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Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On December 5, 2024, Intuitive Machines, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the previously announced underwritten public offering of 10,952,381 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”) at a price to the public of $10.50 per share (the “Offering”), which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 1,275,714 shares of Class A Common Stock from the Company and 152,857 shares of Class A Common Stock from the selling stockholder. The net proceeds to the Company from the Offering and concurrent private placement, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions but before offering expenses payable by the Company, were approximately $116.87 million.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds it received from the Offering and the concurrent private placement, together with its existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investment balance, to acquire an equivalent number of newly-issued common units of Intuitive Machines, LLC (“Intuitive Machines OpCo”) from Intuitive Machines OpCo, which Intuitive Machines OpCo will in turn use for general corporate purposes, including operations, research and development and potential mergers and acquisitions. The Company did not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the 152,857 shares of Class A Common Stock sold by the selling stockholder. The Company has paid the costs associated with the sale of such shares, other than the underwriting discounts and commissions payable by the selling stockholder.
In connection with the Offering, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement, dated as of December 3, 2024 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, Intuitive Machines OpCo, the selling stockholder and BofA Securities, Inc., Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Barclays Capital Inc. and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”). The offer and sale of the shares of Class A Common Stock sold in the Offering were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-278288) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which was declared effective on April 3, 2024, and the prospectus included therein. A preliminary prospectus supplement, dated December 3, 2024, was filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and a final prospectus supplement, dated December 3, 2024, was filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on December 4, 2024.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company, Intuitive Machines OpCo and the selling stockholder, customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company, Intuitive Machines OpCo and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act, other obligations of the parties, and termination provisions. The representations, warranties, and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates and were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement.
The above description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be a complete summary of and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
The opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP relating to the legality of the offer and sale of the Class A Common Stock in the Offering is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
The press release related to the pricing of the Offering and the private placement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits |
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.
INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Pete McGrath | |
Name: | Pete McGrath | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President |
Date: December 5, 2024
Exhibit 1.1
INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
9,523,810 Shares of Class A Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated: December 3, 2024
INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
9,523,810 Shares of Class A Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
December 3, 2024
BofA Securities, Inc.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
Barclays Capital Inc.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o BofA Securities, Inc.
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036
c/o Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
110 East 59th Street, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10022
c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
c/o Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700
San Francisco, California 94104
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Intuitive Machines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the persons listed in Schedule B hereto (the Selling Stockholder), confirm their respective agreements with BofA Securities, Inc. (BofA), Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (Cantor), Barclays Capital Inc. (Barclays) and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (Stifel) and each of the other underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the Underwriters, which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom BofA, Cantor, Barclays and Stifel are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the Representatives), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the Class A Common Stock and together with the Companys Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and the Companys Class C common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, the Common Stock) set forth in Schedules A and B hereto and (ii) the grant by the Company and the Selling Stockholder, acting severally and not jointly,
to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 1,428,571 additional shares of Class A Common Stock, of which up to 1,275,714 shares of Class A Common Stock are to be sold by the Company and up to 152,857 shares of Class A Common Stock are to be sold by the Selling Stockholder, in the respective numbers of shares of Class A Common Stock set forth in Schedule B. The aforesaid 9,523,810 shares of Class A Common Stock (the Initial Securities) to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the 1,428,571 shares of Class A Common Stock subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the Option Securities) are herein called, collectively, the Securities.
The Company is a holding company with its principal asset being its equity ownership interest in Intuitive Machines, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Operating Company and, together with the Company, the Intuitive Machines Parties).
The Intuitive Machines Parties and the Selling Stockholder understand that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this underwriting agreement (this Agreement) has been executed and delivered.
The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-278288), including the related prospectus, covering the public offering and sale of certain securities, including the Securities, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the 1933 Act Regulations), which shelf registration statement has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, as of any time, means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto at such time, including the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 430B) and is referred to herein as the Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Registration Statement without reference to a time means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto as of the time of the first contract of sale for the Securities, which time shall be considered the new effective date of such registration statement with respect to the Securities within the meaning of paragraph (f)(2) of Rule 430B, including the exhibits and schedules thereto as of such time, the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to Rule 430B. Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is referred to herein as the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and, after such filing, the term Registration Statement shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Each preliminary prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, are collectively referred to herein as a preliminary prospectus. Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a final prospectus relating to the Securities in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 424(b)). The final prospectus, in the form first furnished or made available to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, are collectively referred to herein as the Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (or any successor system)(EDGAR).
As used in this Agreement:
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Applicable Time means 7:50 P.M., New York City time, on December 3, 2024 or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representatives.
General Disclosure Package means the most recent preliminary prospectus (including any documents incorporated therein by reference) that is distributed to investors prior to the Applicable Time and the information included on Schedule C hereto, all considered together.
Testing-the-Waters Communication means any oral or written communication with potential investors in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities undertaken in reliance on either Section 5(d) of the 1933 Act or Rule 163B thereunder.
Written Testing-the-Waters Communication means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is contained, included or stated (or other references of like import) in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act), and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the 1934 Act Regulations), which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, at or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Intuitive Machines Parties. Each Intuitive Machines Party, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, the Closing Time (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery (as defined below), and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(i) Registration Statement and Prospectuses. The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the 1933 Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Intuitive Machines Parties, contemplated. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information.
Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time of its effectiveness, and at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the 1933 Act Regulations, the Applicable Time, the Closing Time and any Date of Delivery complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and any
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amendment or supplement thereto, at the time each was filed with the Commission, and, in each case, at the Applicable Time, the Closing Time and any Date of Delivery complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was or will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the 1934 Act Regulations).
(ii) Accurate Disclosure. Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its effective time, on the date hereof, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. At the Applicable Time, the Closing Time and any Date of Delivery, the General Disclosure Package did not include, does not include or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement became effective or when such documents incorporated by reference were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, when read together with the other information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, did not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished shall be the information in the first paragraph under the heading UnderwritingCommissions and Discounts, the information in the second, third and fourth paragraphs under the heading UnderwritingPrice Stabilization, Short Positions and the information under the heading UnderwritingElectronic Distribution in each case contained in the Prospectus (collectively, the Underwriter Information).
(iii) Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, prepared, used, made or referred to, and will not, directly or indirectly, prepare, use, make or refer to, any free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act), or a portion thereof, in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
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(iv) Testing-the-Waters Materials. The Company (A) has not engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication in connection with the offering of the Securities and (B) has not authorized anyone to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company has not distributed or approved for distribution any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications in connection with the offering of the Securities.
(v) Ineligible Issuer. The Company is an ineligible issuer in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the 1933 Act Regulations. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, offered or sold any Securities by means of any prospectus or used any prospectus (each within the meaning of the 1933 Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities, in each case other than the Registration Statement; the Company has not, directly or indirectly, prepared, used or referred to, and will not, directly or indirectly, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus, as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act, in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities; and the Company was and is an ineligible issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) as of the time of filing the Registration Statement and as of the time of each sale of the Securities in connection with the offering of the Securities.
(vi) Emerging Growth Company Status. From the time of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly or through any individual or entity (Person) authorized to act on its behalf in any Testing-the-Waters Communication) through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an emerging growth company, as defined in Section 2(a) of the 1933 Act (an Emerging Growth Company).
(vii) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(viii) Financial Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures. The financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Intuitive Machines Parties and their consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Intuitive Machines Parties and their consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The summary financial information included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or incorporated by reference therein, regarding non-GAAP financial measures (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
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(ix) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as otherwise stated therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Intuitive Machines Parties and their subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a Material Adverse Effect), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Intuitive Machines Parties and their subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by any Intuitive Machines Party on any class of its capital stock.
(x) Good Standing of the Intuitive Machines Parties. Each of the Intuitive Machines Parties has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform their respective obligations under this Agreement; and each Intuitive Machines Party is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xi) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each significant subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) of each Intuitive Machines Party (each, a Subsidiary and, collectively, the Subsidiaries) has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the applicable Intuitive Machines Party, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary were issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are (A) the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement and (B) certain other subsidiaries which, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, do not constitute a significant subsidiary as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.
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(xii) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus). The outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Intuitive Machines Party, including the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Selling Stockholder, have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of any Intuitive Machines Party, including the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Selling Stockholder, were issued in violation of any preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(xiii) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Intuitive Machines Party.
(xiv) Authorization and Description of Securities. The Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable; and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. The Common Stock conforms in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. No holder of Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.
(xv) Registration Rights. There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Intuitive Machines Parties under the 1933 Act pursuant to this Agreement, other than those rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and have been waived or complied with.
(xvi) Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Intuitive Machines Parties nor any of their subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its charter, by-laws or similar organizational document, (B) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries is subject (collectively, Agreements and Instruments), except for such defaults that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, national, state, local or other governmental or regulatory authority, agency (including, but not limited to, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (the DoD)) or body, court, arbitrator, or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction over any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or operations (each, a Governmental Entity), except for such violations that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be
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expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described therein under the caption Use of Proceeds) and compliance by each Intuitive Machines Party with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, by-laws or similar organizational document of any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries or any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity, except for such violations that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, a Repayment Event means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holders behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries.
(xvii) Absence of Labor Dispute. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as otherwise would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, no labor dispute with the employees of any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of any Intuitive Machines Party, is imminent, and neither the Intuitive Machines Parties nor any of their subsidiaries are aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors.
(xviii) Absence of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as otherwise would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity (including, without limitation, NASA and the DoD) now pending or, to the knowledge of the Intuitive Machines Parties, threatened, against or affecting any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries, which would adversely affect their respective properties or assets or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Intuitive Machines Parties of their obligations hereunder; and the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental actions, suits, inquiries, investigations or proceedings to which any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their respective properties or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xix) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required.
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(xx) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity is necessary or required for the performance by the Intuitive Machines Parties of their obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the rules of The Nasdaq Global Select Market (Nasdaq), state securities laws or the rules of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA).
(xxi) Possession of Licenses and Permits. Each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, clearances, certificates, consents and other authorizations issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them (including, without limitation, all such permits, licenses, approvals, clearances, certificates, consents and other authorizations required by NASA and the DoD or any other federal, state, local or foreign agencies or bodies engaged in the regulation of activities related to the business operated by each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries) (collectively, Governmental Licenses), except where the failure to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure to comply with such terms and conditions would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Intuitive Machines Parties nor any of their subsidiaries have received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxii) Title to Property. Each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property owned by them and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A) are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (B) except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as otherwise would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, all of the leases under which any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries holds properties described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Intuitive Machines Parties nor any of their subsidiaries have received any notice of any claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of such Intuitive Machines Pary or any of their subsidiaries to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
(xxiii) Possession of Intellectual Property. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as otherwise would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, data, software, know-how
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(including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, Intellectual Property) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them and proposed to be operated by them, (B) each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of such Intuitive Machines Party, any counterparties thereto are not in breach of any license agreements to which such Intuitive Machines Party or its subsidiaries is a party, (C) the operation of the business of each Intuitive Machines Party does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any rights in Intellectual Property of any third party and (D) neither Intuitive Machines Party nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Intuitive Machines Parties or any of their subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy.
(xxiv) Environmental Laws. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as otherwise would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Intuitive Machines Parties nor any of their subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of health and safety (including occupational health and safety), sustainability, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), natural resources or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of, or exposure to, chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, radioactive substances, petroleum, petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, greenhouse gases or mold (collectively, Hazardous Materials) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, discharge, emission or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, Environmental Laws), (B) each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries have all permits, licenses, authorizations, registrations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, notices of liability, fines, penalties, investigations or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law or Hazardous Materials against any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.
(xxv) Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls. Each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rules 13-a15 and 15d-15 under the 1934 Act Regulations) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
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differences; and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Companys most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weaknesses in the Intuitive Machines Parties internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Intuitive Machines Parties internal control over financial reporting that has materially and adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect, the Intuitive Machines Parties internal control over financial reporting. Each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the 1934 Act Regulations) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Companys management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
(xxvi) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(xxvii) Payment of Taxes. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as otherwise would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) all United States federal, state, local and non-U.S. income tax returns of each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all taxes (whether or not shown on such returns), which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP by the Intuitive Machines Parties, (B) each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable federal, state, local, foreign or other law, and has paid all taxes (whether or not shown on such returns), except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by such Intuitive Machines Party and (C) the charges, accruals and reserves on the books of each Intuitive Machines Party in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional income tax for any years not finally determined.
(xxviii) Insurance. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as otherwise would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) the Intuitive Machines Parties and their subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect, (B) the Intuitive Machines Parties have no reason to believe that they or any of their subsidiaries will not be able (i) to renew their existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct their business as now conducted and (C) neither the Intuitive Machines Parties nor any of their subsidiaries have been denied any insurance coverage which they have sought or for which they have applied.
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(xxix) Investment Company Act. Neither Intuitive Machines Party is required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be required, to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act).
(xxx) Absence of Manipulation. Neither the Intuitive Machines Parties nor any of their affiliates have taken, nor will the Intuitive Machines Parties or any of their affiliates take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed, or would be expected, to cause or result in, or which constitutes, the unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or to result in a violation of Regulation M under the 1934 Act.
(xxxi) Anti-Corruption Laws. None of the Intuitive Machines Parties, any of their subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Intuitive Machines Parties, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Intuitive Machines Parties or their subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the FCPA), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any foreign official (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA. Each Intuitive Machines Party and, to the knowledge of such Intuitive Machines Party, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintained and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws. Neither Intuitive Machines Party nor any of their subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of such Intuitive Machines Party, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of such Intuitive Machines Party or any of its subsidiaries has (A) violated or is in violation of or committed an offense under any provision of the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law or (B) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise, or authorization of the direct or indirect payment of any money benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of any applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law. Neither the Intuitive Machines Parties nor their subsidiaries will use, directly or knowingly indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
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(xxxii) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries with respect to any Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of such Intuitive Machines Party, threatened.
(xxxiii) OFAC. None of the Intuitive Machines Parties, any of their subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Intuitive Machines Parties, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or representative of the Intuitive Machines Parties or any of their subsidiaries is a Person, or is owned or controlled by one or more Persons, currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majestys Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions), nor are the Intuitive Machines Parties located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the Crimea Region, the so-called Donetsk Peoples Republic, the so-called Luhansk Peoples Republic and the non-government controlled areas of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson (each, a Sanctioned Territory); and each Intuitive Machines Party will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions or a Sanctioned Territory or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
(xxxiv) Lending Relationship. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Intuitive Machines Parties (i) do not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Underwriter and (ii) do not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter.
(xxxv) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Intuitive Machines Parties believe, after reasonable inquiry, to be reliable and accurate and, to the extent required, the Intuitive Machines Parties have obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.
(xxxvi) Cybersecurity and Data Protection. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as otherwise would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) There has been no security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise of, or relating to any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data and databases (including the data and information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained, processed or stored by any Intuitive Machines Party and any of their subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of any Intuitive Machines Party and any of their subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, IT Systems and Data): (B) neither the Intuitive Machines Parties nor their subsidiaries have been notified of, and each of them have no knowledge of any event or condition that could result in, any security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data;
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(C) neither the Intuitive Machines Parties, their subsidiaries, nor any third party acting at their direction or authorization has paid any perpetrator of any actual or threatened security breach or incident or cyber-attack, including, but not limited to a ransomware attack or a denial-of-service attack; and (D) each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries have implemented appropriate controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of their IT Systems and Data reasonably consistent with industry standards and practices, or as required by applicable regulatory standards. Each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries are presently, and for the past four years have been, in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as otherwise would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, no Intuitive Machines Party has received notice of any complaint, audit, proceeding, investigation, or claim against any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries initiated by any Person alleging that any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries practice is in violation of any privacy or information security laws; nor is any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries subject to any order, judgement, or consent decree due to any of its privacy or information security practices.
(xxxvii) No Rated Securities. Neither Intuitive Machines Party nor its subsidiaries have any debt securities or preferred stock that are rated by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act).
(xxxviii) ERISA Compliance. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as otherwise would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) each Intuitive Machines Party and its subsidiaries and any Employee Benefit Plan (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations promulgated thereunder (collectively, ERISA)) for which each Intuitive Machines Party, its subsidiaries or its or their ERISA Affiliates (as defined below) could reasonably be expected to have any liability (each, a Plan) are in compliance with ERISA and each Plan has been established and maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to, ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the Code); (B) no reportable event (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Plan; (C) no Plan, if such Plan were terminated, would have any amount of unfunded benefit liabilities (as defined under ERISA), as the fair market value of the assets under each Plan (excluding for these purposes accrued but unpaid contributions) exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (D) neither the Intuitive Machines Parties, any of their subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates have incurred or reasonably expects to incur any obligation or liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any Plan, (ii) Sections 412 and 430, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code or (iii) Sections 302 and 303, 406, 4063 and 4064 of ERISA; (E) each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and, nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification; (F) there is no pending audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other Governmental Entity with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in
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liability to any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries; and (G) neither the Intuitive Machines Parties nor any of their subsidiaries have any accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106). ERISA Affiliate means, with respect to each Intuitive Machines Party, any member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code of which any Intuitive Machines Party or its subsidiaries are a member.
(b) Representations and Warranties by the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time, as of the Closing Time and, if the Selling Stockholder is selling Option Securities on a Date of Delivery, as of each such Date of Delivery, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(i) Accurate Disclosure. Neither the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package nor the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 1(b)(i) apply only to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Selling Stockholder furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (the Selling Stockholder Information); the Selling Stockholder is not prompted to sell the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder by any information concerning any Intuitive Machines Party or any of their subsidiaries which is not set forth in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
(ii) Authorization of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholder.
(iii) Noncontravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the sale and delivery of the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and compliance by the Selling Stockholder with its obligations hereunder do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any tax, lien, charge or encumbrance upon the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder or any property or assets of the Selling Stockholder pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, license, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Selling Stockholder is a party or by which the Selling Stockholder may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Selling Stockholder is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or other organizational instrument of the Selling Stockholder, if applicable, or any applicable treaty, law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Selling Stockholder or any of its properties.
(v) Valid Title. The Selling Stockholder has, and at the Closing Time and any Date of Delivery will have, valid title to the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter into this Agreement and to sell, transfer and deliver the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder or a valid security entitlement in respect of such Securities.
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(vi) Delivery of Securities. Upon payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder pursuant to this Agreement, delivery of such Securities, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede & Co. (Cede) or such other nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company (DTC), registration of such Securities in the name of Cede or such other nominee, and the crediting of such Securities on the books of DTC to securities accounts (within the meaning of Section 8-501(a) of the UCC) of the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any such Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim, within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the Uniform Commercial Code then in effect in the State of New York (UCC), to such Securities), (A) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Securities and (B) no action (whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory) based on any adverse claim, within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Securities may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement; for purposes of this representation, the Selling Stockholder may assume that when such payment, delivery (if necessary) and crediting occur, (I) such Securities will have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Companys share registry in accordance with its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (II) DTC will be registered as a clearing corporation, within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, (III) appropriate entries to the accounts of the several Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC, (IV) to the extent DTC, or any other securities intermediary which acts as clearing corporation with respect to the Securities, maintains any financial asset (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC in a clearing corporation pursuant to Section 8-111 of the UCC, the rules of such clearing corporation may affect the rights of DTC or such securities intermediaries and the ownership interest of the Underwriters, (V) claims of creditors of DTC or any other securities intermediary or clearing corporation may be given priority to the extent set forth in Section 8-511(b) and 8-511(c) of the UCC and (VI) if at any time DTC or other securities intermediary does not have sufficient Securities to satisfy claims of all of its entitlement holders with respect thereto then all holders will share pro rata in the Securities then held by DTC or such securities intermediary.
(vii) Absence of Manipulation. The Selling Stockholder has not taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which constituted or would be expected to cause or result in the unlawful stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of any Intuitive Machines Party to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(viii) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, qualification or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency, domestic or foreign, is necessary or required for the performance by the Selling Stockholder of its obligations hereunder, or in connection with the sale and delivery of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations, the rules of Nasdaq, state securities laws or the rules of FINRA.
(ix) No Registration or Other Similar Rights. The Selling Stockholder does not have any registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale by the Company under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement.
(x) No Free Writing Prospectuses. The Selling Stockholder has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, any free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) and has not distributed any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.
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(xi) Anti-Corruption Laws / Money Laundering Laws / OFAC. The Selling Stockholder will not directly or knowingly indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, (i) to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions or (ii) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment or giving of any money or anything of value to any Person in contravention of all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws or any Money Laundering Laws.
(xii) Taxes. The Selling Stockholder represents and warrants that it is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
(xiii) No Association with FINRA. Neither the Selling Stockholder nor any of his affiliates directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with any member firm of FINRA or is a person associated with a member (within the meaning of the FINRA By-Laws) of FINRA.
(c) Officers Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Intuitive Machines Parties or any of their subsidiaries and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such Intuitive Machines Party or subsidiary to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby; and any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Selling Stockholder as such and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Selling Stockholder to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at the price per share set forth in Schedule A, that proportion of the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule B opposite the name of the Company which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject, in each case, to such adjustments among the Underwriters as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
(b) Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and the Selling Stockholder, acting severally and not jointly, hereby grant an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional 1,428,571 shares of Class A Common Stock, of which up to 1,275,714 shares of Class A Common Stock are to be sold by the Company and up to 152,857 shares of Class A Common Stock are to be sold by the Selling Stockholder, as set forth in Schedule B, at the price per share set forth in Schedule A, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities.
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The option hereby granted may be exercised for 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time upon notice by the Representatives to the Company and the Selling Stockholder setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (a Date of Delivery) shall be determined by the Representatives, but shall not be later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject, in each case, to such adjustments as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
(c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates or security entitlements for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of DLA Piper LLP (US), 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the first (second, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (New York City time) on any given day) business day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the Closing Time).
In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates or security entitlements for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representatives to the Company and the Selling Stockholder.
Payment shall be made to the Company and the Selling Stockholder by wire transfer of immediately available funds to bank accounts designated by (i) the Company, with respect to Securities to be sold by the Company and (ii) the Selling Stockholder , with respect to Securities to be sold by the Selling Stockholder, as the case may be, against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates or security entitlements for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. Each of the Representatives, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities or the Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company and the Selling Stockholder. The Company and the Selling Stockholder covenant with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, and will notify the Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein or for additional information,
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(iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect all filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. The Company has paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(a) under the 1933 Act Regulations.
(b) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (Rule 172), would be) required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A) give the Representatives notice of such event, (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representatives with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall object. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time. The Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
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therein) and conformed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
(f) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(g) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under Use of Proceeds.
(h) Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Securities on Nasdaq.
(i) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 75 days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of BofA, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or file or confidentially submit any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing, (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise or (iii) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing described in clauses (i) and (ii) above. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B) any shares of Common Stock issued and sold pursuant to the concurrent private placement referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
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(C) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (D) any shares of Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (E) any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or dividend reinvestment plan referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(j) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when a Prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and 1934 Act Regulations. Additionally, the Company shall report the use of proceeds from the issuance of the Securities as may be required under Rule 463 under the 1933 Act.
(k) Free Writing Prospectuses. Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholder agrees that it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a free writing prospectus, (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 (i) so long as the Company remains an ineligible issuer or (ii) unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, if the Company ceases to be an ineligible issuer.
(l) Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners. The Selling Stockholder will deliver to the Representatives, on the date of execution of this Agreement, a properly completed and executed Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers, together with copies of identifying documentation, and the Selling Stockholder undertakes to provide such additional supporting documentation as the Representatives may reasonably request in connection with the verification of the foregoing certification.
(m) [Reserved].
(n) Emerging Growth Company Status. The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the 1933 Act and (ii) completion of the 75-day restricted period referred to in Section 3(i).
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Expenses. The Company and the Selling Stockholder will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates or security entitlements for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Companys counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(e) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement
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thereto, (vi) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any road show undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show, (viii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, provided that the amount payable pursuant to this clause (viii) and clause (v) shall not exceed $25,000 in the aggregate and (ix) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on The Nasdaq Global Market.
(b) Expenses of the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder will pay all expenses incident to the performance of their respective obligations under, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, including (i) any stamp and other duties and stock and other transfer taxes, if any, payable upon the sale of the Securities to the Underwriters and their transfer between the Underwriters pursuant to an agreement between such Underwriters, and (ii) the fees and disbursements of their respective counsel and other advisors.
(c) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Section 9(a)(i) or (iii) or Section 10 hereof, the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.
(d) Allocation of Expenses. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement that the Company and the Selling Stockholder may make for the sharing of such costs and expenses.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations. The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Intuitive Machines Parties and the Selling Stockholder contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the Intuitive Machines Parties or any of their subsidiaries or on behalf of the Selling Stockholder delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Intuitive Machines Parties and the Selling Stockholder of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective and, at the Closing Time, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Intuitive Machines Parties, contemplated; and the Intuitive Machines Parties have complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information.
(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Time, of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Stockholder. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholder, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters.
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(d) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Time, of DLA Piper LLP (US), counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.
(e) Officers Certificate. At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Intuitive Machines Parties and their subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of each Intuitive Machines Party, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties of each Intuitive Machines Party in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) each Intuitive Machines Party has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been issued, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated.
(f) Certificate of Selling Stockholder. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the Selling Stockholder, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time and (ii) the Selling Stockholder has complied with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be performed under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Time.
(g) Accountants Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from Grant Thornton LLP a letter, dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(h) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received from Grant Thornton LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.
(i) Listing. The Company shall have filed a Notification: Listing of the Securities with Nasdaq and shall have received no objection thereto.
(j) No Objection. FINRA has confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements relating to the offering of the Securities.
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(k) Lock-up Agreements. At the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto signed by the persons listed on Schedule D hereto.
(l) Chief Financial Officers Certificate. On the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received from the Company a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer with respect to certain financial data contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, which certificate shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Representatives.
(m) Maintenance of Rating. Neither the Intuitive Machines Parties nor any of their subsidiaries have any debt securities or preferred stock that are rated by any nationally recognized statistical rating agency (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act).
(n) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Intuitive Machines Parties and the Selling Stockholder contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Intuitive Machines Parties, any of their subsidiaries and the Selling Stockholder hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representatives shall have received:
(i) Officers Certificate. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of each Intuitive Machines Party confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(ii) Certificate of Selling Stockholder. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the Selling Stockholder confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(f) remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Company. If requested by the Representatives, the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof.
(iv) Opinion of Counsel for the Selling Stockholder. If requested by the Representatives, the favorable opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholder, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof.
(v) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. If requested by the Representatives, the favorable opinion and negative assurance letter of DLA Piper LLP (US), counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(d) hereof.
(vi) Bring-down Comfort Letter. If requested by the Representatives, a letter from Grant Thornton LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Representatives pursuant to Section 5(g) hereof, except that the specified date in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.
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(o) Chief Financial Officers Certificate. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(l) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(p) Additional Documents. At the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery (if any) counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Intuitive Machines Parties and the Selling Stockholder in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.
(q) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholder at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Intuitive Machines Parties, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its officers, directors and affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an Affiliate)), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included (A) in any preliminary prospectus, any free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act), any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or (B) in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities (Marketing Materials), including any roadshow or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or the omission or alleged omission in any preliminary prospectus, any free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act), any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, Prospectus or in any Marketing Materials of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
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(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(e) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company and the Selling Stockholder;
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
(b) Indemnification of Underwriters by the Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its Affiliates and selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the extent and in the manner set forth in clauses (a)(i), (ii) and (iii) above; provided that the Selling Stockholder shall be liable only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Selling Stockholder Information; provided, further, that the liability under this subsection of the Selling Stockholder shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, to the Selling Stockholder from the sale of Securities sold by the Selling Stockholder hereunder.
(c) Indemnification of the Intuitive Machines Parties, Directors and Officers and Selling Stockholder. Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Intuitive Machines Party, each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and the Selling Stockholder against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
(d) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have
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otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) and 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representatives, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(c) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(e) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
(f) Other Agreements with Respect to Indemnification. The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement among the Company and the Selling Stockholder with respect to indemnification.
SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Intuitive Machines Parties and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Intuitive Machines Parties and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Intuitive Machines Parties and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Intuitive Machines Parties and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.
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The relative fault of the Intuitive Machines Parties and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Intuitive Machines Parties or the Selling Stockholder or by the Underwriters and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Intuitive Machines Parties, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in connection with the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriters Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls any Intuitive Machines Party within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Intuitive Machines Party, as the case may be. The Underwriters respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.
The provisions of this Section shall not affect any agreement among the Intuitive Machines Parties and the Selling Stockholder with respect to contribution.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Intuitive Machines Parties or any of their subsidiaries or the Selling Stockholder submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors, any person controlling any Intuitive Machines Party or any Intuitive Machines Partys officers or directors and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.
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SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.
(a) Termination. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company and the Selling Stockholder, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (i) if there has been, in the judgment of the Representatives, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Intuitive Machines Parties and their subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or Nasdaq, or (iv) if trading generally on the NYSE MKT or the New York Stock Exchange or on Nasdaq has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other Governmental Entity, or (v) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe, or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.
(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the Defaulted Securities), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(i) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(ii) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and the Company and the Selling Stockholder to sell, the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
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In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company and the Selling Stockholder to sell the relevant Option Securities, as the case may be, either (i) the Representatives or (ii) the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term Underwriter includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.
SECTION 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to BofA at One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Syndicate Department (email: dg.ecm_execution_services@bofa.com), with a copy to ECM Legal (email: dg.ecm_legal@bofa.com); to Cantor at 110 East 59th Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10022, Attention: Head of Equity Capital Markets (e-mail: notices-IBD@cantor.com), with a copy to counsel (e-mail: #Legal-IBD@cantor.com); to Barclays at 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Registration (fax: 646-834-8133); to Stifel at One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700, San Francisco, California 94104, Attention: Equity Capital Markets; and in each case with a copy to DLA Piper LLP (US), 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, Attention: Stephen P. Alicanti. Notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 3700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, Texas 77058, Attention: Stephen Altemus; with a copy to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 900 G Street, NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20001, Attention: William R. Golden. Notices to the Selling Stockholder shall be directed to Dr. Timothy Crain; with a copy to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 900 G Street, NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20001, Attention: William R. Golden.
SECTION 12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Stockholder, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, and does not constitute a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters, (b) in connection with the offering of the Securities and the process leading thereto, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or their respective equityholders, creditors or employees, or the Selling Stockholder or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the Selling Stockholder with respect to the offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company, any of its subsidiaries or the Selling Stockholder on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company or the Selling Stockholder with respect to the offering of the Securities except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of each of the Company and the Selling Stockholder, (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory, investment or tax advice with respect to the offering of the Securities and the Company and the Selling Stockholder has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate, and (f) none of the activities of the Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated herein constitutes a recommendation, investment advice or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters with respect to any entity or natural person.
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SECTION 13. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity (as defined below) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime (as defined below), the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
For purposes of this Section 13, a BHC Act Affiliate has the meaning assigned to the term affiliate in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). Covered Entity means any of the following: (i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. U.S. Special Resolution Regime means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 14. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, each Intuitive Machines Party and the Selling Stockholder and each of their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, each Intuitive Machines Party and the Selling Stockholder and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, each Intuitive Machines Party and the Selling Stockholder and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 15. Trial by Jury. Each Intuitive Machines Party (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates), the Selling Stockholder and each of the Underwriters 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 Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 16. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF, THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.
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SECTION 17. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted in (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the Specified Courts), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such partys address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
SECTION 18. TIME. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 19. Counterparts and Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same agreement. Electronic signatures complying with the New York Electronic Signatures and Records Act (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), as amended from time to time, or other applicable law will be deemed original signatures for purposes of this Agreement. Transmission by telecopy, electronic mail or other transmission method of an executed counterpart of this Agreement will constitute due and sufficient delivery of such counterpart.
SECTION 20. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to each Intuitive Machines Party and the Selling Stockholder a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters, each Intuitive Machines Party and the Selling Stockholder in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, | ||
INTUITIVE MACHINES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Stephen Altemus | |
Name: Stephen Altemus | ||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
INTUITIVE MACHINES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Stephen Altemus | |
Name: Stephen Altemus | ||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
The Selling Stockholder | ||
By: | /s/ Timothy Crain | |
Name: Dr. Timothy Crain |
Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, | ||
as of the date first above written: | ||
BOFA SECURITIES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Michael Pierre | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO. | ||
By: | /s/ Asif Ahmed | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Kimberly Nash | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED | ||
By: | /s/ Lewis Chia | |
Authorized Signatory |
For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.
Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement
SCHEDULE A
The public offering price per share for the Securities shall be $10.50.
The purchase price per share for the Securities to be paid by the several Underwriters shall be $9.89625, being an amount equal to the public offering price set forth above less $0.60375 per share, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 2(b) for dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities.
Name of Underwriter |
Number of Initial Securities |
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BofA Securities, Inc. |
2,697,655 | |||
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. |
2,060,027 | |||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
1,961,930 | |||
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated |
1,765,737 | |||
Roth Capital Partners, LLC |
500,000 | |||
B. Riley Securities, Inc. |
461,538 | |||
The Benchmark Company, LLC |
76,923 | |||
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Total |
9,523,810 | |||
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SCHEDULE B
Number of Initial Securities to be Sold |
Maximum Number of Option Securities to Be Sold |
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Intuitive Machines, Inc. |
9,523,810 | 1,275,714 | ||||||
Dr. Timothy Crain |
| 152,857 | ||||||
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Total |
9,523,810 | 1,428,571 | ||||||
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SCHEDULE C
Pricing Terms
1. | The Company is selling 9,523,810 shares of Class A Common Stock. |
2. | The Company and the Selling Stockholder have granted an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional 1,428,571 shares of Class A Common Stock, of which up to 1,275,714 shares of Class A Common Stock are to be sold by the Company and up to 152,857 shares of Class A Common Stock are to be sold by the Selling Stockholder. |
3. | The public offering price per share for the Securities shall be $10.50. |
Sch C - 1
SCHEDULE D
List of Persons and Entities Subject to Lock-up
Stephen Altemus
Michael Blitzer
Dr. Timothy P. Crain
Dr. Kamal Ghaffarian
Anna Chiara Jones
Lieutenant General (Ret.) William J. Liquori
Robert L. Masson
Peter McGrath
Nicole Seligman
Steven Vontur
Sch D - 1
EXHIBIT A
Form of Lock-Up Pursuant to Section 5(k)
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December 3, 2024
BofA Securities, Inc.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
Barclays Capital Inc.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
as Representatives of the several
Underwriters to be named in the
within-mentioned Underwriting Agreement
c/o | BofA Securities, Inc. |
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036
c/o | Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. |
110 East 59th Street, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10022
c/o | Barclays Capital Inc. |
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10020
c/o | Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated |
One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700
San Francisco, California 94104
Re: | Proposed Public Offering of Class A Common Stock by Intuitive Machines, Inc. |
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, a securityholder and/or an officer and/or a director, as applicable, of Intuitive Machines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), understands that BofA Securities, Inc. (BofA), Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Barclays Capital Inc. and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (collectively, the Representatives), as representatives of the several underwriters (the Underwriters), propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with the Company and the Selling Stockholder listed on Schedule B to the Underwriting Agreement providing for the public offering (the Public Offering) of shares of the Companys Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Common Stock), pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-278288). In recognition of the benefit that the Public Offering will confer upon the undersigned as a securityholder and/or an officer and/or a director, as applicable, of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each Underwriter to be named in the Underwriting Agreement that, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date that is seventy-five (75) days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the Lock-Up Period), the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of BofA (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (including, without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which may be deemed
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to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant) (collectively, the Lock-Up Securities), or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any of the Lock-Up Securities, or file, cause to be filed or cause to be confidentially submitted any registration statement in connection therewith, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) (ii) enter into any hedging, swap, loan or any other agreement or any transaction (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such hedging, swap, loan or transaction is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, or (iii) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing described in clauses (i) and (ii) above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of BofA (i) to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and (ii) as described below, provided that (1) except in the case of clause (ii) below, BofA receives a signed lock-up agreement in the form of this lock-up agreement for the balance of the Lock-Up Period from each donee, devisee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be, (2) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (3) such transfers are not required to be reported during the Lock-Up Period with the Commission on Form 4 or Form 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or, in the case of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (x) and (xi) below, any such required filing shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the filing relates to circumstances described in such a clause, and (4) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers:
(i) | as a bona fide gift or gifts, including, without limitation, to a charitable organization or educational institution, or for bona fide estate planning purposes; |
(ii) | by will, testamentary document or intestate succession to the legal representative, heir, beneficiary or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this lock-up agreement, immediate family of the undersigned shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, not more remote than first cousin of the undersigned); |
(iii) | by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order, divorce settlement, divorce decree or separation agreement; |
(iv) | pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency having jurisdiction over the undersigned; |
(v) | to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned are the legal and beneficial owner of all of the outstanding equity securities or similar interests; |
(vi) | to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (i) through (v) above; |
(vii) | to any immediate family member or any trust, partnership, limited liability company or other entity for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or one or more immediate family members of the undersigned, or if the undersigned is a trust, to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust; |
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(viii) | if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity, (A) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) of the undersigned, or to any investment fund or other entity controlling, controlled by, managing or managed by or under common control with the undersigned or affiliates of the undersigned (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where the undersigned is a partnership, to its general partner or a successor partnership or fund, or any other funds managed by such partnership), or (B) as part of a distribution to limited partners, limited liability company members or stockholders of the undersigned or holders of similar equity interests in the undersigned; |
(ix) | to the Company upon the undersigneds death, disability or termination of employment or other service relationship with the Company; provided that such shares of Common Stock were issued to the undersigned pursuant to an agreement or equity award granted pursuant to an employee benefit plan, option, warrant or other right disclosed in the prospectus for the Public Offering; |
(x) | to the Company pursuant to the exercise, in each case on a cashless or net exercise basis, of any option to purchase shares of Common Stock or other award granted by the Company pursuant to any employee benefit plans or arrangements of the Company outstanding at or prior to the Date of Delivery and referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as such terms are defined in the Underwriting Agreement, (each, an Incentive Plan); or |
(xi) | for the purpose of satisfying any withholding taxes (including estimated taxes) due as a result of the exercise of any option to purchase shares of Common Stock or the vesting of any awards granted by the Company pursuant to any Incentive Plan. |
Furthermore, the undersigned may:
(i) sell shares of Common Stock of the Company purchased by the undersigned on the open market following the Public Offering if and only if (A) such sales are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Commission or otherwise, and (B) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such sales;
(ii) sell or transfer Lock-Up Securities pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan that complies with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act that has been entered into by the undersigned prior to the date of this lock-up agreement; provided, however, that (A) any filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act made during the Lock-Up Period shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the filing relates to the circumstances described in this clause and (B) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any other public filings or report regarding such sales or transfers during the Lock-Up Period;
(iii) enter into a trading plan that complies with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, provided, however, that (A) transfers or sales of any Lock-Up Securities under any such trading plan may not occur during the Lock-Up Period, (B) the undersigned does not voluntarily make any public filing or announcement regarding the establishment or amendment of such plan during the Lock-Up Period and (C) to the extent a public filing or announcement is required to be made under the Exchange Act by or on behalf of the undersigned or the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, during the Lock-Up Period, such filing or announcement shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of Lock-Up Securities may be made under such plan during the Lock-Up Period; and
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(iv) convert or exercise outstanding warrants, convertible preferred stock or any other security convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock or warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock, provided, however, that (A) such shares of Common Stock or warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock shall be subject to restrictions applicable to Lock-Up Securities under this agreement, (B) any filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act made during the Lock-Up Period shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the filing relates to the circumstances described in this clause, that no shares were sold by the reporting person and that the shares received upon conversion are subject to a lock-up agreement and (C) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any other public filings or report regarding such sales or transfers during the Lock-Up Period.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters have neither provided any recommendation or investment advice nor solicited any action from the undersigned with respect to the Public Offering of the Common Stock and the undersigned has consulted their own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent deemed appropriate. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that, although the Underwriters may be required or choose to provide certain Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS disclosures to you in connection with the Public Offering, the Underwriters are not making a recommendation to you to enter into this lock-up agreement and nothing set forth in such disclosures is intended to suggest that any Underwriter is making such a recommendation.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power, capacity and authority to enter into this lock-up agreement. The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon the lock-up agreement in proceeding toward the consummation of the Public Offering. The undersigned further understands that this lock-up agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigneds heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Companys transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
In the event that a Representative withdraws or is terminated from, or declines to participate in, the Public Offering, all references in this lock-up agreement to the Representatives shall refer to the remaining Representatives. If all Representatives withdraw, are terminated from or decline to participate in the Public Offering, all references in this lock-up agreement to the Representatives shall refer to the lead left book runner in the Public Offering (Replacement Entity), and in such event, any written consent, waiver or notice given or delivered in connection with this lock-up agreement by or to such Replacement Entity shall be deemed to be sufficient and effective for all purposes under this lock-up agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this lock-up agreement will automatically terminate and the undersigned will be released from all of their or its obligations hereunder upon the earliest to occur, if any, of the following: (i) prior to the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company advises the Representatives or the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, advise the Company, in each case in writing, that they have determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, (ii) the Underwriting Agreement is executed but is terminated (other than with respect to the provisions thereof which survive termination) prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, (iii) the date that the Company withdraws the registration statement relating to the Public Offering or (iv) the execution of the Underwriting Agreement in connection with the Public Offering shall not have occurred on or before December 31, 2024.
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This lock-up agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
This lock-up agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same lock-up agreement. Electronic signatures complying with the New York Electronic Signatures and Records Act (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), as amended from time to time, or other applicable law will be deemed original signatures for purposes of this lock-up agreement. Transmission by telecopy, electronic mail or other transmission method of an executed counterpart of this lock-up agreement will constitute due and sufficient delivery of such counterpart.
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Exhibit 5.1
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
900 G STREET, NW
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001
TELEPHONE: +1-202-636-5500
FACSIMILE: +1-202-636-5502
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December 5, 2024
Intuitive Machines, Inc.
13467 Columbia Shuttle Street
Houston, TX 77059
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Intuitive Machines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the issuance by the Company of up to 10,952,381 shares (including 1,428,571 shares of which may be purchased by the underwriters pursuant to an option to purchase additional shares) (the Shares) of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement dated December 3, 2024 (the Underwriting Agreement), among the Company, the underwriters named therein and the other parties thereto, which transaction has been registered by the Company on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), on March 27, 2024.
We have examined the Registration Statement; the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Intuitive Machines, LLC, each of which has been filed with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; the prospectus dated April 3, 2024, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated December 3, 2024, filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act (the Prospectus Supplement); the Underwriting Agreement; and a form of the share certificate, which is an exhibit to the Registration
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Statement. In addition, we have examined, and have relied as to matters of fact upon, originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such records, agreements, documents and other instruments and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions hereinafter set forth.
In rendering the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that, the Shares have been duly authorized, and upon payment and delivery in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the Delaware General Corporation Law.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption Legal Matters in the Prospectus Supplement.
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/s/ Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP |
SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP |
Exhibit 99.1
Intuitive Machines Prices Upsized $110.0 Million Offering of Shares of its Class A Common Stock and Concurrent Private Placement
Houston, TX December 3, 2024 (Globe Newswire)Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) (Intuitive Machines or the Company), a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, announced today the pricing of an upsized offering of 9,523,810 shares of its Class A common stock (Class A Common Stock) at a price to the public of $10.50 per share (the Public Offering Price) (the Offering). As part of the Offering, the Company and a selling stockholder granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,275,714 and 152,857 shares of Class A Common Stock from the Company and such selling stockholder, respectively. The Offering is expected to close on December 5, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.
Additionally, the Company will issue 952,381 shares of Class A Common Stock to Boryung Corporation (together with its affiliates, Boryung), an accredited investor, at the Public Offering Price pursuant to an agreement entered into with Boryung on December 2, 2024 in a concurrent private placement (the Private Placement). The offer and sale of the Companys Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Private Placement will be made in reliance upon the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the Securities Act) provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereunder. The Private Placement is contingent upon the consummation of the Offering and the satisfaction of certain other customary closing conditions. The consummation of the Offering is not contingent on the consummation of the Private Placement.
The net proceeds to the Company from the Offering and the Private Placement are expected to be approximately $104.25 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, but before estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, excluding any exercise of the underwriters opinion to purchase additional shares. The Company intends to use the net proceeds it receives from the Offering and the Private Placement, together with its existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investment balance, to acquire an equivalent number of newly-issued common units of Intuitive Machines, LLC (Intuitive Machines OpCo) from Intuitive Machines OpCo, which Intuitive Machines OpCo will in turn use for general corporate purposes, including operations, research and development and potential mergers and acquisitions. In the event the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares, the Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of any shares of Class A Common Stock being sold by the selling stockholder. Intuitive Machines will bear the costs associated with the sale of such shares, other than the underwriting discounts payable by the selling stockholder.
BofA Securities, Cantor, Barclays and Stifel are acting as the lead joint book-running managers for the Offering. Roth Capital Partners and B. Riley Securities are acting as book-running managers for the Offering. The Benchmark Company is acting as a co-manager for the Offering.
The offer and sale of the securities pursuant to the Offering are being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and became effective on April 3, 2024. The Offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement relating to these securities. A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to these securities has been filed with the SEC and may be obtained from the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained, when available, from the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov or, alternatively, from BofA Securities, NC1-022-02-25, 201 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; Cantor, 110 East 59th St., 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Capital Markets, or by email at prospectus@cantor.com; Barclays, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by telephone at (888) 603-5847 or by email at barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com; or Stifel, One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700, San Francisco, California 94104, Attention: Syndicate, by telephone at (415) 364-2720 or by email at syndprospectus@stifel.com.
The securities being offered and sold in the Private Placement have not been registered under the Securities Act or any states securities laws. Accordingly, the securities may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus related to the Offering are not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in connection with the Private Placement.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Intuitive Machines
Intuitive Machines is a diversified space exploration, infrastructure, and services company focused on fundamentally disrupting lunar access economics. In 2024, Intuitive Machines successfully landed the Companys Nova-C class lunar lander, Odysseus, on the Moon, returning the United States to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972. The Companys products and services are offered through its four in-space business units: Lunar Access Services, Orbital Services, Lunar Data Services, and Space Products and Infrastructure. For more information, please visit intuitivemachines.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These statements that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward looking. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by words such as anticipate, believe, continue, could, estimate, expect, intend, may, might, plan, possible, potential, predict, project, should, strive, would, strategy, outlook, the negative of these words or other similar expressions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements regarding: our anticipated use of net proceeds from the Offering and the Private Placement; the closing of the Offering; the satisfaction of closing conditions related to the Private Placement; our expectations and plans relating to our lunar missions, including the expected timing of launch and our progress and preparation thereof; our expectations with respect to, among other things, demand for our product portfolio, our submission of bids for contracts; our expectations regarding revenue for government contracts awarded to us; our operations, our financial performance and our industry; our business strategy, business plan, and plans to drive long-term sustainable shareholder value; and our expectations on revenue and cash generation. These forward-looking statements reflect the Companys predictions, projections, or expectations based upon currently available information and data. Our actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The following important factors and uncertainties, among others, could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements in this press release: our reliance upon the efforts of our key personnel and board of directors to be successful; our limited operating history; our failure to manage our growth effectively and failure to win new contracts; competition from existing or new companies; unsatisfactory safety performance of our spaceflight systems or security incidents at our facilities; failure of the market for commercial spaceflight to achieve the growth potential we expect; any delayed launches, launch failures, failure of our satellites or lunar landers to reach their planned orbital locations, significant increases in the costs related to launches of satellites and lunar landers, and insufficient capacity available from satellite and lunar lander launch providers; our customer concentration; our reliance on a single launch service provider; risks associated with commercial spaceflight, including any accident on launch or during the journey into space; risks associated with the handling, production and disposition of potentially explosive and ignitable energetic materials and other dangerous chemicals in our operations; our reliance on a limited number of suppliers for certain materials and supplied components; failure of our products to operate in the expected manner or defects in our sub-systems; counterparty
risks on contracts entered into with our customers and failure of our prime contractors to maintain their relationships with their counterparties and fulfill their contractual obligations; failure to successfully defend protest from other bidders for government contracts; failure to comply with various laws and regulations relating to various aspects of our business and any changes in the funding levels of various governmental entities with which we do business; our failure to protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets, and unpatented know how; our failure to comply with the terms of third-party open source software our systems utilize; our ability to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, and to address and remediate material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting; the U.S. governments budget deficit and the national debt, as well as any inability of the U.S. government to complete its budget process for any government fiscal year, and our dependence on U.S. government contracts and funding by the government for the government contracts; our failure to comply with U.S. export and import control laws and regulations and U.S. economic sanctions and trade control laws and regulations; uncertain global macro-economic and political conditions (including as a result of a failure to raise the debt ceiling) and rising inflation; our history of losses and failure to achieve profitability in the future or failure of our business to generate sufficient funds to continue operations; the cost and potential outcomes of potential future litigation; our public securities potential liquidity and trading; the sufficiency and anticipated use of our existing capital resources to fund our future operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements and needs for additional financing, including the Offering and the Private Placement and other public filings and press releases other factors detailed under the section titled Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC, the section titled Part I, Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the section titled Part II. Item 1A. Risk Factors in our most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our Current Reports on Form 8-K and in our subsequent filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SECs website at www.sec.gov.
These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release and current expectations, forecasts, and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks, and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
Contacts
For investor inquiries:
investors@intuitivemachines.com
For media inquiries:
press@intuitivemachines.com