TRNR 8-K
Interactive Strength, Inc. (TRNR)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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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 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Agreement and Plan of Merger
On February 18, 2026, Interactive Strength Inc. (the "Company") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Ergatta, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Ergatta"), Ergatta Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ("Merger Sub"), and Tom Aulet, solely in his capacity as the securityholders’ representative (the “Securityholders’ Representative”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Ergatta (the “Merger”), with Ergatta surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. At the effective time of the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of preferred stock of Ergatta (other than excluded and dissenting shares) will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive, subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, (i) cash consideration of up to $7,000,000 paid to Ergatta's stockholders, consisting of: (a) $1,750,000 to be paid at the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”); (b) $1,750,000 in deferred cash evidenced by a senior secured promissory note to be delivered at the Closing and maturing on April 30, 2027; and (c) up to $3,500,000 to be payable on April 30, 2027, as provided by the calculations, formulas, and other procedures set forth in the Merger Agreement; and (ii) up to $9,500,000 worth of shares of Series D-1 Preferred Stock (as defined below) to be issued to Ergatta's stockholders. Additionally, the Company will issue equity incentives to certain members of Ergatta's senior management, consisting of (i) up to $2,000,000 worth of shares of Series D-2 Preferred Stock (as defined below); and (ii) up to $1,000,000 worth of shares of Series D-3 Preferred Stock (as defined below).
In the Merger Agreement, each of the Company, Ergatta and Merger Sub has made customary representations, warranties and covenants. Investors and security holders are not third-party beneficiaries under the Merger Agreement and should not rely on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements, or any descriptions thereof, as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of any party to the Merger Agreement. In addition, the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements and other terms of the Merger Agreement may be subject to subsequent waiver or modification. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties and other terms may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures. The representations, warranties, covenants, obligations and agreements of the parties made in the Merger Agreement will not survive the Closing, except for the covenants, obligations and agreements contained therein that by their terms expressly apply in whole or in part after the Closing.
The Merger is expected to close as early as the first quarter of 2026, subject to the satisfaction or waiver (if permitted) of customary conditions.
The board of directors of the Company has approved the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein.
The foregoing summary of the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is attached to this report as Exhibit 2.1, and incorporated by reference herein.
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock
Prior to the Closing, the Company will file a certificate of designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, creating three new series of preferred stock designated as (i) Series D-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Series D-1 Preferred Stock”) and designating 4,750,000 shares thereof, (ii) Series D-2 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Series D-2 Preferred Stock”) and designating 1,000,000 shares thereof, and (iii) Series D-3 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Series D-3 Preferred Stock,” collectively with Series D-1 Preferred Stock and Series D-2 Preferred Stock, “Series D Preferred Stock”) and designating 500,000 shares thereof. Series D Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights, other than any vote required by law or the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation. Series D-1 Preferred Stock and Series D-2 Preferred Stock shall convert into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) on May 3, 2027. Series D-3 Preferred Stock shall convert to shares of Common Stock on May 1, 2028.
Registration Rights Agreement
At the Closing, the Companywill enter into a registration rights agreement with the Securityholders' Representative, on behalf of the parties entitled to receive equity consideration under the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which the Company will grant customary registration rights with respect to equity consideration issuable under the Merger Agreement.
Employment Agreement
In connection with the Merger Agreement, certain members of Ergatta's senior management team (Tom Aulet and Alessandra Gotbaum) will enter into employment agreements with the Company (or Ergatta, as the surviving company) effective as of the Closing.
Subordination Agreement
As a condition to Closing, the Company shall deliver executed subordination agreements from holders of indebtedness of the Company or its affiliates whose liens would otherwise be senior to or pari passu with the existing liens, pursuant to which such holder agrees to subordinate its lien rights as contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
The Company issued a press release announcing the Merger Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Interactive Strength Inc., Ergatta Acquisition Corp., Ergatta, Inc. and Tom Aulet, dated as of February 18, 2026 |
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Press Release, dated February 18, 2026 |
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* The schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules upon its request.
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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Interactive Strength Inc. |
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February 23, 2026 |
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/s/ Caleb Morgret |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
by and among
INTERACTIVE STRENGTH INC.,
ERGATTA ACQUISITION CORP.,
ERGATTA, INC.
and
SECURITYHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE,
as the Securityholders’ Representative (for the limited purposes described herein)
February 18, 2026
Article I DEFINITIONS1
1.1Certain Definitions1
Article II THE MERGER16
2.1The Merger16
2.2Effective Time16
2.3Closing16
2.4Certificate of Incorporation16
2.5Directors and Officers16
2.6Bylaws16
Article III EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE EQUITY INTERESTS OF THE CONSTITUENT COMPANIES AND CORPORATIONS17
3.1Effect on Company Shares17
3.2Aggregate Merger Consideration.17
3.3Reserved.17
3.4Management Incentives.17
3.5Treatment of Company Options and Company Warrants18
3.6Pre-Closing Estimates; Post-Closing Adjustment18
3.7Consideration Spreadsheet20
Article IV CLOSING PAYMENTS; DISSENTING SHARES21
4.1Payment of Merger Consideration21
4.2Appraisal Rights.22
4.3Withholding22
Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY23
5.1Organization; Authority23
5.2Capitalization23
5.3Noncontravention24
5.4Financial Statements; No Undisclosed Liabilities24
5.5Accounts Receivable25
5.6Absence of Material Adverse Effect or Other Changes25
5.7Litigation26
5.8Taxes26
5.9Employee Benefit Plans27
5.10Real and Personal Property28
5.11Labor and Employment Matters28
5.12Contracts and Commitments29
5.13Intellectual Property30
5.14Privacy Matters32
5.15Environmental Matters32
5.16Insurance32
5.17Legal Compliance32
5.18Top Customer and Top Suppliers32
5.19No Brokers33
5.20Related Party Transactions33
5.21Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties33
Article VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER AND MERGER SUB33
6.1Organization33
6.2Authority34
6.3Capitalization34
6.4No Conflict34
6.5Solvency35
6.6Litigation35
6.7Taxes35
6.8Real and Personal Property36
6.9Labor and Employment Matters37
6.10Contracts and Commitments38
6.11Insurance39
6.12Brokers39
6.13No Prior Activities39
6.14Issuance of Securities39
6.15SEC Documents; Financial Statements39
6.16Absence of Certain Changes40
6.17No Undisclosed Events, Liabilities, Developments or Circumstances40
6.18Sarbanes-Oxley Act41
6.19Transactions With Affiliates41
6.20Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls41
6.21Off Balance Sheet Arrangements42
6.22Investment Company Status42
6.23No Disagreements with Accountants and Lawyers42
6.24No Conflicting Liens; Authority to Grant Security42
6.25No Restrictions on Payment of Aggregate Merger Consideration.42
6.26Inspection; No Other Representations.42
Article VII CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER43
7.1Conduct of Business Prior to Closing43
Article VIII ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS44
8.1Stockholder Consent and Securityholder Deliveries44
8.2Access to Information45
8.3Confidentiality45
8.4Regulatory and Other Authorizations; Consents45
8.5Press Releases46
8.6Officers’ and Directors’ Indemnification47
8.7Employee Benefit Arrangements48
8.8Books and Records49
8.9Tax Matters49
8.10Further Action50
8.11No Solicitation50
8.12Parachute Payments51
8.14Designation of Preferred Stock51
8.15Exemption from Registration; Rule 14451
8.16Listing52
8.17Stockholder Approval52
8.18Remedies for Failure to Maintain Listing or Obtain Stockholder Approval.53
8.19Operation of the Company.53
8.20Minimum Operating Cash54
Article IX CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER54
9.1Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger54
9.2Additional Conditions to Obligations of Buyer and Merger Sub54
9.3Employment Agreements55
9.4Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company55
Article X TERMINATION57
10.1Termination57
10.2Effect of Termination58
Article XI SECURITYHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE58
11.1Appointment58
11.2Authorization58
11.3Limitations of Liability; Agency59
11.4Indemnification of Securityholders’ Representative59
11.5Reasonable Reliance60
11.6Resignation; Removal of Securityholders’ Representative; Authority of Securityholders’ Representative60
11.7Expenses of the Securityholders’ Representative60
11.8Irrevocable Appointment60
Article XII INDEMNIFICATION60
12.1Survival60
12.2Indemnification61
12.3Certain Limitations.61
12.4Indemnification Procedures.62
12.5Subrogation63
12.6Tax Treatment of Indemnification Payments63
12.7Investigation; Reliance63
12.8Exclusive Remedy64
Article XIII64
GENERAL PROVISIONS64
13.1Notices64
13.2Disclosure Schedules65
13.3Buyer Disclosure Schedules65
13.4Assignment66
13.5Severability66
13.6Interpretation66
13.7Fees and Expenses67
13.8Choice of Law/Consent to Jurisdiction/Jury Trial Waiver67
13.9Amendment68
13.10Extension; Waiver68
13.11No Agreement Until Executed68
13.12Conflicts and Privilege68
13.13Mutual Drafting69
13.14Specific Performance69
13.15Miscellaneous70
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A – Accounting Principles
Exhibit B – Net Working Capital
Exhibit C – Form of Certificate of Merger
Exhibit D – Form of Secured Note
Exhibit E – Form of Certificate of Designation
Exhibit F – Form of FIRPTA Certificate
Exhibit G – Registration Rights Agreement
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 18, 2026, by and among INTERACTIVE STRENGTH INC., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”), ERGATTA ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Buyer (“Merger Sub”), ERGATTA, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and TOM AULET, acting solely in his capacity as the representative of the Securityholders (as defined herein) and only for the express purposes provided herein and for no other purpose (the “Securityholders’ Representative”). “Party” or “Parties” means, individually or collectively, Buyer, Merger Sub, the Company, and the Securityholders’ Representative (solely in its capacity as such).
WHEREAS, Buyer, Merger Sub and the Company wish to effect a business combination through a merger (the “Merger”) of Merger Sub with and into the Company on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the “DGCL”);
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has approved this Agreement, the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions (as defined herein) to which the Company is a party and determined that this Agreement and the Merger are advisable in accordance with Section 251(b) of the DGCL and in the best interest of the Company and its Stockholders, and has recommended the adoption of this Agreement by the Stockholders in accordance with the DGCL;
WHEREAS, Buyer and Merger Sub have obtained all required corporate approvals to enter into this Agreement and consummate the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions and determined that this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are advisable and in the best interest of Buyer, Merger Sub, and their respective stockholders, and the board of directors of Merger Sub has recommended the adoption of this Agreement by its sole stockholder in accordance with the DGCL; and
WHEREAS, Buyer, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger, and also prescribe various conditions to the Merger.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
DEFINITIONS
. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“2019 Plan” means the Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
“2020 Plan” means the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
“280G Approval” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.12.
“Accounting Principles” means the principles set forth on Exhibit A.
“Accounting Referee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(c).
“Accounts Receivable” means all accounts receivable and other monies due for sales and deliveries of goods or performance of services by any Acquired Company.
“Acquired Companies” means the Company.
“Acquisition Proposal” means any offer or proposal for, or any indication of interest in, any of the following (other than the Contemplated Transactions): (a) any acquisition or purchase of more than 20% of the capital stock, membership interests or other equity, voting, beneficial, financial or ownership interests or all or substantially all of assets of the Acquired Companies (taken as a whole); (b) any merger, consolidation or other business combination to which the Company is a party; or (c) any recapitalization, reorganization, liquidation or any other similar extraordinary business transaction involving the Company.
“Action” means any claim, action, cause of action, counterclaim, proceeding or suit (whether in contract, tort or otherwise), litigation (whether at law or in equity or whether civil or criminal), assessment, arbitration, mediation, inquiry investigation, audit, hearing, order, government charge, complaint, demand, notice or other proceeding to, from, by or before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental Body or arbitrator whose decisions would be binding.
“Affiliate” of any Person means another Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person. “Control”, including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, as general partner or managing member, by contract or otherwise, including the ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities having the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar body governing the affairs of such Person.
“Affordable Care Act” means the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111−148), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111−152), and the regulations promulgated pursuant to each of the foregoing laws.
“Aggregate Merger Consideration” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Appraisal Rights Provisions” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).
“Audited Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a).
“Base Balance Sheet Date” means December 31, 2025.
“Basket” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.3(a).
“Business” means the business of the Company as conducted as of the date hereof and through the Pre-Closing Period.
“Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by applicable Law to be closed.
“Buyer” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Buyer Arrangements” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Company Transaction Expenses.
“Buyer Capital Stock” means the Buyer Common Stock and the Buyer Preferred Stock.
“Buyer Common Stock” means the common stock of the Buyer, par value $0.0001 per share.
“Buyer Disclosure Schedules” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.3.
“Buyer Employee Benefit Plan” means any (a) employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA; (b) stock option plan, stock purchase plan, bonus or incentive plan, severance pay plan, program or arrangement, deferred compensation arrangement or agreement, employment agreement, compensation plan, program, agreement or equivalent arrangement, change in control plan, program or equivalent arrangement, supplemental income arrangement, vacation plan, and each other employee benefit plan, agreement, and equivalent arrangement, not described in (a) above; and (c) plan or similar arrangement providing compensation to employee and non-employee directors, in each case which Buyer sponsors, contributes to, or provides benefits under or through such plan, or has any obligation to contribute to or provide benefits under or through such plan, or if such plan provides benefits to or otherwise covers any current or former employee, officer or director of Buyer (or their spouses, dependents, or beneficiaries).
“Buyer Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by Buyer or Merger Sub.
“Buyer Lease” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.8(b).
“Buyer Leased Real Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.8(b).
“Buyer Material Adverse Effect” means any result, occurrence, fact, change, event or effect that has had a material adverse effect on the financial condition, assets, business, liabilities or results of operations of Buyer or Merger Sub (taken as a whole); provided, however, that no result, occurrence, fact, change, event or effect resulting from any of the following shall constitute, or will be considered in determining whether there has occurred, a Buyer Material Adverse Effect: (a) any changes in (i) the United States or global economy generally or capital, commodity or financial markets generally, including changes in interest or exchange rates, or (ii) political conditions generally of the United States or any other country or jurisdiction in which Buyer or Merger Sub operate; (b) the negotiation, execution, announcement or consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, licensors, distributors, partners, providers or employees; (c) the effects of any facts or circumstances solely relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates or the effect of any action taken by the Company or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Contemplated Transactions; (d) any changes or prospective changes in GAAP or in any Law generally applicable to Buyer or Merger Sub or in the interpretation thereof; (e) any actions taken or omitted in the course of performing obligations hereunder or which are taken with the Company’s consent or not taken because the Company did not give its consent; (f) any hostilities, act of war, sabotage, terrorism or military actions, or any escalation or worsening of any such hostilities, act of war, sabotage, terrorism or military actions; (g) acts of God, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, other weather conditions, or other calamities (including pandemics); (h) any item or items set forth in the Buyer Disclosure Schedules; or (i) any failure by Buyer or Merger Sub to achieve any earnings, budgets or other financial projections, forecasts, performance or results of operations, in and of itself (but not, in each case, the underlying cause of such changes or failures, unless such changes or failures would otherwise be excepted from this definition).
“Buyer Preferred Stock” means the Buyer’s Series D-1 Preferred Stock, Series D-2 Preferred Stock, and Series D-3 Preferred Stock.
“Buyer Tax Actions” means any of the following actions taken by Buyer, the Surviving Company and any of their Affiliates following the Closing: (i) make or change any Tax election of any Acquired Company that has a retroactive effect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period or Straddle Period, (ii) adopt (inconsistent with past practice) or change any accounting method of any Acquired Company for any Pre-Closing Tax Period or Straddle Period, (iii) amend any previously filed Tax Return of any Acquired Company for a Pre-Closing Tax Period, (iv) enter into any voluntary disclosure agreement with
respect to Taxes of any Acquired Company for a Pre-Closing Tax Period or (v) cause any Acquired Company to take any action on the Closing Date after the Closing outside the Ordinary Course of Business.
“Cash and Cash Equivalents” means all cash and cash equivalents of the Acquired Companies, as of immediately prior to the Closing, including checks, money orders, deposits, marketable securities, and instruments and other cash equivalents (which amounts shall include the amount of all uncleared deposits outstanding and exclude the amount of all uncleared checks or withdrawals outstanding). “Cash and Cash Equivalents” expressly excludes security deposits for any leased property, cash collateralizing any letters of credit, and all amounts held by payment processors.
“Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Liabilities of Series D-1 Preferred Stock, Series D-2 Preferred Stock, and Series D-3 Preferred Stock, to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware prior to Closing.
“Certificate of Merger” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Charter Documents” means the certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation, articles of organization, certificate of formation, bylaws, memorandum of association, constitution, certificate of association, limited partnership agreement, operating agreement, limited liability company agreement or equivalent governing documents of an entity, in each case as amended, restated or modified to date.
“Chosen Courts” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.8.
“Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Closing Cash Consideration” means an amount equal to (A) $1,750,000, increasedby (B) the aggregate amount of Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company as of immediately prior to the Closing, decreased by (C) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company as of immediately prior to the Closing, and increased or decreased, as applicable, by (D) the Net Working Capital Adjustment.
“Closing Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(c).
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Closing Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(b).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company Associate” means any current officer or other employee of any Acquired Company and any current independent contractor, consultant or director of any Acquired Company.
“Company Board” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Company Capital Stock” means the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.
“Company Certificate of Incorporation” means the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended, restated or modified to date.
“Company Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share.
“Company Contract” means any Contract to which any Acquired Company is a party and legally bound as of the applicable time.
“Company Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by any Acquired Company.
“Company IT Assets” means any and all hardware, servers, systems, networks, data communications lines, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, interfaces, platforms and cloud services (including software as a service, platform as a service and infrastructure as a service), automated networks and control systems, and all other computer, telecommunications and information technology systems, assets and equipment, in each case, that are owned or purported to be owned by the Acquired Companies, or controlled by the Acquired Companies and used, in the Business.
“Company Material Adverse Effect” means any result, occurrence, fact, change, event or effect that has had a material adverse effect on the financial condition, assets, business, liabilities or results of operations of the Acquired Companies (taken as a whole); provided, however, that no result, occurrence, fact, change, event or effect resulting from any of the following shall constitute, or will be considered in determining whether there has occurred, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (a) any changes in (i) the United States or global economy generally or capital, commodity or financial markets generally, including changes in interest or exchange rates, or (ii) political conditions generally of the United States or any other country or jurisdiction in which the Acquired Companies operate; (b) the negotiation, execution, announcement or consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, licensors, distributors, partners, providers or employees; (c) the effects of any facts or circumstances solely relating to Buyer or any of its Affiliates or the effect of any action taken by Buyer or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Contemplated Transactions; (d) any changes or prospective changes in GAAP or in any Law generally applicable to the Acquired Companies or in the interpretation thereof; (e) any actions taken or omitted in the course of performing obligations hereunder or which are taken with Buyer’s consent or not taken because Buyer did not give its consent; (f) any hostilities, act of war, sabotage, terrorism or military actions, or any escalation or worsening of any such hostilities, act of war, sabotage, terrorism or military actions; (g) acts of God, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, other weather conditions, or other calamities (including pandemics); (h) any item or items set forth in the Disclosure Schedules; or (i) any failure by the Acquired Companies to achieve any earnings, budgets or other financial projections, forecasts, performance or results of operations, in and of itself (but not, in each case, the underlying cause of such changes or failures, unless such changes or failures would otherwise be excepted from this definition).
“Company Option” means an option (whether or not vested or exercisable) to purchase Company Common Stock that has been granted under the 2019 Plan or the 2020 Plan.
“Company Preferred Stock” means the Company’s Series Seed-1 Preferred Stock, the Series Seed-2 Preferred Stock, the Series Seed Preferred Stock, and the Series A Preferred Stock.
“Company Share” means a share of Company Capital Stock that is issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
“Company Transaction Expenses” means, without duplication, to the extent accrued and unpaid as of the Closing: (a) all outstanding legal, financial advisory, investment banking, accounting and other similar fees and expenses incurred by the Acquired Companies (or any officer of the Company if agreed to be paid by the Company) prior to or at the Closing in connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement or the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions pursuant to any Company Contract entered into by the Company prior to the Closing; (b) the fees, costs and expenses of obtaining the D&O Tail Policy; (c) the costs and expenses of the Securityholders’ Representative due as of the Closing; (d) all change in control bonus amounts that become payable to a Company Associate solely as a result of the consummation of the Merger pursuant to any Company Contract entered into by the Company prior to the Closing; and (e) the employer portion of payroll, withholding, employment or similar Taxes payable in connection with the payments contemplated by clause (d) of this definition to the extent such payments have accrued for income tax purposes on or prior to the Closing Date (for this purpose, determined by including the employer portion of payroll, withholding, employment or similar Taxes solely to the extent such Taxes would not have been payable but for the payments of the amounts described in the immediately preceding clause (d), taking into account any limitations on such Taxes and assuming such recipient had already received compensation from the Company equal to such recipient’s annual base salary); provided, however, that Company Transaction Expenses shall exclude any and all Excluded Termination Payments and any other expenses related to arrangements entered into by or at the direction of Buyer or its Affiliates, including (following the Closing) the Surviving Company (“Buyer Arrangements”) and any amounts paid or payable by or on behalf of Buyer or an Acquired Company in respect of Company Shares or Company Options in connection with the Merger. “Company Transaction Expenses” shall not include the costs and expenses of the Paying Agent or Transfer Taxes, all of which shall each be borne by Buyer and paid when due.
“Company Warrants” means warrants to purchase shares of Company Capital Stock.
“Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.
“Consideration Spreadsheet” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.
“Contemplated Transactions” means all transactions and actions to be effected pursuant to this Agreement (including the Merger) and the agreements, plans and other documents entered into in connection with this Agreement.
“Continuing Employees” means the employees or contractors of the Company who remain or become employees or contractors of Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries (including the Surviving Company) immediately following the Effective Time.
“Contingent Cash Consideration” means the additional cash consideration, if any, payable to the Stockholders on April 30, 2027 pursuant to Section 3.6, in an amount equal to (i) the excess, if any, of 2026 Free Cash Flow over $1,750,000, multiplied by 2.0, subject to (ii) a minimum payment of $0 and (iii) a maximum aggregate payment of $3,500,000.
“Contingent Workers” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.11(b).
“Contract” means any written contract, or other legally binding license, sublicense, undertaking, commitment, plan, agreement, arrangement or understanding with the force of contract in effect as of the date hereof, excluding, however, any Employee Benefit Plans.
“D2 Management Equity” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
“D3 Management Equity” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
“D&O Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(a).
“D&O Tail Policy” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(d).
“DGCL” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Designated Company Associate” means those Company Associates designated by Tom Aulet prior to the Closing to receive Management Equity pursuant to Section 3.4, with the allocation of such Management Equity among such Company Associates to be determined by Tom Aulet in his sole discretion and set forth on a schedule delivered to Buyer prior to or at the Closing.
“Disclosure Schedules” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.
“Disputed Item” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(c).
“Dissenting Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).
“Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Employee Benefit Plan” means any (a) employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA; (b) stock option plan, stock purchase plan, bonus or incentive plan, severance pay plan, program or arrangement, deferred compensation arrangement or agreement, employment agreement, compensation plan, program, agreement or equivalent arrangement, change in control plan, program or equivalent arrangement, supplemental income arrangement, vacation plan, and each other employee benefit plan, agreement, and equivalent arrangement, not described in (a)above; and (c) plan or similar arrangement providing compensation to employee and non-employee directors, in each case which an Acquired Company sponsors, contributes to, or provides benefits under or through such plan, or has any obligation to contribute to or provide benefits under or through such plan, or if such plan provides benefits to or otherwise covers any current or former employee, officer or director of any Acquired Company (or their spouses, dependents, or beneficiaries).
“Encumbrance” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, conditional sale agreement, security interest or other similar encumbrance.
“Environmental Requirements” means all applicable federal, state, local and foreign statutes, regulations, ordinances and other provisions having the force or effect of law, all judicial and administrative orders and determinations, all obligations under Contract and all common law, in each case concerning public health and safety, worker health and safety, pollution or protection of the environment, including all those relating to the presence, use, production, generation, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, distribution, labeling, testing, processing, discharge, release, threatened release, control or cleanup of any hazardous materials, substances or wastes, as such requirements are enacted and in effect as of the Closing Date.
“ERISA” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.9(a).
“ERISA Affiliate” means any entity, trade or businessthat is, or at any applicable time was, a member of a group described in Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA that includes the Acquired Companies.
“Estimated Closing Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
“Estimated Net Working Capital Deficiency” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
“Estimated Net Working Capital Surplus” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(a).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Share” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).
“Excluded Termination Payments” means any separation, severance, redundancy, termination or similar-type benefits payable to a Company Associate as a result of (a) Buyer’s request for such Company Associate to be terminated at or prior to the Closing or (b) such Company Associate being terminated by Buyer or one of its Affiliates or such Company Associate resigning following the Closing.
“Final Aggregate Merger Consideration” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(e)(i).
“Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a).
“Fraud” means, with respect to any party to this Agreement, a claim for common lawfraud with a specific intent to deceive based on a representation contained in Article V of this Agreement with respect to the Company and Article VI of this Agreement with respect to Buyer or Merger Sub; provided, that, at the time such representation was made, (a) such representation was materially inaccurate; (b) the party making such representation had actual knowledge of the material inaccuracy of such representation; (c) the party making such representation had the specific intent to deceive the other party; and (d) the other party to this Agreement acted in reliance on such inaccurate representation and suffered financial injury as a result of such material inaccuracy.
“Free Cash Flow” means, for any applicable period, the Normalized EBITDA generated by the Company’s Business, prepared in accordance with the Company’s past practices, consistently applied, less capitalized software development expenses and other capital expenditures incurred in the ordinary course of business.
“Fully Diluted Shares” means, without duplication, the total number of Company Shares outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, determined in accordance with the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (including the liquidation preference and participation provisions therein), and assuming the full cash exercise of all Vested Company Options; provided, however, that Fully Diluted Shares shall not include any Excluded Shares.
“Fundamental Representations” means the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 5.1 (Organization; Authority), Section 5.2 (Capitalization), Section 5.8 (Taxes), Section 5.9 (Employee Benefit Plans), Section 5.15 (Environmental Matters) and Section 5.19 (No Brokers).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States of America and on a basis consistent with the basis on which the Financial Statements were prepared.
“Goodwin” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.17.
“Governmental Body” means any federal, state, local or foreign government, any political subdivision thereof or any court, administrative or regulatory agency, department, instrumentality, municipality, ministry, body or commission or other governmental or public authority, entity or agency, domestic or foreign, and any arbitrator or arbitration panel.
“Immediate Family” of a Person means such Person’s spouse, children and siblings, including adoptive relationships and relationships through marriage.
“Indebtedness” means, without duplication, as of immediately prior to the Closing and with respect to the Acquired Companies: (a) any indebtedness for borrowed money and accrued but unpaid interest, premiums and penalties relating thereto; (b) any indebtedness evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or other similar security and accrued but unpaid interest, premiums and penalties relating thereto; (c) any obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction to the extent such letters of credit, banker’s acceptances and similar credit transactions have been drawn upon; (d) any lease that has been accounted for as a capital lease in accordance with GAAP (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include obligations to pay rent (including any guarantee to pay the rent of any Acquired Company) (“Rent Obligations”) or any other payment obligations other than Rent Obligations (“Non-Rent Obligations”) under leases of any Leased Real Property except to the extent such Non-Rent Obligations would otherwise constitute Indebtedness under any other subsection of this definition of “Indebtedness” (other than subsection (f))); (e) all obligations arising out of any financial hedging, swap or similar arrangements; (f) any indebtedness of a Person of a type that is referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above and which is either guaranteed by, or secured by an Encumbrance upon any property or asset owned by, the Company (other than Encumbrances on bank accounts that are cash collateralized for any outstanding letters of credit or credit card accounts and Encumbrances on cash held as security deposits for any Leased Real Property); and (g) all accrued interest, prepayment premiums or penalties, and fees and expenses related to any of the foregoing that would arise (whether or not then due and payable) if such amounts were prepaid, extinguished and settled in full as of or immediately prior to the Closing (including any prepayment premiums payable as a result of the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions to which the Company is a party); provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness shall exclude (i) any trade payables and other current liabilitiesarising in the Ordinary Course of Business, (ii) all Tax liabilities, (iii)Company Transaction Expenses, (iv) any credit card or similar charge account balances and (v) any deferred revenue.
“Insurance Policies” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.16.
“Intellectual Property” means any and all of the following, as they exist throughout the world and under any international treaties or conventions: (A) patents and patent applications, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, renewals, revivals, reissues, re-examinations and extensions thereof (collectively, “Patents”); (B) rights in registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, logos, slogans and Internet domain names, and registrations and applications for registration of any of the foregoing (collectively, “Marks”); (C) works of authorship, copyrights in both published and unpublished works, and registrations and applications for registration of any of the foregoing (collectively, “Copyrights”); (D) rights under applicable trade secret law in any information (including inventions, discoveries and invention disclosures (whether or not patented), programs, devices, methods, strategies, techniques, or processes) that derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known or readily ascertainable by others who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use (collectively, “Trade Secrets”); (E) rights in software and (F) database rights, mask works, mask work registrations and applications therefor and any equivalent or similar rights.
“IRS” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8(c).
“knowledge of the Company” or “the Company’s knowledge” means the actual knowledge of Tom Aulet, Alessandra Gotbaum and Kathleen Raulli, without further inquiry.
“Law” means all statutes, laws, rules, treaties, regulations, principles of common law, restrictions, ordinances, orders, approvals, directives, judgments, injunctions, writs, awards and decrees of, or enacted, promulgated or issued by, any Governmental Body.
“Lease” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(b).
“Leased Real Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(b).
“Letter of Transmittal” means the applicable letter of transmittal (and related Tax documents as the Paying Agent may reasonably request) as contemplated by Section 4.1(a).
“Liability” means any obligation or liability of any nature whatsoever, whether direct or indirect, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise.
“Material Contract” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.12(a).
“Merger” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Merger Sub” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Multiemployer Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
“Minimum Operating Cash” means $300,000.
“Net Working Capital” means, with respect to the Acquired Companies, the consolidated current assets listed on Exhibit B less the consolidated current liabilities listed on Exhibit B, all determined as of immediately prior to the Closing, in accordance with the Accounting Principles, applied in manner consistent with the Unaudited Financial Statements; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of computing Net Working Capital (i) Cash and Cash Equivalents, (ii) any Indebtedness, (iii) the Company Transaction Expenses, (iv) any and all income tax liabilities, other than Pre-Closing Taxes, shall, in each case, be excluded from the current assets and the current liabilities of the Acquired Companies, as applicable.
“Net Working Capital Adjustment” means the Net Working Capital Deficiency or the Net Working Capital Surplus, as applicable.
“Net Working Capital Deficiency” means the amount by which the Net Working Capital is less than the Target Net Working Capital.
“Net Working Capital Surplus” means the amount by which the Net Working Capital exceeds the Target Net Working Capital.
“Non-Dissenting Stockholders” means, for purposes of Article III and Article IV, each Participating Stockholder that does not properly assert or perfect such holder’s appraisal or dissenters’ rights under Section 262 of the DGCL.
“Normalized EBITDA” has the meaning set forth on Exhibit A hereto.
“Objection” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(c).
“Objection Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(c).
“Open Source Software” means software that is subject to a license or other agreement commonly referred to as an open source, free software, copyleft or community source code license (including any code or library licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License, GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License, BSD License, or Apache Software License).
“Ordinary Course of Business” means the ordinary course of business of the Company consistent with past practice or the Company’s current operating plans.
“Parachute Payment Waiver” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.12.
“Participating Shares” means the shares of Company Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that are entitled to receive Aggregate Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.1.
“Participating Stockholder” means a holder of Participating Shares.
“Paying Agent” means PNC Bank, National Association, or any other nationally recognized bank or trust company mutually agreed upon in writing by Buyer and the Company.
“Paying Agent Agreement” means the paying agent agreementto be entered into by the Securityholders’ Representative, Buyer and the Paying Agent prior to Closing, such paying agent agreementto be in the form mutually agreed to by the Parties prior to Closing.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means (a) assets which have been disposed of since the date of the Unaudited Financial Statements in the Ordinary Course of Business, (b) Encumbrances disclosed in the Unaudited Financial Statements, (c) Taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges that are not delinquent or remain payable without penalty or which are being contested in good faith, (d) carriers’, warehousemens’, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmens’, repairmens’ or other similar Encumbrances arising in the Ordinary Course of Business, (e) Encumbrances consisting of pledges or deposits required in the Ordinary Course of Business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation or to secure liabilityto insurance carriers, (f) Encumbrances securing capital lease obligations, (g) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor, as lessor or sublessor, under any lease and any precautionary uniform commercial code financing statements filed under any lease, (h) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property entered into by an Acquired Company in the Ordinary Course of Business or (i) Encumbrances of record or imperfections of title which are not material in character, amount or extent and which do not materially detract from the value or materially interfere with the present use of the assets subject thereto or affected thereby.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity or group (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act). References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
“Personal Information” means any information that can be used to identify a unique natural person (“identify” means that the natural person can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification number or to one or more factors specific or related to his or her physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural or social identity), and is subject to regulation under Privacy Requirements applicable to any Acquired Company.
“Pre-Closing Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
“Pre-Closing Tax Period” means any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date and, with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period ending on and including the Closing Date.
“Pre-Closing Taxes” means all accrued and unpaid Tax liabilitiesof the Acquired Companies with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period for which Tax Returns are first due (taking into account applicable extensions) after the Closing Date, in jurisdictions where the Acquired Companies have filed Tax Returns for their most recently filed Tax years or have commenced operations in the current Tax year, provided that such Taxes shall be calculated (a) in a manner consistent with past practice of the Acquired Companies (including reporting positions, elections and accounting methods) for preparing such Tax Returns, (b) with respect to any Straddle Period, in accordance with the principles set forth in Section 8.9(e), (c) as of the end of the Closing Date after giving effect to the Contemplated Transactions and taking into account any Transaction Tax Deductions, (d) by excluding (i) any Taxes attributable to Buyer Tax Actions, (ii) any Taxes resulting from any financing or refinancing arrangements entered into at any time by or at the direction of Buyer or its Affiliates, including any such financing or refinancing arrangements entered into in connection with this Agreement, (iii) any liabilities to the extent such liabilities are for accruals or reserves established or required to be established for any contingent income Taxes or with respect to any uncertain Tax positions, and (iv) any deferred Tax liabilities (including any liabilities resulting from
book-tax differences) and deferred Tax assets, (e) by including (i) any Tax Attributes (including net operating loss and any net operating loss carryforward) of the Acquired Companies that are attributable to a taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date and (ii) any estimated payments or overpayments of Taxes and (f) by assuming that any elections available under Section 70302(f)(1) or Section 70302(f)(2) of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21) will be made in a manner that maximizes deductions taken in the Pre-Closing Tax Period.
“Privacy Requirements” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
“Privileged Transaction Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.12(b).
“Processing” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Participating Stockholder, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Aggregate Merger Consideration actually received by such Participating Stockholder pursuant to Section 3.2, by (b) the Aggregate Merger Consideration actually received by all Participating Stockholders pursuant to Section 3.1(c).
“Related Party” means, with respect to any specified Person: (a) any director, officer, general partner or managing member of such Person; (b) any Immediate Family member of a Person described in clause (a) (if such Person is a natural Person); or (c) any other Person who holds, individually or together with any Affiliateof such other Person and any member(s) of such Person’s Immediate Family (if such Person is a natural Person), more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding equity or ownership interests of such specified Person.
“Response Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(c).
“SEC Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.15.
“Section 280G” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.12.
“Secured Note” means a secured promissory note in the principal amount of $1,750,000 in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, together with such changes to the terms thereof as the Company shall reasonably request, to be delivered by Buyer at the Closing and which matures on April 30, 2027.
“Securityholders” means the Stockholders.
“Securityholders’ Representative” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Securityholders’ Representative Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.4.
“Senior Management” means Tom Aulet and Alessandra Gotbaum.
“Series D-1 Preferred Stock” means the Series D-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Buyer.
“Series D-2 Preferred Stock” means the Series D-2 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Buyer.
“Series D-3 Preferred Stock” means the Series D-3 Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Buyer.
“Series Seed-1 Preferred Stock” means the Series Seed-1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
“Series Seed-2 Preferred Stock” means the Series Seed-2 Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
“Series Seed Preferred Stock” means the Series Seed Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
“Series A Preferred Stock” means the Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
“SR Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.
“Standard Inbound Agreements” mean (a) license or services agreements for commercially available off-the-shelf software products and cloud services made available to the Acquired Companies on a non-exclusive basis; (b) backup licenses and assignments of Intellectual Property from employees, contractors and consultants granted in connection with providing services to the Acquired Companies; (c) licenses to Open Source Software, (d) customary nondisclosure agreementsentered into by an Acquired Company in the Ordinary Course of Business; (e) nonexclusive feedback licenses and nonexclusive licenses to use trademarks, in each case that are incidental to the subject matter of the applicable agreement in which they are incorporated; and (f) licenses to the Acquired Companies solely for the purpose of enabling an Acquired Company to provide services to the licensor.
“Standard Outbound Agreements” mean: (a) customer agreementsentered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) nondisclosure agreements entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business; (c) nonexclusive feedback licenses and nonexclusive licenses to use trademarks, in each case that are incidental to the subject matter of the applicable agreement in which they are incorporated; and (d) licenses to a service provider solely for the purpose of allowing such service provider to provide services to an Acquired Company.
“Stockholder” means (a) prior to the Effective Time, a holder of shares of Company Capital Stock as of the applicable time, and (b) following or at the Effective Time, a holder of shares of Company Capital Stock as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, in each case, in its, his or her capacity as such.
“Stockholder Approval Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.17.
“Stockholder Equity Consideration” means that number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Series D-1 Preferred Stock of Buyer having an aggregate stated value of not less than $5,250,000 and not greater than $9,500,000, as determined in accordance with the Certificate of Designation in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, together with such changes to the terms thereof as the Company shall reasonably request, to be issued at the Closing.
“Stockholder Meeting” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.17.
“Stockholder Meeting Deadline” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.17.
“Stockholder Written Consent” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(a).
“Straddle Period” means any taxable period that includes (but does not end on) the Closing Date.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Person, any corporation more than 50% of whose outstanding voting securities, or any partnership, joint venture or other entity more than 50% of whose total equity interest, is directly or indirectly owned by such Person.
“Surviving Company” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
“Target Net Working Capital” means an amount equal to negative two million one hundred fifty‑nine thousand dollars ($2,159,000).
“Tax” or “Taxes” means any and all domestic or foreign, federal, state, or local taxes, charges, fees, levies, imposts, duties and governmental fees or other like assessments or charges of any kind that are in the nature of a tax, including income taxes (whether imposed on or measured by net income, gross income, income as specially defined, earnings, profits, or selected items of income, earnings, or profits), capital taxes, gross receipts taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, value added taxes, goods and services taxes, Transfer Taxes, franchise taxes, license taxes, withholding taxes or other withholding obligations, payroll taxes, employment taxes, excise taxes, severance taxes, social security premiums, workers’ compensation premiums, employment insurance or compensation premiums, stamp taxes, occupation taxes, premium taxes, ad valorem taxes, property taxes, windfall profits taxes, alternative or add-on minimum taxes, and customs duties, and such term shall include
any interest whether paid or received, fines, penalties or additional amounts attributable to, or imposed upon, or with respect to, any such taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments.
“Tax Attribute” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.8(j).
“Tax Contest” means any claims, assessments, audits, or proceedings with respect to Taxes of the Acquired Companies.
“Tax Returns” means any report, return, document or other filing supplied or required to be supplied to any Governmental Body or jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) with respect to Taxes.
“Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(c).
“Third Party IP” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.13(b)(iii).
“Top Customer” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.18.
“Top Supplier” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.18.
“Transaction Tax Deductions” means the sum ofall items of loss, deduction or credit, to the extent deductible for Tax purposes and, without duplication, resulting from or attributable to (a) any portion of the Aggregate Merger Consideration that is in the nature of compensation for U.S. federal income Tax purposes (including each Acquired Company’s portion of any employment-related Taxes), (b) any and all deductible amounts incurred in connection with the retirement of Indebtedness at or prior to Closing as contemplated by this Agreement (including each Acquired Company’s portion of any employment-related Taxes), (c) the payment of legal, financial advisory, accounting and other similar fees and expenses of the Acquired Companies (but not of Buyer or Merger Sub) in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, (d) any and all payments of Company Transaction Expenses as contemplated by this Agreement (provided, for purposes of this definition of “Transaction Tax Deductions”, Company Transaction Expenses shall include any such expenses paid prior to the Closing), and (e) any other deductible payments made in connection with the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions. For purposes of this Agreement, the parties agree that seventy percent (70%) of success-based fees paid by the Company shall be deductible under Rev. Proc. 2011-29 and shall be a Transaction Tax Deduction.
“Transfer Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.9.
“Treasury Regulations” means the United States Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code.
“Unaudited Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a).
“Vested Company Option” means, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (after giving effect to any acceleration occurring prior to the Effective Time), an outstanding Company Option to the extent such Company Option is then vested and exercisable.
“Waived 280G Benefits” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.12.
“WARN Act” means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended, or any similar Laws.
“Willful Breach” means a knowing and intentional material breach that is a direct consequence of an act knowingly undertaken by the breaching party with the intent of causing a breach of a specific provision or covenant of this Agreement.
THE MERGER
. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective Time, (a) Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company and the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease,
(b) the Company shall (i) continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving Company”), (ii) become a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Buyer, and (iii) continue to be governed by the Laws of the State of Delaware, and (c) the separate corporate existence of the Company with all its rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises shall continue following the Merger. The Merger shall have the effects specified in this Agreement and the applicable portions of the DGCL.
. On the Closing Date, the Company shall duly execute a certificate of merger in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Certificate of Merger”) and immediately following the Closing, Buyer shall file such Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the DGCL. The Merger shall become effective at such time as the Certificate of Merger has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such subsequent time as specified in the Certificate of Merger (the “Effective Time”).
. The closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place by electronic exchange of documents as promptly as practicable (but in no event later than the second Business Day) after all of the conditions set forth in Article IX(other than conditions which by their terms are required to be satisfied at the Closing) shall have been satisfied or, if permissible, waived by the party hereto entitled to the benefit of the same and, subject to the foregoing, shall take place at such time and on such date as specified by the parties (the “Closing Date”), or on such other date or at such other place as agreed to by the parties hereto.
. The certificate of incorporationof the Company in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time will be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Company until thereafter amended or repealed in accordance with the provisions thereof and applicable Law.
. From and after the Effective Time, until successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in accordance with applicable Law and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, (i) the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation and (ii) the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation.
. The bylaws of the Company in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time will be the bylaws of the Surviving Company until thereafter amended or repealed in accordance with the provisions thereof, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Company, and applicable Law.
EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE EQUITY INTERESTS
OF THE CONSTITUENT COMPANIES AND CORPORATIONS
. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any party hereto or the holder of any of the following securities:
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the aggregate consideration payable in respect of all Participating Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Aggregate Merger Consideration”) shall consist of: (a) the Closing Cash Consideration, (b) the Secured Note, (c) the Stockholder Equity Consideration and (d) the Contingent Cash Consideration, as illustrated on the Consideration Spreadsheet. The Secured Note and the related pledge and security documents shall secure the payment in full of the Secured Note and any Contingent Cash Consideration payable pursuant to this Agreement, and all such amounts shall constitute secured obligations thereunder on a first-priority basis. The Aggregate Merger Consideration shall be payable or issuable by Buyer at the respective times and subject to the requirements and contingencies set forth herein. Except as expressly provided herein or in the Secured Note, no interest shall accrue or be payable in respect of the Aggregate Merger Consideration.
. At the Effective Time, the Company shall have no Company Options or Company Warrants outstanding and no additional Company Options or Company Warrants may be issued without Buyer’s written approval
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. At least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to the Paying Agent the consideration spreadsheet (the “Consideration Spreadsheet”) completed to include all of the following information:
CLOSING PAYMENTS; DISSENTING SHARES
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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, each of the Paying Agent, Buyer and the Surviving Company shall be entitled to deduct and withhold (or cause to be deducted and withheld) from any amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld and timely paid over to the appropriate Governmental Body, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid. In the event that Buyer becomes aware that any such withholding or deduction is required, Buyer shall notify the applicable payee(s) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date or any subsequent date that the applicable payment is to be made and shall cooperate in good faith with the applicable payee(s) to mitigate any such withholding.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth on the Disclosure Schedules and subject to Section 13.2, the Company hereby makes to Buyer and Merger Sub the representations and warranties contained in this Article V as of the date of this Agreement.
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. In all material respects, all of the Accounts Receivable of the Acquired Companies arose in the Ordinary Course of Business. No material unresolved request or agreement for deduction or discount has been made with respect to any Accounts Receivable of the Acquired Companies.
. From the Base Balance Sheet Date until the date hereof, the Acquired Companies have conducted the Business in all material respects in the Ordinary Course of Business. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.6 (and excluding Employee Benefit Plans), from the Base Balance Sheet Date until the date hereof, the Company has not:
. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.7(i), as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Acquired Companies is, nor in the last two (2) years prior to the date of this Agreement has been a party (either as a plaintiff or defendant) to any litigation, action, suit, proceeding, claim or arbitration or, to the Company’s knowledge, the subject of an investigation, in each case by or before any Governmental Body pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened in writing, against any Acquired Company (excluding any routine audits to which the Acquired Companies are subject in the Ordinary Course of Business). Except as set forth on Schedule 5.7(ii), as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Acquired Companies is a named subject of any material outstanding writ, order, judgment, injunction or decree of any Governmental Body. Schedule 5.7(iii) lists each legal proceeding that any Acquired Company has commenced against any other Person in the last two (2) years prior to the date of this Agreement.
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. To the Company’s knowledge, each of the Acquired Companies is, and during the past two (2) years, has been in compliance in all material respects with (a) all applicable data protection, privacy and information security Laws governing the collection, protection, transport, storage, transfer, use, access, sharing, disclosure, destruction and processing (“Processing”) of Personal Information and (b) the Acquired Company’s published privacy policy (collectively, “Privacy Requirements”). The Acquired Companies take reasonable measures designed to protect the privacy and security of all Personal Information. The representations and warranties contained in this Section 5.14 are the Company’s sole representations and warranties with respect to privacy and data security matters.
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. Schedule 5.16 lists each insurance policy maintained by the Acquired Companies with respect to the properties, assets, business, operations and employees of the Acquired Companies (the “Insurance Policies”). None of the Acquired Companies have received any written notice of cancellation or nonrenewal or intent to cancel or not renew with respect to the Insurance Policies.
. The Acquired Companies are, and for the past two (2) years have been, in compliance in all material respects with all Laws applicable to the ownership and operation of the Business and assets of the Acquired Companies, including the possession of all permits, licenses, registrations and authorizations of Governmental Bodies required under applicable Law for the operation of the Business, each of which are valid and in full force and effect. During the past two years, the Acquired Companies have not received any written notification from any Governmental Body that there is an investigation or review pending by such Governmental Bodies or alleging a violation of any Law.
. Schedule 5.18 sets forth a true and correct list of the names of (a) the largest customer of the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole (the “Top Customer”) and (b) the ten (10) largest suppliers of the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole, (the “Top Suppliers”), in each case, during the year ended December 31, 2025. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.18, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the Acquired Companies have received written notice from the Top Customer or any Top Supplier whose name appears on Schedule 5.18 prior to the date hereof that (i) such Top Customer or Top Supplier will not continue or intends not to continue its relationship with the Business, (ii) such Top Customer or Top Supplier intends to materially reduce the use of services provided by or to the Acquired Companies or (iii) such Top Customer or Top Supplier desires to renegotiate its Contract in effect as of the date hereof with the Acquired Companies or the terms on which the Acquired Companies provide or receive services to or from such Top Customer or Top Supplier.
. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.19, no Acquired Company has entered into any Contract with any Person or firm that may result in the obligation of any Acquired Company or Buyer or Merger Sub to pay any finder’s fees, brokerage or agent’s commissions or other like payments in connection with the negotiations leading to this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger.
. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.20, to the Company’s knowledge, no Related Party of the Company has any financial interest in any material transaction with the Acquired Companies or involving any material assets or property of the Acquired Companies, other than (a) transactions conducted in the Ordinary Course of Business at prevailing market prices and on prevailing market terms, (b) transactions in connection with a Related Party’s providing services to the Acquired Companies, (c) Contracts with employees and consultants of the Acquired Companies related to wages, bonuses, employee benefits, other compensation or other employment matters in the Ordinary Course of Business and (d) Contracts relating to the issuance of securities of the Company.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER AND MERGER SUB
Except as set forth on the Buyer Disclosure Schedules and subject to Section 13.3, Buyer and Merger Sub hereby jointly and severally make to the Company the representations and warranties contained in this Article VI as of the date of this Agreement.
. Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and Merger Sub is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, and each has all requisite companyor corporate power and authority to own, operate, lease and encumber its properties and to carry on its respective business as currently conducted. Merger Sub is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Buyer.
. Each of Buyer and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform their respective obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the performance by Buyer and Merger Sub of their respective obligations hereunder and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, have been duly authorized by all necessary action by the board of directors of Buyer and the board of directors and sole stockholder of Merger Sub. No other action on the part of Buyer or Merger Sub is necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by Buyer or Merger Sub of this Agreement and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Buyer and Merger Sub and, assuming due and valid authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Company, is a valid and binding obligation of each of Buyer and Merger Sub, as the case may be, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).
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. The execution and delivery by Buyer and Merger Sub of this Agreement and the consummation by Buyer and Merger Sub of the Contemplated Transactions do not (a) violate, conflict with or result in a default (whether after the giving of notice, lapse of time or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination of or consent under, any contract, agreement, permit, license, authorization or obligation to which Buyer or Merger Sub is a party or by which Buyer or Merger Sub or any of their respective assets are bound (except for such violations, conflicts or defaults, the exercise of such termination right or
the failure to obtain such consent as would not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially hinder or materially delay the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions or otherwise prevent, materially hinder or materially delay performance by Buyer or Merger Sub of any of their material obligations under this Agreement), (b) conflict with, or result in, any violation of any provision of the Charter Documents of Buyer or Merger Sub, (c) violate or result in a violation of, or constitute a default (whether after the giving of notice, lapse of time or both) under, any provision of any Law, or any order of, or any restriction imposed by, any court or other Governmental Body applicable to Buyer or Merger Sub (except for such violations or defaults which would not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially hinder or materially delay the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions or otherwise prevent, materially hinder or materially delay performance by Buyer or Merger Sub of any of their material obligations under this Agreement), or (d) require from Buyer or Merger Sub any notice to, declaration or filing with, or consent or approval of any Governmental Body or other third party, except for (i) the filing of the Certificate of Designation and the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and (ii) such other consents, approvals, notices, declarations or filings which, if not obtained or made, would not be reasonably likely to, individually or in the aggregate, (A) prevent, materially hinder or materially delay the consummation of the Merger or (B) otherwise prevent, materially hinder or materially delay performance by Buyer or Merger Sub of any of their material obligations under this Agreement.
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. There is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of Buyer or Merger Sub, threatened in writing against Buyer or Merger Sub, nor is Buyer or Merger Sub subject to any outstanding order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree that, in any case, would, individually or in the aggregate, (a) prevent, materially hinder or materially delay the consummation of the Merger or (b) otherwise prevent, materially hinder or materially delay performance by Buyer or Merger Sub of any of their material obligations under this Agreement.
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. Schedule 6.11lists each insurance policy maintained by Buyer with respect to the properties, assets, business, operations and employees of Buyer and Merger Sub. Neither Buyer nor Merger Sub have received any written notice of cancellation or nonrenewal or intent to cancel or not renew with respect to the Insurance Policies.
. Neither Buyer, Merger Sub nor any of their Affiliates has entered into any Contract with any Person or firm that may result in the obligation of such entity to pay any finder’s fees, brokerage or agent’s commissions or other like payments in connection with the negotiations leading to this Agreement or consummation of the Merger.
. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the Contemplated Transactions. Except for (a) obligations or liabilities incurred in connection with its incorporation or organization and (b) this Agreement and any other agreements or arrangements contemplated by this Agreement or in furtherance of the Contemplated Transactions, Merger Sub has not incurred, directly or indirectly, through any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, any obligations or liabilities or engaged in any business activities of any type or kind whatsoever or entered into any agreements or arrangements with any Person.
. The issuance of the Stockholder Equity Consideration, the D2 Management Equity and the D3 Management Equity (collectively, the “Preferred Equity Consideration”) and the shares of Buyer Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Equity Consideration (the “Conversion Shares”) have each been duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Certificate of Designations, shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, mortgages, defects, claims, liens, pledges, charges, taxes, rights of first refusal, encumbrances, security interests and other encumbrances (collectively “Liens”) with respect to the issuance thereof. As of the Closing, the Buyer shall have reserved from its duly authorized capitalstock not less than the maximum number of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of all of the Preferred Equity Consideration (assuming for purposes hereof that (x) each of the D1 Scaling Factor, D2 Scaling Factor and D3 Scaling Factor is equal to $1.00 and (y) the Preferred Equity Consideration is convertible at a D1 Conversion Price, D2 Conversion Price or D3 Conversion Price, as applicable, equal to the Floor Price). Upon issuance or conversion in accordance with this Agreement and the Certificate of Designations, the Conversion Shares, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights or Liens with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Buyer Common Stock and/or Buyer Preferred Stock, as applicable. The offer and issuance by the Buyer of the Preferred Equity Consideration and Conversion Shares are exempt from registration under the Securities Act.
. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.15, during the two (2) years prior to the date hereof, the Buyer has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, proxy statements, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits and appendices included therein and financial statements, notes and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). The Buyer has delivered or has made available to the Company true, correct and complete copies of each of the SEC Documents not available on the EDGAR system. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Buyer included in the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Buyer as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows
for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments which will not be material, either individually or in the aggregate). The reserves, if any, established by the Buyer or the lack of reserves, if applicable, are reasonable based upon facts and circumstances known by the Buyer on the date hereof and there are no loss contingencies that are required to be accrued by the Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board which are not provided for by the Buyer in its financial statements or otherwise. No other information provided by or on behalf of the Buyer to the Company which is not included in the SEC Documents (including, without limitation, information referred to in the Buyer Disclosure Schedules) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made. The Buyer is not currently contemplating to amend or restate any of the financial statements (including, without limitation, any notes or any letter of the independent accountants of the Buyer with respect thereto) included in the SEC Documents (the “Buyer Financial Statements”), nor is the Buyer currently aware of facts or circumstances which would require the Buyer to amend or restate any of the Buyer Financial Statements, in each case, in order for any of the Financials Statements to be in compliance with GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC. The Buyer has not been informed by its independent accountants that they recommend that the Buyer amend or restate any of the Buyer Financial Statements or that there is any need for the Buyer to amend or restate any of the Buyer Financial Statements.
. Since the date of the Buyer’s most recent audited financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Annual Report”), there has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business, assets, liabilities, properties, operations (including results thereof), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries. Since the date of the Buyer’s most recent audited financial statements contained in the Annual Report, neither the Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends, (ii) sold any assets, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) made any capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, outside of the ordinary course of business. Neither the Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does the Buyer or any Subsidiary have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so.
. No event, liability, development or circumstance has occurred or exists, or is reasonably expected to exist or occur with respect to the Buyer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, properties, liabilities, prospects, operations (including results thereof) or condition (financial or otherwise), that (i) would be required to be disclosed by the Buyer under applicable securities laws on a registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC relating to an issuance and sale by the Buyer of its Common Stock and which has not been publicly announced or (ii) could have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
. The Buyer and each Subsidiary is in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents or as set forth on Schedule 6.19, no current or former employee, partner, director, officer or stockholder (direct or indirect) of the Buyer or its Subsidiaries, or any associate, or, to the knowledge of the Buyer, any affiliate of any thereof, or any relative with a relationship no more remote than first cousin of any of the foregoing, is presently, or has ever been, (i) a party to any transaction with the Buyer or its Subsidiaries (including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services by, or rental of real or personal property from, or otherwise requiring payments to, any such director, officer or stockholder or such associate or affiliate or relative Subsidiaries (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers or directors of the Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries)) or (ii) the direct or indirect owner of an interest in any corporation, firm, association or business organization which is a competitor, supplier or customer of the Buyer or its Subsidiaries (except for a passive investment (direct or indirect) in less than 5% of the common stock of a company whose securities are traded on or quoted through an Eligible Market (as defined below)), nor does any such Person receive income from any source other than the Buyer or its
Subsidiaries which relates to the business of the Buyer or its Subsidiaries or should properly accrue to the Buyer or its Subsidiaries. No employee, officer, stockholder or director of the Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries or member of his or her immediate family is indebted to the Buyer or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, nor is the Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them, other than (i) for payment of salary for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf of the Buyer, and (iii) for other standard employee benefits made generally available to all employees or executives (including stock option agreements outstanding under any stock option plan approved by the Board of Directors of the Buyer).
. The Buyer and each of its Subsidiaries maintains internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that is effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including 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 GAAP and to maintain asset and liability accountability, (iii) access to assets or incurrence of liabilities is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets and liabilities is compared with the existing assets and liabilities at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference. The Buyer maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Buyer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Buyer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Buyer’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and its principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Neither the Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or correspondence from any accountant, Governmental Body or other Person relating to any potential material weakness or significant deficiency in any part of the internal controls over financial reporting of the Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries.
. There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Buyer in its Exchange Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise could be reasonably likely to have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
. The Buyer is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Preferred Equity Consideration will not be, an “investment company,” an affiliate of an “investment company,” a company controlled by an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
. There are no material disagreements of any kind presently existing, or reasonably anticipated by the Buyer to arise, between the Buyer and the accountants and lawyers formerly or presently employed by the Buyer and the Buyer is current with respect to any fees owed to its accountants and lawyers which could affect the Buyer’s ability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or the Certificate of Designations. In addition, on or prior to the date hereof, the Buyer had discussions with its accountants about its financial statements previously filed with the SEC. Based on those discussions, the Buyer has no reason to believe that it will need to restate any such financial statements or any part thereof.
Buyer has full power and authority to grant the security interests contemplated by the Secured Note and the related pledge and security documents. No agreement, instrument or other obligation to which Buyer or any of its Affiliates is a party contains any after-acquired property provision, negative pledge or similar restriction that would (a) prevent or impair the
creation, attachment or perfection of such security interests or (b) result in any lien attaching to the equity interests or assets of the Company that is senior to or pari passu with the security interests contemplated thereby.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, including the payments of all components of the Aggregate Merger Consideration and the execution and performance of the Secured Note, will not violate or result in a default under any agreement governing indebtedness of Buyer or its Affiliates. No Agreement governing indebtedness of Buyer or its Affiliates contains any restricted payment, dividend, distribution, leverage, liquidity or similar covenant that would prohibit the payment of any portion of the Aggregate Merger Consideration when due in accordance with this Agreement and the Secured Note, and no consent or waiver under any such agreement is required that has not been obtained as of the Closing.
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER
. Except as (A) required by applicable Law, (B) expressly contemplated, required or permitted herein, (C) set forth in Schedule 7.1 or (D) consented to in writing by Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), during the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending at the Effective Time or such earlier date as this Agreement may be terminated in accordance with its terms (the “Pre-Closing Period”), the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (x) act and carry on its business in the Ordinary Course of Business and (y) maintain and preserve its business organization, employees, assets and properties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as (I) required by applicable Law, (II) expressly contemplated, required or permitted herein, (III) set forth in Schedule 7.1 or (IV) consented to in writing by Buyer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), during the Pre‑Closing Period:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall give Buyer, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the Acquired Companies prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, the Acquired Companies shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its operations and shall be permitted to pay down existing Indebtedness and Company Transaction Expenses.
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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. During the Pre-Closing Period, the parties shall adhere to the terms and conditions of that certain confidentiality agreement, by and between the Company and Buyer, dated as of October 27, 2025 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), and that information provided hereunder and the terms set forth herein shall be subject to the terms set forth therein. During the Pre-Closing Period, but subject to compliance with Section 8.5, the parties shall be permitted to disclose or use any such restricted information as expressly provided for herein or to comply with such party’s obligations or enforce its rights hereunder. The Confidentiality Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect following the Closing, but shall survive a termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth therein.
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. None of the Acquired Companies, Securityholders’ Representative, Buyer nor Merger Subshall issue any press release or other public communications relating to the terms of this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions or use the names of the other parties hereto directly or indirectly in any media interview, advertisement, news release, press release or professional or trade publication, or in any print media, whether or not in response to an inquiry, without the prior written approval of the other parties hereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned; provided, however, that (a) a party hereto may, without the prior consent of the other parties hereto, issue or cause publication of any such press release or public announcement to the extent that such party reasonably determines, after consultation with outside legal counsel, such action to be required by Law or by the rules of any applicable self-regulatory organization (including, in the case of Buyer, applicable securities Laws, Regulation FD, any Form 8-K or other filing required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the rules of any national securities exchange), in which event such party will use its commercially reasonable efforts to allow the other parties hereto reasonable time to comment on such press release or public announcement in advance of its issuance (and shall consider in good faith any timely comments received, to the extent practicable under the circumstances), (b) nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Company or the Securityholders’ Representative from disclosing any information relating to the Contemplated Transactions to the Securityholders, the Securityholders’ Representative, the Company and its and their representatives, and (c) nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit any Securityholder from disclosing any information relating to the Contemplated Transactions (i) to the Securityholders’ Representative and its representatives, (ii) to other Securityholders, (iii) to enforce such Securityholder’s rights hereunder, and (iv) to such Securityholder’s and its Affiliates’ advisors and its and their current and prospective investors, limited partners and other securityholders to the extent such disclosure is made in the ordinary course of such Securityholder’s business. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, following Closing, the Securityholders’ Representative shall be permitted to: (i) after the public announcement of the Merger, publicly announce that it has been engaged to serve as the Securityholders’ Representative in connection herewith as long as such announcement does not disclose any of the other terms hereof; and (ii) disclose information to employees, advisors, agents or consultants of the Securityholders’ Representative, in each case who have a need to know such information, provided that such persons are subject to confidentiality obligations with respect thereto.
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. Buyer shall, and shall cause the Surviving Company and each of Buyer’s Subsidiaries to, until the lesser of (a) seventh (7th) anniversary of the Closing Date or (b) a date in accordance with the Company’s document retention policies in effect prior to the Closing, retain all books, records and other documents pertaining to the business of the Company in existence on the Closing Date and to make the same available for inspection and copying by the Securityholders’ Representative or any of the representatives of the Securityholders’ Representative at the expense of the Securityholders’ Representative (on behalf of the Securityholders) during the normal business hours of Buyer, the Surviving Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, upon reasonable request and upon reasonable notice. No such books, records or documents shall be destroyed after the seventh (7th) anniversary of the Closing Date by Buyer or the Surviving Company, without first advising the Securityholders’ Representative in writing and giving such persons, on behalf of the Securityholders as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, a reasonable opportunity to obtain possession thereof.
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. Each of the parties hereto shall use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken all appropriate action, do or cause to be done all things necessary, proper or advisable and execute and deliver such documents and other papers, as may be required to carry out the provisions of this Agreement and consummate and make effective the Contemplated Transactions.
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. Prior to the Closing, the Company will (a) solicit from each Person who has a right to any payments or benefits as a result of or in connection with the transactions contemplated herein that would be deemed to constitute “parachute payments” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder (hereafter, “Section 280G”)) a waiver (a “Parachute Payment Waiver”) of such Person’s rights to all of such payments or benefits (to the extent waived, the “Waived 280G Benefits”) applicable to such Person so that all remaining payments or benefits applicable to such Person shall not be deemed to be “excess parachute payments” (within the meaning of Section 280G), and (b) solicit the approval of the Stockholders, to the extent required and in a manner intended to comply with Sections 280G(b)(5)(A)(ii) and 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, of any Waived 280G Benefits. Prior to obtaining such waivers and soliciting such approval, the Company shall provide drafts of such waivers and such Stockholder approval materials (including supporting calculations) to Buyer and its advisors for their review. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Buyer reasonably satisfactory evidence that a vote of the Stockholders was solicited in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.12 and that either (i) the requisite number of Stockholder votes was obtained with respect to the Waived 280G Benefits (the “280G Approval”), or (ii) that the 280G Approval was not obtained. If the 280G Approval is not obtained, such Waived 280G Benefits shall not be paid or provided. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 8.12 will not be deemed breached by reason of (x) the refusal of a disqualified individual to execute a Parachute Payment Waiver or (y) the exclusion of Buyer Arrangements, unless the Buyer Arrangements (or the material terms thereof, including values) is provided to the Company at least 10 Business Days prior to the Closing.
. Prior to the Closing, the Certificate of Designation, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, together with such changes to the terms thereof as the Company shall reasonably request, shall have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of Buyer and filed with and accepted by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Certificate of Designation shall include (i) the conversion mechanics described in Section 3.1 and (ii) mandatory redemption provisions upon the occurrence of a Redemption Triggering Event (as defined therein), including in the event that any shares of Series D-1 Preferred Stock, Series D-2 Preferred Stock or Series D-3 Preferred Stock remain outstanding after December 31, 2027.
. The Preferred Equity Consideration to be issued in connection with the Merger, will be issued in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), by reason of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or Rule 506 of Regulation D and/or Regulation S promulgated thereunder. The Conversion Shares will be “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and may not be offered, sold, pledged, assigned or otherwise transferred unless (a) a registration statement with respect thereto is effective under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, or (b) an exemption from such registration exists and if requested, the Buyer receives an opinion of counsel to the holder of such securities, which counsel and opinion are satisfactory to the Buyer, that such securities may be offered, sold, pledged, assigned or transferred in the manner contemplated without an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws, or the holder complies with the requirements of Regulation S, if applicable; and the certificates representing such shares of Buyer Common Stock will bear an appropriate legend and restriction on the books of the Buyer’s transfer agent to that effect.
. The Buyer shall as soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing secure the listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of the Conversion Shares upon each national securities exchange and automated quotation system, if any, upon which the Buyer Common Stock is then listed or designated for quotation (as the case may be) (subject to official
notice of issuance) and shall maintain such listing or designation for quotation (as the case may be) of all Conversion Shares from time to time issuable under the terms of the Certificate of Designation on such national securities exchange or automated quotation system. The Buyer shall maintain the Buyer Common Stock’s listing or authorization for quotation (as the case may be) on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Global Select Market (each, an “Eligible Market”). Neither the Buyer nor any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action which could be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Buyer Common Stock on an Eligible Market. The Buyer shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligations under this Section 8.16.
. Following the Closing and through the later of (i) April 30, 2028, (ii) the final determination and payment of the Contingent Cash Consideration, and (iii) the issuance, listing and, if applicable, effectiveness of any registration statement with respect to all shares issuable pursuant to the Management Equity and the Stockholder Equity Consideration, Buyer shall cause the Surviving Company to be adequately capitalized and funded to operate in the Ordinary Course of Business, and in no event shall the Surviving Company maintain cash and cash equivalents of less than the Minimum Operating Cash at any time, other than temporary fluctuations in the Ordinary Course of Business. Buyer shall, directly or indirectly, provide such funding to the Surviving Company, whether by capital contributionor intercompany loan on arm’s-length terms, as may be necessary to ensure compliance with this Section 8.20. In the event the Surviving Company’s cash and cash equivalents fall below the minimum level required hereby (other than temporary fluctuations in the Ordinary Course of Business), Buyer shall cause the Surviving Company to be funded to the required level within two (2) Business Days. Any funding provided pursuant to this Section 8.20shall not (a) be structured in a manner that would reasonably be expected to reduce or adversely affect the calculation of Free Cash Flow for purposes of determining the Contingent Cash Consideration, (b) result in the imposition of unreasonable intercompany charges, management fees or other allocations, or (c) create indebtedness that is senior to or pari passu with the Secured Note. For the avoidance of doubt, Buyer shall fund $150,000 of the Minimum Operating Cash at Closing.
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
. The respective obligations of each party to effect the Merger are subject to the fulfillment or waiver by consent of the Company (in the case of a waiver of an obligation of Buyer or Merger Sub) or Buyer (in the case of a waiver of an obligation of the Company), where permissible, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions:
. The obligations of Buyer and Merger Sub to effect the Merger are further subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived by Buyer and Merger Sub at or prior to the Closing:
. The Senior Management shall enter into Employment Agreements on mutually acceptable terms, which outline the compensation, rights and responsibilities of the respective roles (the “Employment Agreements”).
. The obligations of the Company to effect the Merger are further subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived by the Company at or prior to the Closing:
TERMINATION
. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time, as follows:
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SECURITYHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE
. By virtue of the approval of the Merger and this Agreement by the Stockholders, the consummation of the Merger or participating in the Merger and receiving the benefits thereof, including the right to receive the consideration payable in connection with the Merger, and without any further action of any other Securityholders or the Company, each Securityholder shall be deemed to have approved the designation of, and hereby designates, Tom Aulet, as the Securityholders’ Representative as of the Closing and as the true and lawful representative, attorney-in-fact and exclusive agent for all purposes in connection with this Agreement, the Paying Agent Agreement and any other agreement entered into or document delivered by the Securityholders’ Representative in connection with the Contemplated Transactions that provide for actions to be taken by the Securityholders’ Representative (collectively, the “SR Agreements”). The Securityholders’ Representative shall have full power and authority to take all actions under the SR Agreements on behalf of the Securityholders or any Securityholder. The Securityholders’ Representative shall take any and all actions which it believes are necessary or appropriate under, including giving and receiving any notice or instruction permitted or required under any SR Agreement by the Securityholders’ Representative, interpreting all of the terms and provisions of any SR Agreement, authorizing payments to be made with respect hereto or thereto, obtaining reimbursement as provided for herein for all out-of-pocket fees and expenses and other obligations of or incurred by the Securityholders’ Representative in connection with the SR Agreements, conducting negotiations with Buyer, the Surviving Company and their respective agents regarding such claims, dealing with Buyer and the Surviving Company under this Agreement, taking any other actions specified in or contemplated by this Agreement, and engaging counsel, accountants or other representatives in connection with the foregoing matters.
. Without limiting the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, after the Closing, Securityholders’ Representative is hereby authorized to:
. The Securityholders’ Representative shall have no liability to the Securityholders with respect to any action taken, decision made, instruction given, or any omission by the Securityholders’ Representative in connection with the Securityholders’ Representative’s services pursuant to the SR Agreements, except to the extent that any such actions, decisions, instructions, or omissions have been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to directly result from the Securityholders’ Representative’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Securityholders’ Representative shall not be liable for any action or omission pursuant to the advice of counsel. In no event shall the Securityholders’ Representative be liable hereunder or in connection herewith for any indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages. All action of the Securityholders’ Representative in accordance with the SR Agreements shall be deemed to be facts ascertainable outside this Agreement and shall be binding on all Securityholders and their successors as if expressly confirmed and ratified in writing by such Securityholders.
. Neither the Securityholders’ Representative nor any of his agents, advisors (including legal and financial), representatives and employees (collectively, the “Securityholders’ Representative Group”), shall be liable to any Securityholder for any action taken or omitted by the Securityholders’ Representative under any SR Agreement, or in connection therewith, except that the Securityholders’ Representative shall not be relieved of any liabilityfinally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to directly result from the Securityholders’ Representative’s fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Securityholders’ Representative Group shall be indemnified and defended by the Securityholders, severally and not jointly, based on such Securityholder’s Pro Rata Share, for and shall be held harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, costs and expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel and experts (collectively, “Representative Losses”) arising out of or in connection with the Securityholders’ Representative’s execution and performance of this Agreement and any agreements ancillary hereto, in each case as such Representative Loss is suffered or incurred; provided, that in the event that any such Representative Loss is finally adjudicated to have been directly caused by the fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Securityholders’ Representative (in the case of indemnification of the Securityholders’ Representative), the applicable indemnitee will reimburse the Securityholders the amount of such indemnified Representative Loss to the extent attributable to such fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. If not paid directly to the Securityholders’ Representative by the Securityholders, any such Representative Losses may be recovered by the Securityholders’ Representative from any funds that become payable to the Securityholders under this Agreement at such time as such amounts would otherwise be distributable to the Securityholders; provided, that while this section allows the Securityholders’ Representative Group to be paid from the aforementioned sources of funds, this does not relieve the Securityholders from their obligation to promptly pay such Representative Losses as they are suffered or incurred, nor does it prevent the Securityholders’ Representative from seeking any remedies available to it at law or otherwise. In no event will the Securityholders’ Representative be required to advance its own funds on behalf of the Securityholders or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any restrictions or limitations on liability or indemnification obligations of, or provisions limiting the recourse against non-parties otherwise applicable to, the Securityholders set forth elsewhere in this Agreement are not intended to be applicable to the indemnities provided to the Securityholders’ Representative under this section. The foregoing indemnities will survive the Closing, the resignation or removal of the Securityholders’ Representative or the termination of this Agreement.
. In the performance of its duties hereunder, the Securityholders’ Representative shall be entitled to (a) rely upon any signature, document or instrument reasonably believed to be genuine, accurate as to content and signed by any Securityholders or any party hereunder, (b) assume that any Person purporting to give any notice in accordance with the provisions hereof has been duly authorized to do so and (c) rely upon the Consideration Spreadsheet.
. The Securityholders’ Representative may resign upon twenty (20) days’ prior written notice to Buyer and the Securityholders. The Participating Stockholders whose aggregate Pro Rata Shares exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total Pro Rata Shares of all Participating Stockholders shall have the right at any time to remove or replace the then-acting Securityholders’ Representative and to appoint a successor Securityholders’ Representative; provided, however, that neither such removal nor such appointment shall be effective until delivery to Buyer of a writing signed by such Participating Stockholders evidencing such removal and appointment, together with an acknowledgement signed by the successor
Securityholders’ Representative that he or she accepts the appointment and agrees to perform and be bound by the provisions of this Agreement applicable to the Securityholders’ Representative. Each successor Securityholders’ Representative shall have all of the power, authority, immunities, indemnities, rights and privileges conferred by this Agreement and the other SR Agreements upon the original Securityholders’ Representative, and the term “Securityholders’ Representative” as used herein shall include any successor.
. The Securityholders’ Representative shall be reimbursed for out of pocket fees and expenses (including legal, accounting and other advisors’ fees and expenses, if applicable) incurred by the Securityholders’ Representative in performing all of its duties and obligations under this Agreement.
. The appointment of the Securityholders’ Representative and the powers, immunities and rights to indemnification granted to the Securityholders’ Representative Group hereunder are coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable, survive the death, incompetence, bankruptcy or liquidation of any Securityholder and shall be binding on any successor thereto. Any action taken by the Securityholders’ Representative pursuant to the authority granted in this Article XIshall be effective and absolutely binding as the action of the Securityholders’ Representative under this Agreement.
INDEMNIFICATION
. The representations and warranties of the Parties set forth in this Agreement will survive until the date that is eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date; provided, however, that (i) the Fundamental Representations will survive until the date that is thirty (30) days after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.13 (Intellectual Property) shall survive for a period of three (3) years following the Closing Date, and (iii) Fraud shall survive indefinitely. Any covenants or agreements of the Parties set forth in this Agreement which by their terms are to be performed after the Closing will survive in accordance with their respective terms. An indemnification claim under this Article XII for breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement must be asserted in writing by a Party prior to the expiration of the applicable survival period for such representation, warranty, covenant or agreement as provided in this Article XII, and the Parties waive any right under any statute of limitations to bring any such claim after the expiration of such applicable survival period; provided that the delivery of a written notice of any good-faith claim (which notice will (i) describe in reasonable detail the nature of and the underlying factual and legal basis for such claim, (ii) state the estimated amount thereof (if then reasonably quantifiable, or if not, at a minimum state the amount of damages, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses incurred as of the date of the notice) and describe in reasonable detail the basis on which such amount was calculated, and (iii) identify the provisions of this Agreement upon which such claim is based) prior to the expiration of the applicable survival period will extend the survival period of such representation, warranty, covenant or agreement solely with respect to such claim through the date such claim is finally resolved. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement will limit, restrict or prejudice any Person’s rights, remedies, recourse or ability to maintain or recover any amounts in the case of Fraud; provided, however, that no Stockholder of the Company shall have unlimited liability for Fraud of the Company or of any other Stockholder of the Company, and any such liability shall be several and not joint, limited to the actual Fraud committed by such Stockholder of the Company.
. Subject to the limitations and procedures set forth in this Article XII, from and after the Closing, (a) each Participating Stockholder of the Company (severally and not jointly) shall indemnify and hold harmless Buyer and its Affiliates from and against such Participating Stockholder’s Pro Rata Share of any damages, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses arising out of or resulting from any breach of any representation or warranty of the Company contained in Article V, any breach of any covenant or agreement of the Company contained in this Agreement, or Fraud, and (b) Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Stockholders of the Company and their respective Affiliates from and against any damages, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses arising out of or resulting from any breach of any representation or warranty of Buyer contained in Article VI or any breach of any covenant or agreement of Buyer contained in this Agreement; provided, however, that except as expressly set forth in this Section 12.2, neither Party shall have any indemnification obligations with respect to the other Party or any other Person in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
. Upon the payment by Buyer or any Stockholder of the Company of any amount in respect of a claim for indemnification under this Article XII, the paying Party shall, to the extent of such payment, be subrogated to all rights of the Person receiving such payment against any third Person in respect of the damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses to which such payment relates; provided, however, that no such subrogation shall be permitted if it would adversely affect the rights of the Person receiving such payment under this Agreement. The Person receiving such payment shall, upon reasonable request, execute and deliver such instruments and documents as may be reasonably necessary to evidence or further perfect such subrogation rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any indemnification amounts payable by the Stockholders pursuant to this Article XII shall be satisfied solely by offset against the principal amount then outstanding under the Secured Note, and Buyer shall not have any right to seek recovery directly from the Stockholders for such indemnification amounts except in the case of Fraud. The principal amount of the Secured Note shall be reduced, dollar-for-dollar, by the amount of any such indemnification obligation upon final determination thereof. Any reduction of the principal amount of the Secured Note pursuant to this Article XIIshall be allocated among the Participating Stockholders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.
. Any payment made pursuant to a claim for indemnification under this Article XII shall be treated for U.S. federal income Tax purposes (and, to the extent applicable, state and local income Tax purposes) as an adjustment to the Aggregate Merger Consideration, unless otherwise required by applicable Law.
. Each Party acknowledges that it is entering into this Agreement in reliance upon the representations and warranties expressly set forth herein. The right to indemnification, reimbursement, or other remedies based upon any such representation or warranty shall not be affected by any investigation conducted, or any knowledge acquired (or capable of being acquired), at any time, whether before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Closing Date, with respect to the accuracy or inaccuracy of such representation or warranty.
. Except in the case of Fraud (to the extent determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction), claims arising under Section 3.6 (Pre-Closing Estimates; Post-Closing Adjustment), and a Party’s right to seek specific performance or other equitable relief pursuant to Section 13.14, from and after the Closing, this Article XII shall constitute the sole and exclusive remedy of Buyer, the Stockholders of the Company and their respective Affiliates for any and all claims, losses, damages or Liabilities arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Party hereby irrevocably waives, from and after the Closing and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any and all other rights, claims and causes of action that it may have or may in the future have against the other Parties or their respective Affiliates, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be delivered to any party under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed properly delivered, given and received: (a) if delivered by hand, when delivered; (b) if sent by electronic mail on the date so sent; (c) if sent by registered, certified or first class mail, the third Business Day after being
sent; and (d) if sent by overnight delivery via a national courier service, two (2) Business Days after being delivered to such courier, in each case to the address set forth beneath the name of such party below (or to such other address as such party shall have specified in a written notice given to the other parties hereto), provided, that notices to the Securityholders’ Representative and the Company shall be delivered solely by electronic mail:
If to the Company (prior to the Closing), to:
Ergatta, Inc.
115 West 27th Street, 7th Floor (Front)
New York, NY 10001
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Goodwin Procter LLP
The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
If to Buyer, Merger Sub or the Surviving Company, to:
Interactive Strength
1005 Congress Ave, Suite 925
Austin, Texas 78701
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Lucosky Brookman LLP
101 Wood Avenue South
Woodbridge, New Jersey 08830
If to the Securityholders (after Closing) or to the Securityholders’ Representative, to:
Tom Aulet
234 Washington Avenue #2
Brooklyn, NY 11205
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Goodwin Procter LLP
The New York Times Building, 620 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10018
. Certain information set forth in the Schedules applicable to Article V (the “Disclosure Schedules”) is included solely for informational purposes and may not be required to be disclosed pursuant to this Agreement. The disclosure of any information shall not be deemed to constitute an acknowledgment that such information is required to be disclosed in connection with the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement or that such information is material, nor shall such information be deemed to establish a standard of materiality, nor shall it be deemed an admission of any liabilityof, or concession as to any defense available to, Buyer, Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Company, or the Securityholders, as applicable. The Section number headings in the Schedules correspond to the Section numbers in this Agreement and any information disclosed in any Section of the Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed to be disclosed and incorporated into any other Section (or subsection) of the Disclosure Schedules where the relevance or applicability of such disclosure is reasonably apparent (whether or not there is an accompanying cross-reference) or where there is a cross-reference to such other Section (or subsection). The information contained in the Schedule is solely for purposes of this Agreement, and no information contained herein shall be deemed to be an admission by any party hereto to any third party of any matter whatsoever, including of any obligation, violation of Law, liability or breach of any agreement.
. Certain information set forth in the Schedules applicable to Article VI (the “Buyer Disclosure Schedules”) is included solely for informational purposes and may not be required to be disclosed pursuant to this Agreement. The disclosure of any information shall not be deemed to constitute an acknowledgment that such information is required to be disclosed in connection with the representations and warranties made by Buyer and Merger Sub in this Agreement or that such information is material, nor shall such information be deemed to establish a standard of materiality, nor shall it be deemed an admission of any liability of, or concession as to any defense available to, Buyer, Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Company, or the Securityholders, as applicable. The Section number headings in the Schedules correspond to the Section numbers in this Agreement and any information disclosed in any Section of the Buyer Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed to be disclosed and incorporated into any other Section (or subsection) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedules where the relevance or applicability of such disclosure is reasonably apparent (whether or not there is an accompanying cross-reference) or where there is a cross-reference to such other Section (or subsection). The information contained in the Schedule is solely for purposes of this Agreement, and no information contained herein shall be deemed to be an admission by any party hereto to any third party of any matter whatsoever, including of any obligation, violation of Law, liability or breach of any agreement.
. Except as expressly permitted by the terms hereof, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by a party hereto without the prior written consent of (a) Buyer, in the case of the Company (prior to the Closing) or the Securityholders’ Representative (except as expressly set forth herein), or (b) in the case of Buyer, Merger Sub or the Surviving Company, the Company (prior to the Closing) or the Securityholders’ Representative (following the Closing).
. In the event that any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and shall be interpreted so as reasonably necessary to effect the intent of the parties hereto. The parties hereto shall use all reasonable efforts to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that shall achieve, to the greatest extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such void or unenforceable provision.
. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit, such reference will be to an Article or Section of, or a Schedule or Exhibit to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement will refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The words “will” and “shall” when used in this Agreement will be interpreted to have the same meaning. The word “or” when used in this Agreement will be interpreted to mean “and/or”. All terms used herein with initial capital letters have the meanings ascribed to them herein and all terms defined in this Agreement will have such defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise
defined therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term. Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein, or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein, means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreementsor instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and reference to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. All references to “$” and dollars will be deemed to refer to United States currency unless otherwise specifically provided. Any document or item will be deemed “delivered”, “provided,” or “made available” by the Company within the meaning of this Agreement if such document or item (i) is included in that certain data room administered by Datasite for the Contemplated Transactions but only to the extent such information or document was accessible to Buyer or its advisors or (ii) is actually delivered or provided to Buyer or any of Buyer’s advisors or representatives, in each case, at least one (1) day prior to the date hereof. Whenever this Agreement requires Buyer to take any action or contains a representation with respect to Buyer, where applicable or necessary to give effect to the Contemplated Transactions, such requirement or representation shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of its Subsidiaries formed in connection with or after the Contemplated Transactions to take such action and shall be deemed to include a reference to such Subsidiaries, as applicable, and whenever this Agreement requires a Subsidiary of Buyer to take any action, such requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of Buyer to cause such Subsidiary to take such action. All references to a day or days will be deemed to refer to a calendar day or calendar days, as applicable, unless otherwise specifically provided.
. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, whether or not the Merger is consummated, each of Buyer (on behalf of Buyer and Merger Sub), on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall bear its own expenses including, without limitation, all out-of-pocket fees, expenses, and other third-party compensation (including legal, accounting, investment banking, finders and advisory fees and expenses), in connection with the negotiation and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.
. All disputes, claims, controversies, actions, suits, or other legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement (including the negotiation, validity or performance of this Agreement) or the Contemplated Transactions, whether at law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, as to all matters, including matters of validity, construction, effect, enforceability, performance, remedies, and in respect of the statute of limitations or other limitations period applicable to any such claim, controversy or dispute, without regard to its rules of conflict of laws. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts of the State of Delaware and of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “Chosen Courts”) for any litigation arising out of or relating to this Agreement (including the negotiation, validity or performance of this Agreement) or the Contemplated Transactions (and agrees not to commence any litigation relating thereto except in such courts), waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such litigation in the Chosen Courts and agrees not to plead or claim in any Chosen Court that such litigation brought therein has been brought in any inconvenient forum. Each of the parties hereto agrees, (a) to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, to appoint and maintain an agent in the State of Delaware as such party’s agent for acceptance of legal process and (b) that service of process may also be made on such party by prepaid certified mail with a proof of mailing receipt validated by the United States Postal Service constituting evidence of valid service. Service made pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) above shall have the same legal force and effect as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, any and all Disputed Items as set forth in Section 3.6shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.6. EACH OF THE PARTIES WAIVES THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER AGREEMENTS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY IN ANY ACTION, LITIGATION, OR OTHER PROCEEDING OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY AFFILIATEOF ANY OTHER SUCH PARTY, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A TRIAL COURT WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF.
. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto by an instrument in writing signed by Buyer and the Company at any time before or after any approval hereof by the Stockholders of the Company and Merger Sub; provided, however, no amendment shall be made if the DGCL requires the approval of the holders of a majority of the Company Capital Stock entitled to vote on such amendment without such approval; provided, further, that no amendment may be made to this Agreement after the Closing without the prior written consent of the Securityholders’ Representative.
. At any time prior to the Effective Time, the Company (in the case of Buyer or Merger Sub) or Buyer (in the case of the Company), and at any time after the Effective Time, the Securityholders’ Representative (in the case of Buyer or the Surviving Company) or Buyer (in the case of the Securityholders’ Representative), may, to the extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive compliance by the other party with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf of the party against which such waiver or extension is to be enforced. Waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement by a party shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or waiver of the same term or condition by such party, or a waiver of any other term or condition of this Agreement by such party.
. Irrespective of negotiations among the parties or the exchanging of drafts of this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute or be deemed to evidence a Contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding among the parties hereto unless and until this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
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. The parties hereto are sophisticated and have been represented by attorneys throughout the Contemplated Transactions who have carefully negotiated the provisions hereof. As a consequence, the parties do not intend that the presumptions of Laws or rules relating to the interpretation of Contracts against the drafter of any particular clause should be applied to this Agreement or any agreementor instrument executed in connection herewith, and therefore waive their effects.
. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the failure or threatened failure of any party hereto to perform its agreementsand covenants hereunder, including such party’s failure or threatened failure to take all actions as are necessary on such party’s part in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement to consummate the Merger, will cause irreparable injury to the other parties, for which damages, even if available, will not be an adequate remedy. Accordingly, each party hereto hereby consents to the issuance of injunctive relief by any court of competent jurisdiction to compel performance of such party’s obligations and to the granting by any court of the remedy of specific performance of such party’s obligations hereunder, without proof of actual damages, and without proof that money damages are an inadequate remedy. Each party hereto accordingly agrees not to raise any objections to the availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance to prevent or restrain breaches or threatened breaches of, or to enforce compliance with, the covenants and obligations of such party under this Agreement all in accordance with the terms of this Section 13.14. Each party hereto further agrees that no other party or any other Person shall be required to obtain, furnish or post any bond or similar instrument in connection with or as a condition to obtaining any remedy referred to in this Section 13.14, and each party irrevocably waives any right it may have to require the obtaining, furnishing or posting of any such bond or similar instrument. If prior to the Termination Date, any party hereto brings an action to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof by any other party, the Termination Date shall automatically be extended by such other time period established by the court presiding over such action if the court orders such an extension.
. This Agreement, together with the Schedules and Exhibits hereto, and any documents executed by the parties simultaneously herewith or pursuant thereto, constitutes the entire agreementof the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, other than the Confidentiality Agreement, which shall survive the execution of this Agreement and any termination of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefits of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and, except as expressly set forth herein, is not intended to confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies hereunder, and may be executed and transmitted by pdf or other form of electronic transmission in two or more counterparts, which together shall constitute a single agreement. Section 8.6 is intended to be for the benefit of the D&O Indemnified Parties described therein and the covenants contained therein may be enforced by such D&O Indemnified Parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first written above.
COMPANY: ERGATTA, INC.
By: /s/ Tom Aulet
Name: Tom Aulet
Title: Chief Executive Officer
SECURITYHOLDERS’
REPRESENTATIVE: TOM AULET, solely
in his capacity as the
Securityholders’ Representative
By: /s/ Tom Aulet
Name: Tom Aulet
Title:
BUYER: INTERACTIVE STRENGTH INC.
By: /s/ Trent Ward
Name: Trent Ward
Title: Chief Executive Officer
MERGER SUB: ERGATTA ACQUISITION CORP.
By: /s/ Trent Ward
Name: Trent Ward
Title: President
EXHIBIT A
Accounting Principles
EXHIBIT B
Net Working Capital
EXHIBIT C
Form of Certificate of Merger
EXHIBIT D
Form of Secured Note
EXHIBIT E
Form of Certificate of Designation
EXHIBIT F
Form of FIRPTA Certificate
EXHIBIT G
Registration Rights Agreement
Exhibit 99.1
TRNR Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Ergatta, Increasing 2026 Pro Forma Revenue Guidance by 50% to More than $30m
Ergatta's 2026 Revenue is expected to exceed $10 million with approximately 30% EBITDA margin
Performance-linked transaction valuation ensures attractive acquisition multiple and structure generates immediate cashflow for TRNR
Deal expected to close in Q1; TRNR expected to generate more than $30 million in 2026 Pro Forma Revenue
AUSTIN, TX and BROOKLYN, NY / ACCESS Newswire / February 18, 2026 / Interactive Strength Inc. (Nasdaq:TRNR) ("TRNR" or the "Company"), owner of the Wattbike, FORME, and CLMBR connected fitness brands, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ergatta, Inc., the pioneer in game-based connected fitness. The parties signed a letter of intent on January 9, 2026, and have been working on the binding definitive agreement since that time.
Ergatta is a Brooklyn-based connected fitness company that pioneered game-based fitness content, building a stable and cash-generating subscription business with industry leading monthly net retention of more than 98%. Ergatta is expected to generate revenue of more than $10 million in 2026, with approximately 70% from recurring subscriptions providing high visibility, and approximately a 30% EBITDA margin. Additionally, Ergatta operates an asset-light business model that generates strong operational cashflow without requiring investment in inventory.
Assuming full achievement of the earn-outs, the maximum enterprise value would be $19.5 million and, given the upper 2026 EBITDA threshold of approximately $4.0 million, TRNR expects the multiple of EBITDA to be less than 5.0x, before any group synergies. To ensure the valuation multiple is attractive to TRNR, 50% of the maximum enterprise valuation is contingent on the amount of Ergatta's 2026 EBITDA and 5% on 2027 EBITDA. Less than 10% of the transaction value is being funded at closing and TRNR expects to receive more cashflow from Ergatta than the initial cash consideration paid in 2026.
"The Founders of Ergatta have created a unique fitness experience and have built an attractive business that we expect to be accretive to TRNR immediately," said TRNR CEO, Trent Ward. "Ergatta's best-in-class gaming experience has already been licensed by iFIT, one of the biggest fitness equipment brands in the world and we plan to add the gaming experience to Wattbike and CLMBR. The Ergatta team also has strong customer acquisition capabilities and we expect that they will be able to drive revenue growth in the US for all of our brands with their help. As with all of our acquisitions, we are focused on
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minimizing near-term dilution and protecting downside with transaction valuations linked to future performance, while benefiting from additional upside from group synergies."
"Our team is very proud that we've built the most engaging fitness content platform in the world, and we've done it profitably," said Tom Aulet, Co-Founder and CEO of Ergatta. "Joining TRNR provides us the opportunity to grow Ergatta and also the Ergatta gaming experience across other hardware brands. This is the right next step for our business and we are looking forward to completing the transaction quickly."
Transaction Structure
TRNR will acquire 100% of Ergatta through a combination of cash, debt, stock and future contingent consideration. TRNR expects a quick, efficient close in Q1 2026, subject to completing customary closing requirements. The consideration is structured as follows:
TRNR expects to provide additional details regarding the transaction following the closing.
For more information, see TRNR's investor website as well as its required filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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About Ergatta:
Ergatta is the leader in game-based connected fitness, offering a suite of addictive workout experiences and a line of premium rowing machines with embedded gaming content. Ergatta's content is personalized to each user, highly interactive, and designed to build lasting fitness habits through games rather than instructors. The company's 98.3% monthly retention rate is the highest in the connected fitness industry. www.ergatta.com
About Interactive Strength Inc.
Interactive Strength Inc. (NASDAQ:TRNR) has established a leading portfolio of premium fitness brands - Wattbike, CLMBR, and FORME - that combine advanced hardware, smart technology, and immersive content to deliver exceptional training experiences for both commercial and home use.
Wattbike offers a range of high-performance indoor bikes that set the global standard in cycling. Known for unmatched accuracy, realistic ride-feel, and advanced performance tracking, Wattbike is trusted by elite athletes, national teams, and fitness enthusiasts around the world.
CLMBR redefines the next-generation vertical climbing experience through its patented open-frame design and immersive touchscreen, delivering a high-intensity, low-impact workout that's both efficient and effective.
FORME delivers strength, mobility, and recovery training through immersive content, performance-grade hardware, and expert coaching. Its wall-mounted systems include the Studio, a smart fitness mirror for guided programming and live 1:1 personal training, and the Lift, which adds smart resistance cable training-ideal for high-performance environments and sport-specific development.
From elite performance to everyday wellness, our ecosystem of performance-focused solutions delivers data-driven outcomes for athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and commercial operators.
For more information about Interactive Strength, please visit www.interactivestrength.com.
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Forward Looking Statements:
This press release includes certain statements that are "forward-looking statements" for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and reflect management's assumptions, views, plans, objectives and projections about the future. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as "believe", "project", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "intend", "strategy", "future", "opportunity", "plan", "may", "should", "will", "would", "will be", "will continue", "will likely result" or similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the expected closing of the Ergatta acquisition, the financial performance of Ergatta and the combined company, revenue and EBITDA projections, the expected benefits of combining the companies' products and platforms, content licensing revenue growth, and the possibility of achieving operating leverage. The reader is cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the expectations and projections of the Company. Risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: the ability to complete the acquisition on the expected terms and timeline; the ability to successfully integrate Ergatta's operations; demand for our products and services; subscriber retention rates; competition, including technological advances made by and new products released by our competitors; our ability to accurately forecast consumer demand for our products and adequately maintain our inventory; our reliance on a limited number of suppliers and distributors for our products; and macroeconomic conditions affecting consumer discretionary spending. A further list and descriptions of these risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. To the extent permitted under applicable law, the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.