NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MARCH 26, 2020
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF ALLEGRO MERGER CORP.:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual meeting
of stockholders of Allegro Merger Corp. (“Allegro”), a Delaware corporation, will be held at 9:00 a.m. eastern
daylight time, on March 26, 2020, at the offices of Graubard Miller, Allegro’s counsel, at The Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington
Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10174. You are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting, which will be
held for the following purposes:
(1) to
consider and vote upon a proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 8, 2019 (the
“Merger Agreement”), by and among Allegro, Allegro Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and
wholly-owned subsidiary of Allegro (“Merger Sub”), TGIF Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“Holdings”), TGIF Midco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and currently a subsidiary of Holdings
(“Midco” and together with Holdings and their subsidiaries, “TGI Fridays”), and Rohit
Manocha, solely in his capacity as the initial representative of the equityholders of Holdings and Midco, pursuant to which
(i) Holdings will distribute all of the shares of Midco held by Holdings to its equityholders (the
“Distribution”), (ii) immediately following the Distribution, Merger Sub will merge with and into Midco,
with Midco surviving (the “Merger”), and (iii) immediately following the Merger, Midco will merge with and
into Allegro with Allegro surviving (the “Second Merger”, and together with the Distribution, the Merger,
and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Transactions”), and to approve the
Transactions, including the issuance of the merger consideration thereunder (collectively, the “business
combination”) — Allegro refers to this proposal as the “Merger Proposal”;
(2)
to consider and vote upon separate proposals to approve amendments to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation
of Allegro, as amended, effective following the business combination, including to (i) change the name of Allegro from
“Allegro Merger Corp.” to “TGI Fridays Holdings, Inc.”;
(ii) increase number of authorized shares of Allegro common stock from 40,000,000 shares to 1,200,000,000 shares;
(iii) remove the provision for a classified board of directors; (iv) set the initial number of directors to eight (and
limit the size of the board of directors to no more than twelve); (v) prohibit any shareholder action by written consent; and
(vi) remove provisions that will no longer be applicable to Allegro as a special purpose acquisition company after the
business combination — Allegro refers to these proposals collectively as the “Charter
Proposals”;
(3) to
elect eight (8) directors who, upon consummation of the business combination, will be the directors of
Allegro — Allegro refers to this proposal as the “Director Election Proposal”;
(4) to
consider, vote upon and adopt an omnibus equity incentive plan of Allegro to be effective upon consummation of the business
combination — Allegro refers to this proposal as the “Incentive Plan Proposal”; and
(5) to
consider and vote upon a proposal to adjourn the annual meeting to a later date or dates if it is determined by Allegro and
TGI Fridays that more time is necessary for Allegro to consummate the business combination — Allegro refers
to this proposal as the “Adjournment Proposal”.
A summary of the key highlights of the
Transactions is attached to this notice as Annex A.
After careful consideration, Allegro’s
board of directors has determined that the Merger Proposal, the Charter Proposals, the Director Election Proposal, the Incentive
Plan Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal are fair to and in the best interests of Allegro and its stockholders and unanimously
recommends that you vote or give instruction to vote “FOR” the Merger Proposal, “FOR” each of the Charter
Proposals, “FOR” the election of all of the persons nominated for election as directors, “FOR” the Incentive
Plan Proposal and “FOR” the Adjournment Proposal, if presented.
Under the Merger Agreement, the approval
of the Merger Proposal, Charter Proposals and Director Election Proposal are conditions to the consummation of the business combination.
Accordingly, if any one of the Merger Proposal, Charter Proposals or Director Election Proposal is not approved, the Transactions
will not occur, and the Incentive Plan Proposal will not be presented to the stockholders for a vote (though the Adjournment Proposal
may potentially be presented) unless the parties waive this condition to closing.
Allegro’s board of directors has
fixed March 2, 2020 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the annual
meeting or any adjournment thereof. Only holders of record of Allegro common stock at the close of business on March 2, 2020 are
entitled to notice of the annual meeting and to vote and have their votes counted at the annual meeting and any adjournments or
postponements of the annual meeting.
Allegro will send you a proxy statement
containing additional information about the Merger Proposal, Charter Proposals, Director Election Proposal, Incentive Plan Proposal,
and the Adjournment Proposal, along with a proxy card and instructions on how to submit a proxy. When available, please review
the proxy statement, proxy card, and instructions carefully.
All Allegro stockholders are cordially
invited to attend the annual meeting in person. To ensure your representation at the annual meeting, however, you are urged to
complete, sign, date and return the proxy card once sent to you as soon as possible. If you are a stockholder of record of Allegro
common stock, you may also cast your vote in person at the annual meeting. If your shares are held in an account at a brokerage
firm or bank, you must instruct your broker or bank on how to vote your shares or, if you wish to attend the annual meeting and
vote in person, obtain a proxy from your broker or bank.
A complete list of Allegro stockholders
of record entitled to vote at the annual meeting will be available for ten days before the annual meeting at the principal executive
offices of Allegro for inspection by stockholders during ordinary business hours for any purpose germane to the annual meeting.
Your vote is important regardless of the
number of shares you own. Whether you plan to attend the annual meeting or not, please sign, date and return the enclosed proxy
card once sent to you as soon as possible in the envelope that will be provided. If your shares are held in “street name”
or are in a margin or similar account, you should contact your broker to ensure that votes related to the shares you beneficially
own are properly counted.
Thank you for your participation. We look
forward to your continued support.
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By Order of the Board of Directors
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/s/ David D. Sgro
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David D. Sgro
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Chairman of the Board
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March 6, 2020
ALL ALLEGRO PUBLIC STOCKHOLDERS HAVE
THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR SHARES OF COMMON STOCK CONVERTED INTO CASH IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION. PUBLIC
STOCKHOLDERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO AFFIRMATIVELY VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THE MERGER PROPOSAL IN ORDER TO HAVE THEIR SHARES CONVERTED
INTO CASH. THIS MEANS THAT ANY PUBLIC STOCKHOLDER HOLDING SHARES OF ALLEGRO COMMON STOCK MAY EXERCISE CONVERSION RIGHTS REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER THEY VOTE ON THE MERGER PROPOSAL OR IF THEY ARE HOLDERS OF RECORD ON THE RECORD DATE. TO EXERCISE CONVERSION RIGHTS,
HOLDERS MUST TENDER THEIR STOCK TO CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, ALLEGRO’S TRANSFER AGENT, NO LATER THAN
TWO (2) BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL MEETING. YOU MAY TENDER YOUR STOCK BY EITHER DELIVERING YOUR STOCK CERTIFICATE TO THE
TRANSFER AGENT OR BY DELIVERING YOUR SHARES ELECTRONICALLY USING CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY’S DWAC (DEPOSIT
WITHDRAWAL AT CUSTODIAN) SYSTEM. IF THE BUSINESS COMBINATION IS NOT COMPLETED, THEN THESE SHARES WILL NOT BE CONVERTED INTO CASH.
IF YOU HOLD THE SHARES IN STREET NAME, YOU WILL NEED TO INSTRUCT THE ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AT YOUR BANK OR BROKER TO WITHDRAW THE SHARES
FROM YOUR ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO EXERCISE YOUR CONVERSION RIGHTS.
Annex A
SUMMARY OF THE MATERIAL TERMS OF THE
TRANSACTIONS
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The parties to the Merger Agreement are Allegro, Merger Sub, Holdings, Midco and Rohit Manocha (solely as the
initial representative of the equityholders of Holdings and Midco).
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The Merger Agreement provides for, among other things (i) the Distribution, whereby Holdings will distribute all of the
shares of Midco held by Holdings to its equityholders, (ii) immediately following the Distribution, the Merger of Merger Sub
with and into Midco, with Midco surviving, and (iii) immediately following the Merger, the Second Merger of Midco with and
into Allegro with Allegro surviving.
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The Transactions will result in Allegro acquiring the TGI Fridays business, an American casual dining bar and grill
concept.
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Upon consummation of the Transactions, the equityholders of Midco following the Distribution (which were the
equityholders of Holdings prior to the Distribution) will receive an aggregate of $30,000,000 in consideration, in the form
of cash and shares of Allegro’s common stock, with the mix of cash and shares determined at the option of the
equityholders. Holders of approximately 86% of the outstanding membership interests of Holdings have elected to receive
shares of Allegro common stock as consideration in the Merger and holders of approximately 14% of the outstanding membership
interests of Holdings have elected to receive cash. Therefore, upon consummation of the Merger, Allegro will issue an
aggregate of 2,561,786 shares of Allegro common stock and $3,997,919 in cash to the equityholders of Midco. The equityholders
of Midco following the Distribution will also have the right to receive up to 2,000,000 shares of Allegro common stock upon
the first to occur of: (i) Allegro’s adjusted EBITDA equals or exceeds $70,000,000 as determined using the audited
financials included in Allegro’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the years ending December 31, 2020, December 31, 2021
or December 31, 2022 or (ii) the reported last sale price of Allegro’s common stock equals or exceeds $15.00 per share
(as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations or other similar actions) for any 20
trading days in a 30 trading day period at any time after the closing of the Transactions and prior to December 31, 2022.
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The equityholders of Midco receiving shares of Allegro common stock upon the closing of the Transactions will agree not to
transfer, subject to certain exceptions, the shares of common stock received as part of the closing consideration until the
earlier of (i) December 15, 2020, (ii) Allegro’s completion of a liquidation, merger, stock exchange, or other similar
transaction that results in all holders of Allegro’s common stock having the right to exchange their shares of common
stock for cash or other property or (iii) the date on which the reported closing sale price of Allegro’s common stock
on Nasdaq equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and
recapitalizations) for a period of any 20 trading days during a 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the
closing of the Transactions.
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Upon the closing of the Transactions, Cowen and Company, LLC (“Cowen”), an affiliate of TriArtisan
Capital Advisors LLC (“TriArtisan”) will be entitled to a facilitation fee (the “Facilitation
Fee”) in the amount of (i) $3,800,000 payable by Allegro in cash, (ii) an aggregate of 796,875 shares of common
stock to be transferred from David D. Sgro, Eric Rosenfeld 2017 Trust No. 1, Eric Rosenfeld 2017 Trust No. 2, and Gregory
Monahan, and (iii) an aggregate of up to an additional 478,125 shares of common stock to be transferred from David D. Sgro,
Eric Rosenfeld 2017 Trust No. 1, Eric Rosenfeld 2017 Trust No. 2, and Gregory Monahan, if Allegro requests assistance from
Cowen to raise additional capital to satisfy the Minimum Cash Condition (defined below), with the number of shares of common
stock transferrable to be determined by a ratio set forth in the Merger Agreement. For one year after the closing of the
Transactions, all shares of common stock transferred to Cowen will continue to be subject to the transfer restrictions
applicable to such shares prior to such transfer.
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The former equityholders of Holdings and the holders of the shares of common stock purchased in private
placements prior to Allegro’s initial public offering (such shares referred to herein as the “founder
shares” and such holders being referred to herein as the “initial stockholders”) will enter into
an agreement (“Registration Rights Agreement”) with Allegro pursuant to which such holders will be granted
certain rights to have registered, in certain circumstances, the resale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended of the
common stock of Allegro held by them, subject to certain conditions set forth therein. The Registration Rights Agreement will
replace a prior registration rights agreement entered into between Allegro and the initial stockholders in connection with
Allegro’s initial public offering.
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In addition to voting on the Transactions, the stockholders of Allegro will vote on the following separate
proposals to approve amendments to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of Allegro, as amended, effective
following the business combination, including to: (i) change the name of Allegro from “Allegro Merger Corp.” to
“TGI Fridays Holdings, Inc.”; (ii) increase the
number of authorized shares of Allegro common stock from 40,000,000 shares to 1,200,000,000 shares; (iii) remove the
provision for a classified board of directors; (iv) set the initial number of directors to eight (and limit the size of the
board of directors to no more than twelve); (v) prohibit any shareholder action by written consent; and (vi) remove
provisions that will no longer be applicable to Allegro as a special purpose acquisition company after the business
combination. The stockholders of Allegro will also vote on proposals to elect eight (8) directors who, upon consummation of
the business combination, will be the directors of Allegro, to approve an omnibus equity incentive plan of Allegro effective
upon consummation of the business combination and to approve, if necessary, an adjournment of the annual meeting.
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The Merger Agreement provides that the Merger Agreement may be terminated at any time, but not later than the
closing, as follows: (i) by mutual written consent of Allegro and TGI Fridays, (ii) by either Allegro or TGI Fridays if the
Transactions are not consummated on or before March 31, 2020, subject to certain limitations, (iii) by either Allegro or TGI
Fridays if a governmental entity shall have issued a final and non-appealable order, decree or ruling or taken any other
action, in any case having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Transactions, (iv)
by either Allegro or TGI Fridays upon the material breach of the other party, or (v) by TGI Fridays if Allegro does not have
at least $30,000,000 in cash on hand as of the closing and assuming distribution of the trust account, and after deducting
(1) all amounts to be paid to holders of shares of common stock sold in Allegro’s initial public offering
(“public shares”) that elect to have their public shares converted to cash in connection with the
Transactions, (2) all amounts due in respect of loans permitted to be repaid under the Merger Agreement, (3) TGI
Fridays’ financial advisory, legal, accounting and other transaction expenses (up to $1,500,000), (4) Allegro’s
financial advisory, legal, accounting and other transaction expenses, (5) the Facilitation Fee payable to Cowen, an affiliate
of TriArtisan, pursuant to the Merger Agreement and (6) the amount of the cash consideration payable to Midco equityholders
at closing pursuant to elections made by such holders under the Merger Agreement (collectively, the “Minimum Cash
Condition”). Additionally, the Transactions will not be consummated if Allegro’s stockholders do not approve
the Transactions or if Allegro would have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets immediately prior to or upon
consummation of the Transactions after taking into account holders of public shares that have properly demanded conversion of
their public shares into cash.
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After the Transactions, if Allegro’s nominees are elected, the directors of Allegro will be Rohit Manocha,
Raymond Blanchette, Sidney Feltenstein, Alexander Matina, Weldon Spangler and Anil Yadav, who were each nominated by
Holdings, and Eric Rosenfeld and David Sgro, Allegro’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer,
respectively, who were both nominated by Allegro.
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After the Transactions, the executive officers of Allegro will be the current executive officers of TGI Fridays:
Raymond Blanchette, Chief Executive Officer, Giovanna Koning, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, John
Neitzel, President and Chief Operating Officer, Global Franchise, James Mazany, Chief Operating Officer, Corporate, and
William Alexander, Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer.