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Exhibit 2.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

by and among:

 

MOVANO INC.,

a Delaware corporation,

 

THOR MERGER SUB INC.,

a Delaware corporation,

 

and

 

CORVEX, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

 

Made and entered into as of March 19, 2026

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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Section 1. DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION 2
1.1. The Merger 2
1.2. Effects of the Merger 2
1.3. Closing; Effective Time 3
1.4. Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers 3
1.5. Merger Consideration; Effect of Merger on Company Capital Stock 3
1.6. Conversion of Shares 3
1.7. Closing of the Company’s Transfer Books 5
1.8. Exchange of Shares 6
1.9. Appraisal Rights 7
1.10. Company Equity Awards 8
1.11. Agreed Budget 9
1.12. Parent Per Share Special Dividend 9
1.13. Further Action 9
1.14. Withholding 10
1.15. Closing Deliverables 10
     
Section 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY 11
2.1. Due Organization; Subsidiaries 11
2.2. Organizational Documents 12
2.3. Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement 12
2.4. Vote Required 12
2.5. Non-Contravention; Consents 13
2.6. Capitalization 14
2.7. Financial Statements 15
2.8. Absence of Changes 16
2.9. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities 16
2.10. Title to Assets 16

 

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2.11. Real Property; Leasehold 17
2.12. Intellectual Property 17
2.13. Agreements, Contracts and Commitments 19
2.14. Compliance; Permits; Restrictions 21
2.15. Legal Proceedings; Orders 21
2.16. Tax Matters 22
2.17. Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans 24
2.18. Environmental Matters 27
2.19. Insurance 28
2.20. No Financial Advisors 28
2.21. Transactions with Affiliates 28
2.22. Anti-Bribery 28
2.23. Accredited Investors 29
2.24. Disclaimer of Other Representations or Warranties 29
     
Section 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB 29
3.1. Due Organization; Subsidiaries 30
3.2. Organizational Documents 30
3.3. Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement 31
3.4. Vote Required 31
3.5. Non-Contravention; Consents 31
3.6. Capitalization 32
3.7. SEC Filings; Financial Statements 34
3.8. Absence of Changes 37
3.9. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities 37
3.10. Title to Assets 37
3.11. Real Property; Leasehold 37
3.12. Intellectual Property 38
3.13. Agreements, Contracts and Commitments 40
3.14. Compliance; Permits 42
3.15. Legal Proceedings; Orders 43
3.16. Tax Matters 43
3.17. Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans 46
3.18. Environmental Matters 51
3.19. Transactions with Affiliates 51
3.20. Insurance 51
3.21. No Financial Advisors 51
3.22. Anti-Bribery 52
3.23. Valid Issuance 52
3.24. Disclaimer of Other Representations or Warranties 52

 

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Section 4. CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES 52
4.1. Parent Options 52
     
Section 5. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES 53
5.1. Stockholder Notice 53
5.2. Parent Stockholders’ Meeting 53
5.3. Employee Benefits 54
5.4. Indemnification of Officers and Directors 55
5.5. Additional Agreements 56
5.6. Proxy Statement 56
5.7. Listing 57
5.8. Tax Matters 58
5.9. Directors and Officers 58
5.10. Registration Rights 59
5.11. Section 16 Matters 59
5.12. Cooperation 60
5.13. Takeover Statutes 60
5.14. Obligations of Merger Sub 60
5.15. Legends 60
5.16. Termination of Certain Agreements 60
5.17. Expenses 60
5.18. Name Change 61
     
Section 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF EACH PARTY 61
6.1. No Restraints 61
6.2. Listing 61
     
Section 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 61
7.1. Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties 61
7.2. Amendment 61
7.3. Waiver 62
7.4. Entire Agreement; Counterparts; Exchanges by Electronic Transmission 62
7.5. Applicable Law; Jurisdiction 62
7.6. Attorneys’ Fees 63
7.7. Assignability 63
7.8. Notices 63
7.9. Cooperation 64
7.10. Severability 64
7.11. Other Remedies; Specific Performance 65
7.12. No Third-Party Beneficiaries 65
7.13. Construction 65

 

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Exhibits:

 

Exhibit A Definitions
Exhibit B Form of Lock-Up Agreement
Exhibit C Post-Closing Officers
Exhibit E Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
Exhibit F Certificate of Designation of Parent Series B Preferred Stock
Exhibit G Certificate of Designation of Parent Series C Preferred Stock
Exhibit H Certificate of Designation of Parent Series D Preferred Stock

 

Schedules:

 

Schedule 1.11 Parent Liabilities and Agreed Budget
Schedule A-2 Legacy Assets

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER is made and entered into as of March 19, 2026, by and among Movano Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Thor Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub“), and Corvex, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit A.

 

RECITALS

 

A. Parent and the Company intend to effect a merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”) in accordance with this Agreement and the DGCL. Upon consummation of the Merger, Merger Sub will cease to exist and the Company will become a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent.

 

B. For United States federal income tax purposes, the Parties intend that the Merger shall qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and that, by executing this Agreement, the Parties intend to adopt this Agreement as a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a).

 

C. The Parent Board has (i) determined that the Contemplated Transactions are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Parent and its stockholders, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including the issuance of the Parent Stock Payment Shares to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and (iii) determined to recommend, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, that the stockholders of the Parent vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting to be convened following the Closing (the “Parent Board Approval”).

 

D. The Merger Sub Board has adopted resolutions (i) approving, adopting and declaring the advisability of this Agreement and (ii) submitting this Agreement to the sole stockholder of Merger Sub for its consideration and vote (the “Merger Sub Board Approval”).

 

E. The Company Board has adopted resolutions (i) approving, adopting and declaring the advisability of this Agreement, (ii) submitting this Agreement to the Company’s stockholders for their consideration and vote and (iii) submitting the Merger and the amendments to the provisions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws contemplated by this Agreement to the Requisite Holders (as defined in the Company’s certificate of incorporation) for their written consent or affirmative vote (the “Company Board Approval”).

 

 

 

 

F. Subsequent to the Company Board Approval, the Company stockholders representing the Required Company Stockholder Vote signed a consent in lieu of a meeting in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation, the Company’s bylaws and the DGCL, pursuant to which such stockholders (i) approved and adopted this Agreement, the Contemplated Transactions and the amendments to the provisions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) acknowledged that the approval given thereby is irrevocable and that such stockholders are aware of their rights to demand appraisal for their shares pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL, a true and correct copy of which was attached thereto, and that such stockholders have received and read a copy of Section 262 of the DGCL, and (iii) acknowledged that by such stockholders’ approval of the Merger they are not entitled to appraisal rights with respect to their shares of Company Capital Stock in connection with the Merger and thereby waive any rights to receive payment of the fair value of such shares under the DGCL (such matters, the “Company Stockholder Matters” and the consent, the “Stockholder Written Consent”).

 

G. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as a condition and inducement to each of Parent and the Company’s willingness to enter into this Agreement, all of the directors and officers of Parent, solely in their capacity as stockholders of Parent and their Affiliates (the “Parent Signatories”), are executing lock-up agreements in substantially the form attached as Exhibit B (each, a “Lock-Up Agreement”).

 

H. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Initial Agreement (as defined below) and as a condition and inducement to the Company’s willingness to enter into the Initial Agreement, those stockholders of Parent listed in Schedule A-1 to the Initial Agreement executed support agreements in favor of the Company in substantially the form attached to the Initial Agreement as Exhibit D (the “Parent Stockholder Support Agreement”), pursuant to which such Persons have, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, agreed to vote all of their shares (held directly or indirectly) of capital stock of Parent in favor of the Parent Stockholder Matters.

 

I. The parties hereto previously entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of November 6, 2025 (the “Initial Agreement”), pursuant to which the Merger would be governed. Pursuant to the Initial Agreement, Merger Sub was to merge with and into the Company. The parties have determined that consummation of the Merger on the amended terms of this Amended and Restated Agreement (referred to herein as this “Agreement”), is in the best interests of the parties hereto.

 

AGREEMENT

 

The Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

Section 1. DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION

 

1.1. The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, and the separate existence of Merger Sub shall cease. As a result of the Merger, the Company will continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”).

 

1.2. Effects of the Merger. At and after the Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. As a result of the Merger, the Surviving Corporation will become a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent.

 

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1.3. Closing; Effective Time. The consummation of the Merger (the “Closing”) is being consummated remotely via the electronic exchange of documents and signatures on the date of this Agreement. The date on which the Closing takes place hereunder is referred to as the “Closing Date.” At the Closing, the Company shall cause the Merger to be consummated by executing and filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of merger with respect to the Merger, satisfying the applicable requirements of the DGCL and in form and substance to be agreed upon by the Parties (the “Certificate of Merger”). The Merger shall become effective at the time of the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later time as may be specified in such Certificate of Merger with the consent of Parent and the Company (the time as of which the Merger becomes effective being referred to as the “Effective Time”).

 

1.4. Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers.

 

(a) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall file the Series B Certificate of Designation, the Series C Certificate of Designation and the Series D Certificate of Designation in accordance with the DGCL.

 

(b) At the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, until thereafter amended as provided by the DGCL and such bylaws.

 

(c) At the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of Parent shall be identical to the certificate of incorporation of Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time, until thereafter amended as provided by the DGCL and such certificate of incorporation.

 

(d) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall take all such lawful action so that the directors and officers of Parent at the Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Parent, shall be as set forth in Section 5.9.

 

(e) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all such lawful action so that the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation at the Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, shall be such Persons as shall be mutually agreed upon by Parent and the Company.

 

1.5. Merger Consideration; Effect of Merger on Company Capital Stock. The aggregate merger consideration (the “Merger Consideration”) to be paid by Parent for all of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall equal the Parent Stock Payment Shares as calculated in this Agreement.

 

1.6. Conversion of Shares.

 

(a) The Merger Consideration to be paid by Parent for all of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock at the Closing shall be (a) 240.5620 shares of Parent Series B Preferred Stock (“Parent Series B Stock Payment Shares”) which shares shall be convertible into 240,562 shares of Parent Common Stock (“Parent Common Stock Payment Shares”), which shall be adjusted, if necessary (the “19.9% Adjustment”), to represent a number of shares equal to no more than 19.99% of the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (b) 23,551.5195 shares of Parent Series C Preferred Stock (“Parent Series C Stock Payment Shares”) which shares shall be convertible into 23,551,519 shares of Parent Common Stock, which shall be adjusted proportionately if a 19.9% Adjustment shall be required.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in and in lieu of the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 1.6(a) above, each holder of outstanding Company Capital Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time may elect to receive one share of Parent Series D Preferred Stock (“Parent Series D Stock Payment Shares” and together with the Parent Series B Stock Payment Shares and the Parent Series C Stock Payment Shares, the “Parent Stock Payment Shares”) at Closing as Merger Consideration for each share of Series C Preferred Stock to which such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive as Merger Consideration. The aggregate amount of Parent Series D Stock Payment Shares to be so issued shall be convertible into 30,227,052 shares of Parent Common Stock, which shall be adjusted proportionately if a 19.9% Adjustment shall be required.

 

(c) Each Parent Stock Payment Share shall be convertible into 1,000 shares of Parent Common Stock (1) in the case of Parent Series B Preferred Stock, on the automatic conversion date specified in the Series B Certificate of Designation, (2) in the case of Parent Series C Preferred Stock, subject to and contingent upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the Parent Common Stock present or represented and entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders of Parent to approve, for purposes of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules, the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock to the stockholders of the Company upon conversion of any and all shares of Parent Series C Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Series C Certificate of Designation, and (3) in the case of Parent Series D Preferred Stock, subject to and contingent upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the Parent Common Stock present or represented and entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders of Parent to approve, for purposes of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules, the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock to the stockholders of the Company upon conversion of any and all shares of Parent Series D Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Series D Certificate of Designation (the “Preferred Stock Conversion Proposal”). Subject to Section 1.6(e), each holder of Company Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the same proportion of Parent Common Stock Payment Shares and Parent Stock Payment Shares.

 

(d) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any stockholder of the Company, Merger Sub or Parent:

 

(i) any shares of Company Capital Stock held as treasury stock or held or owned by the Company or any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor; and

 

(ii) subject to Sections 1.6(a)-(c) and Section 1.6(e), each share of Company Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding Dissenting Shares) shall, be automatically converted into solely the right to receive the number of Parent Stock Payment Shares set forth on the Allocation Certificate, and each such share of Company Capital Stock so converted shall automatically cancelled and shall cease to exist, and the holders thereof shall cease to have any rights with respect to such shares other than the right to receive the foregoing merger consideration upon surrender of Company Stock Certificates or transfer of Book-Entry Shares pursuant to Section 1.8;

 

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(iii) each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and exchanged for one share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation and, if applicable, each stock certificate of Merger Sub evidencing ownership of any such shares shall, as of the Effective Time, evidence ownership of such shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation; and

 

(e) No fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued in connection with the Merger, and no certificates or scrip for any such fractional shares shall be issued. Any holder of Company Common Stock who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock (after aggregating all fractional shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to such holder) shall, in lieu of such fraction of a share and upon surrender by such holder of a letter of transmittal in accordance with Section 1.8 and any accompanying documents as required therein, be paid in cash the dollar amount (rounded to the nearest whole cent), without interest, determined by multiplying such fraction by the Parent Closing Price, in respect of Parent Stock Payment Shares.

 

(f) The Company shall take all such lawful action so that all Company Options outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be treated in accordance with Section 1.10.

 

(g) The Company shall take all such lawful action so that all Company Warrants outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that are not exercised prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into shares of Company Series Seed Preferred Stock immediately prior to and contingent upon the occurrence of the Merger, with the number of shares of Company Series Seed Preferred Stock into which the Company Warrants are converted calculated pursuant to the net exercise provisions set forth in Section 2.1 of each Company Warrant.

 

1.7. Closing of the Company’s Transfer Books. At the Effective Time: (a) all holders of (i) certificates representing shares of Company Capital Stock and (ii) book-entry shares representing shares of Company Capital Stock, in each case, that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, “Company Stock Certificates” and “Book-Entry Shares,” respectively) shall cease to have any rights as stockholders of the Company; and (b) the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed with respect to all shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. No further transfer of any such shares of Company Capital Stock shall be made on such stock transfer books after the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, a valid Company Stock Certificate is presented to the Exchange Agent or to the Surviving Corporation, such Company Stock Certificate shall be canceled and shall be exchanged as provided in Section 1.8.

 

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1.8. Exchange of Shares.

 

(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, Parent and the Company shall agree upon and select a reputable bank, transfer agent or trust company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the “Exchange Agent”). At the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent: (i) certificates or evidence of book-entry shares representing the Parent Stock Payment Shares issuable pursuant to Section 1.6(a) and (ii) cash sufficient to make payments in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.6(c). The Parent Stock Payment Shares and cash amounts so deposited with the Exchange Agent, together with any dividends or distributions received by the Exchange Agent with respect to such shares after the Effective Time (if any), are referred to collectively as the “Exchange Fund.”

 

(b) Promptly after the Effective Time, the Parties shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to the Persons who were record holders of shares of Company Capital Stock that were converted into the right to receive Parent Stock Payment Shares pursuant to Section 1.6(d)(ii): (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and containing such provisions as Parent may reasonably specify (including a provision confirming that delivery of Company Stock Certificates or transfer of Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent shall be effected, and risk of loss and title thereto shall pass, only upon proper delivery of such Company Stock Certificates or transfer of the Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent); and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of Company Stock Certificates or transfer of Book-Entry Shares in exchange for Parent Stock Payment Shares pursuant to Section 1.6(d)(ii). Upon surrender of a Company Stock Certificate or transfer of Book-Entry Share to the Exchange Agent for exchange, together with a duly executed letter of transmittal and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent or Parent: (A) the holder of such Company Stock Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the portion of the Parent Stock Payment Shares (represented in book-entry) that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.6(a) (and cash in lieu of any fractional share of Parent Common Stock or Parent Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.6(e)); and (B) the Company Stock Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, shall be canceled. Until surrendered or transferred as contemplated by this Section 1.8(b), each Company Stock Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive in exchange therefor the portion of the Parent Stock Payment Shares represented in book-entry, into which the shares of Company Capital Stock represented thereby were converted pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.6(a) (and cash in lieu of any fractional share of Parent Common Stock or Parent Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.6(e)). If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the delivery of any portion of the Parent Stock Payment Shares, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an applicable affidavit with respect to such Company Stock Certificate that includes a bond sufficient to indemnify Parent against any claim suffered by Parent related to the lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate as Parent may reasonably request. In the event of a transfer of ownership of a Company Stock Certificate or Book-Entry Share that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, delivery of the portion of the Parent Stock Payment Shares, into which the shares of Company Capital Stock represented by such Company Stock Certificate or Book-Entry Share may be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name such Company Stock Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered or transferred is registered if such Company Stock Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Book-Entry Share shall be properly transferred and the Person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the transfer or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of Parent that such Taxes have been paid or are not applicable. The Parent Stock Payment Shares, and any cash in lieu of any fractional share of Parent Common Stock and Parent Series B Preferred Stock delivered and any dividends or other distributions as are payable pursuant to Section 1.8(c) shall be deemed to have been in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to Company Capital Stock formerly represented by such Company Stock Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.

 

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(c) No dividends or other distributions declared or made with respect to (i) Parent Stock Payment Shares with a record date on or after the Effective Time, in each case shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Stock Certificate or Book-Entry Shares with respect to the portion of Parent Stock Payment Shares that such holder has the right to receive in connection with the Merger until such holder surrenders such Company Stock Certificate or transfers such Book-Entry Shares or provides an affidavit of loss or destruction in lieu thereof in accordance with this Section 1.8 (at which time (or, if later, on the applicable payment date) such holder shall be entitled, subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, and to the withholding of taxes, to receive all such dividends and distributions, without interest).

 

(d) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by former holders of shares of Company Capital Stock as of the date that is two years after the Closing Date shall be delivered to Parent upon demand, and any holders of Company Stock Certificates or Book-Entry Shares who have not theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates or transferred their Book-Entry Shares in accordance with this Section 1.8 shall thereafter look only to Parent for satisfaction of their claims for shares of Parent Stock Payment Shares and any dividends or distributions with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock and/or Parent Series B Preferred Stock to which they may be entitled pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(e) No Party shall, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, be liable to any holder of any shares of Company Capital Stock or to any other Person with respect to any Parent Stock Payment Shares (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or for any cash amounts delivered to any public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property Law, escheat Law or similar Law.

 

1.9. Appraisal Rights.

 

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Capital Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, the holder of which has neither voted in favor of the Merger or consented thereto in writing pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL and which are held by stockholders who have demanded appraisal rights for such shares of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the DGCL (collectively, the “Dissenting Shares”) shall not be converted into or represent the right to receive that portion of the Parent Stock Payment Shares described in Section 1.6(a) attributable to such Dissenting Shares. At the Effective Time, the Dissenting Shares shall be canceled and shall cease to exist and the holders of the Dissenting Shares shall be entitled solely to the right to receive payment of the appraised value of such shares of Company Capital Stock held by them immediately prior to the Effective Time in accordance with the DGCL, unless and until such holders fail to perfect or effectively withdraw or otherwise lose their appraisal rights under the DGCL. All Dissenting Shares held by stockholders who shall have failed to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn or lost their right to appraisal of such shares of Company Capital Stock under the DGCL (whether occurring before, at or after the Effective Time) shall thereupon be deemed to be converted into, as of the Effective Time, the right to receive the portion of the Parent Stock Payment Shares, without interest, attributable to such Dissenting Shares upon their surrender in the manner provided in Section 1.8.

 

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(b) The Company shall give Parent prompt written notice of any demands for appraisal under Section 262 of the DGCL received by the Company, withdrawals of such demands and any other instruments served on the Company and any material correspondence received by the Company in connection with such demands, and the Company shall have the right to direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands; provided that the Parent shall have the right to participate in such negotiations and proceedings. Neither the Parent nor the Company shall, except with the other Party’s prior written consent, voluntarily make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such demands, or approve any withdrawal of any such demands or agree to do any of the foregoing.

 

1.10. Company Equity Awards.

 

(a) At the Effective Time, (1) each Company Option that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time under the Company Plan, whether or not vested, shall be converted into and become an option to purchase Parent Common Stock and (2) each Company RSU that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time under the Company Plan shall be converted into and become an RSU covering Parent Common Stock; provided that in connection with Parent’s assumption thereof as described below such awards shall be modified so that the underlying shares may be issued only contingent upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the Parent Common Stock present or represented and entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders of Parent to approve, for purposes of the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules, the issuance of such shares (the “Option Proposal”). Parent shall assume the Company Plan and each such Company Option and Company RSU in accordance with the terms (as in effect as of the date of this Agreement) of the Company Plan and the terms of the stock option agreement or restricted stock unit agreement by which such Company Option or Company RSU is evidenced (but with changes to such documents as Parent in good faith determines are necessary to reflect the substitution of Parent Common Stock). All rights with respect to Company Common Stock under Company Options and Company RSUs assumed by Parent shall thereupon be converted into rights with respect to Parent Common Stock. Accordingly, from and after the Effective Time: (i) each Company Option assumed by Parent may be exercised solely for shares of Parent Common Stock; (ii) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to each Company Option and Company RSU assumed by Parent shall be determined by multiplying (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock that were subject to such Company Option, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, by (B) the Exchange Ratio, and rounding the resulting number down to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock (and cash in lieu of any fractional share of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.6(e)); (iii) the per share exercise price for the Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise of each Company Option assumed by Parent shall be determined by dividing (A) the per share exercise price of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, by (B) the Exchange Ratio and rounding the resulting exercise price up to the nearest whole cent; and (iv) any restriction on the exercise of any Company Option assumed by Parent shall continue in full force and effect and the term, exercisability, vesting schedule and other provisions of such Company Option shall otherwise remain unchanged; provided, that, (I) in the case of any Company Option to which Section 421 of the Code applies as of the Effective Time by reason of its qualification under Section 422 of the Code, the exercise price, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to such option and the terms and conditions of exercise of such option shall be determined in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code; and (II) the exercise price, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to, and the terms and conditions of exercise of each option to purchase Parent Common Stock shall also be determined in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code; provided, further, that: (x) Parent may amend the terms of the Company Options and the Company Plan as may be necessary to reflect Parent’s substitution of the Company Options and Company RSUs (such as by making any change in control or similar definition relate to Parent and having any provision that provides for the adjustment of Company Options upon the occurrence of certain corporate events relate to corporate events that relate to Parent and/or Parent Common Stock); and (y) the Parent Board or a committee thereof shall succeed to the authority and responsibility of the Company Board or any committee thereof with respect to each Company Option assumed by Parent.

 

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(b) Parent shall file with the SEC, promptly after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting (as defined below), a registration statement on Form S-8 (or any successor form), if available for use by Parent, relating to the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable with respect to Company Options assumed by Parent in accordance with Section 1.10.

 

1.11. Agreed Budget. Schedule 1.11 sets forth a summary of Parent’s (a) outstanding short- and long-term liabilities, including all accounts payable, accrued expenses and any indebtedness (“Parent Liabilities”) as of the date hereof (“Signing Liabilities”) and (b) a budget reflecting expenses incurred by Parent between the Reference Date and the Closing Date, including (but not limited to) all Parent Transaction Expenses, and all other expenses to be incurred in connection with any lease termination costs (if any), transaction expenses attributable to Parent or Merger Sub, the cash cost of change in control payments payable to employees as a result of the consummation of the transaction and other expenses associated with wind-down of legacy operations, as agreed between Parent and the Company (collectively, the “Agreed Budget”).

 

1.12. Parent Per Share Special Dividend.

 

(a) In connection with the Closing, and subject to Delaware law requirements governing dividends, the Parent Board shall adopt resolutions declaring and paying to the holders of record of Parent Common Stock (the “Legacy Holders”) a stock dividend payable in shares of Parent Common Stock (the “Parent Per Share Special Dividend”). The aggregate amount of shares of Parent Common Stock issued to the holders of record of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the Parent Per Share Special Dividend shall be 490,020, as set forth on the Allocation Certificate. It being understood that an additional 201,320 shares of Parent Common Stock that would have been issuable to the holders of record of Parent Preferred Shares if they had converted such Parent Preferred Shares in Parent Common Stock on the record date of the Parent Per Shares Special Dividend, will become issuable to such holders upon the conversion of the Parent Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

(b) As of the record date for the payment of the Parent Per Share Special Dividend (which shall be the day immediately preceding the automatic conversion date of the Parent Series B Preferred Stock), each share of Parent Common Stock held by the Legacy Holders shall receive a dividend equal to their pro rata portion of the Parent Per Share Special Dividend (rounded to the nearest whole share per Legacy Holder).

 

1.13. Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is determined by the Surviving Corporation to be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession of and to all rights and property of the Company, then the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be fully authorized, and shall use their and its reasonable best efforts (in the name of the Company, in the name of Merger Sub, in the name of the Surviving Corporation and otherwise) to take such action.

 

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1.14. Withholding. The Parties and the Exchange Agent (each, a “Withholding Agent”) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of Company Capital Stock or any other Person such amounts as such Party or the Exchange Agent is required to deduct and withhold under the Code or any other applicable Law with respect to the making of such payment; provided that if a Withholding Agent determines that any payment to any holder of Company Capital Stock pursuant to this Agreement is subject to deduction and/or withholding, then, except with respect to compensatory payments made to employees of the Company or deductions or withholdings as a result of a failure of the Company to deliver the certificates described in Section 1.15(a)(iv), such Withholding Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) provide notice to such holder as soon as reasonably practicable after such determination and (ii) cooperate with such holder to reduce or eliminate any such deduction and/or withholding. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Body, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made.

 

1.15. Closing Deliverables

 

(a) The Company has delivered to Parent the following:

 

(i) a certificate signed by a Chief Executive Officer of the Company in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent setting forth: (i) the name and address of each holder of (each, a “Company Holder”) (x) shares of Company Capital Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and (y) Company Warrants and Company Options outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time; (ii) the number and type of Company Capital Stock (e.g., either Company Common Stock or Company Series Seed Preferred Stock) (x) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by each Company Holder and (y) underlying the Company Warrants and Company Options outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by each Company Holder; and (iii) (x) the number of shares of Parent Stock Payment Shares and (y) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock underlying the Company Options outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by each Company Holder that are assumed by Parent pursuant to this Agreement (the “Allocation Certificate”);

 

(ii) a written resignation, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Parent, dated as of the Closing Date and effective as of the Closing, executed by each of the directors of the Company;

 

(iii) Company Representative Confirmation Letters from all attorneys, accountants, investment bankers and other professional advisors of the Company; and

 

(iv) (i) an original signed statement from the Company that the Company is not, and has not been at any time during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, a “United States real property holding corporation,” as defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code, conforming to the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(c)(3) and 1.897-2(h), and (ii) an original signed notice to be delivered to the IRS in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2), together with written authorization for Parent to deliver such notice to the IRS on behalf of the Company following the Closing, each dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed by an authorized officer of the Company, and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent; provided, that the Parent’s sole remedy for the Company’s failure to deliver such documentation shall be to withhold pursuant to Section 1.14.

 

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(b) The Parent has delivered to the Company the following:

 

(i) a certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer of Parent in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, setting forth, as of immediately prior to the Reference Date, the Parent Outstanding Shares (the “Parent Outstanding Shares Certificate”);

 

(ii) a written resignation, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, dated as of the Closing Date and effective as of the Closing, executed by each of the officers and directors of Parent who are not to continue as officers or directors, as the case may be, of Parent after the Closing pursuant to Section 5.9;

 

(iii) certified copies of the resolutions duly adopted by the Parent Board and in full force and effect as of the Closing authorizing the appointment of the directors and officers set forth on Exhibit C;

 

(iv) Parent Representative Confirmation Letters from all attorneys, accountants, investment bankers and other professional advisors of the Parent;

 

(v) Lock-Up Agreements duly executed by each of the Parent Signatories, each of which shall be in full force and effect;

 

(vi) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company that (i) the Parent Stock Payment Shares to be issued in connection with the Merger pursuant to this Agreement have been approved for listing (subject to official notice of issuance) on Nasdaq as of the Closing and Parent has maintained its existing listing on Nasdaq, and (ii) Parent’s existing listing on Nasdaq is not subject to any deficiencies; and

 

(vii) certified copies of the resolutions duly adopted by the Parent Board and in full force and effect as of the Closing approving the employment agreements of Seth Demsey and Jay Crystal, in forms reasonably satisfactory to the Company, including the compensation and equity grants included therein.

 

Section 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

Subject to Section 7.13(h), except as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to Parent (the “Company Disclosure Schedule”), the Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows:

 

2.1. Due Organization; Subsidiaries.

 

(a) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all necessary corporate power and authority to conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted and to own or lease and use its property and assets in the manner in which its property and assets are currently owned or leased and used.

 

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(b) The Company is duly licensed and qualified to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent applicable in such jurisdiction), under the Laws of all jurisdictions where the nature of its business requires such licensing or qualification other than in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified individually or in the aggregate would not be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c) The Company has no Subsidiaries.

 

2.2. Organizational Documents. The Company has made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of the Company in effect as of the date of this Agreement. The Company is not in breach or violation of its respective Organizational Documents.

 

2.3. Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement.

 

(a) The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and, subject to receipt of the Required Company Stockholder Vote, to consummate the Contemplated Transactions. The Company Board (at a meeting duly called, noticed and held by the requisite quorum and vote or by unanimous consent) has adopted resolutions providing for the Company Board Approval.

 

(b) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

2.4. Vote Required. The affirmative vote (or written consent) of the holders of (a) a majority of the voting power of the shares of Company Series Seed Preferred Stock (voting on an as converted to Company Common Stock basis) and Company Common Stock, voting together as a single class, (b) a majority of the shares of Company Series Seed Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class on an as converted basis, and (c) a majority of the shares of Company Series Seed Preferred Stock issued to PV Kluster, LLC at the initial closing of the purchase of shares of the Company Series Seed Preferred Stock, in each case outstanding on the record date for the Stockholder Written Consent (the “Required Company Stockholder Vote”), is the only vote (or written consent) of the holders of any class or series of Company Capital Stock necessary to adopt and approve this Agreement and approve the Contemplated Transactions. The Stockholder Written Consent authorizing the Company Stockholder Matters and providing the Required Company Stockholder Vote became effective immediately following the execution of this Agreement by the Parties hereto. No other corporate proceedings by the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Contemplated Transactions.

 

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2.5. Non-Contravention; Consents. Subject to the Company’s receipt of the Required Company Stockholder Vote and the filing of the Certificate of Merger required by the DGCL, neither (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company, nor (y) the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, will directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time):

 

(a) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any of the provisions of the Company’s Organizational Documents;

 

(b) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any Law or any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which the Company, or any of the assets owned or used by the Company, is subject, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any of the terms or requirements of, or give any Governmental Body the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate or modify, any Governmental Authorization that is held by the Company, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect;

 

(d) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or result in a default under, any provision of any Company Material Contract, or give any Person the right to: (i) declare a default or exercise any remedy under any Company Material Contract; (ii) any material payment, rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule under any Company Material Contract; (iii) accelerate the maturity or performance of any Company Material Contract; or (iv) cancel, terminate or modify any term of any Company Material Contract, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(e) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to any asset owned or used by the Company (except for Permitted Encumbrances), except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Except for (i) any Consent set forth in Section 2.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule under any Company Contract, (ii) the Required Company Stockholder Vote, (iii) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the DGCL, and (iv) such consents, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as may be required under applicable federal and state securities Laws, the Company is not or will not be required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any Person in connection with (A) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or (B) the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions. The restrictions contained in Section 203 of the DGCL are not applicable to the Company by reason of Section 203(b)(4) of the DGCL because the Company does not have a class of voting stock that is (x) listed on a national securities exchange or (y) held of record by more than 2,000 stockholders and the Company has not elected by provision of its certificate of incorporation to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL. No other state takeover statute or similar Law applies or purports to apply to the Merger, this Agreement, the Lock-Up Agreements or any of the Contemplated Transactions.

 

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2.6. Capitalization.

 

(a) The authorized Company Capital Stock as of the date of this Agreement consists of 35,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of which 8,323,788 shares have been issued and are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, and 13,464,000 shares of Company Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, all of which have been designated as Company Series Seed Preferred Stock, of which 8,976,000 shares of Company Series Seed Preferred Stock have been issued and are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. The Company does not hold any shares of its capital stock in its treasury. Section 2.6(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, as of the date of this Agreement, each record holder of issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock and the number and type of shares of Company Capital Stock held by such holder.

 

(b) All of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in the Investor Agreements, none of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock is entitled or subject to any preemptive right, right of participation, right of maintenance or any similar right and none of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock is subject to any right of first refusal in favor of the Company. Except for this Agreement, the Lock-Up Agreement or as set forth in the Investor Agreements, there is (x) no Company Contract relating to the voting or registration of, or restricting any Person from purchasing, selling, pledging or otherwise disposing of (or granting any option or similar right with respect to), any shares of Company Capital Stock and (y) no contracts with one or more current or prospective stockholders of the Company (or one or more beneficial owners of capital stock of the Company), in its or their capacity as such, within the meaning of Section 122(18) of the DGCL. The Company is not under any obligation, nor is it bound by any Contract pursuant to which it may become obligated, to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock or other securities. Section 2.6(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately and completely lists all repurchase rights held by the Company with respect to shares of Company Capital Stock (including shares issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options) and specifies which of those repurchase rights are currently exercisable and whether the holder of such shares of Company Capital Stock timely filed an election with the relevant Governmental Bodies under Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to such shares.

 

(c) Except for the Company Plan, the Company does not have any stock option plan or any other plan, program, agreement or arrangement providing for any equity-based compensation for any Person. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has reserved 7,097,718 shares of Company Common Stock for issuance under the Company Plan, of which 418,788 shares have been issued and are currently outstanding, 6,678,930 shares have been reserved for issuance upon exercise of Company Options previously granted and currently outstanding under the Company Plan, 0 shares have been issued pursuant to Company Restricted Stock Grants, and 0 shares of Company Common Stock remain available for future issuance of awards pursuant to the Company Plan. Section 2.6(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following information, as applicable, with respect to each Company Option and Company Restricted Stock Grant and Company Warrant outstanding as of the date of this Agreement: (i) the name of the award recipient; (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option or Company Restricted Stock Grant, as applicable, at the time of grant; (iii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option or Company Restricted Stock Grant, as applicable, as of the date of this Agreement; (iv) the exercise price of such Company Option; (v) the date on which such Company Option or Company Restricted Stock Grant, as applicable, was granted; (vi) the applicable vesting schedule, including the number of vested and unvested shares as of the date of this Agreement and any acceleration provisions; (vii) the date on which such Company Option expires; and (viii) whether such Company Option is intended to constitute an “incentive stock option” (as defined in the Code) or a non-qualified stock option. The Company has made available to Parent an accurate and complete copy of the Company Plan and a form of stock option agreement and stock grant agreement that is consistent in all material respects with the stock option agreements and stock grant agreements evidencing outstanding Company Options and Company Restricted Stock Grants, as applicable, granted thereunder. Each Company Option has been granted with an exercise price equal to or greater than fair market value of the underlying share of Company Common Stock as of the date of grant.

 

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(d) Except for Company Warrants, Company Options and Company Restricted Stock Grants set forth in Section 2.6(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no: (i) outstanding subscription, option, call, warrant or right (whether or not currently exercisable) to acquire any shares of the capital stock or other securities of the Company; (ii) outstanding security, instrument or obligation that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of the capital stock or other securities of the Company; or (iii) condition or circumstance that could be reasonably likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the assertion of a claim by any Person to the effect that such Person is entitled to acquire or receive any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company. There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or other similar rights with respect to the Company.

 

(e) All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, Company Options, Company Restricted Stock Grants, Company Warrants and other securities of the Company have been issued and granted in (i) compliance with the DGCL and the Organizational Documents of the Company in effect as of the relevant time, (ii) material compliance with all applicable securities Laws and other applicable Law, and (iii) material compliance with all requirements set forth in applicable Contracts, including the Company Plan. Each Company Option (i) has an exercise price per share of Company Common Stock equal to or greater than the fair market value of a share of Company Common Stock on the date of such grant, (ii) has a grant date that is not prior to the date on which the Company Board or a duly authorized committee thereof actually granted or awarded such Company Option and (iii) qualifies for the Tax and accounting treatment afforded to such Company Option in the Company’s tax returns and the Company Financials, respectively.

 

(f) All distributions, dividends, repurchases and redemptions of the Company Capital Stock or other equity interests of the Company were undertaken in (i) compliance with the DGCL, Delaware common law and the Organizational Documents of the Company in effect as of the relevant time, (ii) material compliance with all applicable securities Laws and other applicable Laws, and (iii) material compliance with all requirements set forth in applicable Contract.

 

2.7. Financial Statements.

 

(a) Concurrently with the execution hereof, the Company has provided to Parent true and complete copies of (i) the Company Unaudited Annual Balance Sheet, together with the unaudited statements of operations and cash flows of the Company for the period reflected in the Company Unaudited Annual Balance Sheet and (ii) the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, together with the unaudited statements of operations and cash flows of the Company for the period reflected in the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet (collectively, the “Company Financials”). The Company Financials were prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments, none of which is material) and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and operating results of the Company as of the dates and for the periods indicated therein.

 

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(b) Since the Company’s inception, there have been no formal internal investigations regarding financial reporting or accounting policies and practices discussed with, reviewed by or initiated at the direction of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or general counsel of the Company, the Company Board or any committee thereof. Since the Company’s inception, neither the Company nor its independent auditors have identified (i) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the design or operation of the system of internal accounting controls utilized by the Company, (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves the Company, the Company’s management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by the Company or (iii) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.

 

2.8. Absence of Changes. Except as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, after the date of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet (except for the execution and performance of this Agreement and the discussions, negotiations and transactions related thereto):

 

(a) the Company has conducted its business only in the Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past practice in all material respects; and

 

(b) there has not been or occurred any Company Material Adverse Effect or any event, condition, change, or effect that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

2.9. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. As of the date hereof, the Company has no liability, indebtedness, obligation or expense of any kind, whether accrued, absolute, contingent, matured or unmatured (whether or not required to be reflected in the financial statements in accordance with GAAP) (each a “Liability”), individually or in the aggregate, of a type required to be recorded or reflected on a balance sheet or disclosed in the footnotes thereto under GAAP, except for: (a) Liabilities disclosed, reflected or reserved against in the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet; (b) Liabilities that have been incurred by the Company since the date of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet in the Ordinary Course of Business; (c) Liabilities for performance of obligations under the Company Contracts; (d) Liabilities incurred in connection with the Contemplated Transactions; (e) Liabilities which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company; and (f) Liabilities described in Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.

 

2.10. Title to Assets. The Company owns, and has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all tangible properties or tangible assets and equipment used or held for use in its business or operations or purported to be owned by it that are material to the Company or its business, including: (a) all tangible assets reflected on the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet; and (b) all other tangible assets reflected in the books and records of the Company as being owned by the Company. All of such assets are owned or, in the case of leased assets, leased by the Company free and clear of any Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances.

 

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2.11. Real Property; Leasehold. The Company does not own and has never owned any real property. The Company has made available to Parent (a) an accurate and complete list of all real properties with respect to which the Company directly or indirectly holds a valid leasehold interest as well as any other real estate that is in the possession of, or occupied or leased by, the Company and (b) copies of all leases under which any such real property is possessed, occupied or leased (the “Company Real Estate Leases”), each of which is in full force and effect, with no existing material default thereunder. The Company’s possession, occupancy, lease, use and/or operation of each such leased property conforms to all applicable Laws in all material respects, and the Company has exclusive possession of each such leased property and leasehold interest and has not granted any occupancy rights to tenants or licensees with respect to such leased property or leasehold interest. In addition, each such leased property and leasehold interest is free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances.

 

2.12. Intellectual Property.

 

(a) Section 2.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies each item of material Registered IP owned in whole or in part by the Company, including, with respect to each registration and application: (i) the name of the applicant/registrant, (ii) the jurisdiction of application/registration, (iii) the application or registration number and (iv) any other co-owners. To the Knowledge of the Company, each of the patents and patent applications included in Section 2.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule properly identifies by name each and every inventor of the inventions claimed therein as determined in accordance with applicable Laws of the United States. As of the date of this Agreement, no cancellation, interference, opposition, reissue, reexamination or other proceeding of any nature (other than office actions or similar communications issued by any Governmental Body in the ordinary course of prosecution of any pending applications for registration) is pending or threatened in writing, in which the scope, validity, enforceability or ownership of any Company IP is being or has been contested or challenged. To the Knowledge of the Company, each item of Company IP is valid and enforceable, and with respect to the Company’s Registered IP, subsisting.

 

(b) Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company exclusively owns, is the sole assignee of, or has licensed all material Company IP (other than as disclosed in Section 2.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule), free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances. The Company IP and the Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the Company pursuant to a valid, enforceable written agreement constitute all Intellectual Property Rights used in, material to or otherwise necessary for the operation of the Company’s business as currently conducted. Each Company Associate involved in the creation or development of any material Company IP, pursuant to such Company Associate’s activities on behalf of the Company, has signed a valid and enforceable written agreement containing an assignment of such Company Associate’s rights in such Company IP to the Company. Each Company Associate who has or has had access to the Company’s trade secrets or confidential information has signed a valid and enforceable written agreement containing confidentiality provisions protecting the Company IP, trade secrets and confidential information. The Company has taken commercially reasonable steps to protect and preserve the confidentiality of its trade secrets and confidential information.

 

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(c) To the Knowledge of the Company, no funding, facilities or personnel of any Governmental Body or any university, college, research institute or other educational institution has been used to create Company IP, except for any such funding or use of facilities or personnel that does not result in such Governmental Body or institution obtaining ownership rights or a license to such Company IP or the right to receive royalties for the practice of such Company IP.

 

(d) Section 2.12(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth each license agreement pursuant to which the Company (i) is granted a license under any material Intellectual Property Right owned by any third party that is used by the Company in its business as currently conducted (each a “Company In-bound License”) or (ii) grants to any third party a license under any material Company IP or material Intellectual Property Right licensed to the Company under a Company In-bound License (each a “Company Out-bound License”) (provided, that, Company In-bound Licenses shall not include, when entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business, material transfer agreements, agreements with Company Associates, services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, commercially available Software-as-a-Service offerings, or off-the-shelf software licenses; and Company Out-bound Licenses shall not include, when entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business, material transfer agreements, services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, or non-exclusive outbound licenses). To the Knowledge of the Company, all Company In-bound Licenses and Company Out-bound Licenses are in full force and effect and are valid, enforceable and binding obligations of the Company and each other party to such Company In-bound Licenses or Company Out-bound Licenses. Neither the Company, nor to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party to such Company In-bound Licenses or Company Out-bound Licenses, is in material breach under any Company In-bound Licenses or Company Out-bound Licenses.

 

(e) To the Knowledge of the Company: (i) the operation of the business of the Company as currently conducted does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person and (ii) no other Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Company IP or any Intellectual Property Rights exclusively licensed to the Company. No Legal Proceeding is pending (or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is threatened in writing) (A) against the Company alleging that the operation of the business of the Company infringes or constitutes the misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property Rights of another Person or (B) by the Company alleging that another Person has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any of the Company IP or any Intellectual Property Rights exclusively licensed to the Company. Since the Company’s inception, the Company has not received any written notice or other written communication alleging that the operation of the business of the Company infringes or constitutes the misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property Right of another Person.

 

(f) None of the Company IP or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any material Intellectual Property Rights exclusively licensed to the Company is subject to any pending or outstanding injunction, directive, order, judgment or other disposition of dispute that adversely and materially restricts the use, transfer, registration or licensing by the Company of any such Company IP or material Intellectual Property Rights exclusively licensed to the Company.

 

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(g) To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company and the operation of the Company’s business are in substantial compliance with all Laws pertaining to data privacy and data security of any personally identifiable information or sensitive business information (collectively, “Sensitive Data”). To the Knowledge of the Company, there have been (i) no losses or thefts of data or security breaches relating to Sensitive Data used in the business of the Company, (ii) no violations of any security policy of the Company regarding any such Sensitive Data used in the business of the Company, and (iii) no unauthorized access, unauthorized use or unintended or improper disclosure of any Sensitive Data used in the business of the Company. The Company has taken commercially reasonable steps and implemented reasonable disaster recovery and security plans and procedures to protect the information technology systems used in, material to or necessary for operation of the Company’s business as currently conducted from unauthorized use or access. To the Knowledge of the Company, there have been no material malfunctions or unauthorized intrusions or breaches of the information technology systems used in, material to or necessary for the operation of the Company’s business as currently conducted.

 

2.13. Agreements, Contracts and Commitments.

 

(a) Section 2.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the following Company Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement other than any Company Benefit Plans (each, a “Company Material Contract” and collectively, the “Company Material Contracts”):

 

(i) each Company Contract relating to any agreement of indemnification or guaranty not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(ii) each Company Contract containing (A) any covenant limiting the freedom of the Company or the Surviving Corporation to engage in any line of business or compete with any Person, (B) any most-favored pricing arrangement or similar term by which any Person is or could become entitled to any benefit, right or privilege that must be at least as favorable to such Person as those offered to any other Person, (C) any exclusivity provision, right of first refusal or right of first negotiation or similar covenant, or (D) any non-solicitation provision;

 

(iii) each Company Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition of material assets or any ownership interest in any Entity, except as contemplated hereby;

 

(iv) each Company Contract relating to any mortgages, indentures, loans, notes or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit or creating any material Encumbrances with respect to any assets of the Company or any loans or debt obligations with officers or directors of the Company;

 

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(v) each Company Contract with any financial advisor, broker, finder, investment banker or other similar Person providing financial advisory services to the Company in connection with the Contemplated Transactions;

 

(vi) each Company Real Estate Lease;

 

(vii) each Company Contract with any Governmental Body;

 

(viii) each Company Out-bound License and Company In-bound License, and each Company Contract containing a covenant not to sue or otherwise enforce any Intellectual Property Rights, other than Contracts containing standard form non-disclosure agreements or licenses for unmodified commercially available off the shelf software;

 

(ix) each Company Contract containing any royalty, dividend or similar arrangement based on the revenues or profits of the Company;

 

(x) each Company Contract, offer letter, or employment agreement, or independent contractor agreement with any employee or service provider whose annual base compensation equals or exceeds $100,000 that (A) is not terminable on less than thirty (30) days’ advance notice the Company or otherwise subject to severance obligations, except as required under applicable Law, or (B) provides for retention payments, change of control payments, severance, accelerated vesting, or any similar payment or benefit that will become due as a result of the Merger;

 

(xi) each Company Contract providing any option to receive a license or other right, any right of first negotiation, any right of first refusal or any similar right to any Person related to any material Company IP or material Intellectual Property Right licensed to the Company under a Company In-bound License;

 

(xii) each Company Contract entered into in settlement of any Legal Proceeding or other dispute with respect to which the Company has any outstanding monetary obligations as of the Closing Date; and

 

(xiii) any other Company Contract, excluding Company Contracts relating to Company employees or independent contractors, that is not terminable at will (with no penalty or payment or requirement for prior notice) by the Company, and (A) which involves payment or receipt by the Company after the date of this Agreement under any such agreement, Contract or commitment of more than $200,000 in the aggregate, or obligations after the date of this Agreement in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate, or (B) that is material to the business or operations of the Company, taken as a whole.

 

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(b) The Company has delivered or made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all Company Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto. Except as set forth in Section 2.13(a)(x) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no Company Material Contracts that are not in written form. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, as of the date of this Agreement any other party to a Company Material Contract, has breached, violated or defaulted under, or received notice that it breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or conditions of any Company Material Contract in such manner as would permit any other party to cancel or terminate any such Company Material Contract, or would permit any other party to seek damages which would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company or its business. As to the Company, as of the date of this Agreement, each Company Material Contract is valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. No Person is renegotiating, or has a right pursuant to the terms of any Company Material Contract to change, any material amount paid or payable to the Company under any Company Material Contract or any other material term or provision of any Company Material Contract, and no Person has indicated in writing to the Company that it desires to renegotiate, modify, not renew or cancel any Company Material Contract.

 

2.14. Compliance; Permits; Restrictions.

 

(a) The Company is, and at all times since the Company’s inception has been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws, except for any noncompliance, either individually or in the aggregate, which would not be material to the Company. No Legal Proceeding is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company. There is no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company which (i) has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the Company, any acquisition of material property by the Company or the conduct of business by the Company as currently conducted, (ii) is reasonably likely to have an adverse effect on the Company’s ability to comply with or perform any covenant or obligation under this Agreement, or (iii) is reasonably likely to have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with the Contemplated Transactions.

 

(b) The Company holds all required Governmental Authorizations which are material to the operation of the business of the Company as currently conducted (the “Company Permits”). Section 2.14(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies each Company Permit. Each such Company Permit is valid and in full force and effect, and the Company is in material compliance with the terms of the Company Permits. No Legal Proceeding is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, which seeks to revoke, limit, suspend, or materially modify any Company Permit.

 

2.15. Legal Proceedings; Orders.

 

(a) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no material pending Legal Proceeding and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no Person has threatened in writing to commence any Legal Proceeding: (i) that involves (A) the Company, (B) any Company Associate (in his or her capacity as such) or (C) any of the material assets owned or used by the Company; or (ii) that challenges, or that would have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with, the Contemplated Transactions.

 

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(b) Except as set forth in Section 2.15(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since the Company’s inception through the date of this Agreement, no Legal Proceeding has been pending against the Company that resulted in material liability to the Company.

 

2.16. Tax Matters.

 

(a) The Company has timely filed all material Tax Returns that were required to be filed by or with respect to it under applicable Law. All such Tax Returns are correct and complete in all material respects and have been prepared in compliance with all applicable Law. No claim has ever been made by any Governmental Body in any jurisdiction where the Company does not file a particular Tax Return or pay a particular Tax that the Company is required to file a Tax Return or pay a Tax in that jurisdiction.

 

(b) All material amounts of Taxes due and owing by the Company (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been fully and timely paid. The unpaid Taxes of the Company did not, as of the date of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, materially exceed the reserve for Tax liability (excluding any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax items) set forth on the face of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet. Since the date of the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet, the Company has not incurred any material Liability for Taxes outside the Ordinary Course of Business.

 

(c) All Taxes that the Company is or was required by Law to withhold or collect have been duly and timely withheld or collected in all material respects on behalf of its respective employees, independent contractors, stockholders, lenders, customers or other third parties and have been timely paid to the proper Governmental Body or other Person or properly set aside in accounts for this purpose.

 

(d) There are no Encumbrances for material Taxes (other than Taxes not yet due and payable) upon any of the assets of the Company.

 

(e) No deficiencies for a material amount of Taxes with respect to the Company have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any Governmental Body in writing. There are no pending or ongoing and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no threatened audits, assessments or other actions for or relating to any liability in respect of a material amount of Taxes of the Company. Neither the Company nor any of its predecessors has waived any statute of limitations or agreed to any extension of time with respect to any income or other material Tax assessment or deficiency.

 

(f) The Company has not been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.

 

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(g) The Company is not a party to any Tax allocation agreement, Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement, or similar agreement or arrangement, other than customary commercial contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business the principal subject matter of which is not Taxes.

 

(h) The Company will not be required to include or accelerate any item of income in, or exclude or defer any item of deduction from, taxable income for any Tax period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) change in method of accounting for Tax purposes for a Tax period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) use of an improper method of accounting for a Tax period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) intercompany transaction or excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law); (v) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (vi) prepaid amount, advance payment or deferred revenue received or accrued on or prior to the Closing Date; (vii) application of Section 367(d) of the Code to any transfer of intangible property on or prior to the Closing Date; (viii) application of Sections 951 or 951A of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) to any income received or accrued on or prior to the Closing Date; or (ix) election under Section 108(i) of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law). The Company has no unpaid deferred employment Taxes under the CARES Act, taken, has not claimed, or applied for an employee retention tax credit, or taken out any loan, received any loan assistance or received any other financial assistance, or requested any of the foregoing, in each case under the CARES Act, including pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program or the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program. The Company has not made any election under Section 965(h) of the Code.

 

(i) The Company has no Liability for any material Taxes of any Person (other than the Company) under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Law), as a transferee or successor, by Contract (other than customary commercial contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business the principal subject matter of which is not Taxes) or otherwise.

 

(j) The Company has never distributed stock of another Person, or had its stock distributed by another Person, in a transaction that was purported or intended to be governed in whole or in part by Section 355 of the Code or Section 361 of the Code (or any similar provisions of state, local or foreign Law).

 

(k) The Company has not participated in or been a party to a transaction that, as of the date of this Agreement, constitutes a “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Section 6707A(c) of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b).

 

(l) The Company has not taken any action (or agreed to take any action) or become aware of any fact that would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

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(m) Section 2.16(m) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the entity classification of the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Company has not made an election or taken any other action to change its federal and state income tax classification from such classification.

 

For purposes of this Section 2.16, each reference to the Company shall be deemed to include any Person that was liquidated into, merged with, or is otherwise a predecessor to, the Company.

 

2.17. Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans.

 

(a) Section 2.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is a list of all material Company Benefit Plans (except for (A) any individual stock purchase, stock option and other equity compensation agreements which do not deviate from the representative forms of such agreements made available to Parent, and (B) employment agreements and offer letters with annual base compensation in excess of $100,000 that (i) is not terminable on less than thirty (30) days’ advance notice the Company or otherwise subject to severance obligations, except as required under applicable Law, or (ii) provides for retention payments, change of control payments, severance, accelerated vesting, or any similar payment or benefit that will become due as a result of the Merger , other than through a plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement listed on Section 2.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule). “Company Benefit Plan” means each (i) “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and (ii) other pension, retirement, deferred compensation, excess benefit, profit sharing, bonus, commission, equity or equity-based incentive, phantom equity, severance, change-of-control, retention, health, life, disability, group insurance, paid time off, holiday, welfare and fringe benefit plan or program, (whether written or unwritten, qualified or nonqualified, funded or unfunded and including any that have been frozen), in each case, sponsored, maintained, administered, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by the Company for the benefit of any current or former employee, director, officer or independent contractor of the Company or under which the Company has any actual or contingent liability.

 

(b) As applicable with respect to each material Company Benefit Plan, the Company has made available to Parent, true and complete copies of (i) each material Company Benefit Plan, including all amendments thereto, and in the case of an unwritten material Company Benefit Plan, a written description thereof, (ii) all current trust documents, investment management contracts, custodial agreements, administrative services agreements and insurance and annuity contracts relating thereto, (iii) the current summary plan description and each summary of material modifications thereto, (iv) the most recently filed annual reports with any Governmental Body (e.g., Form 5500 and all schedules thereto), (v) the most recent IRS determination, opinion or advisory letter, (vi) the most recent summary annual reports, nondiscrimination testing reports, actuarial reports, financial statements and trustee reports, and (vii) all notices and filings from the IRS or Department of Labor or other Governmental Body concerning audits, investigations, plan corrections or “prohibited transactions” within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

(c) Each material Company Benefit Plan has been maintained, operated and administered in compliance in all material respects with its terms and the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and all other Laws. The Company and each Company ERISA Affiliate have complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the “ACA”), and neither the Company nor any Company ERISA Affiliate have received, or reasonably expect to receive, any penalty notice with respect to the ACA.

 

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(d) The Company Benefit Plans which are “employee pension benefit plans” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA and which are intended to meet the qualification requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code have received determination or opinion letters from the IRS on which they may currently rely to the effect that such plans are qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the related trusts are exempt from federal income Taxes under Section 501(a) of the Code, respectively, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred that would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the qualification of such Company Benefit Plan or the tax exempt status of the related trust.

 

(e) Since the Company’s inception, neither the Company nor any Company ERISA Affiliate has maintained, established, participated in contributed to, has been required to contribute to, or has had any actual or contingent liability with respect to, (i) any “employee pension benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) any “multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA), (iii) any “multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of Section 413 of the Code) or (iv) any “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA).

 

(f) There are no pending audits or investigations by any Governmental Body involving any Company Benefit Plan, and no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims (except for routine individual claims for benefits payable in the normal operation of the Company Benefit Plans), suits or proceedings involving any Company Benefit Plan, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any fiduciary thereof or service provider thereto, in any case except as would not be reasonably expected to result in material liability to the Company. All contributions and premium payments required to have been made under any of the Company Benefit Plans or by applicable Law (without regard to any waivers granted under Section 412 of the Code), have been timely made and the Company has no material liability for any unpaid contributions with respect to any Company Benefit Plan. Each Company Benefit Plan may be terminated in accordance with its terms and applicable Law without the imposition of material liability (including any contingent liability) on the Company.

 

(g) Neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any fiduciary, trustee or administrator of any Company Benefit Plan, has engaged in, or in connection with the Contemplated Transactions will engage in, any transaction with respect to any Company Benefit Plan which would subject any such Company Benefit Plan, the Company, or Parent to a material Tax, material penalty or material liability for a “prohibited transaction” under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

(h) No Company Benefit Plan provides death, medical, dental, vision, life insurance or other welfare benefits beyond termination of service or retirement other than coverage mandated by Law and the Company has not made a written representation promising the same.

 

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(i) Neither the execution of this Agreement, nor the performance of the Contemplated Transactions (either alone or when combined with the occurrence of any other event, including without limitation, a termination of employment), will: (i) result in any payment becoming due to any current or former employee, director, officer, or independent contractor of the Company thereof, pursuant to any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise, (ii) increase any amount of compensation or benefits otherwise payable under any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise, (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting of any benefits under any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise, (iv) require any contribution or payment to fund any obligation under any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise or (v) limit the right to merge, amend or terminate any Company Benefit Plan.

 

(j) Except as set forth in Section 2.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions (either alone or when combined with the occurrence of any other event, including without limitation, a termination of employment) will result in the receipt or retention by any person who is a “disqualified individual” (within the meaning of Code Section 280G) with respect to the Company of any payment or benefit that is or could be characterized as a “parachute payment” (within the meaning of Code Section 280G), determined without regard to the application of Code Section 280G(b)(5).

 

(k) Each Company Benefit Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined in Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) has been operated and administered in compliance with, is and has been in documentary compliance with, Section 409A of the Code, in each case, in all material respects.

 

(l) No current or former employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the Company has any “gross up” agreements with the Company or other assurance of reimbursement by the Company for any Taxes imposed under Code Section 409A or Code Section 4999.

 

(m) The Company does not maintain any Company Benefit Plan outside of the United States.

 

(n) The Company has provided to Parent a true and correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, containing the names of all current full-time, part-time or temporary employees and independent contractors (and indication as such), and, as applicable: (i) their annual dollar amount of base salary or other base wages, and to the extent calculable, commissions; (ii) dates of employment or service; (iii) title and, with respect to independent contractors, a current written description of such Person’s contracting services, if available; (iv) visa status, if applicable; and (v) with respect to employees, (A) a designation of whether they are classified as exempt or non-exempt for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended (“FLSA”) and any similar state law and (B) whether such an employee is on leave and, if so, the nature of such leave and expected return date, if known.

 

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(o) The Company is not and has never been a party to, bound by, or has a duty to bargain under, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor union or similar labor organization representing any of its employees, and there is no labor union or similar labor organization representing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, purporting to represent or seeking to represent any employees of the Company, including through the filing of a petition for representation election. There is not and has not been since the Company’s inception, nor is there or has there been since the Company’s inception any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, union election petition, demand for recognition, or any similar activity or dispute or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any union organizing activity, against the Company.

 

(p) The Company is, and since the Company’s inception has been, other than as would not be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, in material compliance with all applicable Laws respecting labor, employment, employment practices, and terms and conditions of employment, including worker classification, discrimination, harassment and retaliation, equal employment opportunities, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration, employee safety and health, payment of wages (including overtime wages), unemployment and workers’ compensation, leaves of absence, and hours of work. Except as would not be reasonably likely to result in a material liability to the Company, with respect to employees of the Company, the Company, since the Company’s inception, has withheld and reported all amounts required by Law to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments, benefits, or compensation to employees. There are no actions, suits, claims, charges, lawsuits, investigations, audits or administrative matters pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company relating to any employee, applicant for employment, or consultant.

 

(q) Since the Company’s inception, the Company has not implemented any “plant closing” or “mass layoff” of employees that would reasonably be expected to require notification under the WARN Act or any similar state or local Law, no such “plant closing” or “mass layoff” will be implemented before the Closing Date without advance notification to and approval of Parent, and there has been no “employment loss” as defined by the WARN Act within the ninety (90) days prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

(r) The Company is and has at all relevant times been in material compliance with (i) COVID-19-related Laws, standards, regulations, orders and guidance (including without limitation relating to business reopening), including those issued and enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and any other Governmental Body; and (ii) the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (including with respect to eligibility for tax credits under such Act) and any other applicable COVID-19-related leave Law, whether state, local or otherwise.

 

2.18. Environmental Matters. The Company is and since the Company’s inception has complied with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes the possession by the Company of all permits and other Governmental Authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws and compliance with the terms and conditions thereof, except for any failure to be in such compliance that, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company or its business. The Company has not received since the Company’s inception, any written notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise), whether from a Governmental Body or other Person, that alleges that the Company is not in compliance with or has liability pursuant to any Environmental Law and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no circumstances that would reasonably be expected to prevent or interfere with the Company’s compliance in any material respects with any Environmental Law, except where such failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company or its business.

 

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2.19. Insurance. The Company has delivered or made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all material insurance policies and all material self-insurance programs and arrangements relating to the business, assets, liabilities and operations of the Company. Each of such insurance policies is in full force and effect and the Company is in compliance in all material respects with the terms thereof. Other than customary end of policy notifications from insurance carriers, since the Company’s inception, the Company has not received any notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible: (a) cancellation or invalidation of any insurance policy; or (b) refusal or denial of any coverage, reservation of rights or rejection of any material claim under any insurance policy. The Company has provided timely written notice to the appropriate insurance carrier(s) of each Legal Proceeding that is currently pending against the Company for which the Company has insurance coverage, and no such carrier has issued a denial of coverage or a reservation of rights with respect to any such Legal Proceeding, or informed the Company of its intent to do so.

 

2.20. No Financial Advisors. Except as set forth in Section 2.20 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage fee, finder’s fee, opinion fee, success fee, transaction fee or other fee or commission in connection with the Contemplated Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company.

 

2.21. Transactions with Affiliates.

 

(a) Section 2.21(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule describes any material transactions or relationships, since the Company’s inception, between, on one hand, the Company and, on the other hand, any (i) officer or director of the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of such officer’s or director’s immediate family members, (ii) owner of more than 5% of the voting power of the outstanding Company Capital Stock or (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, any “related person” (within the meaning of Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act) of any such officer, director or owner (other than the Company) in the case of each of (i), (ii) or (iii) that is of the type that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

 

(b) Section 2.21(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists each stockholders agreement, voting agreement, registration rights agreement, co-sale agreement or other similar Contract between the Company and any holders of Company Capital Stock, including any such Contract granting any Person investor rights, rights of first refusal, rights of first offer, registration rights, director designation rights or similar rights (collectively, the “Investor Agreements”).

 

2.22. Anti-Bribery. None of the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees or, to the Company’s Knowledge, agents or any other Person acting on their behalf (in each in their respective capacities as such) has directly or indirectly made any bribes, rebates, payoffs, influence payments, kickbacks, illegal payments, illegal political contributions, or other payments, in the form of cash, gifts, or otherwise, or taken any other action, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act of 2010 or any other anti-bribery or anti-corruption Law (collectively, the “Anti-Bribery Laws”). The Company is not and has not been the subject of any investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Body with respect to potential violations of Anti-Bribery Laws.

 

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2.23. Accredited Investors. Each holder of Company Capital Stock is an “accredited investor” as defined and determined pursuant to Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

2.24. Disclaimer of Other Representations or Warranties.

 

(a) Except as previously set forth in this Section 2 or in any certificate delivered by the Company to Parent and/or Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement, the Company makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, at law or in equity, with respect to it or any of its assets, liabilities or operations, and any such other representations or warranties are hereby expressly disclaimed.

 

(b) The Company acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in Section 3 or in any certificate delivered by Parent and/or Merger Sub to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, none of the Company or any of its Representatives is relying on any other representation or warranty of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person made outside of Section 3 or such certificate, including regarding the accuracy or completeness of any such other representations or warranties or the omission of any material information, whether express or implied, in each case, with respect to the matters covered by this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions, and any claim with respect to any other representation or warranty of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person made outside of Section 3 or such certificate are expressly disclaimed by the Company.

 

Section 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB

 

Subject to Section 7.13(h), except (a) as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by Parent to the Company (the “Parent Disclosure Schedule”) or (b) as disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents filed with the SEC after December 31, 2022 and prior to the date hereof and publicly available on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (but (i) without giving effect to any amendment thereof filed with, or furnished to the SEC on or after the date hereof and (ii) excluding any disclosures contained under the heading “Risk Factors” and any disclosure of risks included in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or in any other section to the extent they are forward-looking statements or cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature), it being understood that any matter disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents (x) shall not be deemed disclosed for purposes of Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section 3.5, Section 3.6, and Section 3.7 and (y) shall be deemed to be disclosed in a section of the Parent Disclosure Schedule only to the extent that it is readily apparent from a reading of such Parent SEC Documents that is applicable to such section of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, Parent and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Company as follows:

 

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3.1. Due Organization; Subsidiaries.

 

(a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and has all necessary corporate power and authority: (i) to conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted; (ii) to own or lease and use its property and assets in the manner in which its property and assets are currently owned or leased and used; and (iii) to perform its obligations under all Contracts by which it is bound. Since its date of incorporation, Merger Sub has not engaged in any activities other than activities incident to its organization or in connection with or as contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b) Parent is duly licensed and qualified to do business, and is in good standing (to the extent applicable in such jurisdiction), under the Laws of all jurisdictions where the nature of its business requires such licensing or qualification other than in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified individually or in the aggregate would not be reasonably expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c) Parent has no Subsidiaries, except for the Entities identified in Section 3.1(c) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule; and neither Parent nor any of the Entities identified in Section 3.1(c) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule owns any capital stock of, or any equity, ownership or profit-sharing interest of any nature in, or controls directly or indirectly, any other Entity other than the Entities identified in Section 3.1(c) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule. Each of Parent’s Subsidiaries is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and, if applicable, in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has all necessary corporate or other power and authority: (i) to conduct its business in the manner in which its business is currently being conducted; (ii) to own or lease and use its property and assets in the manner in which its property and assets are currently owned or leased and used; and (iii) to perform its obligations under all Contracts by which it is bound.

 

(d) Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has otherwise been, directly or indirectly, a party to, member of or participant in any partnership, joint venture or similar business Entity. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has agreed or is obligated to make, or is bound by any Contract under which it may become obligated to make, any future investment in or capital contribution to any other Entity. Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has, at any time, been a general partner of, or has otherwise been liable for, any of the debts or other obligations of, any general partnership, limited partnership or other Entity.

 

3.2. Organizational Documents. Parent has made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries in effect as of the date of this Agreement. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or violation of its respective Organizational Documents.

 

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3.3. Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement.

 

(a) Parent and Merger Sub have all necessary corporate power and authority to enter into and to perform its respective obligations under this Agreement and, subject, with respect to Parent, to receipt of the Required Parent Stockholder Vote and, with respect to Merger Sub, the adoption of this Agreement by Parent in its capacity as sole stockholder of Merger Sub, to consummate the Contemplated Transactions. The Parent Board (at a meeting duly called, noticed and held) has adopted resolutions providing for the Parent Board Approval. The Merger Sub Board (by unanimous consent in lieu of a meeting) has adopted resolutions providing for the Merger Sub Board Approval.

 

(b) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

3.4. Vote Required. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of Parent Common Stock present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of Parent’s capital stock necessary to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters (“Required Parent Stockholder Vote”).

 

3.5. Non-Contravention; Consents. Subject to obtaining the Required Parent Stockholder Vote and the filing of the Certificate of Merger required by the DGCL, neither (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by Parent or Merger Sub, nor (y) the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, will directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time):

 

(a) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any of the provisions of the Organizational Documents of Parent or Merger Sub;

 

(b) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any Law or any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which Parent or its Subsidiaries, or any of the assets owned or used by Parent or its Subsidiaries, is subject, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of any of the terms or requirements of, or give any Governmental Body the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate or modify, any Governmental Authorization that is held by Parent, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(d) except as set forth in Section 3.5(d) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or result in a default under, any provision of any Parent Material Contract, or give any Person the right to: (i) declare a default or exercise any remedy under any Parent Material Contract; (ii) any material payment, rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule under any Parent Material Contract; (iii) accelerate the maturity or performance of any Parent Material Contract; or (iv) cancel, terminate or modify any term of any Parent Material Contract, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(e) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to any asset owned or used by Parent (except for Permitted Encumbrances), except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

 

Except for (i) any Consent set forth in Section 3.5 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule under any Parent Contract, (ii) the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, (iii) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the DGCL, and (iv) such consents, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as may be required under applicable federal and state securities Laws or Nasdaq listing rules, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is or will be required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any Person in connection with (A) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or (B) the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions. The Parent Board has taken all actions necessary to ensure that the restrictions on business combinations contained in Section 203 of the DGCL will not apply to the Merger, this Agreement, the Lock-Up Agreements or the other Contemplated Transactions. No other state takeover statute or similar Law applies or purports to apply to the Merger, this Agreement or any of the other Contemplated Transactions.

 

3.6. Capitalization.

 

(a) The authorized capital stock of Parent as of the date of this Agreement consists of 500,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, of which 1,208,857 shares have been issued and are outstanding as of the close of business on the date hereof and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Parent Preferred Shares”), 3,000 of which have been designated as Parent Series A Preferred Stock, of which 3,000 shares of Parent Series A Preferred Stock have been issued and are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, 240.5620 of which have been designated as Parent Series B Preferred Stock, of which no shares of Parent Series B Preferred Stock have been issued and are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, 23,551.5195 of which have been designated as Parent Series C Preferred Stock, of which no shares of Parent Series C Preferred Stock have been issued and are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, and 30,227.0524 of which have been designated as Parent Series D Preferred Stock, of which no shares of Parent Series D Preferred Stock have been issued and are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. Parent does not hold any shares of its capital stock in its treasury.

 

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(b) All of the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock and Parent Preferred Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable. None of the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Shares are entitled or subject to any preemptive right, right of participation, right of maintenance or any similar right and none of the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Shares is subject to any right of first refusal in favor of Parent. Except as contemplated herein and as set forth on Section 3.6(b) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, there is (x) no Parent Contract relating to the voting or registration of, or restricting any Person from purchasing, selling, pledging or otherwise disposing of (or granting any option or similar right with respect to), any shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Shares and (y) no contracts with one or more current or prospective stockholders of Parent (or one or more beneficial owners of capital stock of Parent) in its or their capacity as such, within the meaning of Section 122(18) of the DGCL, that have not been disclosed. Parent is not under any obligation, nor is it bound by any Contract pursuant to which it may become obligated, to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock or other securities. Section 3.6(b) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule accurately and completely lists all repurchase rights held by Parent with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Shares (including shares issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options) and specifies which of those repurchase rights are currently exercisable and whether the holder of such shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Preferred Shares timely filed an election with the relevant Governmental Bodies under Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to such shares.

 

(c) Except for the Parent Stock Plan, and except as set forth in Section 3.6(c) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, Parent does not have any stock option plan or any other plan, program, agreement or arrangement providing for any equity-based compensation for any Person. As of the close of business on March 11, 2026, 200,335 shares were reserved for issuance upon exercise of Parent Options granted under the Parent Stock Plan that are outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, 94,435 shares have been reserved for issuance upon settlement of Parent RSUs granted and currently outstanding under the Parent Stock Plan, and 122,348 shares remain available for future issuance pursuant to the Parent Stock Plan. Section 3.6(c) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following information with respect to each Parent Option and Parent RSU outstanding as of March 11, 2026: (i) the name of the award recipient; (ii) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to such Parent Option or Parent RSU, as applicable, at the time of grant; (iii) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to such Parent Option or Parent RSU, as applicable, as of the Reference Date; (iv) the exercise price of such Parent Option; (v) the date on which such Parent Option or Parent RSU, as applicable, was granted; (vi) the applicable vesting schedule, including the number of vested and unvested shares as of the Reference Date and any acceleration provisions; and (vii) whether such Parent Option is intended to constitute an “incentive stock option” (as defined in the Code) or a non-qualified stock option. Parent has made available to the Company an accurate and complete copy of the Parent Stock Plan and a form of stock option agreement and form of restricted stock unit agreement that is consistent in all material respects with the stock option agreements and restricted stock unit agreements evidencing outstanding Parent Options and Parent RSUs granted thereunder.

 

(d) Except for the Parent Options and Parent RSU, and as otherwise set forth in Section 3.6(d) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, there is no: (i) outstanding subscription, option, call, warrant or right (whether or not currently exercisable) to acquire any shares of the capital stock or other securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) outstanding security, instrument or obligation that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of the capital stock or other securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; or (iii) condition or circumstance that could be reasonably likely to give rise to or provide a basis for the assertion of a claim by any Person to the effect that such Person is entitled to acquire or receive any shares of capital stock or other securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (it being understood that Parent intends to issue prior to (but contingent upon) the Closing restricted stock units to certain employees of the Company identified in the Company Disclosure Schedule). There are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or other similar rights with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. In addition, there are no stockholder rights plans (or similar plan commonly referred to as a “poison pill”) or bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of Parent having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which stockholders of Parent may vote.

 

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(e) All outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock, Parent Preferred Shares, Parent Options, Parent RSUs, and other securities of Parent have been issued and granted in material compliance with (i) the Organizational Documents of Parent in effect as of the relevant time and all applicable securities Laws and other applicable Law, and (ii) all requirements set forth in applicable Contracts, including the Parent Stock Plan. Except as set forth on Section 3.6(e) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, each Parent Option (i) has an exercise price per share of Parent Common Stock equal to or greater than the fair market value of a share of Parent Common Stock on the date of such grant, (ii) has a grant date that is not prior to the date on which the Parent Board or a duly authorized committee thereof actually awarded such Parent Option and (iii) qualifies for the Tax and accounting treatment afforded to such Parent Option in Parent’s tax returns and financial statements of Parent, respectively.

 

(f) All distributions, dividends, repurchases and redemptions of Parent Common Stock or other equity interests of Parent were undertaken in material compliance with (i) the Organizational Documents of Parent in effect as of the relevant time and all applicable securities Laws and other applicable Laws, and (ii) all requirements set forth in applicable Contracts.

 

3.7. SEC Filings; Financial Statements.

 

(a) Parent has delivered or made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of all registration statements, proxy statements, Certifications (as defined below) and other statements, reports, schedules, forms and other documents filed by Parent with the SEC since January 1, 2020 (the “Parent SEC Documents”), other than such documents that can be obtained on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Since January 1, 2020 and except for the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, material statements, reports, schedules, forms and other documents required to have been filed by Parent or its officers with the SEC have been so filed on a timely basis. As of the time it was filed with the SEC (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing), each of the Parent SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (as the case may be) and, as of the time they were filed, or if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, on the date of the last such amendment or superseding filing prior to the date of this Agreement, none of the Parent SEC Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The certifications and statements required by (i) Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act and (ii) 18 U.S.C. §1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) relating to the Parent SEC Documents (collectively, the “Certifications”) are accurate and complete and comply as to form and content with all applicable Laws, and no current or former executive officer of Parent has failed to make the Certifications required of him or her. Parent has made available to the Company true and complete copies of all correspondence, other than transmittal correspondence or general communications by the SEC not specifically addressed to Parent, between the SEC, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other, since January 1, 2020, including all SEC comment letters and responses to such comment letters and responses to such comment letters by or on behalf of Parent except for such comment letters and responses to such comment letters that are publicly accessible through EDGAR. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC or Nasdaq with respect to Parent SEC Documents. To the Knowledge of Parent, none of the Parent SEC Documents is the subject of ongoing SEC review and there are no inquiries or investigations by the SEC or any internal investigations pending or threatened, including with regards to any accounting practices of Parent. As used in this Section 3.7, the term “file” and variations thereof shall be broadly construed to include any manner in which a document or information is filed, furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC.

 

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(b) The financial statements (including any related notes) contained or incorporated by reference in the Parent SEC Documents: (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto; (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited financial statements, except as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments) applied on a consistent basis unless otherwise noted therein throughout the periods indicated; and (iii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows of Parent for the periods covered thereby. Other than as expressly disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof, there has been no material change in Parent’s accounting methods or principles that would be required to be disclosed in Parent’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

 

(c) Parent’s independent registered public accounting firm has at all times since the date of enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act been: (i) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in Section 2(a)(12) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act); (ii) to the Knowledge of Parent, “independent” with respect to Parent within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act; and (iii) to the Knowledge of Parent, in compliance with subsections (g) through (l) of Section 10A of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board thereunder.

 

(d) Except as set forth in Section 3.7(d) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2020, through the date of this Agreement, Parent has not received any comment letter from the SEC or the staff thereof or any correspondence from officials of Nasdaq or the staff thereof relating to the delisting or maintenance of listing of the Parent Common Stock on Nasdaq. As of the date of this Agreement, Parent has timely responded to all comment letters of the staff of the SEC relating to the Parent SEC Documents, and the SEC has not advised Parent that any final responses are inadequate, insufficient or otherwise non-responsive. Parent has made available to the Company true, correct and complete copies of all comment letters, written inquiries and enforcement correspondences between the SEC, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, occurring since January 1, 2020 and will, reasonably promptly following the receipt thereof, make available to the Company any such correspondence sent or received after the date of this Agreement. To the Knowledge of Parent, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Parent SEC Documents is the subject of an ongoing SEC report or outstanding SEC comment.

 

(e) Since January 1, 2020, (i) neither Parent nor, to the knowledge of Parent, any of its directors, officers, employees, auditors, accountants or representatives has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Parent or its internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Parent has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices, (ii) no attorney representing Parent, whether or not employed by Parent, has reported evidence of a material violation of securities Laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by Parent or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents to the Parent Board or any committee thereof or to any director or officer of Parent, and (iii) there have been no formal investigations regarding financial reporting or accounting policies and practices discussed with, reviewed by or initiated at the direction of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer or general counsel of Parent, the Parent Board or any committee thereof, other than ordinary course audits or reviews of accounting policies and practices or internal controls required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

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(f) Except as disclosed to the Company, Parent is and since its first date of listing on Nasdaq, has been, in compliance in all material respects with the applicable current listing and governance rules and regulations of Nasdaq.

 

(g) Parent maintains and at all times since January 1, 2020, has maintained a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and to provide reasonable assurance (i) that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, (ii) that receipts and expenditures are made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the Parent Board, (iii) regarding prevention or timely detection of the unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of Parent’s assets that could have a material effect on Parent’s financial statements and (iv) that Parent maintains records in reasonable detail which accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of Parent and any of its Subsidiaries. Parent has evaluated the effectiveness of Parent’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, presented in any applicable Parent SEC Document that is a report on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q (or any amendment thereto) its conclusions about the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting as of the end of the period covered by such report or amendment based on such evaluation. Parent has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to Parent’s auditors and audit committee (and has described in Section 3.7(g) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule) (A) all material weaknesses and all significant deficiencies, if any, in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting that are reasonably likely to adversely affect Parent’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves Parent, any of its Subsidiaries, Parent’s management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by the Parent and its Subsidiaries or (C) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing. Parent has not identified, based on its most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of Parent’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

(h) Parent maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by Parent in the periodic reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods, and that all such information is accumulated and communicated to Parent’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the Certifications.

 

(i) Section 3.7(i) to the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth (x) the Parent Interim Financial Statements and (y) an accurate statement of Parent’s cash and cash equivalents as of the close of business on the Business Day preceding the date of this Agreement, and there has been no material change in the amount thereof from such statement through the date of this Agreement. The cash forecast set forth in Section 3.7(i) to the Parent Disclosure Schedule: (i) has been prepared by Parent in good faith, (ii) is based on assumptions that Parent considers to be reasonable, and (iii) fairly reflects Parent’s reasonably anticipated rate of cash usage for the periods covered therein.

 

(j) Parent has not been and is not currently a “shell company” as defined under Section 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

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3.8. Absence of Changes. Except as set forth in Section 3.8 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, after the date of the Parent Balance Sheet (except for the execution and performance of this Agreement and the discussions, negotiations and transactions related thereto):

 

(a) Parent and its Subsidiaries have conducted its business only in the Ordinary Course of Business; and

 

(b) there has not been or occurred any Parent Material Adverse Effect or any event, condition, change, or effect that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.9. Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. As of the date hereof, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Liability (whether or not required to be reflected in the financial statements in accordance with GAAP), individually or in the aggregate, of a type required to be recorded or reflected on a balance sheet or disclosed in the footnotes thereto under GAAP except for: (a) Liabilities disclosed, reflected or reserved against in the Parent Balance Sheet; (b) Liabilities that have been incurred by Parent or its Subsidiaries since the date of the Parent Balance Sheet in the Ordinary Course of Business; (c) Liabilities for performance of obligations of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries under Parent Contracts; (d) Liabilities incurred in connection with the Contemplated Transactions; (e) Liabilities which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Parent; and (f) Liabilities described in Section 3.9 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule.

 

3.10. Title to Assets. Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries owns, and has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all tangible properties or tangible assets and equipment used or held for use in its business or operations or purported to be owned by it, including: (a) all tangible assets reflected on the Parent Balance Sheet; and (b) all other tangible assets reflected in the books and records of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries as being owned by Parent or such Subsidiary. All of such assets are owned or, in the case of leased assets, leased by Parent or its Subsidiaries free and clear of any Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances.

 

3.11. Real Property; Leasehold. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries own or ever have owned any real property. Parent has made available to the Company (a) an accurate and complete list of all real properties with respect to which Parent directly or indirectly holds a valid leasehold interest as well as any other real estate that is in the possession of, or occupied or leased by, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and (b) copies of all leases under which any such real property is possessed, occupied or leased (the “Parent Real Estate Leases”), each of which is in full force and effect, with no existing material default thereunder. Parent’s possession, occupancy, lease, use and/or operation of each such leased property conforms to all applicable Laws in all material respects, and Parent has exclusive possession of each such leased property and leasehold interest and has not granted any occupancy rights to tenants or licensees with respect to such leased property or leasehold interest. In addition, each such leased property and leasehold interest is free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances.

 

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3.12. Intellectual Property.

 

(a) Section 3.12(a) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule identifies as of November 3, 2025, each patent and patent application owned by the Parent or Subsidiaries, including, with respect to each registration and application: (i) the name of the applicant/registrant, (ii) the jurisdiction of application/registration, and (iii) the application or registration number. To the Knowledge of Parent, each of the patents and patent applications included in Section 3.12(a) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule properly identifies by name each and every inventor of the inventions claimed therein as determined in accordance with applicable Laws of the United States. As of the date of this Agreement, no cancellation, interference, opposition, reissue, reexamination or other proceeding of any nature (other than office actions or similar communications issued by any Governmental Body in the ordinary course of prosecution of any pending applications for registration) is pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened in writing, in which the scope, validity, enforceability or ownership of any Parent IP is being or has been contested or challenged. To the Knowledge of Parent, each U.S. Patent of Parent IP is valid and enforceable (or expired as indicated in Section 3.12(a) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule).

 

(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.12(b) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, Parent or its Subsidiaries exclusively own and are the sole assignee of, or have licensed all material Parent IP, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances. Each Parent Associate involved in the creation or development of any material Parent IP, pursuant to such Parent Associate’s activities on behalf of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, has signed a valid and enforceable written agreement containing an assignment of such Parent Associate’s rights in such Parent IP to Parent or its Subsidiaries. Each Parent Associate who has or has had access to Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ trade secrets or confidential information has signed a valid and enforceable written agreement containing confidentiality provisions protecting the Parent IP, trade secrets and confidential information. Parent has taken commercially reasonable steps to protect and preserve the confidentiality of its trade secrets and confidential information.

 

(c) To the Knowledge of Parent, no funding, facilities or personnel of any Governmental Body or any university, college, research institute or other educational institution has been used to create Parent IP, except for any such funding or use of facilities or personnel that does not result in such Governmental Body or institution obtaining ownership rights or a license to such Parent IP or the right to receive royalties for the practice of such Parent IP.

 

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(d) Section 3.12(d) of Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth each license agreement pursuant to which Parent (i) is granted a license under any material Intellectual Property Right owned by any third party that is used by Parent or its Subsidiaries in its business as currently conducted (each a “Parent In-bound License”) or (ii) grants to any third party a license under any material Parent IP or material Intellectual Property Right licensed to the Parent or its Subsidiaries under a Parent In-bound License (each a “Parent Out-bound License”) (provided, that, Parent In-bound Licenses shall not include, when entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business, material transfer agreements, services agreements, agreements with Parent Associates, non-disclosure agreements, commercially available Software-as-a-Service offerings, or off-the-shelf software licenses; and Parent Out-bound Licenses shall not include, when entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business, material transfer agreements, services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, or non-exclusive outbound licenses). To the Knowledge of Parent, all Parent In-bound Licenses and Parent Out-bound Licenses are in full force and effect and are valid, enforceable and binding obligations of Parent and each other party to such Parent In-bound Licenses or Parent Out-bound Licenses. Neither Parent, nor to the Knowledge of Parent, any other party to such Parent In-bound Licenses or Parent Out-bound Licenses, is in material breach under any Parent In-bound Licenses or Parent Out-bound Licenses. Except as set forth in Section 3.12(d) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, none of the terms or conditions of any Parent In-bound License or any Parent Out-bound License requires Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates to maintain, develop or prosecute any Intellectual Property Rights.

 

(e) (i) The operation of the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted (and as it has been conducted for the last six (6) years) does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property Rights of any other Person and (ii) to the Knowledge of Parent, no other Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Parent IP or any Intellectual Property Rights exclusively licensed to Parent or its Subsidiaries. No Legal Proceeding is pending (or, to the Knowledge of Parent, is threatened in writing) (A) against Parent or its Subsidiaries alleging that the operation of the business of Parent or its Subsidiaries infringes or constitutes the misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property Rights of another Person or (B) by Parent or its Subsidiaries alleging that another Person has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any of the Parent IP or any Intellectual Property Rights exclusively licensed to Parent or its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in Section 3.12(e) of Parent Disclosure Schedule, neither Parent nor its Subsidiaries have received any written notice or other written communication alleging that the operation of the business of Parent or its Subsidiaries infringes or constitutes the misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property Right of another Person.

 

(f) None of Parent IP or, to the Knowledge of Parent, any material Intellectual Property Rights licensed to Parent or its Subsidiaries is subject to any pending or outstanding injunction, directive, order, judgment or other disposition of dispute that adversely and materially restricts the use, transfer, registration or licensing by Parent or its Subsidiaries of any such Parent IP or material Intellectual Property Rights exclusively licensed to Parent or its Subsidiaries.

 

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(g) To the Knowledge of Parent, Parent and the operation of Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ business are in substantial compliance with all Laws pertaining to data privacy and data security of Sensitive Data. To the Knowledge of Parent, there have been (i) no losses or thefts of data or security breaches relating to Sensitive Data used in the business of Parent or its Subsidiaries, (ii) no violations of any security policy of Parent regarding any such Sensitive Data used in the business of Parent or its Subsidiaries, and (iii) no unauthorized access, unauthorized use or unintended or improper disclosure of any Sensitive Data used in the business of Parent or its Subsidiaries. Parent has taken commercially reasonable steps and implemented reasonable disaster recovery and security plans and procedures to protect the information technology systems used in, material to or necessary for operation of Parent’s and its Subsidiaries’ business as currently conducted from unauthorized use or access. To the Knowledge of Parent, there have been no material malfunctions or unauthorized intrusions or breaches of the information technology systems used in, material to or necessary for the operation of Parent’s or its Subsidiaries’ business as currently conducted.

 

3.13. Agreements, Contracts and Commitments.

 

(a) Section 3.13 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule lists the following Parent Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement other than any Parent Benefit Plans (each, a “Parent Material Contract” and collectively, the “Parent Material Contracts”):

 

(i) a material Contract as defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K as promulgated under the Securities Act;

 

(ii) each Parent Contract relating to any agreement of indemnification or guaranty not entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(iii) each Parent Contract containing (A) any covenant limiting the freedom of Parent or its Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business or compete with any Person, (B) any most-favored pricing arrangement or similar term by which any Person is or could become entitled to any benefit, right or privilege that must be at least as favorable to such Person as those offered to any other Person, (C) any exclusivity provision, right of first refusal or right of first negotiation or similar covenant, or (D) any non-solicitation provision;

 

(iv) each Parent Contract relating to capital expenditures and requiring payments after the date of this Agreement in excess of $100,000 pursuant to its express terms and not cancelable without penalty;

 

(v) each Parent Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition of material assets or any ownership interest in any Entity;

 

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(vi) each Parent Contract relating to any mortgages, indentures, loans, notes or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit or creating any material Encumbrances with respect to any assets of Parent or its Subsidiaries or any loans or debt obligations with officers or directors of Parent;

 

(vii) each Parent Contract requiring payment by or to Parent after the date of this Agreement in excess of $100,000 pursuant to its express terms relating to: (A) any distribution agreement (identifying any that contain exclusivity provisions); (B) any agreement involving provision of services or products with respect to any pre-clinical or clinical development activities of Parent; (C) any dealer, distributor, joint marketing, alliance, joint venture, cooperation, development or other agreement currently in force under which Parent has continuing obligations to develop or market any product, technology or service, or any agreement pursuant to which Parent has continuing obligations to develop any Intellectual Property Rights that will not be owned, in whole or in part, by Parent; or (D) any Parent Contract with any third party providing any services relating to the manufacture or production of any product, service or technology of Parent or any Parent Contract to sell, distribute or commercialize any products or service of Parent;

 

(viii) each Parent Contract with any financial advisor, broker, finder, investment banker or other similar Person providing financial advisory services to Parent in connection with the Contemplated Transactions;

 

(ix) each Parent Real Estate Lease;

 

(x) each Parent Contract with any Governmental Body;

 

(xi) each Parent Out-bound License and Parent In-bound License, and each Parent Contract containing a covenant not to sue or otherwise enforce any Intellectual Property Rights, other than Contracts containing standard form non-disclosure agreements or licenses for unmodified commercially available off the shelf software;

 

(xii) each Parent Contract containing any royalty, dividend or similar arrangement based on the revenues or profits of Parent or its Subsidiaries;

 

(xiii) each Parent Contract, offer letter, employment agreement, or independent contractor agreement with any employee or service provider whose annual compensation equals or exceeds $100,000 that (A) is not immediately terminable by Parent without notice, severance, or other cost or liability, except as required under applicable Law, or (B) provides for retention payments, change-of-control payments, severance, accelerated vesting, or any similar payment or benefit that may or will become due as a result of the Merger;

 

(xiv) any other Contract that is not terminable at will (with no penalty or payment or requirement for prior notice) by Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and (A) which involves payment or receipt by Parent or its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement under any such agreement, Contract or commitment of more than $100,000 in the aggregate, or obligations after the date of this Agreement in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate, or (B) that is material to the business or operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

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(xv) each Parent Contract providing any option to receive a license or other right, any right of first negotiation, any right of first refusal or any similar right to any Person related to any material Parent IP or material Intellectual Property Right licensed to Parent under a Parent In-bound License; or

 

(xvi) each Parent Contract entered into in settlement of any Legal Proceeding or other dispute.

 

(b) Parent has delivered or made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of all Parent Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto. There are no Parent Material Contracts that are not in written form. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has, nor, to Parent’s Knowledge, as of the date of this Agreement, has any other party to a Parent Material Contract, breached, violated or defaulted under, or received notice that it breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or conditions of any Parent Material Contract in such manner as would permit any other party to cancel or terminate any such Parent Material Contract, or would permit any other party to seek damages which would reasonably be expected to be material to Parent or its business. As to Parent and its Subsidiaries, as of the date of this Agreement, each Parent Material Contract is valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. No Person is renegotiating, or has a right pursuant to the terms of any Parent Material Contract to change, any material amount paid or payable to Parent under any Parent Material Contract or any other material term or provision of any Parent Material Contract, and no Person has indicated in writing to Parent that it desires to renegotiate, modify, not renew or cancel any Parent Material Contract.

 

3.14. Compliance; Permits.

 

(a) Parent and its Subsidiaries are, and since January 1, 2020 have been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws, except for any noncompliance, either individually or in the aggregate, which would not be material to Parent.

 

(b) No investigation, claim, suit, proceeding, audit or other action by any Governmental Body is pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened against Parent or any Subsidiary. There is no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon Parent or any Subsidiary which (i) has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of Parent or any Subsidiary, any acquisition of material property by Parent or any Subsidiary or the conduct of business by Parent or any Subsidiary as currently conducted, (ii) is reasonably likely to have an adverse effect on Parent’s or any Subsidiary’s ability to comply with or perform any covenant or obligation under this Agreement, or (iii) is reasonably likely to have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with the Contemplated Transactions.

 

(c) Parent or its Subsidiaries hold, and have held since January 1, 2020, all required Governmental Authorizations which are material to the operation of the business of Parent or such Subsidiary as currently conducted (the “Parent Permits”), and such Parent Permits are valid, binding, and in full force and effect. Section 3.14(c) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule identifies each Parent Permit. Each such Parent Permit is valid and in full force and effect, and Parent is in material compliance with the terms of the Parent Permits. No Legal Proceeding is pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened, which seeks to revoke, limit, suspend, or materially modify any Parent Permit.

 

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(d) Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is, or has been, (i) enrolled as a supplier under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act or (ii) certified for participation in any federal health Care program (as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(f)) (a “Federal Health Care Program”). Neither the Parent Entity nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or is otherwise entitled to bill under, any payor agreements with any Federal Health Care Program or any private non-governmental payors or programs, including any private insurance payor or program, self-insured employer, or other third-party payor (“Third Party Payor”). Further, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have commercialized or sold any Parent Legacy Assets that are classified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a medical device (e.g., EvieMED), and no Parent Legacy Assets are or have been reimbursed, in part or in whole, by a Third Party Payor.

 

(e) Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries, processes, uses, or transmits protected health information (as defined under the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended and supplemented by the HITECH Act, and as otherwise may be amended from time to time by Congress and/or rulemaking authority of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and all regulations promulgated thereunder), either on behalf of its customers or for its own purposes.

 

3.15. Legal Proceedings; Orders.

 

(a) Except as disclosed in Section 3.15(a) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, as of the date of this Agreement and in the three-year period immediately prior thereto, there is no and has been no material pending Legal Proceeding and, to the Knowledge of Parent, no Person has threatened in writing to commence any Legal Proceeding: (i) that involves (A) Parent, (B) any of its Subsidiaries, (C) any Parent Associate (in his or her capacity as such) or (D) any of the material assets owned or used by Parent or its Subsidiaries; or (ii) that challenges, or that would have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with, the Contemplated Transactions.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.14(c)(b) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2020 through the date of this Agreement, no Legal Proceeding has been pending against Parent that resulted in material liability to Parent.

 

3.16. Tax Matters.

 

(a) Parent and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all material Tax Returns that were required to be filed by or with respect to it under applicable Law. All such Tax Returns are correct and complete in all material respects and have been prepared in compliance with all applicable Law. No claim has ever been made by any Governmental Body in any jurisdiction where Parent or any of its Subsidiaries does not file a particular Tax Return or pay a particular Tax that Parent or such Subsidiary is required to file a Tax Return or pay a Tax in that jurisdiction.

 

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(b) All material amounts of Taxes due and owing by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been fully and timely paid. The unpaid Taxes of Parent and its Subsidiaries did not, as of the date of the Parent Balance Sheet, materially exceed the reserve for Tax liability (excluding any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax items) set forth on the face of the Parent Balance Sheet. Since the Parent Balance Sheet Date, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any material Liability for Taxes outside the Ordinary Course of Business.

 

(c) All Taxes that Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is or was required by Law to withhold or collect have been duly and timely withheld or collected in all material respects on behalf of its respective employees, independent contractors, stockholders, lenders, customers or other third parties and have been timely paid to the proper Governmental Body or other Person or properly set aside in accounts for this purpose.

 

(d) There are no Encumbrances for material Taxes (other than Taxes not yet due and payable) upon any of the assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(e) No deficiencies for a material amount of Taxes with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any Governmental Body in writing. There are no pending or ongoing and, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened audits, assessments or other actions for or relating to any liability in respect of a material amount of Taxes of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither Parent nor any of its predecessors nor any of its Subsidiaries have waived any statute of limitations or agreed to any extension of time with respect to any income or other material Tax assessment or deficiency.

 

(f) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.

 

(g) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax allocation agreement, Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement, or similar agreement or arrangement, other than customary commercial contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business the principal subject matter of which is not Taxes.

 

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(h) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include or accelerate any item of income in, or exclude or defer any item of deduction from, taxable income for any Tax period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) change in method of accounting for Tax purposes for a Tax period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) use of an improper method of accounting for a Tax period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) intercompany transaction or excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law); (v) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (vi) prepaid amount, advance payment or deferred revenue received or accrued on or prior to the Closing Date; (vii) application of Section 367(d) of the Code to any transfer of intangible property on or prior to the Closing Date; (viii) application of Sections 951 or 951A of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) to any income received or accrued on or prior to the Closing Date; or (ix) election under Section 108(i) of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law). Neither the Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has any unpaid deferred employment Taxes under the CARES Act, has taken, claimed, or applied for an employee retention tax credit, or taken out any loan, received any loan assistance or received any other financial assistance, or requested any of the foregoing, in each case under the CARES Act, including pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program or the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have made any election under Section 965(h) of the Code.

 

(i) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries have any Liability for any material Taxes of any Person (other than Parent and any of its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign Law), as a transferee or successor, by Contract (other than customary commercial contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business the principal subject matter of which is not Taxes) or otherwise.

 

(j) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has distributed stock of another Person, or had its stock distributed by another Person, in a transaction that was purported or intended to be governed in whole or in part by Section 355 of the Code or Section 361 of the Code (or any similar provisions of state, local or foreign Law).

 

(k) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in or been a party to a transaction that, as of the date of this Agreement, constitutes a “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Section 6707A(c) of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b).

 

(l) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action (or agreed to take any action) or become aware of any fact that would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

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(m) No Subsidiary of the Parent is a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code. No Subsidiary of the Parent that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code owns (directly or indirectly) an “investment in United States property” for purposes of Section 956 of the Code. No Subsidiary of the Parent that was organized in a jurisdiction outside of the United States is a “surrogate foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code.

 

(n) Section 3.16(n) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule sets forth the entity classification of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has made an election or taken any other action to change its federal and state income tax classification from such classification.

 

For purposes of this Section 3.16, each reference to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to include any Person that was liquidated into, merged with, or is otherwise a predecessor to, Parent.

 

3.17. Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans.

 

(a) Section 3.17(a) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule is a list of all material Parent Benefit Plans (except for (A) any individual stock purchase, stock option and other equity compensation agreements which do not deviate from the representative forms of such agreements made available to the Company, and (B) employment agreements and offer letters establishing at-will employment without obligating Parent to make any payment or provide any benefit upon termination of employment other than through a plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement listed on Section 3.17(a) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule). “Parent Benefit Plan” means each (i) “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and (ii) other pension, retirement, deferred compensation, excess benefit, profit sharing, bonus, commission, equity or equity-based incentive, phantom equity, employment, consulting, severance, change-of-control, retention, health, life, disability, group insurance, paid time off, holiday, welfare and fringe benefit plan, program, agreement, contract, or arrangement (whether written or unwritten, qualified or nonqualified, funded or unfunded and including any that have been frozen), in each case, sponsored, maintained, administered, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent ERISA Affiliates for the benefit of any current or former employee, director, officer or independent contractor of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or under which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has any actual or contingent liability (including, without limitation, as to the result of it being treated as a single employer under Code Section 414 with any other person).

 

(b) As applicable with respect to each material Parent Benefit Plan, Parent has made available to the Company true and complete copies of (i) each material Parent Benefit Plan, including all amendments thereto, and in the case of an unwritten material Parent Benefit Plan, a written description thereof, (ii) all current trust documents, investment management contracts, custodial agreements, administrative services agreements and insurance and annuity contracts relating thereto, (iii) the current summary plan description and each summary of material modifications thereto, (iv) the most recently filed annual reports with any Governmental Body (e.g., Form 5500 and all schedules thereto), (v) the most recent IRS determination, opinion or advisory letter, (vi) the most recent summary annual reports, nondiscrimination testing reports, actuarial reports, financial statements and trustee reports, and (vii) all notices and filings from the IRS or Department of Labor or other Governmental Body concerning audits, investigations, plan corrections or “prohibited transactions” within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

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(c) Each material Parent Benefit Plan has been maintained, operated and administered in compliance in all material respects with its terms and the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and all other Laws. Parent and each Parent ERISA Affiliate have complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the ACA, and neither Parent nor any Parent ERISA Affiliate have received, or reasonably expect to receive, any penalty notice with respect to the ACA.

 

(d) The Parent Benefit Plans which are “employee pension benefit plans” within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA and which are intended to meet the qualification requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code have received determination or opinion letters from the IRS on which they may currently rely to the effect that such plans are qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the related trusts are exempt from federal income Taxes under Section 501(a) of the Code, respectively, and, to the Knowledge of Parent, nothing has occurred that would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the qualification of such Parent Benefit Plan or the tax exempt status of the related trust.

 

(e) In the last six years, neither Parent, any of its Subsidiaries nor any Parent ERISA Affiliate has maintained, established, participated in, contributed to, has been required to contribute to, or has had any actual or contingent liability with respect to, (i) any “employee pension benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) any “multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA), (iii) any “multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of Section 413 of the Code) or (iv) any “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA).

 

(f) There are no pending audits or investigations by any Governmental Body involving any Parent Benefit Plan, and no pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened claims (except for routine individual claims for benefits payable in the normal operation of the Parent Benefit Plans), suits or proceedings involving any Parent Benefit Plan, or, to the Knowledge of Parent, any fiduciary thereof or service provider thereto, in any case except as would not be reasonably expected to result in material liability to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. All contributions and premium payments required to have been made under any of the Parent Benefit Plans or by applicable Law (without regard to any waivers granted under Section 412 of the Code), have been timely made and neither Parent nor any Parent ERISA Affiliate has any material liability for any unpaid contributions with respect to any Parent Benefit Plan. Each Parent Benefit Plan may be terminated in accordance with its terms and applicable Law without the imposition of material liability (including any contingent liability) on Parent.

 

(g) Neither Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent ERISA Affiliates, nor to the Knowledge of Parent, any fiduciary, trustee or administrator of any Parent Benefit Plan, has engaged in, or in connection with the Contemplated Transactions will engage in, any transaction with respect to any Parent Benefit Plan which would subject any such Parent Benefit Plan, Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or Parent ERISA Affiliates to a material Tax, material penalty or material liability for a “prohibited transaction” under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

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(h) No Parent Benefit Plan provides death, medical, dental, vision, life insurance or other welfare benefits beyond termination of service or retirement other than coverage mandated by Law, and neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent ERISA Affiliates has made a written representation promising the same.

 

(i) Except as set forth in Section 3.17(i) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution of this Agreement, nor the performance of the Contemplated Transactions (either alone or when combined with the occurrence of any other event, including without limitation, a termination of employment) will:

 

(i) result in any payment becoming due to any current or former employee, director, officer, or independent contractor of Parent or any Subsidiary thereof pursuant to any Parent Benefit Plan or otherwise,

 

(ii) increase any amount of compensation or benefits otherwise payable under any Parent Benefit Plan or otherwise, (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting of any benefits under any Parent Benefit Plan or otherwise, (iv) require any contribution or payment to fund any obligation under any Parent Benefit Plan or otherwise or (v) limit the right to merge, amend or terminate any Parent Benefit Plan.

 

(j) Except as set forth in Section 3.17(j) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution of, nor the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions (either alone or when combined with the occurrence of any other event, including without limitation, a termination of employment) will result in the receipt or retention by any person who is a “disqualified individual” (within the meaning of Code Section 280G) with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries of any payment or benefit that is or could be characterized as a “parachute payment” (within the meaning of Code Section 280G), determined without regard to the application of Code Section 280G(b)(5).

 

(k) Each Parent Benefit Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as defined in Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) has been operated and administered in compliance with, is and has been in documentary compliance with, Section 409A of the Code, in each case, in all material respects.

 

(l) No current or former employee, officer, director or independent contractor of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has any “gross up” agreements with the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or other assurance of reimbursement by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries for any Taxes imposed under Code Section 409A or Code Section 4999.

 

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(m) Each Parent Benefit Plan maintained outside of the United States (each, a “Parent Foreign Plan”) has obtained from the Governmental Body having jurisdiction with respect to such plan any required determinations that such plan is in compliance with the Laws of any such Governmental Body.

 

(n) To the extent required by applicable law, the assets of each of the Parent Foreign Plans that is similar to an employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (whether or not subject to ERISA)) or that otherwise provides retirement, medical or life insurance benefits following retirement or other termination of service or employment are at least equal to the liabilities of such plans.

 

(o) Set forth in Section 3.17(o) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule is a true and correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, containing the names of all current full-time, part-time or temporary employees and independent contractors (and indication as such), and, as applicable: (i) the annual dollar amount of all cash compensation in the form of wages, salary, fees, commissions, and director’s fees payable to each Person; (ii) dates of employment or service; (iii) title and, with respect to independent contractors, a current written description of such Person’s contracting services; (iv) visa status, if applicable; and (v) with respect to employees, (A) a designation of whether they are classified as exempt or non-exempt for purposes of FLSA and any similar state, federal or foreign law and (B) whether such an employee is on leave, and if so, the nature of such leave and expected return date.

 

(p) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has ever been a party to, bound by, or has a duty to bargain under, any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with a labor union or similar labor organization representing any of its employees, and there is no labor union or similar labor organization representing or, to the Knowledge of Parent, purporting to represent or seeking to represent any employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries, including through the filing of a petition for representation election. There is not and has not been in the past five years, nor is there or has there been in the past five years any threat of, any strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout, union election petition, demand for recognition, or any similar activity or dispute, or, to the Knowledge of Parent, any union organizing activity, against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(q) Parent and each of its Subsidiaries is, and since January 1, 2020 has been, other than as would not be expected to result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect, in compliance with all applicable Laws respecting labor, employment, employment practices, and terms and conditions of employment, including worker classification, discrimination, immigration, harassment and retaliation, equal employment opportunities, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration, employee safety and health, payment of wages (including overtime wages), unemployment and workers’ compensation, leaves of absence, and hours of work. Except as would not be reasonably likely to result in a material liability to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, with respect to employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries, each of Parent and its Subsidiaries, since January 1, 2020, has withheld and reported all amounts required by Law to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments, benefits, or compensation to employees. There are no actions, suits, claims, charges, lawsuits, investigations, audits or administrative matters pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened or reasonably anticipated against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any employee, applicant for employment, or consultant.

 

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(r) Within the preceding five years, Parent has not implemented any “plant closing” or “mass layoff” of employees that would reasonably be expected to require notification under the WARN Act or any similar state or local Law, no such “plant closing” or “mass layoff” will be implemented before the Closing Date without advance notification to and approval of the Company, and there has been no “employment loss” as defined by the WARN Act within the 90 days prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

(s) Parent is and has at all relevant times been in material compliance with (i) COVID-19-related Laws, standards, regulations, orders and guidance (including without limitation relating to business reopening), including those issued and enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and any other Governmental Body; and (ii) the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (including with respect to eligibility for tax credits under such Act) and any other applicable COVID-19-related leave Law, whether state, local or otherwise.

 

(t) In the preceding three (3) years, Parent and each of its Subsidiaries have not received, and Parent does not have Knowledge of, any complaints, allegations, claims, or demands, whether internal or external, in writing or otherwise, regarding harassment or discrimination, whether on the basis of sex or any other basis, retaliation or policy violation allegations against officers, directors, employees, contractors or agents, and is not aware of any acts, omissions or other conduct which could reasonably be expected to give raise to any such complaint, allegation, claim or demand.

 

(u) No current employee or other individual service provider of Parent or its Subsidiaries with annualized compensation at or above $100,000 has notified the Company that they intend to terminate his or her employment or service prior to the first anniversary of the Closing.

 

(v) To the Knowledge of Parent, no current or former employee or independent contractor of Parent or its Subsidiaries is in any material respect in violation of any term of any employment agreement, nondisclosure agreement, common law nondisclosure obligation, fiduciary duty, noncompetition agreement, nonsolicitation agreement, restrictive covenant or other obligation (i) owed to Parent or its Subsidiaries or (ii) owed to any third party with respect to such person’s right to be employed or engaged by Parent or its Subsidiaries.

 

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3.18. Environmental Matters. Parent and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance and since January 1, 2020 have complied with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes the possession by Parent of all permits and other Governmental Authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws and compliance with the terms and conditions thereof, except for any failure to be in such compliance that, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to be material to Parent or its business. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has received since January 1, 2020 (or prior to that time, which is pending and unresolved), any written notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise), whether from a Governmental Body or other Person, that alleges that Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is not in compliance with or has liability pursuant to any Environmental Law and, to the Knowledge of Parent, there are no circumstances that would reasonably be expected to prevent or interfere with Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ compliance in any material respects with any Environmental Law, except where such failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to be material to Parent or its business.

 

3.19. Transactions with Affiliates. Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Documents filed prior to the date of this Agreement, since the date of Parent’s last proxy statement filed on August 29, 2025 with the SEC, no event has occurred that would be required to be reported by Parent pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K. Section 3.19 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule identifies each Person who is (or who may be deemed to be) an Affiliate of Parent as of the date of this Agreement.

 

3.20. Insurance. Parent has delivered or made available to the Company accurate and complete copies of all material insurance policies and all material self-insurance programs and arrangements relating to the business, assets, liabilities and operations of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries. Each of such insurance policies is in full force and effect and Parent and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with the terms thereof. Other than customary end of policy notifications from insurance carriers, since January 1, 2020, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible: (a) cancellation or invalidation of any insurance policy; or (b) refusal or denial of any coverage, reservation of rights or rejection of any material claim under any insurance policy. Parent and each of its Subsidiaries has provided timely written notice to the appropriate insurance carrier(s) of each Legal Proceeding that is currently pending against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries for which Parent or such Subsidiary has insurance coverage, and no such carrier has issued a denial of coverage or a reservation of rights with respect to any such Legal Proceeding, or informed Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of its intent to do so.

 

3.21. No Financial Advisors. No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage fee, finder’s fee, opinion fee, success fee, transaction fee or other fee or commission in connection with the Contemplated Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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3.22. Anti-Bribery. None of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or, to Parent’s Knowledge, agents or any other Person acting on its behalf has directly or indirectly made any bribes, rebates, payoffs, influence payments, kickbacks, illegal payments, illegal political contributions, or other payments, in the form of cash, gifts, or otherwise, or taken any other action, in violation of Anti-Bribery Laws. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been the subject of any investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Body with respect to potential violations of Anti-Bribery Laws.

 

3.23. Valid Issuance. The Parent Common Stock Payment Shares and Parent Stock Payment Shares, in each case to be issued in connection with the Merger will, when issued in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. To the Knowledge of Parent as of the date of this Agreement, no “bad actor” disqualifying event described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)–(viii) of the Securities Act (a “Disqualifying Event”) is applicable to Parent or, to Parent’s Knowledge, any Parent Covered Person, except for a Disqualifying Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii)–(iv) or (d)(3) of the Securities Act is applicable.

 

3.24. Disclaimer of Other Representations or Warranties.

 

(a) Except as previously set forth in this Section 3 or in any certificate delivered by Parent or Merger Sub to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, neither Parent nor any Merger Sub makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, at law or in equity, with respect to it or any of its assets, liabilities or operations, and any such other representations or warranties are hereby expressly disclaimed.

 

(b) Each of Parent and Merger Sub acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 2 or in any certificate delivered by the Company to Parent and/or Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement, none of the Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Representatives is relying on any other representation or warranty of the Company or any other Person made outside of Section 2 or such certificate, including regarding the accuracy or completeness of any such other representations or warranties or the omission of any material information, whether express or implied, in each case, with respect to the matters covered by this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions, and any claim with respect to any other representation or warranty of the Company or any other Person made outside of Section 2 or such certificate are expressly disclaimed by Parent and Merger Sub.

 

Section 4. CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1. Parent Options. Parent agrees that it shall take all actions necessary (i) to cause each Parent Option, other than Parent Discounted Options and Parent RSUs, and any award outstanding under the Parent Plan at or prior to the Effective Time to terminate and ensure that from and after the Effective Time neither Parent, the Company nor any of their successors or Affiliates will be required to deliver Parent Common Stock or other capital stock of the Parent to any Person pursuant to or in settlement of equity awards granted under the Parent Plan, and (ii) to terminate the Parent Plan effective as soon as practicable following the Effective Time. Parent shall file with the SEC, promptly after the Effective Time, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement on Form S-8 (or any successor form), filed by Parent, relating to the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable under the Parent Plan.

 

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Section 5. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

5.1. Stockholder Notice. Promptly following receipt of the Required Company Stockholder Vote pursuant to the effectiveness of the Stockholder Written Consent, the Company shall prepare and give notice of the taking of action by consent pursuant to the Stockholder Written Consent to those stockholders of the Company as of the record date for the action by consent taken by the Stockholder Written Consent who have not consented and who would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if such action had been taken at a meeting and the record date for the notice of the meeting were the record date for such action (the “Stockholder Notice”), which Stockholder Notice shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent and shall: (i) contain a statement to the effect that the Company Board adopted resolutions setting forth the Company Board Approvals; (ii) provide the stockholders of the Company to whom it is sent with notice of the actions taken in the Stockholder Written Consent, including the adoption and approval of this Agreement, the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions in accordance with Section 228(e) of the DGCL and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company; and (iii) include a description of the appraisal rights of the Company’s stockholders available under the DGCL, along with such other information as is required thereunder and pursuant to applicable Law.

 

5.2. Parent Stockholders’ Meeting.

 

(a) As soon as practicable after the date hereof, and in any event prior to May 31, 2026, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of stockholders of Parent (the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”) to consider and vote on (i) the adoption of a new equity incentive plan and a new employee stock purchase plan, (ii) the approval of the Preferred Stock Conversion Proposal, (iii) the Option Proposal and (iv) the creation of a new board seat and the election of Jay Crystal to fill such seat (the “Parent Stockholder Matters”). Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with applicable Law.

 

(b) Parent shall be permitted to adjourn, delay or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with applicable law only if and to the extent the SEC has not completed its review of the applicable Proxy Statement in time to hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting on the applicable date. If the approval of any of the applicable Parent Stockholder Matters is not obtained at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting or if on a date preceding the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent reasonably believes that (i) proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not quorum would be present at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, would not be obtained at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or (ii) sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, will not be present at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, then, in each case, Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting one or more times to a date or dates no more than 30 days after the originally scheduled date for the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, in order to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote at such adjournment or adjournments.

 

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(c) Parent agrees that: the Proxy Statement (as defined below) shall include the Parent Board’s recommendation that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the stockholders of the Parent vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting (such recommendation of the Parent Board being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (ii) the Parent Board Recommendations shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendations) in a manner adverse to the Company.

 

5.3. Employee Benefits.

 

(a) For purposes of vesting, eligibility to participate, and level of benefits (other than for purposes of determining awards under an equity incentive plan or accrued benefits under any defined benefit pension plan) under the benefit plans, programs, contracts or arrangements of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including, following the Closing, the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries) (the “Post-Closing Plans”), Parent shall cause each employee who remains employed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation, or any of their respective Subsidiaries following the Closing (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will be all employees of Parent), (together, the “Continuing Employees”) to be credited with his or her years of service with Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries and their respective predecessors; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to the extent that its application would result in a duplication of benefits. In addition, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, for purposes of each Post-Closing Plan providing medical, dental, pharmaceutical and/or vision benefits to a Continuing Employee, Parent shall cause all pre-existing condition exclusions and actively-at-work requirements of such Post-Closing Plan to be waived for such Continuing Employee and his or her covered dependents to the extent and unless such conditions would have been waived or satisfied under the employee benefit plan whose coverage is being replaced under the Post-Closing Plan, and Parent shall cause any eligible expenses incurred by a Continuing Employee and his or her covered dependents during the portion of such plan year in which coverage is replaced with coverage under a Post-Closing Plan to be taken into account under such Post-Closing Plan with respect to the plan year in which participation in such Post-Closing Plan begins for purposes of satisfying all deductible, coinsurance and maximum out-of-pocket requirements applicable to such Continuing Employee and his or her covered dependents for such plan year as if such amounts had been paid in accordance with such Post-Closing Plan. For employees of Parent who are not Continuing Employees and who are entitled to severance under their applicable employment agreements, Parent shall accrue, prior to the Closing, for medical, dental, pharmaceutical and/or vision benefits for such employees, if the provider of such benefits is under an individual plan.

 

(b) The provisions of this Section 5.3 are for the sole benefit of Parent and the Company and no provision of this Agreement shall (i) create any third-party beneficiary or other rights in any Person, including rights in respect of any benefits that may be provided, directly or indirectly, under any Company Benefit Plan, Parent Benefit Plan or Post-Closing Plan or rights to continued employment or service with the Company or the Parent (or any Subsidiary thereof), (ii) be construed as an amendment, waiver or creation of or limitation on the ability to terminate any Company Benefit Plan, Parent Benefit Plan or Post-Closing Plan, or (iii) limit the ability of the Parent to terminate the employment of any Continuing Employee.

 

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5.4. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.

 

(a) The rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of present and former directors and officers of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries under any indemnification, advancement or exculpation provisions of Parent’s or any such Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents and any indemnification agreements, in each case, as in as effect on the date hereof shall not be amended, modified or repealed for a period of six years from the Effective Time in a manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were officers or directors of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(b) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of Parent and its Subsidiaries to each Person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date hereof, or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, a director or officer of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (the “Parent D&O Indemnified Parties”) under any indemnification, advancement or exculpation provisions under Parent’s or any such Subsidiaries’ Organizational Documents and pursuant to any indemnification agreements between Parent or any such Subsidiary, on the one hand, and such Parent D&O Indemnified Parties, on the other hand with respect to claims arising out of any act or omission of the Parent D&O Indemnified Parties occurring at or prior to the Effective Time.

 

(c) The rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of present and former directors and officers of the Company under any indemnification, advancement or exculpation provisions of the Company’s Organizational Documents and any indemnification agreements, in each case, as in as effect on the date hereof shall not be amended, modified or repealed for a period of six years from the Effective Time in a manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were officers or directors of the Company.

 

(d) From and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of the Company to each Person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date hereof, or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, a director or officer of the Company (the “Company D&O Indemnified Parties” and collectively with the Parent D&O Indemnified Parties, the “D&O Indemnified Parties”) under any indemnification, advancement or exculpation provisions under the Company’s Organizational Documents and pursuant to any indemnification agreements between the Company and such D&O Indemnified Parties, with respect to claims arising out of any act or omission of the Company D&O Indemnified Parties occurring at or prior to the Effective Time.

 

(e) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall continue to maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies, with an effective date as of the Closing Date, on commercially available terms and conditions and with coverage limits customary for U.S. public companies similarly situated to Parent.

 

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(f) The provisions of this Section 5.4 are intended to be in addition to the rights otherwise available to the current and former officers and directors of Parent, any of its Subsidiaries and the Company under applicable Law, any Organizational Documents of Parent, its Subsidiaries and the Company, respectively, and shall operate for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Indemnified Parties, their heirs and their representatives.

 

(g) In the event Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section 5.4.

 

5.5. Additional Agreements. The Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to cause to be taken all actions necessary to consummate the Contemplated Transactions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Party to this Agreement: (a) shall make all filings and other submissions (if any) and give all notices (if any) required to be made and given by such Party in connection with the Contemplated Transactions; (b) shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain each Consent (if any) reasonably required to be obtained (pursuant to any applicable Law or Contract, or otherwise) by such Party in connection with the Contemplated Transactions or for such Contract to remain in full force and effect; (c) shall use reasonable best efforts to lift any injunction prohibiting, or any other legal bar to, the Contemplated Transactions; and (d) shall use reasonable best efforts to satisfy the conditions precedent to the consummation of this Agreement.

 

5.6. Proxy Statement.

 

(a) As promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, Parent shall prepare a proxy statement relating to the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting to be held in connection with the Parent Stockholder Matters (together with any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”), and Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to hold such Parent Stockholders’ Meeting on or about May 31, 2026. Parent shall deliver to the Company a draft of the Proxy Statement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company prior to such Proxy Statement and shall consult with the Company and consider the reasonable comments of the Company to the Proxy Statement, if any. Parent shall (i) cause the Proxy Statement to comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and (ii) respond promptly to any comments or requests of the SEC or its staff related to the Proxy Statement.

 

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(b) Parent covenants and agrees that the Proxy Statement will (i) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of applicable U.S. federal securities Laws and the DGCL, and (ii) will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company covenants and agrees that the information supplied by or on behalf of the Company, concerning itself, to Parent for inclusion in the Proxy Statement will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make such information, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither party makes any covenant, representation or warranty with respect to statements made in the Proxy Statement, if any, based on information provided by the other party or any of their Representatives regarding such other party or its Affiliates for inclusion therein.

 

(c) Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders as promptly as practicable after the date that the SEC has indicated that its review of such Proxy Statement has been completed or (ii) at least ten (10) days shall have passed since the Proxy Statement was filed with the SEC without receiving any correspondence from the SEC commenting upon, or indicating that it intends to review, the Proxy Statement, all in compliance with applicable U.S. federal securities laws and the DGCL. If Parent or the Surviving Corporation become aware of any event or information that, pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, should be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to either of the Proxy Statement, as the case may be, then such Party, as the case may be, shall promptly inform the other Parties thereof and shall cooperate with such other Parties in Parent filing such amendment or supplement with the SEC and, if appropriate, in mailing such amendment or supplement to the Parent stockholders.

 

(d) The Company shall reasonably cooperate with Parent and provide, and cause its Representatives to provide, Parent and its Representatives, with all true, correct and complete information regarding the Company that is required by law to be included in either of the Proxy Statement.

 

5.7. Listing. Prior to the date hereof, Parent prepared and submitted to Nasdaq a notification form for (i) notifying Nasdaq of the changes in the name of Parent and (ii) the listing of the Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of Parent Stock Payment Shares, and following the date of this Agreement, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such shares to be approved for listing (subject to official notice of issuance) (the “Nasdaq Listing Application”) and to cause such Nasdaq Listing Application to be conditionally approved prior to the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. The Parties will use reasonable best efforts to coordinate with respect to compliance with Nasdaq rules and regulations. Each Party will promptly inform the other Party of all verbal or written communications between Nasdaq and such Party or its representatives. Parent shall pay all Nasdaq fees associated with the Nasdaq Listing Application. The Company will cooperate with Parent as reasonably requested by Parent with respect to the Nasdaq Listing Application and promptly furnish to Parent all information concerning the Company and its stockholders that may be required or reasonably requested in connection with any action contemplated by this Section 5.7. In the event that to retain its Nasdaq listing and secure the approval of the Nasdaq Listing Application, it becomes necessary for Parent to raise additional equity capital, Parent will use its best efforts to do so.

 

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5.8. Tax Matters.

 

(a) For United States federal income Tax purposes, (i) the Parties intend that the Merger shall qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code (the “Intended Tax Treatment”), and (ii) this Agreement is intended to be, and is hereby adopted as, a “plan of reorganization” for purposes of Sections 354 and 361 of the Code and Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a), to which the Parent, Merger Sub and the Company are parties under Section 368(b) of the Code. The Parties shall treat and shall not take any tax reporting position (including during the course of any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes) inconsistent with the treatment of the Merger as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code for U.S. federal, state and other relevant Tax purposes, unless otherwise required pursuant to a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code (and any other similar applicable state and other relevant Tax law).

 

(b) The Parties shall (and shall cause their Affiliates to) use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause the Merger to qualify, and will not take any action or cause any action to be taken, or fail to take or cause any action to be taken, which action or failure to act would reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying, for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

5.9. Directors and Officers. Parent and the Company, as applicable, shall take all necessary action so that:

 

(a) The directors of Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time necessary to give effect to the further provisions of this Section 5.9 shall have given notice in writing or by electronic transmission to Parent of their resignations as directors effective immediately upon the Effective Time;

 

(b) Immediately following the Effective Time, the number of directors constituting the Parent Board shall be fixed at five (5);

 

(c) Immediately following the Effective Time, the Persons listed in Exhibit C hereto under the heading “Directors” shall be elected to the positions of director of Parent and the Surviving Corporation, as applicable, as set forth in Exhibit C hereto, each to serve until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal; and

 

(d) Immediately following the Effective Time, the Persons listed in Exhibit C hereto under the heading “Officers” shall be elected to the positions of officers of Parent and the Surviving Corporation, as applicable, as set forth in Exhibit C hereto, each to serve until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

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5.10. Registration Rights.

 

(a) Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file as soon as practicable after one-hundred and eighty (180) days following the Closing, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the SEC for the resale of the Parent Common Stock Payment Shares and the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Parent Series C Stock Payment Shares and Parent Series D Stock Payment Shares (the “Registrable Securities”) pursuant to an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the “Resale Registration Statement”), (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Resale Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but in no event later than the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting; and (iii) maintain the effectiveness of the Resale Registration Statement under the Securities Act until the earlier of (A) such time as all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Resale Registration Statement have been publicly sold or (B) the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Resale Registration Statement may be sold pursuant to Rule 144; provided, however, that a holder’s right to have Registrable Securities included in the Resale Registration Statement shall be conditioned upon such holder’s completing a customary selling stockholder questionnaire.

 

(b) On no more than three (3) occasions and for not more than a total of thirty (30) consecutive days each or a total of not more than ninety (90) days, in each case, in any twelve (12) month period, Parent may suspend the use of any prospectus included in any Resale Registration Statement in the event that Parent determines, in good faith and upon the advice of legal counsel, that such suspension is necessary to (A) delay the disclosure of material non-public information concerning Parent, which Parent has a bona fide business purpose for keeping confidential and the non-disclosure of which in the Resale Registration Statement would be expected, in the reasonable determination of the Board, upon the advice of legal counsel, to cause the Resale Registration Statement to comply with applicable disclosure requirements or (B) amend or supplement the Resale Registration Statement or the related prospectus so that such Resale Registration Statement or prospectus shall 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, in the case of the prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (an “Allowed Delay”); provided, that Parent shall promptly (1) notify each holder of Registrable Securities in writing of the commencement of and the reasons for an Allowed Delay, but shall not (without the prior written consent of a holder) disclose to such holder any material non-public information giving rise to an Allowed Delay, (2) advise the holders in writing to cease all sales under the Resale Registration Statement until the end of the Allowed Delay and (3) use commercially reasonable efforts to terminate an Allowed Delay as promptly as reasonably practicable.

 

5.11. Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent and the Company shall take all such steps as may be required (to the extent permitted under applicable Laws) to cause any acquisitions of Parent Common Stock, restricted stock awards to acquire Parent Common Stock and any Parent Options to purchase Parent Common Stock in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, by each individual who is reasonably expected to become subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to Parent, to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

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5.12. Cooperation. Each Party shall cooperate reasonably with the other Party and shall provide the other Party with such assistance as may be reasonably requested for the purpose of facilitating the performance by each Party of its respective obligations under this Agreement and to enable the combined entity to continue to meet its obligations following the Effective Time.

 

5.13. Takeover Statutes. If any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable to the Contemplated Transactions, each of the Company, the Company Board, Parent and the Parent Board, as applicable, shall grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that the Contemplated Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of such statute or regulation on the Contemplated Transactions.

 

5.14. Obligations of Merger Sub. Parent will take all action necessary to cause Merger Sub to perform their obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Merger on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

5.15. Legends. Parent shall be entitled to place appropriate legends on the book entries and/or certificates evidencing any Parent Common Stock Payment Shares and any Parent Stock Payment Shares, respectively, in each case issued in connection with the Merger to equity holders of the Company who may be considered “affiliates” of Parent for purposes of Rules 144 and 145 under the Securities Act reflecting the restrictions set forth in Rules 144 and 145 and to issue appropriate stop transfer instructions to the transfer agent for Parent Common Stock.

 

5.16. Termination of Certain Agreements. Except as set forth in the Parent Disclosure Schedule and Company Disclosure Schedule, respectively, each of the Parent and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Investor Agreements to be terminated immediately prior to the Effective Time, without any liability being imposed on the part of Parent or the Surviving Corporation.

 

5.17. Expenses. It is understood and agreed that: (a) all fees and expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Company in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and preparing, negotiating and entering into this Agreement and the performance of its obligations under this Agreement shall be paid by the Company in cash at or prior to the Closing (and shall be Company Transaction Expenses); and (b) all fees and expenses incurred or to be incurred by Parent in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and preparing, negotiating and entering into this Agreement and the performance of its obligations under this Agreement shall be paid by Parent in cash at or prior to the Closing (and shall be Parent Transaction Expenses).

 

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5.18. Name Change. As soon as practicable after the Closing, Parent shall amend the certificate of amendment of Parent to change the name of Parent to “Corvex, Inc.” or such other name as determined by the Company.

 

Section 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF EACH PARTY

 

The obligations of each Party to effect the Merger and otherwise consummate the Contemplated Transactions to be consummated at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the written waiver by each of the Parties, at or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:

 

6.1. No Restraints. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order preventing the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Body of competent jurisdiction and remain in effect and there shall not be any Law which has the effect of making the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions illegal.

 

6.2. Listing. The Parent has maintained its existing listing on Nasdaq.

 

Section 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

7.1. Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement or any certificate or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate at the Effective Time, and only the covenants that by their terms survive the Effective Time and this Section 7 shall survive the Effective Time.

 

7.2. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended with the approval of Parent and the respective boards of directors of the Company and Merger Sub at any time; provided, however, that any amendment made subsequent to the adoption of the agreement by the stockholders of the Company or Merger Sub shall not (a) alter or change the amount or kind of shares, securities, cash, property and/or rights to be received in exchange for or on conversion of all or any of the shares of any class or series thereof of the Company or Merger Sub, (b) alter or change any term of the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation to be effected by the Merger, or (c) alter or change any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement if such alteration or change would adversely affect the holders of any class or series thereof of the Company or Merger Sub. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Surviving Corporation and Parent.

 

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7.3. Waiver.

 

(a) No failure on the part of any Party to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of any Party in exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy; and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy.

 

(b) No Party shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Party and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.

 

7.4. Entire Agreement; Counterparts; Exchanges by Electronic Transmission. This Agreement and the other schedules, exhibits, certificates, instruments and agreements referred to in this Agreement constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among or between any of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof; provided, however, that the Confidentiality Agreement shall not be superseded and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of a fully executed Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by all Parties by electronic transmission in PDF format shall be sufficient to bind the Parties to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

7.5. Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws. In any action or proceeding between any of the Parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the Contemplated Transactions, each of the Parties: (a) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, to the extent such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware or, to the extent that neither of the foregoing courts has jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware; (b) agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined exclusively by the courts referred to in clause (a) of this Section 7.5; (c) waives any objection to laying venue in any such action or proceeding in such courts; (d) waives any objection that such courts are an inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any Party; (e) agrees that service of process upon such Party in any such action or proceeding shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with Section 7.8 of this Agreement or in any other matter permitted by applicable Law; and (f) irrevocably and unconditionally waives the right to trial by jury.

 

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7.6. Attorneys’ Fees. In any action at law or suit in equity to enforce this Agreement or the rights of any of the Parties, the prevailing Party in such action or suit (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction) shall be entitled to recover its reasonable out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and all other reasonable costs and expenses incurred in such action or suit.

 

7.7. Assignability. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit of, the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor any of a Party’s rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned or delegated by such Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, and any attempted assignment or delegation of this Agreement or any of such rights or obligations by such Party without the other Party’s prior written consent shall be void and of no effect.

 

7.8. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly delivered and received hereunder (a) one Business Day after being sent for next Business Day delivery, fees prepaid, via a reputable international overnight courier service, (b) upon delivery in the case of delivery by hand, or (c) on the date delivered in the place of delivery if sent by email (with a written or electronic confirmation of delivery) prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, otherwise on the next succeeding Business Day, in each case to the intended recipient as set forth below:

 

if to Parent or Merger Sub:

 

Movano Inc.

 

6800 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160

Pleasanton, California 94566

Attention: J. Cogan

Email: jcogan@movano.com

 

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

 

K&L Gates LLP

300 South Tryon Street, Suite 1000

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Attention: Mark Busch and Patrick Rogers

Email: mark.busch@klgates.com; patrick.rogers@klgates.com

 

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if to the Company:

 

Corvex, Inc.

3401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 3230

Arlington, Virginia 22226

Attention: Jay Crystal

Email: jay@corvex.ai

 

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

 

DLA Piper LLP (US)

One Fountain Square

11911 Freedom Drive, Suite 300

Reston, Virginia 20190

Attention: Brian Burke and Joshua A. Kaufman

Email: brian.burke@us.dlapiper.com; josh.kaufman@us.dlapiper.com

 

7.9. Cooperation. Each Party agrees to cooperate fully with the other Party and to execute and deliver such further documents, certificates, agreements and instruments and to take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the other Party to evidence or reflect the Contemplated Transactions and to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement.

 

7.10. Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the Parties agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to limit such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace such term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable as so modified. In the event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the Parties agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term or provision.

 

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7.11. Other Remedies; Specific Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a Party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that any Party does not perform the provisions of this Agreement (including failing to take such actions as are required of it under this Agreement to consummate the Contemplated Transactions) in accordance with its specified terms or otherwise breaches such provisions. Accordingly, the Parties acknowledge and agree that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the Parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief on the basis that any other Party has an adequate remedy at law or that any award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity. Any Party seeking an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction.

 

7.12. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any Person (other than the Parties and the D&O Indemnified Parties to the extent of their respective rights pursuant to Section 5.4) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

7.13. Construction.

 

(a) References to “cash,” “dollars” or “$” are to U.S. dollars.

 

(b) For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders; the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender shall include masculine and feminine genders.

 

(c) The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiating and drafting of this Agreement and agree that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party shall not be applied in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

 

(d) As used in this Agreement, the words “include” and “including,” and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

 

(e) Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to “Sections,” “Exhibits” and “Schedules” are intended to refer to Sections of this Agreement and Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement, respectively.

 

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(f) Any reference to legislation or to any provision of any legislation shall include any modification, amendment, re-enactment thereof, any legislative provision substituted therefore and all rules, regulations, and statutory instruments issued or related to such legislations.

 

(g) The bold-faced headings and table of contents contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement and shall not be referred to in connection with the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

(h) The Parties agree that each of the Company Disclosure Schedule and the Parent Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in sections and subsections corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections and subsections contained in this Agreement. The disclosures in any section or subsection of the Company Disclosure Schedule or the Parent Disclosure Schedule shall qualify other sections and subsections in this Agreement to the extent it is readily apparent on its face from a reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other sections and subsections.

 

(i) Each of “delivered” or “made available” means, with respect to any documentation, that (i) prior to 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the date that is two Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement (A) a copy of such material has been posted to and made available by a Party to the other Party and its Representatives in the electronic data room maintained by such disclosing Party or (B) such material is disclosed in the Parent SEC Documents filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof and publicly made available on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system or (ii) delivered by or on behalf of a Party or its Representatives via electronic mail or in hard copy form prior to the execution of this Agreement.

 

(j) Whenever the last day for the exercise of any privilege or the discharge of any duty hereunder shall fall upon a Saturday, Sunday, or any date on which banks in New York, New York, are authorized or obligated by Law to be closed, the Party having such privilege or duty may exercise such privilege or discharge such duty on the next succeeding day which is a regular Business Day.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

  MOVANO INC.
     
  By: /s/ J Cogan
  Name:  J Cogan
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
     
  THOR MERGER SUB INC.
     
  By: /s/ J Cogan
  Name: J Cogan
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page – Merger Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

  CORVEX, INC.
     
  By: /s/ John Crystal III
  Name:  John Crystal III
  Title: President

 

[Signature Page – Merger Agreement]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of this Agreement (including this Exhibit A):

 

Affiliate” of a Person means any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. The term “control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger to which this Exhibit A is attached, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in New York, New York, are authorized or obligated by Law to be closed.

 

CARES Act” means the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Public Law No. 116-136, as in effect on the Closing Date and any other applicable Law or presidential memorandum, executive order or executive memo (including the Memorandum on Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing Covid-19 Disaster, dated August 8, 2020, and IRS Notice 2020-65, 2020-38 IRB), in any U.S. jurisdiction, addressing the consequences of COVID-19 as well as any applicable guidance issued thereunder or relating thereto, including, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act and the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability, and Schools Act.

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Company Associate” means any current or former employee, independent contractor, officer or director of the Company.

 

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

 

Company Capital Stock” means the Company Common Stock and the Company Series Seed Preferred Stock.

 

Company Common Stock” means the Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share, of the Company.

 

Company Contract” means any Contract: (a) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a Party; (b) by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Company IP or any other asset of the Company or its Subsidiaries is or may become bound or under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has, or may become subject to, any obligation; or (c) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has or may acquire any right or interest.

 

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Company ERISA Affiliate” means any corporation or trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is (or at any relevant time was) treated with the Company as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.

 

Company IP” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are owned or purported to be owned by, assigned to, or exclusively licensed by, the Company.

 

Company Material Adverse Effect” means any Effect that, considered together with all other Effects that have occurred prior to the date of determination of the occurrence of a Company Material Adverse Effect, has or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company, taken as a whole; provided, however, that Effects arising or resulting from the following shall not be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect: (a) the announcement of this Agreement or the pendency of the Contemplated Transactions, (b) the taking of any action, or the failure to take any action, by the Company that is required to comply with the terms of this Agreement, (c) any natural disaster or any act or threat of terrorism or war anywhere in the world, any armed hostilities or terrorist activities anywhere in the world, any threat or escalation or armed hostilities or terrorist activities anywhere in the world or any governmental or other response or reaction to any of the foregoing, (d) any epidemic or pandemic in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or any escalation of the foregoing, (e) any change in GAAP or applicable laws or the interpretation thereof, (f) general economic or political conditions or conditions generally affecting the industries in which the Company operates, (g) any change in the cash position of the Company which results from operations in the ordinary course of business; except in each case with respect to clauses (c), (d), (e) and (f), to the extent disproportionately affecting the Company, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated companies in the industries in which the Company operates.

 

Company Options” means options or other rights to purchase shares of Company Common Stock issued by the Company.

 

Company Plan” means the Company’s 2024 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

Company Preferred Stock” means the capital stock of the Company designated as “Preferred Stock” in the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended.

 

Company Representative Confirmation Letters” means written confirmations, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Parent, from the attorneys, accountants, investment bankers and other professional advisors of the Company as to all amounts estimated in good faith owed by the Company with respect to services performed by them through the Closing (with respect to amounts constituting Company Transaction Expenses).

 

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Company RSU” means each grant of restricted stock units with respect to a share of Company Common Stock outstanding under the Company Plan.

 

Company Restricted Stock Grant” means each grant with respect to a share of Company Common Stock outstanding under the Company Plan that is, at the time of determination, subject to a risk of forfeiture or repurchase by the Company, whether subject to time or performance-based vesting.

 

Company Series Seed Preferred Stock” means the Company Preferred Stock designated as “Series Seed Preferred Stock” in the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended.

 

Company Transaction Expenses” means, with respect to the Company, the aggregate amount (without duplication) of all costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Company and not paid before the Closing, or for which the Company is or may become liable in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement or any other agreement, document, instrument, filing, certificate, schedule, exhibit, letter or other document prepared or executed in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, including any fees and expenses of legal counsel, accountants and other advisors of the Company.

 

Company Unaudited Annual Balance Sheet” means the unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2024, provided to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet” means the unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of September 30, 2025, provided to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

Company Warrants” means all warrants to purchase Company Common Stock.

 

Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain letter agreement, dated as of February 23, 2022, between the Company and Parent.

 

Consent” means any approval, consent, ratification, permission, waiver or authorization (including any Governmental Authorization).

 

Contemplated Transactions” means the Merger, Parent Stockholder Support Agreements, and the other transactions and actions contemplated by this Agreement to be consummated at or prior to the Closing (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, the actions proposed to be taken as the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting following the Closing pursuant to Section 5.2).

 

Contract” means, with respect to any Person, any written or oral agreement, contract, subcontract, lease (whether for real or personal property), mortgage, license, sublicense or other legally binding commitment or undertaking of any nature to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or any of its assets are bound or affected under applicable Law.

 

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DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

Effect” means any effect, change, event, circumstance, or development.

 

Encumbrance” means any lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest, lease, license, option, easement, reservation, servitude, adverse title, claim, infringement, interference, option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, community property interest or restriction or encumbrance of any nature (including any restriction on the voting of any security, any restriction on the transfer of any security or other asset, any restriction on the receipt of any income derived from any asset, any restriction on the use of any asset and any restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute of ownership of any asset).

 

Enforceability Exceptions” means the (a) Laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors; and (b) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.

 

Entity” means any corporation (including any non-profit corporation), partnership (including any general partnership, limited partnership or limited liability partnership), joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any company limited by shares, limited liability company or joint stock company), firm, society or other enterprise, association, organization or entity, and each of its successors.

 

Environmental Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign Law relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), including any Law or regulation relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of Hazardous Materials, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials.

 

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Exchange Ratio” shall be determined by reference to the number of shares Parent Common Stock that are issuable upon conversion of the Parent Stock Payment Shares that are issued pursuant to Section 1.6 for each one (1) share of Company Common Stock.

 

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GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles and practices in effect from time to time within the United States applied consistently throughout the period involved.

 

Governmental Authorization” means any: (a) permit, license, certificate, franchise, permission, variance, exception, approval, exemption, order, clearance, registration, qualification or authorization issued, granted, given or otherwise made available by or under the authority of any Governmental Body or pursuant to any Law; or (b) right under any Contract with any Governmental Body.

 

Governmental Body” means any: (a) nation, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature; (b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government; (c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, bureau, instrumentality, official, ministry, fund, foundation, center, organization, unit, body or Entity and any court or other tribunal, and for the avoidance of doubt, any taxing authority); or (d) non-governmental or self-regulatory organization (including Nasdaq).

 

Hazardous Materials” means any pollutant, chemical, substance and any toxic, infectious, carcinogenic, reactive, corrosive, ignitable or flammable chemical, or chemical compound, or hazardous substance, material or waste, whether solid, liquid or gas, that is subject to regulation, control or remediation under any Environmental Law, including without limitation, crude oil or any fraction thereof, and petroleum products or byproducts.

 

Intellectual Property Rights” means and includes all intellectual property or other proprietary rights under the laws of any jurisdiction in the world, including, without limitation: (a) rights associated with works of authorship, including exclusive exploitation rights, copyrights, moral rights, software, databases, and mask works; (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names and other source identifiers, domain names and URLs and similar rights and any goodwill associated therewith; (c) rights associated with trade secrets, know how, inventions, invention disclosures, methods, processes, protocols, specifications, techniques and other forms of technology; (d) patents and industrial property rights; (e) other similar proprietary rights in intellectual property of every kind and nature; (f) rights of privacy and publicity; and (g) all registrations, renewals, extensions, statutory invention registrations, provisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, provisionals, divisions, or reissues of, and applications for, any of the rights referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above (whether or not in tangible form and including all tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing, such as samples, studies and summaries), along with all rights to prosecute and perfect the same through administrative prosecution, registration, recordation or other administrative proceeding, and all causes of action and rights to sue or seek other remedies arising from or relating to the foregoing, including for past, present or future infringement of any of the foregoing.

 

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

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Knowledge” means, with respect to an individual, that such individual is actually aware of the relevant fact or such individual would reasonably be expected to know such fact in the ordinary course of the performance of such individual’s employment responsibilities. Any Person that is an Entity shall have Knowledge if any officer or director of such Person as of the date such knowledge is imputed has Knowledge of such fact or other matter.

 

Law” means any federal, state, national, foreign, material local or municipal or other law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling, requirement, self-regulatory requirement, administrative policy or guidance, position statement, declaratory statement, advisory opinion, bulletin, or notifications having the effect of law, issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Body (including under the authority of Nasdaq or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).

 

Legal Proceeding” means any action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding), hearing, inquiry, audit, civil investigation demand, subpoena, complaint (including a qui tam complaint), examination or investigation commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any court or other Governmental Body or any arbitrator or arbitration panel.

 

Merger Sub Board” means the board of directors of Merger Sub.

 

Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Market, including the Nasdaq Global Select Market or such other Nasdaq market on which shares of Parent Common Stock are then listed.

 

Nasdaq Stock Market Rules” means the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

Ordinary Course of Business” means, in the case of each of the Company and Parent, such actions taken in the ordinary course of its normal operations and consistent with its past practices.

 

Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person (other than an individual), (a) the certificate or articles of association or incorporation or organization or limited partnership or limited liability company, and any joint venture, limited liability company, operating or partnership agreement and other similar documents adopted or filed in connection with the creation, formation or organization of such Person and (b) all bylaws, regulations and similar documents or agreements relating to the organization or governance of such Person, in each case, as amended or supplemented.

 

Parent Associate” means any current or former employee, independent contractor, officer or director of Parent.

 

Parent Balance Sheet” means the audited balance sheet of Parent as of December 31, 2024 (the “Parent Balance Sheet Date”), included in Parent’s Report on Form 10-K for the annual period ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the SEC.

 

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Parent Board” means the board of directors of Parent.

 

Parent Closing Price” means the volume weighted average closing trading price of a share of Parent Common Stock on Nasdaq for the five consecutive trading days ending five trading days immediately prior to the date upon which the Merger becomes effective.

 

Parent Common Stock” means the Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of Parent.

 

Parent Contract” means any Contract: (a) to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party; (b) by which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent IP or any other asset of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound or under which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has, or may become subject to, any obligation; or (c) under which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has or may acquire any right or interest.

 

Parent Covered Person” means, with respect to Parent as an “issuer” for purposes of Rule 506 promulgated under the Securities Act, any Person listed in the first paragraph of Rule 506(d)(1).

 

Parent Discounted Options” means the options to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock issued by Parent at an exercise price of $1.25 described in the Parent Disclosure Schedule.

 

Parent ERISA Affiliate” means any corporation or trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is (or at any relevant time was) treated with Parent or any of its Subsidiaries as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.

 

Parent Interim Financial Statements” means the unaudited interim financial statements of Parent for the three-month period ending September 30, 2025.

 

Parent IP” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are owned or purported to be owned by, assigned to, or exclusively licensed by, Parent or its Subsidiaries.

 

Parent Legacy Assets” means the assets of Parent used in the operation of the Parent Legacy Business set forth on Schedule A-2 in each case as of the date of the Second Loan Amendment.

 

Parent Legacy Business” means Parent’s business related to the Parent Legacy Assets prior to the Closing as described in the Parent SEC Documents.

 

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Parent Material Adverse Effect” means any Effect that, considered together with all other Effects that have occurred prior to the date of determination of the occurrence of a Parent Material Adverse Effect, has or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse Effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities or results of operations of Parent; provided, however, that Effects arising or resulting from the following shall not be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Parent Material Adverse Effect: (a) the announcement of this Agreement or the pendency of the Contemplated Transactions, (b) the taking of any action, or the failure to take any action, by Parent that is required to comply with the terms of this Agreement, (c) any natural disaster or any act or threat of terrorism or war anywhere in the world, any armed hostilities or terrorist activities anywhere in the world, any threat or escalation or armed hostilities or terrorist activities anywhere in the world or any governmental or other response or reaction to any of the foregoing, (d) any epidemic or pandemic in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or any escalation of the foregoing, (e) any change in GAAP or applicable laws or the interpretation thereof, (f) general economic or political conditions or conditions generally affecting the industries in which Parent and its subsidiaries operate, (g) any change in the cash position of Parent and its subsidiaries which results from operations in the ordinary course of business, (h) any change in the stock price or trading volume of the Parent Common Stock (it being understood, however, that any change causing or contributing to any change in stock price or trading volume of the Parent Common Stock may be taken into account in determining whether a Parent Material Adverse Effect has occurred, unless such changes are otherwise excepted from this definition), or (i) the sale or winding down of the Parent Legacy Business and Parent’s operations, and the sale, license or other disposition of the Parent Legacy Assets; except in each case with respect to clauses (c), (d), (e) and (f), to the extent disproportionately affecting Parent and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated companies in the industries in which Parent and its subsidiaries operate.

 

Parent Options” means options or other rights to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock issued by Parent.

 

Parent Outstanding Shares” means the total number of shares of Parent Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time expressed on a fully diluted and as converted basis, calculated using the treasury stock method, and assuming, without limitation or duplication, the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in respect of all Parent Preferred Shares, Parent Options, Parent RSUs, warrants, or other rights to receive shares, whether conditional or unconditional, that will be outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, any out-of-the-money Parent Options and Parent Warrants shall not be included in the total number of shares of Parent Common Stock issued and outstanding for purposes of determining the Parent Outstanding Shares.

 

Parent Plan” means the Movano Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended.

 

Parent Representative Confirmation Letters” means written confirmations, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, from the attorneys, accountants, investment bankers and other professional advisors of Parent as to all amounts estimated in good faith owed by Parent with respect to services performed by them through the Closing (or following the Closing at the pre-Closing direction of Parent).

 

Parent RSU” means restricted stock units with respect to, or that may be settled in, shares of Parent Common Stock issued by Parent.

 

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Parent Series A Preferred Stock” means Parent’s non-voting convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

Parent Series B Preferred Stock” means Parent’s non-voting convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, with the rights, preferences, powers and privileges specified in the Series B Certificate of Designation.

 

Parent Series C Preferred Stock” means Parent’s non-voting convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, with the rights, preferences, powers and privileges specified in the Series C Certificate of Designation.

 

Parent Series D Preferred Stock” means Parent’s non-voting convertible preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, with the rights, preferences, powers and privileges specified in the Series D Certificate of Designation.

 

Parent Stock Plan” means the Amended and Restated 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended.

 

Parent Transaction Expenses” means, with respect to Parent, the aggregate amount (without duplication) of all costs, fees and expenses incurred by or estimated to be incurred by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including Merger Sub), or for which such Party or any of its Subsidiaries are or may become liable in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement or any other agreement, document, instrument, filing, certificate, schedule, exhibit, letter or other document prepared or executed in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, including any fees and expenses (x) of legal counsel and accountants, the maximum amount of fees and expenses payable to financial advisors, investment bankers, brokers, consultants, tax advisors, transfer agents, and other advisors of such Party, and (y) related to the Proxy Statement and the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of any proxy solicitation firm hired to solicit proxies for the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting.

 

Parent Warrants” means all warrants to purchase Parent Common Stock.

 

Party” or “Parties” means the Company, Merger Sub and Parent.

 

Permitted Encumbrance” means: (a) any Encumbrance (i) for current Taxes not yet due and payable or (ii) for Taxes that are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been made on the Company Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet or the Parent Balance Sheet, as applicable, in accordance with GAAP; (b) minor liens that have arisen in the Ordinary Course of Business and that do not (in any case or in the aggregate) materially detract from the value of the assets or properties subject thereto or materially impair the operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent, as applicable; (c) statutory liens to secure obligations to landlords, lessors or renters under leases or rental agreements; (d) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar programs mandated by Law; (e) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property Rights granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent, as applicable, in the Ordinary Course of Business and that do not (in any case or in the aggregate) materially detract from the value of the Intellectual Property Rights subject thereto; and (f) statutory liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, to secure claims for labor, materials or supplies.

 

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Person” means any individual, Entity or Governmental Body.

 

Reference Date” means November 5, 2025.

 

Registered IP” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are registered or issued under the authority of, with or by any Governmental Body, including all patents, registered copyrights, registered mask works, and registered trademarks, service marks and trade dress, and all applications for any of the foregoing.

 

Representatives” means directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, advisors, and representatives.

 

Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Second Loan Amendment” means that certain Second Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2025, by and between Evie Holdings, LLC and Parent.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Series B Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation for the Parent Series B Preferred Stock substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F.

 

Series C Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation for the Parent Series C Preferred Stock substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G.

 

Series D Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation for the Parent Series D Preferred Stock substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H.

 

Subsidiary” means an entity shall be deemed to be a “Subsidiary” of a Person if such Person directly or indirectly owns or purports to own, beneficially or of record, (a) an amount of voting securities or other interests in such entity that is sufficient to enable such Person to elect at least a majority of the members of such entity’s board of directors or other governing body, or (b) at least 50% of the outstanding equity, voting, beneficial or financial interests in such Entity.

 

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Takeover Statute” means any “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition” or other similar anti-takeover Law.

 

Tax” means any (i) federal, state, local, foreign or other tax, including any income, capital gain, gross receipts, capital stock, profits, transfer, estimated, registration, stamp, premium, escheat, unclaimed property, customs duty, ad valorem, occupancy, occupation, alternative, add-on, windfall profits, value added, severance, property, business, production, sales, use, license, excise, franchise, employment, payroll, social security, disability, unemployment, workers’ compensation, national health insurance, withholding (on amounts paid or received) or other taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges, surtaxes or deficiencies thereof in the nature of a tax, however denominated (whether imposed directly or through withholding and whether or not disputed), and including any fine, penalty, addition to tax, or interest or additional amount imposed by a Governmental Body with respect thereto (or attributable to the nonpayment thereof) and (ii) any liability for payment of amounts described in clause (i) whether as a result of transferee or successor liability, of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period, pursuant to a Contract, through operation of Law or otherwise.

 

Tax Return” means any return (including any information return), report, statement, declaration, claim for refund, estimate, schedule, notice, notification, form, election, certificate or other document, and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing, filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Body (or provided to a payee) in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of any Tax or in connection with the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any Law relating to any Tax.

 

Trading Day” means any date on which Nasdaq (or other applicable securities exchange or quotation system) is open for business and on which shares of Parent Common Stock may be traded (other than a day on which the Nasdaq (or other applicable securities exchange or quotation system) is scheduled to or does close prior to its regular weekday closing time).

 

Treasury Regulations” means the United States Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code.

 

WARN Act” means the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act of 1988, as amended, or any similar state or local plant closing mass layoff statute, rule or regulation.

 

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Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:

 

Term   Section
ACA   2.17(c)
Allocation Certificate   1.15(a)(ii)
Anti-Bribery Laws   2.22
Book-Entry Shares   1.7
Certificate of Merger   1.3
Certifications   3.7(a)
Closing   1.3
Closing Date   1.3
Company   Preamble
Company Benefit Plan   2.17(a)
Company Board Approval   Recitals
Company D&O Indemnified Parties   5.4(c)
Company Disclosure Schedule   2
Company Financials   2.7(a)
Company In-bound License   2.12(d)
Company Material Contract   2.13(a)
Company Material Contracts   2.13(a)
Company Out-bound License   2.12(d)
Company Permits   2.14(b)
Company Plan   2.6(c)
Company Real Estate Leases   2.11
Company Stock Certificate   1.7
Company Stockholder Matters   Recitals
Continuing Employees   5.3(a)
Costs   5.4(b)
D&O Indemnified Parties   5.4(d)
Disqualifying Event   3.23
Dissenting Shares   1.9(a)
Effective Time   1.3
Exchange Agent   1.8(a)
Exchange Fund   1.8(a)
Federal Health Care Program   3.14(d)
FLSA   2.17(n)
Holdback Period   1.12(c)
Intended Tax Treatment   5.8(a)
Investor Agreements   2.21(b)
Legacy Holders   1.12(a)
Liability   2.9
Lock-Up Agreement   Recitals
Merger   Recitals
Merger Consideration   1.5
Merger Sub   Preamble
Nasdaq Listing Application   5.6(a)
Parent   Preamble

 

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Term   Section
Parent Benefit Plan   3.17(a)
Parent Board Approval   Recitals
Parent Board Recommendation   5.2(c)
Parent Common Stock Payment Shares   1.5
Parent D&O Indemnified Parties   5.4(b)
Parent Disclosure Schedule   3
Parent Foreign Plan   3.17(m)
Parent In-bound License   3.12(d)
Parent Material Contract   3.13(a)
Parent Material Contracts   3.13(a)
Parent Out-bound License   3.12(d)
Parent Permits   3.14(c)
Parent Preferred Shares   3.6(a)
Parent Real Estate Leases   3.11
Parent Signatories   Recitals
Parent SEC Documents   3.7(a)
Parent Stockholder Matter   5.2(a)
Parent Stockholders’ Meeting   5.2(a)
Parent Stockholder Support Agreement   Recitals
Post-Closing Plans   5.3(a)
Proxy Statement   5.6(a)
Required Company Stockholder Vote   2.4
Required Parent Stockholder Vote   3.4
Sensitive Data   2.12(g)
Stockholder Notice   5.1
Surviving Corporation   1.1
Third Party Payor   3.14(d)
Withholding Agent   1.14

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

Directors

 

Name   Title
Seth Demsey   Director

 

Officers

 

Name   Title
Jay Crystal   Chief Executive Officer
John Mastrotaro   Chief Operating Officer

 

C-1 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF PARENT STOCKHOLDER SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D-1 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION

 

[see attached]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E-1 

 

 

EXHIBIT F

 

SERIES B CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

 

[see attached]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F-1 

 

 

EXHIBIT G

 

SERIES C CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

 

[see attached]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G-1 

 

 

EXHIBIT H

 

SERIES D CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

 

[see attached]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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