Certain Covenants of the Parties (a) The Stockholder hereby covenants and agrees as follows:
(i) Prior to the Agreement Termination Date, and except as contemplated hereby, the Stockholder shall not (A) tender any Covered Shares into any tender or exchange offer or commence a tender or exchange offer for the Shares; (B) except for an Exempt Transfer, sell (constructively or otherwise), transfer, offer, exchange, pledge, lend, hypothecate, grant, encumber, assign or otherwise dispose of (collectively, “Transfer”), or enter into any Contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the Transfer of any of [its][his or her] Covered Shares or beneficial ownership or voting power thereof or therein (including by operation of Law, through the granting of any proxies or powers of attorney, in connection with a voting trust or voting agreement or otherwise); (C) make any Acquisition Proposal; (D) make, or in any way 3 Note to Draft: To be included in the support agreements for stockholders that are entities. participate in, directly or indirectly, any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the rules of the SEC) to vote any voting securities of the Company to (1) not adopt or approve the Supported Matters or (2) approve any other matter that if approved would reasonably be expected to prevent, interfere with, discourage, impair or delay the consummation of the Supported Matters; (E) make any public announcement (other than public statements in support of the Merger or disclosure statements the Stockholder reasonably determines are required by Applicable Law or the rules or regulations of any applicable U.S. securities exchange or Governmental Authority to which the Stockholder is subject) with respect to any Acquisition Proposal; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall restrict the Stockholder from acquiring additional securities of the Company; provided, however, that any securities acquired by the Stockholder or [its][his or her] Controlled Affiliates after the date of this Agreement shall be subject to this Agreement in all respects; (F) form, join or in any way participate in a “group” (as defined in Section 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) in connection with any of the actions expressly described in any of clauses (A) through (E) of this Section 7(a)(i) (other than any “group” with any Affiliate of the Stockholder; provided that any such Affiliate agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement); or (G) agree (whether or not in writing) to take any of the actions referred to in this Section 7(a)(i). Any action in violation of this provision shall be void.
(ii) From and after the date hereof until the Agreement Termination Date, the Stockholder agrees that it shall not (and shall cause each of [its][his or her] Controlled Affiliates and instruct [its][his or her] and their respective Representatives not to) solicit, initiate, seek or knowingly facilitate or encourage any inquiry, discussion, offer or request that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that the Stockholder and [its][his or her] Controlled Affiliates may engage in such activities as a Representative of the Company solely to the extent that the Company is permitted to engage in such activities pursuant to Section 6.02(a) or (b) of the Merger Agreement. The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Stockholder and [its][his or her] Affiliates will be deemed to be “Representatives” (as defined in the Merger Agreement) for purposes of Section 6.02 of the Merger Agreement.
(iii) Prior to the Agreement Termination Date, in the event that the Stockholder or any of [its][his or her] Controlled Affiliates acquires the power to vote, or direct the voting of, any additional Shares or other voting interests with respect to the Company and on or prior to the Record Date, such Shares or voting interests shall, without further action of the parties hereto, be deemed Covered Shares and subject to the provisions of this Agreement in all respects, and the number of Owned Shares held by the Stockholder set forth on Exhibit A will be deemed amended accordingly.
(iv) For the avoidance of doubt, any Covered Shares that are transferred by the Stockholder in an Exempt Transfer on or after the Record Date shall remain Covered Shares for purposes of Section 1 hereof.
(v) None of the provisions of this Agreement shall in any way limit the activities of any Affiliate of the Stockholder; provided, however, that it will be considered a breach of this Agreement if any Affiliate of the Stockholder takes any action at the direction or instruction of the Stockholder that would be a breach of this Agreement if such action was taken directly by the Stockholder.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, an “Exempt Transfer” means any transfer of Covered Shares [(i)(A) by will or intestacy, (B) to any immediate family member of the Stockholder (for purposes of this Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, current or former marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, not more remote than first cousin) or (C) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the Stockholder or the immediate family of the Stockholder for bona fide estate planning purposes, (ii) to a partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which the Stockholder or the immediate family of the Stockholder are the legal and beneficial owners of all of the outstanding equity securities or similar interests]4[(i) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that is an Affiliate of the Stockholder, (ii) to any investment fund or other entity controlling, controlled by, managing or managed by or under common control with the Stockholder or Affiliates of the Stockholder]5, (iii) in a hedging or derivative transaction with respect to which the Stockholder conveys solely the economic consequences of ownership and retains, among other things, the sole right to vote, tender, dispose of and exercise dissenters’ rights with respect to such Covered Shares during the period in which Section 7(a)(i) remains in effect, (iv) that has received the prior written approval of Parent, or [(v) prior to March 19, 2025, through Transfers pursuant to existing trading plans established as of the date of this Agreement pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act]6; provided that in the case of a transfer pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), or (iv), (1) prior to such Exempt Transfer becoming effective, such transferee will execute a joinder to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent and which shall bind such transferee to all of the obligations of the Stockholder herein and (2) the transferor Stockholder shall remain liable for any failure of such transferee to comply with or perform its, his or her obligations under this Agreement.
Certain Covenants of the Company The Company hereby agrees:
(a) to furnish such information as may be reasonably required and otherwise to cooperate in qualifying the Units for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such states or other jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as the Representatives may request for the distribution of the Units; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to consent to the service of process under the laws of any such jurisdiction (except service of process with respect to the offering and sale of the Units); and to promptly advise the Representatives of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Units for offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;
(b) to make available to the Underwriters in New York City, as soon as practicable after this Agreement becomes effective, and thereafter from time to time to furnish to the Underwriters, as many copies of the Prospectus (or of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have made any amendments or supplements thereto after the effective date of the Registration Statement) as the Underwriters may request for the purposes contemplated by the Act; in case any Underwriter is required to deliver (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule), in connection with the sale of the Units, a prospectus after the nine-month period referred to in Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, the Company will prepare, at its expense, promptly upon request such amendment or amendments to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as may be necessary to permit compliance with the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(c) if, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary or appropriate for a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, or a Registration Statement under Rule 462(b) under the Act, to be filed with the Commission and become effective before the Units may be sold, the Company will use its best efforts to cause such post-effective amendment or such Registration Statement to be filed and become effective, and will pay any applicable fees in accordance with the Act, as soon as possible; and the Company will advise the Representatives promptly and, if requested by the Representatives, will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when such post-effective amendment or such Registration Statement has become effective, and (ii) if Rule 430A under the Act is used, when the Prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (which the Company agrees to file in a timely manner in accordance with such Rules);
(d) for so long as a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) to notify the Representatives immediately upon an event that causes the Company to no longer qualify as an EGC;
(e) if, at any time during the period when a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Shares, the Registration Statement shall cease to comply with the requirements of the Act with respect to eligibility for the use of the form on which the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission, to (i) promptly notify the Representatives, (ii) promptly file with the Commission a new registration statement under the Act, relating to the Shares, or a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, which new registration statement or post-effective amendment shall comply with the requirements of the Act and shall be in a form satisfactory to you, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such new registration statement or post-effective amendment to become effective under the Act as soon as practicable, (iv) promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness and (v) take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Shares to continue as contemplated in the Prospectus; all references herein to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include each such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, if any;
(f) to advise the Representatives promptly, confirming such advice in writing, of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Exchange Act Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional information with respect thereto, or of notice of institution of proceedings for, or the entry of a stop order, suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if the Commission should enter a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to use its best efforts to obtain the lifting or removal of such order as soon as possible; to advise the Representatives promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Exchange Act Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, and to provide the Representatives and the Underwriters’ counsel copies of any such documents for review and comment a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing and to file no such amendment or supplement to which the Representatives shall object in writing;
(g) subject to Section 4(f) hereof, to file promptly all reports and documents and any preliminary or definitive proxy or information statement required to be filed by the Company with the Commission in order to comply with the Exchange Act for so long as a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Units; and to provide the Representatives, for the Representatives’ review and comment, with a copy of such reports and statements and other documents to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during such period a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing, and to file no such report, statement or document to which the Representatives shall have objected in writing; and to promptly notify the Representatives of such filing;
(h) to advise the Underwriters promptly of the happening of any event within the period during which a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule) in connection with any sale of Units, which event could require the making of any change in the Prospectus then being used so that the Prospectus would not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, and to advise the Underwriters promptly if, during such period, it shall become necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to cause the Prospectus to comply with the requirements of the Act, and, in each case, during such time, subject to Section 4(f) hereof, to prepare and furnish, at the Company’s expense, to the Underwriters promptly such amendments or supplements to such Prospectus as may be necessary to reflect any such change or to effect such compliance;
(i) to make generally available (within the meaning of Rule 158 under the Act) to its security holders, and, if not available on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“▇▇▇▇▇”), to deliver to the Representatives, an earnings statement of the Company (which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act) covering a period of twelve months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act) as soon as is reasonably practicable after the termination of such twelve-month period but in any case not later than the date determined in accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158(c) thereunder;
(j) to furnish to the Representatives three (3) copies of the Registration Statement, as initially filed with the Commission, and of all amendments thereto (including all exhibits thereto) and sufficient copies of the foregoing (other than exhibits) for distribution to each of the other Underwriters;
(k) if requested by the Representatives, to furnish to the Representatives as early as practicable prior to the time of purchase and any additional time of purchase, as the case may be, but not later than two business days prior thereto, a copy of the latest available unaudited interim and monthly consolidated financial statements, if any, of the Company which have been read by the Company’s independent registered public accountants, as stated in their letter to be furnished pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to furnish any materials pursuant to this clause if such materials are available via ▇▇▇▇▇;
(l) to apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Units in the manner set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus and to file such reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Units and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act;
(m) to pay all costs, expenses, fees and taxes in connection with (i) the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Underwriters and to dealers (including costs of mailing and shipment), (ii) the registration, issue, sale and delivery of the Units including any stock or transfer taxes and stamp or similar duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Units to the Underwriters, (iii) the producing, word processing and/or printing of this Agreement and any closing documents (including compilations thereof) and the reproduction and/or printing and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Underwriters (including costs of mailing and shipment, (iv) the qualification of the Units for offering and sale under state or foreign laws and the determination of their eligibility for investment under state or foreign law (including the legal fees and filing fees and other disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters) and the printing and furnishing of copies of any blue sky surveys or legal investment surveys to the Underwriters, (v) any listing of the Units on any securities exchange or qualification of the Units for quotation on Nasdaq and any registration thereof under the Exchange Act, (vi) any filing for review of the public offering of the Units by FINRA, including the legal fees (not to exceed $15,000) and filing fees and other disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters relating to FINRA matters, (vii) the fees and disbursements of any transfer agent or registrar for the Units, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to presentations or meetings undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering and sale of the Units to prospective investors and to the Underwriters’ sales forces, including, without limitation, the Company’s expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel, lodging and other expenses incurred by the officers of the Company and any such consultants, and 50% of the cost of any pre-approved private aircraft used in connection with the road show (with the remaining 50% of the cost of such aircraft to be paid by the Underwriters), the costs of all Exempt Oral Communications and Covered Exempt Written Communications, (ix) the costs and expenses of qualifying the Units for inclusion in the book-entry settlement system of the DTC, (x) the preparation and filing of the Exchange Act Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto, and (xi) the performance of the Company’s other obligations hereunder;
(n) beginning on the date hereof and ending on, and including, the date that is 180 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), without the prior written consent of UBS and Barclays, not to (x) (i) issue, sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, with respect to, any Units, shares of Common Stock, Warrants or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock, (ii) file, confidentially submit or cause to become effective a registration statement under the Act relating to the offer and sale of any Units, shares of Common Stock, Warrants or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock, (iii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Units, shares of Common Stock, Warrants or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Units or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (iv) publicly announce an intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii), except, in each case, that the Company may (a) issue and sell the Private Placement Warrants, (b) issue and sell the Additional Units on exercise of the option provided for in Section 1 hereof, (c) register with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the resale of the Founder Shares and the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such Private Placement Warrants or warrants issued upon conversion of the working capital loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares), and (d) issue securities in connection with a Business Combination or (y) release the Sponsor or any officer, director or director nominee from the lock-up contained in the Letter Agreement or amend such lock-up provision;
(o) at least one business day prior to the time of purchase, if the Sponsor shall have caused the purchase price for the Private Placement Warrants to be wired to the Company, the Company shall direct the trustee under the Trust Agreement to deposit such funds into the Trust Account and to hold such funds in escrow therein;
(p) prior to the time of purchase or any additional time of purchase, as the case may be, to provide the Representatives with reasonable advance notice of and opportunity to comment on any press release or other communication directly or indirectly and hold no press conferences with respect to the Company, the financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, assets, or liabilities of the Company, or the offering of the Units, and to issue no such press release or communications or hold such press conference without the Representatives’ prior consent;
(q) not, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement, to, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any Units by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act), or use any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Units, in each case other than the Prospectus;
(r) not to take, directly or indirectly, any action designed, or which will constitute, or has constituted, or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Units;
(s) to use its best efforts to cause the