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Item 1.02
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Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
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The Merger Agreement
As previously disclosed, on April 6, 2021, Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II (“MUDS”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among MUDS, Titan Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of MUDS, Titan Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of MUDS, Topps Intermediate Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Topps”), and Tornante-MDP Joe Holding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the sole stockholder of Topps (“Holdings”). The Merger Agreement was amended on May 10, 2021 and August 15, 2021.
On August 19, 2021, Topps informed MUDS that Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association had notified Topps on August 19, 2021 that neither party would be renewing their respective licensing agreements with Topps when they come up for renewal at the end of 2025 and 2022, respectively.
On August 20, 2021, pursuant to Section 12.01(a) of the Merger Agreement, Topps and MUDS entered into a Mutual Termination Agreement pursuant to which the Merger Agreement was terminated effective as of August 20, 2021. MUDS intends to continue to pursue a business combination.
The Subscription Agreements
As previously disclosed, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, on April 6, 2021, MUDS entered into subscription agreements with certain investors (each, a “Subscription Agreement”), pursuant to which such investors agreed to purchase an aggregate of 24,630,542 shares of MUDS’ Class A common stock, for a purchase price of $10.15 per share and for an aggregate commitment of $250 million, inclusive of the full Backstop Amount (as defined below) (the “PIPE Investment”). As part of the PIPE Investment, and concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, MUDS entered into a subscription agreement with funds and accounts managed by Mudrick Capital Management, L.P. (the “Mudrick Backstop Parties” and, such subscription agreement, the “Backstop Agreement”), pursuant to which the Mudrick Backstop Parties agreed to purchase an aggregate of up to 9,852,216 shares of MUDS’ Class A common stock, for a purchase price of $10.15 per share and for an aggregate commitment of up to approximately $100 million (the “Backstop Amount”). The Subscription Agreements, including the Backstop Agreement, were automatically terminated in accordance with their respective terms upon the termination of the Merger Agreement.
The Sponsor Support Agreement
As previously disclosed, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, on April 6, 2021, MUDS and Mudrick Capital Acquisition Holdings II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), entered into the Sponsor Support Agreement (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed (i) to vote all of its shares of MUDS common stock (a) in favor of (x) adoption of the Merger Agreement and (y) approval of the transactions contemplated thereby (the “Transactions”) and the other MUDS stockholder proposals and (b) against any proposal that would materially impede the Transactions, (ii) not to redeem any shares of MUDS’ Class A common stock in connection with the Transactions, (iii) for a period of three (3) years following the closing of the Transactions, not to form a “group” for the purpose of voting against persons nominated by the equityholders of Holdings for election as directors of MUDS, (iv) waive anti-dilution rights that would result in MUDS’ Class B common stock converting on anything other than a 1-to-1 basis and (v) if more than 20% of MUDS’ Class A common stock is redeemed by MUDS’ stockholders in connection with the Transactions, to surrender for cancellation up to 2,635,416 shares of MUDS’ Class B common stock in proportion to the incremental percentage of shares redeemed above such 20% threshold. The Sponsor Support Agreement was automatically terminated in accordance with its terms upon the termination of the Merger Agreement.