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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 6, 2023

 

 

Aeva Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-39204   84-3080757
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
555 Ellis Street  
Mountain View, California     94043
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (650) 481-7070

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   AEVA   New York Stock Exchange LLC
Warrants to purchase one share of common stock   AEVA.WS   New York Stock Exchange LLC

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

Emerging growth company  

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Agreement

Common Stock Financing

On November 8, 2023, Aeva Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into Subscription Agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) providing for the purchase of an aggregate of 36,802,299 shares (the “PIPE Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), at a price of $0.58 per PIPE Share (the “Purchase Price”) for an aggregate Purchase Price of approximately $21.4 million (the “Private Placement”). Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, entities affiliated with Sylebra Capital Limited (“Sylebra”) agreed to purchase 24,795,027 shares of Common Stock for a total purchase price of approximately $14.4 million and Adage Capital Management agreed to purchase 12,007,272 shares of common stock for a total purchase price of approximately $7 million.

The closing of the Private Placement is expected to occur on or about November 9, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.

The Subscription Agreements include customary representations, warranties and covenants of the parties as well as customary registration rights. The Company expects to use the proceeds from the Private Placement for working capital and general corporate purposes.

The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Form of Subscription Agreement, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and which is incorporated herein by reference.

Standby Equity Purchase Agreement

On November 8, 2023, the Company entered into a Standby Equity Purchase Agreement (the “Facility Agreement”) with entities affiliated with Sylebra. Pursuant to the Facility Agreement, the Company will have the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Sylebra up to $125,000,000 of shares of its preferred stock, at the Company’s request until November 8, 2026, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions described below. Each sale the Company requests under the Facility Agreement (each, an “Advance” and collectively, the “Advances”) may be for a number of shares of preferred stock with an aggregate value of at least $25,000,000 but not more than $50,000,000 (except with Sylebra’s consent).

The rights, preferences and privileges of the preferred stock will be set out in the certificate of designation in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D to the Facility Agreement (the “Certificate of Designations”). When and if issued, the preferred stock will be issued at a price per share of $10,000. Holders of the preferred stock will be entitled to a quarterly dividend at the rate of 7.0% per annum payable in cash or in kind at the option of the Company. The preferred stock will have an initial liquidation preference of 120% of the issuance price, plus accrued dividends. The preferred stock will have no voting rights as a class or series except in such instances as required by Delaware law or certain matters enumerated in the Certificate of Designations related to the protection of the preferred stock.

The preferred stock will be convertible at the option of the holders into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to $10,000 divided by the then-applicable conversion price, which will be equal to the lesser of (i) the average five day closing price from the date of Advance, or (ii) the closing price per share of Common Stock on the date of each Advance subject to certain customary anti-dilution adjustments. At any time after the two year anniversary of any issuance of any series of preferred stock, the Company will have the option to convert all (but not less than all) of any series of then-outstanding preferred stock by paying a make-whole payment, in either stock or cash, equal to three years of dividends, provided that the closing price of the Common Stock exceeds 250% of the then-applicable conversion price for at least 20 out of 30 consecutive trading days prior to the date of conversion. To the extent, if any, a conversion would result any the holder thereof becoming the beneficial owner of more than 19.9% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock, the Company will issue the Investor a warrant (the “Pre-Funded Warrant”), in the form attached as Exhibit E to the Facility Agreement. The preferred stock will be subject to customary pre-emptive rights.


The Company’s right to request Advances is conditioned upon the Company achieving a minimum of one new passenger auto-OEM or commercial OEM program award with at least a 50,000 unit volume, the trading price of the Common Stock being below $3.00 at the time of the Advance request and other customary conditions. Prior to any Advance, the Company will assess its capital needs and other factors, including the impact of an Advance on the Company’s outstanding executive pledge arrangements.

The Company has agreed to pay Sylebra a facility fee in the amount of $2,500,000, an origination fee in the amount of $625,000, and an administrative fee in the amount of $312,500 and to reimburse Sylebra for its reasonable fees and expenses in connection with the Facility Agreement in an amount not to exceed $350,000. In addition, upon receipt of stockholder approval, the Company will issue to Sylebra the Series A Warrant to purchase 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.00 (the “Series A Warrant”).

The foregoing description of the terms of the Facility Agreement, the Certificate of Designations, the Pre-Funded Warrant, Series A Warrant and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of such agreements, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

Registration Rights Agreement

The Company has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement that provides for certain customary registration rights with respect to shares of the preferred stock, the Series A Warrant, the Pre-Funded Warrant and the shares of the Common Stock issued upon any future conversion thereof (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registration Rights Agreement, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and which is incorporated herein by reference.

Shareholder Agreement

The Company entered into a Shareholder Agreement (the “Shareholder Agreement”) with Sylebra, whereby for as long as Sylebra and its affiliates beneficially own at least (i) 9% of the Common Stock (on an as converted basis), Sylebra will have the right to nominate one director, who will initially be Chris Eberle and (ii) 14% of the Common Stock (on an as converted basis), Sylebra will have the right to nominate an additional director, who shall be an automotive executive or relevant industry expert. Sylebra has waived its right to designate such additional director until the election of the Class I directors in 2025.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Subscription Agreement, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 4.2 and which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information contained in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

As described in Item 1.01, the Company has agreed to issue shares of Common Stock, preferred stock, Series A Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants. These issuances and sales will be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

Item 5.02

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

On November 6, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Stefan Sommer to serve as a Class I director effective November 15, 2023. Mr. Sommer will participate in the directors’ compensation plan applicable to international outside directors, which provides for cash compensation of $200,000 with an additional $10,000 cash retainer for service on each committee. In addition, the Company will enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement with Mr. Sommer.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On November 7, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Sommer. The text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Prior to the Private Placement, the Board consented to the beneficial ownership or acquisition by Sylebra of shares of Common Stock entitled to voting rights (the “Voting Shares”) of up to 19.99% of the Company’s total outstanding shares of Common Stock, thereby increasing the percentage of the Voting Shares Sylebra is allowed to beneficially own or acquire from 15% of the Company’s total outstanding shares of Common Stock, pursuant to that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2022, by and between the Company and Sylebra.


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

The following documents are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit

No.

   Exhibit Description
  4.1    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2023 , by and among investment entities affiliated with Sylebra Capital Limited and the Company.
  4.2    Shareholder Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2023, by and among the Company and investment entities affiliated with Sylebra Capital Limited.
10.1    Form of Subscription Agreement.
10.2    Standby Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2023 by and among the Company and investment entities affiliated with Sylebra Capital Limited.
99.1    Press Release, dated November 7, 2023.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).


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.

 

    Aeva Technologies, Inc.
Date: November 8, 2023     By:  

/s/ Soroush Salehian Dardashti

    Name:   Soroush Salehian Dardashti
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 4.1

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of November 8, 2023 is made by and among the investment entities named on the signature pages hereto (collectively, the “Investor”), and Aeva Technologies, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”). The Investor and the Company may be referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.

WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor have entered into that certain Standby Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company may issue, from time to time, to the Investor up to $125 million of the Company’s shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of, and in consideration for the Investor entering into, the Purchase Agreement, and to induce the Investor to execute and deliver the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide the Investor with certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “Securities Act”).

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investor hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Effectiveness Deadline” means, with respect to the initial Registration Statement filed hereunder, the 60th calendar day following the initial filing hereof; provided, however, in the event the Company is notified by the SEC that the Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comment, the Effectiveness Deadline as to such Registration Statement shall be the tenth business day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the date required above.

(b) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(c) “Filing Deadline” means, (i) with respect to the initial Registration Statement required hereunder for the Registrable Securities other than the Series A Warrants (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), the 21st calendar day following the Advance Date and (ii) with respect to the initial Registration Statement required hereunder for the Registrable Securities consisting of the Series A Warrants, the date set forth in Section 5.1 of the Subscription Agreement.

(d) “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, a trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.


(e) “Subscription Agreement” means the agreement dated as of the date hereof between the Investor and the Company.

(f) “Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

(g) “Registrable Securities” means all of (i) the Shares, (ii) Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such Shares or upon the exercise of any Pre-Funded Warrants (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and any Series A Warrants (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), and (iii) any securities issued or issuable with respect to any of the foregoing by way of exchange, stock stock divident or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise.

(h) “Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Company filed pursuant to this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

(i) “Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto.

(j) “Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

(k) “SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency administering the Securities Act and the Exchange Act at the time.

(l) “Securities Act” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals above.

2. Registration.

(a) The Company’s registration obligations set forth in this Section 2 including its obligations to file Registration Statements, obtain effectiveness of Registration Statements, and maintain the continuous effectiveness of any Registration Statement that has been declared effective shall begin on the date hereof and continue until all the earlier of (i) the date on which the Investor has sold all of the Registrable Securities and (ii) the date of termination of the Purchase Agreement if as of such termination date the Investor holds no Registrable Securities (the “Registration Period”).

 

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(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall (i) as soon as practicable, but in no case later than the Filing Deadline, prepare and file with the SEC an initial Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or, if the Company is not then eligible, on Form S-1) or any successor form thereto covering the resale by the Investor of the maximum number of Registrable Securities as shall be permitted to be included thereon in accordance with applicable SEC rules, regulations and interpretations so as to permit the resale of such Registrable Securities by the Investor under Rule 415 at then prevailing market prices (and not fixed prices). The Registration Statement shall contain “Selling Stockholders” and “Plan of Distribution” sections. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Effectiveness Deadline. By 9:30 am New York time on the business day following the date of effectiveness, the Company shall file with the SEC in accordance with Rule 424 under the Securities Act the final Prospectus to be used in connection with sales pursuant to such Registration Statement. Prior to the filing of the Registration Statement with the SEC, the Company shall furnish a draft of the Registration Statement to the Investor for its review and comment. The Investor shall furnish comments on the Registration Statement to the Company within 24 hours of the receipt thereof from the Company.

(c) Sufficient Number of Shares Registered. If at any time all Registrable Securities are not covered by a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) as a result of Section 2(e) or otherwise, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC one or more additional Registration Statements so as to cover all of the Registrable Securities not covered by such initial Registration Statement, in each case as soon as practicable (taking into account any position of the staff of the SEC with respect to the date on which the Staff will permit such additional Registration Statement(s) to be filed with the SEC and the rules and regulations of the SEC). The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each such new Registration Statement to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable following the filling thereof with the SEC.

(d) During the Registration Period, the Company shall (i) promptly prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection with a Registration Statement, which Prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period; (ii) prepare and file with the SEC additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities (subject to the terms of this Agreement); (iii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iv) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments received from the SEC with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and as promptly as reasonably possible provide the Investor true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the SEC relating to a Registration Statement (provided that the Company may excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information as to any Investor which has not executed a confidentiality agreement with the Company); and (v) comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the

 

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intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 2(c)) by reason of the Company’s filing a report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, or Form 8-K or any analogous report under the Exchange Act, the Company shall incorporate such report by reference into the Registration Statement, if applicable, or shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the Exchange Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement the Registration Statement.

(e) Reduction of Registrable Securities Included in a Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in the event that the SEC requires the Company to reduce the number of Registrable Securities to be included in a Registration Statement in order to allow the Company to rely on Rule 415 with respect to a Registration Statement, then the Company shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration Statement (after notifying the Investor as to the specific Registrable Securities to be removed therefrom), which may be a subsequent Registration Statement if the Company needs to withdraw a Registration Statement and refile a new Registration Statement in order to rely on Rule 415, as the SEC shall permit, to the maximum number of securities as is permitted to be registered by the SEC (such Registrable Securities excluded in accordance with this subsection (e), the “Cutback Securities”). In the event of any reduction in Registrable Securities pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file one or more new Registration Statements with the SEC in accordance with Section 2(c) until such time as all Registrable Securities have been included in Registration Statements that have been declared effective and the Prospectuses contained therein are available for use by the Investor.

(f) Failure to File or Obtain Effectiveness of the Registration Statement or Remain Current. If: (i) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date, or (ii) a Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the Effectiveness Deadline, or the Company fails to file with the SEC a request for acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act, within five business days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the SEC that a Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or not subject to further review, or (iii) after the effectiveness, a Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities, except for the Cutback Securities, for which it is required to be effective, or (iv) the Investor is not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities for more than 30 consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of 60 calendar days during any 12-month period (which need not be consecutive calendar days), or (v) if after the date that is six months from the date hereof, the Company does not have available adequate current public information as set forth in Rule 144(c) (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event”), then in addition to any other rights the Investor may have hereunder or under applicable law, the Company shall be in breach of the term and conditions of this Agreement and such Event shall be deemed an event of default for so long as such Event remains uncured. During the period of the existence of an uncured Event, the Investor shall have no obligation to accept an Advance Notice or accept or purchase any Advance Shares (other than any Advance Stock purchased by the Investor prior to the occurrence of the Event).

 

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(g) Piggy-Back Registrations. If at any time there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company proposes to register the offer and sale of any shares of capital stock of the Company under the Securities Act (other than a registration (i) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other registration solely relating to an offering or sale to employees or directors of the Company pursuant to any employee stock plan or other employee benefit arrangement), (ii) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), or (iii) in connection with any dividend or distribution reinvestment or similar plan), whether for its own account or for the account of one or more stockholders of the Company and the form of Registration Statement to be used may be used for any registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall give prompt written notice (in any event no later than five days prior to the filing of such Registration Statement) to the holders of Registrable Securities of its intention to effect such a registration and, shall include in such registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion from the holders of Registrable Securities; provided, however, that, the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2(g) that have been sold or may be sold without any restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent.

3. Related Obligations.

(a) The Company shall, not less than three business days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one business day prior to the filing of any related amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements (except for annual reports on Form 10-K, supplements and amendments to update the Registration Statement solely for information reflected in the Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K), furnish to the Investor copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the reasonable and prompt review of the Investor. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Investor shall reasonably object in good faith; provided that, the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than two (2) Trading Days after the Investor has been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement.

(b) The Company shall furnish to the Investor, without charge (i) at least one copy (which may be in electronic form) of such Registration Statement as declared effective by the SEC and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) at least one copy (which may be in electronic form) of the final prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto, and (iii) any documents, which are not publicly available through EDGAR, as the Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by the Investor.

 

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(c) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) register and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Investor reasonably requests, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions, such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (w) make any change to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws, (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(c), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify the Investor of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

(d) At any time prior to the end of the Registration Period, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event or development, the Company shall notify the Investor in writing of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall such notice contain any material, nonpublic information), and promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission and deliver one electronic copy of such supplement or amendment to the Investor. The Company shall also promptly notify the Investor in writing (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to the Investor by email on the same day of such effectiveness), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.

(e) The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction within the United States of America and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to notify the Investor of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

(f) Without limiting any obligation of the Company under the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts either to cause all of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement to be listed on the Principal Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section 3(f).

 

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(g) The Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning the Investor provided to the Company unless (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other final, non-appealable order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, or (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement or any other agreement. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such information concerning the Investor is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt written notice to the Investor and allow the Investor, at the Investor’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information.

(h) The Company shall cooperate with the holders of the Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to such Registration Statement or Rule 144 free of any restrictive legends and representing such number of Shares and registered in such names as the holders of the Registrable Securities may reasonably request a reasonable period of time prior to sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement or Rule; provided, that the Company may satisfy its obligations hereunder without issuing physical stock certificates through the use of The Depository Trust Company’s Direct Registration System.

(i) The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

(j) The Company shall otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder.

(k) Within two business days after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is declared effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement) confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC.

(l) The Company shall take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition by the Investor of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.

4. Obligations of the Investor.

(a) The Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d) the Investor shall as soon as reasonably practicable discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until the Investor’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(d) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary,

 

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subject to compliance with the securities laws, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended certificates for Shares to a transferee of the Investor in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which the Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d) and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

(b) The Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it or an exemption therefrom in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

(c) The Investor, by its acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of each Registration Statement hereunder, unless the Investor has notified the Company in writing of the Investor’s election to exclude all of the Investor’s Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

5. Expenses of Registration. All expenses incurred by the Company in complying with its obligations pursuant to this Agreement and in connection with the registration and disposition of Registrable Securities shall be paid by the Company, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants (except legal fees of the Investor’s counsel associated with the review of the Registration Statement). The Investor shall pay any sales or brokerage commissions and fees and expenses of counsel for, and other expenses of, the Investor incurred in connection with the registration of Registrable Securities.

6. Indemnification. With respect to Registrable Securities which are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Investor, the directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls the Investor within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an “Indemnified Person”), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several (collectively, “Claims”) incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a party thereto (“Indemnified Damages”), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered (“Blue Sky Filing”), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company

 

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files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading; or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation there under relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively, “Violations”). The Company shall reimburse the Investor and each such controlling person promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or disbursements that are reasonably incurred by them or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (x) shall not apply to a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto; (y) shall not be available to the extent such Claim is based on a failure of the Investor to deliver or to cause to be delivered the prospectus made available by the Company, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c); and (z) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person.

(b) In connection with a Registration Statement, the Investor agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers, employees, representatives, or agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each an “Indemnified Party”), against any Claim or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim or Indemnified Damages arise out of or is based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs (i) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement or (ii) from the Investor’s violation of any prospecuts delivery requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation there under relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement; and, subject to Section 6(d), the Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, further, however, that, absent fraud or gross negligence, the Investor shall be liable under this Section 6(b) for only that amount of a Claim or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to the Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the

 

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indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(b) with respect to any prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the prospectus was corrected and such new prospectus was delivered to the Investor prior to the Investor’s use of the prospectus to which the Claim relates.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel reasonably mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of not more than one (1) counsel for such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent; provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

(d) The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred.

 

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(e) The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.

7. Contribution. To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that: (i) no seller of Registrable Securities guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities.

8. Reports Under the Exchange Act. With a view to making available to the Investor the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investor to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration, and as a material inducement to the Investor’s purchase of the Shares, the Company represents, warrants, and covenants to the following:

(a) The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and has filed all required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the 12 months prior to the date hereof (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports), other than Form 8-K reports.

(b) During the Registration Period, the Company shall file with the SEC in a timely manner all required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (it being understood that nothing herein shall limit the Company’s obligations under the Purchase Agreement) and such reports shall conform to the requirement of the Exchange Act and the SEC for filing thereunder.

(c) The Company shall furnish to the Investor so long as the Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investor to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.

 

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9. Amendment of Registration Rights. Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Investor. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 9 shall be binding upon each of the Investor and the Company. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to fewer than all of the holders of the Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

10. Miscellaneous.

(a) A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities or owns the right to receive the Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from the registered owner of such Registrable Securities.

(b) The Company shall not include any other securities on a Registration Statement which includes Registrable Securities unless otherwise agreed by the Investor.

(c) Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered pursuant to the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement or to such other address and/or electronic mail address and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (i) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (ii) electronically generated by the sender’s email service provider containing the time, date, and recipient email or (iii) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by email or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with this section.

(d) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

(e) The laws of the State of New York shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of the Company and the Investor. All other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, sitting in New York County, New York and federal courts for the Southern District of New York sitting in New York, New York, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby

 

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irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

(f) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties hereto. No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (A) written notice of such assignment and (B) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement).

(g) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(h) This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party. Electronically scanned and delivered signatures (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com), including by e-mail attachment, shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes of this Agreement.

(i) Each Party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(j) The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any Party.

 

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(k) This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor and the Company have caused their signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY:
AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:   /s/ Soroush Salehian Dardashti
  Name: Soroush Salehian Dardashti
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor and the Company have caused their signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:

SYLEBRA CAPITAL PARTNERS MASTER FUND LTD,

a Cayman Islands entity

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
  Name: Matthew Whitehead
  Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor and the Company have caused their signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:

SYLEBRA CAPITAL PARC MASTER FUND,

a Cayman Islands entity

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
  Name: Matthew Whitehead
  Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor and the Company have caused their signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:

SYLEBRA CAPITAL MENLO MASTER FUND,

a Cayman Islands entity

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
  Name: Matthew Whitehead
  Title:   Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor and the Company have caused their signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written

 

INVESTOR:

BLACKWELL PARTNERS LLC – SERIES A,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
  Name: Matthew Whitehead
  Title:   Authorised Signatory of appointed Manager

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor and the Company have caused their signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

INVESTOR:

BL BLACKSTONE CSP-MST FMAP FUND,

a Bermuda entity

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
  Name: Matthew Whitehead
  Title:   Authorised Signatory of appointed Manager

 

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Exhibit 4.2

SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT

This SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of November 8, 2023, by and among Aeva Technologies, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”) and the investment entities named on the signature pages hereto (collectively, the “Investor”), and shall take effect on date of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreement (defined below) (the “Effective Date”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to and subject to the terms and conditions of that certain Subscription Agreement by and between the Company and the Investor dated as of the date hereof (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Subscription Agreement”), the Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor has agreed to purchase from the Company, certain shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), and Series A warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock described therein (the “Securities”); and

WHEREAS, as an inducement to the Investor to enter into the Subscription Agreement and purchase the Securities, the Company desires to provide the Investor with certain representation rights regarding the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”).

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

1. Board Representative Rights.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and provided that the Investor, together with its Affiliates, Beneficially Owns (i) 9.0% or greater of the Outstanding Equity, the Investor shall have the right (but not the obligation) to designate one Person to be nominated for election to the Board, and (ii) 14.0% or greater of the Outstanding Equity, the Investor shall have the right (but not the obligation) to designate an additional Person to be nominated for election to the Board, who shall be an industry expert with relevant experience as an automotive executive or other industry applicable to the Company (each, a “Nominee”), in each case by giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board or the Secretary of the Company; provided, however, that the Investor agrees to waive its right to designate an additional Nominee pursuant to clause (ii) until the earlier of (A) such time as Stefan Sommers resigns or is removed as a director of the Board and (B) the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company; provided, further, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Investor shall not have the right to designate more than one Nominee to the extent that the NYSE notifies the Company that the right to designate two Nominees would constitute a “change of control” for purposes of Section 312.03(d) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual; provided, further, that the Investor shall only have the right to designate two Nominees if the Board consists of at least seven directors. Each Nominee shall be selected by the Investor in reasonable consultation with (but without the need for the approval of) the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Nominating Committee”). The parties hereto acknowledge that the first Nominee shall be Christopher Eberle.


(b) Provided the Investor exercises its right under Section 1(a), the Company shall: (i) appoint each Nominee as a member of the Board; and (ii) at all times during the Designation Period, include, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Board, whether acting through the Nominating Committee or otherwise, to include each designated Nominee in the slate of nominees recommended to the stockholders for election as a director at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders held during the Designation Period (or, if permitted, by any action by written consent of the stockholders taken during the Designation Period) at or by which directors of the Company are to be elected.

(c) If a Board vacancy occurs during the Designation Period solely because of the death, disability, disqualification, resignation, or removal of a Nominee, the Investor shall be entitled to designate such person’s successor in accordance with Section 2(b).

(d) If during the Designation Period a Nominee is not nominated or elected to the Board because of such Nominee’s death, disability, disqualification, withdrawal as a nominee or such Nominee is for any other reason unavailable or unable to serve on the Board, the Investor may promptly designate another Nominee in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 1 and the director position for which such Nominee was nominated shall not be filled pending such designation.

(e) A Nominee is entitled to the same compensation paid, expense reimbursement payable and D&O insurance coverage to other non-employee Directors as determined by the Board from time to time.

2. Company Obligations.

(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company is not obligated to appoint any Nominee to serve on the Board or cause to be nominated for election to the Board or recommend to the stockholders the election of any Nominee: (i) who fails to qualify as an “independent” director as defined under Section 303A.02 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual and applicable the applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, (ii) who fails to submit to the Company on a timely basis such questionnaires as the Company may reasonably require of its directors generally and such other information as the Company may reasonably request in connection with the preparation of its filings under the Securities Laws; or (iii) if the Board or the Nominating Committee determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that (A) such action would constitute a breach of its fiduciary duties or applicable law or violate the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; or (B) such Nominee would not be qualified under any applicable law, rule or regulation to serve as a Director of the Company; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of either (i) or (ii) above, the Company shall promptly notify the Investor of the occurrence of such event and permit the Investor to provide an alternate Nominee sufficiently in advance of any Board action, the meetings of the stockholders called or written action of stockholders with respect to such election of nominees to the Board and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to perform its obligations under Section 1 with respect to such alternate Nominee (provided that if the Company provides at least 45 days advance notice of the occurrence of any such event, such alternative Nominee must be designated by the Investor not less than 30 days in advance of any Board action, notice of meeting of the stockholders or written action of stockholders with respect to such election of nominees to the Board), and in no event shall the Company be obligated to postpone, reschedule, or delay any scheduled meeting of the stockholders with respect to such election of Nominees.

 

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(b) If at any time during a Designation Period a Board vacancy occurs solely because of the death, disability, disqualification, resignation or removal of a Nominee, then the Board, or any committee thereof, shall not fill such vacancy until the earliest to occur of: (i) the Investor’s designation of a successor Nominee (which successor Nominee shall be designated in accordance with Section 1(a) and subject to the terms of Section 2(a)) and the Board’s appointment of such successor Nominee to fill the vacancy; (ii) the Investor’s failure to designate a successor Nominee within 30 Business Days after receiving notification of the vacancy from the Company; or (iii) the Investor’s specifically waiving in writing its rights under this Section 2(b). For purposes of clarity, the Company shall have the right to fill any Board vacancy which may occur due to any reason other than the death, disability, disqualification, resignation, or removal of the Nominee in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.

3. Notices. Notices are to be delivered in writing, in the case of the Company, to 555 Ellis Street, Mountain View, California 94043, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, or to such other address as may be given by each party from time to time under this Section. Notices shall be deemed properly given upon personal delivery, the day following deposit by overnight carrier, or three days after deposit in the U.S. mail.

4. Miscellaneous Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties, and supersedes any and all previous agreements and understandings, whether oral or written, between the parties regarding the matters set out in this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement may be amended, modified or waived, except in a writing signed by the parties hereto. This Agreement may not be assigned by the Investor. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision, and if any restriction in this Agreement is found by a court to be unreasonable or unenforceable, then such court may amend or modify the restriction so it can be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law. The section headings in this Agreement have been inserted as a matter of convenience of reference and are not a part of this Agreement. This Agreement may be executed by electronic signature in any number of counterparts, each of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Agreement. The failure of a party to insist on strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on one or more occasions shall not be construed as a waiver or deprive such party of the right to thereafter insist on strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.

5. Remedies. The Company, on the one hand, and the Investor, on the other hand, each acknowledge and agree that monetary damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach (or threatened breach) of this Agreement by it and that, in the event of any breach or threatened breach hereof, (a) the non-breaching party shall have the right to immediate injunctive and other equitable relief, without proof of actual damages; (b) the breaching party will not plead in defense thereto that there would be an adequate remedy at law; and (c) the breaching party agrees to waive any applicable right or requirement that a bond be posted by the non-breaching party. Such remedies will not be the exclusive remedies for a breach of this Agreement, but will be in addition to all other remedies that may be available to the non-breaching party at law or in equity. In the event that either party institutes any legal suit, action or proceeding against the other party arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the prevailing party in the suit, action or proceeding shall be entitled to receive, in addition to all other damages to which it may be entitled, the costs incurred by such party in conducting the suit, action or proceeding, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and court costs.

 

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6. Applicable Law. This Agreement, and any and all claims, controversies and causes of action arising out of or relating to this Agreement, whether sounding in contract, tort or statute, shall be governed by the laws of New York, including its statutes of limitations, without giving effect to any conflict-of-laws rule that would result in the application of the laws of a different jurisdiction.

7. Termination.

(a) The rights of the Investor under Section 1 of this Agreement terminate automatically upon (i) with respect to the first Nominee appointed by the Investor, the Investor together with its Affiliates ceasing to Beneficially Own at least 9.0% of the Outstanding Equity, and (ii) with respect to the second Nominee appointed by the Investor, the Investor together with its Affiliates ceasing to Beneficially Own at least 14.0% of the Outstanding Equity, in each case whether as a result of dilution, Transfer or otherwise (the “Nominee Termination Event”). Within three Business Days after the occurrence of the Nominee Termination Event (i) that results from a Transfer of Common Stock by the Investor, the Investor shall notify the Company of such event, and (ii) that results from any other event or occurrence, the Company shall notify the Investor of such event (in each case, a “Nominee Termination Notice”).

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the occurrence of a General Termination Event, this Agreement shall be automatically terminated and of no further force and effect, and no party hereto shall have any surviving obligations, rights, or duties hereunder after such termination. Within three Business Days after the occurrence of a General Termination Event (i) that results from a Transfer of Common Stock by the Investor, the Investor shall notify the Company of such event, and (ii) that results from any other event or occurrence, the Company shall notify the Investor of such event (in each case, a “General Termination Notice”).

8. Definitions.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Beneficially Own” has the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 13d-3 and 13d-5 (or successor rules then in effect) promulgated under Exchange Act.

Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by applicable law to close.

 

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Bylaws” means the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, as in effect on the date hereof, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Certificate of Incorporation” means the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as in effect on the date hereof, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Designation Period” means, with respect to a Nominee, the period commencing on date of the Investor’s exercise of its right under Section 1(a) with respect to such Nominee and expiring on a Nominee Termination Event.

Director” means a duly elected member of the Board.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

General Termination Event” means the Investor together with its Affiliates ceasing to Beneficially Own at least 9.0% of the Outstanding Equity, whether as a result of dilution, Transfer or otherwise.

NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.

Nominee” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).

Nominee Termination Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.

Nominee Termination Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.

Outstanding Equity” means, at any time, the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company (assuming exercise of all warrants to purchase Common Stock then held by the Investor).

Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Securities Laws” means the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules promulgated thereunder.

Transfer” means any sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of (whether with or without consideration and whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law) of Common Stock.

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Signed:
AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:   /s/ Soroush Salehian Dardashti
Name:   Soroush Salehian Dardashti
Title:   Chief Executive Office

 

[Signature Page to Shareholder Agreement]


Signed:

Sylebra Capital Partners Master Fund Ltd,

a Cayman Islands entity

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
Name:   Matthew Whitehead
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to Shareholder Agreement]


Signed:

Sylebra Capital Parc Master Fund,

a Cayman Islands entity

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
Name:   Matthew Whitehead
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to Shareholder Agreement]


Signed:

Sylebra Capital Menlo Master Fund,

a Cayman Islands entity

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
Name:   Matthew Whitehead
Title:   Director

 

[Signature Page to Shareholder Agreement]


Signed:

Blackwell Partners LLC – Series A,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
Name:   Matthew Whitehead
Title:   Authorised Signatory of appointed Manager

 

[Signature Page to Shareholder Agreement]


Signed:

Bl Blackstone CSP-MST FMAP Fund,

a Bermuda entity

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
Name:   Matthew Whitehead
Title:   Authorised Signatory of appointed Manager

 

[Signature Page to Shareholder Agreement]

Exhibit 10.1

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

This SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Subscription Agreement”) is entered into this 8th day of November, 2023, by and among Aeva Technologies, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), and the undersigned (collectively “Subscriber”).

WHEREAS, the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the ticker symbol “AEVA”;

WHEREAS, Subscriber desires to subscribe for and to purchase from the Company that number of shares of Common Stock set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Shares”), for the aggregate purchase price set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Purchase Price”), which payment (other than the aggregate par value of the Shares) will be directed to the Company, and the Company desires to issue and sell to Subscriber the Shares in consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price by or on behalf of Subscriber to the Company; and

WHEREAS, certain other “qualified institutional buyers” (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and/or “accredited investors” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act), as the case may be, have entered into separate subscription agreements with the Company (“Other Subscription Agreements”), pursuant to which all such investors (the “Other Subscribers”) have, together with Subscriber pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, agreed to purchase an aggregate of up to 36,802,299 shares of Common Stock, at an aggregate purchase price of $21,455,004.27.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Subscription. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including without limitation the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to closing set forth in Section 3.2), Subscriber hereby irrevocably subscribes for, and the Company hereby agrees to issue to Subscriber, upon the payment of the Purchase Price, the Shares on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (such subscription and issuance, the “Subscription”).

2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements.

2.1 Subscriber’s Representations, Warranties and Agreements. To induce the Company to issue the Shares to Subscriber, Subscriber hereby represents and warrants to the Company and agrees with the Company as follows:

2.1.1 Subscriber has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, with power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

2.1.2 This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Subscriber. This Subscription Agreement is enforceable against Subscriber in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (b) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.


2.1.3 The execution, delivery and performance by Subscriber of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Subscription Agreement will not (a) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of Subscriber pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which Subscriber is a party or by which Subscriber is bound or to which any of the property or assets of Subscriber is subject, which would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial condition, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of Subscriber, taken as a whole (a “Subscriber Material Adverse Effect”), or materially affect the legal authority of Subscriber to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Subscription Agreement; (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of Subscriber; or (c) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over Subscriber or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected to have a Subscriber Material Adverse Effect or materially affect the legal authority of Subscriber to comply in all material respects with this Subscription Agreement.

2.1.4 Subscriber (a) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) and an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) satisfying the applicable requirements set forth in Schedule A, (b) is acquiring the Shares only for its own account and not for the account of others, or if Subscriber is subscribing for the Shares as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, each owner of such account is an accredited investor and Subscriber has full investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations and agreements herein on behalf of each owner of each such account, and (c) is not acquiring the Shares with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act (and shall provide the requested information on Schedule A following the signature page hereto). Subscriber is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Shares.

2.1.5 Subscriber understands that the Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act. Subscriber understands that the Shares may not be resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by Subscriber, any investment fund or managed account managed by the same investment adviser as Subscriber or having the same general partner or an affiliated general partner (each “Subscriber Affiliate”) absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Shares or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company that such registration statement is not required and an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available, and that any certificates or book entries representing the Shares shall contain a legend to such effect. Subscriber acknowledges that the Shares will not be eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. Subscriber understands and agrees that the Shares will be subject to transfer restrictions and, as a result of these transfer restrictions, Subscriber may not be able to readily resell the Shares and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the Shares for an indefinite period of time. Subscriber understands that it has been advised to consult legal counsel prior to making any offer, resale, pledge or transfer of any of the Shares.

 

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2.1.6 Subscriber acknowledges that no representations, warranties, covenants and agreements are being made to Subscriber by the Company or any of its officers, affiliates, directors, agents or advisors expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements included in this Subscription Agreement.

2.1.7 Subscriber represents and warrants that (a) it is not a Benefit Plan Investor as contemplated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or (b) its acquisition and holding of the Shares will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any applicable similar law.

2.1.8 In making its decision to purchase the Shares, Subscriber represents that it has relied solely upon independent investigation made by Subscriber. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that Subscriber has received and has had an adequate opportunity to review, and ask questions with respect to, such financial and other information as Subscriber deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the Shares and made its own assessment and is satisfied concerning the relevant tax, legal and other economic considerations relevant to Subscriber’s investment in the Shares. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Subscriber acknowledges that it has reviewed the documents provided to Subscriber by the Company. Subscriber represents and agrees that Subscriber has had the full opportunity to ask such questions, and has received such answers and obtained such information regarding the Company as Subscriber has deemed necessary and adequate to make an investment decision with respect to the Shares.

2.1.9 Subscriber became aware of this offering of the Shares solely and directly from the Company as a result of a pre-existing, substantial relationship with the Company, and the Shares were offered to Subscriber solely by direct contact between Subscriber and the Company. Subscriber did not become aware of this offering of the Shares, nor were the Shares offered to Subscriber, by any other means. Subscriber acknowledges that each of the Company and the Placement Agent (as defined below) has not acted as its financial advisor, agent or fiduciary. Subscriber acknowledges that the Company represents and warrants that the Shares (a) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (b) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any other federal, state or foreign securities laws.

2.1.10 Subscriber acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Shares. Subscriber has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares, and Subscriber has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as Subscriber has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision. Subscriber understands and acknowledges that the purchase and sale of the Shares hereunder meets the institutional customer exemption under FINRA Rule 2111(b).

2.1.11 Subscriber represents and acknowledges that Subscriber has such knowledge and experience in financial, investment and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Shares, has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the Shares and determined that the Shares are a suitable investment for Subscriber and that Subscriber is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of Subscriber’s investment in the Company. Subscriber further acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss of investment exists and that it is able to fend for itself in the transactions contemplated in this Subscription Agreement.

 

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2.1.12 Subscriber understands and agrees that no federal, state or other agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Shares or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

2.1.13 Subscriber represents and warrants that neither Subscriber, nor any director or officer of Subscriber, nor to the knowledge of Subscriber, any employee, agent, affiliate or representative of Subscriber or any director or officer of any of its subsidiary is (a) a person or entity named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or in any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States and administered by OFAC (“OFAC List”), or a person or entity that is the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by OFAC , the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authorities (“Sanctions”), (b) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, (c) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank, or (d) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (including, without limitation, the Crimea region of the Ukraine, Russia, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria). Subscriber agrees to provide law enforcement agencies, if requested thereby, such records as required by applicable law, provided that Subscriber is permitted to do so under applicable law. Subscriber represents that if it is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.) (the “BSA”), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”), and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), Subscriber maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. Subscriber also represents that, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed for the screening of its investors against Sanctions and the OFAC sanctions programs, including the OFAC List. Subscriber further represents and warrants that, to the extent required, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the funds held by Subscriber and used to purchase the Shares were legally derived.

2.1.14 Subscriber has, and at the Closing will have, sufficient available funds to pay the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 3.1.

2.1.15 Subscriber represents that no disqualifying event described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) under the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”) is applicable to Subscriber or any of its Rule 506(d) Related Parties (as defined below), except, if applicable, for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) is applicable. Subscriber hereby agrees that it shall notify the Company promptly in writing in the event a Disqualification Event becomes applicable to Subscriber or any of its Rule 506(d) Related Parties, except, if applicable, for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii) or (iii) or (d)(3) is applicable. For purposes of this Section 2.1.15, “Rule 506(d) Related Party” shall mean a person or entity that is a direct beneficial owner of Subscriber’s securities for purposes of Rule 506(d) under the Securities Act.

2.1.16 Subscriber agrees that the Placement Agent may rely upon the representations and warranties made by Subscriber to the Company in this Subscription Agreement.

 

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2.2 Company’s Representations, Warranties and Agreements. To induce Subscriber to purchase the Shares, the Company hereby represents and warrants to Subscriber and agrees with Subscriber as follows:

2.2.1 The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

2.2.2 The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to Subscriber against full payment for the Shares in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement and registered with the Company’s transfer agent, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the Shares will not have been authorized in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights created under the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended and restated, or under the DGCL. The Company has reserved from its duly authorized capital stock the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Subscription Agreement.

2.2.3 This Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (b) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

2.2.4 The execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement (including compliance by the Company with all of the provisions hereof), the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated herein will not (a) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject, which would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company (a “Material Adverse Effect”) or materially affect the validity of the Shares or the legal authority of the Company to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Subscription Agreement; (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of the Company; or (c) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially affect the validity of the Shares or the legal authority of the Company to comply in all material respects with this Subscription Agreement.

2.2.5 None of the Company nor any person acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any Company securities or solicited any offers to buy any Company securities, under circumstances that would adversely affect reliance by the Company, as applicable, on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act for the exemption from registration for the transactions contemplated hereby or would require registration of the Shares under the Securities Act.

 

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2.2.6 None of the Company nor any person acting on its behalf has conducted any general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Shares.

2.2.7 The Company has provided Subscriber an opportunity to ask questions regarding the Company and made available to Subscriber all the information reasonably available to the Company that Subscriber has requested for deciding whether to acquire the Shares.

2.2.8 No Disqualification Event is applicable to the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any Company Covered Person (as defined below), except for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii)-(iv) or (d)(3) under the Securities Act is applicable. The Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with any disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e) under the Securities Act. “Company Covered Person” means, with respect to the Company as an “issuer” for purposes of Rule 506 under the Securities Act, any person listed in the first paragraph of Rule 506(d)(1) under the Securities Act.

2.2.9 As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 422,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”). As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, (i) 223,984,435 shares of Common Stock are issued and outstanding; and (ii) no shares of Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding. All issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and are non-assessable and are not subject to preemptive rights, other than as set forth in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto and including any draft filings distributed to Subscriber and the Other Subscribers (the “SEC Documents”). As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, the Company had issued and outstanding (a) 12,226,439 options to purchase shares of Common Stock, (b) 27,666,779 restricted stock units, (c) 9,558,823 performance-based restricted stock units and (d) warrants to purchase 12,458,876 shares of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, except as set forth above and as disclosed in the SEC Documents, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for, purchase or acquire from the Company any shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock or other equity interests in the Company, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such equity interests. As of the date hereof, the Company has no subsidiaries, other than as set forth in the SEC Documents, and other than through such subsidiaries, does not own, directly or indirectly, interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any person, whether incorporated or unincorporated. There are no stockholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting of any securities of the Company, other than as set forth in the SEC Documents. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company had no outstanding indebtedness and will not have any outstanding long-term indebtedness as of immediately prior to the Closing.

2.2.10 The Company is not: (a) in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company under), nor has the Company received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (b) in violation of any judgment, decree, or order of any court, arbitrator or other governmental authority or (c) in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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2.2.11 Except as set forth herein, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, approval, authorization, permit, declaration or order of, or make any filing or registration with (other than the filing with the Commission of a Form D and other filings as may be required by state securities agencies), any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by this Subscription Agreement, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Closing Date (or in the case of the filings detailed above, will be made after the Closing Date within the time period required by applicable law), and the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances that might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the consent, registration, application or filings pursuant to the preceding sentence. Subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Subscriber set forth in Section 2.1 hereof, the Company has taken all action necessary to exempt the issuance and sale of the Shares. The Company does not have a stockholder rights plan or other “poison pill” arrangement in place.

2.2.12 Except as otherwise disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company has received no written notice of any, and there are no, actions, suits or proceedings before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, except as arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business and which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or prevent, materially delay or materially impair the Company’s ability to consummate any of the transactions contemplated under any of this Subscription Agreement.

2.2.13 The Company possesses all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate domestic or foreign regulatory authority necessary to conduct its business, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

2.2.14 Subject to the accuracy of Subscriber’s representations set forth in this Subscription Agreement, the offer, sale and issuance of the Shares to be issued in conformity with the terms of this Subscription Agreement constitute transactions which are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and from all applicable state registration or qualification requirements. Neither the Company nor any Person acting on its behalf will take any action that would cause the loss of such exemption.

2.2.15 As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, the Common Stock is listed on the NYSE and, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents prior to the date hereof, (i) the Company is in compliance with applicable NYSE continued listing requirements, and (ii) the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act (as defined below) or delisting the Common Stock from the NYSE. As of the date of this Subscription Agreement and, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents prior to the date hereof: (i) the Company has not received any notification that, and has no knowledge that, the Commission or the NYSE is contemplating terminating such listing or registration, and (ii) there are no proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company relating to the continued listing of the Common Stock on the NYSE.

 

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2.2.16 As of the date of this Subscription Agreement, the filed SEC Documents are the only filings required of the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act. The Company is engaged in all material respects only in the business described in the SEC Documents and the SEC Documents contain a complete and accurate description in all material respects of the business of the Company. Since the filing of each of the SEC Documents, no event has occurred that would require an amendment or supplement to any such SEC Document and as to which such an amendment or supplement has not been filed prior to the date hereof.

2.2.17 The financial statements included in each SEC Document comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing (or to the extent corrected by a subsequent restatement) and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of the dates shown and its results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis (except as may be disclosed therein or in the notes thereto, and, in the case of quarterly financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q under the Exchange Act). Except as set forth in the financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents, the Company has not incurred any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, except those incurred in the ordinary course of business, consistent (as to amount and nature) with past practices since the date of such financial statements, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, have had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

2.2.18 Except as otherwise set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (a) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (c) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (d) 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 differences.

The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company’s most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, as the case may be, is being prepared. The Company has established internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (the “internal controls”) as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “Evaluation Date”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of such internal controls based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Except as otherwise set forth in the SEC Documents, since the Evaluation Date, there have been

 

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no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect the Company’s internal controls. The Company maintains and will continue to maintain a standard system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP and the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act.

2.2.19 The Company has timely prepared and filed (or has obtained an extension of time within which to file) all tax returns required to have been filed by the Company with all appropriate governmental agencies and timely paid all taxes shown thereon or otherwise owed by it, other than taxes being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been made on the Company’s financial statements included in the SEC Documents, except in all such cases where the failure to so file or the failure to so pay has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate in all material respects, and there are no material unpaid assessments against the Company nor any basis for the assessment of any additional taxes, penalties or interest for any fiscal period or audits by any federal, state or local taxing authority except for any assessment which is not material to the Company. All taxes and other assessments and levies that the Company is required to withhold or to collect for payment have been duly withheld and collected and paid to the proper governmental entity or third party when due, other than taxes being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been made on the Company’s financial statements included in the SEC Documents, except where the failure to so withhold, collect or pay has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no tax liens or claims pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company or any of its assets or property. Except as described in the SEC Documents, there are no outstanding tax sharing agreements or other such arrangements between the Company or other corporation or entity.

2.2.20 Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company has good and marketable title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by it, in each case free from liens, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or currently planned to be made thereof by them; and except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company holds any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or currently planned to be made thereof by them, except where such exceptions have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

2.2.21 All Intellectual Property of the Company is currently in compliance in all material respects with all legal requirements (including timely filings, proofs and payments of fees) and is valid and enforceable, except where such failure has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, no Intellectual Property of the Company which is necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted is now involved in any cancellation, dispute or litigation, and no such action is threatened. To the Company’s knowledge, no patent of the Company has been or is now involved in any interference, reissue, re-examination or opposition proceeding. For purposes of this Section 2.2.21, “Intellectual Property” means, unless the context provides otherwise, all of the Company’s (a) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and inventions (whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice); (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, corporate names, logos, slogans and Internet domain names, together with all goodwill associated with each of the foregoing; (c) copyrights and copyrightable works; (d) registrations, applications and renewals for any of the foregoing; and (e) proprietary computer software (including but not limited to data, data bases and documentation).

 

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All of the licenses and sublicenses and consent, royalty or other agreements concerning Intellectual Property which are necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted to which the Company is a party or by which any of its assets are bound (other than generally commercially available, non-custom, off-the-shelf software application programs having a retail acquisition price of less than $10,000 per license) (collectively, “License Agreements”) are valid and binding obligations of the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and, to the Company’s knowledge, there exists no event or condition which will result in a violation or breach of or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default by the Company under any such License Agreement, except for such violations, breaches and defaults as have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate.

To the Company’s knowledge, the Company owns or has the valid right to use all of the Intellectual Property that is necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted and for the ownership, maintenance and operation of the Company’s properties and assets, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or obligations to license all such owned Intellectual Property, other than licenses entered into in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, except for such liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or obligations as have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has a valid and enforceable right to use all third party Intellectual Property used or held for use in the business of the Company.

To the Company’s knowledge, the conduct of the Company’s business as currently conducted does not infringe or otherwise impair or conflict with in any material respect (collectively, “Infringe”) any Intellectual Property rights of any third party or any confidentiality obligation owed to a third party, and, to the Company’s knowledge, the Intellectual Property of the Company which is necessary for the conduct of Company’s business as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted is not being Infringed by any third party. There is no litigation or order pending or outstanding or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened or imminent, that seeks to limit or challenge or that concerns the ownership, use, validity or enforceability of any Intellectual Property of the Company and the Company’s use of any Intellectual Property owned by a third party, and, to the Company’s knowledge, there is no valid basis for the same.

The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement will not result in the alteration, loss, impairment of or restriction on the Company’s ownership or right to use any of the Intellectual Property which is necessary for the conduct of Company’s business as currently conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted.

2.2.22 The Company is not in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), does not own or operate any real property contaminated by the Company with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws, is not liable for any off-site disposal or contamination caused by the Company pursuant to any Environmental Laws, and is not subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws, which violation, contamination, liability or claim has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate; and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened investigation that might lead to such a claim.

 

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2.2.23 The Company maintains in full force and effect insurance coverage that, to the Company’s knowledge, is customary for comparably situated companies for the business being conducted and properties owned or leased by the Company, and the Company reasonably believes such insurance coverage to be adequate against all liabilities, claims and risks against which it is customary for comparably situated companies to insure.

2.2.24 Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its current or former stockholders, directors, officers, employees, agents or other persons acting on behalf of the Company, has on behalf of the Company or in connection with its business: (a) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to any governmental officials or employees from corporate funds; (c) established or maintained any unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other assets; (d) made any false or fictitious entries on the books and records of the Company; or (e) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment of any nature.

2.2.25 Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents or in any future document filed with the Commission, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than as holders of stock options and/or warrants, and for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from, to the Company’s knowledge, any officer, director or such employee or, to the Company’s knowledge, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, except for such transaction the omission of which has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

2.2.26 The Company acknowledges that Subscriber is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and any advice or other guidance provided by Subscriber or any of its representatives and agents with respect to this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to Subscriber’s entry into such transactions. The Company’s decision to enter into this Subscription Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company and its representatives and agents.

2.2.27 The Company agrees that the Placement Agent may rely upon the representations and warranties made by the Company to Subscriber in this Subscription Agreement.

3. Settlement Date and Delivery.

3.1 Closing. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares hereunder (the “Closing”) shall occur on November [9], 2023 (the “Closing Date”) at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, or at such other time as the parties hereto shall mutually agree, upon satisfaction of the covenants and conditions set forth in Section 3. The parties hereto agree that the Closing may occur via delivery of photocopies or electronic PDF versions of this Subscription Agreement and the closing deliverables

 

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contemplated hereby and thereby. Unless otherwise provided herein, all proceedings to be taken and all documents to be executed and delivered by all parties at the Closing will be deemed to have been taken and executed simultaneously, and no proceedings will be deemed to have been taken nor documents executed or delivered until all have been taken. At the Closing, on the Closing Date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein:

(i) The Company agrees to sell, and Subscriber agrees to purchase, the Shares in exchange for the Purchase Price; provided, however, that, unless otherwise approved by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Shares), the Company shall not issue to Subscriber or any parties aggregated with Subscriber for purposes of NYSE Listing Rules (the “Subscriber Parties”) any Shares to the extent such shares after giving effect to such issuance (x) would cause Subscriber Parties’ ownership to exceed 19.9% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock or 19.9% of the outstanding voting power of the Company as of immediately prior to the Closing and prior to giving effect to the issuance of Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and (y) would result in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued to Subscriber Parties pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and any other subscribers pursuant to the Other Subscription Agreements at a price that is below the “Minimum Price” as determined consistently with NYSE Listing Rules to exceed 19.9% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock or 19.9% of the outstanding voting power of the Company as of immediately prior to the Closing and prior to giving effect to the issuance of Shares pursuant to this Subscription Agreement. Any reduction as a result of the foregoing shall be borne pro rata amongst Subscriber and the other subscribers pursuant in the Other Subscription Agreements based on the number of shares of Common Stock purchased and issuable upon exercise of warrants pursuant to the applicable agreement.

(ii) To effect the purchases and sales described in this Section 3.1, (x) Subscriber shall deliver to the Company, via wire transfer, to an account designated by the Company on the Closing Date, immediately available funds equal to the Purchase Price and (y) the Company shall deliver to subscriber the Shares, which shall be issued in book entry form, registered in the name of Subscriber, the Shares with such legends or notations as applicable, referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions set forth in this Subscription Agreement.

3.2 Conditions to Closing.

3.2.1 The obligations of each of the Company and Subscriber to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver by the Company, on the one hand, or Subscriber, on the other, of the conditions that, on the Closing Date:

(i) No suspension of the qualification of the Common Stock for offering or sale or trading in any jurisdiction, or initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes, shall have occurred.

(ii) No governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, rule or regulation (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is then in effect and has the effect of making consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(iii) Each of the Company and Subscriber acknowledge the Common Stock ownership and issuance limitations set forth in Section 3.1(i) above and agree that in no event shall such limitations be exceeded by either this Subscription Agreement or as a result of the Other Subscription Agreements, if any.

 

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(iv) The Company and Subscriber shall have entered into the Shareholder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

3.2.2 The obligation of the Company to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver by the Company of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:

(i) All representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (other than those representations and warranties expressly made as of an earlier date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date), and consummation of the Closing shall constitute a reaffirmation by Subscriber of each of the representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Subscription Agreement as of the Closing Date (other than those representations and warranties expressly made as of an earlier date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date).

(ii) Subscriber shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Subscription Agreement.

(iii) Since the date of this Subscription Agreement, no event, the result of which is a Subscriber Material Adverse Effect, shall have occurred that is continuing.

3.2.3 The obligation of Subscriber to consummate the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver by Subscriber of the additional conditions that, on the Closing Date:

(i) All representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (other than those representations and warranties expressly made as of an earlier date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date), and consummation of the Closing shall constitute a reaffirmation by the Company of each of the representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Subscription Agreement as of the Closing Date (other than those representations and warranties expressly made as of an earlier date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date).

(ii) The Company shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Subscription Agreement.

(iii) No event, the result of which is a Material Adverse Effect, shall have occurred that is continuing.

4. Transfer Restrictions.

4.1 The Shares may only be resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of in compliance with state and federal securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Shares other than pursuant to an effective registration statement, Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) or pursuant to another applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, or

 

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a transfer to the Company, as applicable or to one or more Subscriber Affiliates or to a lender to Subscriber pursuant to a pledge and, thereafter, a transferee thereof pursuant to a foreclosure, of Subscriber, the Company may require the transferor thereof to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration of such transferred Shares, under the Securities Act. As a condition of transfer, any such transferee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Subscription Agreement such transferee and each Subscriber Affiliate transferee and each lender transferee and their subsequent transferees shall have the rights and obligations of Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement.

4.2 Subscriber agrees to the imprinting, so long as is required by this Section 4, of a legend on any of the Shares in the following form:

THE SECURITY REPRESENTED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE OFFERED, TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND FOREIGN SECURITIES LAWS.

4.3 Subject to applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the interpretations of the Commission thereunder and any requirements of the Company’s transfer agent, the Company shall ensure that instruments, whether certificated or uncertificated, evidencing the Shares shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 4.2), (a) while a registration statement covering the resale of such Shares is effective under the Securities Act, (b) following any sale of such Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (c) if such Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144, and in each case, Subscriber provides the Company with an undertaking to effect any sales or other transfers in accordance with the Securities Act, or (d) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) (the earliest of such dates, the “Effective Date”).

4.4 Subscriber agrees with the Company that Subscriber will sell any Shares pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Shares are sold pursuant to a registration statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein, and acknowledges that the removal of the restrictive legend from instruments representing Shares is predicated upon the Company’s reliance upon this understanding.

 

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5. Registration.

5.1 The Company agrees that, within sixty (60) calendar days following the Closing Date, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission (at the Company’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of the Shares (the “Registration Statement”), and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the Closing Date (the “Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, that the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the Closing Date if the Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall have the Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for, provided that such extension shall not exceed sixty (60) calendar days. The Company shall provide a draft of the Registration Statement to Subscriber for review at least two (2) Business Days in advance of the date of filing the Registration Statement with the Commission (the “Filing Date”), and Subscriber shall provide any comments on the Registration Statement to the Company no later than the day immediately preceding the Filing Date. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Subscriber prior to the filing of the Registration Statement, Subscriber shall not be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement; provided, that if the Commission requests that Subscriber be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, Subscriber will have the opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement upon its prompt written request to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission prevents the Company from including any or all of the Shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Shares by the applicable holders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of Shares which is equal to the maximum number of Shares as is permitted by the Commission. In such event, the number of Shares to be registered for each selling holder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling holders and as promptly as practicable after being permitted to register additional Shares under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, the Company shall amend the Registration Statement or file one or more new Registration Statement(s) (such amendment or new Registration Statement shall also be deemed to be “Registration Statement” hereunder) to register such additional Shares and cause such amendment or Registration Statement(s) to become effective as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement (the “Additional Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, that the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement if such Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall have such Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if such day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for, provided that such extension shall not exceed sixty (60) calendar days. Any failure by the Company to file a Registration Statement by the Effectiveness Deadline or Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall not otherwise relieve the Company of its obligations to file or effect a Registration Statement as set forth in this Section 5. A “Business Day” shall be defined as a day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

 

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5.2 The Company agrees that, except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to remain effective with respect to Subscriber, including to prepare and file any post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus such that the prospectus will not include any untrue statement or a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, until the earlier of (i) two (2) years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, and (ii) the date on which all of the Shares shall have been sold and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable. For so long as the Registration Statement shall remain effective, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to file all reports, and provide all customary and reasonable cooperation, necessary to enable Subscriber to resell the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement, qualify the Shares for listing on the applicable stock exchange on which the Company’s shares of Common Stock are then listed, and update or amend the Registration Statement as necessary to include the Shares. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) for so long as Subscriber holds the Shares, make and keep public information available (as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144) and file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”), so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements to enable Subscriber to resell the Shares pursuant to Rule 144, (ii) cause the removal of all restrictive legends from any Shares being sold under the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144 at the time of sale of such Shares and, at the request of a Holder, cause the removal of all restrictive legends from any Shares held by such Holder that may be sold by such Holder without restriction under Rule 144, including without limitation, any volume and manner of sale restrictions, and (iii) cause its legal counsel to deliver the necessary legal opinions, if any, to the transfer agent in connection with the instruction under subclause (ii) upon the receipt of such supporting documentation, if any, as reasonably requested by such counsel. “Holder” shall mean Subscriber or person to which the rights under this Section 5 shall have been assigned pursuant to the terms of this Subscription Agreement. Subscriber agrees to disclose its beneficial ownership, as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, of the Shares to the Company (or its successor) upon reasonable request to assist the Company in making the determination described above.

5.3 The Company’s obligations to include the Shares in the Registration Statement are contingent upon Subscriber furnishing in writing to the Company a completed selling holder questionnaire in customary form that contains such information regarding Subscriber, the securities of the Company held by Subscriber and the intended method of disposition of the Shares as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the registration of the Shares, and Subscriber shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling holder in similar situations, including providing that the Company shall be entitled to postpone and suspend the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement during any customary blackout or similar period or as permitted hereunder; provided, that the Company shall request such information from Subscriber, including the selling holder questionnaire, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement. For the avoidance of

 

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doubt, Subscriber shall not in connection with the foregoing be required to execute any lock-up or similar agreement or otherwise be subject to any contractual restriction on the ability to transfer the Shares. In the case of the registration effected by the Company pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform Subscriber as to the status of such registration. Subscriber shall not be entitled to use the Registration Statement for an underwritten offering of the Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company may delay or postpone filing of such Registration Statement, and from time to time require Subscriber not to sell under the Registration Statement or suspend the use or effectiveness of any such Registration Statement if it determines in good faith that in order for the registration statement to not contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed, or if such filing or use would reasonably be expected to materially affect a bona fide business or financing transaction of the Company or would reasonably be expected to require premature disclosure of information that would materially adversely affect the Company (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, that (w) the Company shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of the Registration Statement for a period of more than sixty (60) consecutive days or more than two (2) times in any three hundred sixty (360) day period and (x) the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make such registration statement available for the sale by Subscriber of such securities as soon as practicable thereafter.

5.4 Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company (which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding the Company and which notice shall not be subject to any duty of confidentiality) of the happening of (a) an issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such event, (b) any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such Suspension Event, or (c) or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made (in the case of the prospectus) not misleading, Subscriber agrees that (1) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Shares under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144) until Subscriber receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Company that it may resume such offers and sales, and (2) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Company unless otherwise required by law, subpoena or regulatory request or requirement. If so directed by the Company, Subscriber will deliver to the Company or, in Subscriber’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Shares in Subscriber’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Shares shall not apply (w) to the extent Subscriber is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (A) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (B) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (x) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.

5.5 For purposes of this Section 5, (i) “Shares” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the Shares and any other equity security issued or issuable with respect to the Shares by way of share split, dividend, distribution, recapitalization, merger, exchange, or replacement, and (ii) “Subscriber” shall include any person to which the rights under this Section 5 shall have been duly assigned pursuant to the terms of this Subscription Agreement.

 

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5.6 Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth herein, if the Commission informs the Company that the resale of all of the Shares as a secondary offering cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform each of the holders of the Shares thereof and use its reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Registration Statement as required by the Commission, covering the maximum number of the Shares permitted to be registered by the Commission. In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of this Subscription Agreement, if the Commission or any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of the Shares permitted to be registered on the Registration Statement, the number of the Shares to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders whose securities are included in such Registration Statement. In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the applicable holder of the Shares a at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such holder’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the Registration Statement in accordance with the foregoing, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by the Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company, one or more registration statements to register the resale of those Shares that were not otherwise registered. “SEC Guidance” means (a) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff and (b) the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

6. Miscellaneous.

6.1 Further Assurances. At the Closing, the parties hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take such additional actions as the parties hereto reasonably may deem to be practical and necessary in order to consummate the Subscription as contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.

6.1.1 The parties hereto acknowledge that each party hereto will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, Subscriber agrees to promptly notify the Company if any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects.

6.1.2 The Company is entitled to rely upon this Subscription Agreement and is irrevocably authorized to produce this Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

6.1.3 The Company may request from Subscriber such additional information as the Company may deem necessary to evaluate the eligibility of Subscriber to acquire the Shares, and Subscriber shall use its best efforts to promptly provide such information as may be reasonably requested, to the extent readily available and to the extent consistent with its internal policies and procedures.

 

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6.2 Notices. Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed or sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed to be given and received (i) when so delivered personally, (ii) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email, or (iii) three (3) Business Days after the date of mailing to the address below or to such other address or addresses as such person may hereafter designate by notice given hereunder:

(i) if to Subscriber, to such address or addresses set forth on the signature page hereto;

(ii) if to the Company, to:

Aeva Technologies, Inc.

555 Ellis Street

Mountain View, CA

Attention: Soroush Salehian Dardashti

with a required copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention: Heidi Mayon

E-mail: heidi.mayon@stblaw.com

6.3 Entire Agreement. This Subscription Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in Section 6.1.1, this Subscription Agreement shall not confer rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

6.4 Modifications and Amendments. This Subscription Agreement may not be modified, waived or terminated except by an instrument in writing or electronic transmission, signed by (including by electronic signature) the Company and Subscriber.

6.5 Waivers and Consents. The terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement may be waived, or consent for the departure therefrom granted, only by a written document or electronic transmission executed (including by electronic signature) by a majority in interest (based on the number of shares of Common Stock purchased, but excluding those issuable upon exercise of warrants pursuant to the applicable agreement) of, collectively, Subscriber and subscribers party to the Other Subscription Agreements. No such waiver or consent shall be deemed to be or shall constitute a waiver or consent with respect to any other terms or provisions of this Subscription Agreement, whether or not similar. Each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which it was given, and shall not constitute a continuing waiver or consent.

6.6 Assignment. Neither this Subscription Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to Subscriber hereunder (other than the Shares acquired hereunder, if any) may be transferred or assigned; provided, however, Subscriber may transfer its rights and obligations hereunder to another one or more investment fund or account managed or advised by the same manager as Subscriber (or a related party or affiliate) defined above as a Subscriber Affiliate or a lender and, through a lender, a

 

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transferee of the lender upon default; provided, that such transfer shall release Subscriber of its obligations hereunder unless (a) the assignee expressly does not assume such obligations in the applicable transfer documentation and (b) upon request, such assignee fails to provide documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Company that assignee can satisfy such obligations.

6.7 Furnishing of Information; Public Information. Until the earlier of the time that Subscriber owns no Shares, the Company covenants to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act and to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act even if the Company is not then subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, except in connection with a merger or consolidation of the Company where the Company is not the surviving entity, or the acquisition of, or any other going private transaction involving, the Company.

6.8 Benefit. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns, and the agreements, representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments contained herein shall be deemed to be made by, and be binding upon, such heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

6.9 Governing Law. This Subscription Agreement, and any claim or cause of action hereunder based upon, arising out of or related to this Subscription Agreement (whether based on law, in equity, in contract, in tort or any other theory) or the negotiation, execution, performance or enforcement of this Subscription Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

6.10 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. The parties hereto agree to submit any matter or dispute resulting from or arising out of the execution, performance, interpretation, breach or termination of this Subscription Agreement to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of federal or state courts within the State of New York. Each of the Parties agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document in the manner set forth in Section 6.2 hereof or in such other manner as may be permitted by applicable law, shall be effective service of process for any proceeding in the State of New York with respect to any matters to which it has submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 6.10. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it is subject to, and hereby submits to, the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in the State of New York for any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereunder and waives any objection to the laying of venue in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, or the New York state courts if the federal jurisdictional standards are not satisfied, and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY.

6.11 Severability. If any provision of this Subscription Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Subscription Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

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6.12 No Waiver of Rights, Powers and Remedies. No failure or delay by a party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Subscription Agreement, and no course of dealing between the parties hereto, shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power or remedy of such party. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy under this Subscription Agreement by a party hereto, nor any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce any such right, power or remedy, shall preclude such party from any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. The election of any remedy by a party hereto shall not constitute a waiver of the right of such party to pursue other available remedies. No notice to or demand on a party not expressly required under this Subscription Agreement shall entitle the party receiving such notice or demand to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the party giving such notice or demand to any other or further action in any circumstances without such notice or demand.

6.13 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made by the parties hereto in this Subscription Agreement or in any other agreement, certificate or instrument provided for or contemplated hereby, shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and any investigations made by or on behalf of the parties.

6.14 Fees and Expenses. Other than as described in that certain Placement Agent Engagement Letter, dated June 8, 2023, by and between the Company and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (the “Placement Agent”), the Company has not paid, and is not obligated to pay, any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with its issuance and sale of the Securities, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fee or commission payable to any stockholder or affiliate of the Company. Each of the parties hereto shall pay all of its own expenses in connection with this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

6.15 Headings and Captions. The headings and captions of the various subdivisions of this Subscription Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall in no way modify or affect the meaning or construction of any of the terms or provisions hereof.

6.16 Counterparts. This Subscription Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or any other form of electronic delivery, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such signature page were an original thereof.

6.17 Construction. The words “include,” “includes,” and “including” will be deemed to be followed by “without limitation.” Pronouns in masculine, feminine, and neuter genders will be construed to include any other gender, and words in the singular form will be construed to include the plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires. The words “this Subscription Agreement,” “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and words of similar import refer to this Subscription Agreement as a whole and not to any particular subdivision unless expressly so limited. The parties hereto intend that each representation, warranty, and covenant contained herein will have independent significance. If any party hereto has breached any representation, warranty, or covenant contained herein in any respect, the fact that there exists another representation, warranty or covenant relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the relative levels of specificity) which such party hereto has not breached will not detract from or mitigate the fact that such party hereto is in breach of the first representation, warranty, or covenant.

 

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6.18 Reserved.

6.19 Listing of Shares and Related Matters. Promptly following the date of this Subscription Agreement, and as provided for herein, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shares to be listed on the NYSE. Further, if the Company applies to have its Common Stock or other securities traded on any other principal stock exchange or market, it shall include in such application the Shares and will take such other commercially reasonable action as is necessary to cause such Common Stock to be so listed. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock on the NYSE and, in accordance, therewith, will use commercially reasonable efforts to comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of such market or exchange, as applicable.

7. Termination.

7.1 Ability to Terminate. This Subscription Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing by:

(i) mutual written consent of the Company and Subscriber;

(ii) either the Company or Subscriber, upon written notice to the other no earlier than the Closing Date (the “Termination Date”), if the Subscription shall not have been consummated by the Termination Date; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Subscription Agreement under this Section 7.1(ii) shall not be available to any party whose failure to fulfill any obligation under this Subscription Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby prior to the Termination Date;

(iii) either the Company or Subscriber, upon written notice to the other, if any of the mutual conditions to the Closing set forth in Section 3.2.1 shall have become incapable of fulfillment by the Termination Date and shall not have been waived in writing by the other party; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Subscription Agreement under this Section 7.1(iii) shall not be available to any party whose failure to fulfill any obligation under this Subscription Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby prior to the Termination Date;

(iv) the Company, upon written notice to Subscriber, so long as the Company is not then in material breach of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements under this Subscription Agreement such that any of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2.1 or 3.2.3 could not be satisfied by the Termination Date, (i) upon a breach of any covenant or agreement on the part of Subscriber set forth in this Subscription Agreement, or (ii) if any of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2.1 or 3.2.2 could not be satisfied by the Termination Date; or

(v) Subscriber, upon written notice to the Company, so long as Subscriber is not then in material breach of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements under this Subscription Agreement such that any of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2.1 or 3.2.2 could not be satisfied by the Termination Date, (i) upon a breach of any covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Subscription Agreement, or (ii) if any of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2.1 or 3.2.3 could not be satisfied by the Termination Date.

 

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7.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Subscription Agreement, (a) this Subscription Agreement (except for this Section 7.2, and any definitions set forth in this Subscription Agreement and used in such sections) shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without any liability on the part of any party hereto or its affiliates, and (b) all filings, applications and other submissions made pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, to the extent practicable, shall be withdrawn from the agency or other Person to which they were made or appropriately amended to reflect the termination of the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 7.2 shall relieve any party from liability for fraud or any intentional or willful breach of this Subscription Agreement.

8. Disclosure. Subscriber hereby acknowledges that the terms of this Subscription Agreement will be disclosed by the Company in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission no later than November 9, 2023 (the time of such filing, “Disclosure Time”) and a form of this Subscription Agreement will be filed with the Commission as an exhibit thereto. From and after the Disclosure Time, the Company represents to Subscriber that it shall have publicly disclosed all material, non-public information delivered to Subscriber by the Company or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement. In addition, effective upon the Disclosure Time, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any and all confidentiality or similar obligations under any agreement entered into in connection with this Subscription Agreement or the Other Subscription Agreements, whether written or oral, between the Company or any of its officers, directors, agents, employees or affiliates on the one hand, and any of Subscriber or any of its affiliates on the other hand, shall terminate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall consult with Subscriber before issuing any press release with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby that includes the name of Subscriber or any Subscriber Affiliate, and the Company shall not issue any such press release, and shall not otherwise make any public statement (including without limitation any public filing) with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or that that includes the name of Subscriber or any Subscriber Affiliate, without the prior consent of Subscriber.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Company and Subscriber has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

[SIGNATURE PAGE OF SUBSCRIBER FOLLOWS]

 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF SUBSCRIBER]

Accepted and agreed this 8th day of November, 2023.

SUBSCRIBER:

 

Signature of Subscriber:       Signature of Joint Subscriber, if applicable:
By:  

 

    By:  

 

Name:       Name:  
Title:       Title:  
Name of Subscriber:     Name of Joint Subscriber, if applicable:
     

 

(Please print. Please indicate name and capacity of person signing above)

Name in which securities are to be registered (if different from the name of Subscriber listed directly above):

Email Address:

If there are joint investors, please check one:

☐ Joint Tenants with Rights of Survivorship

☐ Tenants-in-Common

☐ Community Property

 

Subscriber’s EIN:                                                         

   Joint Subscriber’s EIN:                                                         

Business Address-Street:

   Mailing Address-Street (if different):
  

City, State, Zip:

Attn:

Telephone No.:

   Telephone No.:                                                              

Facsimile No.:                                                               

   Facsimile No.:                                                               

Aggregate Number of Shares subscribed for:

 

 

Aggregate Purchase Price: The PIPE Purchase Price multiplied by the aggregate number of Shares subscribed for. $            .

In this section “PIPE Purchase Price” means: $0.583.

Subscriber must pay the Aggregate Purchase Price by wire transfer of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company in the Closing Notice.

 

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SCHEDULE A

ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF SUBSCRIBER

 

A.

QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS

(Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

  1.

☐ We are a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (a “QIB”)).

 

  2.

☐ We are subscribing for the Shares as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, and each owner of such account is a QIB.

*** OR ***

 

B.

ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS

(Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

  1.

☐ We are an “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) or an entity in which all of the equity holders are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, and have marked and initialed the appropriate box on the following page indicating the provision under which we qualify as an “accredited investor.”

 

  2.

☐ We are not a natural person.

** AND ***

 

C.

AFFILIATE STATUS

(Please check the applicable subparagraphs) SUBSCRIBER:

 

  1.

☐ is:

 

  2.

☐ is not:

an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company or acting on behalf of an affiliate of the Company.

This page should be completed by Subscriber

and constitutes a part of the Subscription Agreement.

Rule 501(a), in relevant part, states that an “accredited investor” shall mean any person who comes within any of the below listed categories, or who the issuer reasonably believes comes within any of the below listed categories, at the time of the sale of the securities to that person. Subscriber has indicated, by marking and initialing the appropriate box below, the provision(s) below which apply to Subscriber and under which Subscriber accordingly qualifies as an “accredited investor.”

 

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☐ Any bank, registered broker or dealer, registered or exempt investment adviser, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, small business investment company or rural business investment company; any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; any employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors;

☐ Any “family office,” as defined in Section 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that is not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, and whose prospective investment is directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such family office is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment;

☐ Any “family client,” as defined in Section 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, of a family office meeting the requirements in the paragraph above and whose prospective investment in the Company is directed by such family office;

☐ Any private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;

☐ Any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

☐ Any director, executive officer, or general partner of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold, or any director, executive officer, or general partner of a general partner of that issuer;

☐ Any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s spouse or spousal equivalent, exceeds $1,000,000. For purposes of calculating a natural person’s net worth: (i) the person’s primary residence shall not be included as an asset; (ii) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of sale of securities exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and (iii) indebtedness that is secured by the person’s primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities shall be included as a liability;

☐ Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person’s spouse or spousal equivalent in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;

 

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☐ Any natural person who holds, in good standing, one of the following professional licenses: the General Shares Representative license (Series 7), the Private Shares Offerings Representative license (Series 82), or the Investment Adviser Representative license (Series 65);

☐ Any natural person who is a “knowledgeable employee,” as defined in Rule 3c-5(a)(4) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, of the Company;

☐ Any trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person;

☐ Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors meeting one or more of the above tests;

☐ A bank, as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Actor any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act, whether acting in an individual or a fiduciary capacity.

 

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EXHIBIT A

Shareholder Agreement

[See Attached]

 

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Exhibit 10.2

STANDBY EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT

by and among

AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

and

THE INVESTMENT ENTITIES NAMED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO

Dated as of November 8, 2023

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

              Page  

ARTICLE I CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

     1  

ARTICLE II ADVANCES

     6  

        

  Section 2.01    Advances; Mechanics      6  
  Section 2.02    Closings      7  

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

     8  
  Section 3.01    Organization and Qualification      8  
  Section 3.02    Authorization, Enforcement, Compliance with Other Instruments      8  
  Section 3.03    Authorization of the Shares      9  
  Section 3.04    No Conflict      9  
  Section 3.05    SEC Documents; Financial Statements      9  
  Section 3.06    Financial Statements      10  
  Section 3.07    Registration Statement and Prospectus      10  
  Section 3.08    Equity Capitalization      11  
  Section 3.09    Intellectual Property Rights      11  
  Section 3.10    Employee Relations      11  
  Section 3.11    Environmental Laws      11  
  Section 3.12    Title      12  
  Section 3.13    Insurance      12  
  Section 3.14    Regulatory Permits      12  
  Section 3.15    Internal Accounting & Controls      12  
  Section 3.16    Absence of Litigation      12  
  Section 3.17    Tax Status      13  
  Section 3.18    Certain Transactions      13  
  Section 3.19    Rights of First Refusal      13  
  Section 3.20    Dilution      13  
  Section 3.21    Acknowledgment Regarding Investor’s Purchase of Shares      13  
  Section 3.22    Finder’s Fees      13  
  Section 3.23    Relationship of the Parties      14  
  Section 3.24    Compliance with Laws      14  
  Section 3.25    Sanctions Matters      14  

ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTOR

     15  
  Section 4.01    Organization; Ownership      15  
  Section 4.02    Authorization; Sufficient Funds; No Conflicts      15  
  Section 4.03    Consents and Approvals      16  
  Section 4.04    Securities Act Representations      16  
  Section 4.05    No Additional Representations.      17  

ARTICLE V REGISTRATION RIGHTS

     18  
  Section 5.01    Registration Rights Agreement      18  

 

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ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

     18  

        

  Section 6.01    Use of Proceeds      18  
  Section 6.02    Compliance with Laws      18  
  Section 6.03    Market Activities      19  
  Section 6.04    Selling Restrictions      19  
  Section 6.05    Assignment      19  
  Section 6.06    Standstill      19  
  Section 6.07    Hardship      21  
  Section 6.08    Registration and Listing      21  

ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS FOR DELIVERY OF ADVANCE NOTICE

     22  
  Section 7.01    Conditions Precedent to the Right of the Company to Deliver an Advance Notice      22  

ARTICLE VIII NON EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT

     23  

ARTICLE IX CHOICE OF LAW/JURISDICTION

     24  

ARTICLE X TERMINATION

     24  
  Section 10.01    Termination      24  

ARTICLE XI NOTICES

     24  

ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS

     25  
  Section 12.01    Counterparts      25  
  Section 12.02    Entire Agreement; Amendments      25  
  Section 12.03    Reporting Entity for the Common Stock      26  
  Section 12.04    Fees and Expenses.      26  
  Section 12.05    Severability      26  

 

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STANDBY EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS STANDBY EQUITY PURCHASE AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) dated as of November 8, 2023 is made by and among the investment entities named on the signature pages hereto (collectively, the “Investor”), and AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”).

WHEREAS, the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company shall have the right to issue and sell to the Investor, from time to time as provided herein, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, up to $125 million of the Company’s shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) having the designations, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions, as specific in the form of Certificate of Designations attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Certificate of Designations”); and

WHEREAS, the Company’s Common Stock, $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) is listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “AEVA”; and

WHEREAS, the offer and sale of the Preferred Stock issuable hereunder will be made in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”), or upon such other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act as may be available with respect to any or all of the transactions to be made hereunder.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

Additional Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

Advance Date” means prior to market open on the NYSE on the 1st Trading Day after expiration of the applicable Pricing Period for each Advance.

Advance Notice” means a written notice in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto to the Investor executed by an officer of the Company and setting forth the amount of an Advance that the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor.

Advance Notice Date” means each date the Company delivers (in accordance with Section 2.01(b) of this Agreement) to the Investor an Advance Notice, subject to the terms of this Agreement.

Advance Stock” means the number of Preferred Stock that the Company desires to issue and sell to the Investor as requested by the Company in an Advance Notice.

 

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Advances” means any issuance and sale from the Company to the Investor pursuant to Article II hereof.

Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate of Designations.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Applicable Laws” means all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, executive orders, directives, policies, guidelines and codes having the force of law, whether local, national, or international, as amended from time to time, including without limitation (i) all applicable laws that relate to money laundering, terrorist financing, financial record keeping and reporting, (ii) all applicable laws that relate to anti-bribery, anti-corruption, books and records and internal controls, including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and (iii) any Sanctions laws.

Beneficially Own”, “Beneficially Owned”, “Beneficial Ownership” or “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act; provided, however, for purposes of this Agreement, (i) for the Investor or any of its Affiliates or any other person who Beneficially Owns shares of Preferred Stock shall at all times be deemed to have Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned by them, irrespective of any non-conversion period specified in, or any restrictions on transfer or voting contained in the Certificate of Designations or this Agreement, as applicable.

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company.

Certificate of Designations” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

Change of Control” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate of Designations.

Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

Commitment Amount” means $125,000,000 of Preferred Stock.

Commitment Period” means the period commencing on the date hereof and expiring upon the date of termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01.

Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

Common Stock Price” means the price per share of Common Stock, which shall equal the lesser of (i) the average closing price per share of Common Stock on the NYSE for the five consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of Closing, as applicable, or (ii) the last closing price per share of Common Stock on the NYSE on the trading day immediately preceding the date of Closing, as applicable.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Company Technology” means the Company’s 4D LiDAR Technology.

 

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Condition Satisfaction Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01.

Conversion Price” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate of Designations.

DGCL” means the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended.

Environmental Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Hazardous Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11.

Initial Closing” means the consummation of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the PIPE Agreement.

Investor” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

Material Adverse Effect” means any event, occurrence or condition that has had or would reasonably be expected to have (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under this Agreement.

Material Outside Event” means the occurrence of any of the following events in respect of a Registration Statement or related Prospectus (in each of which cases the information provided to Investor will be kept strictly confidential): (i) except for requests made in connection with SEC investigations disclosed in the SEC Documents, receipt of any request for additional information by the SEC or any other Federal or state governmental authority (a “Governmental Authority”) during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any request for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus; (ii) the issuance by the SEC or any other Governmental Authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or written threat of any proceeding for such purpose; (iv) the happening of any event that makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, related Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the related Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or of the necessity to amend the Registration Statement or supplement a related Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act

 

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or any other law; (v) the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement would be appropriate and the Company will promptly make available to the Investor any such supplement or amendment to the related Prospectus; (vi) the Common Stock shall cease to be authorized for listing on the Principal Market; or (vii) the Company fails to file in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of it as a reporting company under the Exchange Act.

NYSE” means The New York Stock Exchange.

OEM” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(l).

OEM Milestone” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(l).

OFAC” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.25.

Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, a trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

PIPE Agreement” means that certain Subscription Agreement, by and between the Company and the Investor, dated as of the date hereof.

Plan of Distribution” means the section of a Registration Statement disclosing the plan of distribution of the Shares.

Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

Pre-Funded Warrant” shall mean the form of warrant attached hereto as Exhibit E.

Pricing Period” means the five (5) consecutive Trading Days commencing on the Advance Notice Date.

Principal Market” means the NYSE; provided, however, that in the event the Company’s Common Stock is ever listed or traded on the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the Nasdaq Capital Market, then the “Principal Market” shall mean such other market or exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock are then listed or traded.

Prospectus” means any prospectus (including, without limitation, all amendments and supplements thereto) used in connection with a Registration Statement.

Prospectus Supplement” means any prospectus supplement to a Prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.

Purchase Price” shall be $10,000 per share multiplied by the number of Preferred Stock to be purchased by the Investor.

 

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Registrable Securities” means (i) the Shares, (ii) Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of such Shares or any Pre-Funded Warrant or Series A Warrant, and (iii) any securities issued or issuable with respect to any of the foregoing by way of exchange, stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise.

Registration Limitation” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c)(i).

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and the Investor.

Registration Statement” means a registration statement on Form S-1 or Form S-3 or on such other form promulgated by the SEC for which the Company then qualifies and which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate, and which form shall be available for the registration of the resale by the Investor of the Registrable Securities under the Securities Act.

Sanctioned Countries” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.25.

Sanctions” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.25.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

SEC Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05.

Securities Act” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

Series A Warrant” shall mean the form of warrant attached hereto as Exhibit F.

Settlement Document” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).

Shares” means the Preferred Stock, as applicable, to be issued from time to time hereunder pursuant to an Advance.

Standstill Period” shall mean, in the case of the Investor, the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earliest of (i) the three (3) year anniversary of the date hereof, (ii) the effective date of a Change of Control event in the Company and (iii) 180 days after the date on which the Investor and its Affiliates do not Beneficially Own any Shares or any shares of Common Stock.

Subsidiaries” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate of Designations.

Trading Day” means any day during which the Principal Market shall be open for business.

Transaction Documents” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02.

Underlying Shares” means Common Stock issued or issuable in respect of such Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants issued or issuable in respect of such Shares and any other Common Stock acquired pursuant to the terms of this Agreement

 

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VWAP” means, for any Trading Day, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such Trading Day on the Principal Market during regular trading hours as reported by Bloomberg L.P.

ARTICLE II

ADVANCES

Section 2.01 Advances; Mechanics. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, during the Commitment Period, the Company, at its sole discretion, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from the Company, Preferred Stock by the delivery to the Investor of Advance Notices as provided herein.

(a) Advance Notice. At any time during the Commitment Period the Company may require the Investor to purchase Shares by delivering one or more Advance Notices to the Investor, subject to the satisfaction of all the conditions set forth in Section 7.01, and in accordance with the following provisions:

 

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The Company shall, in its sole discretion, select the amount of the Advance it desires to issue and sell to the Investor in each Advance Notice and the time it desires to deliver each Advance Notice; provided, that each Advance shall be for at least $25,000,000, but not for more than $50,000,000, unless otherwise agreed by the Investor.

 

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There shall be no mandatory Advances and no non-usages fee for not utilizing the Commitment Amount or any part thereof.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, there shall be no more than five (5) Closings (as defined in Section 2.02 below) for the issuance and purchase of the Preferred Stock.

 

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To the extent, if any, that Preferred Stock issued at any Additional Closing is issued at a different Conversion Price than any existing series of Preferred Stock, such Preferred Stock will be designated as a new series of Preferred Stock (i.e., Series B – E Preferred Stock).

(b) Date of Delivery of Advance Notice. Advance Notices shall be delivered in accordance with the instructions set forth on the bottom of Exhibit A. An Advance Notice shall be deemed delivered on (i) the day it is sent by the Company if such notice is sent by email on or before 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time or (ii) the immediately succeeding day if it is sent by email after 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time, in each case in accordance with the instructions set forth on the bottom of Exhibit A.

 

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(c) Advance Limitations. Regardless of the amount of an Advance requested by the Company in the Advance Notice, the final number of Shares to be issued and sold pursuant to an Advance Notice shall be reduced (if at all) in accordance with each of the following limitations:

 

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Registration Limitation. In no event shall an Advance exceed the amount registered under the Registration Statement then in effect (the “Registration Limitation”), to the extent applicable. In connection with each Advance Notice, any portion of an Advance that would exceed the Registration Limitation shall automatically be withdrawn with no further action required by the Company and such Advance Notice shall be deemed automatically modified to reduce the aggregate amount of the requested Advance by an amount equal to such withdrawn portion in respect of each Advance Notice; provided that in the event of any such automatic withdrawal and automatic modification, the Investor will promptly notify the Company of such event.

 

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Common Stock Price. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Investor shall have no obligation to purchase shares of Preferred Stock if the Common Stock Price as of the date of the applicable Closing is $3.00 or more.

 

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Minimum Price. If the issuance of Preferred Stock would result in the issuance of securities convertible or exercisable into more than one percent of the number of shares of common stock or one percent of the voting power outstanding before the issuance, such issuance will be at the Minimum Price or shareholder approval will be obtained prior to such issuance.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Company and the Investor acknowledge and agree that upon the Investor’s receipt of a valid Advance Notice the parties shall be deemed to have entered into an unconditional contract binding on both parties for the purchase and sale of Shares pursuant to such Advance Notice in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and subject to Applicable Laws, the Investor may sell Preferred Stock during the Pricing Period.

Section 2.02 Closings. The closing of each Advance and each sale and purchase of Advance Stock (each, a “Closing”, and the first Closing to occur on or after the date of this Agreement, the “First Closing”, and each subsequent Closing, an “Additional Closing”) shall take place on the Advance Date in accordance with the procedures set forth below. In connection with each Closing, the Company and the Investor shall fulfill each of its obligations as set forth below:

(a) On each Advance Date, the Investor shall deliver to the Company a written document, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (each a “Settlement Document”), setting forth the final number of Shares to be purchased by the Investor (taking into account any adjustments pursuant to Section 2.01), the Common Stock Price, the Purchase Price, the aggregate proceeds to be paid by the Investor to the Company, and a report by Bloomberg, L.P. indicating the VWAP for each of the Trading Days during the Pricing Period (or, if not reported on Bloomberg, L.P., another reporting service reasonably agreed to by the parties), in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

(b) Promptly after receipt of the Settlement Document with respect to each Advance (and, in any event, not later than one (1) Trading Day after such receipt), the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer such number of Shares to be purchased by the Investor (as set forth in the Settlement Document) by crediting the Investor’s

 

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account or its designee’s account at The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit Withdrawal at Custodian System or by such other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto, and transmit notification to the Investor that such share transfer has been requested. Promptly upon receipt of such notification, the Investor shall pay to the Company the aggregate purchase price of the Shares (as set forth in the Settlement Document) in cash in immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company in writing and transmit notification to the Company that such funds transfer has been requested. No fractional shares shall be issued, and any fractional amounts shall be rounded to the next higher whole number of shares.

(c) On or prior to the Advance Date, each of the Company and the Investor shall deliver to the other all documents, instruments and writings expressly required to be delivered by either of them pursuant to this Agreement in order to implement and effect the transactions contemplated herein.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if on any day during the Pricing Period the Company notifies Investor that a Material Outside Event has occurred, the parties agree that the pending Advance shall end.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, or in disclosure schedules, if any, which such disclosure schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or warranty otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules or in another Section of the disclosure schedules, to the extent that it is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such Section, the Company represents and warrants to the Investor that, as of the date hereof, each Advance Notice Date and each Advance Date (other than representations and warranties which address matters only as of a certain date, which shall be true and correct as written as of such certain date), that:

Section 3.01 Organization and Qualification. The Company is an entity duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has the requisite power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The Company is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing (to the extent applicable) in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.02 Authorization, Enforcement, Compliance with Other Instruments. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Certificate of Designations, and the other Transaction Documents and to issue the Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Preferred Stock) have been or (with respect to consummation) will be duly authorized and approved by the Board of Directors and its

 

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shareholders, and no further consent or authorization will be required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its shareholders. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been (or, when executed and delivered, will be) duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the execution and delivery thereof and acceptance by the Investor, constitute (or, when duly executed and delivered, will be) the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or other laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and except as rights to indemnification and to contribution may be limited by federal or state securities law. “Transaction Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Certificate of Designations, the Series A Warrant, the Pre-Funded Warrant and each of the other agreements and instruments entered into or delivered by any of the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, as may be amended from time to time.

Section 3.03 Authorization of the Shares. The Shares to be issued under this Agreement have been, or with respect to Shares to be purchased by the Investor pursuant to an Advance Notice, will be, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms approved by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, or a duly authorized executive committee, or its shareholders, against payment therefor as provided herein, duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest or other claim, including any statutory or contractual preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights. The Shares, when issued, will conform to the description thereof set forth in or incorporated into the Prospectus.

Section 3.04 No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock) will not (i) result in a violation of the articles of incorporation or other organizational documents of the Company (with respect to consummation, as the same may be amended prior to the date on which any of the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated), (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected except, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above, to the extent such violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.05 SEC Documents; Financial Statements. The Company has timely filed (giving effect to permissible extensions in accordance with Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act) all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (all of the foregoing filed within two years preceding the date hereof or amended after the date hereof, or filed after the date hereof, and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and

 

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schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, and all registration statements filed by the Company under the Securities Act (including any Registration Statements filed hereunder), being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”). The Company has made available to the Investor through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, true and complete copies of the SEC Documents. As of their respective dates (or, with respect to any filing that has been amended or superseded, the date of such amendment or superseding filing), the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents, and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Section 3.06 Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in SEC Documents, together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company for the periods specified and have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act and Exchange Act and in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis (except for (i) such adjustments to accounting standards and practices as are noted therein, (ii) in the case of unaudited interim financial statements, to the extent such financial statements may not include footnotes required by GAAP or may be condensed or summary statements and (iii) such adjustments which will not be material, either individually or in the aggregate) during the periods involved; the other financial and statistical data with respect to the Company contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents are accurately and fairly presented and prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements and books and records of the Company; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents that are not included or incorporated by reference as required; the Company does not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), not described in the SEC Documents (excluding the exhibits thereto); and all disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the SEC Documents fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the SEC’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

Section 3.07 Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements for and comply with the conditions for the use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. Each Registration Statement and the offer and sale of Shares as contemplated hereby, if and when filed, will meet the requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities Act and shall comply in all material respects with said Rule. Any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, or to be filed as exhibits to a Registration Statement have

 

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been so described or filed. Copies of each Registration Statement, any Prospectus, and any such amendments or supplements thereto and all documents incorporated by reference therein that were filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement have been delivered, or are available through EDGAR, to the Investor and its counsel.

Section 3.08 Equity Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the authorized capital of the Company consists of 432,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of 422,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. As of the date hereof, the Company had 223,984,435 shares of common stock outstanding and no shares of preferred stock outstanding.

The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is currently listed on the Principal Market under the trading symbol “AEVA.” The Company has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from the Principal Market. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents prior to the date hereof, to the Company’s knowledge, it (i) is in compliance with all applicable listing requirements of the Principal Market and (ii) has not received any notification that the Commission or the Principal Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

Section 3.09 Intellectual Property Rights. The Company owns or possesses adequate rights or licenses to use all material trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and rights, if any, necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted, except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received written notice of any infringement by the Company of trademark, trade name rights, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, or trade secrets, except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, there is no material claim, action or proceeding being made or brought against, or to the Company’s knowledge, being threatened against the Company regarding trademark, trade name, patents, patent rights, invention, copyright, license, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other infringement; and, except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect, the Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

Section 3.10 Employee Relations. The Company is not involved in any labor dispute nor, to the knowledge of the Company is any such dispute threatened, in each case which is reasonably likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.11 Environmental Laws. The Company (i) has not received written notice alleging any failure to comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws (as defined below), (ii) has received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business and (iii) has not received written notice alleging any failure to comply with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where, in each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the failure to so comply would be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The term “Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, state and local laws relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air,

 

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surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, or toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) into the environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

Section 3.12 Title. Except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has indefeasible fee simple or leasehold title to its properties and material assets owned by it, free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest other than such as are not material to the business of the Company. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company.

Section 3.13 Insurance. The Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged. The Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.14 Regulatory Permits. Except as would not cause a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries possess all material certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to own their respective businesses, and the Company not has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permits.

Section 3.15 Internal Accounting & Controls. The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences, and management is not aware of any material weaknesses that are not disclosed in the SEC Documents as and when required.

Section 3.16 Absence of Litigation. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending against or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 3.17 Tax Status. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company (i) has timely made or filed all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has timely paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company has not received written notification any unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such claim where failure to pay would cause a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 3.18 Certain Transactions. Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents or as not required to be disclosed pursuant to Applicable Laws, none of the officers or directors of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer or director, or to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer or director has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner.

Section 3.19 Rights of First Refusal. The Company is not obligated to offer the Shares offered hereunder on a right of first refusal basis to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or former shareholders of the Company, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third parties.

Section 3.20 Dilution. The Company is aware and acknowledges that issuances of Shares and the Underlying Shares hereunder could cause dilution to existing shareholders and could significantly increase the outstanding number of Common Stock.

Section 3.21 Acknowledgment Regarding Investors Purchase of Shares. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length investor with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder. The Company further acknowledges that the Investor is not acting as a financial or investment advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder and any advice given by the Investor or any of its representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder is merely incidental to the Investor’s purchase of the Shares hereunder. The Company is aware and acknowledges that it shall not be able to request Advances under this Agreement if the Registration Statement is not effective or if any issuances of the Shares or Underlying Shares pursuant to any Advances would violate any rules of the Principal Market. The Company acknowledged and agrees that it is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 3.22 Finders Fees. Other than as described in that certain Placement Agent Engagement Letter, dated June 8, 2023, by and between the Company and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (the “Placement Agent”), the Company has not incurred any liability for any finder’s fees, brokerage commissions or similar payments in connection with the transactions herein contemplated.

 

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Section 3.23 Relationship of the Parties. Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf is a client or customer of the Investor or any of its Affiliates and neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates has provided, or will provide, any services to the Company or any of its Affiliates, its subsidiaries, or any person acting on its or their behalf. The Investor’s relationship to the Company is solely as investor as provided for in the Transaction Documents.

Section 3.24 Compliance with Laws. Since March 18, 2023, the Company is in compliance with Applicable Laws; the Company has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent, Affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any subsidiary, has not complied with Applicable Laws, or could give rise to a notice of noncompliance with Applicable Laws, and is not aware of any pending change or contemplated change to any applicable law or regulation or governmental position; in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect on the business of the Company or the business or legal environment under which the Company operates.

Section 3.25 Sanctions Matters. Neither the Company, nor any director, officer of the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee, agent, Affiliate or representative of the Company or any director or officer of any of its subsidiary, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is (i) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authorities, including, without limitation, designation on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or OFAC’s Foreign Sanctions Evaders List or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (including, without limitation, the Crimea region of the Ukraine, Russia, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (the “Sanctioned Countries”)). The Company will not, directly or, to its knowledge, indirectly, use the proceeds from the sale of Shares, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (a) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions or is a Sanctioned Country, or (b) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions or Applicable Laws by any Person (including any Person participating in the transactions contemplated by this agreement, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). For the past five years, the Company has not engaged in, and is now not engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions or was a Sanctioned Country.

Section 3.26 Placement Agent Reliance. The Company agrees that the Placement Agent may rely upon the representations and warranties made by the Company to the Investor in this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE INVESTOR

The Investor represents and warrants to the Company that, as of the date hereof, each Advance Notice Date and each Advance Date (other than representations and warranties which address matters only as of a certain date, which shall be true and correct as written as of such certain date), that:

Section 4.01 Organization; Ownership. The Investor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation and has all requisite power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and to carry on its business as it is being conducted on the date of this Agreement.

Section 4.02 Authorization; Sufficient Funds; No Conflicts.

(a) The Investor has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the transactions to which it is a party. The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Agreement, and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the consummation of the transactions to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action on behalf of the Investor. No other proceedings on the part of the Investor are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions to which it is a party. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Investor. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Investor is a party is a valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms.

(b) As of the date hereof, the Investor has or has access to and, as of the Advance Date, the Investor will have cash in immediately available funds sufficient to pay the Commitment Amount.

(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Investor is a party by the Investor, the consummation by the Investor of the transactions to which it is a party and the compliance by the Investor with any of the provisions hereof and thereof will not conflict with, violate or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination of or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (i) any provision of the Investor’s organizational documents, (ii) any mortgage, note, indenture, deed of trust, lease, license, loan agreement or other agreement binding upon the Investor or (iii) any permit, government license, judgment, order, decree, ruling, injunction, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Investor or any of its Affiliates, other than in the cases of clauses (ii) and (iii) as would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect or delay the consummation of the transactions to which it is a party by the Investor.

 

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Section 4.03 Consents and Approvals. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, or exemption or review by, any Governmental Authority is required on the part of the Investor in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by the Investor of the transactions to which it is a party, except any consent, approval, order, authorization, registration, declaration, filing, exemption or review the failure of which to be obtained or made, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect or delay the consummation of the transactions to which it is a party by the Investor.

Section 4.04 Securities Act Representations.

(a) Certain Representations.

(i) The Investor is an accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501 of the Securities Act) and is aware that the sale of the Shares is being made in reliance on a private placement exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The Investor is acquiring the Shares (and any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares) for its own account, and not with a view toward, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of any federal or state securities or “blue sky” law, or with any present intention of distributing or selling such Shares (or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares) in violation of the Securities Act. The Investor has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in such Shares (and any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares) and is capable of bearing the economic risks of such investment. The Investor has been provided a reasonable opportunity to undertake and has undertaken such investigation and has been provided with and has evaluated such documents and information as it has deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed and intelligent decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

(ii) Neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates is acting in concert, and neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates has any agreement or understanding, with any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Investor, and is not otherwise a member of a “group” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), with respect to the Company or its securities, in each case, other than in connection with the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents or with respect to any bona fide loan from one or more financial institutions.

(iii) The Investor understands that, until such time as the Shares or the Underlying Shares have been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or the Shares or Underlying Shares are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, the Shares or the Underlying Shares (as applicable) will bear a restrictive legend substantially as follows: “THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS

 

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NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.” Additionally, if required by the authorities of any state in connection with the issuance or sale of the Shares or Underlying Shares, such Shares or Underlying Shares (as applicable) shall bear the legend required by such state authority.

(b) Brokers and Finders. The Investor has not retained, utilized or been represented by, or otherwise become obligated to, any broker, placement agent, financial advisor or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is party whose fees the Company would be required to pay.

(c) Ownership of Shares. Except as expressly set forth on a previously filed Schedule 13G or Schedule 13D filed on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system with the SEC or with respect to the securities acquired pursuant to the PIPE Agreement, neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates Beneficially Owns any additional shares of Common Stock (without giving effect to the issuance of the Shares hereunder).

(d) Regulatory Matters. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no actions, suits, investigations, audits, or other similar proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Investor, threatened in writing against the Investor or any of its Affiliates or control persons, which would, or would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the ability of the Investor to execute or perform its material obligations under this Agreement, including consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and none of the Investor or any of their Affiliates or control persons has received written notification or, to the knowledge of the Investor, oral notice or communication from any Governmental Authority that such Governmental Authority would oppose the transactions contemplated hereby or refuse to grant or issue its consent or approval, if required, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 4.05 No Additional Representations.

(a) The Investor acknowledges that the Company does not make any representation or warranty as to any matter whatsoever except as expressly set forth in Article III and in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, and specifically (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing), that, except as expressly set forth in Article III and in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to (i) any matters relating to the Company, its business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or otherwise, (ii) any projections, estimates or budgets delivered or made available to the Investor (or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees or other representatives) of future revenues, results of operations (or any component thereof), cash flows or financial condition (or any component thereof) of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (iii) the future business and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the Investor has not relied on or been induced by such information or any other representations or warranties (whether express or implied or made orally or in writing) not expressly set forth in Article III and in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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(b) The Investor has conducted its own independent review and analysis of the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition and prospects of the Company and acknowledges the Investor has been provided with sufficient access for such purposes. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Article III and in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, (i) no person has been authorized by the Company to make any representation or warranty relating to itself or its business or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and if made, such representation or warranty must not be relied upon by the Investor as having been authorized by the Company, and (ii) any estimates, projections, predictions, data, financial information, memoranda, presentations or any other materials or information provided or addressed to the Investor or any of its Affiliates or representatives are not and shall not be deemed to be or include representations or warranties of the Company unless any such materials or information are the subject of any express representation or warranty set forth in Article III of this Agreement and in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, the Investor acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any representative of the Company, including the Placement Agent or any of its Affiliates or any of their control persons, officers, directors and employees.

Section 4.06 Placement Agent Reliance. The Investor agrees that the Placement Agent may rely upon the representations and warranties made by the Investor to the Company in this Agreement.

ARTICLE V

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Section 5.01 Registration Rights Agreement. Concurrently with the Closing, the Company and the Investor shall enter into the Registration Rights Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C with respect to the Shares, Common Stock issued or issuable in respect of the Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants or the Series A Warrants, Pre-Funded Warrants issued or issuable in respect of the Shares, Series A Warrants issued or issuable pursuant to this Agreement and any other Common Stock acquired pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

ARTICLE VI

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

The Company covenants with the Investor, and the Investor covenants with the Company, as follows, which covenants of one party are for the benefit of the other party, during the Commitment Period:

Section 6.01 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds from the sale of the Shares by the Company to Investor shall be used by the Company in the manner as will be set forth in the Prospectus included in any Registration Statement (and any post-effective amendment thereto) and any Prospectus Supplement thereto filed pursuant to this Agreement.

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Section 6.03 Market Activities. Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiary, nor any of their respective officers, directors or controlling persons will, directly or indirectly, (i) take any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute or result, in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock or (ii) sell, bid for, or purchase Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock in violation of Regulation M, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Shares.

Section 6.04 Selling Restrictions. (i) Except as expressly set forth below, the Investor covenants that from and after the date hereof through and including the Trading Day next following the expiration or termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 10.01 (the “Restricted Period”), none of the Investor, any of its officers, or any entity managed or controlled by the Investor (collectively, the “Restricted Persons” and each of the foregoing is referred to herein as a “Restricted Person”) shall, directly or indirectly, (i) engage in any “short sale” (as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock or (ii) engage in any hedging transaction, which establishes a net short position with respect to the Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock, with respect to each of clauses (i) and (ii) hereof, either for its own principal account or for the principal account of any other Restricted Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that nothing contained herein shall (without implication that the contrary would otherwise be true) prohibit any Restricted Person during the Restricted Period from: (1) selling “long” (as defined under Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO) the Shares; or (2) selling a number of Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock equal to the number of Shares that such Restricted Person is unconditionally obligated to purchase under a pending Advance Notice but has not yet received from the Company or its transfer agent pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 6.05 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations of the parties hereto may be assigned to any other Person.

Section 6.06 Standstill. The Investor agrees that during the Standstill Period, it shall not, and shall cause each of its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, in any manner, alone or in concert with others take any of the following actions without the prior consent of the Company:

(a) make, engage in, or in any way participate in any “solicitation” of proxies (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the SEC but without regard to the exclusion set forth in Rule 14a-1(l)(2)(iv)), or consents to vote with respect to any consent of holders of Common Stock, or seek to advise, encourage or influence any person with respect to the voting of any securities of the Company for the election of individuals to the Board of Directors or to approve any proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company that have not been authorized and approved, or recommended for approval, by the Board of Directors, or become a “participant” in any contested “solicitation” (as such terms are defined or used under the Exchange Act) for the election of directors with respect to the Company, other than a “solicitation” or acting as a “participant” in support of all of the nominees of the Board of Directors at any stockholder meeting, or make or be the proponent of any stockholder proposal (pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or otherwise);

(b) form, join, encourage, influence, advise or in any way participate in any “group” (as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with any persons who are not its Affiliates with respect to any securities of the Company or otherwise in any manner agree, attempt, seek or propose to deposit any securities of the Company or any securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any such securities in any voting trust or similar arrangement, or subject any securities of the Company to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting thereof, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement;

 

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(c) acquire, offer or propose to acquire, or agree to acquire, directly or indirectly, whether by purchase, tender or exchange offer, through the acquisition of control of another person, by joining a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group (including any group of persons that would be treated as a single “person” under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), through swap or hedging transactions or otherwise, any securities of the Company or any rights decoupled from the underlying securities that would result in the Investor (together with its Affiliates), owning more than 19.9% of the Company’s Common Stock. For purposes of this Section, no securities Beneficially Owned by a portfolio company of the Investor or its Affiliates will be deemed to be Beneficially Owned by the Investor or any of its Affiliates only so long as (x) such portfolio company is not an Affiliate of the Investor for purposes of this Agreement, (y) neither the Investor nor any of its Affiliates has encouraged, instructed, directed, supported, assisted or advised, or coordinated with, such portfolio company with respect to the acquisition, voting or disposition of securities of the Company by the portfolio company and (z) neither the Investor or any of its Affiliates is a member of a group (as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with that portfolio company with respect to any securities of the Company;

(d) offer or propose to effect, or intentionally assist or facilitate any other person to offer or propose to effect any tender or exchange offer, merger, consolidation, acquisition, scheme of arrangement, business combination, recapitalization, reorganization, sale or acquisition of all or substantially all assets, liquidation, dissolution or other extraordinary transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or joint ventures or any of their respective securities (each, an “Extraordinary Transaction”); provided, however, that this clause shall not preclude the vote by the Investor or any of its Affiliates of any voting securities of the Company with respect to any Extraordinary Transaction in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors;

(e) (i) call or seek to call any meeting of stockholders of the Company, including by written consent, (ii) seek representation on the Board of Directors, except as expressly set forth herein, (iii) seek the removal of any member of the Board of Directors, (iv) solicit consents from stockholders or otherwise act or seek to act by written consent with respect to the Company, (v) conduct a referendum of stockholders of the Company or (vi) make a request for any stockholder list, whether pursuant to Section 220 of the DGCL or otherwise;

(f) take any action in support of or make any proposal or request that constitutes (i) controlling or changing the Board of Directors or management of the Company, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any vacancies on the Board of Directors, or (ii) any other material change in the Company’s management, business or corporate structure;

(g) make or issue, or cause to be made or issued, any public disclosure, announcement or statement regarding any intent, purpose, plan or proposal with respect to the Board of Directors, the Company, its management, policies or affairs, any of its securities or assets or this Agreement that is inconsistent with the foregoing; or

 

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(h) publicly announce an intention to do, or to enter into any discussions, negotiations, agreements or understandings with any third-party with respect to, any of the foregoing, or advise, assist, knowingly encourage or seek to persuade any third-party to take any action or make any statement with respect to any of the foregoing.

Section 6.07 Hardship.

(a) In the event the Company provides an Advance Notice and the Investor fails to perform its obligations as mandated in Section 2.02, the Investor agrees that in addition to any other remedy to which the Company is entitled at law or in equity, including, without limitation, specific performance, it will hold the Company harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the Investor and acknowledges that irreparable damage may occur in the event of any such default. It is accordingly agreed that the Company shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent such breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce (subject to the Securities Act and other rules of the Principal Market), without the posting of a bond or other security, the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

Section 6.08 Registration and Listing. During the Commitment Period, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Common Stock to continue to be registered as a class of securities under Sections 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and to comply with its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act, and shall not take any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) to terminate or suspend such registration or to terminate or suspend its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act or Securities Act, except as permitted herein. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to continue the listing and trading of its Common Stock and the listing of the Shares purchased by the Investor hereunder on the Principal Market and to comply with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the rules and regulations of the Principal Market. The Company shall not take any action which could be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the Common Stock on the Principal Market. If the Company receives any final and non-appealable notice that the listing or quotation of the Common Stock on the Principal Market shall be terminated on a date certain, the Company shall promptly (and in any case within 24 hours) notify the Investor of such fact in writing and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Common Stock to be listed or quoted on another stock market in the United States.

Section 6.09 HSR Filing. If required by Applicable Laws, the Parties shall, as promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement, file with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice the notification and report form required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Party agrees (a) to furnish to the other Parties such information and assistance as the other Parties may reasonably request in connection with their preparation of any such notifications or filings, (b) permit the other Parties to review and in good faith consider incorporating the other Parties’ reasonable comments in any communication to be given by it to any Governmental Authority with respect to any filings or notifications required to be made with, or actions or nonactions, waivers, expirations or terminations of waiting periods, clearances, consents or orders required to be obtained from, such Governmental Authority in connection with execution and delivery of this Agreement and the

 

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consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (c) consult with the other Parties in advance of and not participate in any meeting or discussion relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, either in person or by telephone, with any Governmental Authority in connection with the proposed transactions unless it gives the other Parties the opportunity to attend and observe, or unless such Governmental Authority prohibits the other Parties from participating or attending.

ARTICLE VII

CONDITIONS FOR DELIVERY OF ADVANCE NOTICE

Section 7.01 Conditions Precedent to the Right of the Company to Deliver an Advance Notice. The right of the Company to deliver an Advance Notice and the obligations of the Investor hereunder with respect to an Advance is subject to the satisfaction by the Company, on each Advance Notice Date (a “Condition Satisfaction Date”), of each of the following conditions:

(a) Accuracy of the Company’s Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects.

(b) Registration of the Shares and Underlying Shares with the SEC. There is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Investor is permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the Preferred Stock and Underlying Shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice. The Company shall have filed with the SEC in a timely manner all reports, notices and other documents required under the Exchange Act and applicable SEC regulations during the twelve-month period immediately preceding the applicable Condition Satisfaction Date.

(c) Authority. The Company shall have obtained all permits and qualifications required by any applicable state for the offer and sale of all the Common Stock and Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice, or shall have the availability of exemptions therefrom. The sale and issuance of such Common Stock and Preferred Stock shall be legally permitted by all laws and regulations to which the Company is subject.

(d) No Material Outside Event. No Material Outside Event shall have occurred and be continuing.

(e) Performance by the Company. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior the applicable Condition Satisfaction Date.

(f) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits or directly, materially and adversely affects any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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(g) No Suspension of Trading in or Delisting of Common Stock. The Common Stock is quoted for trading on the Principal Market and all of the Common Stock issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice will be listed or quoted for trading on the Principal Market. The issuance of Common Stock with respect to the applicable Advance Notice will not violate the shareholder approval requirements of the Principal Market.

(h) Authorized. There shall be a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Shares and Underlying Shares for the issuance of all of the Shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice.

(i) Executed Advance Notice. The representations contained in the applicable Advance Notice shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the applicable Condition Satisfaction Date.

(j) Stockholder Approval. The Company shall have obtained stockholder approval of the Series A Warrants (the “Stockholder Approval”).

(k) Consecutive Advance Notices. Except with respect to the first Advance Notice, the Company shall have delivered all Shares relating to all prior Advances.

(l) Certificate of Designations (Preferred Stock). Prior to or concurrently with the delivery of the Advance Notice, the Company shall have duly adopted and filed a Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware for the relevant series of Preferred Stock to be purchased by the Investor, and a certified copy thereof shall have been delivered to the Investor.

(m) OEM Milestone. Prior to the delivery of Advance Notice in connection with the issuance of any Preferred Stock, the Company shall have been awarded, entered into an agreement or agreements for, or otherwise become a party to or bound by, at least one new original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) program or arrangement relating to passenger automobile manufacturing applications, or general commercial applications, in each case that incorporate the Company Technology and have a minimum production volume forecast of at least 50,000 units (the “OEM Milestone”). The Company shall deliver to the Investor a certificate, duly executed by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Company, explicitly stating the achievement of the OEM Milestone with all supporting documentation and information reasonably requested by the Investor.

ARTICLE VIII

NON EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT

Notwithstanding anything contained herein, this Agreement and the rights awarded to the Investor hereunder are non-exclusive, and the Company may, at any time throughout the term of this Agreement and thereafter, issue and allot, or undertake to issue and allot, any shares and/or securities and/or convertible notes, bonds, debentures, options to acquire shares or other securities and/or other facilities which may be converted into or replaced by Common Stock, Preferred Stock or other securities of the Company, and to extend, renew and/or recycle any bonds and/or debentures, and/or grant any rights with respect to its existing and/or future share capital.

 

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ARTICLE IX

CHOICE OF LAW/JURISDICTION

This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflict of laws. The parties further agree that any action between them shall be heard in New York County, New York, and expressly consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the Supreme Court of New York, sitting in New York County, New York and the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, sitting in New York, New York, for the adjudication of any civil action asserted pursuant to this Agreement.

ARTICLE X

TERMINATION

Section 10.01 Termination.

(a) Unless earlier terminated as provided hereunder, this Agreement shall terminate automatically on the date on which the Investor shall have made payment of Advances pursuant to this Agreement for Common Stock and Preferred Stock equal to the Commitment Amount.

(b) The Investor’s Commitment Amount in Preferred Stock shall terminate automatically on the three (3) year anniversary from the date of this Agreement.

(c) The Company may terminate this Agreement effective upon five (5) Trading Days’ prior written notice to the Investor; provided that (i) there are no outstanding Advance Notices, the Common Stock and/or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, under which have yet to be issued, and (ii) the Company has paid all amounts owed to the Investor pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated at any time by the mutual written consent of the parties, effective as of the date of such mutual written consent unless otherwise provided in such written consent.

(d) Nothing in this Section 10.01 shall be deemed to release the Company or the Investor from any liability for any breach under this Agreement, or to impair the rights of the Company and the Investor to compel specific performance by the other party of its obligations under this Agreement.

ARTICLE XI

NOTICES

Other than with respect to Advance Notices, which must be in writing and will be deemed delivered on the day set forth in Section 2.01(b), any notices, consents, waivers, or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile or e-mail if sent on a Trading Day, or, if not sent on a Trading Day, on the immediately following Trading Day; (iii) five (5) days after being sent by U.S. certified mail, return receipt requested, (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications (except for Advance Notices which shall be delivered in accordance with Exhibit A hereof) shall be:

 

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If to the Company, to:

  

Aeva Technologies, Inc.

555 Ellis Street

Mountain View, CA 94043

Attention: Soroush Salehian Dardashti

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice or delivery of process)

  

Heidi E. Mayon

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover St

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Email: heidi.mayon@stblaw.com

If to the Investor(s):

  

Sylebra Capital Limited

20th Floor, 28 Hennessy Road

Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Attention: Jackie Charlesworth,

Chief Financial Officer

Email: jc@sylebra.com

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice or delivery of process)

  

Kevin Grant

Nixon Peabody, LLP

55 West 46th Street

New York, NY 10036-4120

Email : kgrant@nixonpeabody.com

Either may change its information contained in this Article XI by delivering notice to the other party as set forth herein.

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.01 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, both which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party. Facsimile or other electronically scanned and delivered signatures, including by e-mail attachment, shall be deemed originals for all purposes of this Agreement.

Section 12.02 Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Investor, the Company, their respective Affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and, except as specifically set forth herein, neither the Company nor the Investor makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the parties to this Agreement.

 

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Section 12.03 Reporting Entity for the Common Stock. The reporting entity relied upon for the determination of the trading price or trading volume of the Common Stock on any given Trading Day for the purposes of this Agreement shall be Bloomberg, L.P. or any successor thereto. The written mutual consent of the Investor and the Company shall be required to employ any other reporting entity.

Section 12.04 Facility Fee and Expenses. At the Initial Closing, the Company shall pay to investment entities affiliated with the Investor, on a pro rata basis, (a) a facility fee in the amount of $2,500,000, (b) an origination fee in the amount of $625,000, (c) an administrative fee in the amount of $312,500 and (d) pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Investor (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Investor), in an amount not to exceed, in the aggregate, $350,000. In addition, subject to the Stockholder Approval, the Company shall issue to the Investor the Series A Warrants entitling the Investor to purchase 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F.

Section 12.05 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect; provided that the economic and legal substance of, any of the transactions contemplated herein is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. In the event of any such determination, the parties agree to negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement to fulfill as closely as possible the original intent and purpose hereof. To the extent permitted by law, the parties hereby to the same extent waive any provision of law that renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set forth above.

 

COMPANY: AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:   /s/ Soroush Salehian Dardashti
  Name: Soroush Salehian Dardashti
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature page to Standby Equity Purchase Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set forth above.

 

INVESTOR:

Sylebra Capital Partners Master Fund Ltd,

a Cayman Islands entity

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
  Name: Matthew Whitehead
  Title: Director

 

[Signature page to Standby Equity Purchase Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set forth above.

 

INVESTOR:

Sylebra Capital Parc Master Fund,

a Cayman Islands entity

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
  Name: Matthew Whitehead
  Title: Director

 

[Signature page to Standby Equity Purchase Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set forth above.

 

INVESTOR:

Sylebra Capital Menlo Master Fund,

a Cayman Islands entity

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
  Name: Matthew Whitehead
  Title: Director

 

[Signature page to Standby Equity Purchase Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set forth above.

 

INVESTOR:

Blackwell Partners LLC – Series A,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
  Name: Matthew Whitehead
  Title: Authorised Signatory of appointed Manager

 

[Signature page to Standby Equity Purchase Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set forth above.

 

INVESTOR:

Bl Blackstone CSP-MST FMAP Fund,

a Bermuda entity

By:   /s/ Matthew Whitehead
  Name: Matthew Whitehead
  Title:   Authorised Signatory of appointed Manager

 

[Signature page to Standby Equity Purchase Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF ADVANCE NOTICE

AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

Dated:   Advance Notice Number: ____

The undersigned ,__________, hereby certifies, with respect to the sale of Preferred Stock of Aeva Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) issuable in connection with this Advance Notice, delivered pursuant to that certain Standby Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2023 (the “Agreement”), as follows (with capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same meanings as given to them in the Agreement):

 

  1.

The undersigned is the duly elected _________ of the Company.

 

  2.

There are no fundamental changes to the information set forth in the Registration Statement which would require the Company to file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement.

 

  3.

The Company has performed in all material respects all covenants and agreements to be performed by the Company contained in this Agreement on or prior to the Advance Notice Date. All conditions to the delivery of this Advance Notice are satisfied as of the date hereof.

 

  4.

The number of Advance Stock the Company is requesting is_____________.

 

  5.

The Common Stock Price is __________.

The undersigned has executed this Advance Notice as of the date first set forth above.

 

AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

By:

   

 

Please deliver this Advance Notice by email to:
Email: __________________
Attention: __________________
Confirmation Telephone Number: __________________

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF SETTLEMENT DOCUMENT

VIA EMAIL

AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Attn:

Email:

Below please find the settlement information with respect to the Advance Notice Date of:

 

  1.

Number of Advance Stock requested in the Advance Notice:

 

  2.

Common Stock Price:

 

  3.

Purchase Price per share of Preferred Stock: $10,000 per share

 

  4.

Number of Advance Stock due to the Investor:

 

  5.

Total Purchase Price due to Company:

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

[See Attached]

 

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

 

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Exhibit D

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OF

SERIES [__] CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK,

OF

AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Pursuant to Section 151 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “DGCL”), AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), in accordance with the provisions of Section 103 of the DGCL, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

That the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (as amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), authorizes the issuance of 432,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of 422,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”);

That, pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) is authorized to fix by resolution or resolutions the designations and the powers, including voting powers, if any, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of any series of Preferred Stock, and to fix the number of shares constituting any such series; and

That, pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board adopted the following resolution designating a new series of Preferred Stock as “Series [__] Convertible Preferred Stock”:

RESOLVED, that, pursuant to the authority vested in the Board in accordance with the provisions of Article IV of the Certificate of Incorporation and the provisions of Section 151 of the DGCL, a series of Preferred Stock of the Company is hereby authorized, and the number of shares to be included in such series, and the powers (including voting powers), designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the shares of Preferred Stock included in such series, shall be as follows:

SECTION 1. Designation and Number of Shares. The shares of such series of Preferred Stock shall be designated as “Series [__] Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “Series [__] Preferred Stock”). The number of authorized shares constituting the Series [__] Preferred Stock shall be [__]. That number from time to time may be increased or decreased by further resolution duly adopted by the Board, or any duly authorized committee thereof and by the filing of a certificate pursuant to the provisions of the DGCL stating that such increase or decrease, as applicable, has been so authorized. The Company shall not have the authority to issue fractional shares of Series [_] Preferred Stock.


SECTION 2. Ranking. The Series [__] Preferred Stock will rank, with respect to dividend rights and rights on the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company:

(a) on a parity basis with each other class or series of Capital Stock of the Company now existing or hereafter authorized, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series ranks on a parity basis with the Series [__] Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company (such Capital Stock, “Parity Stock”);

(b) junior to each other class or series of Capital Stock of the Company now existing or hereafter authorized, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to the Series [__] Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company (such Capital Stock, “Senior Stock”); and

(c) senior to the Common Stock and each other class or series of Capital Stock of the Company (other than the Parity Stock) now existing or hereafter authorized, the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series ranks on a parity basis with or senior to the Series [__] Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on the distribution of assets on any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company (such Capital Stock, “Junior Stock”).

SECTION 3. Definitions. As used herein with respect to Series [__] Preferred Stock: “Accrued Dividends” means, as of any date, with respect to any share of Series [__] Preferred Stock, all Dividends that have accrued on such share pursuant to Section 4(b), whether or not declared.

• “Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; provided, however, (i) that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of any Investor or any of its Affiliates, (ii) portfolio companies (as such term is customarily used among institutional investors) in which the Investor or any of its Affiliates has an investment (whether as debt or equity) shall not be deemed an Affiliate of the Investor and (iii) if any direct or indirect limited partner of a Person that is an investment fund (a “Fund”) owns a majority of the economic interest of such Fund, such direct or indirect limited partner shall not be deemed to be an “Affiliate” of such Fund without other mechanisms of exerting “control” over such Fund in addition to such limited partner’s ownership of economic interests in such Fund. For this purpose, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise.

Any Person shall be deemed, for purposes of this Certificate of Designations, to “beneficially own”, to have “beneficial ownership” of, or to be “beneficially owning” any securities (which securities shall also be deemed “beneficially owned” by such Person) that such Person is deemed to “beneficially own” within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act; provided that any Person shall be deemed to beneficially own any securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether or not such right is exercisable within sixty (60) days or thereafter (including assuming conversion of all Series [__] Preferred Stock, if any, owned by such Person to Common Stock).

 

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Board” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Business Day” means any weekday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.

Bylaws” means the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as may be amended from time to time.

Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares of, interests in, rights to purchase, warrants to purchase, options for, participations in or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock issued by such Person.

Certificate of Designations” means this Certificate of Designations relating to the Series [__] Preferred Stock, as it may be amended from time to time.

Certificate of Incorporation” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Change of Control” means whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into the Company, or the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (determined on a consolidated basis), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, to another Person, or any recapitalization, reclassification or other transaction in which all or substantially all of the Common Stock is or is entitled to be exchanged for or converted into cash, securities or other property, other than (1) a merger or consolidation transaction following which holders of securities that represented 100% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own directly or indirectly (in substantially the same proportion to each other as immediately prior to such transaction, other than changes in proportionality as a result of any cash/stock election provided under the terms of the definitive agreement regarding such transaction) at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation transaction immediately after such transaction, and (2) a sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to a Subsidiary or a Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Company.

close of business” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).

Closing Price” of the Common Stock on any date of determination means the closing sale price or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price, of the shares of the Common Stock on the NYSE on such date. If the Common Stock is not traded on the NYSE on any date of determination, the Closing Price of the Common Stock on such date of determination means the closing sale price as reported in the composite transactions for the principal United States securities exchange or automated quotation system on

 

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which the Common Stock is so listed or quoted, or, if no closing sale price is reported, the last reported sale price on the principal United States securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is so listed or quoted, or if the Common Stock is not so listed or quoted on a United States securities exchange or automated quotation system, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or any similar organization, or, if that bid price is not available, the market price of the Common Stock on that date as determined by an Independent Financial Advisor retained by the Company for such purpose.

Common Securities” means (i) for any issuance of shares of Common Stock below the Stock Issuance Cap, Common Stock and (ii) for any issuance of shares of Common Stock that would exceed the Stock Issuance Cap, a Warrant exercisable for such number of shares of Common Stock by which such issuance would cause such Holder to be deemed to exceed the Stock Issuance Cap.

Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Common Stock Price” is $[____].1

Company” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Company Redemption Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a)(i).

Conversion Agent” means the Transfer Agent acting in its capacity as conversion agent for the Series [__] Preferred Stock, and its successors and assigns.

Conversion Date” means the date on which a Holder complies with the conversion procedures set forth in Section 7 of this Agreement.

Conversion Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

Conversion Rate” means, a rate calculated by dividing the Issuance Price by the Common Stock Price, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.

Current Market Price” per share of Common Stock, as of any date of determination, means the arithmetic average of the closing price per share of Common Stock for each of the five (5) consecutive full Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding such day, appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence during such period of any event described in Section 9.

DGCL” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

 

 

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Price to be inserted at the Advance Date and will be the lesser of (i) the average Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the NYSE for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the Issuance Date, a Dividend Payment Date, a Conversion Date or a relevant calculation date, as applicable, or (ii) the last Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the NYSE on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Issuance Date, a Dividend Payment Date, a Conversion Date, or a relevant calculation date, as applicable.

 

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Dividend Conversion Price” the lesser of (a) the average Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the NYSE for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding a Dividend Payment Date or (b) the last Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the NYSE on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Dividend Payment Date.

Distributed Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(a)(iv).

Distribution Transaction” means any distribution of equity securities of a Subsidiary or a business unit of the Company to holders of Common Stock, whether by means of a spin-off, split-off, redemption, reclassification, exchange, stock dividend, share distribution, rights offering or similar transaction.

Dividend Payment Date” means the first day of each of January, April, July and October of each year; provided that if any such Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the applicable Dividend shall be payable on the next Business Day immediately following such Dividend Payment Date, without any interest.

Dividend Payment Period” means in respect of any share of Series [__] Preferred Stock the period from and including the Issuance Date of such share to, but excluding, the first Dividend Payment Date following the applicable Issuance Date and, subsequently, in each case the period from and including any Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date.

Dividend Rate” means 7.0% per annum of the Issuance Price per share, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

Dividend Record Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(d).

Dividends” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Expiration Date” the date any tender offer or exchange offer by the Company expires.

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any security or other property, the fair market value of such security or other property as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board, or an authorized committee thereof, (i) after consultation with an Independent Financial Advisor, as to any security or other property with a Fair Market Value of less than $100,000,000, or (ii) otherwise using an Independent Financial Advisor to provide a valuation opinion; provided that for any publicly traded security listed on a national securities exchange, the Current Market Price (substituting for this purpose only a reference to such security for all references to Common Stock in the definition of Current Market Price) for the applicable date shall constitute the Fair Market Value.

 

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Holder” means a Person in whose name the shares of the Series [__] Preferred Stock are registered, which Person shall be treated by the Company, the Transfer Agent, the Registrar, the paying agent and the Conversion Agent as the absolute owner of the shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock for the purpose of making payment and settling conversions and for all other purposes; provided that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Person that has received shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock in violation of the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement shall be a Holder, the Transfer Agent, the Registrar, the paying agent and the Conversion Agent, in each case as applicable, shall not, unless directed otherwise by the Company, recognize any such Person as a Holder, and the Person in whose name the shares of the Series [__] Preferred Stock were registered immediately prior to such transfer shall remain the Holder of such shares.

Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant of nationally recognized standing that does not have a material relationship with the Company.

Investor” has the meaning set forth in the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement.

Issuance Date” means, with respect to any share of Series [__] Preferred Stock, the date of issuance of such share.

Issuance Price” means the price for each share of Series [__] Preferred Stock, which shall be $10,000.

Junior Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

Liquidation Preference” means an amount equal to 120% of the Issuance Price.

Notice of Company Redemption” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a)(ii).

NYSE” means The New York Stock Exchange.

Officers Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Secretary, or any President or Vice President of the Company.

Optional Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

Parent Entity” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which such first Person is a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary.

Parity Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).

Permitted Transferee” has the meaning set forth in the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement.

Person” means any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or any other entity.

 

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PIK Securities” means (i) Common Stock for any dividend payment in shares of Common Stock below the Stock Issuance Cap and (ii) a Warrant for any dividend payment in shares of Common Stock in excess of the Stock Issuance Cap.

Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals above.

Principal Market” means the NYSE; provided, however, that in the event shares of the Company’s Common Stock are ever listed or traded on the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, or the Nasdaq Capital Market, then the “Principal Market” shall mean such other market or exchange on which shares of the Company’s Common Stock are then listed or traded.

Record Date” means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which Common Stock is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board or by statute, contract or otherwise).

Redemption Date” means, with respect to each share of Series [__] Preferred Stock, the date on which the Company makes the payment in full of the Redemption Price for each such share either to the Holder of such share or to the Transfer Agent, irrevocably, for the benefit of such Holder.

Redemption Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a)(i).

Registrar” means the Transfer Agent acting in its capacity as registrar for the Series [__] Preferred Stock, and its successors and assigns.

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of [__], 202[__] among the Company, the Holders (as defined therein) party thereto and the other parties thereto.

Required Regulatory Approvals” has the meaning set forth for such term in the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement.

Senior Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

Series [__] Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.

Shelf Registration Statement” means, at any time of determination, a registration statement of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-3 (or any successor form) or on Form S-1 (or any successor form) for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission) that is then effective, is available to the Holder as a selling shareholder pursuant to any registration rights agreement then in effect and to which the Company and the Holder are party, and covers the Common Stock into which the Series [__] Preferred Stock is convertible.

 

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Standby Equity Purchase Agreement” means that certain Standby Equity Purchase Agreement among the Company and the Investor dated as of October [3], 2023, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Stock Issuance Cap” means a Holder may not become the beneficial owner of more than 19.9% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock, or in a “20% issuance” at a price less than the “Minimum Price”, within the meaning of NYSE Rules 312.03 and 312.04.

Subsidiary”, when used with respect to any Person, means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust or other entity of which (i) securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power (or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests) or (ii) sufficient voting rights to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body are, as of such date, owned by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

Trading Day” means any day during which the Principal Market shall be open for business.

Transfer Agent” means the Person acting as Transfer Agent, Registrar and paying agent and Conversion Agent for the Series [__] Preferred Stock, and its successors and assigns. The Transfer Agent initially shall be [__].

Trigger Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(a)(viii).

Warrant” means a pre-funded warrant in the form attached as Exhibit E to the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement that shall (a) expire on the fourth (4th) anniversary of its issuance, (b) be exercisable for such number of shares of Common Stock as would have been purchasable upon conversion or redemption of the Series [__] Preferred Stock, but for the Stock Issuance Cap, and (c) be subject to the anti-dilution adjustments (in accordance with Section 9 set forth herein). No additional consideration shall be required to be paid by the holder of the warrant to effect any exercise of such warrant.

Voting Stock” means (a) with respect to the Company, the Common Stock and any other Capital Stock of the Company having the right to vote generally in any election of directors of the Board and (b) with respect to any other Person, all Capital Stock of such Person having the right to vote generally in any election of directors of the board of directors of such Person or other similar governing body.

VWAP” per share of Common Stock on any Trading Day means the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading Bloomberg VWAP on Bloomberg (or, if Bloomberg ceases to publish such price, any successor service reasonably chosen by the Company) page “BHG<equity>AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the open of trading on the relevant Trading Day until the close of trading on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market price of one share of Common Stock on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by an Independent Financial Advisor retained for such purpose by the Company).

 

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SECTION 4. Dividends.

(a) Holders shall be entitled to receive dividends of the type and in the amount determined as set forth in this Section 4 (such dividends, “Dividends”).

(b) Accrual of Dividends. Dividends on each share of Series [__] Preferred Stock (i) shall accrue on a daily basis from and including the Issuance Date of such share, whether or not declared and whether or not the Company has assets legally available to make payment thereof, at a rate equal to the Dividend Rate as further specified below and (ii) shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date, commencing on the first Dividend Payment Date following the Issuance Date of such share. The amount of Dividends accrued with respect to any share of Series [__] Preferred Stock for any Dividend Payment Period shall equal the sum of the daily Dividend amounts accrued in accordance with the prior sentence of this Section 4(b) with respect to such share during such Dividend Payment Period. For the avoidance of doubt, for any share of Series [__] Preferred Stock with an Issuance Date that is not a Dividend Payment Date, the amount of Dividends payable with respect to the initial Dividend Payment Period for such share shall equal the product of (A) the daily accrual determined as specified in the prior sentence, assuming a full Dividend Payment Period in accordance with the definition of such term, and (B) the number of days from and including such Issuance Date to but excluding the next Dividend Payment Date.

(c) Payment of Dividend. With respect to any Dividend Payment Date, the Company will pay, to the extent permitted by applicable law, Dividends on each share of Series [__] Preferred Stock in kind by the issuance of Common Securities with an aggregate value (at the time of such payment) equal to the amount of the dividend to have been paid divided by the Dividend Conversion Price (a “PIK Securities”); provided that any Dividend payments shall be aggregated per Holder and shall be made to the nearest cent (with $0.005 being rounded upward). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Designation or the Series [__] Preferred Stock, any dividend that is paid in the form of PIK Securities shall be considered paid or duly provided for, for all purposes of this Certificate of Designation and the Series [__] Preferred Stock, and shall not be considered overdue. The Board may at its sole discretion elect to pay the Dividends in whole or part in cash in lieu of Common Securities.

(d) Record Date. Each Dividend shall be paid pro rata to the Holders entitled thereto. The record date for payment of Dividends on any relevant Dividend Payment Date will be the close of business on the fifteenth (15th) day of the calendar month preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date (each, a “Dividend Record Date”), whether or not such day is a Business Day.

(e) Priority of Dividends. So long as any shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock remain outstanding, unless full Dividends on all outstanding shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock that have accrued from and including the later of (x) the Issuance Date or (y) the first day of the current Dividend Payment Period in respect of such shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock have been declared and paid in cash or in kind, or have been or contemporaneously are declared, and a sum of cash or Common Stock sufficient for the payment of those Dividends has been, or is, set aside or issued for the benefit of the Holders for the current Dividend Payment Period, the Company may not declare any dividend on, or make any cash distributions relating to, Junior Stock or Parity Stock, or redeem, purchase, acquire (either directly or through any Subsidiary), or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock or Parity Stock, other than:

(i) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of current or former employees, officers, directors or consultants;

 

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(ii) purchases of Junior Stock through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock;

(iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Parity Stock or Junior Stock for any other class or series of Parity Stock (in the case of Parity Stock) or Junior Stock (in the case of Parity Stock or Junior Stock);

(iv) purchases of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged;

(v) payment of any dividends in respect of Junior Stock where the dividend is in the form of the same stock or rights to purchase the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid (subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 4(e)); or

(vi) distributions of Junior Stock or rights to purchase Junior Stock.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as any shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock remain outstanding, if dividends are not declared and paid in full upon such shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon such shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock will be declared on a proportional basis so that the amount of dividends declared per share will bear to each other the same ratio that all accrued and unpaid dividends as of the end of the most recent Dividend Payment Period per share of Series [__] Preferred Stock and accrued and unpaid dividends as of the end of the most recent dividend period per share of any Parity Stock bear to each other.

Subject to the provisions of this Section 4, dividends may be declared by the Board, or any duly authorized committee thereof, and paid by the Company, on any Junior Stock and Parity Stock from time to time and the Holders will not be entitled to participate in those dividends (other than pursuant to adjustments otherwise provided under Section 9(a)).

(f) Conversion Following a Record Date. If the Conversion Date for any shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock is prior to the close of business on a Dividend Record Date, the Holder of such shares will not be entitled to any dividend in respect of such Dividend Record Date, other than through the inclusion of Accrued Dividends in the Liquidation Preference as of the Conversion Date in the calculation under Section 5(a). If the Conversion Date for any shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock is after the close of business on a Dividend Record Date but prior to the corresponding payment date for such dividend, the Holder of such shares as of such Dividend Record Date, shall be entitled to receive such dividend, notwithstanding the conversion of such shares prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date; provided that the amount of such Dividend with respect to the then current Dividend Payment Period shall not be included for the purpose of determining the amount of Accrued Dividends or Liquidation Preference under Section 5(a), with respect to such Conversion Date.

 

Exh. D-10


SECTION 5. Liquidation Rights. (a) Liquidation. In the event of any Change of Control, the Holders of shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock shall be entitled, out of assets legally available therefor, before any distribution or payment out of the assets of the Company may be made to or set aside for the holders of any Junior Stock, and subject to the rights of the holders of any Senior Stock or Parity Stock and the rights of the Company’s existing and future creditors, to receive in full a liquidating distribution in cash and in the amount per share of Series [__] Preferred Stock equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Preference plus (ii) the Accrued Dividends with respect to such share of Series [__] Preferred Stock as of the date of such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company. Holders shall not be entitled to any further payments in the event of any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company other than what is expressly provided for in this Section 5 and will have no right or claim to any of the Company’s remaining assets.

(b) Partial Payment. If in connection with any distribution described in Section 5(a), the assets of the Company or proceeds therefrom are not sufficient to pay in full the aggregate liquidating distributions required to be paid pursuant to Section 5(a) to all Holders of shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock and the liquidating distributions payable to all holders of any Parity Stock, the amounts distributed to such Holders and to the holders of all such Parity Stock shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be entitled if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full.

SECTION 6. Right of the Holders to Convert.

(a) At any time prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, subject to the conversion procedures set forth in Section 7, to convert each share of such Holder’s Series [__] Preferred Stock at such time (including following the delivery of any Notice of Company Redemption) into the number of Common Securities equal to the quotient of the Issuance Price divided by the Conversion Price (as defined below) in effect at the time of conversion (an “Optional Conversion”). The “Conversion Price” applicable to the Series [__] Preferred Stock shall initially be equal to the Common Stock Price. Such initial Conversion Price, and the rate at which shares of Preferred Stock may be converted into shares of Common Stock, shall be subject to adjustment as provided below. The right of conversion may be exercised as to all or any portion of such Holder’s Series [__] Preferred Stock from time to time in accordance with this Section 6; provided that, in each case, no right of conversion may be exercised by a Holder in respect of fewer than 10 shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock (unless such conversion relates to all shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock held by such Holder).

(b) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for issuance upon the conversion of the Series [__] Preferred Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon the conversion of all the shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock then outstanding. Any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Series [__] Preferred Stock shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

Exh. D-11


SECTION 7. Mechanics of Optional Conversion.

(a) In order for a Holder to effect an Optional Conversion, such holder shall (i) provide written notice to the Transfer Agent (“Conversion Notice”) that such Holder elects to convert all or any number of such holder’s shares of Preferred Stock and, if applicable, any event on which such conversion is contingent and (ii) if such Holder’s shares are certificated, surrender the certificate or certificates for such shares of Preferred Stock at the office of the Transfer Agent. The Conversion Notice shall state such Holder’s name or the names of the nominees in which such Holder wishes the Common Securities to be issued. If required by the Company or the Transfer Agent, any certificates surrendered for conversion shall be endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, duly executed by the registered holder or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing. The close of business on the date of receipt by the Transfer Agent of the Conversion Notice and, if applicable, certificates (or lost certificate affidavit and agreement) shall be the time of conversion (the “Conversion Time”), and the Common Securities issuable upon conversion of the specified shares shall be deemed to be outstanding of record as of such date. The Company shall, as soon as practicable after the Conversion Time (i) issue and deliver to such Holder, or to his, her or its nominees, a notice of issuance for the number of Common Securities in accordance with the provisions hereof and a notice of issuance for the number (if any) of the shares of Preferred Stock represented by the surrendered certificate that were not converted into Common Stock, and (ii) pay all Accrued Dividends on the shares of Preferred Stock converted.

(b) Effect of Conversion. All shares of Preferred Stock which shall have been surrendered for conversion as herein provided shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall immediately cease and terminate at the Conversion Time, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive shares of Common Stock or a Warrant in exchange therefor and to receive payment of any Accrued Dividends. Any shares of Preferred Stock so converted shall be retired and cancelled and may not be reissued as shares of such series, and the Company may thereafter take such appropriate action (without the need for stockholder action) as may be necessary to reduce the authorized number of shares of Preferred Stock accordingly.

(c) No Further Adjustment. Upon any such conversion, no adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made for any declared but unpaid dividends on the Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion or on the Common Stock delivered upon conversion.

SECTION 8. Redemption. (a) Redemption at the Option of the Company.

(i) At any time on or after the two (2)-year anniversary of the Issuance Date, the Company shall have the right (the “Company Redemption Right”) to redeem, in whole but not in part, the shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock of any Holder outstanding at such time at a redemption price equal to [__] per share2 (such price, the “Redemption Price”); provided, that (A) the Closing Price of a share of Common Stock exceeds 250% of the then-applicable Conversion Price per share for at least 20 out of 30 consecutive Trading Days prior to the Redemption Date and (B) a Shelf Registration

 

2 

Amount to equal Issuance Price plus three (3) years of Dividend payment

 

Exh. D-12


Statement that is required to be effective pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement on such date shall be effective on such date with respect to the applicable Holder (a “Company Redemption”). The Redemption Price shall be payable in cash or Common Securities. The number of Common Securities issuable upon such Company Redemption shall be equal to the Redemption Price divided by the Conversion Price then in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not exercise the Company Redemption Right, or otherwise send a Notice of Company Redemption in respect of the redemption of, any Series [__] Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 8 unless the Company has sufficient funds or Common Stock legally available to fully pay the Redemption Price in respect of all shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock called for redemption.

(ii) To exercise the Company Redemption Right pursuant to this Section 8(a), the Company shall deliver written notice thereof (a “Notice of Company Redemption”) to the Holders and the Transfer Agent at least five days prior to the Redemption Date designated therein for such redemption. The Notice of Company Redemption shall contain instructions whereby Holders will surrender to the Transfer Agent all shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock. The Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Holder that has complied with the instructions set forth in such Notice of Company Redemption, either: (A) in cash by wire transfer, or (B) Common Securities on a book-entry basis, through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, or by mailing certificates evidencing the shares to such Holders, in an amount equal to the Redemption Price of the shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock in respect of which such Holder has complied with such instructions in accordance herewith.

(b) Effect of Redemption. With respect to any share of Series [__] Preferred Stock which has not been converted by a Holder prior to the Redemption Date and has been specified to be redeemed by the Company pursuant to the Company Redemption Right and which has been redeemed in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8, or for which the Company has irrevocably deposited an amount equal to the Redemption Price in respect of such share with the Transfer Agent, then (i) Dividends shall cease to accrue on such share, (ii) such share shall no longer be deemed outstanding and (iii) all rights with respect to such share shall cease and terminate.

SECTION 9. Anti-Dilution Adjustments. (a) Adjustments. The Conversion Rate will be subject to adjustment, without duplication, upon the occurrence of the following events, except that the Company shall not make any adjustment to the Conversion Rate if Holders of the Series [__] Preferred Stock participate, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock and solely as a result of holding shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock, in any transaction described in this Section 9(a), without having to convert their Series [__] Preferred Stock, as if the respective Holders held such a number of shares of Common Stock into which the number of shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock held by such Holders are then convertible pursuant to Section 6(a) (without regard to any limitations on convertibility contained therein):

(i) The issuance of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, or a subdivision or combination of Common Stock or a reclassification of Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, in which event the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

CR1

 

=

   CR0 x (OS1 / OS0)

 

Exh. D-13


CR0

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on (i) the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or (ii) the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification

CR1

 

=

   the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on (i) the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or (ii) the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification

OS0

 

=

   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on (i) the Record Date for such dividend or distribution or (ii) the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification

OS1

 

=

   the number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, the completion of such event

Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (i) shall be effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification. If any such event is announced or declared but does not occur, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board announces that such event shall not occur, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such event had not been declared.

(ii) The dividend, distribution or other issuance to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock of rights (other than rights, options or warrants distributed in connection with a stockholder rights plan (in which event the provisions of Section 9(a)(viii) shall apply)), options or warrants entitling them, for a period of not more than forty-five (45) calendar days after the date such dividend, distribution or issuance is first announced, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock, at a price per share that is less than the Current Market Price as of the Record Date for such issuance, in which event the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR1

 

=

   CR0 x [(OS0+X) / (OS0+Y)]

CR0

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance

CR1

 

=

   the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately following the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance

 

Exh. D-14


OS0

 

=

   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance

X

 

=

   the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants

Y

 

=

   the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants divided by the Current Market Price as of the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance.

For purposes of this clause (ii), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders to purchase the Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the Current Market Price as of the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance, there shall be taken into account any consideration the Company receives for such rights, options or warrants, and any amount payable on exercise thereof, with the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be the Fair Market Value thereof.

Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (ii) shall become effective immediately following the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance. In the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to issue such rights, options or warrants, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend, distribution or issuance had not been declared. To the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of Common Stock are otherwise not delivered pursuant to such rights, options or warrants upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the dividend, distribution or issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered.

(iii) The Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries purchases Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer (other than an exchange offer that constitutes a Distribution Transaction subject to Section 9(a)(v)) by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company for all or any portion of the Common Stock, or otherwise acquires Common Stock (except (1) in an open market purchase in compliance with Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Exchange Act, (2) through an “accelerated share repurchase” on customary terms if the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock validly tendered, exchanged or otherwise acquired through a Covered Repurchase exceeds the arithmetic average of the VWAP per share of Common Stock for each of the ten (10) consecutive full Trading Days commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last day on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended) or shares of Common Stock are otherwise acquired through a Covered Repurchase or (3) in connection with tax withholding upon vesting or settlement of options, restricted stock units, performance share units or other similar equity awards or upon forfeiture or cashless exercise of options or other equity awards) (a “Covered Repurchase”), in which event the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR1

 

=

   CR0 x [(FMV + (SP1 x OS1)) / (SP1 x OS0)]

 

Exh. D-15


CR0

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date

CR1

 

=

   the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Expiration Date

FMV

 

=

   the Fair Market Value, on the Expiration Date, of all cash and any other consideration paid or payable for all shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn, or otherwise acquired through a Covered Repurchase, as of the Expiration Date

OS0

 

=

   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the last time tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (including the shares to be purchased in such tender or exchange offer) or shares are otherwise acquired through a Covered Repurchase

OS1

 

=

   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the last time tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (after giving effect to the purchase of shares in such tender or exchange offer) or shares are otherwise acquired through a Covered Repurchase

SP1

 

=

   the arithmetic average of the VWAP per share of Common Stock for each of the ten (10) consecutive full Trading Days commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Expiration Date. If an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required under this Section 9(a)(iii), delivery of any additional shares of Common Stock that may be deliverable upon conversion as a result of an adjustment required under this Section 9(a)(iii) shall be delayed to the extent necessary in order to complete the calculations provided for in this Section 9(a)(iii).

In the event that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer, exchange offer or other commitment to acquire shares of Common Stock other than through a Covered Repurchase but is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would have been then in effect if such tender offer, exchange offer or Covered Repurchase had not been made.

 

Exh. D-16


(iv) The Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock (other than for cash in lieu of fractional shares), shares of any class of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, assets, other property or securities, but excluding (A) dividends or distributions referred to in Section 9(a)(i) or Section 9(a)(ii), (B) Distribution Transactions as to which Section 9(a)(v) shall apply, (C) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which Section 9(a)(vi) shall apply and (D) rights, options or warrants distributed in connection with a stockholder rights plan as to which Section 9(a)(viii) shall apply (any of such shares of its Capital Stock, indebtedness, assets or property that are not so excluded are hereinafter called the “Distributed Property”), then, in each such case the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR1

 

=

   CR0 x [SP0 / (SP0 - FMV)]

CR0

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution

CR1

 

=

   the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution

SP0

 

=

   the Current Market Price as of the Record Date for such dividend or distribution

FMV

 

=

   the Fair Market Value of the portion of Distributed Property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; provided that, if FMV is equal or greater than SP0, then in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, the Company shall distribute to each holder of Series [__] Preferred Stock on the date the applicable Distributed Property is distributed to holders of Common Stock, but without requiring such holder to convert its shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock, in respect of each share of Series [__] Preferred Stock held by such holder, the amount of Distributed Property such holder would have received had such holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution

Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (iv) shall be effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution. If any such dividend or distribution is declared but does not occur, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board announces that such dividend or distribution shall not occur, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

 

Exh. D-17


(v) The Company effects a Distribution Transaction, in which case the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Distribution Transaction shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR1

 

=

   CR0 x [(FMV + MP0) / MP0]

CR0

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the effective date of the Distribution Transaction

CR1

 

=

   the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the effective date of the Distribution Transaction

FMV

 

=

   the product of (x) the number of shares or units of Capital Stock or equity interests distributed per share of Common Stock in the Distribution Transaction and (y) the arithmetic average of the volume-weighted average prices for a share or unit of such Capital Stock or equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock on the principal United States securities exchange or automated quotation system on which such capital stock or other interest trades, as reported by Bloomberg (or, if Bloomberg ceases to publish such price, any successor service chosen by the Company) in respect of the period from the open of trading on the relevant Trading Day until the close of trading on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market price of one share of such capital stock or other interest on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by an Independent Financial Advisor retained for such purpose by the Company), for each of the ten (10) consecutive full Trading Days commencing with, and including, the first Trading Day following the effective date of the Distribution Transaction

MP0

 

=

   the arithmetic average of the VWAP per share of Common Stock for each of the ten (10) consecutive full Trading Days commencing on, and including, the first Trading Day following the effective date of the Distribution Transaction

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately following the close of business on the effective date of the Distribution Transaction. If an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required under this Section 9(a)(v), delivery of any additional shares of Common Stock that may be deliverable upon conversion as a result of an adjustment required under this Section 9(a)(v) shall be delayed to the extent necessary in order to complete the calculations provided for in this Section 9(a)(v).

(vi) The Company makes a cash dividend or distribution to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR1

 

=

   CR0 x [SP0 / (SP0 – C)]

CR0

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution

CR1

 

=

   the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution

 

Exh. D-18


SP0

 

=

   the Current Market Price as of the Record Date for such dividend or distribution

C

 

=

   the amount in cash per share of Common Stock the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock; provided that, if C is equal or greater than SP0, then in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, the Company shall pay to each holder of Series [__] Preferred Stock on the date the applicable cash dividend or distribution is made to holders of Common Stock, but without requiring such holder to convert its shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock, in respect of each share of Series [__] Preferred Stock held by such holder, the amount of cash such holder would have received had such holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution

Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (vi) shall be effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution. If any dividend or distribution is declared but not paid, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board announces that such dividend or distribution will not be paid, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such had dividend or distribution not been declared.

(vii) The Company issues shares of Common Stock or any other security convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (such Common Stock or other security, “Equity-Linked Securities”) (other than in Excluded Issuances (as defined below) or a transaction to which Section 9(a)(i), Section 9(a)(ii), Section 9(a)(iv) or Section 9(a)(v) applies), for a consideration per share of Common Stock (or conversion, exercise or exchange price per share of Common Stock) less than the then-applicable Conversion Price on the date the Company fixes the offering price (or conversion, exercise or exchange price) of Equity-Linked Securities, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR1

 

=

   CR0 x [(OS0 + A) / (OS0 + B)]

CR0

 

=

   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the issuance of such Equity-Linked Securities

CR1

 

=

   the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the issuance of such Equity-Linked Securities

OS0

 

=

   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of such Equity-Linked Securities (treating for this purpose as outstanding all shares of Common Stock issuable upon (i) conversion of all convertible securities of the Company and (ii) exercise or vesting of any equity awards of the Company, including options and restricted stock units (using the treasury stock method as determined by the Company))

 

Exh. D-19


A

 

=

   the maximum number of additional shares of Common Stock issued (or into which Equity-Linked Securities may be converted)

B

 

=

   the number of shares of Common Stock (or into which such Equity-Linked Securities may be converted) that would have been issued assuming such additional shares of Common Stock had been issued or deemed issued at a price per share of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Price (such amount determined by dividing the aggregate consideration receivable by the Company for the total number of shares of Common Stock to be issued (or into which such Equity-Linked Securities may be converted) by the Conversion Price immediately prior to the execution of the definitive agreement on pricing such shares (or such Equity-Linked Securities))

For purposes of this Section 9(a)(vii), the aggregate consideration receivable by the Company in connection with the issuance of such shares of Common Stock or Equity-Linked Securities shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of (x) the purchase price payable solely in cash of all such securities plus (y) the minimum aggregate amount, if any, payable upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any such Equity-Linked Securities into or for shares of Common Stock plus (z) the Fair Market Value of any consideration that consists all or in part of property other than cash; and “Excluded Issuances” means issuances of Common Stock or Equity-Linked Securities (i) as consideration for an acquisition of businesses and/or related assets, (ii) pursuant to employee benefit plans and compensation related arrangements approved by the Board, (iii) pursuant to any issuance, exercise or conversion of securities or rights issued pursuant to a distribution in which shares of the Series [_] Preferred Stock participate or in connection with a stockholder rights plan, or (iv) in connection with the conversion, exercise or exchange of any Equity-Linked Security pursuant to its terms. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 9(a)(vii) shall become effective immediately upon the date of such issuance of such Common Stock or Equity-Linked Securities, as applicable.

Upon the expiration or termination of any unconverted, unexercised or unexchanged Equity-Linked Security which resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 9(a)(vii), the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted to such Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such Equity-Linked Security had never been issued.

(viii) If the Company has a stockholder rights plan in effect with respect to the Common Stock on any Conversion Date, upon conversion of any shares of the Series [__] Preferred Stock, Holders of such shares will receive, in addition to the applicable number of shares of Common Stock, the rights under such rights plan relating to such Common Stock, unless, prior to such Conversion Date, the rights have (i) become exercisable or (ii) separated from the shares of Common Stock (the first of such events to occur, a “Trigger Event”), in which case, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted, effective automatically at the time of such Trigger Event, as if the Company had made a distribution of such rights to all holders of Common Stock as described in Section 9(a)(ii) (without giving effect to the forty-five (45)

 

Exh. D-20


calendar day limit on exercisability of rights, options or warrants ordinarily subject to such Section 9(a)(ii)), subject to appropriate readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights prior to the exercise, deemed exercise or exchange thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any such stockholder rights are exchanged by the Company for shares of Common Stock or other property or securities, the Conversion Rate shall be appropriately readjusted as if such stockholder rights had not been issued, but the Company had instead issued such shares of Common Stock or other property or securities as a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 9(a)(i) or Section 9(a)(iv), as applicable.

To the extent that such rights are not exercised prior to their expiration, termination or redemption, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the occurrence of the Trigger Event been made on the basis of the issuance of, and the receipt of the exercise price with respect to, only the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued pursuant to such rights.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9(a)(viii), no adjustment shall be required to be made to the Conversion Rate with respect to any Holder which is, or is an “affiliate” or “associate” of, an “acquiring person” under such stockholder rights plan or with respect to any direct or indirect transferee of such Holder who receives Series [_] Preferred Stock in such transfer after the time such Holder becomes, or its affiliate or associate becomes, such an “acquiring person”.

(b) Calculation of Adjustments. All adjustments to the Conversion Rate shall be calculated by the Company to the nearest 1/10,000th of one share of Common Stock (or if there is not a nearest 1/10,000th of a share, to the next lower 1/10,000th of a share). No adjustment to the Conversion Rate will be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent of the Conversion Rate; provided, however, that any such adjustment that is not required to be made will be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; provided, further that any such adjustment of less than one percent that has not been made will be made upon any Conversion Date or redemption or repurchase date.

(c) When No Adjustment Required. (i) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9, the Conversion Rate will not be adjusted for the issuance of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or carrying the right to purchase any of the foregoing, or for the repurchase of Common Stock.

(ii) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9, the Conversion Rate will not be adjusted as a result of the issuance of, the distribution of separate certificates representing, the exercise or redemption of, or the termination or invalidation of, rights pursuant to any stockholder rights plans.

 

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(iii) No adjustment to the Conversion Rate will be made:

 

  (A)

upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the Company and the investment of additional optional amounts in Common Stock under any plan in which purchases are made at market prices on the date or dates of purchase, without discount, and whether or not the Company bears the ordinary costs of administration and operation of the plan, including brokerage commissions;

 

  (B)

upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase such shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any employee agreements or arrangements or programs;

 

  (C)

except as expressly provided in Section 9, upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security, including the Series [__] Preferred Stock;

 

  (D)

for a change in the par value of the Common Stock;

 

  (E)

pursuant to any merger, joint venture, partnership, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction or any other direct or indirect acquisition by the Company with parties that are not Affiliates, whereby the Common Stock comprises, in whole or in part, the consideration paid by the Company in such transaction, provided such transaction was (1) approved by the holders of the Voting Stock or (2) approved by the Board; or

 

  (F)

upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or warrants to acquire only shares of Common Stock issued to non-Affiliate banks, equipment lessors or other lending institutions, or to non-Affiliate real property lessors, in each case, in connection with a debt financing, equipment leasing or real property leasing transaction, provided such transaction was approved by the Board.

(d) Successive Adjustments. After an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 9, any subsequent event requiring an adjustment under this Section 9 shall cause an adjustment to each such Conversion Rate as so adjusted.

(e) Multiple Adjustments. For the avoidance of doubt, if an event occurs that would trigger an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 9 under more than one subsection hereof, such event, to the extent fully taken into account in a single adjustment, shall not result in multiple adjustments hereunder; provided, however, that if more than one subsection of this Section 9 is applicable to a single event, the subsection shall be applied that produces the largest adjustment.

 

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(f) Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as provided under this Section 9, the Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence of an event that requires such adjustment (or if the Company is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming so aware):

(i) compute the adjusted applicable Conversion Rate in accordance with this Section 9 and prepare and transmit to the Conversion Agent an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the applicable Conversion Rate, the method of calculation thereof, and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based; and

(ii) provide a written notice to the Holders of the occurrence of such event and a statement in reasonable detail setting forth the method by which the adjustment to the applicable Conversion Rate was determined and setting forth the adjusted applicable Conversion Rate.

(g) Conversion Agent. The Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether any facts exist that may require any adjustment of the Conversion Rate or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. The Conversion Agent shall be fully authorized and protected in relying on any Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 9(g) and any adjustment contained therein and the Conversion Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment unless and until it has received such certificate. The Conversion Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities or property, that may at the time be issued or delivered with respect to any Series [_] Preferred Stock and the Conversion Agent makes no representation with respect thereto. The Conversion Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the conversion of Series [_] Preferred Stock or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Section 9.

(h) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be delivered to the Holders upon conversion. In lieu of fractional shares otherwise issuable, the Holders will be entitled to receive, at the Company’s sole discretion, an amount in cash equal to the fraction of a share of Common Stock multiplied by the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Conversion Date. In order to determine whether the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered to a Holder upon the conversion of such Holder’s shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock will include a fractional share, such determination shall be based on the aggregate number of shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock of such Holder that are being converted and/or issued on any single Conversion Date.

SECTION 10. Reserved.

SECTION 11. Voting Rights

(a) General. The Holders have no voting rights except as expressly set forth herein or as otherwise provided by the DGCL. The Holders of shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote with the other holders of Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, with respect to (i) changes to the legal or tax form of the Company, (ii) changes to the authorized number of shares of Preferred Stock or any series of Preferred Stock, (iii) the issuance of additional Preferred Stock other than in connection with

 

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the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement on the Issuance Date, (iv) amendments to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws which may alter or change the privileges, preferences or rights of the Preferred Stock, or the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, or change the authorized number of shares of the Preferred Stock or any series thereof below the amount issued and outstanding, or (v) the incurrence of any indebtedness or the provision of any guaranty by the Company that is junior to the most senior indebtedness of the Company in right of payment or lien priority, the incurrence of any indebtedness by any Subsidiary and the provision of any guaranty or the imposition of any lien on any assets or equity securities of the Company or any Subsidiary. On such matters on which the Holders are entitled to vote, each Holder shall be entitled to the number of votes, equal to the number of shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock held by such Holder. The Holders shall be entitled to notice of any meeting of holders of Preferred Stock in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company.

(b) Each Holder of Series [__] Preferred Stock will have one (1) vote per share on any matter on which Holders of Series [__] Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as a single class, whether at a meeting or by written consent.

SECTION 12. Preemptive Rights. Each of the Holders of Series [__] Preferred Stock shall have preemptive rights to purchase issuances of securities offered by the Company on a pro-rata basis among all series of Preferred Stock up to an amount equal to such Holder’s beneficial ownership interest in the Common Stock of the Company and without regard to the Stock Issuance Cap for purposes of calculating shares issuable pursuant to the preemptive rights. However, in the event of a Holder’s exercise of its preemptive rights, where such Holder’s ownership of Common Stock exceeds the Stock Issuance Cap, the Company shall issue to the relevant Holder a Warrant exercisable for Common Stock at such time that the Holder’s ownership of Common Stock is below the Stock Issuance Cap.

SECTION 13. Term. Except as expressly provided in this Certificate of Designations, the shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock shall be perpetual.

SECTION 14. Creation of Capital Stock. The Board, or any duly authorized committee thereof, without the vote of the Holders, may authorize and issue additional shares of Capital Stock of the Company.

SECTION 15. No Sinking Fund. Shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock shall not be subject to or entitled to the operation of a retirement or sinking fund.

SECTION 16. Transfer Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar and Paying Agent. The duly appointed Transfer Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar and paying agent for the Series [__] Preferred Stock shall be [__]. The Company may, in its sole discretion, appoint any other Person to serve as Transfer Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar or paying agent for the Series [__] Preferred Stock and thereafter may remove or replace such other Person at any time. Upon any such appointment or removal, the Company shall send notice thereof to the Holders.

SECTION 17. Replacement Certificates. (a) Mutilated, Destroyed, Stolen and Lost Certificates. If physical certificates evidencing the Series [__] Preferred Stock are issued, the Company shall replace any mutilated certificate at the Holder’s expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Transfer Agent. The Company shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the Holder’s expense upon delivery to the Company and the Transfer Agent of satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be required by the Transfer Agent and the Company. Any such replacement shall be done in accordance with the Bylaws of the Company.

 

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(b) Certificates Following Conversion. If physical certificates representing the Series [__] Preferred Stock are issued, the Company shall not be required to issue replacement certificates representing shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock on or after the Conversion Date applicable to such shares (except if any certificate for shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall, at its expense, execute and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder of the certificate so surrendered a new certificate for the shares of Series [_] Preferred Stock not converted). In place of the delivery of a replacement certificate following the applicable Conversion Date, the Transfer Agent, upon receipt of the satisfactory evidence and indemnity described in clause (a) above, shall deliver the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock formerly evidenced by the physical certificate.

SECTION 18. Taxes. (a) Transfer Taxes. The Company shall pay any and all stock transfer, documentary, stamp and similar taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock or other securities issued on account of Series [__] Preferred Stock pursuant hereto or certificates representing such shares or securities. However, in the case of conversion of Series [__] Preferred Stock, the Company shall not be required to pay any such tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities to a beneficial owner other than the beneficial owner of the Series [__] Preferred Stock immediately prior to such conversion, and shall not be required to make any such issuance, delivery or payment unless and until the Person otherwise entitled to such issuance, delivery or payment has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Company, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

(b) Withholding. All payments and distributions (or deemed distributions) on the shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock (and on the shares of Common Stock received upon their conversion) shall be subject to withholding and backup withholding of taxes to the extent required by law, subject to applicable exemptions, and amounts withheld, if any, shall be treated as received by the Holders.

(c) Ownership Restriction. The Series [__] Preferred Stock may only be held by, and may only be transferred to, a Holder that delivers to the Company (i) an IRS Form W-9, (ii) an IRS Form W-8BEN-E certifying its status as a “withholding foreign partnership,” (iii) an IRS Form W-8BEN-E or W-8EXP certifying entitlement to a complete exemption from dividend withholding tax under an applicable income tax treaty for which the Holder qualifies for benefits or under Section 892 of the Code. Any purported Transfer to a Person not described in the immediately preceding sentence shall be void ab initio.

SECTION 19. Notices. All notices referred to herein shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, all notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given upon the earlier of receipt thereof or three (3) Business Days after the mailing thereof if sent by registered or certified mail with postage prepaid, or by private courier service addressed: (i) if to the Company, to its office at Aeva Technologies, Inc., 555 Ellis Street, Mountain View, CA 94043 (Attention: Soroush Salehian) (with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice or delivery of process) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 2475 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304 (Attention: Heidi E. Mayon)), (ii) if to any Holder, to such Holder at the address of such Holder as listed in the stock record books of the Company (which may include the records of the Transfer Agent) or (iii) to such other address as the Company or any such Holder, as the case may be, shall have designated by notice similarly given.

 

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SECTION 20. Facts Ascertainable. When the terms of this Certificate of Designations refers to a specific agreement or other document to determine the meaning or operation of a provision hereof, the Secretary of the Company shall maintain a copy of such agreement or document at the principal executive offices of the Company and a copy thereof shall be provided free of charge to any Holder who makes a request therefor. The Secretary of the Company shall also maintain a written record of the Issuance Date, the number of shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock issued to a Holder and the date of each such issuance, and shall furnish such written record free of charge to any Holder who makes a request therefor.

SECTION 21. Waiver. Except as otherwise set forth in this Certificate of Designations, notwithstanding any provision in this Certificate of Designations to the contrary, any provision contained herein and any right of the Holders of Series [_] Preferred Stock granted hereunder may be waived as to all shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock (and the Holders thereof) upon the vote or written consent of the Holders of a majority of the shares of Series [__] Preferred Stock then outstanding.

SECTION 22. Severability. If any term of the Series [__] Preferred Stock set forth herein is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other terms set forth herein which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable term will, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no term herein set forth will be deemed dependent upon any other such term unless so expressed herein.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Designations to be executed this [__]th day of [__], 20[        ].

 

AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:    
Name:  
Title:  


EXHIBIT E

FORM OF PRE-FUNDED WARRANT

 

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Exhibit E

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE OFFERED, TRANSFERRED SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND FOREIGN SECURITIES LAWS.

PRE-FUNDED WARRANT

AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

Warrant       Initial Exercise Date: [_], 202[_]                
Shares:    __________   

This PRE-FUNDED WARRANT (this “Pre-Funded Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, _____________ or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after [_], 202[_] (the “Initial Exercise Date”), and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on [_], 20[_]1 (the “Termination Date”), but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), up to ________2 shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock (as defined below). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Pre-Funded Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b). This Pre-Funded Warrant is issued pursuant to the terms under certain standby equity purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), effective on November 8, 2023, and entered into between the Company and the Holder.

Section 1    Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Pre-Funded Warrant, for all purposes of this Pre-Funded Warrant, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency

 

 

1 

Note: To expire on the 7 year anniversary from the issue date of the Pre-Funded Warrant

2 

Note: Each Pre-Funded Warrant will be exercisable for such number of shares of Common Stock as would have been purchasable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock.


succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the holders of a majority in interest of the Subscription Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Pre-Funded Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the greater of (i) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction and (ii) the highest VWAP during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 3(d) and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, and (E) a zero cost of borrow. The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds (or such other consideration) within the later of (i) five business days of the Holder’s election and (ii) the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Pre-Funded Warrant in accordance with Section 3(d) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Pre-Funded Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Pre-Funded Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Pre-Funded Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Pre-Funded Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Pre-Funded Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

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Business Day” and “business day” mean a day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company that would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the holders of a majority in interest of the Subscription Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

Warrant Agent” shall be any duly appointed agent selected by the Company. The Warrant Agent shall initially be the Company.

Section 2 Exercise.

(a) Exercise of Pre-Funded Warrant.

(i) Exercise by Holder. Exercise of the rights represented by this Pre-Funded Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (with a copy to the Warrant Agent) of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the “Notice of Exercise”). No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required.

 

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(ii) Exercise Procedures. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, subject to Section 2(d)(ii), the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Pre-Funded Warrant to the Company until the Holder has exercised all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and this Pre-Funded Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Pre-Funded Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company (with a copy to the Warrant Agent). Partial exercises of this Pre-Funded Warrant resulting in exercises of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares exercisable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares exercised. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares exercised and the date of such exercises. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) business day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Pre-Funded Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the exercise of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for exercise hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

(iii) Maximum Percentage. The Holder may notify the Company in writing in the event it elects to be subject to the provisions contained in this Section 2(a)(iii); provided, however, no Holder shall be subject to this Section 2(a)(iii) unless he, she or it makes such election. If the election is made by the Holder, the Warrant Agent shall not effect the exercise of the Holder’s Pre-Funded Warrants, and such Holder shall not have the right to exercise such Pre-Funded Warrants, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates), to the Warrant Agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own in excess of 19.9% (or such other amount as a Holder may specify) (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude Common Stock that would be issuable upon (x) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of the Pre-Funded Warrants beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates and (y) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred shares or warrants), subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For purposes of the Pre-Funded Warrants, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form

 

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10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as the case may be, or (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the Holder of the Pre-Funded Warrants, the Company shall, within five (5) Business Days, confirm orally and in writing to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. By written notice to the Company, the Holder of the Pre-Funded Warrants may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage applicable to such Holder to any other percentage specified in such notice; provided, however, that any such increase shall not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company.

(b) Exercise Price. The aggregate exercise price of this Warrant, except for a nominal exercise price of $0.0001 per Warrant Share, was pre-funded to the Company on or prior to the Initial Exercise Date and, consequently, no additional consideration (other than the nominal exercise price of $0.0001 per Warrant Share) shall be required to be paid by the Holder to any Person to effect any exercise of this Warrant. The Holder shall not be entitled to the return or refund of all, or any portion, of such pre-paid aggregate exercise price under any circumstance or for any reason whatsoever. The remaining unpaid exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.0001 (the “Exercise Price”). (the “Exercise Price”).

(c) Cashless Exercise. If at any time after the Initial Exercise Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Pre-Funded Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

(A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(68) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, or (ii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Series A Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Series A Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Series A Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

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If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of this Series A Warrant being exercised, and the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Series A Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

(d) Mechanics of Exercise.

(i) Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares exercised hereunder to be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) two (2) Trading Days after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Pre-Funded Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Pre-Funded Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

(ii) Delivery of New Pre-Funded Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Pre-Funded Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of the Holder and upon surrender of this Pre-Funded Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Pre-Funded Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to exercise the unexercised Warrant Shares called for by this Pre-Funded Warrant, which new Pre-Funded Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Pre-Funded Warrant.

 

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(iii) Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

(iv) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of this Series A Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Series A Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

(v) No Fractional Pre-Funded Warrant, Shares or Scrip. No fractional Pre-Funded Warrants, shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant. To the extent the Holder would be entitled to a fractional Pre-Funded Warrant, the Company shall round down to the nearest whole number of Pre-Funded Warrants to be issued to the Holder. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

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(vi) Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Pre-Funded Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all reasonable Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to The Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

(vii) Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

Section 3 Certain Adjustments.

(a) Reserved.

(b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. If at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

(c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Pre-Funded Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Pre-Funded Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution.

 

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(d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Pre-Funded Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another person or group of persons whereby such other person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other person or other persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant). If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), exercise this Pre-Funded Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount equals to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below), in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof (at the Company’s discretion), of the remaining unexercised portion of this Pre-Funded Warrant on or around the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction; provided, however, that, if the Fundamental Transaction is not within the Company’s control, including not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, Holder shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any Successor Entity the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of this Pre-Funded Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of Common Stock are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction; provided, further, that if holders of Common Stock of the Company are not offered or paid any consideration in such Fundamental Transaction, such holders of Common Stock will be deemed to have received common stock of the Successor Entity (which Successor Entity may be the Company following such Fundamental Transaction) in such Fundamental Transaction.

 

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(e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

(f) Notice to Holder.

(i) Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Pre-Funded Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Pre-Funded Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

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(g) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Series A Warrant, subject to the prior written consent of the Holder, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

Section 4 Reserved.

Section 5 Transfer of Pre-Funded Warrant.

(a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, this Pre-Funded Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Pre-Funded Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated Warrant Agent, which shall initially be the Company, together with a written assignment of this Pre-Funded Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Pre-Funded Warrant or Pre-Funded Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Pre-Funded Warrant evidencing the portion of this Pre-Funded Warrant not so assigned, and this Pre-Funded Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Pre-Funded Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Pre-Funded Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Pre-Funded Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Pre-Funded Warrant in full. The Pre-Funded Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Pre-Funded Warrant issued.

(b) Reserved.

(c) Pre-Funded Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Pre-Funded Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Pre-Funded Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Pre-Funded Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary. The Company has appointed the Warrant Agent to maintain the Pre-Funded Warrant Register, as the Company’s agent. The Company shall remain responsible for the contents of the Pre-Funded Warrant Register, notwithstanding the appointment of a Warrant Agent. The Company shall provide thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Holder of any appointment of or change in Warrant Agent and the new Warrant Agent’s contact information, including if the Company shall itself directly maintain the Pre-Funded Warrant Register after a third-party Warrant Agent has been appointed.

 

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Section 6 Miscellaneous.

(a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Pre-Funded Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof, except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder under this Pre-Funded Warrant, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant.

(b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Pre-Funded Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Pre-Funded Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of this Pre-Funded Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Pre-Funded Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Pre-Funded Warrant or stock certificate.

(c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a business day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding business day.

(d) Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that, during the period this Pre-Funded Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Pre-Funded Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Pre-Funded Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Pre-Funded Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Pre-Funded Warrant will, upon exercise of the rights represented by this Pre-Funded Warrant in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Pre-Funded Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Pre-Funded Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Pre-Funded Warrant.

 

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Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

(e) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Pre-Funded Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Pre-Funded Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of this Pre-Funded Warrant), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Pre-Funded Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Pre-Funded Warrant, the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

(f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Pre-Funded Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

(g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of the Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Pre-Funded Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Pre-Funded Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

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(h) Notices. Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed or sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed to be given and received (i) when so delivered personally, (ii) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email, or (iii) three (3) business days after the date of mailing to the address below or to such other address or addresses as such person may hereafter designate by notice given hereunder:

(i) if to a Holder, to its address and/or email address set forth on the register of Holders on file with the Company, with copies to such Holder’s representatives as set forth on such register, or to such other address, email address and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change;

(ii) if to the Company, to:

Aeva Technologies, Inc.

555 Ellis Street

Mountain View, CA 94043

Attention:

E-mail:

with a required copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention: Heidi Mayon

E-mail: heidi.mayon@stblaw.com

(i) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Pre-Funded Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Pre-Funded Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of the Company and any Holder from time to time of this Pre-Funded Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Company and/or Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

(j) Amendment. This Pre-Funded Warrant may be amended by the Company without the consent of any of the holders of the Subscription Warrants for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, or making any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Pre-Funded Warrant that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Pre-Funded Warrant, (ii) evidencing the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company contained in this Pre-Funded Warrant, (iii) evidencing and providing for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Warrant Agent with respect to the Subscription Warrants, and any provisions required in connection therewith, (iv) adding to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holder or surrendering any right or power

 

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conferred upon the Company under this Pre-Funded Warrant, (v) to comply with the rules of the Depositary Trust Company (“DTC”), including to permit the deposit of Subscription Warrants with the DTC and settlement through the facilities thereof, if applicable; or (vi) amending this Pre-Funded Warrant in any manner that the Company may deem to be necessary or desirable and that will not adversely affect the interests of the Holder in any material respect. All other modifications or amendments to this Pre-Funded Warrant and the other Subscription Warrants, including any amendment to increase the Exercise Price or move the Termination Date, shall require the written consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Subscription Warrants; provided that any material and adverse modification, waiver or termination of the economic terms of the transactions contemplated under this Pre-Funded Warrant shall require the prior written consent of the Holder of this Pre-Funded Warrant.

(k) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Pre-Funded Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Pre-Funded Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Pre-Funded Warrant.

(l) Headings. The headings used in this Pre-Funded Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Pre-Funded Warrant.

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(Signature Page Follows)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Pre-Funded Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:    
Name:
Title:


NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CC: WARRANT AGENT

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to exercise Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Pre-Funded Warrant (only if exercised in full).

(2) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

_______________________

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

_______________________

_______________________

_______________________

(3) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Name of Investing Entity:        
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:        
Name of Authorized Signatory:        
Title of Authorized Signatory:        
Date:        


EXHIBIT B

ASSIGNMENT FORM

(To assign the foregoing Pre-Funded Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Pre-Funded Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to:

 

Name:

     
  

(Please Print)

  

Address:

     
  

(Please Print)

  
Phone Number:        
Email Address:        

Dated: ________________, ____, ____

     

Holder’s Signature: _________________________________

     

Holder’s Address: __________________________________

     


EXHIBIT F

FORM OF SERIES A WARRANT

 

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Exhibit F

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE OFFERED, TRANSFERRED SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND FOREIGN SECURITIES LAWS.

SERIES A WARRANT

AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

Warrant       Initial Exercise Date: _________ ____, 2023                 
Shares:    __________   

This SERIES A WARRANT (this “Series A Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, _____________ or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after _________ ____, 2023 (the “Initial Exercise Date”), and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on _________ ____, 2027 (the “Termination Date”), but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), up to ________ shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of Common Stock (as defined below). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Series A Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b). This Series A Warrant is issued pursuant to that certain Standby Equity Purchase Agreement, effective on October ____, 2023, and entered into between the Company and the Holder.

Section 1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Series A Warrant, for all purposes of this Series A Warrant, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1.

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the holders of a majority in interest of the Series A Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 


Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Series A Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the greater of (i) the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction and (ii) the highest VWAP during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holder’s request pursuant to Section 3(d) and (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, and (E) a zero cost of borrow. The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds (or such other consideration) within the later of (i) five business days of the Holder’s election and (ii) the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Series A Warrant in accordance with Section 3(d) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Series A Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Series A Warrant which is exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Series A Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Series A Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Series A Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Series A Warrant referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Series A Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

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Business Day” and “business day” mean a day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

Common Stock” means the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Company that would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the holders of a majority in interest of the Series A Warrants then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

Warrant Agent” shall be any duly appointed agent selected by the Company. The Warrant Agent shall initially be the Company.

Section 2 Exercise.

(a) Exercise of Series A Warrant.

(i) Exercise by Holder. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Series A Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (with a copy to the Warrant Agent) of a duly executed PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise

 

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Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank, unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required.

(ii) Exercise Procedures. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, subject to Section 2(d)(ii), the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Series A Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and this Series A Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Series A Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company (with a copy to the Warrant Agent). Partial exercises of this Series A Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) business day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Series A Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

(iii) Maximum Percentage. The Holder may notify the Company in writing in the event it elects to be subject to the provisions contained in this Section 2(a)(iii); provided, however, no Holder shall be subject to this Section 2(a)(iii) unless he, she or it makes such election. If the election is made by the Holder, the Warrant Agent shall not effect the exercise of this Series A Warrant, and such Holder shall not have the right to exercise this Series A Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates), to the Warrant Agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own in excess of 19.9% (or such other amount as a Holder may specify) (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Series A Warrants with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude Common Stock that would be issuable upon (x) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of the Series A Warrants beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates and (y) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred shares or warrants), subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For purposes of the Series A Warrants, in

 

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determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as the case may be, or (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the Holder of this Series A Warrant, the Company shall, within five (5) Business Days, confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. By written notice to the Company, the Holder of this Series A Warrant may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage applicable to such Holder to any other percentage specified in such notice; provided, however, that any such increase shall not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company.

(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Series A Warrant shall be $1.00, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

(c) Cashless Exercise. If at any time after the Initial Exercise Date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for, the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Series A Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

(A) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b)(68) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, or (ii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day;

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Series A Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Series A Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Series A Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of this Series A Warrant being exercised, and the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Series A Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c).

 

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(d) Mechanics of Exercise.

(i) Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of this Series A Warrant), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (ii) two (2) Trading Days after delivery of the aggregate Exercise Price to the Company and (iii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Series A Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Series A Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

(ii) Delivery of New Series A Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Series A Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of the Holder and upon surrender of this Series A Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Series A Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Series A Warrant, which new Series A Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Series A Warrant.

(iii) Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

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(iv) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of this Series A Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Series A Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

(v) No Fractional Series A Warrant, Shares or Scrip. No fractional Series A Warrants, shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Series A Warrant. To the extent the Holder would be entitled to a fractional Series A Warrant, the Company shall round down to the nearest whole number of Series A Warrants to be issued to the Holder. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

(vi) Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Series A Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto as Exhibit B duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all reasonable Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to The Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

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(vii) Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Series A Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

Section 3 Certain Adjustments.

(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Series A Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Series A Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Series A Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Series A Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

(b) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Series A Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

(c) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Series A Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Series A Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such

 

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Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Series A Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution.

(d) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Series A Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another person or group of persons whereby such other person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other person or other persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Series A Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Series A Warrant), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Series A Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Series A Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Series A Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company or any Successor Entity (as defined below) shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within 30 days after, the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of

 

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the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Series A Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount equals to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below), in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof (at the Company’s discretion), of the remaining unexercised portion of this Series A Warrant on or around the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction; provided, however, that, if the Fundamental Transaction is not within the Company’s control, including not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, Holder shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any Successor Entity the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of this Series A Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of Common Stock are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction; provided, further, that if holders of Common Stock of the Company are not offered or paid any consideration in such Fundamental Transaction, such holders of Common Stock will be deemed to have received common stock of the Successor Entity (which Successor Entity may be the Company following such Fundamental Transaction) in such Fundamental Transaction.

(e) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

(f) Notice to Holder.

(i) Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not

 

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to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Series A Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Series A Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

(g) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Company may at any time during the term of this Series A Warrant, subject to the prior written consent of the Holder, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Company.

Section 4 Reserved.

Section 5 Transfer of Series A Warrant.

(a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws, this Series A Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Series A Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated Warrant Agent, which shall initially be the Company, together with a written assignment of this Series A Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Series A Warrant or Series A Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Series A Warrant evidencing the portion of this Series A Warrant not so assigned, and this Series A Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Series A Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Series A Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Series A Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Series A Warrant in full. The Series A Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Series A Warrant issued.

(b) New Series A Warrants. This Series A Warrant may be divided or combined with other Series A Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Series A Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 5(a),

 

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as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Series A Warrant or Series A Warrants in exchange for the Series A Warrant or Series A Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Series A Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the original issuance date and shall be identical with this Series A Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

(c) Series A Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Series A Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Series A Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Series A Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary. The Company has appointed the Warrant Agent to maintain the Series A Warrant Register, as the Company’s agent. The Company shall remain responsible for the contents of the Series A Warrant Register, notwithstanding the appointment of a Warrant Agent. The Company shall provide thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Holder of any appointment of or change in Warrant Agent and the new Warrant Agent’s contact information, including if the Company shall itself directly maintain the Series A Warrant Register after a third-party Warrant Agent has been appointed.

Section 6 Miscellaneous.

(a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Series A Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof, except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Series A Warrant.

(b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Series A Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Series A Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of this Series A Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Series A Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Series A Warrant or stock certificate.

(c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a business day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding business day.

(d) Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that, during the period this Series A Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Series A Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Series A Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty

 

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of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Series A Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Series A Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Series A Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Series A Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Series A Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Series A Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Series A Warrant.

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Series A Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

(e) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Series A Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Series A Warrant (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of this Series A Warrant), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery

 

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(with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Series A Warrant and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Series A Warrant, the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the non-prevailing party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

(f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Series A Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

(g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of the Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Series A Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Series A Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

(h) Notices. Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed or sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed to be given and received (i) when so delivered personally, (ii) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email, or (iii) three (3) business days after the date of mailing to the address below or to such other address or addresses as such person may hereafter designate by notice given hereunder:

(i) if to a Holder, to its address and/or email address set forth on the register of Holders on file with the Company, with copies to such Holder’s representatives as set forth on such register, or to such other address, email address and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change;

(ii) if to the Company, to:

Aeva Technologies, Inc.

555 Ellis Street

Mountain View, CA

Attention:

E-mail:

 

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with a required copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention: Heidi Mayon

E-mail: heidi.mayon@stblaw.com

(i) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Series A Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Series A Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of the Company and any Holder from time to time of this Series A Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Company and/or Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

(j) Amendment. This Series A Warrant may be amended by the Company without the consent of any of the holders of the Series A Warrants for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, or making any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Series A Warrant that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Series A Warrant, (ii) evidencing the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company contained in this Series A Warrant, (iii) evidencing and providing for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Warrant Agent with respect to the Series A Warrants, and any provisions required in connection therewith, (iv) adding to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holder or surrendering any right or power conferred upon the Company under this Series A Warrant, (v) to comply with the rules of the Depositary Trust Company (“DTC”), including to permit the deposit of the Series A Warrants with the DTC and settlement through the facilities thereof, if applicable; or (vi) amending this Series A Warrant in any manner that the Company may deem to be necessary or desirable and that will not adversely affect the interests of the Holder in any material respect. All other modifications or amendments to this Series A Warrant, including any amendment to increase the Exercise Price or move the Termination Date, shall require the written consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Series A Warrants; provided that any material and adverse modification, waiver or termination of the economic terms of the transactions contemplated under this Series A Warrant shall require the prior written consent of the Holder of this Series A Warrant.

(k) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Series A Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Series A Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Series A Warrant.

(l) Headings. The headings used in this Series A Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Series A Warrant.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Series A Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: ______________________________________
Name:
Title:


NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: AEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

CC: WARRANT AGENT

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Series A Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

in lawful money of the United States;

or if otherwise permitted, the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

__________________________

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

__________________________

__________________________

__________________________

(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Name of Investing Entity:        
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:        
Name of Authorized Signatory:        
Title of Authorized Signatory:        
Date:        


(5) Qualified Institutional. The undersigned is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined by Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Name of Investing Entity:       
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:       
Name of Authorized Signatory:       
Title of Authorized Signatory:       
Date:       


EXHIBIT B

ASSIGNMENT FORM

(To assign the foregoing Series A Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Series A Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to:

 

Name:      
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Dated: ________________, ____, ____      
Holder’s Signature: _________________________________
Holder’s Address: __________________________________

Exhibit 99.1

Aeva Technologies, Inc. Appoints Dr. Stefan Sommer, Former CEO of ZF Group and Board Member at Volkswagen Group, to its Board of Directors

Automotive Industry Veteran Brings Decades of Leadership Experience to Help Accelerate Adoption of Aeva’s 4D LiDAR Technology

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., November 7, 2023 – Aeva® (NYSE: AEVA), a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, today announced the appointment of Stefan Sommer to its Board of Directors, effective November 15, 2023.

“With a distinguished executive leadership career spanning many of the world’s leading organizations in the automotive industry including top global automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Sommer to Aeva’s Board of Directors,” said Mina Rezk, Chairman of the Board, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Aeva. “His extraordinary breadth of experience, including executing a growth strategy that resulted in ZF becoming one of the largest Tier 1 automotive suppliers globally, will benefit Aeva on our path to commercializing and broadening adoption of our 4D LiDAR technology in automotive and will help further our mission toward bringing perception to everything.”

Dr. Sommer is a Member of the Supervisory Board at Knorr-Bremse AG, a global leader in safety technology for the automotive and rail industries. Prior to this role, he has held a variety of leadership positions including Chief Executive Officer of ZF AG, as an appointed member to the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg with responsibility for the Components and Procurement business, and several leadership positions within the Continental Group. Dr. Sommer studied Mechanical Engineering and earned his Engineering Doctorate from Ruhr University Bochum.

“The automotive industry is undergoing profound technological change where innovation will be driven through partnerships with advanced technology solution providers,” said Dr. Sommer. “Aeva’s FMCW technology holds a unique potential to help advance the industry to new levels of automation and safety within the automotive industry and across a wide array of industrial applications. I look forward to bringing my experience to bear for Aeva as we bring this next-generation sensing and perception technology to market.”

About Aeva Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: AEVA)

Aeva’s mission is to bring the next wave of perception to a broad range of applications from automated driving to industrial robotics, consumer electronics, consumer health, security and beyond. Aeva is transforming autonomy with its groundbreaking sensing and perception technology that integrates all key LiDAR components onto a silicon photonics chip in a compact module. Aeva 4D LiDAR sensors uniquely detect instant velocity in addition to 3D position, allowing autonomous devices like vehicles and robots to make more intelligent and safe decisions. For more information, visit www.aeva.com, or connect with us on X or LinkedIn.

Aeva, the Aeva logo, Aeva 4D LiDAR, Aeries, Aeva Ultra Resolution, 4D Perception, and 4D Localization are trademarks/registered trademarks of Aeva, Inc. All rights reserved. Third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


Contacts

Media:

Michael Oldenburg

press@aeva.ai

Investors:

Andrew Fung

investors@aeva.ai

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