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EXPLANATORY NOTE
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Terms used in this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) but not defined herein, or for which definitions are not otherwise incorporated by reference herein, shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (as defined below) in the section entitled “Frequently Used Terms” and such definitions are incorporated herein by reference.
Domestication and Transactions
As previously announced, Intuitive Machines, Inc. (“Intuitive Machines”) (formerly Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. or “IPAX”), a Delaware corporation (prior to the Domestication, a Cayman Islands exempted company), entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2022 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among IPAX and Intuitive Machines, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (formerly, a Texas limited liability company) (“Intuitive Machines OpCo”).
On February 10, 2023, as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and described in the section titled “The Business Combination Proposal” of the final prospectus and definitive proxy statement of IPAX, dated January 24, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 24, 2023, IPAX filed a notice of deregistration with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies, together with the necessary accompanying documents, and filed a certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) and a certificate of corporate domestication with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, pursuant to which IPAX was domesticated and continues as a Delaware corporation, changing its name to “Intuitive Machines, Inc.” (the “Domestication”).
Immediately prior to the Domestication, each of the then issued and outstanding Class B ordinary shares of IPAX, par value $0.0001 per share (each, a “Cayman Class B Share”), converted automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a Class A ordinary share of IPAX, par value $0.0001 per share (each, a “Cayman Class A Share”). As a result of and upon the effective time of the Domestication, among other things, (1) each of the then issued and outstanding Cayman Class A Shares automatically converted, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Intuitive Machines (the “Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock”); (2) each of the then issued and outstanding warrants representing the right to purchase one Cayman Class A Share automatically converted into a warrant to acquire one share of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock pursuant to the related warrant agreement (each warrant, an “Intuitive Machines Warrant”); and (3) each of the then issued and outstanding units of IPAX were canceled and each holder thereof was entitled to one share of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock and one-half of one Intuitive Machines Warrant per unit.
On February 13, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Intuitive Machines and Intuitive Machines OpCo consummated the business combination contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination”) whereby (i) Intuitive Machines OpCo appointed Intuitive Machines as its managing member, (ii) Intuitive Machines issued or will issue to certain existing members of Intuitive Machines OpCo prior to the Business Combination, a number of shares of Intuitive Machines Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, having one vote per share and no economic rights or Intuitive Machines Class C Common, par value $0.0001 per share, having three votes per share and no economic rights, in each case, equal to the number of common units of Intuitive Machines OpCo (“Intuitive Machines OpCo Common Units”) held by such person as of and on the Closing Date and (iii) Intuitive Machines contributed to Intuitive Machines OpCo an amount in cash (the “Available Closing Cash”) equal to the sum of (without duplication): (a) all amounts in the trust account of IPAX, less (x) amounts required for the redemptions of Cayman Class A Shares by shareholders of IPAX prior to the Business Combination and (y) transaction expenses of Intuitive Machines OpCo and IPAX, plus (b) the aggregate proceeds actually received by IPAX from the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with certain investors (collectively, the “Series A Investors”), pursuant to which the Series A Investors purchased $26.0 million (the “Series A Investment”) of 10% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Intuitive Machines (“Series A Preferred Stock”) and warrants exercisable to purchase shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock at an initial exercise price of $15.00 (the “Preferred Investor Warrants”), plus (c) all other cash and cash equivalents of IPAX, determined in accordance with GAAP as of 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on February 12, 2023 plus (d) the Founder Subscription Amount (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) in exchange for the issuance by Intuitive Machines OpCo to Intuitive Machines (w) a number of Intuitive Machines OpCo Common Units equal to the number of shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date, (x) a number of warrants of Intuitive Machines OpCo (the “Intuitive Machines OpCo Warrants”) equal to the number of Intuitive Machines Warrants issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date, (y) a number of Series A preferred units of Intuitive Machines (the “Series A Preferred Units”) equal to the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date and issued to the Series A Investors and (z) a number of Intuitive Machines OpCo preferred investor warrants (the “Intuitive Machines OpCo Preferred Investor Warrants”) equal to the number of Preferred Investor Warrants delivered to the Series A Investors on the Closing Date (together with the Domestication, the “Transactions”).
The foregoing description of the Transactions does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Business Combination Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”), and the full text of the A&R Operating Agreement (as defined below), which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Forward Purchase Agreement
On February 9, 2023, IPAX and Intuitive Machines OpCo entered into separate agreements (each, a “Forward Purchase Agreement”, and together, the “Forward Purchase Agreements”) with each of Polar Multi-Strategy Master Fund (“Polar”) and The HGC Fund LP (“HGC” and, each of Polar and HCG, individually, a “Seller” and, together, the “Sellers”) for over-the-counter Equity Prepaid Forward Transactions (each, a “Forward Purchase Transaction” and, together, the “Forward Purchase Transactions”). Pursuant to the terms of the Forward Purchase Agreements, each Seller has separately agreed to hold a maximum of 1,250,000 of Cayman Class A Shares in connection with the closing of the Business Combination Agreement.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Forward Purchase Agreements which are included as Exhibit 10.10 and 10.11 to this Current Report and included in IPAX’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 10, 2023. Exhibit 10.10, Exhibit 10.11 and IPAX’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 10, 2023 are incorporated herein by reference.
Tax Receivable Agreement
On February 13, 2023, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions and as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, Intuitive Machines entered into a Tax Receivable Agreement (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”) with Intuitive Machines OpCo and certain members of Intuitive Machines OpCo (the “TRA Holders”). The material terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement are described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “The Business Combination Agreement—Related Agreements—Tax Receivable Agreement.” The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Tax Receivable Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
A&R Operating Agreement
On February 13, 2023, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions and as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, Intuitive Machines and the other members of Intuitive Machines OpCo, together with Intuitive Machines OpCo, entered into the second amended and restated limited liability company agreement of Intuitive Machines OpCo (the “A&R Operating Agreement”), which, among other things, amended and restated the then existing limited liability agreement of Intuitive Machines OpCo and appointed Intuitive Machines as the managing member of Intuitive Machines OpCo. The material terms of the A&R Operating Agreement are described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “The Business Combination Agreement—Related Agreements—Second A&R Operating Agreement.” The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the text of the A&R Operating Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Indemnification Agreements
In connection with the consummation of the Transactions, Intuitive Machines entered into indemnification agreements with each of its newly elected directors and executive officers. Each indemnification agreement provides for indemnification and advancement by Intuitive Machines of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits, or proceedings arising from service to Intuitive Machines or, at its request, service to other entities, as officers or directors to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. The foregoing description of the indemnification agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the indemnification agreements, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Lock-Up Agreements
Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement
On February 13, 2023, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions and as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor, Michael Blitzer and Intuitive Machines entered into the Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement (“Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement”). The material terms of the Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement are described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “The Business Combination Agreement—Related Agreements—Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement.” The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Sponsor Lock-Up Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Intuitive Machines Lock-Up Agreement
On February 13, 2023, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions and as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, Intuitive Machines entered into the Intuitive Machines Lock-Up Agreement (“Intuitive Machines Lock-Up Agreement”) with the directors, officers and certain shareholders of Intuitive Machines. The material terms of the Intuitive Machines Lock-Up Agreement are described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “The Business Combination Agreement—Related Agreements—Intuitive Machines Lock-Up Agreement.” The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Intuitive Machines Lock-Up Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement
On February 13, 2023, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions and as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, Intuitive Machines, the Sponsor, certain shareholders of Intuitive Machines and the Series A Investors entered into an amended and restated registration rights agreement (the “A&R Registration Rights Agreement”). The material terms of the A&R Registration Rights Agreement are described in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “The Business Combination Agreement—Related Agreements—A&R Registration Rights Agreement.” The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the text of the A&R Registration Rights Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 10.6 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Subscription Agreements
On February 13, 2023, Intuitive Machines and Intuitive Machines OpCo entered into subscription agreements with certain legacy investors in Intuitive Machines OpCo (the “SAFE Investors”) that held simple agreements for future equity (“SAFEs”) of Intuitive Machines OpCo, pursuant to which, among other things, the SAFE Investors contributed the SAFEs to Intuitive Machines and, in exchange for such contribution, Intuitive Machines issued an aggregate of 2,066,666 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock to the SAFE Investors (the “SAFE Exchange”). Immediately following the consummation of the SAFE Exchange, Intuitive Machines and Intuitive Machines OpCo exchanged all of the SAFEs received by Intuitive Machines in the SAFE Exchange for 2,066,666 Intuitive Machines OpCo Common Units in a recapitalization of the SAFEs in order to maintain a one-to-one ratio of the Intuitive Machines OpCo Common Units owned by Intuitive Machines and the number of outstanding shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock in accordance with the A&R Operating Agreement.
Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan
The information set forth under Item 5.02 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
The disclosure set forth under “Introductory Note—Domestication and Transactions” above is incorporated into this Item 2.01 by reference.
An extraordinary general meeting of IPAX stockholders was held on February 8, 2023 (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), where the IPAX stockholders considered and approved, among other matters, a proposal to approve the entry into the Business Combination Agreement and consummate the Transactions contemplated thereby.
Prior to the Extraordinary General Meeting, 27,481,818 holders of IPAX Class A Ordinary Shares exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at a price of approximately $10.1843 per share, for an aggregate of $279,884,313.81 (the “Redemptions”). As previously announced, on February 9, 2023, IPAX and Intuitive Machines OpCo entered into separate agreements Forward Purchase Agreements with each of Polar Multi-Strategy Master Fund (“Polar”) and The HGC Fund LP (“HGC” and, each of Polar and HCG, individually, a “Seller” and, together, the “Sellers”) for over-the-counter Equity Prepaid Forward Transactions, pursuant to which each Seller agreed to hold, and waive any redemption rights with respect to, a maximum of 1,250,000 Cayman Class A Shares in connection with the closing of the Business Combination. Each Seller, acting separately and solely for its own account, was entitled to (i) reverse its previous election to redeem its Cayman Class A Shares in connection with the Business Combination or (ii) purchase Cayman Class A Shares through a broker in the open market from holders of Cayman Class A Shares (other than IPAX), including from holders who had previously elected to redeem their Cayman Class A Shares in connection with the Business Combination, such that, in the aggregate, such Seller owned up to 1,250,000 Cayman Class A Shares as of the Closing Date.
After giving effect to the Redemptions and the transactions contemplated by the Forward Purchase Agreements, there were 13,736,932 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock and 23,332,500 Intuitive Machines Warrants outstanding. Upon the consummation of the Transactions as of the open of business on February 13, 2023, IPAX’s ordinary shares, warrants and units ceased trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), and Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock and Intuitive Machines Warrants began trading on the Nasdaq on February 14, 2023 under the symbols “LUNR” and “LUNRW,” respectively. Immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, (1) IPAX’s public shareholders owned approximately 3.2% of the outstanding Intuitive Machines’ common stock, (2) members of Intuitive Machines OpCo (without taking into account any public shares held by Intuitive Machines) owned approximately 83.2% of the outstanding Intuitive Machines common stock and (3) the Sponsor and their related parties collectively owned approximately 13.6% of the outstanding Intuitive Machines common stock.
FORM 10 INFORMATION
Item 2.01(f) of Form 8-K provides that if the predecessor registrant was a “shell company” (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), as IPAX was immediately before the Transactions, then the registrant must disclose the information that would be required if the registrant were filing a general form for registration of securities on Form 10. As a result of the consummation of the Transactions, and as discussed below in Item 5.06 of this Report, Intuitive Machines has ceased to be a shell company. Accordingly, Intuitive Machines is providing the information below that would be included in a Form 10 if it were to file a Form 10. Please note that the information provided below relates to the combined company after the consummation of the Transactions, unless otherwise specifically indicated or the context otherwise requires.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements relating to expectations for future financial performance, business strategies or expectations of our businesses. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of Intuitive Machines’ management. Intuitive Machines believes that its plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, Intuitive Machines cannot assure you that it will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations. These statements constitute projections, forecasts and forward-looking statements, and are not guarantees of performance. Such statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. When used in this Current Report, words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “can”, “continue”, “could”, “estimate”, “expect”, “forecast”, “intend”, “may”, “might”, “plan”, “possible”, “potential”, “predict”, “project”, “seek”, “should”, “strive”, “target”, “will”, “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.
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Forward-looking statements in this Current Report and in any document incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus may include, for example, statements about Intuitive Machines OpCo prior to the consummation of the Transactions and Intuitive Machines following the consummation of the Transactions, including:
| ● | the ability of Intuitive Machines to realize the benefits expected from the Business Combination Agreement; |
| ● | the ability to maintain the listing of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock on Nasdaq; |
| ● | the ability to raise financing in the future and to comply with restrictive covenants related to long-term indebtedness; |
| ● | the future financial performance of Intuitive Machines following the Business Combination; |
| ● | Intuitive Machines’ ability to retain or recruit, or to effect changes required in, its officers, key employees or directors following the Business Combination; |
| ● | changes in the market for Intuitive Machines’ products and services and Intuitive Machines’ ability to effectively compete in the space industry following the Business Combination; and |
| ● | Intuitive Machines’ ability to comply with laws and regulations applicable to its business. |
These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this Current Report and Intuitive Machines’ management teams’ current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the control of Intuitive Machines and their respective directors, officers and affiliates. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Intuitive Machines management teams’ views as of any subsequent date. Intuitive Machines does not undertake any obligation to update, add or to otherwise correct any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events, inaccuracies that become apparent after the date hereof or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
Business
Intuitive Machines’ business is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Information About Intuitive Machines,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
Risk Factors
The risks associated with Intuitive Machines’ business are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Risk Factors,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Intuitive Machines,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Intuitive Machines—Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Properties
Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Information About Intuitive Machines—Facilities,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The following table sets forth beneficial ownership of Intuitive Machines common stock following the consummation of the Transactions by:
| ● | each person who is known to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of shares of Intuitive Machines common stock; |
| ● | each of Intuitive Machines’ current named executive officers and directors; and |
| ● | all current executive officers and directors of Intuitive Machines as a group. |
The information below is based on an aggregate of 18,070,265 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock, 10,566 shares of Intuitive Machines Class B Common Stock and 68,140,188 shares of Intuitive Machines Class C Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the consummation of the Transactions. Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she, or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days. Voting power represents the combined voting power of shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock, Intuitive Machines Class B Common Stock and Intuitive Machines Class C Common Stock owned beneficially by such person. On all matters to be voted upon, holders of shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock, Intuitive Machines Class B Common Stock and Intuitive Machines Class C Common Stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to the stockholders for their vote or approval. Holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to the stockholders for their vote or approval and holders of Intuitive Machines Class C Common Stock are entitled to three votes per share on all matters submitted to the stockholders for their vote or approval.
Unless otherwise indicated, Intuitive Machines believes that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to the voting securities beneficially owned by them.
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| Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) | Number of Shares of Class A Common Stock | % of Ownership | Number of Shares of Class B Common Stock | % of Ownership | Number of Shares of Class C Common Stock | % of Ownership | Number of Shares of Class A, Class B and Class C Common Stock | % of Total Voting Power | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5% Holders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guy Shanon(2)(3) | 21,626,250 | 51.5 | — | — | — | — | 21,626,250 | 8.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inflection Point Holdings LLC(3) | 15,088,750 | 35.9 | — | — | — | — | 15,088,750 | 6.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kingstown Capital Management, LP(2)(3) | 21,626,250 | 51.5 | — | — | — | — | 21,626,250 | 8.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kingstown Management GP, LLC(2)(3) | 21,626,250 | 51.5 | — | — | — | — | 21,626,250 | 8.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Directors and Executive Officers of Intuitive Machines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Altemus(4)(8) | — | — | — | — | 15,994,866 | 23.5 | 15,994,866 | 19.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kamal Ghaffarian(5)(8) | 520,834 | 1.2 | 42,015,518 | 61.7 | 42,536,352 | 51.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Timothy Crain(6)(8) | — | — | — | — | 10,129,804 | 14.9 | 10,129,804 | 12.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Erik Sallee(7)(8) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Blitzer | 21,626,250 | 51.5 | — | — | — | — | 21,626,250 | 8.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lieutenant General William Liquori | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Masson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All directors and executive officers as a group (7 individuals) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * | Less than one percent |
(1) Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of those listed in the table above is c/o Intuitive Machines, LLC, 3700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058.
(2) Inflection Point Holdings LLC, is the record holder of such shares. Kingstown Capital Management, L.P. (“KCM”) is the manager of Inflection Point Holdings LLC and shares voting and investment discretion with respect to the Inflection Point Ordinary Shares held of record by Inflection Point Holdings LLC. Kingstown Management GP LLC (“KMGP”) is the general partner of KCM and shares voting and investment discretion with respect to the Inflection Point Ordinary Shares held of record by Inflection Point Holdings LLC. Michael Blitzer and Guy Shanon are the Managing Members of KMGP and share voting and investment discretion with respect to the Inflection Point Ordinary Shares held of record by Inflection Point Holdings LLC. Each of KMGP, KCM, Michael Blitzer and Guy Shanon disclaims any beneficial ownership of the securities held by Inflection Point Holdings LLC other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest it or he, as applicable, may have therein, directly or indirectly. The principal business office of Kingstown Capital Management and Kingstown Management GP, LLC is c/o Inflection Point Acquisition Corp., 34 East 51st Street, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10022.
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(3) Inflection Point Holdings LLC and Kingstown 1740 are the record holders of such shares. KCM is the manager of Inflection Point Holdings LLC and the investment manager of Kingstown 1740. KMGP is the general partner of KCM. Kingstown Capital Partners LLC (“KCP”) is the general partner of Kingstown 1740. Mr. Blitzer and Mr. Shanon are the managing members of KMGP and KCP. KCM, KMGP, KCP, Mr. Blitzer and Mr. Shanon share voting investment discretion with respect to the securities held by Inflection Point Holdings LLC and Kingstown 1740. Each of KCM, KMGP, KCP, Mr. Blitzer and Mr. Shanon disclaims beneficial ownership over any securities directly held by Inflection Point Holdings LLC and Kingstown 1740 other than to the extent of its/his respective pecuniary interest therein, directly or indirectly. Such amounts consist of the (A) the following securities owned by the Inflection Point Holdings LLC (i) 8,243,750 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock received in exchange for the Inflection Point Class A Ordinary Shares issued upon conversion of the Founder Shares, (ii) 6,845,000 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock underlying 6,845,000 Intuitive Machines Warrants and which will be exercisable within 60 days of the Closing Date and (B) the following securities owned by Kingstown 1740 (i) 2,900,000 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock, (ii) 1,450,000 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock underlying Intuitive Machines Warrants and which will be exercisable within 60 days of the Closing Date, (iii) 1,750,000 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 21,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the initial conversion price that Kingstown 1740 has committed to purchase and which will be convertible within 60 days of the Closing Date (without giving effect to the 9.9% beneficial ownership blocker described in the form of Certificate of Designation) and (iv) 437,500 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Preferred Investor Warrants that Kingstown 1740 committed to purchase and which will be convertible within 60 days of the Closing Date (without giving effect to the 9.9% beneficial ownership blocker described in the form of Preferred Investor Warrant). The principal business office of Inflection Point Holdings LLC is c/o Inflection Point Acquisition Corp., 34 East 51st Street, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10022.
(4) Reflects 15,994,866 Intuitive Machines OpCo Common Units and a corresponding number of shares of Intuitive Machines Class C Common Stock held of record by a revocable trust of which Mr. Altemus is a trustee and exercises investment discretion.
(5) Consists of (i) 1,954,313 Intuitive Machines OpCo Common Units and a corresponding number of shares of Intuitive Machines Class C Common Stock held of record by GM Enterprises, LLC, (ii) 1,344,496 Intuitive Machines OpCo Common Units and a corresponding number of shares of Intuitive Machines Class C Common Stock held of record by Intuitive Machines KG Parent, LLC and (iii) 38,716,709 Intuitive Machines OpCo Common Units and a corresponding number of shares of Intuitive Machines Class C Common Stock held of record by Ghaffarian Enterprises, LLC. Dr. Ghaffarian may also be deemed to beneficially own (i) 416,667 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 5,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the initial conversion price that Ghaffarian Enterprises, LLC committed to purchase and which will be convertible within 60 days of the Closing Date (without giving effect to the 9.9% beneficial ownership blocker described in the form of Certificate of Designation) and (ii) 104,167 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Preferred Investor Warrants that Ghaffarian Enterprises, LLC has committed to purchase and which will be convertible within 60 days of the Closing Date (without giving effect to the 9.9% beneficial ownership blocker described in the form of Preferred Investor Warrant). Dr. Kamal Ghaffarian is the sole trustee of a revocable trust, which is the sole member of each of Ghaffarian Enterprises, LLC, GM Enterprises, LLC and Intuitive Machines KG Parent, LLC. As a result, Dr. Ghaffarian may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, but disclaims beneficial ownership. The principal business office of Dr. Kamal Ghaffarian is 5937 Sunnyslope Drive, Naples, FL 34119. The principal business office of each of Ghaffarian Enterprises, LLC, GM Enterprises, LLC and Intuitive Machines KG Parent, LLC is 801 Thompson Avenue, Rockville MD 20852.
(6) Reflects 10,129,804 Intuitive Machines OpCo Common Units and a corresponding number of shares of Intuitive Machines Class C Common Stock.
(7) Mr. Sallee may be deemed to beneficially own 55,624 Intuitive Machines OpCo Common Units and a corresponding number of shares of Intuitive Machines Class B Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options that vest within 60 days of the Closing Date.
(8) Each Intuitive Machines OpCo Common Unit, when paired with one share of Intuitive Machines Class B Common Stock or one share of Intuitive Machines Class C Common Stock, will be exchangeable, in tandem with the cancellation of the paired share of Intuitive Machines Class B Common Stock or share of Intuitive Machines Class C Common Stock, for one share of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock. After the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, holders of Intuitive Machines OpCo Common Units will be permitted to exchange such Intuitive Machines OpCo Common Units (along with the cancellation of the paired share of Intuitive Machines Class B Common Stock or share of Intuitive Machines Class C Common Stock) for shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis pursuant to the A&R Operating Agreement (subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications) or at the election of Intuitive Machines (determined by a majority of the directors of Intuitive Machines who are disinterested with respect to such determination), cash from a substantially concurrent public offering or private sale in an amount equal to the net amount, on a per share basis, of cash received as a result of such public offering or private sale.
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Directors and Executive Officers
Upon the consummation of the Transactions, and in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, each executive officer of IPAX prior to the consummation of the Transactions ceased serving in such capacities, and Paula Sutter, Guy Shanon, Michael Blitzer, Nicholas Shekerdemian and Erin Clift ceased serving on IPAX’s board of directors (the “Board”).
On February 13, 2023, Stephen Altemus, Michael Blitzer, Lieutenant General William Liquori and Robert Masson were appointed as directors of Intuitive Machines, to serve until the end of their respective terms and until their successors are elected and qualified. Dr. Kamal Ghaffarian was appointed as Chairman of the Board.
On February 13, 2023, Stephen Altemus was appointed as Intuitive Machines’ Chief Executive Officer, Erik Sallee was appointed as Intuitive Machines’ Chief Financial Officer, and Timothy Crain was appointed as Intuitive Machines’ Chief Technology Officer.
Reference is also made to the disclosure described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Director Election Proposal” and “Management of New Intuitive Machines Following the Business Combination” for biographical information about each of the directors and officers, following the Transactions, which is incorporated herein by reference. Additionally, interlocks and insider participation information regarding Intuitive Machines’ executive officers is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Management of Intuitive Machines Following the Business Combination—Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Director Independence
The Board has determined that each of Michael Blitzer, Lieutenant General William Liquori, and Robert Masson is deemed to be an independent director within the meaning of the listing rules of Nasdaq.
Executive & Director Compensation
The executive and director compensation of Intuitive Machines’ named executive officers is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Executive and Director Compensation of Intuitive Machines” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Effective as of immediately prior to the Closing, the standing committees of the Board consist of an audit committee (the “Audit Committee”), a compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”) and a nominating and corporate governance committee (the “Nominating Committee”).
Effective as of immediately prior to the Closing, the Board appointed Lieutenant General William Liquori, Michael Blitzer, and Robert Masson to serve on the Audit Committee, with Mr. Masson, as the chairperson and qualifying as an audit committee financial expert, as such term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Board appointed Robert Masson and Michael Blitzer to serve on the Compensation Committee, with Mr. Blitzer as the chairperson, and the Board appointed Dr. Kamal Ghaffarian and Stephen Altemus to serve on the Nominating Committee, with Stephen Altemus as the chairperson.
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions
Certain relationships and related party transactions of Intuitive Machines are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions” and that information is incorporated herein by reference.
Legal Proceedings
Reference is made to the disclosure regarding legal proceedings in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “Information About Inflection Point—Legal Proceedings” and “Information About Intuitive Machines—Legal Proceedings,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
Shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock and Intuitive Machines Warrants began trading on Nasdaq under the symbols “LUNR” and “LUNRW”, respectively, on February 14, 2023. Intuitive Machines has not paid any cash dividends on its shares of common stock to date. It is the present intention of the Board to retain all earnings, if any, for use in Intuitive Machines’ business operations and, accordingly, the Board does not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon Intuitive Machines’ revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements, and general financial condition. The payment of any cash dividends is within the discretion of the Board. Further, the ability of Intuitive Machines to declare dividends may be limited by the terms of financing or other agreements entered into by it or its subsidiaries from time to time.
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As of February 13, 2023, following the completion of the Transactions, there were 23,332,500 Intuitive Machines Warrants, 18,070,265 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock, 10,566 shares of Intuitive Machines Class B Common Stock and 68,140,188 shares of Intuitive Machines Class C Common Stock outstanding. Intuitive Machines has reserved a total of 12,706,811 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan (as defined below), subject to certain adjustments set forth therein. However, because many of the shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock and Intuitive Machines Warrants are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, Intuitive Machines believes there are substantially more beneficial holders of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock and Intuitive Machines Warrants than record holders.
Information respecting Intuitive Machines securities are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Market Price and Dividend Information” and “Description of New Intuitive Machine’ Securities” and such information is incorporated herein by reference.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
The information set forth under Item 3.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Description of Registrant’s Securities to Be Registered
The description of Intuitive Machines’ securities is contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Description of New Intuitive Machines Securities” and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The information set forth under Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
Not applicable.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
Transaction Consideration
The information set forth in the “Introductory Note” and in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the caption “Subscription Agreements” is incorporated into this Item 3.02 by reference.
On February 13, 2023, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions and as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, Intuitive Machines issued and sold 2,166,667 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 541,667 Preferred Investor Warrants to the Series A Investors for aggregate consideration of $26,000,000, as further described in the disclosure set forth under the Introductory Note above.
The Series A Preferred Stock will be convertible into shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of 10% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) to be adopted by the IPAX board following the Domestication and immediately prior to the Closing. The Certificate of Designation is included as Exhibit 3.3 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Intuitive Machines issued the foregoing shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Preferred Investor Warrants in transactions not involving an underwriter and not requiring registration under Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on the exemption afforded by Section 4(a)(2) thereof.
Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
On February 10, 2023, in connection with the Domestication, Intuitive Machines filed the Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The material terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and Intuitive Machines’ bylaws (the “Bylaws”) and the general effect upon the rights of holders of Intuitive Machines’ capital stock are discussed in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “The Domestication Proposal” and “The Organizational Documents Proposals,” which are incorporated by reference herein.
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Item 4.01. Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
For accounting purposes, the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are treated as a reverse capitalization and, as such, the historical financial statements of the accounting acquirer, Intuitive Machines OpCo which have been audited by Grant Thornton LLP, will become the historical financial statements of Intuitive Machines. In a reverse capitalization, a change of accountants is presumed to have occurred unless the same accountant audited the pre-transaction financial statements of both the legal acquirer and the accounting acquirer, and such change is generally presumed to occur on the date the reverse capitalization is completed.
(a) Dismissal of independent registered public accounting firm.
On February 13, 2023, the Audit Committee dismissed Marcum LLP (“Marcum”), IPAX’s independent registered public accounting firm prior to consummation of the Transactions, as Intuitive Machines’ independent registered public accounting firm effective immediately following the filing of Intuitive Machines’ annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, which will include the required audited financial statements of Intuitive Machines for the year ended December 31, 2022, consisting only of the accounts of pre-Business Combination special purpose acquisition company, IPAX.
The report of Marcum on IPAX’s financial statements as of December 31, 2021 and for the period from January 27, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainties, audit scope or accounting principles, except for an explanatory paragraph in such report regarding substantial doubt about IPAX’s ability to continue as a going concern.
During the period from January 27, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021 and subsequent interim period through February 13, 2023, there were no disagreements between IPAX and Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Marcum, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in its reports on IPAX’s financial statements for such period.
During the period from January 27, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, and subsequent interim period through February 13, 2023, there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act). Intuitive Machines has provided Marcum with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and has requested that Marcum furnish Intuitive Machines with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements made by Intuitive Machines set forth above. A copy of Marcum’s letter, dated February 14, 2023, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Report.
(b) Disclosures regarding the appointment of new independent registered public accounting firm.
On February 13, 2023, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Grant Thornton LLP as Intuitive Machines’ independent registered public accounting firm to audit Intuitive Machines’ consolidated financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2023, effective immediately following the filling of Intuitive Machines’ annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. Grant Thornton LLP served as the independent registered public accounting firm for Intuitive Machines OpCo prior to the consummation of the Transactions. During the period from January 27, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021 and subsequent interim period through February 13, 2023, neither Intuitive Machines nor anyone on Intuitive Machines’ behalf consulted with Grant Thornton LLP with respect to (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to us that Grant Thornton LLP concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any other matter that was either the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event (each as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act).
Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.
The information set forth above in the section titled “Directors and Executive Officers” in Item 2.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated in this Item 5.02 by reference. See also the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “Executive and Director Compensation of Intuitive Machines” for a description of compensation arrangements with Intuitive Machines’ executives and directors, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Executive Officers and Directors
The information set forth above in the section titled “Directors and Executive Officers” in Item 2.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated in this Item 5.02 by reference. See also the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “Executive and Director Compensation of Intuitive Machines” for a description of compensation arrangements with Intuitive Machines’ executives and directors, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan
On February 13, 2023, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, Intuitive Machines adopted the Intuitive Machines, Inc. 2023 Long Term Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan”) under which Intuitive Machines and its affiliates may grant cash and equity incentive awards to its eligible service providers in order to attract and retain key personnel.
Certain current employees, directors, advisors or consultants, or prospective employees, directors, or consultants who have accepted offers of employment or consultancy, of Intuitive Machines or its affiliates, including Intuitive Machines OpCo, are eligible to participate in the Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan. The Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan is administered by a compensation committee of at least two people appointed by the Intuitive Machines (or, if no such committee has been appointed, the Board), which may delegate its duties and responsibilities to one or more officers of Intuitive Machines or any affiliate (referred to collectively as the “plan administrator”), subject to the limitations imposed under the Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan and applicable laws. The plan administrator has the authority to take all actions and make all determinations under the Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan, to interpret the Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan and award agreements, and to establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and regulation for proper administration of the Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan as it deems necessary or advisable. The plan administrator also has the authority to determine which eligible participants receive awards, grant awards, and set the terms and conditions of all awards under the Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan, including any vesting provisions, subject to the conditions and limitations in the Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan.
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Intuitive Machines has reserved a total of 12,706,811 shares of Intuitive Machines Class A Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan and the maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of incentive stock options granted under the Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan is 12,706,811, in each case, subject to certain adjustments set forth therein. The foregoing share limits under the Intuitive Machines Plan are, in each case, subject to certain adjustments set forth therein.
The information set forth in the section entitled “The Incentive Plan Proposal” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan and the information incorporated by reference in the preceding sentence does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Intuitive Machines Incentive Plan and applicable form of restricted stock unit award agreement, which are incorporated by reference to this Current Report as Exhibit 10.7 and 10.8.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
The disclosure set forth in Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated in this Item 5.03 by reference.
Item 5.06. Change in Shell Company Status.
As a result of the Transactions, IPAX ceased being a shell company. Reference is made to the disclosure in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “The Business Combination Proposal” and “The Domestication Proposal,” which are incorporated herein by reference. Further, the information set forth in the Introductory Note and under Item 2.01 of this Current Report is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.
The financial statements of Intuitive Machines as of September 30, 2022 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, are set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and are incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Pro forma financial information.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of IPAX and Intuitive Machines OpCo as of September 30, 2022 and for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
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(d) Exhibits.
| ** | The annexes, schedules, and certain exhibits to this Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant hereby agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted annex, schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon request. |
+ | Previously filed. |
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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.
| Date: February 14, 2023 | INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Erik Sallee | |
| Name: | Erik Sallee | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
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Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC.
ARTICLE I.
The name of the corporation is Intuitive Machines, Inc. (the “Corporation”).
ARTICLE II.
The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls Dr., City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III.
The nature of the business of the Corporation and the objects or purposes to be transacted, promoted or carried on by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as it now exists or may hereafter be amended and supplemented (the “DGCL”), including, without limitation, (i) investing in securities of Intuitive Machines, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor entities thereto (“IM LLC”) and any of its subsidiaries, (ii) exercising all rights, powers, privileges and other incidents of ownership or possession with respect to the Corporation’s assets, including managing, holding, selling and disposing of such assets and (iii) engaging in any other activities incidental or ancillary thereto. The Corporation is being incorporated in connection with the domestication of Inflection Point Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (“Inflection Point”), as a Delaware corporation, and this Certificate of Incorporation is being filed simultaneously with the Certificate of Corporate Domestication of Inflection Point (the “Certificate of Domestication”).
ARTICLE IV.
Section 4.1 Authorized Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is seven hundred twenty-five million (725,000,000), consisting of four classes as follows:
(a) five hundred million (500,000,000) shares of Class A common stock, with a par value of $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”);
(b) one hundred million (100,000,000) shares of Class B common stock, with a par value of $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”);
(c) one hundred million (100,000,000) shares of Class C common stock, with a par value of $0.0001 per share (“the Class C Common Stock” and, together with the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock, “Common Stock”); and
(d) twenty-five million (25,000,000) shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).
Upon the filing of the Certificate of Domestication and this Certificate of Incorporation, each issued and outstanding ordinary share of Inflection Point shall convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of Class A Common Stock, without any action required on the part of the Corporation or the holders thereof.
Section 4.2 Preferred Stock. The board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) is authorized, subject to any limitations prescribed by law, to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, including “blank check” preferred stock, and by filing a certificate pursuant to the applicable law of the State of Delaware (such certificate being hereinafter referred to as a “Preferred Stock Designation”), to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series and to fix the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including, without limitation, the authority to fix the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, exchange rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking and purchase fund provisions), the redemption price or prices, restrictions on the issuance of shares of such series, the dissolution preferences and the rights in respect of any distribution of assets of any wholly unissued series of Preferred Stock, or any of them and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series so created (except where otherwise provided in the Preferred Stock Designation), subsequent to the issue of that series but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. In case the authorized number of shares of any series shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series (except where otherwise provided in the Preferred Stock Designation). There shall be no limitation or restriction on any variation between any of the different series of Preferred Stock as to the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof; and the several series of Preferred Stock may vary in any and all respects as fixed and determined by the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors or by a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, providing for the issuance of the various series of Preferred Stock.
Section 4.3 Number of Authorized Shares. The number of authorized shares of any of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, without a separate vote of any holders of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock or Preferred Stock, or of any series thereof, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, unless a separate vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any Preferred Stock Designation.
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Section 4.4 Common Stock. The powers, preferences and rights of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and the Class C Common Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof are as follows:
(a) Voting Rights. Except as otherwise required by law,
(i) Each share of Class A Common Stock shall entitle the record holder thereof as of the applicable record date to one (1) vote per share in person or by proxy on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Class A Common Stock, whether voting separately as a class or otherwise.
(ii) Each share of Class B Common Stock shall entitle the record holder thereof as of the applicable record date to one (1) vote per share in person or by proxy on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Class B Common Stock, whether voting separately as a class or otherwise.
(iii) Each share of Class C Common Stock shall entitle the record holder thereof as of the applicable record date to three (3) votes per share in person or by proxy on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Class C Common Stock, whether voting separately as a class or otherwise.
(iv) Except as otherwise required in this Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock shall vote together as a single class (or, if any holders of shares of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, as a single class with such holders of Preferred Stock) on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.
(b) Dividends and Distributions. Subject to applicable law and the rights and preferences of any holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, holders of Class A Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to the payment of dividends on the Class A Common Stock when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors in accordance with applicable law. Other than in connection with a dividend declared by the Board of Directors in connection with a “poison pill” or similar stockholder rights plan, dividends shall not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock and the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock shall have no right to receive dividends in respect of such shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock.
(c) Liquidation Rights. In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and after making provisions for preferential and other amounts, if any, to which the holders of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock with respect to payments in liquidation shall be entitled, the remaining assets and funds of the Corporation available for distribution shall be divided among and paid ratably to the holders of all outstanding shares of Common Stock in proportion to the number of shares held by each such stockholder; provided, that each holder of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock shall be entitled to receive $0.0001 per share of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock owned of record by such holder on the record date for such distribution, and upon receiving such amount, the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, in their capacity as such, shall not be entitled to receive any other assets or funds of the Corporation. A Change of Control (other than approval of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation) shall not be considered to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Section 4.4(c).
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(d) Permitted Ownership.
(i) From and after the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Effective Time”), (i) shares of Class B Common Stock may be issued only to, and registered only in the name of, the Existing Owners (as defined herein), their respective successors and assigns and their respective Permitted Transferees (as defined herein) in accordance with Section 4.5 (the Existing Owners, together with all such subsequent successors, assigns and Permitted Transferees, collectively, the “Permitted Class B Owners”) and (ii) shares of Class C Common Stock may be issued only to, and registered only in the name of, the Founders (as defined herein), their respective successors and assigns and their respective Permitted Transferees in accordance with Section 4.5 (the Founders, together with all such subsequent successors, assigns and Permitted Transferees, collectively, the “Permitted Class C Owners”), and the aggregate number of shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock at any time registered in the name of each such Permitted Class B Owner or Permitted Class C Owner, as applicable, must be equal to the aggregate number of Common Units (as defined below) held of record at such time by such Permitted Class B Owner or Permitted Class C Owner under the LLC Agreement (as defined below).
(ii) The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, undertake all necessary and appropriate action to ensure that the number of shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock issued by the Corporation at any time to, or otherwise held of record by, any Permitted Class B Owner or Permitted Class C Owner shall be equal to the aggregate number of Common Units held of record at such time by such Permitted Class B Owner or Permitted Class C Owner in accordance with the terms of the LLC Agreement.
(iii) In the event that there is a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Corporation, which Change of Control was approved by the Board of Directors prior to or simultaneously with such Change of Control, then the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock shall, in each case, not be entitled to receive more than $0.0001 per share of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, whether in the form of consideration for such shares or in the form of a distribution of the proceeds of a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation with respect to such shares.
(e) Defined Terms. As used in this Certificate of Incorporation, (A) “Existing Owner” means each of the members (other than the Corporation) of IM LLC, as set forth on Schedule 2 of the LLC Agreement as of the effective time of the adoption of the LLC Agreement (the “Adoption Time”), (B) “Founder” means each of the members (other than the Corporation) of IM LLC, as set forth on Schedule 1 of the LLC Agreement as of the Adoption Time, (C) “Common Unit” means a membership interest in IM LLC, authorized and issued under the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of IM LLC, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “LLC Agreement”), and constituting a “Common Unit” as defined in such LLC Agreement and (D) “Permitted Transferee” has the meaning given to it in the LLC Agreement (with such necessary changes in the details thereof as are necessitated by the context).
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Section 4.5 Conversion of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock.
(a) Conversion Upon Transfer.
(i) A holder of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock may surrender shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock to the Corporation for cancellation for no consideration at any time. Following the surrender or other acquisition of any shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock to or by the Corporation, the Corporation will take all actions necessary to cancel and retire such shares and such shares shall not be re-issued by the Corporation.
(ii) A holder of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock may transfer or assign shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock (or any legal or beneficial interest in such shares) (directly or indirectly, including by operation of law) only to a Permitted Transferee of such holder or to a non-Permitted Transferee with the approval in advance and in writing by the Corporation, and only if such holder also simultaneously transfers, in each case, an equal number of such holder’s Common Units to such Permitted Transferee or such non- Permitted Transferee, as applicable, in compliance with the LLC Agreement. The transfer restrictions described in this Section 4.5(a)(ii) are collectively referred to as the “Restrictions.”
(iii) Any purported transfer of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock in violation of the Restrictions shall be null and void ab initio. If, notwithstanding the Restrictions, a Person shall, voluntarily or involuntarily, purportedly become or attempt to become, the purported owner (“Purported Owner”) of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock in violation of the Restrictions, then the Purported Owner shall not obtain any rights in, to or with respect to such shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock (the “Restricted Shares”), and the purported transfer of the Restricted Shares to the Purported Owner shall not be recognized by the Corporation, the Corporation’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) or the Secretary of the Corporation and each holder of such Restricted Share shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, automatically, without any further action on the part of the Corporation, the holder thereof, the Purported Owner or any other party, not be entitled to any voting right with respect to those shares.
(iv) Upon a determination by the Board of Directors that a Person has attempted or may attempt to transfer or to acquire Restricted Shares in violation of the Restrictions, the Corporation may take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to such transfer or acquisition on the books and records of the Corporation, including without limitation to cause the Transfer Agent or the Secretary of the Corporation, as applicable, to not record the Purported Owner as the record owner of the Restricted Shares, and to institute proceedings to enjoin or rescind any such transfer or acquisition.
(v) The Board of Directors (including a majority of the Directors who are disinterested with respect to the relevant transaction serving on the Board of Directors at such time) may, to the extent permitted by law, from time to time establish, modify, amend or rescind, by bylaw or otherwise, regulations and procedures not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 4.5 for determining whether any transfer or acquisition of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock would violate the Restrictions and for the orderly application, administration and implementation of the provisions of this Section 4.5. Any such procedures and regulations shall be kept on file with the Secretary of the Corporation and with the transfer agent of the Corporation and shall be made available for inspection by and, upon written request shall be mailed to, holders of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, as applicable.
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(b) Voluntary Conversion. Each one (1) share of Class C Common Stock shall be convertible into one (1) share of Class B Common Stock at the option of the holder thereof at any time upon written notice to the transfer agent of the Corporation. Shares of Class C Common Stock that are converted into shares of Class B Common Stock as provided in this Section 4.5(b) shall be retired and may not be reissued.
(c) Automatic Conversion. On the earliest to occur of: (i) the date that is seven (7) years from the date hereof and (ii) the first date on which the Permitted Class C Owners cease to own, in the aggregate, at least 33.0% of the number of shares of Class C Common Stock issued and held by the Permitted Class C Owners immediately following the Effective Time (adjusted as appropriate to reflect any stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into Common Stock), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction) (such date, the “Automatic Conversion Date”), each outstanding share of Class C Common Stock shall automatically, without any further action by the Corporation or any stockholder, convert into one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of Class B Common Stock. Following such conversion, the reissuance of such shares of Class C Common Stock shall be prohibited, and such shares of Class C Common Stock shall be retired and cancelled in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, and upon such retirement and cancellation, all references to Class C Common Stock in this Certificate of Incorporation shall be eliminated.
(d) Conversion Procedures.
(i) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion(s) of the shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to this Section 4.5, such number of shares of Class B Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of Class C Common Stock into shares of Class B Common Stock.
(e) The Corporation may, from time to time, establish such policies and procedures relating to the conversion of Class C Common Stock and the Corporation’s classified stock structure, including the issuance of stock certificates with respect thereto, as it may deem reasonably necessary or advisable, and may from time to time request that holders of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock furnish certifications, affidavits or other proof to the Corporation as it deems necessary to verify the ownership of such Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock and to confirm that a conversion of such Class C Common Stock pursuant to this Section 4.5 has not occurred. A determination by the Secretary of the Corporation that a conversion of any shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to this Section 4.5 has occurred shall be conclusive and binding.
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(f) In the event of a conversion of shares of Class C Common Stock pursuant to this Section 4.5, such conversion(s) shall be deemed to have been made at the time that the applicable transfer of shares or voluntary conversion of shares occurred or immediately upon the Automatic Conversion Date. Upon any conversion of Class C Common Stock pursuant to this Section 4.5, all rights of the former holder of such shares of Class C Common Stock with respect to such shares of Class C Common Stock shall cease and the Person or Persons in whose names or names the certificate or certificates representing the shares of Class B Common Stock are to be issued shall be treated for all purposes as having become the record holder or holders of such shares of Class B Common Stock. The Corporation shall provide notice of such conversion of shares of Class C Common Stock to record holders of such shares of Class C Common Stock as soon as practicable following the occurrence of the applicable transfer of shares or voluntary conversion of shares or promptly following the Automatic Conversion Date; provided, however, that the Corporation may satisfy such notice requirements by providing such notice prior to the occurrence of the applicable transfer of shares or voluntary conversion of shares or the Automatic Conversion Date.
Section 4.6 Certificates. All certificates or book entries representing shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock shall bear a legend substantially in the following form (or in such other form as the Board of Directors may determine):
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER THE ACT. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS [CERTIFICATE][BOOK ENTRY] ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS (INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER) SET FORTH IN THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE CORPORATION AS IT MAY BE AMENDED AND/OR RESTATED (A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION AND SHALL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO ANY STOCKHOLDER MAKING A REQUEST THEREFOR).
Section 4.7 Amendment.
Except as otherwise required by law or this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation), holders of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series of Preferred Stock are entitled exclusively, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation) or the DGCL.
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ARTICLE V.
Section 5.1 Reservation of Stock. The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares or other securities at least as many shares of Class A Common Stock or other securities equal to (i) the then-outstanding number of Units (as defined in the LLC Agreement) held by the holders of Common Units (other than the Corporation and any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) subject to Redemption (as defined in the LLC Agreement) from time to time and (ii) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the then-outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock of the Company, if any.
Section 5.2 Splits. If the Corporation at any time combines or subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, amendment of this Certificate of Incorporation, scheme, arrangement or otherwise) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares, the shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately similarly combined or subdivided such that the ratio of the number of shares of outstanding Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock to shares of outstanding Class A Common Stock immediately prior to such subdivision shall, in each case, be maintained immediately after such combination or subdivision. Any adjustment described in this Section 5.2 shall become effective at the close of business on the date such combination or subdivision becomes effective. In no event shall the shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock be split, subdivided, or combined (including by way of stock dividend) unless the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock shall be proportionately split, subdivided or combined, and in no event shall the shares of Class A Common Stock be split, subdivided, or combined (including by way of stock dividend) unless the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock shall be proportionately split, subdivided or combined.
ARTICLE VI.
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. In addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by applicable law or by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any Certificate of Designation in respect of one or more series of Preferred Stock) or the Bylaws of the Corporation, the adoption, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws of the Corporation by the stockholders of the Corporation shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in an election of directors.
ARTICLE VII.
Section 7.1 Management. Except as otherwise expressly provided by the DGCL or this Certificate of Incorporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
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Section 7.2 Ballot. Elections of directors (each such director, in such capacity, a “Director”) need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.
Section 7.3 Number and Terms of the Board of Directors. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed exclusively by one or more resolutions adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 7.4 Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Except as otherwise required by law and the separate rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled exclusively by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, even though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining Director (other than any Director elected by the separate vote of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock), and not by the stockholders. Any Director so chosen shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such Director shall have been chosen and until his successor shall be elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal.
Section 7.5 Removal for Cause. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, for as long as this Certificate of Incorporation provides for a classified Board of Directors, any Director, or the entire Board of Directors, may otherwise be removed only for cause by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the total voting power of all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, at a meeting duly called for that purpose.
Section 7.6 Classified Board. At the Effective Time, the Directors shall be classified, with respect to the time for which they shall hold their respective offices, by dividing them into three classes, with each Director then in office to be designated as a Class I Director, a Class II Director or a Class III Director, with each class to be apportioned as nearly equal in number as possible. Directors shall be assigned to each class in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors. The initial Class I Directors shall serve for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the Effective Time; the initial Class II Directors shall serve for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time; and the initial Class III Directors shall serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time. At each annual meeting of stockholders beginning with the first annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time, the successors of the class of Directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders to be held following their election, with each Director in each such class to hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to such Director’s earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation. The Board of Directors is authorized to assign each Director already in office at the Effective Time, as well as each Director elected or appointed to a newly created directorship due to an increase in the size of the Board of Directors, to Class I, Class II or Class III. However, if the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any such additional director of any class elected or appointed to fill a newly created directorship resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors remove or shorten the term of any incumbent director. The provisions of this Section 7.6 are subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock to elect directors and such directors need not serve classified terms.
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ARTICLE VIII.
Section 8.1 Action by Written Consent. For so long as the Corporation qualifies as a Controlled Company (as defined in Section 5615(c)(1) of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC Rules or Section 303A.00 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, as applicable), any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be effected by the consent in writing of the holders of outstanding capital stock of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. From and after the date the Corporation ceases to qualify as a Controlled Company, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation (and may not be taken by consent of the stockholders in lieu of a meeting). In addition to the foregoing, any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, to the extent expressly so provided by the applicable Certificate of Designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares of the relevant series of Preferred Stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL.
Section 8.2 Special Meetings. Subject to the special rights of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, at any time only by or at the direction of (i) the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or President, and (ii) for so long as the Corporation is a Controlled Company, by the Secretary of the Corporation at the request of any holder of record of at least 25% of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation, and shall not be called by any other Person. Subject to the special rights of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock, from and after the date the Corporation ceases to qualify as a Controlled Company, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may not be called by the stockholders of the Corporation or any other Person.
Section 8.3 Notice. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of other business proposed to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.
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ARTICLE IX.
The affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the voting power of the outstanding shares is required to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation; provided, however, that the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares is required to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in Articles I, II, and III of this Certificate of Incorporation; provided further, that commencing on the date that is the third annual meeting of stockholders following the following the Effective Time, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares is required to amend, alter, change or repeal Section 7.6 of this Certificate of Incorporation; provided further, that for so long as any shares of Class B Common Stock remain outstanding, the Corporation may not, without the prior affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, voting as a separate class, in addition to any other vote required by applicable law or this Certificate of Incorporation, directly or indirectly, whether by amendment, or through merger, recapitalization, consolidation or otherwise amend, alter, change, repeal or adopt any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation: (1) in a manner that is inconsistent with, or that otherwise alters or changes the powers, preferences, or special rights of the shares of Class B Common Stock so as to affect them adversely; provided, further, that for so long as there are shares of Class C Common Stock outstanding, the Corporation may not, without the prior affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the Class C Common Stock then outstanding in addition to any other vote required by applicable law, directly or indirectly, whether by amendment, or through merger, recapitalization, consolidation or otherwise amend, alter, change, repeal or adopt any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation: (1) in a manner that is inconsistent with, or that otherwise alters or changes, any of the voting, conversion, dividend or liquidation provisions of the shares of Class C Common Stock or other rights, powers, preferences or privileges thereof; (2) to provide for each share of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock to have more than one (1) vote per share or any rights to a separate class vote of the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock other than as provided by this Certificate of Incorporation or required by the DGCL; or (3) to otherwise adversely impact or affect the rights, powers, preferences or privileges of the shares of Class C Common Stock in a manner that is disparate from the manner in which it affects the rights, powers, preferences or privileges of the shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock; provided, further, that for so long as there are shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding, the Corporation may not, without the prior affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the Class A Common Stock then outstanding in addition to any other vote required by applicable law, directly or indirectly, whether by amendment, or through merger, recapitalization, consolidation or otherwise amend, alter, change, repeal or adopt any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation: (1) in a manner that is inconsistent with, or that otherwise alters or changes, any of the voting, conversion, dividend or liquidation provisions of the shares of Class A Common Stock or other rights, powers, preferences or privileges thereof; (2) to provide for each share Class B Common Stock to have more than one (1) vote per share or each share of Class C Common Stock to have more than three (3) votes per share or for any rights to a separate class vote of the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock other than as provided by this Certificate of Incorporation or required by the DGCL; or (3) to otherwise adversely impact or affect the rights, powers, preferences or privileges of the shares of Class A Common Stock in a manner that is disparate from the manner in which it affects the rights, powers, preferences or privileges of the shares of Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock.
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If any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.
ARTICLE X.
No director or officer of the Corporation shall have any personal liability to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or hereafter may be amended. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article X, or the adoption of any provision of the Restated Certificate inconsistent with this Article X, shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment, repeal, modification or adoption. If the DGCL is amended after approval by the stockholders of this Article X to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors or officers, then the liability of a director or officer of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as so amended.
ARTICLE XI.
The Corporation shall have the power to provide rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to its current and former officers, directors, employees and agents and to any Person who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
ARTICLE XII.
Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, (a) the Court of Chancery (the “Chancery Court”) of the State of Delaware (or, in the event that the Chancery Court does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware or other state courts of the State of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action, suit or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or to the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action, suit or proceeding arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the bylaws of the Corporation or this Restated Certificate (as either may be amended from time to time) or (iv) any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine; and (b) subject to the preceding provisions of this Article XII, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause or causes of action arising under the Securities Act, including all causes of action asserted against any defendant to such complaint. If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of clause (a) of the immediately preceding sentence is filed in a court other than the courts in the State of Delaware (a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the provisions of clause (a) of the immediately preceding sentence and (y) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder.
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Any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any security of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to this Article XII. This Article XII is intended to benefit and may be enforced by the Corporation, its officers and directors, the underwriters to any offering giving rise to such complaint, and any other professional or entity whose profession gives authority to a statement made by that Person and who has prepared or certified any part of the documents underlying the offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Article XII shall not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Exchange Act, or any other claim for which the federal courts of the United States have exclusive jurisdiction.
If any provision or provisions of this Article XII shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever, (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article XII (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article XII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the application of such provision to other Persons and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
ARTICLE XIII.
If any provision or provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent possible and without limiting any other provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (or any other provision of the Bylaws of the Corporation or any agreement entered into by the Corporation), the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to, or for the benefit of, the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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To the fullest extent permitted by law, each and every Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest (of any nature whatsoever) in any shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed, by reason of and from and after the time of such purchase or other acquisition, to have notice of and to have consented to all of the provisions of (a) this Certificate of Incorporation, (b) the Bylaws of the Corporation and (c) any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation enacted or adopted in accordance with this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Corporation and applicable law.
ARTICLE XIV.
Section 14.1 In recognition and anticipation that (i) certain directors, managers, principals, officers, employees and/or other representatives of the Principal Stockholders and their Affiliates (as defined below) may serve as directors, officers or agents of the Corporation, (ii) the Principal Stockholders and their Affiliates may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, and (iii) members of the Board who are not employees of the Corporation or a majority owned subsidiary thereof (“Non-Employee Directors”) and their respective Affiliates may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, the provisions of this Article XIV are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities as they may involve any of the Principal Stockholders, the Non-Employee Directors or their respective Affiliates and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its directors, officers and stockholders in connection therewith.
Section 14.2 None of (i) the Principal Stockholders or any of their Affiliates or (ii) any Non-Employee Director (including any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer of the Corporation in both his or her director and officer capacities) or his or her Affiliates (the Persons (as defined below) identified in (i) and (ii) above being referred to, collectively, as “Identified Persons” and, individually, as an “Identified Person”) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have any duty to refrain from directly or indirectly (1) engaging in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which the Corporation or any of its Affiliates now engages or proposes to engage or (2) otherwise competing with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Identified Person shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person engages in any such activities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for an Identified Person and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, except as provided in Section 14.3. Subject to Section 14.3, in the event that any Identified Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other business opportunity which may be a corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, such Identified Person shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have no duty to communicate or offer such transaction or other business opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself, herself or himself, offers or directs such corporate opportunity to another Person, or does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any Affiliate of the Corporation.
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Section 14.3 The Corporation does not renounce its interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any Non-Employee Director (including any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer of the Corporation in both his or her director and officer capacities) if such opportunity is expressly offered to such Person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, and the provisions of Section 14.2 shall not apply to any such corporate opportunity.
Section 14.4 In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article XIV, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to be a potential corporate opportunity for the Corporation if it is a business opportunity that (i) the Corporation is neither financially or legally able, nor contractually permitted, to undertake, (ii) from its nature, is not in the line of the Corporation’s business or is of no practical advantage to the Corporation or (iii) is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy.
Section 14.5 Solely for purposes of this Article XIV, “Affiliate” shall mean (a) in respect of any Principal Stockholder, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by such Principal Stockholder, controls such Principal Stockholder or is under common control with such Principal Stockholder and shall include (i) any principal, member, director, manager, partner, stockholder, officer, employee or other representative of any of the foregoing (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation) and (ii) any funds or vehicles advised by Affiliates of such Principal Stockholder, (b) in respect of a Non-Employee Director, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by such Non-Employee Director (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation) and (c) in respect of the Corporation, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Corporation.
Section 14.6 To the fullest extent permitted by law, any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article XIV.
ARTICLE XV.
Section 15.1 Definitions. As used in this Certificate of Incorporation, the following terms shall have the following meaning:
(a) “Affiliate” means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another Person;
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(b) “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (1) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person and its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, and excluding the Permitted Transferees) becomes the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock, Preferred Stock and/or any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation (if any) representing in the aggregate more than 50% of the voting power of all of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation; (2) the stockholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or there is consummated a transaction or series of related transactions for the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets (including a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of IM LLC); (3) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Corporation or IM LLC with any other corporation or entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, the voting securities of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent, or are not converted into, voting securities representing in the aggregate more than 50% of the voting power of all of the outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof; or (4) the Corporation ceases to be the sole managing member of IM LLC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the beneficial owners of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock, Preferred Stock and/or any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in and voting control over, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.
(c) “Control,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. A Person who is the owner of ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding voting stock of any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such Person holds voting stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this section, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.
(d) “Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations.
(e) “owner,” including the terms “own” and “owned,” when used with respect to any stock, means a Person that individually or with or through any of its Affiliates:
(i) beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or
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(ii) has (a) the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (b) the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such Person’s right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten or more Persons; or
(iii) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding, for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in item (b) of subsection (ii) above), or disposing such stock, with any other Person that beneficially owns, or whose Affiliates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such stock.
(f) “Person” means, except as otherwise provided in the definition of “Change of Control,” any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, unincorporated association or other entity.
(g) “Principal Stockholders” means investment funds affiliated with or advised by Kingstown Capital Management L.P., and their successors.
(h) “Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations.
(i) “stock” means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock and, with respect to any other entity, any equity interest.
(j) “voting stock” means stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and, with respect to any entity that is not a corporation, any equity interest entitled to vote generally in the election of the governing body of such entity. Every reference to a percentage of voting stock shall refer to such percentages of the votes of such voting stock.
ARTICLE XVI.
Section 16.1 Sole Incorporator and Directors. The name and mailing address of the sole incorporator is as follows:
| Michael Blitzer | 3700 Bay Area Blvd. Houston, TX 77058 |
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The powers of the incorporator are to terminate upon the filing of this Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The names and mailing addresses of the persons who are to serve as the directors of the Corporation until the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement, or removal from office, are as follows:
| Stephen Altemus | 3700 Bay Area Blvd. | |
| Houston, TX 77058 | ||
| Dr. Kamal Ghaffarian | 3700 Bay Area Blvd. | |
| Houston, TX 77058 | ||
| Erik Sallee | 3700 Bay Area Blvd. | |
| Houston, TX 77058 | ||
| Timothy Crain | 3700 Bay Area Blvd. | |
| Houston, TX 77058 | ||
| Michael Blitzer | 3700 Bay Area Blvd. | |
| Houston, TX 77058 | ||
| Lieutenant General William Liquori | 3700 Bay Area Blvd. | |
| Houston, TX 77058 | ||
| Robert Masson | 3700 Bay Area Blvd. | |
| Houston, TX 77058 |
[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Incorporation to be signed on this 10th day of February, 2023.
| INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael Blitzer | |
| Name: | Michael Blitzer | |
| Title: | Sole Incorporator | |
[Signature Page to Certificate of Incorporation]
Exhibit 3.2
BYLAWS
OF
INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC.
Dated as of February 13, 2023
| CONTENTS | ||
| Page | ||
| Article I. CORPORATE OFFICERS | 1 | |
| Section 1.01 | Registered Office | 1 |
| Section 1.02 | Other Offices | 1 |
| Article II. Meetings of Stockholders | 1 | |
| Section 2.01 | Place of Meetings | 1 |
| Section 2.02 | Annual Meetings | 1 |
| Section 2.03 | Special Meetings | 1 |
| Section 2.04 | Notice of Meetings | 1 |
| Section 2.05 | Adjournments | 2 |
| Section 2.06 | Quorum | 2 |
| Section 2.07 | Organization | 2 |
| Section 2.08 | Voting; Proxies | 3 |
| Section 2.09 | Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record | 3 |
| Section 2.10 | List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote | 4 |
| Section 2.11 | Inspectors of Election | 4 |
| Section 2.12 | Conduct of Meetings | 5 |
| Section 2.13 | Advance Notice Procedures for Business Brought before a Meeting | 5 |
| Section 2.14 | Advance Notice Procedures for Nominations of Directors | 9 |
| Section 2.15 | Delivery to the Corporation | 12 |
| Article III. Board of Directors | 12 | |
| Section 3.01 | Powers | 12 |
| Section 3.02 | Number; Tenure; Qualifications | 13 |
| Section 3.03 | Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors | 13 |
| Section 3.04 | Resignation and Vacancies | 13 |
| Section 3.05 | Regular Meetings | 13 |
| Section 3.06 | Special Meetings | 13 |
| Section 3.07 | Place of Meetings; Telephonic Meetings | 14 |
| Section 3.08 | Quorum; Vote Required for Action | 14 |
| Section 3.09 | Organization | 14 |
| Section 3.10 | Action by Unanimous Consent of Directors | 14 |
| Section 3.11 | Compensation of Directors | 15 |
| Section 3.12 | Chairperson | 15 |
| Article IV. Committees | 15 | |
| Section 4.01 | Committees | 15 |
| Section 4.02 | Committee Minutes | 15 |
| Section 4.03 | Committee Rules | 16 |
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| Article V. Officers | 16 | |
| Section 5.01 | Officers | 16 |
| Section 5.02 | Appointment of Officers | 16 |
| Section 5.03 | Subordinate Officer | 16 |
| Section 5.04 | Removal and Resignation of Officers | 16 |
| Section 5.05 | Vacancies in Offices | 16 |
| Section 5.06 | Representation of Shares of Other Entities | 17 |
| Section 5.07 | Authority and Duties of Officers | 17 |
| Section 5.08 | Compensation | 17 |
| Article VI. Records | 17 | |
| Section 6.01 | Records | 17 |
| Article VII. General Matters | 17 | |
| Section 7.01 | Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments | 17 |
| Section 7.02 | Stock Certificates | 18 |
| Section 7.03 | Special Designation of Certificates | 18 |
| Section 7.04 | Lost Certificates | 18 |
| Section 7.05 | Shares Without Certificates | 18 |
| Section 7.06 | Construction; Definitions | 19 |
| Section 7.07 | Dividends | 19 |
| Section 7.08 | Fiscal Year | 19 |
| Section 7.09 | Seal | 19 |
| Section 7.10 | Transfer of Stock | 19 |
| Section 7.11 | Stock Transfer Agreements | 19 |
| Section 7.12 | Registered Stockholders | 19 |
| Section 7.13 | Waiver of Notice | 19 |
| Article VIII. Notice | 20 | |
| Section 8.01 | Delivery of Notice; Notice by Electronic Transmission | 20 |
| Article IX. Indemnification | 21 | |
| Section 9.01 | Indemnification of Directors and Officers | 21 |
| Section 9.02 | Indemnification of Others | 21 |
| Section 9.03 | Prepayment of Expenses | 21 |
| Section 9.04 | Determination; Claim | 22 |
| Section 9.05 | Non-Exclusivity of Rights | 22 |
| Section 9.06 | Insurance | 22 |
| Section 9.07 | Other Indemnification | 22 |
| Section 9.08 | Continuation of Indemnification | 22 |
| Section 9.09 | Amendment or Repeal; Interpretation | 23 |
| Article X. | Amendments | 23 |
| Article XI. | Definitions | 24 |
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ARTICLE I.
CORPORATE OFFICERS
Section 1.01 Registered Office. The address of the registered office of Intuitive Machines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), in the State of Delaware, and the name of its registered agent at such address, shall be as set forth in the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).
Section 1.02 Other Offices. The Corporation may have additional offices at any place or places, within or outside the State of Delaware, as the Corporation’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) may from time to time establish or as the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II.
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 2.01 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders of the Corporation (the “Stockholders”), may be held at any place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by or in the manner determined by the Board of Directors. In the absence of such designation, meetings of Stockholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of Stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication authorized by and in accordance with Section 211(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).
Section 2.02 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of Stockholders shall be held for the election of members of the Board of Directors (the “Directors”) at such date and time as may be designated by or in the manner determined by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time. Any other business as may be properly brought before the annual meeting of Stockholders may be transacted at the annual meeting of Stockholders. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of Stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.
Section 2.03 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Stockholders may be called only by such persons and only in such manner as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. Special meetings of Stockholders validly called in accordance with this Section 2.03 of these bylaws (as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, these “Bylaws”) may be held at such date and time as specified in the applicable notice of such meeting. No business may be transacted at any special meeting of Stockholders other than the business specified in the notice of such meeting. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled special meeting of the Stockholders.
Section 2.04 Notice of Meetings. Whenever Stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting of Stockholders, a notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which Stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the Stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for Stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting of the Stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the notice of any meeting of Stockholders shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each Stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for determining the Stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the Stockholder at such Stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
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Section 2.05 Adjournments. Any meeting of Stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time by the chairperson of the meeting (or by the Stockholders in accordance with Section 2.06) to reconvene at the same or some other place, if any, and the same or some other time, and notice need not be given to the Stockholders of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which Stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting of Stockholders, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting of Stockholders. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting of Stockholders shall be given to each Stockholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting of Stockholders. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of Stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting of Stockholders, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for determining Stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting of Stockholders in accordance with Section 2.09(a) of these Bylaws, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting of Stockholders to each Stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting of Stockholders as of the record date fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting of Stockholders. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the Stockholder at such Stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
Section 2.06 Quorum. At any meeting of the Stockholders, the holders of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation (“Stock”) entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person, or by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for all purposes, unless or except to the extent that the presence of a larger number may be required by applicable law, the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporation’s securities are listed, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. In the absence of a quorum, then either (i) the chairperson of the meeting or (ii) the Stockholders by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Stock entitled to vote thereon, present in person, or by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy, shall have the power to recess or adjourn the meeting of Stockholders from time to time in the manner provided in Section 2.05 of these Bylaws until a quorum is present or represented. At any such recessed or adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series of Stock is required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of voting power of the shares of such class or classes or series of Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on such matter, present in person, or by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on such matter. A quorum, once established at a meeting, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum.
Section 2.07 Organization. Meetings of Stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairperson or by such other officer of the Corporation or Director as designated by the Board of Directors or the Chairperson, or in the absence of such person or designation, by a chairperson chosen at the meeting by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Stock present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote at the meeting (provided there is a quorum). The Secretary of the Corporation (“Secretary”) shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence, the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
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Section 2.08 Voting; Proxies.
(a) Each Stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of Stockholders shall be entitled to the number of votes, if any, for each share of Stock held of record by such Stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or, if such voting power is not set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, one vote per share. Voting at meetings of Stockholders need not be by written ballot. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, at all meetings of Stockholders for the election of Directors at which a quorum is present, a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect Directors. No holder of shares of Stock shall have the right to cumulate votes. All other elections and questions presented to the Stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) on such matter, unless a different or minimum vote is required by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, in which case such different or minimum vote shall be the applicable vote on the matter.
(b) Each Stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of Stockholders or express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting (if permitted by the Certificate of Incorporation) may authorize another person or persons to act for such Stockholder by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law, including Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212 of the DGCL. A Stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person (or by means of remote communication, if applicable) or by delivering to the Secretary a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. A proxy may be in the form of an electronic transmission which sets forth or is submitted with information from which it can be determined that the transmission was authorized by the Stockholder.
Section 2.09 Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.
(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the Stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of Stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by applicable law, not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the Stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining Stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of Stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of Stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of Stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for Stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of Stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.09(a) at the adjourned meeting.
(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the Stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of Stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than 60 days prior to such action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining Stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
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(c) Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, in order that the Corporation may determine the Stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date for determining Stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, (i) when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law and (ii) if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
Section 2.10 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The Corporation shall prepare, at least 10 days before every meeting of Stockholders, a complete list of the Stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the Stockholders entitled to vote is less than 10 days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the Stockholders entitled to vote as of the 10th day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each Stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each Stockholder as of the record date (or such other date). The Corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any Stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting at least 10 days prior to the meeting (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to Stockholders. Such list shall presumptively determine the identity of the Stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them. Except as otherwise provided by law, the “stock ledger” shall be the only evidence as to who are the Stockholders entitled to examine the list of Stockholders required by this Section 2.10 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of Stockholders. For purposes of these Bylaws, the term “stock ledger” means one or more records administered by or on behalf of the Corporation in which the names of all of the Corporation’s Stockholders of record, the address and number of shares registered in the name of each such Stockholder, and all issuances and transfers of Stock are recorded.
Section 2.11 Inspectors of Election. The Corporation may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of Stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of Stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting may, and to the extent required by law, shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. The inspector or inspectors of election may appoint such persons to assist them in performing their duties as they determine. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of Stock outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the number of shares of Stock represented at the applicable meeting of the Stockholders and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count and tabulate all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of Stock represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by applicable law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of Stockholders, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
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Section 2.12 Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the Stockholders will vote at a meeting of the Stockholders shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting designated in accordance with Section 2.07. After the polls close, no ballots, proxies or votes or any revocations or changes thereto may be accepted. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of Stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the person presiding over any meeting of Stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to Stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at any meeting of Stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to such meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the person presiding over the applicable meeting of Stockholders, meetings of Stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
Section 2.13 Advance Notice Procedures for Business Brought before a Meeting. This Section 2.13 shall apply to any business that may be brought before an annual meeting of Stockholders other than nominations for election to the Board of Directors at such a meeting, which shall be governed by Section 2.14. Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors must comply with Section 2.14, and this Section 2.13 shall not be applicable to nominations for election to the Board of Directors except as expressly provided in Section 2.14.
(a) At an annual meeting of the Stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting of the Stockholders, business must be (a) specified in a notice of meeting of the Stockholders (or any supplement or amendment thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, (b) if not specified in a notice of meeting of the Stockholders, otherwise brought before the meeting by the Board of Directors or the chairperson of the meeting, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a Stockholder present in person, or by remote communication, if applicable, who (A) (1) was a Stockholder of record of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.13 and at the time of the meeting, (2) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (3) has complied with this Section 2.13 in all respects or (B) properly made such proposal in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations, the “Exchange Act”), which proposal has been included in the proxy statement for such annual meeting of the Stockholders. The foregoing clause (c) shall be the exclusive means for a Stockholder to propose business to be brought before an annual meeting of the Stockholders. The only matters that may be brought before a special meeting of the Stockholders are the matters specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting of the Stockholders given by or at the direction of the person calling the meeting pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation and Section 2.03. For purposes of this Section 2.13 and Section 2.14, “present in person” shall mean that the Stockholder proposing that the business be brought before the annual meeting or special meeting of the Stockholders, as applicable, or, if the proposing Stockholder is not an individual, a qualified representative of such proposing Stockholder, appear in person at such annual or special meeting of the Stockholders, and a “qualified representative” of such proposing Stockholder shall be, if such proposing Stockholder is (x) a general or limited partnership, any general partner or person who functions as a general partner of the general or limited partnership or who controls the general or limited partnership, (y) a corporation or a limited liability company, any officer or person who functions as an officer of the corporation or limited liability company or any officer, director, general partner or person who functions as an officer, director or general partner of any entity ultimately in control of the corporation or limited liability company or (z) a trust, any trustee of such trust.
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(b) Without qualification, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting of the Stockholders by a Stockholder, the Stockholder must (a) provide Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary and (b) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.13. To be timely, a Stockholder’s notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the one- year anniversary of the immediately preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, to be timely, a Stockholder’s notice must be so delivered, or mailed and received, not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or, if later, the 10th day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was first made by the Corporation; provided further, that if the date of the annual meeting of the Stockholders is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by such Stockholder to be timely must be so delivered, or mailed and received, not later than the later of (A) the 90th day prior to such annual meeting and (B) the 10th day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was first made (such notice within such time periods, “Timely Notice”). In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of Timely Notice as described above.
(c) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.13, a Stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:
(i) As to each Proposing Person (as defined below), (A) the name and address of such Proposing Person (including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the Corporation’s books and records); and (B) the number of shares of each class or series of Stock of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by such Proposing Person, except that such Proposing Person shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series of Stock of the Corporation as to which such Proposing Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) are referred to as “Stockholder Information”);
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(ii) As to each Proposing Person, (A) the full notional amount of any securities that, directly or indirectly, underlie any “derivative security” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(c) under the Exchange Act) that constitutes a “call equivalent position” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(b) under the Exchange Act) (“Synthetic Equity Position”) and that is, directly or indirectly, held or maintained by such Proposing Person with respect to any shares of any class or series of Stock of the Corporation; provided that, for the purposes of the definition of “Synthetic Equity Position,” the term “derivative security” shall also include any security or instrument that would not otherwise constitute a “derivative security” as a result of any feature that would make any conversion, exercise or similar right or privilege of such security or instrument becoming determinable only at some future date or upon the happening of a future occurrence, in which case the determination of the amount of securities into which such security or instrument would be convertible or exercisable shall be made assuming that such security or instrument is immediately convertible or exercisable at the time of such determination; and, provided, further, that any Proposing Person satisfying the requirements of Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (other than a Proposing Person that so satisfies Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act solely by reason of Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)) shall not be deemed to hold or maintain the notional amount of any securities that underlie a Synthetic Equity Position held by such Proposing Person as a hedge with respect to a bona fide derivatives trade or position of such Proposing Person arising in the ordinary course of such Proposing Person’s business as a derivatives dealer, (B) any rights to dividends on the shares of any class or series of Stock of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (C) any material pending or threatened legal proceeding in which such Proposing Person is a party or material participant involving the Corporation or any of its officers or Directors, or any affiliate of the Corporation, (D) any other material relationship between such Proposing Person, on the one hand, and the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation, on the other hand, (E) any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement of such Proposing Person with the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement) and (F) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the applicable meeting of the Stockholders pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (F) are referred to as “Disclosable Interests”); provided, however, that Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the Stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner; and
(iii) As to each item of business that the Stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting of the Stockholders, (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and the text of any proposed amendment to these Bylaws), (C) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other person or entity (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such Stockholder and (D) any other information relating to such item of business that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that the disclosures required by this Section 2.13(c)(iii) shall not include any disclosures with respect to any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the Stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner.
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(d) For purposes of this Section 2.13, the term “Proposing Person” shall mean (a) the Stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of the Stockholders, (b) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting of the Stockholders is made, (c) any participant (as defined in paragraphs (a)(ii)-(vi) of Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Schedule 14A) with such Stockholder in such solicitation.
(e) A Proposing Person shall update and supplement its notice to the Corporation of its intent to propose business at an annual meeting of the Stockholders, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall be true and correct as of the record date for notice of the meeting and as of the date that is 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five business days after the record date for notice of the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).
(f) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting of the Stockholders that is not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.13. The presiding officer of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that the business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.13, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
(g) In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.13 with respect to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of the Stockholders, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such business. Nothing in this Section 2.13 shall be deemed to affect the rights of Stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
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(h) For purposes of these Bylaws, “public disclosure” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Section 2.14 Advance Notice Procedures for Nominations of Directors.
(a) Nominations of any person for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of the Stockholders (but only if the election of Directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special meeting of the Stockholders) may be made at such meeting only (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, including by any committee or persons authorized to do so by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, or (b) by a Stockholder present in person (as defined in Section 2.13) (1) who was a Stockholder of record of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.14 and at the time of the meeting, (2) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (3) has complied with this Section 2.14 as to such notice and nomination. The foregoing clause (b) shall be the exclusive means for a Stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at any annual meeting or special meeting of the Stockholders.
(b)
(i) Without qualification, for a Stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting of the Stockholders, the Stockholder must (a) provide Timely Notice (as defined in Section 2.13(b)) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (b) provide the information, agreements and questionnaires with respect to such Stockholder and its candidate for nomination as required by this Section 2.14, and (c) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.14.
(ii) Without qualification, if the election of Directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling a special meeting of the Stockholders, then for a Stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at a special meeting of the Stockholders, the Stockholder must (a) provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (b) provide the information, agreements and questionnaires with respect to such Stockholder and its candidate for nomination required by this Section 2.14, and (c) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.14. To be timely for purposes of this Section 2.14(b)(ii), a Stockholder’s notice for nominations to be made at a special meeting of the Stockholders must be delivered to, or mailed to and received by the Secretary not earlier than the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the 90th day prior to such special meeting or, if later, the 10th day following the day on which public disclosure (as defined in Section 2.13(h)) of the date of such special meeting was first made.
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(iii) In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting of the Stockholders or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a Stockholder’s notice as described above.
(iv) In no event may a Nominating Person (as defined below) provide notice under this Section 2.14 or otherwise with respect to a greater number of Director candidates than are subject to election by Stockholders at the applicable meeting. If the Corporation shall, subsequent to such notice, increase the number of Directors subject to election at the meeting, such notice as to any additional nominees shall be due on the later of (i) the conclusion of the time period for Timely Notice (with respect to an annual meeting of the Stockholders), (ii) the date set forth in Section 2.14(b)(ii) (with respect to a special meeting) or (iii) the 10th day following the date of public disclosure (as defined in Section 2.13(h)) of such increase.
(c) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.14, a Stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:
(i) As to each Nominating Person, the Stockholder Information (as defined in Section 2.13(c)(i)) except that for purposes of this Section 2.14, the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.13(c)(i);
(ii) As to each Nominating Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 2.13(c)(ii), except that for purposes of this Section 2.14 the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.13(c)(ii) and the disclosure with respect to the business to be brought before the meeting of the Stockholders in Section 2.13(c)(iii) shall be made with respect to nomination of each person for election as a Director at such meeting); and
(iii) As to each candidate whom a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a Director, (A) all information with respect to such candidate for nomination that would be required to be set forth in a Stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.14 if such candidate for nomination were a Nominating Person, (B) all information relating to such candidate for nomination that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of Directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14(a) under the Exchange Act (including such candidate’s written consent to being named in the Corporation’s proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected), (C) a description of any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each candidate for nomination or any other participants in such solicitation, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Nominating Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the candidate for nomination were a Director or executive officer of such registrant, and (D) a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement as provided in Section 2.14(f).
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(d) For purposes of this Section 2.14, the term “Nominating Person” shall mean (a) the Stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting of the Stockholders, (b) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting is made and (c) any other participant in such solicitation.
(e) A Stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting of the Stockholders shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be true and correct as of the record date for notice of the meeting and as of the date that is 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five business days after the record date for notice of the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).
(f) To be eligible to be a candidate for election as a Director at an annual or special meeting of the Stockholders, a candidate must be nominated in the manner prescribed in this Section 2.14 and the candidate for nomination, whether nominated by the Board of Directors or by a Stockholder of record, must have previously delivered (in accordance with the time period prescribed for delivery in a notice to such candidate given by or on behalf of the Board of Directors), to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (a) a completed written questionnaire (in the form provided by the Corporation) with respect to the background, qualifications, stock ownership and independence of such candidate for nomination and (b) a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Corporation) that such candidate for nomination (A) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation or reimbursement for service as a Director that has not been disclosed in such written questionnaire and (B) if elected as a Director, will comply with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality, stock ownership and trading and other policies and guidelines of the Corporation applicable to all Directors and in effect during such person’s term in office as a Director (and, if requested by any candidate for nomination, the Secretary shall provide to such candidate for nomination all such policies and guidelines then in effect).
(g) The Board of Directors may also require any proposed candidate for nomination as a Director to furnish such other information as may reasonably be requested by the Board of Directors in writing prior to the meeting of Stockholders at which such candidate’s nomination is to be acted upon in order for the Board of Directors to determine the eligibility of such candidate for nomination to be an independent Director in accordance with the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.
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(h) In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.14 with respect to any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such nominations.
(i) No candidate shall be eligible for nomination as a Director unless such candidate for nomination and the Nominating Person seeking to place such candidate’s name in nomination has complied with this Section 2.14, as applicable. The presiding officer at the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not properly made in accordance with this Section 2.14, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare such determination to the meeting, the defective nomination shall be disregarded and any ballots cast for the candidate in question (but in the case of any form of ballot listing other qualified nominees, only the ballots case for the nominee in question) shall be void and of no force or effect.
(j) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no candidate for nomination shall be eligible to be seated as a Director unless nominated and elected in accordance with this Section 2.14.
(k) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14, unless otherwise required by law, if any Nominating Person giving notice provided by this Section 2.14 provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) promulgated under the Exchange Act and subsequently fails to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(2) and Rule 14a-19(a)(3) promulgated under the Exchange Act, then the Corporation shall disregard any proxies or votes solicited for the Nominating Person’s nominee. Upon request by the Corporation, if any Nominating Person provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) promulgated under the Exchange Act, such Nominating Person shall deliver to the Corporation, no later than five (5) business days prior to the applicable meeting, reasonable evidence that it has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Section 2.15 Delivery to the Corporation. Whenever this Article II requires one or more persons (including a record or beneficial owner of Stock) to deliver a document or information to the Corporation or any officer, employee or agent thereof (including any notice, request, questionnaire, revocation, representation or other document or agreement), such document or information shall be in writing exclusively (and not in an electronic transmission) and shall be delivered exclusively by hand (including, without limitation, overnight courier service) or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and the Corporation shall not be required to accept delivery of any document not in such written form or so delivered. For the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation expressly opts out of Section 116 of the DGCL with respect to the delivery of information and documents to the Corporation required by this Article II.
ARTICLE III.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 3.01 Powers. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
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Section 3.02 Number; Tenure; Qualifications. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation and the rights of holders of any series of preferred Stock to elect Directors, the total number of Directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires. The Directors shall be classified in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Each Director shall hold office until such time as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not be Stockholders to be qualified for election or service as a Director.
Section 3.03 Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors. Except as provided in these Bylaws, and subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, each Director, including a Director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship, shall hold office until the expiration of the term of the class, if any, for which elected and until such Director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such Director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Directors need not be Stockholders. The Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws may prescribe qualifications for Directors.
Section 3.04 Resignation and Vacancies.
(a) Any Director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. The resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or upon the happening of an event specified therein, and if no time or event is specified, at the time of its receipt. When one or more Directors so resigns and the resignation is effective at a future date or upon the happening of an event to occur on a future date, a majority of the Directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each Director so chosen shall hold office as provided in Section 3.03.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of any Director, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of Directors shall be filled only by a majority of the Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining Director.
Section 3.05 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places, if any, within or without the State of Delaware, and at such times as has been designated by the Board of Directors and publicized among all Directors, either orally or in writing, by telephone, including a voice-messaging system or other system designed to record and communicate messages, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other means of electronic transmission. No further notice shall be required for regular meetings of the Board of Directors.
Section 3.06 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairperson, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary or a majority of the Directors then in office and shall be held at such time, date and place, if any, within or without the State of Delaware as he or she or they shall fix. Notice to Directors of the date, place and time of any special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each Director by the Secretary or by the officer or one of the Directors calling the meeting. Such notice may be given in person, by United States first-class mail, or by e-mail, telephone, telecopier, facsimile or other means of electronic transmission. If the notice is delivered in person, by e-mail, telephone, telecopier, facsimile or other means of electronic transmission, it shall be delivered or sent at least 24 hours before the time of holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four days before the time of the holding of the meeting. The notice need not specify the place of the meeting if the meeting is to be held at the Corporation’s principal executive office nor the purpose of the meeting.
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Section 3.07 Place of Meetings; Telephonic Meetings. The Board of Directors may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, Directors may participate in any meetings of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting of the Board of Directors pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 3.08 Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, a majority of the total number of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided that, solely for the purposes of filling vacancies pursuant to Section 3.04, a meeting of the Board of Directors may be held if a majority of the Directors then in office participate in such meeting. The affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, then the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
Section 3.09 Organization. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairperson, or in his or her absence by the person whom the Chairperson shall designate, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairperson chosen at the meeting by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence, the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 3.10 Action by Unanimous Consent of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting of the Board of Directors if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. Thereafter, the writing or writings or electronic transmissions shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee in accordance with applicable law. Such action by written consent or consent by electronic transmission shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors.
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Section 3.11 Compensation of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursements of expenses, of Directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity. No such payment shall preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Any Director may decline any or all such compensation payable to such Director in his or her discretion.
Section 3.12 Chairperson. The Board of Directors may appoint from its members a chairperson (the “Chairperson”). The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, from time to time appoint one or more vice chairpersons (each, a “Vice Chairperson”), each of whom in such capacity shall report directly to the Chairperson.
ARTICLE IV.
COMMITTEES
Section 4.01 Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one (1) or more committees, each committee to consist of one (1) or more of the Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of any committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent provided in a resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation (if one is adopted) to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (i) approve or adopt, or recommend to the Stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to Stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopt, amend or repeal any bylaw of the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the resolution of the Board of Directors designating the committee, a committee may create one (1) or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one (1) or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the resolution of the Board of Directors designating the committee (or resolution of the committee designating the subcommittee, if applicable), a majority of the Directors then serving on a committee or subcommittee, as applicable, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the members of the committee or subcommittee, as applicable, present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee or subcommittee, as applicable. Meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or place, if any, within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairperson or a majority of the members of such committee.
Section 4.02 Committee Minutes. Each committee of the Board of Directors shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.
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Section 4.03 Committee Rules. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules, each such committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article III.
ARTICLE V.
OFFICERS
Section 5.01 Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President and a Secretary. The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a Chairperson, a Vice Chairperson, a Chief Financial Officer, a Treasurer, one (1) or more Vice Presidents, one (1) or more Assistant Vice Presidents, one (1) or more Assistant Treasurers, one (1) or more Assistant Secretaries, and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office for such term as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. No officer need be a Stockholder or Director.
Section 5.02 Appointment of Officers. The Board of Directors shall appoint the officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03.
Section 5.03 Subordinate Officer. The Board of Directors may appoint, or empower the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or, in the absence of a Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, the President of the Corporation, to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the Corporation may require. Each of such officers and agents shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
Section 5.04 Removal and Resignation of Officers. Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. If a resignation is made effective at a later date and the Corporation accepts the future effective date, the Board of Directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the Board of Directors provides that the successor shall not take office until the effective date. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.
Section 5.05 Vacancies in Offices. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors or as provided in Section 5.02.
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Section 5.06 Representation of Shares of Other Entities. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the Chairperson, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President of this Corporation, or any other person authorized by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of this Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares or voting securities of any other corporation or other person standing in the name of this Corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.
Section 5.07 Authority and Duties of Officers. All officers of the Corporation shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the Corporation as may be provided herein or designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.
Section 5.08 Compensation. The compensation of the officers of the Corporation for their services as such shall be fixed from time to time by or at the direction of the Board of Directors. An officer of the Corporation shall not be prevented from receiving compensation by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Director.
ARTICLE VI.
RECORDS
Section 6.01 Records. A stock ledger consisting of one or more records in which the names of all of the Stockholders of record, the address and number of shares registered in the name of each such Stockholder, and all issuances and transfers of Stock are recorded in accordance with Section 224 of the DGCL shall be administered by or on behalf of the Corporation. Any records administered by or on behalf of the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books, may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device, or method, or one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time and, with respect to the stock ledger, that the records so kept (i) can be used to prepare the list of Stockholders specified in Sections 219 and 220 of the DGCL, (ii) record the information specified in Sections 156, 159, 217(a) and 218 of the DGCL, and (iii) record transfers of Stock as governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE VII.
GENERAL MATTERS
Section 7.01 Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments. The Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
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Section 7.02 Stock Certificates.
(a) The shares of Stock shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors by resolution may provide that some or all of the shares of any class or series of Stock shall be uncertificated. Certificates for the shares of Stock, if any, shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of Stock represented by a certificate shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, any two officers authorized to sign stock certificates representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. The Chairperson or Vice Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer, the President, Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation shall be specifically authorized to sign stock certificates. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
(b) The Corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares of Stock as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly paid shares, or upon the books and records of the Corporation in the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the Corporation shall declare a dividend upon partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.
Section 7.03 Special Designation of Certificates. If the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of Stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of Stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or on the back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of Stock (or, in the case of uncertificated shares, set forth in a notice provided pursuant to Section 151 of the DGCL); provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face of back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of Stock (or, in the case of any uncertificated shares, included in the aforementioned notice) a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each Stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations, the preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of Stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
Section 7.04 Lost Certificates. Except as provided in this Section 7.04, no new certificates for shares of Stock shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the Corporation and cancelled at the same time. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of Stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
Section 7.05 Shares Without Certificates. The Corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares of Stock by electronic or other means not involving the issuance of certificates, provided the use of such system by the Corporation is permitted in accordance with applicable law.
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Section 7.06 Construction; Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction and definitions in the DGCL shall govern the construction of these Bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural and the plural number includes the singular.
Section 7.07 Dividends. The Board of Directors, subject to any restrictions contained in either (i) the DGCL or (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its Stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of Stock. The Board of Directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, and meeting contingencies.
Section 7.08 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and may be changed by the Board of Directors.
Section 7.09 Seal. The Corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be adopted and which may be altered by the Board of Directors. The Corporation may use the corporate seal by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
Section 7.10 Transfer of Stock. Shares of Stock shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these Bylaws. Shares of Stock shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof or by such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates representing such shares endorsed by the appropriate person or persons (or by delivery of duly executed instructions with respect to uncertificated shares), with such evidence of the authenticity of such endorsement or execution, transfer, authorization and other matters as the Corporation may reasonably require, and accompanied by all necessary stock transfer stamps. No transfer of Stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing the names of the persons from and to whom it was transferred.
Section 7.11 Stock Transfer Agreements. The Corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of Stockholders of any one or more classes or series of Stock to restrict the transfer of shares of Stock of any one or more classes owned by such Stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.
Section 7.12 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall (i) be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares of Stock to receive dividends and to vote as such owner; and (ii) not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares of Stock on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 7.13 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
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ARTICLE VIII.
NOTICE
Section 8.01 Delivery of Notice; Notice by Electronic Transmission.
(a) Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to Stockholders, any notice to Stockholders given by the Corporation under any provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws may be given in writing directed to the Stockholder’s mailing address (or by electronic transmission directed to the Stockholder’s electronic mail address, as applicable) as it appears on the records of the Corporation and shall be given (1) if mailed, when the notice is deposited in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid, (2) if delivered by courier service, the earlier of when the notice is received or left at such Stockholder’s address or (3) if given by electronic mail, when directed to such Stockholder’s electronic mail address unless the Stockholder has notified the Corporation in writing or by electronic transmission of an objection to receiving notice by electronic mail. A notice by electronic mail must include a prominent legend that the communication is an important notice regarding the Corporation.
(b) Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to Stockholders, any notice to Stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the Stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the Stockholder by written notice or electronic transmission to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, the Corporation may give a notice by electronic mail in accordance with Section 8.01(a) without obtaining the consent required by this Section 8.01(b).
(c) Any notice given pursuant to Section 8.01(b) shall be deemed given: (i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the Stockholder has consented to receive notice; (ii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the Stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (iii) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the Stockholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a notice may not be given by an electronic transmission from and after the time that (1) the Corporation is unable to deliver by such electronic transmission two (2) consecutive notices given by the Corporation and (2) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the inadvertent failure to discover such inability shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
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ARTICLE IX.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 9.01 Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any Director or officer of the Corporation who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation or, while serving as a Director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership (a “covered person”), joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.04, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such person only if the Proceeding was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors.
Section 9.02 Indemnification of Others. The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any employee or agent of the Corporation who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non- profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding.
Section 9.03 Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any covered person, and may pay the expenses incurred by any employee or agent of the Corporation, in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article IX or otherwise.
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Section 9.04 Determination; Claim. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such Proceeding) under this Article IX is not paid in full within 60 days, or a claim for advancement of expenses under this Article IX is not paid in full within 30 days, after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation the claimant may thereafter (but not before) file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.
Section 9.05 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article IX shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of Stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise.
Section 9.06 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust enterprise or non-profit entity against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.
Section 9.07 Other Indemnification. The Corporation hereby acknowledges that certain covered persons may have rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses (directly or through insurance) provided by one or more third parties (collectively, the “Other Indemnitors”), and which may include third parties for whom such covered person serves as a manager, member, officer, employee or agent. The Corporation hereby agrees that (i) the Corporation is the indemnitor of first resort with respect to all covered persons and all obligations to indemnify and provide advancement of expenses to covered persons, (ii) the Corporation shall be required to indemnify and advance the full amount of expenses incurred by the covered persons, to the fullest extent required by law, the terms of these Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation, any agreement to which the Corporation is a party, any vote of the stockholders or the Board, or otherwise, without regard to any rights the covered persons may have against the Other Indemnitors and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Other Indemnitors from any and all claims for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Corporation further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Other Indemnitors with respect to any claim for which the covered persons have sought indemnification from the Corporation shall affect the foregoing, and the Other Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or subrogation to the extent of any such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of the covered persons against the Corporation. These rights shall be a contract right, and the Other Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this paragraph. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the obligations of the Corporation under this paragraph shall only apply to covered persons in their capacity as covered persons.
Section 9.08 Continuation of Indemnification. The rights to indemnification and to prepayment of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article IX shall continue notwithstanding that the person has ceased to be a Director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of such person.
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Section 9.09 Amendment or Repeal; Interpretation.
(a) The provisions of this Article IX shall constitute a contract between the Corporation, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, each individual who serves or has served as a Director or officer of the Corporation (whether before or after the adoption of these Bylaws), in consideration of such person’s performance of such services, and, pursuant to this Article IX, the Corporation intends to be legally bound to each such current or former Director or officer of the Corporation. With respect to current and former Directors and officers of the Corporation, the rights conferred under this Article IX are present contractual rights and such rights are fully vested, and shall be deemed to have vested fully, immediately upon adoption of theses Bylaws. With respect to any Directors or officers of the Corporation who commence service following adoption of these Bylaws, the rights conferred under this provision shall be present contractual rights and such rights shall fully vest, and be deemed to have vested fully, immediately upon such Director or officer commencing service as a Director or officer of the Corporation. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article IX shall not adversely affect any right or protection (i) hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification or (ii) under any agreement providing for indemnification or advancement of expenses to an officer or Director of the Corporation in effect prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
(b) Any reference to an officer of the Corporation in this Article IX shall be deemed to refer exclusively to the Chief Executive Officer, President, and Secretary, or other officer of the Corporation appointed by (x) the Board of Directors pursuant to Article V or (y) an officer to whom the Board of Directors has delegated the power to appoint officers pursuant to Article V, and any reference to an officer of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be deemed to refer exclusively to an officer appointed by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of such other entity pursuant to the certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or equivalent organizational documents) of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. The fact that any person who is or was an employee of the Corporation or an employee of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise has been given or has used the title of “Vice President” or any other title that could be construed to suggest or imply that such person is or may be an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall not result in such person being constituted as, or being deemed to be, an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for purposes of this Article IX.
ARTICLE X.
AMENDMENTS
The Board of Directors is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws. The Stockholders also shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws; provided, however, that such action by Stockholders shall require, in addition to any other vote required by the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all the then outstanding shares of voting Stock of the Corporation with the power to vote generally in an election of Directors, voting together as a single class.
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ARTICLE XI.
DEFINITIONS
As used in these Bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
An “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
An “electronic mail” means an electronic transmission directed to a unique electronic mail address (which electronic mail shall be deemed to include any files attached thereto and any information hyperlinked to a website if such electronic mail includes the contact information of an officer or agent of the Corporation who is available to assist with accessing such files and information).
An “electronic mail address” means a destination, commonly expressed as a string of characters, consisting of a unique user name or mailbox (commonly referred to as the “local part” of the address) and a reference to an internet domain (commonly referred to as the “domain part” of the address), whether or not displayed, to which electronic mail can be sent or delivered.
The term “person” means any individual, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.
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Exhibit 3.3
INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC.
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES,
RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS OF
10.0 % SERIES A CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 151(g) OF THE
DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
The undersigned, Michael Blitzer, does hereby certify that:
1. He is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Intuitive Machines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”).
2. The Corporation is authorized to issue 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, none of which have been issued.
3. The following resolutions were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”):
WHEREAS, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation provides for a class of its authorized stock known as preferred stock, consisting of 25,000,000 shares, $0.0001 par value per share, issuable from time to time in one or more series;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is authorized to fix the dividend rights, dividend rate, voting rights, conversion rights, rights and terms of redemption and liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of preferred stock and the number of shares constituting any series and the designation thereof, of any of them; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to fix the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to a series of the preferred stock, which shall consist of, except as otherwise set forth in the Purchase Agreement, up to 26,000 shares of the preferred stock which the Corporation has the authority to issue, as follows:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors does hereby provide for the issuance of a series of preferred stock for cash or exchange of other securities, rights or property and does hereby fix and determine the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to such series of preferred stock as follows:
TERMS OF 10.0% SERIES A CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Accrued Dividend” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“Accrued Value” means, as of any date, with respect to each share of Preferred Stock as of the determination date, the sum, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Preferred Stock, of (i) the Stated Value per share of Preferred Stock, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of any accrued PIK Dividends on such share of Preferred Stock as of such date, plus (iii) on each Semi-Annual Dividend Date and on a cumulative basis, an additional amount equal to the dollar value of all Cash Dividends and Securities Dividends that have accrued on such share pursuant to Section 3(a), whether or not declared, but that have not, as of such date, been added to the Accrued Value.
“Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
“Alternate Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e). “Annual Rate” means 10.0% per annum of the Preferred Stock Liquidation Amount.
“Applicable Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
“Attribution Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
“Available Proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c)(i).
“Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
“Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.
“Buy-In” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(iv).
“Cash Dividend” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“CEF Agreement” means that certain Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2022, by and between the Corporation and CF Principal Investments LLC.
“Class A Common Stock” means the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
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“Class B Common Stock” means the Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Class C Common Stock” means the Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation and stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be reclassified or changed.
“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Purchase Agreement.
“Closing Date” means the Trading Day on which all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered by the applicable parties thereto and all conditions precedent to (i) each Holder’s obligations to pay the Subscription Amount and (ii) the Corporation’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or waived.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” means, collectively, the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock.
“Common Stock Equivalents” means any securities of the Corporation that would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Class A 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, Class A Common Stock, and any securities of the Corporation that when paired with one or more other securities of the Corporation or another entity entitles the holder thereof to receive, Class A Common Stock.
“Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Conversion Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Convertible Securities” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any shares of Class A Common Stock and any securities of the Corporation that when paired with one or more other securities of the Corporation or another entity entitles the holder thereof to receive Class A Common Stock;
“Corporation Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
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“Deemed Liquidation Event” shall mean: (i) a merger or consolidation in which (a) the Corporation is a constituent party or (b) a subsidiary of the Corporation is a constituent party and the Corporation issues shares of its capital stock pursuant to such merger or consolidation; provided, that, a Deemed Liquidation Event shall not include any such merger or consolidation involving the Corporation or a subsidiary in which the shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock that represent, immediately following such merger or consolidation, at least a majority, by voting power, of the capital stock of (1) the surviving or resulting corporation; or (2) if the surviving or resulting corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of another corporation immediately following such merger or consolidation, the parent corporation of such surviving or resulting corporation; or (ii) (a) the sale, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (b) the sale or disposition (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, and whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of one (1) or more subsidiaries of the Corporation if substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are held by such subsidiary or subsidiaries, except where such sale is to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Corporation.
“Delaware Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d). “Dilutive Issuance” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
“Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).
“Effective Date” means the date that the Registration Statement filed by the Corporation pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement is first declared effective by the Commission.
“Equity Conditions” means (i) the Class A Common Stock is duly authorized, listed and eligible for trading without restriction on a Trading Market, (ii) a resale registration statement shall be declared effective covering all Class A Common Stock issuable to the Holders, (iii) the Corporation’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are current, (iv) issuance of additional shares of Class A Common Stock to the applicable Holder will not violate such Holder’s Beneficial Ownership Limitation and (v) the Corporation is in compliance with the Transaction Documents in all material respects.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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“Excluded Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(ii).
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“Exempt Issuance” means the issuance of (a) any securities of the Corporation to employees, officers or directors, consultants, contractors, vendors or other agents of the Corporation pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose for services rendered to the Corporation, (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the Subscription Date, provided that such securities have not been amended since the Subscription Dates to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits or combinations) or to extend the term of such securities, (c) the Underlying Shares, and (d) securities issued pursuant to any merger, acquisition or strategic transaction or partnership approved by a majority of the directors of the Corporation, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equityholders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Corporation and shall provide to the Corporation additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but any such Exempt Issuance shall not include a transaction in which the Corporation is issuing securities (i) primarily for the purpose of raising capital, including an at-the-market offering, (ii) to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities or (iii) at a price equal to or less than the Floor Price.
“Floor Price” means $2.00 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction occurring after the date of the Purchase Agreement).
“Fundamental Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).
“Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Junior Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
“New Issuance Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
“Notice of Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Options” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
“Option Value” means the value of an Option based on the Black and Scholes Option Pricing model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg determined as of (A) the Trading Day prior to the public announcement of the issuance of the applicable Option, if the issuance of such Option is publicly announced or (B) the Trading Day immediately following the issuance of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is not publicly announced, for pricing purposes and reflecting (i) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the applicable Option as of the applicable date of determination, (ii) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg as of (A) the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is publicly announced or (B) the Trading Day immediately following the issuance of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is not publicly announced, (iii) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the highest weighted average price of the Class A Common Stock during the period beginning on the Trading Day prior to the execution of definitive documentation relating to the issuance of the applicable Option and ending on (A) the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of such issuance, if the issuance of such Option is publicly announced or (B) the Trading Day immediately following the issuance of the applicable Option if the issuance of such Option is not publicly announced, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) a 360 day annualization factor.
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“Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of any shares of the Preferred Stock regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such Preferred Stock.
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“PIK Dividend” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Preferred Stock Liquidation Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Preferred Stock Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2022, among the Corporation and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Purchase Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).
“Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(i).
“Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(ii).
“Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(i).
“Redemption Request” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(i).
“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Corporation and the original Holders, in the form of Exhibit B attached to the Purchase Agreement.
“Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Underlying Shares by each Holder as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement, including the Initial Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) and any additional Registration Statements which may be required thereunder.
“Required Holders” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c).
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission 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 Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
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“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Securities” means the Preferred Stock, the Warrants and the Underlying Shares.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Securities Dividend” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“Semi-Annual Dividend Date” shall mean June 1 and December 1 of each year.
“Share Delivery Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Standard Settlement Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(i).
“Stated Value” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Subscription Amount” shall mean, as to each Holder, the aggregate amount to be paid for the Preferred Stock and the Warrants purchased pursuant to the Purchase Agreement as specified below such Holder’s name on the signature page of the Purchase Agreement and next to the heading “Subscription Amount,” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds.
“Subscription Date” shall mean September 16, 2022.
“Subsidiary” means any subsidiary of the Corporation as of the Closing Date and shall, where applicable, also include any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation formed or acquired after the Subscription Date.
“Successor Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Class A 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, the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction Documents” means this Certificate of Designation, the Purchase Agreement, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement, all exhibits and schedules thereto and hereto and any other documents or agreements executed in connection with the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“Transfer Agent” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the current transfer agent of the Corporation, and any successor transfer agent of the Corporation.
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“Underlying Shares” means the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares.
“Valuation Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(iv).
“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Class A Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Class A Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Class A Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (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 Class A Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Class A Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Class A 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 Class A Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Class A Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Preferred Stock then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Corporation, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Corporation.
“Warrant Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrants.
“Warrants” means, collectively, the warrants to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
Section 2. Designation, Amount and Par Value.
(a) The series of preferred stock shall be designated as its “10.0% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock” and the number of shares so designated shall be up to 26,000 (which shall not be subject to increase without the written consent of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Preferred Stock (each, a “Holder” and collectively, the “Holders”)). Each share of Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.0001 per share and a stated value equal to $1,000 (the “Stated Value”).
(b) The Corporation shall register, or cause its Transfer Agent to register, shares of the Preferred Stock upon records to be maintained by the Corporation or its Transfer Agent for that purpose (the “Preferred Stock Register”), in the name of the Holders thereof from time to time. The Corporation may deem and treat the registered Holder of shares of Preferred Stock as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of any conversion thereof and for all other purposes. The Corporation shall register, or cause its Transfer Agent to register, the transfer of any shares of Preferred Stock in the Preferred Stock Register, upon surrender of the certificates evidencing such shares to be transferred, duly endorsed by the Holder thereof, to the Corporation at its address specified herein. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new certificate evidencing the shares of Preferred Stock so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a new certificate evidencing the remaining portion of the shares not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder, in each case, within three Business Days.
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Section 3. Dividends.
(a) From and after the Closing, subject to the terms of this Section 3, cumulative dividends shall accrue on the Accrued Value of each share of Preferred Stock at the Annual Rate. Dividends on each share of Preferred Stock shall be cumulative and shall accrue daily from and after the Closing, but shall compound on a semi-annual basis on each Semi-Annual Dividend Date (each, an “Accrued Dividend”) whether or not earned or declared, and whether or not there are earnings or profits, surplus, or other funds or assets of the Corporation legally available for the payment of dividends. Each Accrued Dividend shall be paid, at the election of the Corporation, (i) in cash (a “Cash Dividend”), (ii) subject to the satisfaction on the applicable payment date of the Equity Conditions, in shares of Class A Common Stock at the VWAP on the applicable payment date (a “Securities Dividend”), or (iii) in kind by increasing the Accrued Value of such share (a “PIK Dividend”).
(b) The Corporation shall not declare, pay or set aside any dividends on shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation (other than dividends on shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock) unless (in addition to the obtaining of any consents required in this Certificate of Designation or the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation) the Holders of the Preferred Stock then outstanding shall first receive, or simultaneously receive, a dividend on each outstanding share of Preferred Stock in an amount at least equal to the sum of (i) the amount of the aggregate Accrued Dividends then accrued on such share of Preferred Stock and not previously paid and (ii) (A) in the case of a dividend on Class A Common Stock or any class or series that is convertible into Class A Common Stock, that dividend per share of Preferred Stock as would equal the product of (1) the dividend payable on each share of such class or series determined, if applicable, as if all shares of such class or series had been converted into Class A Common Stock and (2) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, in each case calculated on the record date for determination of holders entitled to receive such dividend or (B) in the case of a dividend on any class or series that is not convertible into Class A Common Stock, at a rate per share of Preferred Stock determined by (1) dividing the amount of the dividend payable on each share of such class or series of capital stock by the original issuance price of such class or series of capital stock (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to such class or series) and (2) multiplying such fraction by an amount equal to the Accrued Value; provided that if the Corporation declares, pays or sets aside, on the same date, a dividend on shares of more than one class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, the dividend payable to the Holders of Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 3 shall be calculated based upon the dividend on the class or series of capital stock that would result in the highest Preferred Stock dividend.
(c) Subject to Section 5 and Section 7, Holders shall be entitled to receive, and the Corporation shall pay, dividends on shares of Preferred Stock (other than Accrued Dividends), on an as-converted basis, equal to and in the same form as dividends actually paid on shares of the Class A Common Stock when, as and if such dividends are paid on shares of the Class A Common Stock.
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Section 4. Voting Rights.
(a) The Holders shall be entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and, except as otherwise required by law, shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class upon any matter submitted to the stockholders for a vote.
(b) On any matter presented to the stockholders of the Corporation for their action or consideration at any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation (or by written consent in lieu of a meeting), a Holder, together with its Attribution Parties, shall be entitled to the number of votes equal to the number of whole shares of Class A Common Stock into which the shares of Preferred Stock held by such Holder, together with its Attribution Parties, as are convertible on the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote on such matter (as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 6 hereof and subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation), but without regard as to whether sufficient shares of Class A Common Stock are available out of the Corporation’s authorized by unissued stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Preferred Stock.
(c) As long as 25% of the shares of Preferred Stock issued as of the Closing are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote or action by written consent of the Holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock (the “Required Holders”):
(i) liquidate, dissolve or wind-up the affairs of the Corporation;
(ii) amend, alter or repeal the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, this Certificate of Designation or any similar document of the Corporation in a manner that adversely affects the powers, preferences or rights given to the Preferred Stock;
(iii) create or authorize the creation of or issue any other security convertible into or exercisable for any equity security unless such security ranks junior to the Preferred Stock with respect to its rights, preferences and privileges or increase the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Corporation may issue up to $50,000,000 in equity securities that are not Junior Securities without the consent of the Required Holders;
(iv) pay any cash dividend on any capital stock of the Corporation prior to payment of such cash dividend on the Preferred Stock or purchase or redeem and capital stock of the Corporation, other than capital stock repurchased at cost from former employees and consultants in connection with the cessation of their service; or
(v) incur or guarantee any indebtedness, if the aggregate indebtedness of the Corporation and its subsidiaries for borrowed money following such action would exceed $100,000,000; provided, however, that the Preferred Stock shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of this calculation.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Section 6(d) may not be amended, modified or waived.
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Section 5. Ranking; Liquidation.
(a) The Preferred Stock shall rank senior to all of the Common Stock and any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation currently existing or hereafter authorized, classified or reclassified (collectively, “Junior Securities”), in each case, as to dividends or distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
(b) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the Holders of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, and in the event of a Deemed Liquidation Event, the Holders of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the consideration payable to stockholders in such Deemed Liquidation Event or out of the Available Proceeds (as defined below), as applicable, before any payment shall be made to the holders of Common Stock or other Junior Securities by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the Accrued Value or (ii) such amount per share as would have been payable had all shares of Preferred Stock been converted into Class A Common Stock pursuant to Section 6 immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution, winding up or Deemed Liquidation Event based on the then effective rate of conversion and without giving effect to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation or any other limitations on conversion set forth herein (the amount payable pursuant to this sentence is hereinafter referred to as the “Preferred Stock Liquidation Amount”). If upon any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or Deemed Liquidation Event, the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders shall be insufficient to pay the Holders of shares of Preferred Stock the full amount to which they shall be entitled under this Section 5(b), the Holders of shares of Preferred Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of the assets available for distribution in proportion to the respective amounts that would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full.
(c) Deemed Liquidation Events.
(i) In the event of a Deemed Liquidation Event, if the Corporation does not effect a dissolution of the Corporation under the Delaware General Corporation Law within ninety (90) days after such Deemed Liquidation Event, then (i) the Corporation shall send a written notice to each Holder of Preferred Stock no later than the ninetieth (90th) day after the Deemed Liquidation Event advising such Holders of their right (and the requirements to be met to secure such right) pursuant to the terms of the following clause; (ii) to require the redemption of such shares of Preferred Stock, and (iii) if the Required Holders so request in a written instrument delivered to the Corporation not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after such Deemed Liquidation Event, the Corporation shall use the consideration received by the Corporation for such Deemed Liquidation Event (net of any retained liabilities associated with the assets sold or technology licensed, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation), together with any other assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, all to the extent permitted by Delaware law governing distributions to stockholders (the “Available Proceeds”), on the one hundred fiftieth (150th) day after such Deemed Liquidation Event, to redeem all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock at a price per share equal to the Preferred Stock Liquidation Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a redemption pursuant to the preceding sentence, if the Available Proceeds are not sufficient to redeem all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall redeem a pro rata portion of each Holder’s shares of Preferred Stock to the fullest extent of such Available Proceeds, based on the respective amounts that would otherwise be payable in respect of the shares to be redeemed if the Available Proceeds were sufficient to redeem all such shares, and shall redeem the remaining shares as soon as it may lawfully do so under Delaware law governing distributions to stockholders. The provisions of Section 8 shall apply, with such necessary changes in the details thereof as are necessitated by the context, to the redemption of the Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 5(c)(i). Prior to the distribution or redemption provided for in this Section 5(c)(i), the Corporation shall not expend or dissipate the consideration received for such Deemed Liquidation Event, except to discharge expenses incurred in connection with such Deemed Liquidation Event.
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(ii) In any Deemed Liquidation Event, if Available Proceeds are in a form of property other than in cash, the value of such distribution shall be deemed to be the fair market value of such property. The determination of fair market value of such property shall be made in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, provided that to the extent such property consists of securities, the fair market value of such securities shall be determined as follows:
For securities not subject to investment letters or other similar restrictions on free marketability covered by Section 5(c)(iii) below,
| a. | if traded on a Trading Market, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing prices of the securities on such exchange or system over the thirty (30) Trading Day period ending three (3) days prior to the closing of the Deemed Liquidation Event; |
| b. | if actively traded over-the-counter, the value shall be deemed to be the average of the closing bid or sale prices (whichever is applicable) over the thirty (30) Trading Day period ending three (3) days prior to the closing of such transaction; or |
| c. | if there is no active public market, the value shall be the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. |
For the purposes of this Section 5(c)(ii), “closing prices” or “closing bid or sales prices” shall be deemed to be: (A) for securities traded primarily on a Trading Market, the last reported trade price or sale price, as the case may be, at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on that day and (B) for securities listed or traded on other exchanges, markets and systems, the market price as of the end of the regular hours trading period that is generally accepted as such for such exchange, market or system. If, after the date hereof, the benchmark times generally accepted in the securities industry for determining the market price of a stock as of a given trading day shall change from those set forth above, the fair market value shall be determined as of such other generally accepted benchmark times.
(iii) The method of valuation of securities subject to investment letters or other similar restrictions on free marketability (other than restrictions arising solely by virtue of a stockholder’s status as an affiliate or former affiliate) shall take into account an appropriate discount (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation) from the market value as determined pursuant to Section 5(c)(ii) above so as to reflect the approximate fair market value thereof.
Section 6. Conversion.
(a) Conversions at Option of Holder. Each share of Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at any time and from time to time from and after the Original Issue Date at the option of the Holder thereof, into that number of shares of Class A Common Stock (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6(d)) determined by dividing the Accrued Value of such share of Preferred Stock by the Conversion Price. Holders shall effect conversions by providing the Corporation with the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A (a “Notice of Conversion”). Each Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be converted, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to the conversion at issue, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned subsequent to the conversion at issue and the date on which such conversion is to be effected, which date may not be prior to the date the applicable Holder delivers by e-mail attachment or by a nationally recognized overnight courier service such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation (such date, the “Conversion Date”). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation is deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect conversions of shares of Preferred Stock, a Holder shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing the shares of Preferred Stock to the Corporation unless all of the shares of Preferred Stock represented thereby are so converted, in which case such Holder shall deliver the certificate representing such shares of Preferred Stock promptly following the Conversion Date at issue. Shares of Preferred Stock converted into Class A Common Stock or redeemed in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled and shall not be reissued.
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(b) Conversion Price. The conversion price for each share of Preferred Stock is $12.00, subject to adjustment herein (the “Conversion Price”).
(c) Mechanics of Conversion
(i) Delivery of Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. Not later than the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined below) after each Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Corporation shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the converting Holder (A) the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock, which on or after the earlier of (i) the one year anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii) the Effective Date shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement), and (B) cash in an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends, if any. On or after the earlier of (i) the one year anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii) the Effective Date, the Corporation shall deliver the Conversion Shares required to be delivered by the Corporation under this Section 6 electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Corporation’s primary Trading Market with respect to the Class A Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Conversion delivered at or prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Original Issue Date, the Corporation agrees to deliver the Conversion Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Original Issue Date.
(ii) Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Corporation at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Corporation shall promptly return to the Holder any original Preferred Stock certificate delivered to the Corporation and the Holder shall promptly return to the Corporation the Conversion Shares issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Notice of Conversion.
(iii) Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages. The Corporation’s obligation to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Corporation of any such action that the Corporation may have against such Holder. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any or all of the Accrued Value of its Preferred Stock, the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and/or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Preferred Stock of such Holder shall have been sought and obtained, and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 150% of the Accrued Value of Preferred Stock which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall issue Conversion Shares and, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Corporation fails to deliver to a Holder such Conversion Shares pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) by the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion, the Corporation shall pay to such Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $5,000 of Accrued Value of Preferred Stock being converted, $25 per Trading Day (increasing to $50 per Trading Day on the third Trading Day and increasing to $100 per Trading Day on the sixth Trading Day after such damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date until such Conversion Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages for the Corporation’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit a Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.
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(iv) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Conversion Shares Upon Conversion. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Corporation fails for any reason to deliver to a Holder the applicable Conversion Shares by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 6(c)(i), and if after such Share Delivery Date such Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Class A Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the Conversion Shares which such Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “Buy-In”), then the Corporation shall (A) pay in cash to such Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by such Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) such Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Class A Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock that such Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of such Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) the shares of Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Preferred Stock submitted for conversion (in which case, such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to such Holder the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that would have been issued if the Corporation had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 6(c)(i). For example, if a Holder purchases shares of Class A Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Preferred Stock with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Corporation shall be required to pay such Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Corporation written notice indicating the amounts payable to such Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Corporation, 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 Corporation’s failure to timely deliver Conversion Shares upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
(v) Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Class A Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Preferred Stock as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other Holders of the Preferred Stock), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Class A Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 7) upon the conversion of the then outstanding shares of Preferred Stock (assuming for such purpose a Conversion Price equal to the Floor Price and any such conversions are made without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth herein). The Corporation covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, if a Registration Statement is then effective under the Securities Act, shall be registered for public resale in accordance with such Registration Statement (subject to such Holder’s compliance with its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement).
(vi) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, the Corporation 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 Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but consistent with the provisions of this subsection with respect to fractional Conversion Shares, nothing shall prevent any Holder from converting fractional shares of Preferred Stock.
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(vii) Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to any Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such Conversion Shares upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holders of such shares of Preferred Stock and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such Conversion Shares unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid. The Corporation shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.
(d) Beneficial Ownership Limitation. The Corporation shall not effect any conversion of the Preferred Stock, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert all or any portion of the Preferred Stock, to the extent that, after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, such Holder (together with such Holder’s Affiliates, and any Persons acting as a group together with such Holder or any of such Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Class A Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted Accrued Value of Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, the Preferred Stock or the Warrants) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 6(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 6(d) applies, the determination of whether the Preferred Stock is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of how many shares of Preferred Stock are convertible shall be in the sole discretion of such Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be such Holder’s determination of whether the shares of Preferred Stock may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and how many shares of the Preferred Stock are convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, each Holder will be deemed to represent to the Corporation each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Corporation shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 6(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Corporation’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Corporation or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request (which may be via email) of a Holder, the Corporation shall within one Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Corporation, including the Preferred Stock, by such Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% (or, upon election by a Holder prior to the issuance of any shares of Preferred Stock, 9.99%) of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Preferred Stock held by the applicable Holder. A Holder, upon notice to the Corporation, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 6(d) applicable to its Preferred Stock provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock upon conversion of this Preferred Stock held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 6(d) shall continue to apply. Any such increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Corporation and shall only apply to such Holder and no other Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 6(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor Holder of Preferred Stock.
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Section 7. Certain Adjustments.
(a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Corporation, at any time while this Preferred Stock is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Class A Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any other Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Class A Common Stock issued by the Corporation upon conversion of, or payment of a dividend on, this Preferred Stock or any cash distributions), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, then each of the Conversion Price and the Floor Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Corporation) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 7(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) Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Issuance of Common Stock. If and whenever on or after the Closing Date until the first date on which no shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding the Corporation issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 7(c) is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Class A Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Class A Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Corporation, but excluding shares of Class A Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold by the Corporation in connection with any Exempt Issuance) for a consideration per share (the “New Issuance Price”) (i) in the case of sales pursuant to the CEF Agreement, less than $8.00 and (ii) in the case of all other issues, sales, or in accordance with this Section 7(c) deemed issuances or sales, less than $10.00 (such price thresholds described in clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the “Applicable Price”, and each such issue, sale or deemed issuance or sale, a “Dilutive Issuance”), then, immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Conversion Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to 120% of the New Issuance Price. For all purposes of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted Conversion Price and the New Issuance Price under this Section 7(c)), the following shall be applicable:
(i) Issuance of Options. If the Corporation in any manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Class A Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Class A Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Corporation at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 7(b)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Class A Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Corporation with respect to any one share of Class A Common Stock upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest exercise price set forth in such Option for which one share of Class A Common Stock is issuable (or may become issuable assuming all possible market conditions) upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Option (or any other Person) upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Class A Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof or upon the actual issuance of such share of Class A Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
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(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Corporation in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Class A Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Class A Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Corporation at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 7(b)(ii), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Class A Common Stock is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof” shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Corporation with respect to one share of Class A Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest conversion price set forth in such Convertible Security for which one share of Class A Common Stock is issuable (or may become issuable assuming all possible market conditions) upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person) upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such shares of Class A Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof, and if any such issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of the Conversion Price has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 7(c), except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.
(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock increases or decreases at any time (other than proportional changes in conversion or exercise prices, as applicable, in connection with an event referred to in Section 7(a) above), the Conversion Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate (as the case may be) at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 7(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the shares of Class A Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 7(c) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Conversion Price then in effect.
(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Corporation, together comprising one integrated transaction, (x) the Options will be deemed to have been issued for the Option Value of such Options and (y) the other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction shall be deemed to have been issued or sold for the difference of (I) the aggregate consideration received by the Corporation less any consideration paid or payable by the Corporation pursuant to the terms of such other securities of the Corporation, less (II) the Option Value. If any shares of Class A Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration other than cash received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount received by the Corporation therefor. If any shares of Class A Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Corporation will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Corporation will be the VWAP of such publicly traded securities on the date of receipt. If any shares of Class A Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non- surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Corporation is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such shares of Class A Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Corporation and the Required Holders. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “Valuation Event”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Business Days after the tenth (10th) day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Corporation and the Required Holders. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Corporation.
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(v) Record Date. If the Corporation takes a record of the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Class A Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Class A Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the shares of Class A Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).
(vi) Expiration or Termination of Options or Convertible Securities. Upon the expiration or termination of any unexercised Option or unconverted or unexchanged Convertible Securities (or portion thereof) which resulted (either upon its original issuance or upon a revision of its terms) in an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to the terms of Section 7(b), the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to such Conversion Price as would have obtained had such Option or Convertible Securities (or portion thereof) never been issued.
(c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(b) above, if at any time the Corporation 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 Holders 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 Class A Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of such Holder’s Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) 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 (provided, however, that, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
(d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Preferred Stock is outstanding, if the Corporation declares or makes 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 Preferred Stock, 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 Class A Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) 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 (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).
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(e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Preferred Stock is outstanding, (i) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another Person, (ii) the Corporation (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Corporation or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Class A 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 Class A Common Stock or 50% or more of the voting power of the common equity of the Corporation, (iv) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Class A Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Class A Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (other than as a result of a stock split, combination or reclassification of shares of Class A Common Stock covered by Section 7(a)), or (v) the Corporation, 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 or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires 50% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or 50% or more of the voting power of the common equity of the Corporation (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent conversion of this Preferred Stock, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 6(d) on the conversion of this Preferred Stock), the number of shares of capital stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Corporation, 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 Class A Common Stock for which this Preferred Stock is convertible immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 6(d) on the conversion of this Preferred Stock). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion 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 Corporation shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Class A 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 conversion of this Preferred Stock following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Corporation or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall file a new Certificate of Designation with the same terms and conditions and issue to the Holders new preferred stock consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holders’ right to convert such preferred stock into Alternate Consideration. The Corporation shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Corporation is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7(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 of this Preferred Stock, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Preferred Stock a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Preferred Stock which is convertible for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Class A Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon conversion of this Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of this Preferred Stock) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which applies the Conversion 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 conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Preferred Stock 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 Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents referring to the “Corporation” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Corporation and shall assume all of the obligations of the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Corporation herein.
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(f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 7, 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 any treasury shares of the Corporation) issued and outstanding.
(g) Notice to the Holders.
(i) Adjustment to Conversion Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 7, the Corporation shall promptly deliver to each Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
(ii) Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder. If (A) the Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Corporation shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Corporation shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock of 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 Corporation shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation (and all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole), or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property or (E) the Corporation shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, then, in each case, the Corporation shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Preferred Stock, and shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to each Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the stock books of the Corporation, at least twenty (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 hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries, the Corporation shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. For the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting the conversion rights of any Holder, each Holder shall remain entitled to convert the Accrued Value of this Preferred Stock (or any part hereof) during the twenty (20)-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
(h) Voluntary Adjustment By Corporation. Subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, the Corporation may at any time, subject to the prior written consent of the Required Holders, reduce the then current Conversion Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Corporation.
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Section 8. Redemption.
(a) Redemption by the Corporation. Subject to the provisions of this Section 8 and unless prohibited by applicable law governing distributions to stockholders, at any time on or after the third anniversary of the Closing and from time to time thereafter, the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, redeem all or a portion of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock:
(i) on or after the third anniversary of the Closing but prior to the fourth anniversary of the Closing, at a redemption price per share equal to 115% of the Accrued Value;
(ii) on or after the fourth anniversary of the Closing but prior to the fifth anniversary of the Closing, at a redemption price per share equal to 110% of the Accrued Value; and
(iii) on or after the fifth anniversary of the Closing, at a redemption price per share equal to 100% of the Accrued Value.
If, on the date of such redemption, applicable law governing distributions to stockholders prevents the Corporation from redeeming all shares of Preferred Stock scheduled to be redeemed, the Corporation shall be entitled to ratably redeem the maximum number of shares that it may redeem consistent with such law and any Preferred Stock not so redeemed shall remain outstanding. The Corporation shall provide written notice (the “Corporation Notice”) by first class mail postage prepaid, to each Holder of record (determined at the close of business on the Business Day next preceding the day on which the Corporation Notice is given) of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed, at the address last shown on the records of the Corporation for such Holder, notifying such Holder of the redemption to be effected, specifying the number of shares to be redeemed from such Holder, specifying the date of such redemption, the redemption price, the place at which payment may be obtained and calling upon such Holder to surrender to the Corporation, in the manner and at the place designated, his, her or its certificate or certificates representing the shares to be redeemed; provided that the date of redemption shall be not less than 15 days from the date of the Corporation Notice. Except as otherwise provided herein, on or after the applicable date of redemption, each Holder to be redeemed shall surrender to the Corporation the certificate or certificates representing such shares, in the manner and at the place designated in the Corporation Notice, and thereupon the price of redemption of such shares shall be payable to the order of the person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner thereof and each surrendered certificate shall be cancelled. In the event less than all the shares represented by any such certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Holder shall remain entitled to convert the Accrued Value of its Preferred Stock (or any part thereof) during the 15-day period commencing on the date of the Corporation Notice through the applicable date of redemption.
(b) Redemption by the Holders.
(i) Unless prohibited by applicable law governing distribution to stockholders, shares of Preferred Stock shall be redeemed by the Corporation at a purchase price equal to the Accrued Value (the “Redemption Price”), if at any time and from time to time after the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Closing, the Required Holders deliver to the Corporation a written notice demanding redemption of all shares of Preferred Stock (the “Redemption Request”). The 20th day after the date of the Corporation Notice shall be referred to as the “Redemption Date.” Upon receipt of a Redemption Request, the Corporation shall apply all of its assets to any such redemption, and to no other corporate purpose, until the Redemption Price has been paid in full, except to the extent prohibited by Delaware law governing distributions to stockholders.
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(ii) Following receipt of a Redemption Request, the Corporation shall send written notice of the mandatory redemption (the “Redemption Notice”) to each Holder of record of Preferred Stock not less than 15 days prior to the Redemption Date. The Redemption Notice shall state:
| a. | the number of shares of Preferred Stock held by the Holder that the Corporation shall redeem on the Redemption Date; |
| b. | the Redemption Date and the Redemption Price; |
| c. | the date upon which the Holder’s right to convert such shares terminates; and |
| d. | for Holders of shares in certificated form, that the Holder is to surrender to the Corporation, in the manner and at the place designated, his, her or its certificate or certificates representing the shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed. |
If the Corporation receives, on or prior to the 10th day after the date of delivery of the Redemption Notice to a Holder of Preferred Stock, written notice from a Holder of greater than 10% of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock that such Holder elects to be excluded from the redemption provided in this Section 8(b), then the shares of Preferred Stock registered on the books of the Corporation in the name of such Holder at the time of the Corporation’s receipt of such notice shall thereafter be “Excluded Shares.” Excluded Shares shall not be redeemed or redeemable pursuant to this Section 8(b), whether on such Redemption Date or thereafter.
(iii) On the Redemption Date, the Corporation shall redeem the Preferred Stock owned by each Holder; provided, however, that Excluded Shares shall not be redeemed. If on the Redemption Date Delaware law governing distributions to stockholders prevents the Corporation from redeeming all shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed, the Corporation shall ratably redeem the maximum number of shares that it may redeem consistent with such law, and shall redeem the remaining shares as soon as it may lawfully do so under such law. In the event that any portion of the Redemption Price has not been paid within five (5) Business Days following the Redemption Date, interest on such unpaid portion of the Redemption Price shall accrue thereon until such amount is paid in full at a rate equal to the lesser of (i) 24.0% per annum and (ii) the maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Such interest shall be paid by the Corporation, in its sole discretion, (i) in cash or (ii) subject to the satisfaction of the Equity Conditions at the time of payment, shares of Class A Common Stock.
(c) Rights Subsequent to Redemption. Upon the redemption of shares of Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 8(a) or Section 8(b), all rights with respect to such shares of Preferred Stock shall immediately terminate, except with respect to the right of the Holders to receive the applicable redemption price with respect to such shares of Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 8(a) or Section 8(b), as applicable.
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Section 9. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders hereunder including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by e-mail attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Corporation, at the address set forth above Attention: Stephen Altemus, 3700 Bay Area Blvd. Houston, TX 77058, e-mail address steve@intuitivemachines.com, or such other e-mail address or address as the Corporation may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this Section 9. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Corporation hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or e-mail attachment, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number, e-mail address or address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation, or if no such facsimile number, e-mail address or address appears on the books of the Corporation, at the principal place of business of such Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or e-mail attachment at the e-mail address set forth in this Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day after the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or e-mail attachment at the e-mail address set forth in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given.
(b) Absolute Obligation. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Certificate of Designation shall alter or impair the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay liquidated damages and accrued dividends, as applicable, on the shares of Preferred Stock at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
(c) Lost or Mutilated Preferred Stock Certificate. If a Holder’s Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall issue or cause to be issued, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new certificate for the shares of Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation (which shall not include the posting of any bond). The applicant for a new certificate under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs (including customary indemnity) associated with the issuance of such replacement certificate.
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(d) Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Certificate of Designation shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. All legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Certificate of Designation (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of Wilmington, Delaware, County of New Castle (the “Delaware Courts”). The Corporation and each Holder hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Courts 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 any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby 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 such Delaware Courts, or such Delaware Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. The Corporation and each Holder 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 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 Certificate of Designation 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 applicable law. The Corporation and each Holder hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Certificate of Designation or the transactions contemplated hereby. If the Corporation or any Holder shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Certificate of Designation, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
(e) Waiver. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder of a breach of any provision of this Certificate of Designation shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Certificate of Designation or a waiver by any other Holders. The failure of the Corporation or a Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party (or any other Holder) of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Certificate of Designation on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Corporation or a Holder must be in writing.
(f) Severability. If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law.
(g) Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.
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(h) Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
(i) Status of Converted or Redeemed Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock may only be issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. If any shares of Preferred Stock shall be converted, redeemed or reacquired by the Corporation, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as 10.0% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock.
(j) Tax Withholding. The Corporation agrees that, provided that each Holder delivers to the Corporation a properly executed IRS Form W-9 or other certification satisfactory to the Corporation certifying as to such Holder’s status (or the status of such Holder’s beneficial owner(s)) as a United States person (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) and such Holder’s (or such beneficial owners’) eligibility for complete exemption from backup withholding (“U.S. Person Certification”), under current law the Corporation (including any paying agent of the Corporation) shall not be required to, and shall not, withhold on any payments or deemed payments to any such Holder. In the event that any Holder fails to deliver to the Corporation such properly executed U.S. Person Certification, the Corporation reasonably believes that a previously delivered U.S. Person Certification is no longer accurate and/or valid, or there is a change in law that affects the withholding obligations of the Corporation, the Corporation and its paying agent shall be entitled to withhold taxes on all payments made to the relevant Holder in the form of cash or otherwise treated, in the Corporation’s reasonable discretion, as a dividend for U.S. federal tax purposes or to request that the relevant Holder promptly pay the Corporation in cash any amounts required to satisfy any withholding tax obligations, in each case, to the extent the Corporation or its paying agent determines in good faith it is required to deduct and withhold tax on payments to the relevant Holder under applicable law; provided, that the Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the relevant Holder of any required withholding tax reasonably in advance of the date of the relevant payment. In the event that the Corporation does not have sufficient cash with respect to any Holder from withholding on cash payments otherwise payable to such Holder and cash paid to the Corporation by such Holder to the Corporation pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Corporation and its paying agent shall be entitled to withhold taxes on deemed payments, including distributions of additional Preferred Stock in lieu of cash and constructive distributions on the Preferred Stock to the extent required by law, and the Corporation and its paying agent shall be entitled to satisfy any required withholding tax on non-cash payments (including deemed payments) through a sale of a portion of the Preferred Stock received as a dividend or from cash dividends or sales proceeds subsequently paid or credited on the Preferred Stock.
(k) Tax Treatment. Absent a change in law, Internal Revenue Service practice or a contrary determination (as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”)), each holder of Preferred Stock and the Corporation shall not treat the Preferred Stock (based on their terms as set forth in this Certificate of Designation) as “preferred stock” within the meaning of Section 305 of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.305-5 for United States federal income tax and withholding tax purposes and shall not take any position inconsistent with such treatment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designation is executed on behalf of the Corporation by its Co-Chief Executive Officer this 10th day of February, 2023.
| INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael Blitzer | |
| Name: | Michael Blitzer | |
| Title: | Co-Chief Executive Officer | |
ANNEX A
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
(TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED
HOLDER IN ORDER TO CONVERT SHARES
OF 10.0% SERIES A CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK)
The undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of 10.0% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), indicated below into shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), of Inflection Point Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Corporation”), according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Class A Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as may be required by the Corporation in accordance with the Purchase Agreement. No fee will be charged to the Holders for any conversion, except for any such transfer taxes.
Conversion calculations:
| Date to Effect Conversion: _____________________________________________________________ | |
| Number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to Conversion: ________________________________ | |
| Number of shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted: _________________________________________ | |
| Accrued Value of shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted: ___________________________________ | |
| Number of shares of Class A Common Stock to be Issued: _____________________________________ | |
| Applicable Conversion Price: ___________________________________________________________ | |
| Number of shares of Preferred Stock subsequent to Conversion: _________________________________ | |
| Address for Delivery: _________________________________________________________________ | |
| or |
| DWAC Instructions: | ||
| Broker no: ____________ | ||
| Account no: __________ |
| [HOLDER] | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | |||
| Title: | |||
Annex A
Exhibit 10.1
TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
by and among
INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC.
INTUITIVE MACHINES, LLC
THE TRA PARTIES
and
OTHER PERSONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
Dated as of February 13, 2023
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I Definitions | 2 | |
| Section 1.1. | Definitions | 2 |
| Section 1.2. | Rules of Construction | 11 |
| ARTICLE II Determination of Realized Tax Benefit | 12 | |
| Section 2.1. | Basis Adjustments; Parent 754 Election | 12 |
| Section 2.2. | Attribute Schedules | 13 |
| Section 2.3. | Tax Benefit Schedules | 13 |
| Section 2.4. | Procedures; Amendments | 14 |
| ARTICLE III Tax Benefit Payments | 15 | |
| Section 3.1. | Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments | 15 |
| Section 3.2. | No Duplicative Payments | 17 |
| Section 3.3. | Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the TRA Parties | 17 |
| Section 3.4. | Overpayments | 18 |
| Section 3.5. | Business Combination Existing Basis | 18 |
| ARTICLE IV Termination | 18 | |
| Section 4.1. | Early Termination of Agreement; Acceleration Events | 18 |
| Section 4.2. | Early Termination Notice | 19 |
| Section 4.3. | Payment upon Early Termination | 20 |
| ARTICLE V Subordination and Late Payments | 20 | |
| Section 5.1. | Subordination | 20 |
| Section 5.2. | Late Payments by the Corporation | 20 |
| ARTICLE VI Tax Matters; Consistency; Cooperation | 21 | |
| Section 6.1. | Participation in the Corporation’s and Parent’s Tax Matters | 21 |
| Section 6.2. | Consistency | 21 |
| Section 6.3. | Cooperation | 22 |
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| ARTICLE VII Miscellaneous | 22 | |
| Section 7.1. | Notices | 22 |
| Section 7.2. | Counterparts | 23 |
| Section 7.3. | Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries | 23 |
| Section 7.4. | Severability | 23 |
| Section 7.5. | Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver | 23 |
| Section 7.6. | Titles and Subtitles | 24 |
| Section 7.7. | Resolution of Disputes; Governing Law | 24 |
| Section 7.8. | Reconciliation Procedures | 26 |
| Section 7.9. | Withholding | 27 |
| Section 7.10. | Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets | 27 |
| Section 7.11. | Confidentiality | 28 |
| Section 7.12. | Change in Law | 28 |
| Section 7.13. | Interest Rate Limitation | 29 |
| Section 7.14. | Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations | 29 |
| Section 7.15. | Tax Characterization | 29 |
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| Exhibits | ||
| Exhibit A | - | Form of Joinder Agreement |
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TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
This TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 13, 2023, is hereby entered into by and among Intuitive Machines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), Intuitive Machines, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), and each of the TRA Parties (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Parent is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
WHEREAS, the Corporation transferred to by way of continuation and domesticated as a Delaware corporation in accordance with Section 388 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended and the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands;
WHEREAS, Parent filed a certificate of conversion with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 18-214 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (as amended) and converted into a Delaware limited liability company, as amended, and the Parent after such conversion was treated as a continuation of the Parent prior to such conversion under Section 708 of the Code (and any similar provision of U.S. state or local applicable Law);
WHEREAS, Parent entered into the Operating Agreement wherein Parent recapitalized all existing ownership interests in Parent into membership interests in the form of Common Units (the “Recapitalization”);
WHEREAS, following the Recapitalization, each of the TRA Parties held Common Units and, as of the date hereof, continues to hold such Common Units;
WHEREAS, immediately following the Recapitalization, pursuant to that certain Business Combination Agreement by and between Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. and Parent, dated as of September 16, 2022 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Business Combination Agreement”), the Corporation acquired, among other things, newly issued Common Units from Parent in exchange for contributing its assets to Parent (such acquisition of Common Units, the “Unit Purchase”) and became the managing member of Parent and Parent and the Corporation effectuated certain other transactions to combine the businesses of Parent and the Corporation (the “Business Combination”);
WHEREAS, the Operating Agreement provides each TRA Party a redemption right pursuant to which each TRA Party may cause Parent to redeem all or a portion of its Common Units from time to time for shares of Class A Common Stock or, under certain circumstances, at the Corporation’s option, cash (a “Redemption”), subject to the Corporation’s right, in its sole discretion, to elect to effect a direct exchange of cash or shares of Class A Common Stock for such Common Units between the Corporation and the applicable TRA Party in lieu of such a Redemption (a “Direct Exchange”), and as a result of any such Redemption or Direct Exchange the Corporation may be entitled to utilize (or otherwise be entitled to the benefits arising out of) the Covered Tax Assets;
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WHEREAS, Parent and its subsidiaries that are treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code for the Taxable Year in which any Exchange occurs, which election will cause any such Exchange to result in an adjustment to the Corporation’s proportionate share of the tax basis of the assets owned by Parent and such subsidiaries pursuant to Section 743(b) and Section 734(b) of the Code; and
WHEREAS, the Parties to this Agreement desire to provide for certain payments and make certain arrangements with respect to any tax benefits to be derived by the Corporation as the result of Covered Tax Assets and the making of payments under this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to (i) the singular and plural, (ii) the active and passive and (iii) for defined terms that are nouns, the verified forms of the terms defined).
“Actual Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the liability for Covered Taxes of the Corporation (a) appearing on Tax Returns of the Corporation for such Taxable Year or (b) if applicable, determined in accordance with a Determination; provided, that for purposes of determining Actual Tax Liability, the Corporation shall use the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate for purposes of determining liabilities for all state and local Covered Taxes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the U.S. federal income tax benefit realized by the Corporation with respect to such state and local Covered Taxes).
“Advisory Firm” means an accounting firm that is nationally recognized as being expert in Covered Tax matters selected by the Corporation.
“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.
“Agreed Rate” means a per annum rate of SOFR plus 100 basis points.
“Agreement” is defined in the preamble.
“Amended Schedule” is defined in Section 2.4(b).
“Amount Realized” means, with respect to any Exchange that is not eligible for nonrecognition treatment (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes), at any time, the sum of (i) the Market Value of the shares of Class A Common Stock or the amount of cash (as applicable) transferred to a TRA Party pursuant to such Exchange, (ii) the amount of payments made pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Exchange (but excluding any portions thereof attributable to Imputed Interest) and (iii) the amount of liabilities of the Parent Group allocated to the Common Units acquired pursuant to the Exchange under Section 752 of the Code.
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“Assumed State and Local Tax Rate” means the tax rate equal to the sum of the products of (i) the Corporation’s income and franchise tax apportionment factor for each state and local jurisdiction in which the Corporation or Parent (to the extent the Corporation is includible on Parent’s Tax Return) files income or franchise Tax Returns for the relevant Taxable Year, in each case, as shown on the relevant Tax Return filed by the Corporation or Parent and (ii) the highest corporate income and franchise tax rate(s) for each such state and local jurisdiction in which the Corporation or Parent files income or franchise Tax Returns for each relevant Taxable Year.
“Attributable” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(i).
“Attribute Schedule” is defined in Section 2.2.
“Audit Committee” means the audit committee of the Board.
“Basis Adjustment” is defined in Section 2.1(a).
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
“Business Combination” is defined in the recitals.
“Business Combination Existing Basis” means (i) the Corporation’s proportionate share of the Parent Group’s tax basis in the Reference Assets held by the Parent Group at the time of the Business Combination that are depreciable or amortizable (including assets that will eventually be subject to depreciation or amortization, once placed in service) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or stock of a corporation or land, in each case, corresponding to (A) the Common Units acquired by the Corporation in the Unit Purchase at the time of the Business Combination or (B) any Common Units acquired by the Corporation after the Business Combination (other than any Common Units acquired (or deemed acquired) by the Corporation in connection with a Direct Exchange, Redemption or other transaction treated as a direct purchase of Common Units by the Corporation from a Member pursuant to Section 707(a)(2)(B) of the Code) (such acquisition of Common Units, a “Subsequent Capital Contribution”) and (ii) any increase or decrease (if any) to such tax basis referred to in clause (i) under Section 732, 734(b), 743(b) or 1012 of the Code (or any similar provisions of state or local tax Law) as a result of the entry into this Agreement and any such Common Unit acquisition.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banks located in New York City, New York generally are authorized or required by Law to close.
“Change of Control” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Operating Agreement.
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“Class A Common Stock” means the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Common Units” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Operating Agreement.
“Control” means the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Corporation” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Covered Tax Assets” means (i) Business Combination Existing Basis, (ii) Exchange Existing Basis; (iii) Basis Adjustments; and (iv) Imputed Interest. The determination of Business Combination Existing Basis and Exchange Existing Basis that is allocable to Common Units being exchanged by the TRA Party (and payments made hereunder with respect to such tax basis) shall be determined in good faith by the Corporation in consultation with the Advisory Firm; provided, that in no event will either of the Business Combination Existing Basis or Exchange Existing Basis exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the existing tax basis in the Reference Assets that are Covered Tax Assets and allocable to the Corporation at any time; provided further, that for all purposes of this Agreement the aggregate amount of Business Combination Existing Basis that may give rise to Payments under this Agreement shall not exceed $50,000. For the avoidance of doubt, Covered Tax Assets shall include any carryforwards, carrybacks or similar attributes that are attributable to the tax items described in clauses (i) through (iv).
“Covered Taxes” means any U.S. federal, state and local taxes, assessments or similar charges that are based on or measured with respect to net income or profits and any interest imposed in respect thereof under applicable Law.
“Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iii).
“Default Rate” means a per annum rate of SOFR plus 500 basis points.
“Default Rate Interest” is defined in Section 5.2.
“Determination” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or any similar provisions of state or local tax Law, as applicable, or any other event (including the execution of IRS Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for tax.
“Direct Exchange” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Dispute” is defined in Section 7.7(a).
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“Early Termination Effective Date” means (i) with respect to an early termination pursuant to Section 4.1(a), the date an Early Termination Notice is delivered, (ii) with respect to an early termination pursuant to Section 4.1(b), the date of the applicable Change of Control and (iii) with respect to an early termination pursuant to Section 4.1(c), the date of the applicable Material Breach.
“Early Termination Notice” is defined in Section 4.2(a).
“Early Termination Payment” is defined in Section 4.3(b).
“Early Termination Reference Date” is defined in Section 4.2(b).
“Early Termination Schedule” is defined in Section 4.2(b).
“Exchange” means any Direct Exchange, any Redemption or any other transfer (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of Common Units to the Corporation from a TRA Party.
“Exchange Existing Basis” means the existing tax basis of the Reference Assets that are depreciable or amortizable (including assets that will eventually be subject to depreciation or amortization, once placed in service) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or stock of a corporation or land, in each case, attributable to the Common Units transferred upon an Exchange, determined as of immediately prior to the time of such Exchange; provided, that any tax basis included in Business Combination Existing Basis Attributable to the TRA Parties shall be excluded from the determination of the Exchange Existing Basis and, for the avoidance of doubt, Exchange Existing Basis shall not include any Basis Adjustments.
“Expert” is defined in Section 7.8(a).
“Final Payment Date” means, with respect to any Payment required to be made pursuant to this Agreement, the last date on which such payment may be made within the applicable time period prescribed for such payment under this Agreement. The Final Payment Date in respect of (i) a Tax Benefit Payment is determined pursuant to Section 3.1(a) and (ii) an Early Termination Payment is determined pursuant to Section 4.3(a).
“Hypothetical Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the hypothetical liability of the Corporation that would arise in respect of Covered Taxes, using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used in computing the Actual Tax Liability; provided, that for purposes of determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability, (i) the combined tax rate for U.S. state and local Covered Taxes shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate, (ii) the Corporation shall use the Non-Business Combination Basis, the Non- Exchange Existing Basis and the Non-Adjusted Basis, (iii) the Corporation shall not take into account any Imputed Interest and (iv) the Corporation shall be entitled to make reasonable simplifying assumptions in making any determinations contemplated by this definition.
“Imputed Interest” means any interest imputed under Section 483, 1272 or 1274 of the Code or any similar provisions of state or local tax Law with respect to the Corporation’s payment obligations under this Agreement.
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“Independent Directors” means the members of the Board who are “independent” under the standards of the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is traded or quoted.
“Interest Amount” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(vi).
“IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
“Joinder” means a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A to this Agreement.
“Joinder Requirement” is defined in Section 7.5(a).
“Law” means all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of the U.S., any foreign country and each state, commonwealth, city, county, municipality, regulatory or self-regulatory body, agency or other political subdivision thereof.
“Market Value” means (i) with respect to an Exchange (other than a deemed Exchange described in clause (ii) below), the value of the Class A Common Stock on the applicable Exchange date used by the Corporation in its U.S. federal income tax reporting with respect to such Exchange, and (ii) with respect to a deemed Exchange pursuant to Valuation Assumption, (a) if the Class A Common Stock trades on a securities exchange or automated or electronic quotation system, the arithmetic average of the high trading price on such date (or if such date is not a Trading Day, the immediately preceding Trading Day) and the low trading price on such date (or if such date is not a Trading Day, the immediately preceding Trading Day) or (b) if the Class A Common Stock no longer trades on a securities exchange or automated or electronic quotation system, the fair market value of one share of Class A Common Stock, as determined by the Corporation in good faith, that would be obtained in an arms’ length free market transaction for cash between an informed and willing buyer and an informed and willing seller, neither of whom is under any undue pressure or compulsion to buy or sell, and without regard to the particular circumstances of the buyer or seller and without any discounts for liquidity or minority discount.
“Material Breach” means the (i) material breach by the Corporation of a material obligation under this Agreement or (ii) the rejection of this Agreement by operation of law in a case commenced in bankruptcy or otherwise.
“Net Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(ii).
“Non-Adjusted Basis” means, with respect to any Reference Assets which are depreciable or amortizable (including assets that will eventually be subject to depreciation or amortization, once placed in service) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or stock of a corporation or land, attributable to Common Units received in an Exchange determined at the time of the Exchange, the tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis Adjustments had been made.
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“Non-Business Combination Basis” means, with respect to any Reference Assets held by the Parent Group at the time of the Business Combination, which are depreciable or amortizable (including assets that will eventually be subject to depreciation or amortization, once placed in service) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or stock of a corporation or land, the tax basis that such Reference Assets would have had if the Business Combination Existing Basis at the time of the Business Combination (or, in the case of any adjustments as a result of the Unit Purchase and the entry into this Agreement, at the time of the Unit Purchase) or a Subsequent Capital Contribution, as applicable was equal to zero.
“Non-Exchange Existing Basis” means, with respect to any Reference Assets which are depreciable or amortizable (including assets that will eventually be subject to depreciation or amortization, once placed in service) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or stock of a corporation or land, attributable to Common Units received in an Exchange, determined at the time of the Exchange, the tax basis that such Reference Assets would have had if the Exchange Existing Basis was equal to zero.
“Objection Notice” is defined in Section 2.4(a)(ii).
“Operating Agreement” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Parent, dated as of the date hereof, as such agreement may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Parent” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Parent Group” means Parent and each of its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal, and applicable state and local, income tax purposes (but excluding any such subsidiary to the extent it is directly or indirectly held by or through any entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal, and applicable state and local, income tax purposes (other than the Corporation)).
“Parties” means the parties named on the signature pages to this Agreement and each additional party that satisfies the Joinder Requirement, in each case with their respective successors and assigns.
“Payment” means any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment and in each case, unless otherwise specified, refers to the entire amount of such Payment or any portion thereof.
“Permitted Transferee” means a holder of Common Units pursuant to any transfer of such Common Units permitted by the Operating Agreement.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity.
“Pre-Exchange Transfer” means any transfer (or deemed transfer) of one or more Common Units (i) that occurs after the consummation of the Unit Purchase but prior to an Exchange of such Common Units and (ii) to which Section 743(b) of the Code applies.
“Realized Tax Benefit” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(iv).
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“Realized Tax Detriment” is defined in Section 3.1(b)(v).
“Recapitalization” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Reconciliation Dispute” is defined in Section 7.8(a).
“Reconciliation Procedures” is defined in Section 7.8(a).
“Redemption” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Reference Asset” means any asset of any member of the Parent Group on the relevant date of determination under this Agreement (including at the time of an Exchange, or Business Combination, as applicable). A Reference Asset also includes any asset the tax basis of which is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the tax basis of an asset that is described in the preceding sentence, including “substituted basis property” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code.
“Schedule” means any of the following: (i) an Attribute Schedule; (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule; (iii) an Early Termination Schedule; and (iv) any Amended Schedule.
“Senior Obligations” is defined in Section 5.1.
“SOFR” means, with respect to any period, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, as reported by the Wall Street Journal two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such period.
“Subsequent Capital Contribution” is defined in the definition of Business Combination Existing Basis.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person and as of any determination date, any other Person as to which such first Person (i) owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls, more than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests of such other Person or (ii) is the sole general partner interest, or managing member or similar interest, of such other Person.
“Subsidiary Stock” means any stock or other equity interest in any Subsidiary of the Corporation that is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
“Tax Benefit Payment” is defined in Section 3.1(b).
“Tax Benefit Schedule” is defined in Section 2.3(a).
“Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement filed or required to be filed with respect to taxes (including any attached schedules), including any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated tax.
“Taxable Year” means a taxable year of the Corporation as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code or any similar provisions of U.S. state or local tax Law, as applicable (and, therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than 12 months for which a Tax Return is filed), ending on or after the closing date of the Business Combination.
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“Taxing Authority” means any federal, state, county, municipal or local government, or any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi- governmental body, or any other authority of any kind, exercising regulatory or other authority in relation to tax matters.
“Threshold Exchange Units” is defined in Section 3.5.
“Trading Day” means any day on which shares of Class A Common Stock are actually traded on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which shares of Class A Common Stock are then traded.
“TRA Parties” means each Kamal Ghaffarian, Steven Altemus and Timothy Crain and their Permitted Transferees.
“TRA Party Approval” means written approval by each of the TRA Representatives.
“TRA Representative” means Kamal Ghaffarian, Steven Altemus and Timothy Crain; provided, however, that if none of Kamal Ghaffarian, Steven Altemus and Timothy Crain continue to hold any rights to receive payments under this Agreement, then such Person that holds such rights which are derived from the majority of Common Units subject to this Agreement (the number of Common Units subject to this Agreement shall be determined at the time of the Business Combination) shall be the TRA Representative.
“Treasury Regulations” means the final, temporary and (to the extent they can be relied upon) proposed regulations under the Code, as promulgated from time to time.
“U.S.” means the United States of America.
“Unit Purchase” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Valuation Assumptions” means, as of an Early Termination Effective Date, the assumptions that:
(i) in each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Effective Date, the Corporation will have taxable income sufficient to fully use the Covered Tax Assets (other than any such Covered Tax Assets that constitute or have resulted in net operating losses, disallowed interest expense carryforwards, or credit carryforwards or carryovers (determined as of the Early Termination Effective Date), which shall be governed by paragraph (iv) below) during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest that would result from future Tax Benefit Payments that would be paid in accordance with the Valuation Assumptions) in which such deductions would become available;
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(ii) the U.S. federal income tax rates that will be in effect for each such Taxable Year will be those specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code and other applicable Law as in effect on the Early Termination Effective Date, except to the extent any change to such tax rates for such Taxable Year have already been enacted into Law, and the combined U.S. state and local income and franchise tax rates shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate in effect for each such Taxable Year (calculated based on apportionment factors applicable in the most recently ended Taxable Year prior to the Early Termination Effective Date);
(iii) all taxable income of the Corporation will be subject to the maximum applicable tax rates for each Covered Tax throughout the relevant period; provided, that the combined tax rate for U.S. state and local income and franchise taxes shall be the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate;
(iv) any carryovers or carrybacks of losses, credits, or disallowed interest expense generated by any Covered Tax Assets (including any Basis Adjustments or Imputed Interest generated as a result of payments made or deemed to be made under this Agreement) and available (taking into account any known and applicable limitations) as of the Early Termination Effective Date will be used by the Corporation ratably in each of the five consecutive Taxable Years beginning with the Taxable Year that includes the Early Termination Effective Date (but, in the case of any such carryover or carryback that has less than five remaining Taxable Years, ratably through the scheduled expiration date of such carryover or carryback) (by way of example, if on the Early Termination Effective Date the Corporation had $100 of net operating losses, $20 of such net operating losses would be used in each of the five consecutive Taxable Years beginning in the Taxable Year of such Early Termination Effective Date);
(v) any non-amortizable assets (other than Subsidiary Stock) will be disposed of on the fifteenth anniversary of the Early Termination Effective Date;
(vi) if, on the Early Termination Effective Date, any TRA Party has Common Units that have not been Exchanged, then such Common Units shall be deemed to be Exchanged for the Market Value of the shares of Class A Common Stock or the amount of cash that would be received by such TRA Party had such Common Units actually been Exchanged on the Early Termination Effective Date;
(vii) any future payment obligations pursuant to this Agreement that are used to calculate the Early Termination Payment will be satisfied on the date that any Tax Return to which any such payment obligation relates is required to be filed excluding any extensions; and
(viii) with respect to Taxable Years ending prior to the Early Termination Effective Date, any unpaid Tax Benefit Payments and any applicable Default Rate Interest will be paid.
“Voluntary Early Termination” is defined in Section 4.2(a)(i).
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Section 1.2. Rules of Construction. Unless otherwise specified herein:
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(i) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(ii) Any pronoun used shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and words in the singular, including any defined terms, include the plural and vice versa.
(iii) Reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity.
(iv) Any accounting term used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in accordance with GAAP.
(v) Unless specified otherwise, references to an Article, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Article, Section or clause in this Agreement.
(vi) References to dollars or “$” refer to the lawful currency of the U.S.
(vii) The terms “include” or “including” are by way of example and not limitation and shall be deemed followed by the words “without limitation”.
(viii) The word “if” and other words of similar import when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the phrase “and only if”.
(ix) The term “or”, when used in a list of two or more items, means “and/or” and may indicate any combination of the items.
(x) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”, the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(c) Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
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(d) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) references to organizational documents (including the Operating Agreement), agreements (including this Agreement) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted hereby, and (ii) references to any Law (including the Code and the Treasury Regulations) include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.
ARTICLE II
Determination of Realized Tax Benefit
Section 2.1. Basis Adjustments; Parent 754 Election.
(a) Basis Adjustments. The Parties acknowledge and agree that to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law (i) each Redemption shall be treated as a direct purchase of Common Units by the Corporation from the applicable TRA Party pursuant to Section 707(a)(2)(B) of the Code (or any similar provisions of applicable state or local tax Law) (i.e., equivalent to a Direct Exchange), and (ii) each (A) Exchange, (B) payment made by the Corporation (including under this Agreement, but except with respect to amounts that constitute Imputed Interest) to a TRA Party in connection with an Exchange and (C) each distribution (or deemed distribution) from Parent to a TRA Party that may reasonably be treated as a transaction between the Corporation and the TRA Party pursuant to Section 707(a)(2)(B) of the Code (or any similar provisions of applicable state or local tax Law) will give rise to an increase or decrease to, or the Corporation’s proportionate share of, the tax basis of the Reference Assets (which are depreciable or amortizable (including assets that will eventually be subject to depreciation or amortization, once placed in service) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or stock of a corporation or land) under Section 362(a), 732, 734(b), 743(b) or 1012 of the Code (or any similar provisions of state or local tax Law) (the “Basis Adjustments”). For purposes of determining the Corporation’s proportionate share of the tax basis of the Reference Assets with respect to the Common Units transferred in an Exchange under Treasury Regulations Section 1.743-1(b) (or any similar provisions of state or local tax Law), the consideration paid by the Corporation for such Common Units shall be the Amount Realized. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of any Basis Adjustment resulting from an Exchange of one or more Common Units is to be determined as if any Pre-Exchange Transfer of such Common Units had not occurred.
(b) Parent Section 754 Election. The Corporation shall cause each of Parent and its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Corporation) that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes to have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code (or any similar provisions of applicable state or local tax Law) for each Taxable Year in which an Exchange occurs. The Corporation shall take commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Person in which Parent owns a direct or indirect equity interest (other than a Subsidiary and any Person that is directly or indirectly held by or through an entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal, and applicable state and local, income tax purposes) that is so treated as a partnership to have in effect any such election for each Taxable Year in which an Exchange occurs.
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Section 2.2. Attribute Schedules. Within one hundred and fifty (150) calendar days after the filing of the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for each relevant Taxable Year, the Corporation shall deliver to the TRA Parties a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, (i) the Covered Tax Assets that are available for use by the Corporation with respect to such Taxable Year with respect to each TRA Party (including the Basis Adjustments with respect to the Reference Assets resulting from Exchanges effected in such Taxable Year and the periods over which such Basis Adjustments are amortizable or depreciable), (ii) the portion of the Covered Tax Assets that are available for use by the Corporation in future Taxable Years with respect to each TRA Party and (iii) any limitations on the ability of the Corporation to utilize any Covered Tax Assets under applicable Laws (including as a result of the operation of Section 382 of the Code or Section 383 of the Code) (such schedule, an “Attribute Schedule”). An Attribute Schedule will become final and binding on the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(a) and may be amended by the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(b).
Section 2.3. Tax Benefit Schedules.
(a) Tax Benefit Schedule. Within one hundred and fifty (150) calendar days after the filing of the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for any Taxable Year in which there is a Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment Attributable to a TRA Party, the Corporation shall provide to such TRA Party a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year (a “Tax Benefit Schedule”). A Tax Benefit Schedule will become final and binding on the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(a) and may be amended by the Parties pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.4(b).
(b) Applicable Principles. Subject to the provisions hereunder, the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year is intended to measure the decrease or increase in the Actual Tax Liability of the Corporation for such Taxable Year attributable to the Covered Tax Assets, as determined using a “with and without” methodology. Carryovers or carrybacks of any tax item attributable to any of the Covered Tax Assets shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations, and the appropriate provisions of state and local tax Law, governing the use, limitation or expiration of carryovers or carrybacks of the relevant type. If a carryover or carryback of any tax item includes a portion that is attributable to any Covered Tax Assets (a “TRA Portion”) and another portion that is not attributable to any Covered Tax Assets (a “Non-TRA Portion”), such portions shall be considered to be used in accordance with the “with and without” methodology so that the amount of any Non-TRA Portion is deemed utilized first, followed by the amount of any TRA Portion (with the TRA Portion being applied on a proportionate basis consistent with the provisions of Section 3.3(a)). In accordance with Section 5.05(b) of the Operating Agreement, any revaluation of the Book Value (as defined in the Operating Agreement) of any property of Parent in connection with the Business Combination shall be determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) (computed in accordance with the definition of Book Value) using the “traditional method with curative allocations limited to back end gain on sale.” To the extent that any disparity between the Book Value and the tax basis of any property of Parent is being eliminated using the “traditional method,” and such property has multiple Section 704(c) layers, then for the avoidance of doubt the Section 704(c) layers shall be allocated to the tax basis of such property in reverse chronological order.
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Section 2.4. Procedures; Amendments.
(a) Procedures. Each time the Corporation delivers a Schedule to the TRA Parties under this Agreement, the Corporation shall, with respect to such Schedule, also (i) deliver to the TRA Parties supporting schedules and work papers, as reasonably requested by any TRA Party, that provide a reasonable level of detail regarding relevant data and calculations and (ii) allow the TRA Parties and their advisors to have reasonable access to the appropriate representatives, as reasonably requested by the TRA Parties, at the Corporation or the Advisory Firm in connection with a review of relevant information. A Schedule will become final and binding on the TRA Parties thirty (30) calendar days from the date on which the TRA Parties first received the applicable Schedule unless (x) a TRA Party, within such period, provides the Corporation with written notice of a material objection (made in good faith) to such Schedule and sets forth in reasonable detail such TRA Party’s material objection (an “Objection Notice”) or (y) the TRA Parties provides a written waiver of its right to deliver an Objection Notice within such period, in which such Schedule becomes binding on the date the waiver from the TRA Parties is received. If the Parties, for any reason, are unable to resolve the issues raised in an Objection Notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of the Objection Notice, the Corporation and the applicable TRA Party shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures described in Section 7.8 and the finalization of the Schedule will be conducted in accordance therewith.
(b) Amended Schedule. A Schedule (other than an Early Termination Schedule) for any Taxable Year may only and shall be amended from time to time by the Corporation (i) in connection with a Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct material inaccuracies in such Schedule identified as a result of the receipt of additional factual information relating to a Taxable Year after the date such Schedule was originally provided to the TRA Parties, (iii) to comply with an Expert’s determination under the Reconciliation Procedures, (iv) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryover or carryback of a loss or other tax item to such Taxable Year or (v) to reflect a change in the Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year (any such Schedule in its amended form, an “Amended Schedule”). The Corporation shall provide any Amended Schedule to the applicable TRA Parties within sixty (60) calendar days of the occurrence of an event referred to in any of clauses (i) through (v) of the preceding sentence, and the delivery and finalization of any such Amended Schedule shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to the procedures described in Section 2.4(a).
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ARTICLE III
Tax Benefit Payments
Section 3.1. Timing and Amount of Tax Benefit Payments.
(a) Timing of Payments. Subject to Sections 3.2 and 3.3, by the date that is five (5) Business Days following the date on which each Tax Benefit Schedule becomes final in accordance with Section 2.4(a) (such date, the “Final Payment Date” in respect of any Tax Benefit Payment), the Corporation shall pay in full to each relevant TRA Party the Tax Benefit Payment as determined pursuant to Section 3.1(b). Each such Tax Benefit Payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by such TRA Party. For the avoidance of doubt, no TRA Party shall be required under any circumstances to return any Payment or any Default Rate Interest paid by the Corporation to such TRA Party.
(b) Amount of Payments. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Tax Benefit Payment” with respect to any TRA Party means an amount equal to the sum of the Net Tax Benefit that is Attributable to such TRA Party and the Interest Amount with respect thereto. No Tax Benefit Payment shall be calculated or made in respect of any estimated tax payments, including any estimated U.S. federal income tax payments.
(i) Attributable. A Net Tax Benefit is “Attributable” to a TRA Party in accordance with the following principles:
(A) any Business Combination Existing Basis shall be determined separately with respect to each TRA Party and is Attributable to a TRA Party based on such TRA Party’s relative pro rata share in accordance with percentage interest of Common Units held immediately after the Recapitalization and prior to the Business Combination or, in the case of a Subsequent Capital Contribution, immediately prior to such Subsequent Capital Contribution;
(B) any Exchange Existing Basis shall be determined separately with respect to each TRA Party and is Attributable to each TRA Party to the extent it is attributable to Common Units that were transferred in an Exchange by such TRA Party;
(C) any Basis Adjustments shall be determined separately with respect to each TRA Party and are Attributable to each TRA Party in an amount equal to the total Basis Adjustment relating to Common Units delivered to the Corporation by such TRA Party in the Exchange or such total Basis Adjustment attributable to any distribution (or deemed distribution) to such TRA Party; and
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(D) any deduction to the Corporation in respect of Imputed Interest is Attributable to the TRA Party that is required to include the Imputed Interest in income (without regard to whether such Person is actually subject to tax thereon).
(ii) Net Tax Benefit. The “Net Tax Benefit” with respect to a TRA Party for a Taxable Year equals the amount of the excess, if any, of (A) 85% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit Attributable to such TRA Party as of the end of such Taxable Year over (B) the aggregate amount of all Tax Benefit Payments previously made to such TRA Party under this Section 3.1 (excluding payments attributable to Interest Amounts).
(iii) Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit. The “Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year equals the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Benefits for all Taxable Years of the Corporation up to and including such Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Detriments for the same period. The Realized Tax Benefit and Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be determined based on the most recent Tax Benefit Schedule or Amended Schedule, if any, in existence at the time of such determination.
(iv) Realized Tax Benefit. The “Realized Tax Benefit” for a Taxable Year equals the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the Actual Tax Liability for such Taxable Year. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for such Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit or similar proceeding by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability and the corresponding impact on the Hypothetical Tax Liability as a result of such audit or similar proceeding, if applicable, shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination.
(v) Realized Tax Detriment. The “Realized Tax Detriment” for a Taxable Year equals the excess, if any, of the Actual Tax Liability over the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year. If all or a portion of the Actual Tax Liability for such Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit or similar proceeding by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability and the corresponding impact on the Hypothetical Tax Liability as a result of such audit or similar proceeding, if applicable, shall not be included in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there has been a Determination.
(vi) Interest Amount. The “Interest Amount” in respect of a TRA Party equals interest on the unpaid amount of the Net Tax Benefit with respect to such TRA Party for a Taxable Year, calculated at the Agreed Rate from the due date (without extensions) for filing the U.S. federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for such Taxable Year until the earlier of (A) the date on which no remaining Tax Benefit Payment to the TRA Party is due in respect of such Net Tax Benefit and (B) the applicable Final Payment Date.
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(vii) The TRA Parties acknowledge and agree that, as of the date of this Agreement and the date of any future Exchange that may be subject to this Agreement, the aggregate value of the Tax Benefit Payments cannot be reasonably ascertained for U.S. federal income or other applicable tax purposes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, unless a TRA Party notifies the Corporation otherwise, the stated maximum selling price (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 15A.453-1(c)(2)) with respect to any transfer of Common Units by a TRA Party pursuant to an Exchange shall not exceed the sum of (A) the value of the Class A Common Stock or the amount of cash delivered to the TRA Party, in each case, in the Exchange plus (B) the product of (1) the highest marginal federal income tax rate applicable to corporations in effect for the taxable year of such Exchange plus the Assumed State and Local Tax Rate for the taxable year of such Exchange and (2) 85% of the Covered Tax Assets relating to the Exchange, and the aggregate Payments under this Agreement to such TRA Party (other than amounts accounted for as interest under the Code) in respect of the Covered Tax Assets relating to the Exchange shall not exceed the amount described in this clause (B).
Section 3.2. No Duplicative Payments. It is intended that the provisions hereunder will not result in the duplicative payment of any amount that may be required under this Agreement, and the provisions hereunder shall be consistently interpreted and applied in accordance with that intent.
Section 3.3. Pro-Ration of Payments as Between the TRA Parties.
(a) Insufficient Taxable Income. Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.1(b) to the contrary, if the aggregate potential Covered Tax benefit of the Corporation as calculated with respect to the Covered Tax Assets (in each case, without regard to the Taxable Year of origination) is limited in a particular Taxable Year because the Corporation does not have sufficient actual taxable income, then the available Covered Tax benefit for the Corporation shall be allocated among the TRA Parties in proportion to the respective Tax Benefit Payments that would have been payable if the Corporation had sufficient taxable income. For example, if the Corporation had $200 of aggregate potential Covered Tax benefits with respect to the Covered Tax Assets in a particular Taxable Year (with $50 of such Covered Tax benefits Attributable to TRA Party A and $150 Attributable to TRA Party B), such that TRA Party A would have been entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment of $42.50 and TRA Party B would have been entitled to a Tax Benefit Payment of $127.50 if the Corporation had sufficient actual taxable income, and if the Corporation instead had insufficient actual taxable income in such Taxable Year, such that the Covered Tax benefit was limited to $100, then $25 of the aggregate $100 actual Covered Tax benefit for the Corporation for such Taxable Year would be allocated to TRA Party A and $75 would be allocated to TRA Party B, such that TRA Party A would receive a Tax Benefit Payment of $21.25 and TRA Party B would receive a Tax Benefit Payment of $63.75.
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(b) Late Payments. If for any reason the Corporation is not able to fully satisfy its payment obligations to make all Tax Benefit Payments due in respect of a particular Taxable Year, then (i) Default Rate Interest will accrue pursuant to Section 5.2, (ii) the Corporation shall pay the available amount of such Tax Benefit Payments (and any applicable Default Rate Interest) in respect of such Taxable Year to each TRA Party pro rata in accordance with Section 3.3(a) and (iii) no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of any Taxable Year until all Tax Benefit Payments (and any applicable Default Rate Interest) to all TRA Parties in respect of all prior Taxable Years have been made in full. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, for the avoidance of doubt, the Default Rate shall not apply (and the Agreed Rate shall apply) in such certain circumstances described in the second proviso to third sentence of Section 4.1(c) and Section 5.2.
Section 3.4. Overpayments. Subject to the procedures described in Section 2.4(a), to the extent the Corporation makes a payment to a TRA Party in respect of a particular Taxable Year under Section 3.1(a) in an amount in excess of the amount of such payment that should have been made to such TRA Party in respect of such Taxable Year (taking into account Section 3.3) under the terms of this Agreement, then such TRA Party shall not receive further payments under Section 3.1(a) or Section 4.3(a) until such TRA Party has foregone an amount of payments equal to such excess; provided, that for the avoidance of the doubt, no TRA Party shall be required to return any Payment or any Default Rate Interest paid by the Corporation to such TRA Party.
Section 3.5. Business Combination Existing Basis. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no TRA Party shall be entitled to any Tax Benefit Payments with respect to any Business Combination Existing Basis unless and until such TRA Party has Exchanged (in one or more Exchanges) Common Units equal to 5% of the Common Units held by such TRA Party immediately prior to the Business Combination (such Common Units with respect to each TRA Party, such TRA Party’s “Threshold Exchange Units”). A TRA Party which has Exchanged at least the Threshold Exchange Units shall become entitled to receive (a) on the immediately succeeding Final Payment Date, the Tax Benefit Payments foregone as a result of the immediately preceding sentence, if any, and (b) on each subsequent Final Payment Date, the amount of Tax Benefit Payments (including with respect to Business Combination Existing Basis), if any, otherwise payable to such TRA Party on such Final Payment Date.
ARTICLE IV
Termination
Section 4.1. Early Termination of Agreement; Acceleration Events.
(a) Corporation’s Early Termination Right. With the written approval of a majority of the Independent Directors, the Corporation may terminate this Agreement, as and to the extent provided herein, by paying in full each and every TRA Party the Early Termination Payment (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) due to such TRA Party.
(b) Acceleration upon Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control, the Early Termination Payment (calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of the Change of Control) shall become due and payable in accordance with Section 4.3 and the Agreement shall terminate, as and to the extent provided herein.
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(c) Acceleration upon Breach of Agreement. In the event of a Material Breach, the Early Termination Payment (calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of the Material Breach) shall become due and payable in accordance with Section 4.3 and the Agreement shall terminate, as and to the extent provided herein. Subject to the next sentence, the Corporation’s failure to make a Payment (along with any applicable interest) within ninety (90) calendar days of the applicable Final Payment Date shall be deemed to constitute a Material Breach. To the extent that any Tax Benefit Payment is not made by the date that is ninety (90) calendar days after the relevant Final Payment Date because the Corporation (i) is prohibited from making such payment under Section 5.1 or the terms of any agreement governing any Senior Obligations or (ii) does not have, and cannot take commercially reasonable actions to obtain, sufficient funds to make such payment, such failure to make a Tax Benefit Payment will not constitute a Material Breach; provided that (A) such payment obligation nevertheless will accrue Default Rate Interest for the benefit of the TRA Parties, (B) the Corporation shall promptly (and in any event, within five (5) Business Days) pay the entirety of the unpaid amount (along with any applicable interest) once the Corporation is not prohibited from making such payment under Section 5.1 or the terms of the agreements governing the Senior Obligations and the Corporation has sufficient funds to make such payment and (C) the failure of the Corporation to comply with the foregoing clause (B) will constitute a Material Breach; provided further that that the interest provision of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporation does not have sufficient funds to make such payment as a result of prohibition under Section 5.1 or limitations imposed by the terms of any agreement governing any Senior Obligations, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate). For the avoidance of doubt, all cash and cash equivalents used or to be used by the Corporation to pay distributions to its stockholders or to repurchase capital stock of the Corporation (including Class A Common Stock) shall be deemed to be funds available to pay Tax Benefit Payments (along with any applicable interest). The Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain sufficient available funds for the purpose of making Tax Benefit Payments under this Agreement.
(d) In the case of a termination pursuant to any of the foregoing paragraphs (a), (b) or (c), upon the Corporation’s payment in full of the Early Termination Payment (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) to each TRA Party, the Corporation shall have no further payment obligations under this Agreement other than with respect to any Tax Benefit Payments (along with any applicable Default Rate Interest) in respect of any Taxable Year ending prior to the Early Termination Effective Date, and such payment obligations shall survive the termination of, and be calculated and paid in accordance with, this Agreement. If an Exchange subsequently occurs with respect to Common Units for which the Corporation has paid the Early Termination Payment in full, the Corporation shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange.
Section 4.2. Early Termination Notice.
(a) If (i) the Corporation chooses to exercise its termination right under Section 4.1(a) (“Voluntary Early Termination”), (ii) a Change of Control occurs or (iii) a Material Breach occurs, the Corporation shall, in each case, deliver to the TRA Parties a reasonably detailed notice of the Corporation’s decision to exercise such right or the occurrence of such event, as applicable (an “Early Termination Notice”). In the case of an Early Termination Notice delivered with respect to a Voluntary Early Termination, the Corporation may withdraw such Early Termination Notice and rescind its Voluntary Early Termination at any time prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment is paid and the terms of this Agreement shall apply as if such Early Termination Notice had never been delivered.
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(b) The Corporation shall deliver a schedule showing in reasonable detail the calculation of the Early Termination Payment (an “Early Termination Schedule”) (i) in case of a Voluntary Early Termination, simultaneously with the delivery of an Early Termination Notice or (ii) in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 4.1(b) or Section 4.1(c), as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence of the Change of Control or Material Breach giving rise to such termination. The date on which such Early Termination Schedule becomes final in accordance with Section 2.4(a) shall be the “Early Termination Reference Date”.
Section 4.3. Payment upon Early Termination.
(a) Timing of Payment. By the date that is five (5) Business Days after the Early Termination Reference Date (such date, the “Final Payment Date” in respect of the Early Termination Payment), the Corporation shall pay in full to each TRA Party an amount equal to the Early Termination Payment applicable to such TRA Party. Such Early Termination Payment shall be made by the Corporation by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account or accounts designated by the applicable TRA Party.
(b) Amount of Payment. The “Early Termination Payment” payable to a TRA Party pursuant to Section 4.3(a) shall equal the present value, discounted at the Agreed Rate and determined as of the Early Termination Reference Date, of all Tax Benefit Payments (other than any Tax Benefit Payments in respect of Taxable Years ending prior to the Early Termination Effective Date) that would be required to be paid by the Corporation to such TRA Party, beginning from the Early Termination Effective Date and using the Valuation Assumptions. For the avoidance of doubt, an Early Termination Payment shall be made to each TRA Party in accordance with this Agreement, regardless of whether a TRA Party has Exchanged all of its Common Units as of the Early Termination Effective Date.
ARTICLE V
Subordination and Late Payments
Section 5.1. Subordination. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any payment required to be made by the Corporation to the TRA Parties under this Agreement shall rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to any principal, interest or other amounts due and payable in respect of any obligations owed in respect of indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any trade payables, intercompany debt or other similar obligations) (“Senior Obligations”) and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with all current or future unsecured obligations of the Corporation that are not Senior Obligations.
Section 5.2. Late Payments by the Corporation. Subject to the second proviso in the third sentence of Section 4.1(c), the amount of any Payment not made to any TRA Party by the applicable Final Payment Date shall be payable together with “Default Rate Interest,” calculated at the Default Rate and accruing on the amount of the unpaid Payment from the applicable Final Payment Date until the date on which the Corporation makes such Payment to such TRA Party.
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ARTICLE VI
Tax Matters; Consistency; Cooperation
Section 6.1. Participation in the Corporation’s and Parent’s Tax Matters. Except as otherwise provided herein or in Article IX of the Operating Agreement, the Corporation shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all tax matters concerning the Corporation and Parent, including preparing, filing or amending any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to taxes; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not settle any issue pertaining to Covered Tax Assets that is reasonably expected to materially adversely affect the TRA Parties’ rights and obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the TRA Representatives, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If the TRA Representatives fail to respond to any notice with respect to the settlement of any such issue within thirty (30) calendar days of its receipt of the applicable notice, the TRA Representatives shall be deemed to have consented to the proposed settlement or other disposition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Corporation shall notify the TRA Representatives of, and keep them reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any audit by any Taxing Authority of the Corporation, Parent or any of Parent’s Subsidiaries, the outcome of which is reasonably expected to materially and adversely affect the TRA Parties’ rights and obligations under this Agreement, including the timing of anticipated Tax Benefit Payments and (ii) the TRA Representatives shall each have the right to participate in and to monitor at their own expense (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not to control) any such issue in any such tax audit. To the extent there is a conflict between this Agreement and the Operating Agreement as it relates to tax matters concerning Covered Taxes and the Corporation and Parent, including preparation, filing or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to taxes, this Agreement shall control.
Section 6.2. Consistency. Except upon the written advice of the Advisory Firm, all calculations and determinations made hereunder, including any Basis Adjustments, the Schedules and the determination of any Realized Tax Benefits or Realized Tax Detriments, shall be made in accordance with the elections, methodologies and positions taken by the Corporation and applicable members of the Parent Group on their respective Tax Returns. Each TRA Party shall prepare its Tax Returns in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement and any related calculations or determinations made hereunder, including the terms of Section 2.1 and the Schedules provided to each such TRA Party, except as otherwise required by applicable Law. In the event that an Advisory Firm is replaced with another Advisory Firm acceptable to the Audit Committee, the TRA Parties shall cause such replacement Advisory Firm to perform its services necessitated by this Agreement using procedures and methodologies consistent with those of the previous Advisory Firm, unless otherwise required by applicable Law or unless the Corporation and all of the TRA Representatives agree to the use of other procedures and methodologies.
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Section 6.3. Cooperation.
(a) Each TRA Party shall (i) furnish to the Corporation in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials as the Corporation may reasonably request for purposes of making any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, preparing any Tax Return of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or contesting or defending any related audit, examination or controversy with any Taxing Authority, (ii) make itself available to the Corporation and its representatives to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as the Corporation or its representatives may reasonably request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (i) above and (iii) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter.
(b) The Corporation shall reimburse the TRA Parties for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred pursuant to Section 6.3(a).
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous
Section 7.1. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered (i) in person, (ii) by facsimile or other electronic means (including email), with affirmative confirmation of receipt, (iii) one (1) Business Day after being sent, if sent by reputable, nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) three (3) Business Days after being mailed, if sent by registered or certified mail, pre-paid and return receipt requested, in each case to the applicable Party at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified by like notice):
If to the Corporation, to:
Intuitive Machines, Inc.
3700 Bay Area Blvd.
Houston, TX 77058
Attn: Steve Altemus
Email: steve@intuitivemachines.com
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20004-1304
Attn: Rachel W. Sheridan; Nick S. Dhesi
Email: rachel.sheridan@lw.com; ramnik.dhesi@lw.com
If to any TRA Party, to the address and e-mail address specified on such TRA Party’s signature page to the applicable Joinder or otherwise on file with the Corporation or Parent.
Any Party may change its address or e-mail address by giving each of the other Party written notice thereof in the manner set forth above.
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Section 7.2. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different Parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the TRA Parties and delivered to the other TRA Parties, it being understood that all TRA Parties need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by e-mail transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 7.3. Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement. There are no restrictions, promises, representations, warranties, covenants or undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein or the documents or instruments referred to herein, which collectively supersede all prior agreements and the understandings among the Parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
Section 7.4. Severability. In case any provision in this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in a jurisdiction, such provision shall be modified or deleted, as to the jurisdiction involved, only to the extent necessary to render the same valid, legal and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby nor shall the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision be affected thereby in any other jurisdiction. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties will substitute for any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision a suitable and equitable provision that carries out, so far as may be valid, legal and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.
Section 7.5. Assignments; Amendments; Successors; No Waiver.
(a) Assignment. No TRA Party may assign, sell, pledge or otherwise alienate or transfer any interest in this Agreement, including the right to receive any payments under this Agreement, to any Person without such Person executing and delivering a Joinder agreeing to succeed to the applicable portion of such TRA Party’s interest in this Agreement and to become a Party for all purposes of this Agreement (the “Joinder Requirement”). For the avoidance of doubt, if a TRA Party transfers Common Units in accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement but does not assign to the transferee of such Common Units its rights under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Common Units, such TRA Party shall continue to be entitled to receive the Tax Benefit Payments arising in respect of a subsequent Exchange of such Common Units (and any such transferred Common Units shall be separately identified, so as to facilitate the determination of payments hereunder). The Corporation may not assign any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any Person without TRA Party Approval (and any purported assignment without such consent shall be null and void).
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(b) Amendments. No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is approved in writing by the Corporation with TRA Party Approval; provided that amendment of the definition of Change of Control will also require the written approval of a majority of the Independent Directors; provided further that, to the extent any amendment would materially, adversely and disproportionately affect a TRA Party with respect to any rights under this Agreement, such amendment shall require the written approval of such affected TRA Party.
(c) Successors. Except as provided in Section 7.5(a), all of the terms and provisions hereunder shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporation shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by equity purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.
(d) Waiver. No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure by any Party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof, shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.
Section 7.6. Titles and Subtitles. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are solely for the purpose of reference, are not part of the agreement of the Parties and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
Section 7.7. Resolution of Disputes; Governing Law.
(a) Except for Reconciliation Disputes subject to Section 7.8, any and all disputes which cannot be settled after good faith negotiation within sixty (60) calendar days, including any ancillary claims of any Party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of this Section 7.7 or Section 7.8) (each, a “Dispute”) shall be finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Rules for Non-Administered Arbitration by the majority vote of a panel of three arbitrators, of which the Corporation shall designate one arbitrator and the TRA Parties that are party to such Dispute shall designate one arbitrator, in each case in accordance with the “screened” appointment procedure provided in Resolution Rule 5.4. In addition to monetary damages, the arbitrators shall be empowered and permitted to award equitable relief, including an injunction and specific performance of any obligation under this Agreement. The arbitrators are not empowered to award damages in excess of compensatory damages, and each TRA Party hereby irrevocably waives any right to recover punitive, exemplary or similar damages with respect to any Dispute. Any award shall be the sole and exclusive remedy between the TRA Parties regarding any claims, counterclaims, issues or accounting presented to the arbitrators. The arbitration shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq., and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof. The place of the arbitration shall be New York, New York.
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) above, any Party may bring an action or special proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of compelling another Party to arbitrate, seeking temporary or preliminary relief in aid of an arbitration hereunder or enforcing an arbitration award and, for the purposes of this paragraph (b), each Party (i) expressly consents to the application of paragraphs (c) and (d) of this Section 7.7 to any such action or proceeding and (ii) agrees that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions hereunder would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate.
(c) This Agreement shall be governed in all respects, including as to validity, interpretation and effect, by the internal Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules thereof. Subject to this Section 7.7 and Section 7.8, the Parties agree that any suit or proceeding in connection with, arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be instituted only in a Delaware state court (or U.S. federal court) located in the State of Delaware, and the Parties, for the purpose of any such suit or proceeding, irrevocably consent and submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of any such court in any such suit or proceeding. Each Party agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law.
(d) Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, (i) any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in Section 7.7(b) or 7.7(c) and (ii) the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.
(e) Each Party irrevocably consents to service of process by means of notice in the manner provided for in Section 7.1. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of any Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law.
(f) WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, INTENTIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AND WITH THE ADVICE OF ITS COUNSEL, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, WHETHER A CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM, CROSS-CLAIM, OR THIRD PARTY CLAIM, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).
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Section 7.8. Reconciliation Procedures.
(a) In the event that the Corporation and any TRA Party are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to a Schedule prepared in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.4 or Section 4.2, as applicable, within the relevant time period designated in this Agreement (a “Reconciliation Dispute”), the procedures described in this paragraph (the “Reconciliation Procedures”) will apply. The applicable TRA Parties shall, within fifteen (15) calendar days of the commencement of a Reconciliation Dispute, mutually select a nationally recognized expert in the particular area of disagreement (the “Expert”) and submit the Reconciliation Dispute to such Expert for determination. The Expert shall be a partner or principal in a nationally recognized accounting firm, and unless the Corporation and such TRA Party agree otherwise, the Expert (and its employing firm) shall not have any material relationship with the Corporation or such TRA Party or other actual or potential conflict of interest. If the applicable Parties are unable to agree on an Expert within such fifteen (15) calendar-day time period, the selection of an Expert shall be treated as a Dispute subject to Section 7.7 and an arbitration panel shall pick an Expert from a nationally recognized accounting firm that does not have any material relationship with the applicable Parties or other actual or potential conflict of interest. The Expert shall resolve any matter relating to (i) an Attribute Schedule, Early Termination Schedule or an amendment to either within thirty (30) calendar days and (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule or an amendment thereto within fifteen (15) calendar days or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, in each case after the matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any payment that is the subject of a disagreement would be due (in the absence of such disagreement) or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due, the undisputed amount shall be paid by the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporation, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute, and its determinations pursuant to this Section 7.8(a) shall be binding on the applicable Parties and may be entered and enforced in any court having competent jurisdiction. Any dispute as to whether a dispute is a Reconciliation Dispute within the meaning of this Section 7.8 or a Dispute within the meaning of Section 7.7 shall be decided and resolved as a Dispute subject to the procedures set forth in Section 7.7.
(b) The sum of (a) the costs and expenses relating to (i) the engagement (and if applicable selection by an arbitration panel) of such Expert and (ii) if applicable, amending any Tax Return in connection with the decision of such Expert and (b) the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Corporation and the applicable TRA Party incurred in the conduct of such resolution process shall be allocated between the Corporation, on the one hand, and the applicable TRA Party, on the other hand, in the same proportion that the aggregate amount of the disputed items so submitted to the Expert that is unsuccessfully disputed by each such Party (as finally determined by the Expert) bears to the total amount of such disputed items so submitted, and each such Party shall promptly reimburse the other Party for the excess that such other Party has paid in respect of such costs and expenses over the amount it has been so allocated. The Corporation may withhold payments under this Agreement to collect amounts due under the preceding sentence.
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Section 7.9. Withholding. The Corporation and its Affiliates shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment that is payable to any TRA Party pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Corporation is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment by applicable Law. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Corporation, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid by the Corporation to the relevant TRA Party in respect of whom the deduction and withholding was made. Each TRA Party shall promptly provide the Corporation with any applicable tax forms and certifications reasonably requested by the Corporation in connection with determining whether any such deductions and withholdings are required by applicable Law.
Section 7.10. Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets.
(a) If the Corporation is or becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a consolidated income Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 or other applicable sections of the Code governing affiliated or consolidated groups, or any corresponding provisions of state or local tax Law, then (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole, and (ii) Payments and other applicable items hereunder shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole.
(b) If the Corporation or any member of the Parent Group transfers one or more Reference Assets to a Person treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (with which the Corporation does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code), unless otherwise agreed to by the Corporation and each of the TRA Representatives, such transferor, for purposes of calculating the amount of any Payment due hereunder, shall be treated as having disposed of such asset in a fully taxable transaction on the date of such transfer. The consideration deemed to be received by the Corporation or Parent Group member, as the applicable transferor, shall be equal to the fair market value of the transferred asset plus the amount of debt to which such asset is subject, in the case of a transfer of an encumbered asset. For purposes of this Section 7.10, a transfer of a partnership interest shall be treated as a transfer of the transferring partner’s applicable share of each of the assets and liabilities of that partnership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, if the Corporation or any member of a group described in Section 7.10(a) transfers its assets pursuant to a transaction that qualifies as a “reorganization” (within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code) in which such entity does not survive, pursuant to a contribution described in Section 351(a) of the Code or pursuant to any other transaction to which Section 381(a) of the Code applies (other than any such reorganization or any such other transaction, in each case, pursuant to which such entity transfers assets to a corporation with which the Corporation or any member of the group described in Section 7.10(a) (excluding any such member being transferred in such reorganization or other transaction) does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code), the transfer will not cause such entity to be treated as having transferred any assets to a corporation (or a Person classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) pursuant to this Section 7.10(b).
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Section 7.11. Confidentiality. Each TRA Party and each of its respective assignees acknowledges and agrees that the information of the Corporation is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporation and its Affiliates, as required by Law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, such Person shall keep and retain in the strictest confidence and not disclose to any other Person any confidential information, acquired pursuant to this Agreement, of the Corporation or its controlled Affiliates or their successors. This Section 7.11 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made publicly available by the Corporation or any of its controlled Affiliates, becomes public knowledge (except as a result of an act of any TRA Party in violation of this Agreement) or is generally known to the business community, (ii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a TRA Party to prosecute or defend claims arising under or relating to this Agreement and (iii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a TRA Party to prepare and file its Tax Returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any Taxing Authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by any Taxing Authority with respect to such Tax Returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the TRA Parties and each of their assignees (and each employee, representative or other agent of the TRA Parties or their assignees, as applicable) may disclose at their discretion to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Corporation, the TRA Parties and any of their transactions, and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the TRA Parties relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. If a TRA Party or an assignee commits, or threatens to commit, a breach of any of the provisions of this Section 7.11, the Corporation shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Section 7.11 specifically enforced by injunctive relief or otherwise by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need to post any bond or other security, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable injury to the Corporation or any of its controlled Affiliates and that money damages alone will not provide an adequate remedy to such Persons. Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available at Law or in equity.
Section 7.12. Change in Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, in connection with an actual or proposed change in Law, a TRA Party reasonably believes that the existence of this Agreement could cause income (other than income arising from receipt of a payment under this Agreement) recognized by such TRA Party (or direct or indirect equity holders in such TRA Party) in connection with any Exchange to be treated as ordinary income (other than with respect to assets described in Section 751(a) of the Code) rather than capital gain (or otherwise taxed at ordinary income rates) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or would have other material adverse tax consequences to such TRA Party or any direct or indirect owner of such TRA Party, then, at the written election of such TRA Party in its sole discretion (in an instrument signed by such TRA Party and delivered to the Corporation) and to the extent specified therein by such TRA Party, this Agreement shall cease to have further effect and shall not apply to an Exchange occurring after a date specified by such TRA Party; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, such voluntary termination of rights by a TRA Party shall not result in or cause a termination or acceleration event under Section 4.1.
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Section 7.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the interest paid or agreed to be paid hereunder with respect to amounts due to any TRA Party hereunder shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If any TRA Party shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the applicable payment (but in each case exclusive of any component thereof comprising interest) or, if it exceeds such unpaid non-interest amount, refunded to the Corporation. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged or received by any TRA Party exceeds the Maximum Rate, such TRA Party may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (i) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee or premium rather than interest, (ii) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof or (iii) amortize, prorate, allocate and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the payment obligations owed by the Corporation to such TRA Party hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the Parties to conform strictly to any applicable usury Laws.
Section 7.14. Independent Nature of Rights and Obligations. The rights and obligations of each TRA Party hereunder are several and not joint with the rights and obligations of any other Person. A TRA Party shall not be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Person hereunder, nor shall a TRA Party have the right to enforce the rights or obligations of any other Person hereunder (other than obligations of the Corporation). The obligations of a TRA Party hereunder are solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable solely by, the Corporation. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered in connection herewith, and no action taken by any TRA Party pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the TRA Parties acting as a partnership, association, joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the TRA Parties are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such rights or obligations or the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 7.15. Tax Characterization. The Parties intend that each (A) Exchange, (B) payment made under this Agreement (except with respect to amounts that constitute Imputed Interest) to a TRA Party in connection with an Exchange, (C) distribution (or deemed distribution) from Parent to a TRA Party that may reasonably be treated as a transaction between the Corporation and the TRA Party pursuant to Section 707(a)(2)(B) of the Code (or any similar provisions of applicable state or local tax Law) shall give rise to Basis Adjustments and (D) payments to TRA Parties pursuant to this Agreement with respect to Business Combination Existing Basis (except with respect to amounts that constitute Imputed Interest) will be treated as consideration in respect of the Threshold Exchange Units that give rise to additional Basis Adjustments; provided, however, that no Party shall be unreasonably impeded in its ability and discretion to negotiate, compromise and/or settle any tax audit, claim or similar proceedings in connection with such position. To the extent this Agreement imposes obligations on Parent or a member of Parent, this Agreement shall be treated as part of the Operating Agreement as described in Section 761(c) of the Code and Treasury Regulations Sections 1.761-1(c) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(h).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| CORPORATION: | ||
| INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Stephen J. Altemus | |
| Name: | Stephen J. Altemus | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
| PARENT: | ||
| INTUITIVE MACHINES, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Stephen J. Altemus | |
| Name: | Stephen J. Altemus | |
| Title: | President & CEO | |
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| TRA PARTIES: | ||
| Kamal S. Ghaffarian | ||
| By: | /s/ Kamal S. Ghaffarian | |
| Name: | Kamal S. Ghaffarian | |
| Stephen J. Altemus | ||
| By: | /s/ Stephen J. Altemus | |
| Name: | Stephen J. Altemus, | |
| as Co-Trustee of the Stephen and Brunella Altemus Living Trust | ||
| Brunella Altemus | ||
| By: | /s/ Brunella Altemus | |
| Name: | Brunella Altemus, | |
| as Co-Trustee of the Stephen and Brunella Altemus Living Trust | ||
| Timothy P. Crain, II | ||
| By: | /s/ Timothy P. Crain II | |
| Name: | Timothy P. Crain, II | |
| GM ENTERPRISES, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Matthew Yetman | |
| Matthew Yetman | ||
| Title: | Manager | |
[Signature Page to Tax Recievable Agreement]
| INTUITIVE MACHINES KG PARENT, LLC | ||
| /s/ Matthew Yetman | ||
| By: | Matthew Yetman | |
| Title: | Manager | |
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Exhibit A
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
This JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of _____________ , 20 _____ (this “Joinder”), is delivered pursuant to that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of [ ● ] (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Tax Receivable Agreement”), by and among Intuitive Machines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), Intuitive Machines, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “LLC”), and each of the TRA Parties from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Tax Receivable Agreement.
| 1. | Joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to the Corporation that, as of the date hereof, the undersigned has been assigned an interest in the Tax Receivable Agreement from a TRA Party. |
| 2. | Joinder to the Tax Receivable Agreement. Upon the execution of this Joinder by the undersigned and delivery hereof to the Corporation, the undersigned hereby is and hereafter will be a TRA Party under the Tax Receivable Agreement, with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of a party thereunder. The undersigned hereby agrees that it shall comply with and be fully bound by the terms of the Tax Receivable Agreement as if it had been a signatory thereto as of the date thereof. |
| 3. | Incorporation by Reference. All terms and conditions of the Tax Receivable Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Joinder as if set forth herein in full. |
| 4. | Address. All notices under the Tax Receivable Agreement to the undersigned shall be direct to: |
[Name] [Address]
[City, State, Zip Code]
Attn:
Facsimile:
E-mail:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day and year first above written.
| [NAME OF NEW TRA PARTY] | |||
| by | |||
| Name: | |||
| Title: | |||
Acknowledged and agreed
as of the date first set forth above:
| INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC. | |||
| By: | |||
| Name: | |||
| Title: | |||
Exhibit 10.2
INTUITIVE MACHINES, LLC
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 13, 2023
THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS REPRESENTED BY THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF AT ANY TIME WITHOUT EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE OTHER SUBSTANTIAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | |||
| Article I. DEFINITIONS | 3 | ||
| Article II. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS | 20 | ||
| Section 2.01 | Formation and Re-Domiciliation of Company | 20 | |
| Section 2.02 | Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement | 20 | |
| Section 2.03 | Name | 21 | |
| Section 2.04 | Purpose; Powers | 21 | |
| Section 2.05 | Principal Office; Registered Office | 21 | |
| Section 2.06 | Term | 21 | |
| Section 2.07 | No State-Law Partnership | 21 | |
| Section 2.08 | Liability | 22 | |
| Article III. MEMBERS; UNITS; CAPITALIZATION | 22 | ||
| Section 3.01 | Members | 22 | |
| Section 3.02 | Units | 22 | |
| Section 3.03 | Recapitalization; the Corporation’s Capital Contribution; the Corporation’s Purchase of Common Units and Unvested Earn Out Units. | 25 | |
| Section 3.04 | Authorization and Issuance of Additional Units and Warrants | 25 | |
| Section 3.05 | Repurchase or Redemption | 27 | |
| Section 3.06 | Certificates | 28 | |
| Section 3.07 | Negative Capital Accounts | 28 | |
| Section 3.08 | No Withdrawal | 28 | |
| Section 3.09 | Loans From Members | 28 | |
| Section 3.10 | LLC Option Exercises | 28 | |
| Section 3.11 | Corporate Stock Option Plans and Equity Plans | 29 | |
| Section 3.12 | Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan | 29 | |
| Article IV. DISTRIBUTIONS | 30 | ||
| Section 4.01 | Distributions | 30 | |
| Article V. CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS | 33 | ||
| Section 5.01 | Capital Accounts | 33 | |
| Section 5.02 | Allocations | 34 | |
| Section 5.03 | Special Allocations | 34 | |
| Section 5.04 | Tax Allocations | 37 | |
| Section 5.05 | Tax Withholding. | 38 | |
| Section 5.06 | Rights of Series A Preferred Units | 39 | |
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| Article VI. MANAGEMENT | 40 | ||
| Section 6.01 | Authority of Manager | 40 | |
| Section 6.02 | Actions of the Manager | 40 | |
| Section 6.03 | Resignation; No Removal | 41 | |
| Section 6.04 | Vacancies | 41 | |
| Section 6.05 | Transactions Between the Company and the Manager | 41 | |
| Section 6.06 | Reimbursement for Expenses | 41 | |
| Section 6.07 | Limitation of Liability of Manager | 42 | |
| Section 6.08 | Investment Company Act | 42 | |
| Article VII. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS AND MANAGER | 43 | ||
| Section 7.01 | Limitation of Liability and Duties of Members | 43 | |
| Section 7.02 | Lack of Authority | 44 | |
| Section 7.03 | No Right of Partition | 44 | |
| Section 7.04 | Indemnification | 44 | |
| Article VIII. BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS, AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 45 | ||
| Section 8.01 | Records and Accounting | 45 | |
| Section 8.02 | Fiscal Year | 45 | |
| Section 8.03 | Inspection Rights | 45 | |
| Article IX. TAX MATTERS | 46 | ||
| Section 9.01 | Preparation of Tax Returns | 46 | |
| Section 9.02 | Tax Elections | 46 | |
| Section 9.03 | Company Representative | 46 | |
| Section 9.04 | Earn Out Units | 47 | |
| Section 9.05 | Transaction Agreement | 47 | |
| Article X. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF UNITS; CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS | 48 | ||
| Section 10.01 | Transfers by Members | 48 | |
| Section 10.02 | Permitted Transfers | 48 | |
| Section 10.03 | Restricted Units Legend | 49 | |
| Section 10.04 | Transfer | 49 | |
| Section 10.05 | Assignee’s Rights. | 49 | |
| Section 10.06 | Assignor’s Rights and Obligations | 49 | |
| Section 10.07 | Overriding Provisions | 50 | |
| Section 10.08 | Spousal Consent | 51 | |
| Section 10.09 | Certain Transactions with respect to the Corporation | 51 | |
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| Article XI. REDEMPTION AND DIRECT EXCHANGE RIGHTS | 52 | ||
| Section 11.01 | Redemption Right of a Member | 52 | |
| Section 11.02 | Election and Contribution of the Corporation | 56 | |
| Section 11.03 | Direct Exchange Right of the Corporation | 56 | |
| Section 11.04 | Reservation of shares of Class A Common Stock; Listing; Certificate of the Corporation | 57 | |
| Section 11.05 | Effect of Exercise of Redemption or Direct Exchange | 57 | |
| Section 11.06 | Termination of Rights of LLC Optionees | 58 | |
| Section 11.07 | Tax Treatment | 58 | |
| Article XII. ADMISSION OF MEMBERS | 58 | ||
| Section 12.01 | Substituted Members | 58 | |
| Section 12.02 | Additional Members | 58 | |
| Article XIII. WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION; TERMINATION OF RIGHTS | 59 | ||
| Section 13.01 | Withdrawal and Resignation of Members | 59 | |
| Article XIV. DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION | 59 | ||
| Section 14.01 | Dissolution | 59 | |
| Section 14.02 | Winding up. | 59 | |
| Section 14.03 | Deferment; Distribution in Kind | 60 | |
| Section 14.04 | Cancellation of Certificate | 61 | |
| Section 14.05 | Reasonable Time for Winding Up | 61 | |
| Section 14.06 | Return of Capital | 61 | |
| Article XV. GENERAL PROVISIONS | 61 | ||
| Section 15.01 | Power of Attorney | 61 | |
| Section 15.02 | Confidentiality | 62 | |
| Section 15.03 | Amendments | 63 | |
| Section 15.04 | Title to Company Assets | 63 | |
| Section 15.05 | Addresses and Notices | 64 | |
| Section 15.06 | Binding Effect; Intended Beneficiaries | 64 | |
| Section 15.07 | Creditors | 64 | |
| Section 15.08 | Waiver | 65 | |
| Section 15.09 | Counterparts | 65 | |
| Section 15.10 | Applicable Law | 65 | |
| Section 15.11 | Severability | 65 | |
| Section 15.12 | Further Action | 65 | |
| Section 15.13 | Execution and Delivery by Electronic Signature and Electronic Transmission | 66 | |
| Section 15.14 | Right of Offset | 66 | |
| Section 15.15 | Entire Agreement | 66 | |
| Section 15.16 | Remedies | 66 | |
| Section 15.17 | Descriptive Headings; Interpretation | 66 | |
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Schedules
| Schedule 1 | – | Schedule of Pre-Transaction Members |
| Schedule 2 | – | Schedule of Members |
| Schedule 3 | – | Unvested Earn Out Units |
| Schedule 4 | – | Original LLC Optionees |
| Schedule 5 | – | Recapitalization Instrument |
Exhibits
| Exhibit A | – | Form of Joinder Agreement |
| Exhibit B-1 | – | Form of Agreement and Consent of Spouse |
| Exhibit B-2 | – | Form of Spouse’s Confirmation of Separate Property |
| Exhibit C | – | Policy Regarding Certain Equity Issuances |
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INTUITIVE MACHINES, LLC
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, together with all schedules, exhibits and annexes hereto, this “Agreement”) of Intuitive Machines, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), dated as of February 13, 2023, is entered into by and among the Company, Intuitive Machines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), in its capacity as a Member and the sole managing member of the Company, each of the other Members (as defined herein), and each other Person who is or at any time becomes a Member in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used herein have the respective meaning ascribed to them in Article I;
WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a limited liability company pursuant to and in accordance with the Texas Business Organizations Code, as amended from time to time (the “TBOC”), by the filing of the Certificate of Formation (the “Certificate of Formation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on October 17, 2013;
WHEREAS, until April 11, 2014, the Company was not governed by a written limited liability company agreement;
WHEREAS, certain of the Pre-Transaction Members (as defined below) entered into that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company effective as of April 11, 2014, which was subsequently amended on February 19, 2016 and December 31, 2018 (as amended, the “Original LLC Agreement”);
WHEREAS, prior to the Effective Time (as defined below), the Company was governed by that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, effective as of May 25, 2021 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, together with all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto, the “A&R LLC Agreement”), which the parties listed on Schedule 1 hereto executed in their capacity as members (collectively, the “Pre-Transaction Members”), and which amended and restated the Original LLC Agreement in its entirety;
WHEREAS, the Company redomiciled as a limited liability company organized under the Laws of the State of Delaware pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act by the filing of a Certificate of Formation and a Certificate of Conversion with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 10, 2023 and the filing of a Plan of Conversion and a Certificate of Conversion with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on February 10, 2023 and the Company after such redomicile is intended to be treated as a continuation of the Company prior to such redomicile under Section 708 of the Code (and any similar provision of U.S. state or local applicable Law);
WHEREAS, on September 16, 2022, the Company and the Corporation entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, together with all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto, the “Transaction Agreement”), pursuant to which, and subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, (i) immediately prior to the Effective Time, the Company converted or exchanged (the “Recapitalization”) all outstanding Equity Securities of the Company into Common Units (as defined herein), Options (as defined herein) and Unvested Earn Out Units (as defined herein), as applicable, in accordance with the Recapitalization Instrument and (ii) as of the Effective Time, the Corporation contributed to the Company the Closing Contributions (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) and, in consideration thereof, the Company issued to the Corporation Common Units, Series A Preferred Units, Common Warrants and Investor Warrants (collectively together with the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, the “Transactions”);
WHEREAS, prior to the date hereof the Company has granted certain options (the “Original LLC Options”) under the IM Unit Option Plan (as defined herein) to those identified on Schedule 4 hereto (collectively, the “Original LLC Optionees”), pursuant to which each Original LLC Optionee remains entitled to purchase that number of Class B Units (as defined in Section 2.1 of the A&R LLC Agreement, the “Original Class B Units”) of the Company set forth opposite such Person’s name on Schedule 4 hereto under the column labeled “Original LLC Options” at an exercise price per Original Class B Unit set forth on Schedule 4 hereto;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Recapitalization, the Original Class B Units underlying the Original LLC Options will be converted into Common Units underlying the LLC Options (as defined herein); and
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing matters, the Company and the Members (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Pre-Transaction Members) desire to continue the Company without dissolution and amend and restate the A&R LLC Agreement in its entirety as of the Effective Time to reflect, among other things, (a) the consummation of the Transactions, including the Recapitalization and the addition of the Corporation as a Member and its designation as sole managing member of the Company and (b) the other rights and obligations of the Members, the Company, the Manager and the Corporation, in each case, as provided and agreed upon in the terms of this Agreement as of the Effective Time, at which time the A&R LLC Agreement shall be superseded entirely by this Agreement and shall be of no further force or effect.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the A&R LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety and the Company, the Corporation and the other Members, each intending to be legally bound, each hereby agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
The following definitions shall be applied to the terms used in this Agreement for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary.
“481 Income Adjustment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b)(iv).
“A&R LLC Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Accrued Distribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).
“Accrued Value” means with respect to each Series A Preferred Unit as of the determination date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), the sum, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any unit distribution, unit split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Series A Preferred Unit, of (i) the Stated Value (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), plus (ii) the aggregate amount of any Accrued Distributions on such Series A Preferred Unit as of such date.
“Additional Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.02.
“Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” means, with respect to the Capital Account of any Member as of the end of any Taxable Year, the amount by which the balance in such Capital Account is less than zero. For this purpose, such Member’s Capital Account balance shall be:
| (a) | reduced for any items described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), and (6); and |
| (b) | increased for any amount such Member is obligated to contribute or is treated as being obligated to contribute to the Company pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) (relating to partner liabilities to a partnership) or 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5) (relating to minimum gain). |
“Admission Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06.
“Affiliate” (and, with a correlative meaning, “Affiliated”) means, with respect to a specified Person, each other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person specified. As used in this definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of Voting Securities or by contract or other agreement or otherwise). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to each Member other than the Corporation, (a) a trust, family limited partnership or similar estate planning vehicle, under which the distribution of Units may be made only to beneficiaries who are such Member, his or her current or former spouse, siblings, parents, or spouse’s or former spouse’s parents or siblings or lineal descendants (whether natural or adopted) of the Member, his or her current or former spouse, siblings, parents or current or former spouse’s parents or siblings, and any charitable foundation of such Member; (b) a charitable remainder trust, the income of which shall be paid to such Member during his or her life; or (c) such Member’s current or former spouse, siblings, parents, or current or former spouse’s parents or siblings or lineal descendants (whether natural or adopted) of the Member, his or her current or former spouse, siblings, parents or current or former spouse’s siblings or parents, and any charitable foundation of such Member.
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“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Allocation Period” means, as applicable, the period (a) beginning the day following the end of a prior Allocation Period, and (b) ending (i) on the last day of each Fiscal Year; (ii) the day preceding any day in which an adjustment to the Book Value of the Company’s properties pursuant to clauses (b)(i), (b)(ii), (b)(iii) or (b)(vi) of the definition of Book Value occurs; (iii) immediately after any day in which an adjustment to the Book Value of the Company’s properties pursuant to clauses (b)(iv) and (b)(v) of the definition of Book Value occurs; or (iv) on any other date determined by the Manager.
“Annual Rate” means 10.0% per annum of the Series A Preferred Liquidation Amount. “Assignee” means a Person to whom a Unit has been transferred but who has not become
a Member pursuant to Article XII.
“Assumed Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Member, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the product of (A) the Distribution Tax Rate multiplied by (B) the estimated or actual cumulative taxable income or gain of the Company (excluding any taxable income or gain of the Company allocated to the Series A Preferred Units), as determined for federal income tax purposes, allocated to such Member for the current and all prior Taxable Years (or portions thereof), less prior losses of the Company (excluding any losses of the Company allocated to the Series A Preferred Units) allocated to such Member for such Taxable Years (or portions thereof), to the extent such prior losses are available to reduce such income and have not previously been taken into account in the calculation of Assumed Tax Liability for any prior period, in each case, as reasonably determined in good faith by the Manager over (ii) the cumulative Tax Distributions made to such Member pursuant to Section 4.02(b)(i)(B) or any similar provision of the Original LLC Agreement; provided, however, that, in the case of each Member, and for the avoidance of doubt, such Assumed Tax Liability shall take into account any Code Section 704(c) allocations (including “reverse” 704(c) allocations) to the Member and any adjustments made pursuant to Code Section 734 and 743(b). A Member’s Assumed Tax Liability shall be estimated on a quarterly basis by the Manager, taking into account estimated taxable income or loss of the Company through the end of the relevant quarterly period.
“Base Rate” means, on any date, a variable rate per annum equal to the rate of interest most recently published by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” at large U.S. money center banks.
“Black-Out Period” means any “black-out” or similar period under the Corporation’s policies covering trading in the Corporation’s securities to which the applicable Redeeming Member is subject (or will be subject at such time as it owns Class A Common Stock), which period restricts the ability of such Redeeming Member to immediately resell shares of Class A Common Stock to be delivered to such Redeeming Member in connection with a Share Settlement.
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“Book Value” means, with respect to any property of the Company, such property’s adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes, except as follows:
(a) The initial Book Value of any property contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the Fair Market Value of such property as of the date of such contribution.
(b) The Book Values of all properties shall be adjusted to equal their respective fair market values to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such Company assets as of the following times (i) the acquisition of an interest (or additional interest) in the Company by any new or existing Member in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution to the Company or in exchange for the performance of services to or for the benefit of the Company; (ii) the distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of property as consideration for an interest in the Company; (iii) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); (iv) the acquisition of an interest in the Company by any new or existing Member upon the exercise of a noncompensatory option (including a Series A Preferred Conversion or Warrant) in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s); (v) upon the conversion of any Unvested Earn Out Units into Common Units in connection with a Vesting Event in accordance with principles similar to those set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s); or (vi) any other event to the extent determined by the Manager to be permitted and necessary to properly reflect Book Values in accordance with the standards set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704- 1(b)(2)(iv)(q); provided, however, that adjustments pursuant to clauses (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(vi) above shall be made only if the Manager determines that such adjustments are necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members in the Company. If any noncompensatory options or Unvested Earn Out Units are outstanding upon the occurrence of an event described in clauses (b)(i) through (b)(vi) above, the Company shall adjust the Book Values of its properties in accordance with Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(1) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(h)(2).
(c) In determining such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss, the aggregate fair market value of all Company property (including cash or cash equivalents) immediately prior to the issuance of additional Equity Securities of the Company that are treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes (or, in the case of a Revaluation Event resulting from the exercise of a noncompensatory option (including the issuance of Series A Preferred Units and a Series A Preferred Conversion or the exercise of a Warrant) or a Revaluation Event in accordance with principles similar to those set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s) (including the Vesting of an Unvested Earn Out Unit), immediately after the issuance of Equity Securities of the Company that are treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes acquired pursuant to the exercise of such noncompensatory option) shall be determined by the Manager using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt. In making its determination of the fair market values of individual properties, the Manager may (i) reasonably determine an aggregate value for the assets of the Company that takes into account the current trading price of the Class A Common Stock, the fair market value of all other Equity Securities at such time and the amount of Company liabilities, (ii) make any reasonable adjustments necessary to reflect the difference, if any, between the fair market value of any outstanding Series A Preferred Units, an Unvested Earn Out Unit (upon a Vesting Event) or a Warrant (upon an exercise) and the aggregate Capital Accounts attributable to the Series A Preferred Units, Unvested Earn Out Unit (upon a Vesting Event) or Warrant (upon an exercise) to the extent of any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss that has not been reflected in the Members’ Capital Accounts previously, consistent with the methodology of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(h)(2), and (iii) allocate such aggregate value among the individual properties of the Company (in such manner as the Manager reasonably determines appropriate). Absent a contrary determination by the Manager, the aggregate fair market value of all Company assets (including cash or cash equivalents) immediately prior to a Revaluation Event shall be the value that would result in the Per Unit Capital Amount of each Common Unit that is outstanding prior to such Revaluation Event being equal to the Event Issue Value;
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(d) The Book Value of property distributed to a Member shall be adjusted to equal the fair market value of such property as of the date of such distribution to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to any Company Asset.
(e) The Book Value of all property shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such property pursuant to Code Section 734(b) (including any such adjustments pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.734-2(b)(1)), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) and clause (e) of the definition of Net Profits or Net Losses or Section 5.03(f); provided, however, that the Book Value of property shall not be adjusted pursuant to this clause (d) to the extent that the Manager reasonably determines an adjustment pursuant to clause (b) is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this clause (d).
(f) If the Book Value of property has been determined or adjusted pursuant to clauses (a), (b) or (e) of this definition, such Book Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such property for purposes of computing Net Profits, Net Losses and other items allocated pursuant to Section 5.02 and Section 5.03.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which banks located in New York City, New York are authorized or required by Law to close.
“Capital Account” means the capital account maintained for a Member in accordance with Section 5.01.
“Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of any cash, cash equivalents, promissory obligations or the Fair Market Value of other property that such Member (or such Member’s predecessor) contributes (or is deemed to contribute) to the Company pursuant to Article III hereof.
“Cash and Cash Equivalents” means the cash and cash equivalents, including checks, money orders, marketable securities, short-term instruments, negotiable instruments, funds in time and demand deposits or similar accounts on hand, in lock boxes, in financial institutions or elsewhere, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, and all bank, brokerage or other similar accounts.
“Cash Distribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a)(i).
“Cash Settlement” means immediately available funds in U.S. dollars in an amount equal to the Redeemed Units Equivalent; provided, that such funds were received from a Qualified Offering.
“Certificate” means the Company’s Certificate of Formation as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as amended or amended and restated from time to time.
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“Certificate of Formation” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(1) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person and its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan, and excluding the Permitted Transferees) other than a Pre-Transaction Member becomes the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of Voting Securities representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the outstanding Voting Securities of the Corporation;
(2) the stockholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or there is consummated a sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets (including a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company); or
(3) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, the Voting Securities of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent, or are not converted into, Voting Securities representing in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the outstanding Voting Securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred (i) by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Class C Common Stock, preferred stock and/or any other class or classes of capital stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in and voting control over, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions or (ii) in connection with the Automatic Conversion (as defined the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation).
“Change of Control Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.09(a).
“Change of Control Transaction” means any Change of Control that was approved by the Corporate Board prior to such Change of Control.
“Class A Common Stock” means the shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
“Class B Common Stock” means the shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
“Class C Common Stock” means the shares of Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
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“Closing Sale Price” of the Class A Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the closing bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average closing bid and the average closing ask prices) on such date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is traded or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the last quoted bid price for the Class A Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date, as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization, or, if that bid price is not available, the fair market price of the Class A Common Stock (or other relevant capital stock or equity interest) on that date as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Corporation for this purpose. The Closing Sale Price of any other security shall be determined in the same manner as set forth in this definition for the determination of the Closing Sale Price of the Class A Common Stock.
“Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Unless the context requires otherwise, any reference herein to a specific section of the Code shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future Law as in effect for the relevant taxable period.
“Common Share Price” means the share price equal to the closing sale price of one share of Class A Common Stock as reported on the Stock Exchange (or the exchange on which the shares of Class A Common Stock are then listed) for a period of at least twenty (20) days out of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of determination (as adjusted as appropriate to reflect any stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into the Class A Common Stock), extraordinary cash dividend (which adjustment shall be subject to the reasonable mutual agreement of the Corporation and the Company), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction with respect to the Class A Common Stock).
“Common Unit” means a Unit designated as a “Common Unit” and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to the Common Units in this Agreement.
“Common Unit Percentage Interest” means, as among Common Units and with respect to a Member at a particular time, such Member’s percentage interest in the Common Units determined by dividing the number of such Member’s Common Units by the total number of Common Units of all Members of such class at such time. The Common Unit Percentage Interest of each Member shall be calculated to the fourth decimal place.
“Common Unit Redemption Price” means, with respect to any Redemption or Direct Exchange, the net amount, on a per share basis, received as a result of a substantially contemporaneous Qualified Offering of Class A Common Stock by the Corporation.
“Common Warrants” means warrants to purchase Common Units of the Company with terms substantially similar to the Purchaser Common Warrants.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company Minimum Gain” means “partnership minimum gain” determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d).
“Company Representative” has, with respect to taxable periods beginning after December 31, 2017, the meaning assigned to the term “partnership representative” in Section 6223 of the Code and any Treasury Regulations or other administrative or judicial pronouncements promulgated thereunder and, with respect to taxable periods beginning on or before December 31, 2017, the meaning assigned to the term “tax matters partner” as defined in Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code prior to its amendment by Title XI of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, in each case as appointed pursuant to Section 9.03(a).
“Competitor” means any Person who is engaged, or after the date hereof engages, in the business of establishing lunar infrastructure, providing access to the lunar surface or collecting and transmitting cislunar data.
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“Corporate Board” means the board of directors of the Corporation.
“Corporation” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, together with its successors and assigns.
“Corporation Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.09(b).
“Corresponding Rights” means any rights issued with respect to a share of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Class C Common Stock pursuant to a “poison pill” or similar stockholder rights plan approved by the Corporate Board.
“Credit Agreements” means any promissory note, mortgage, loan agreement, indenture or similar instrument or agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or becomes a borrower, as such instruments or agreements may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and including any one or more refinancing or replacements thereof, in whole or in part, with any other debt facility or debt obligation, for as long as the payee or creditor to whom the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owes such obligation is not an Affiliate of the Company.
“DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Delaware Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.
“Depreciation” means, for each applicable Allocation Period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such Allocation Period, except that (a) with respect to any such property the Book Value of which differs from its adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes and which difference is being eliminated by use of the “remedial method” pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(d), Depreciation for such Allocation Period shall be the amount of book basis recovered for such Allocation Period under the rules prescribed by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(d)(2), and (b) with respect to any other such property the Book Value of which differs from its adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such Allocation Period, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Book Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such Allocation Period bears to such beginning adjusted basis; provided, however, that if the adjusted basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes of an asset at the beginning of such Allocation Period is zero, Depreciation with respect to such asset shall be determined with reference to such beginning Book Value using any reasonable method selected by the Manager.
“Direct Exchange” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.03(a). “Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.06.
“Disinterested Majority” means a majority of the directors of the Corporate Board who are disinterested, as determined by the Corporate Board in accordance with the DGCL, with respect to the matter being considered by the Corporate Board; provided, that to the extent a matter being considered by the Corporate Board is required to be considered by disinterested directors under the rules of the Stock Exchange or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange, the principal national securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading, the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, such rules with respect to the definition of disinterested director shall apply solely with respect to such matter.
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“Distributable Cash” means, as of any relevant date on which a determination is being made by the Manager regarding a potential distribution pursuant to Section 4.01(a), the amount of cash that could be distributed by the Company for such purposes in accordance with any applicable Credit Agreements (and without otherwise violating any applicable provisions of any applicable Credit Agreements) and applicable Law.
“Distribution Catch-Up Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).
“Distribution” (and, with a correlative meaning, “Distribute”) means each distribution made by the Company to a Member with respect to such Member’s Units, whether in cash, property or securities of the Company and whether by liquidating distribution or otherwise.
“Distribution Tax Rate” means, with respect to any Member for any taxable period, a rate equal to the highest effective marginal combined federal, state and local income tax rate for such Taxable Year applicable to a corporate or individual taxpayer (whichever is higher) resident in the jurisdiction of such Member for such Fiscal Year, taking into account the character of the relevant tax items (e.g., ordinary or capital) and the deductibility of state and local income taxes for federal income tax purposes (but only to the extent such taxes are deductible under the Code), as reasonably determined by the Manager.
“Effective Time” means the time of the “Closing” as defined in the Transaction Agreement.
“Election Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(b).
“Equity Plan” means any option, stock, unit, stock unit, appreciation right, phantom equity or other incentive equity or equity-based compensation plan or program, in each case, now or hereafter adopted by the Company or the Corporation, including the Corporation’s 2023 Long Term Omnibus Incentive Plan.
“Equity Securities” means, with respect to any Person, (a) units or other equity interests in such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person (including, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, other classes or groups thereof having such relative rights, powers and duties as may from time to time be established by the Manager pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including rights, powers and/or duties senior to existing classes and groups of Units and other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company), (b) obligations, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or interests convertible or exchangeable into any equity interests in such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person, and (c) warrants, options or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any equity interests in such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person.
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“Event Issue Value” means, with respect to any Common Unit as of any date of determination, (a) in the case of a Revaluation Event that includes the issuance of Common Units to the Corporation with respect to a public offering by the Corporation, the price paid by the Corporation for such Common Units (in accordance with this Agreement), or (b) in the case of any other Revaluation Event, the Closing Sale Price of the Class A Common Stock on the date of such Revaluation Event or, if the Manager determines that a value for the Common Unit other than such Closing Sale Price more accurately reflects the Event Issue Value, the value determined by the Manager.
“Event of Withdrawal” means the bankruptcy or dissolution of a Member or the occurrence of any other event that terminates the continued membership of a Member in the Company. “Event of Withdrawal” shall not include an event that (a) terminates the existence of a Member for U.S. federal income tax purposes (including, without limitation, (i) a change in entity classification of a Member under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3, (ii) a sale of assets by, or liquidation of, a Member pursuant to an election under Sections 336 or 338 of the Code, or (iii) merger, severance, or allocation within a trust or among sub-trusts of a trust that is a Member) but that (b) does not terminate the existence of such Member under applicable state Law (or, in the case of a trust that is a Member, does not terminate the trusteeship of the fiduciaries under such trust with respect to all the Units of such trust that is a Member).
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations.
“Exchange Election Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.03(b).
“Excluded Instruments” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(b).
“Fair Market Value” of a specific asset of the Company will mean the amount that the Company would receive in an all-cash sale of such asset in an arms-length transaction with a willing unaffiliated third party, with neither party having any compulsion to buy or sell, consummated on the day immediately preceding the date on which the event occurred which necessitated the determination of the Fair Market Value (and after giving effect to any transfer taxes payable in connection with such sale), as such amount is determined by the Manager (or, if pursuant to Section 14.02, the Liquidator) in its good faith judgment using all factors, information and data it deems to be pertinent.
“Fiscal Year” means the Company’s annual accounting period established pursuant to Section 8.02.
“Governmental Entity” means (a) the United States of America, (b) any other sovereign nation, (c) any state, province, county, municipal, district, territory or other political subdivision of (a) or (b) of this definition, including, but not limited to, any county, municipal or other local subdivision of the foregoing, or (d) any agency, arbitrator or arbitral body (public or private), authority, board, body, bureau, commission, court, department, entity, instrumentality, organization (including any public international organization such as the United Nations) or tribunal exercising executive, legislative, judicial, quasi-judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government on behalf of (a), (b) or (c) of this definition.
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“HSR Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(c).
“IM Unit Option Plan” means the Intuitive Machines, LLC 2021 Unit Option Plan.
“Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(a).
“IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
“Investment Company Act” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.
“Joinder” means a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A to this Agreement.
“Law” means all laws, statutes, acts, constitutions, treaties, principles of common law, codes, ordinances, rules and regulations of any Governmental Entity.
“Liquidator” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.02.
“LLC Option Exercise” means the exercise, whether in whole or in part, of an LLC Option by the applicable LLC Optionee in accordance with the provisions of the IM Unit Option Plan and the option agreement evidencing such LLC Option.
“LLC Optionees” means each of the Persons named on Schedule 4 attached hereto with respect to the number of Common Units underlying the LLC Options set forth opposite the name of such Person under the column labeled “LLC Options” therein, as long as the LLC Option of such Person remains effective in accordance with its terms and only to the extent of the remaining number of Common Units with respect to which such Person has not then exercised such LLC Option.
“LLC Options” means the Original LLC Options granted under the IM Unit Option Plan, in each case as amended in connection with the Recapitalization, and which after giving effect to the Recapitalization give each LLC Optionee the right to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, the number of Common Units set forth opposite such LLC Optionee’s name on Schedule 4 hereto at an exercise price per Common Unit set forth on Schedule 4 hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, no additional LLC Options will be issued on and after the date of this Agreement.
“Liquidating Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.01.
“Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
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“Market Price” means, with respect to a share of Class A Common Stock as of a specified date, the last sale price per share of Class A Common Stock, regular way, or if no such sale took place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices per share of Class A Common Stock, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange, as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if the Class A Common Stock is not quoted by any such system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in shares of Class A Common Stock selected by the Corporate Board or, in the event that no trading price is available for the shares of Class A Common Stock, the fair market value of a share of Class A Common Stock, as determined in good faith by the Corporate Board.
“Member” means, as of any date of determination, (a) each of the members named on the Schedule of Members and (b) any Person admitted to the Company as a Substituted Member or Additional Member in accordance with Article XII, but in each case only so long as such Person is shown on the Company’s books and records as the owner of one or more Units, each in its capacity as a member of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, an LLC Optionee shall not constitute a Member hereunder except to the extent that, as of such date of determination, such Person is shown on the Company’s books and records as an owner of one or more Units (excluding Unvested Earn Out Units).
“Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” has the meaning of “partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain” set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(2).
“Minimum Redemption Number” means, with respect to a Redemption by any Member, the lesser of (i) 2,000 Common Units and (ii) all of the Common Units held by the Redeeming Member.
“Minority Member Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(i).
“Minority Member Redemption Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(i).
“NASA” means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, including any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions thereof.
“Net Profit” and “Net Loss” means, for each applicable Allocation Period, an amount equal to the Company’s taxable income or loss for such Allocation Period, determined in accordance with Section 703(a) of the Code (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit required to be stated separately pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of the Code shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments (without duplication):
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(a) any income of the Company that is exempt from U.S. federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss pursuant to this definition of “Net Profit” and “Net Loss” shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
(b) any expenditures of the Company described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code or treated as Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income and Net Loss pursuant to this definition of “Net Profit” and “Net Loss,” shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;
(c) gain or loss resulting from any disposition of any asset of the Company with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Book Value of the asset disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such asset differs from its Book Value;
(d) in lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Allocation Period, computed in accordance with the definition of Depreciation;
(e) to the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or Section 743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) from the disposition of such asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Net Profit or Net Loss;
(f) if the Book Value of any asset of the Company is adjusted in accordance with clause (b) or (d) of the definition of Book Value, the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account, in the applicable Allocation Period, as gain or loss from the disposition of such Property for purposes of computing Net Profit or Net Loss; and
(g) notwithstanding any other provision of this definition, any items that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.03 shall not be taken into account in computing Net Profit and Net Loss.
The amounts of the items of Company income, gain, loss, or deduction available to be specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.03 shall be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in subparagraphs (a) through (f) above.
“Non-Foreign Person Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.07(a).
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“Officer” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(b).
“OMES III Contract” means the Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services III indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to be awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
“Optionee” means a Person to whom a stock option is granted under any Stock Option Plan.
“Original LLC Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Original Units” means the Class A membership interests and Class B membership interests (each as defined in the A&R LLC Agreement) of the Company.
“Other Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04.
“Partnership Tax Audit Rules” means Sections 6221 through 6241 of the Code, as amended, together with any final or temporary Treasury Regulations and other official guidance interpreting Sections 6221 through 6241 of the Code, as amended (and any analogous provision of state or local tax law).
“Percentage Interest” means, as among an individual class of Units and with respect to a Member at a particular time, such Member’s percentage interest in the Company determined by dividing the number of such Member’s Units of such class by the total number of Units of all Members of such class at such time. The Percentage Interest of each Member shall be calculated to the fourth decimal place.
“Permitted Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.
“Permitted Transferee” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.
“Person” means an individual or any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, joint venture or any other organization or entity, whether or not a legal entity.
“Per Unit Capital Amount” means, as of any date of determination, the Capital Account, stated on a per Unit basis, underlying any class of Units held by a Member.
“Preferred Investor Warrants” has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.
“Preferred Unit Related Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b)(i)(A).
“Pre-Transaction Members” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Pro rata,” “pro rata portion,” “according to their interests,” “ratably,” “proportionately,” “proportional,” “in proportion to,” “based on the number of Units held,” “based upon the percentage of Units held,” “based upon the number of Units outstanding,” and other terms with similar meanings, when used in the context of a number of Units of the Company relative to other Units, means as amongst an individual class of Units, pro rata based upon the number of such Units within such class of Units.
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“Purchaser Common Warrants” has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.
“Qualified Offering” means a follow-on or qualified public or private offering of shares of Class A Common Stock by the Corporation following the date hereof.
“Quarterly Redemption Date” means, following the Transactions, for each calendar quarter in a Restricted Fiscal Year, (a) the later to occur of either (i) the completion of the second Trading Day after the date on which the Corporation makes a public news release of its quarterly earnings for the prior calendar quarter and (ii) the first day of each calendar quarter on which directors and executive officers of the Corporation are permitted to trade under the applicable policies of the Corporation related to trading by directors and executive officers, or (b) such other date as the Corporation shall determine in its sole discretion is in the best interest of the Members (other than the Corporation). The Corporation will deliver notice of the Quarterly Redemption Date to each Member (other than the Corporation) at least seventy-five (75) days prior to each Quarterly Redemption Date.
“Quarterly Tax Distribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b)(i).
“Recapitalization” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Recapitalization Instrument” means the written consent of the Pre-Transaction Members set forth in Schedule 5.
“Redeemed Units” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
“Redeemed Units Equivalent” means the product of (a) the applicable number of Redeemed Units, multiplied by (b) the Common Unit Redemption Price.
“Redeeming Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
“Redemption” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
“Redemption Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
“Redemption Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
“Redemption Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(a).
“Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Corporation, certain of the Members as of the date hereof and certain other Persons party thereto (together with any joinder thereto from time to time by any successor or assign to any party to such agreement).
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“Restricted Fiscal Year” means any Fiscal Year during which the Manager determines the Company does not satisfy the private placement safe harbor of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h).
“Retraction Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.01(c).
“Revaluation Event” means an event that results in an adjustment of the Book Value of each Company property pursuant to clauses (b) and (e) of the definition of Book Value.
“Schedule of Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions thereof.
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations. Any reference herein to a specific section, rule or regulation of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future Law.
“Securities Purchase Agreement” means that certain securities purchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof, entered into by and among the Purchasers (as defined therein), the Company and the series A investors, pursuant to which the series A investors have agreed, among other things, to purchase from the Purchasers, and the Purchasers have agreed, among other things, to sell to the series A investors, Series A Preferred Stock and preferred investor warrants, for an aggregate purchase price of $26,000,000.
“Series A Liquidation Value ” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.02(c)(i).
“Series A Preferred Contribution Amount” is equal to (a) the Stated Value (as defined by the Securities Purchase Agreement) multiplied by the number of shares of purchased preferred stock as determined under the Securities Purchase Agreement less (b) the amount in clause (a) that is properly allocated to the purchase of the Investor Warrants pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.
“Series A Preferred Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06(c).
“Series A Preferred Stock” means the shares of 10.0% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporation.
“Series A Preferred Units” means a Unit designated as a “Series A Preferred Unit” and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to the Series A Preferred Units in this Agreement.
“Share Settlement” means a number of shares of Class A Common Stock (together with any Corresponding Rights) equal to the number of Redeemed Units.
“Stock Exchange” means the Nasdaq Stock Market.
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“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or business entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, (b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of the voting interests thereof are at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, (c) in any case, such Person controls the management thereof, or (d) such business entity is a variable interest entity of that Person. For purposes hereof, references to a “Subsidiary” of the Company shall be given effect only at such times that the Company has one or more Subsidiaries, and, unless otherwise indicated, the term “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, “Subsidiaries” of the Company shall include any and all of the Company’s direct and indirect, greater than fifty percent (50%) owned joint ventures.
“Substituted Member” means a Person that is admitted as a Member to the Company pursuant to Section 12.01.
“Tax Distributions” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b)(i).
“Tax Receivable Agreement” means that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Corporation and the Company, on the one hand, and the Members (as such term is defined in the Tax Receivable Agreement) party thereto, on the other hand (together with any joinder thereto from time to time by any successor or assign to any party to such agreement).
“Taxable Year” means the Company’s accounting period for U.S. federal income tax purposes determined pursuant to Section 9.02.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the Stock Exchange or such other principal United States securities exchange on which the on which the Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business (unless such trading shall have been suspended for the entire day).
“Trading Market” means the Stock Exchange, or if the Class A Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on the Stock Exchange, any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Class A Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Transaction Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Transfer” (and, with a correlative meaning, “Transferring”) means any sale, transfer, assignment, redemption, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of (whether directly or indirectly, whether with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of Law) (a) any interest (legal or beneficial) in any Equity Securities of the Company or (b) any equity or other interest (legal or beneficial) in any Member if substantially all of the assets of such Member consist solely of Units.
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“Treasury Regulations” means the final, temporary and (to the extent they can be relied upon) proposed regulations under the Code, as promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as in effect for the relevant taxable period.
“Unit” means the fractional interest of a Member in Net Profits and Net Losses (or items thereof) and Distributions of the Company, and otherwise having the rights and obligations specified with respect to “Units” in this Agreement, including, but not limited to Common Units, Series A Preferred Units and Unvested Earn Out Units; provided, however, that any class or group of Units issued, including the Common Units and Unvested Earn Out Units, shall have the relative rights, powers and duties set forth in this Agreement applicable to such class or group of Units.
“Unrealized Gain” attributable to any item of Company property means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the Fair Market Value of such property as of such date (as determined under clause (c) of the definition of Book Value over (b) the Book Value of such property as of such date (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to clause (b) of the definition Book Value as of such date.
“Unrealized Loss” attributable to any item of Company property means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the Book Value of such property as of such date (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Book Value as of such date) over (b) the Fair Market Value of such property as of such date (as determined under clause (c) of the definition of Book Value).
“Unvested Earn Out Units” means a Unit designated as a “Common Unit” and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to the Unvested Earn Out Units in this Agreement.
“Upstairs Warrants” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(f).
“Vesting Event I” shall occur if, within the Vesting Period, the Company is awarded the OMES III Contract by NASA.
“Vesting Event II-A” shall occur if, within the Vesting Period, Vesting Event I has occurred and the Common Share Price of the Class A Common Stock is greater than or equal to
$15.00 per share.
“Vesting Event II-B” shall occur if, within the Vesting Period, Vesting Event I has not occurred and the Common Share Price of the Class A Common Stock is greater than or equal to $15.00 per share.
“Vesting Event III” shall occur if, within the Vesting Period, the Common Share Price of the Class A Common Stock is greater than or equal to $17.50 per share.
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“Vesting Events” means Vesting Event I, Vesting Event II-A, Vesting Event II-B and Vesting Event III.
“Vesting Period” means (i) with respect to Vesting Event I, the time period beginning on the date hereof and ending on 11:59 pm ET on December 31, 2023 and, (ii) with respect to Vesting Event II-A, Vesting Event II-B and Vesting Event III, the time period beginning on the date that is one hundred fifty (150) days following the Closing Date and ending on the date that is the five (5) year anniversary of the Closing Date (inclusive of the first and last day of such period).
“Voting Securities” of any Person means the capital stock or other Equity Securities of such Person normally entitled to vote in the election of directors or comparable governing body of such Person.
“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Class A Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Class A Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Class A Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (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 Class A Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Class A Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Class A 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 Class A Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Class A Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Corporation, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Corporation.
“Warrant Agreements” means warrant agreements between the Corporation and the Company, dated as of the date hereof, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will issue Common Warrants and Investor Warrants to the Corporation.
“Warrants” means the Common Warrants and the Investor Warrants.
ARTICLE II.
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
Section 2.01 Formation and Re-Domiciliation of Company. The Company was formed on October 17, 2013 pursuant to the provisions of the TBOC. The Company was re-domiciled to Delaware on February 10, 2023 pursuant to the provisions of the TBOC and the Delaware Act.
Section 2.02 Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement. The Members hereby execute this Agreement for the purpose of amending, restating and superseding the A&R LLC Agreement in its entirety and otherwise establishing the affairs of the Company and the conduct of its business in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Act. The Members hereby agree that, during the term of the Company set forth in Section 2.06, the rights and obligations of the Members with respect to the Company will be determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Delaware Act. No provision of this Agreement shall be in violation of the Delaware Act and to the extent any provision of this Agreement is in violation of the Delaware Act, such provision shall be void and of no effect to the extent of such violation without affecting the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement. Neither any Member nor the Manager nor any other Person shall have appraisal rights with respect to any Units.
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Section 2.03 Name. The name of the Company is “Intuitive Machines, LLC”. The Manager in its sole discretion may change the name of the Company at any time and from time to time. Notification of any such change shall be given to all of the Members. The Company’s business may be conducted under its name and/or any other name or names deemed advisable by the Manager.
Section 2.04 Purpose; Powers. The primary business and purpose of the Company shall be to engage in such lawful acts or activities as are permitted under the Delaware Act. The Company shall have the power and authority to take (directly or indirectly through its Subsidiaries) any and all actions and engage in any and all activities necessary, appropriate, desirable, advisable, ancillary or incidental to accomplish the foregoing purpose.
Section 2.05 Principal Office; Registered Office. The principal office of the Company shall be located at such place or places as the Manager may from time to time designate, each of which may be within or outside the State of Delaware. The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be c/o Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, Delaware, 19808, and the registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware at such registered office shall be Corporation Service Company. The Manager may from time to time change the Company’s registered agent and registered office in the State of Delaware.
Section 2.06 Term. The term of the Company commenced upon the filing of the Certificate of Formation of the Company with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas in accordance with the TBOC and shall continue in perpetuity unless dissolved in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV.
Section 2.07 No State-Law Partnership. The Members intend that the Company not be a partnership (including, without limitation, a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no Member be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member by virtue of this Agreement, for any purposes other than as set forth in the last sentence of this Section 2.07, and neither this Agreement nor any other document entered into by the Company or any Member relating to the subject matter hereof shall be construed to suggest otherwise. The Members intend that the Company shall be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal and, if applicable, state or local income tax purposes, and that each Member and the Company shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with such treatment.
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Section 2.08 Liability. Except as otherwise provided by the Delaware Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Member shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member.
ARTICLE III.