer or Solicitation
The introductory video does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of
any vote or approval,, by RumbleOn, nor shall there be any sale of
the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful before the registration or qualification
under the securities laws of such state. Any offering of the
securities will only be by means of a statutory prospectus meeting
the requirements of the rules and regulations of the SEC and
applicable law.
Exhibit 99.4
RumbleOn and RideNow Announce Definitive Agreement to Combine
Companies
Combination to Form the First Omnichannel Customer Experience in
Powersports in North America, Delivering an Unparalleled Solution
to Powersports Enthusiasts
● Transaction to Create
Dominant Publicly Traded Omnichannel Powersports Platform with a
Total Addressable Market of $100B+
● Pro Forma company sold more
than 63,000 vehicles in 2020, generating revenue of approximately
$1.3 billion, net income of approximately $65.3 million and
adjusted EBITDA of approximately $90.8 million.1 Business combination expected
to propel revenue growth and drive meaningful cost
synergies
● Technology-first platform offering
best-in-class customer experience; Powersports enthusiasts can
receive cash offers, buy, sell, trade or finance without leaving
their home
● $575.4 million RideNow purchase price to be
paid $400.4 million in cash and $175.0 million in RumbleOn Class B
common stock; Up to $280.0 million of cash consideration to be
funded via new debt financing committed by funds managed by Oaktree
Capital Management, L.P.
(“Oaktree”)
● Management of combined company to host a
conference call today, March 15, 2021, at 8:30am
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DALLAS,
TX & CHANDLER, AZ- RumbleOn, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBL), an ecommerce
company using innovative technology to aggregate and distribute
pre-owned vehicles to and from both consumers and dealers, and the
nation’s largest powersports dealer, RideNow, today announced
they have entered into a definitive merger/equity purchase
agreement, creating the only omnichannel customer experience in
powersports and the largest publicly traded powersports dealership
platform. The integration of RideNow’s extensive footprint
and strong retail brand with RumbleOn’s technology platform
will transform the nation’s largest powersports dealer into
the first - and only - omnichannel powersports platform in North
America.
Together,
the combined company will have a dominant position in a $100+
billion market. The end-to-end platform will enable the combined
company to reach more consumers in a secularly growing – yet
still highly fragmented market, that is benefitting from changing
consumer behavior. The transaction is expected to propel revenue
growth and drive meaningful cost synergies, leading to improved
monetization and margin expansion.
Company Details and Strategic Rationale
●
Powersport vehicle
demand continues to experience significant growth, accelerated by
consumer lifestyle changes and advanced vehicle innovation, while
access to affordable pre-owned vehicles attracts new
riders.
●
The proposed
transaction combines a robust technology leader in online
acquisition and distribution of powersports vehicles with the
largest traditional brick and mortar retailer in
powersports.
●
RideNow is the
nation’s largest powersports retailer, with more than 40
full-service retail locations in 11 states across the country. In
2020, RideNow sold 45,527 powersport units, including ATVs, UTVs,
motorcycles, snowmobiles, and personal watercraft, generating
approximately $899.4 million in total revenue, $90.3 million in net
income and approximately $96.6 million in adjusted
EBITDA.
●
RumbleOn’s
ecommerce platform provides an efficient, timely and transparent
transaction experience, without leaving home. Whether buying,
selling, trading or financing a vehicle, RumbleOn offers dealers
and consumers a friction free experience - without geographic
boundaries.
●
The combined
company will offer the fastest, easiest and most transparent
transaction process available to consumers nationwide, which,
combined with proprietary pre-owned sourcing, disrupts the customer
search and purchase experience for powersports enthusiasts, both
online and in-store.
●
In addition to
driving organic growth by combining and scaling the legacy RumbleOn
and RideNow models, the combined company will be positioned to
further consolidate the
highly fragmented powersports industry.
●
RideNow’s
co-principal owners and co-founders Mark Tkach and William Coulter
will bring more than 70 additional years of combined experience in
the vehicle retail industry, joining RumbleOn’s executive
team, Marshall Chesrown, Steve Berrard, and Peter Levy, who have a
combined 80+ years of experience. Both Mr. Tkach and Mr. Coulter
will also join the RumbleOn Board of Directors at
closing.
Management Commentary
“We
are creating the only omnichannel solution in the powersports
industry – offering an unparalleled customer experience for
outdoor enthusiasts across the country. RideNow’s significant
physical retail platform provides the missing piece of a
‘bricks and clicks’ strategy for RumbleOn, enabling us
to reach consumers wherever they want to shop, whether online,
offline, or both,” said Marshall Chesrown, RumbleOn’s
Chief Executive Officer. “For us, this transaction is about
unlocking incremental sales, capturing additional monetization
opportunities such as parts and services, and consolidating a
fragmented industry to drive efficiency and improve the customer
experience. For our customers, this is about offering the most
robust selection of inventory through a simple, safe, hassle-free
and flexible experience nationwide,” concluded
Chesrown.
RideNow’s
co-principal owner and co-founder, Mark Tkach, commented, “We
are thrilled to be joining Marshall and the rest of the RumbleOn
team as we gear up to enable more consumers to shop with us through
the first omnichannel customer experience. We are excited to begin
leveraging both companies’ capabilities to expand our
combined offering. From adding financing options with RumbleOn
Finance to exploring the opportunity to open pre-owned retail
stores, RumbleOn’s technology and ecommerce presence will
provide us access to a nationwide audience and high demand
pre-owned inventory. Combining the proprietary technology platform,
online aggregation and distribution, nationwide logistics network
and the scale and physical footprint of these two companies will
give more powersport enthusiasts across the country access to our
robust inventory.”
Pro Forma Financials and Guidance
On a
pro forma basis the combined company would have generated
approximately $1.3 billion in revenue, $65.3 million in net income
and $90.8 million in adjusted EBITDA in 2020.
The
business combination is expected to close in the second or third
quarter of 2021. Given the highly complementary business models,
the Company expects to achieve cost synergies over time, while
driving incremental growth. For 2021, assuming a combination as of
January 1, 2021, total revenue is expected to be in the range of
$1.45-$1.55 billion and adjusted EBITDA in the range of
$100.0-$110.0 million. The companies expect to drive sustainable
long term revenue growth and strong unit economics, with a
long-term revenue target in excess of $5.0 billion and Adjusted
EBITDA margin target in excess of 10%.
2020
financial and pro forma information is based on unaudited financial
information of RideNow and RumbleOn. Pro forma financial
information is preliminary and does not include purchase accounting
adjustments. Audited historical financials and updated unaudited
pro forma information will be provided in future filings with the
SEC.
Transaction Details
Under the terms of the
definitive agreement, RumbleOn will combine with up to 46 entities
operating under the RideNow brand for a total consideration of up
to $575.4 million, consisting of $400.4 million of cash and
approximately 5.8 million shares of RumbleOn Class B Common Stock.
RumbleOn will finance the cash consideration through a combination
of up to $280.0 million of debt and the remainder through the
issuance of new equity. RumbleOn has entered into a commitment
letter with Oaktree to provide for the debt financing, subject to
certain conditions. The number of shares to be issued to RideNow is
subject to increase as described in the definitive agreement. The
transaction is subject to successful completion of the debt and
equity financing, RumbleOn stockholder approval, manufacturer
approval, other federal and state regulatory approvals, and other
customary closing conditions as described in the definitive
agreement.
Certain
RideNow minority equity holders are not initially parties to the
definitive agreement and some minority holders have rights of first
refusal (“ROFR”) with respect to the RideNow entity in
which they own a stake. If any of these equity holders either
decide not to sell their interests to the Company or to exercise
their ROFR, RumbleOn will not be able to acquire all of the equity
interests of the acquired companies, or in certain cases any
interests in an acquired company, and the consideration payable in
the business combination will be correspondingly reduced. RideNow
anticipates that all minority owners will participate in the
business combination and that no minority owners will exercise
their ROFR, but there is no assurance this will occur.
Upon
closing, the RideNow and RumbleOn executive teams will join their
combined 150+ years of vehicle retail experience. Each member of
the combined company senior management team will enter into three
year Executive Employment Agreements upon closing. Messrs. Tkach
and Coulter will also join the RumbleOn Board of
Directors.
RumbleOn
and RideNow expect to close the business combination during the
second or third quarter of 2021.
B. Riley Securities, a subsidiary of B. Riley Financial Inc., is
acting as exclusive financial advisor to RumbleOn and sole debt
placement agent in conjunction with the transaction.
Conference Call Details
Senior
management from RumbleOn and RideNow will host a conference call
today, Monday, March 15, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. ET. A live and archived
webcast can be accessed from RumbleOn's Investor Relations website
at https://investors.rumbleon.com/.
To access the conference call telephonically, callers may dial
(877) 407-9716, or (201) 493-6779 for callers outside of the United
States and entering conference ID 13716962.
About RumbleOn
Founded
in 2017, RumbleOn (NASDAQ: RMBL) is an ecommerce company using
innovative technology to aggregate and distribute pre-owned
automotive and powersport vehicles to and from both consumers and
dealers, 100% online. RumbleOn is disrupting the pre-owned vehicle
supply chain by providing dealers with technology solutions such as
virtual inventory, and a 24/7 distribution platform, and consumers
with an efficient, timely and transparent transaction experience,
without leaving home. Whether buying, selling, trading or financing
a vehicle, RumbleOn enables dealers and consumers to transact
without geographic boundaries in a transparent, fast and friction
free experience. For more information, please visit http://www.rumbleon.com.
About RideNow
Founded
in 1983, RideNow has grown into the largest powersports retailer
group in the United States through its dealership consolidation
strategy. RideNow compliments its vehicle sales with complete
parts, service, accessories, and after sales offerings. For more
information, please visit https://www.ridenow.com.
Additional Information about the Transaction and Where to Find
It
In
connection with the proposed business combination described herein
(the “Transaction”), RumbleOn intends to file relevant
materials with the SEC, including a preliminary proxy statement,
and when available, a definitive proxy statement. Promptly after
filing its definitive proxy statement with the SEC, RumbleOn will
mail the definitive proxy statement and a proxy card to each
RumbleOn stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting of
stockholders relating to the Transaction. INVESTORS AND
STOCKHOLDERS OF RUMBLEON ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS
(INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER
RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTION THAT RUMBLEON
WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL
CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT RUMBLEON, RIDENOW, AND THE
TRANSACTION. The definitive proxy statement, the preliminary proxy
statement, and other relevant materials in connection with the
Transaction (when they become available), and any other documents
filed by RumbleOn with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at
the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov)
or by visiting RumbleOn's investor relations section at
www.rumbleon.com. The information contained on, or that may
be accessed through, the websites referenced in this press release
is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this
press release.
Participants in the Solicitation
RumbleOn
and its directors and executive officers may be deemed participants
in the solicitation of proxies from RumbleOn’s stockholders
with respect to the Transaction. A list of the names of those
directors and executive officers and a description of their
interests in RumbleOn will be included in the proxy statement
relating to the Transaction and will be available at www.sec.gov.
Additional information regarding the interests of such participants
will be contained in the proxy statement relating to the
Transaction when available. Information about RumbleOn’s
directors and executive officers and their ownership of
RumbleOn’s common stock is set forth in RumbleOn’s
definitive proxy statement for its 2020 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders filed with the SEC on July 29, 2020. Other information
regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy
solicitation will be included in the proxy statement relating to
the Transaction when it becomes available. These documents can be
obtained free of charge from the sources indicated
above.
RideNow
and its directors and executive officers may also be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders
of RumbleOn in connection with the Transaction. A list of the names
of such directors and executive officers and information regarding
their interests in the Transaction will be included in the proxy
statement relating to the Transaction.
No Offer or Solicitation
This
report does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or
approval, by RumbleOn, nor shall there be any sale of the
securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful before the registration or qualification under
the securities laws of such state. Any offering of the securities
will only be by means of a statutory prospectus meeting the
requirements of the rules and regulations of the SEC and applicable
law.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain
statements made in this press release are “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the “safe
harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by
the use of words such as “target,”
“believe,” “expect,” “will,”
“shall,” “may,” “anticipate,”
“estimate,” “would,”
“positioned,” “future,”
“forecast,” “intend,” “plan,”
“project,” “outlook”, and other similar
expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or
that are not statements of historical matters. Examples of
forward-looking statements include, among others, statements made
in this press release regarding the proposed transactions
contemplated by the definitive agreement, including the benefits of
the Transaction, revenue opportunities, anticipated future
financial and operating performance, and results, including
estimates for growth, and the expected timing of the Transaction.
Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor
assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on
management’s current beliefs, expectations, and assumptions.
Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are
subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in
circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are
outside of RumbleOn's control. Actual results and outcomes may
differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking
statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these
forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause
actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those
indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others,
the following: (1) the occurrence of any event, change, or other
circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the
Transaction; (2) the failure to obtain debt and equity financing
required to complete the Transaction; (3) failure to obtain the OEM
approvals; (4) the inability to complete the Transaction, including
due to failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of RumbleOn,
certain regulatory approvals, or satisfy other conditions to
closing in the definitive agreement; (5) the impact of COVID-19
pandemic on RumbleOn's business and/or the ability of the parties
to complete the Transaction; (6) the risk that the Transaction
disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the
announcement and consummation of the Transaction; (7) the ability
to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Transaction, which may
be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of
management to integrate the combined company's business and
operation, and the ability of the parties to retain its key
employees; (8) costs related to the Transaction; (9) changes in
applicable laws or regulations; (10) risks relating to the
uncertainty of pro forma and projected financial information with
respect to the combined company; and (11) other risks and
uncertainties indicated from time to time in the preliminary and
definitive proxy statements to be filed with the SEC relating to
the Transaction, including those under “Risk Factors”
therein, and in RumbleOn's other filings with the SEC. RumbleOn
cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive.
RumbleOn cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made.
RumbleOn does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking
to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking
statements to reflect any change in their expectations or any
change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such
statement is based, whether as a result of new information, future
events, or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law.
Neither RumbleOn nor RideNow gives any assurance that after the
Transaction the combined company will achieve its
expectations.
Without
limiting the foregoing, the inclusion of the financial projections
in this press release should not be regarded as an indication that
RumbleOn considered, or now considers, them to be a reliable
prediction of the future results. The financial projections were
not prepared with a view towards public disclosure or with a view
to complying with the published guidelines of the SEC, the
guidelines established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants with respect to prospective financial
information, or with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Neither RumbleOn’s independent auditors, nor any other
independent accountants, have compiled, examined or performed any
procedures with respect to the financial projections, nor have they
expressed any opinion or any other form of assurance on such
information or its achievability. Although the financial
projections were prepared based on assumptions and estimates that
RumbleOn’s management believes are reasonable, RumbleOn
provides no assurance that the assumptions made in preparing the
financial projections will prove accurate or that actual results
will be consistent with these financial projections. Projections of
this type involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not
be read as guarantees of future performance or results and will not
necessarily be accurate indicators of whether or not such results
will be achieved.
Investor Relations:
The
Blueshirt Group
Dylan
Solomon
investors@rumbleon.com