UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 23, 2020

 

Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-39004   84-1747686
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)       Identification No.)

 

5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1010

Dallas, TX

  75225
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(214) 368-0821
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on 
which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one warrant   SBE.U   The New York Stock Exchange
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   SBE   The New York Stock Exchange
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share   SBE WS   The New York Stock Exchange

 

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

 

Emerging growth company    ☒

 

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

  

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01.Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization

 

On September 23, 2020, Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Switchback”), Lightning Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Switchback (“Merger Sub”), and ChargePoint, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a business combination agreement and plan of reorganization (the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger,” together with the other transactions related thereto, the “Proposed Transactions”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Switchback (the “Surviving Corporation”).

 

Conversion of Securities

 

Immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”) and subject to receipt of the requisite approval of stockholders of the Company, the Company will cause each share of the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Company Preferred Stock”) that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time to be automatically converted into shares of the Company’s common stock (“Company Common Stock”) at the then-effective conversion rate (the “Conversion”) in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation dated July 29, 2020, as amended. Following the Conversion, there will be no outstanding shares of Company Preferred Stock.

 

At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Switchback, Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of any of the Company’s securities:

 

(i)each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (including shares of Company Common Stock resulting from the Conversion, but excluding any outstanding unvested restricted shares of Company Common Stock (such shares, the “Company Restricted Stock”)) will be canceled and converted into (1) the right to receive the number of shares of Class A Common Stock of Switchback, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Switchback Class A Common Stock”), equal to (x) the quotient (the “Exchange Ratio”) obtained by dividing $2,450,000,000 by $10.00, divided by (y) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Company Restricted Stock), expressed on a fully-diluted and as-converted to Company Common Stock basis, and including without duplication, (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the Conversion, (B) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options to purchase outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (“Company Options”) that are issuable upon the net exercise of such Company Options, which Company Options are issued and outstanding and vested in accordance with their respective terms as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and (C) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable pursuant to unexpired warrants to purchase Company Common Stock (“Company Warrants”) upon the net exercise of such Company Warrants, which Company Warrants are issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (2) the contingent right to receive Earnout Shares (as defined below) as additional consideration;

 

(ii)all shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock held in the treasury of the Company will be canceled without any conversion thereof and no payment or distribution will be made with respect thereto;

 

(iii)each share of common stock of Merger Sub, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be converted into and exchanged for one share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation;

 

(iv)each Company Warrant that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be converted into (a) a warrant to purchase a number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock (each, an “Assumed Warrant”) equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Warrant and (y) the Exchange Ratio, at an exercise price per share equal to (1) the exercise price per share of such Company Warrant divided by (2) the Exchange Ratio and (b) the contingent right to receive Earnout Shares;

 

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(v)each Company Option that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be converted into (a) an option to purchase a number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock (each, an “Exchanged Option”) equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option and (y) the Exchange Ratio, at an exercise price per share equal to (1) the exercise price per share of such Company Option divided by (2) the Exchange Ratio (which option will remain subject to the same vesting terms as such Company Option) and (b) solely in the case of Company Options that are vested, the contingent right to receive Earnout Shares;

 

(vi)each award of Company Restricted Stock that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be converted into an award of a number of restricted shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock equal to the product of (a) the number of shares of Company Restricted Stock subject to such award and (b) the Exchange Ratio (which award will remain subject to the same vesting and repurchase terms as such Company Restricted Stock);

 

(vii)pursuant to the terms of Switchback’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated July 25, 2019, at the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”), each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Founders Stock”), after giving effect to the forfeiture of Founders Stock contemplated by the Founders Stock Letter (as defined below), will be converted into one share of Switchback Class A Common Stock and will no longer be outstanding and will cease to exist; and

 

(viii)no certificates or scrip or shares representing fractional shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock will be issued upon the exchange of Company Common Stock, any fractional shares will be rounded up or down to the nearest whole share of Switchback Class A Common Stock, with a fraction of 0.5 rounded up, and no cash settlements will be made with respect to fractional shares.

 

Earnout

 

During the five-year period following the Closing (the “Earnout Period”), Switchback will issue to eligible holders of securities of the Company up to 27,000,000 additional shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock in the aggregate (the “Earnout Shares”), in three equal tranches, upon the satisfaction of certain price targets set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, which price targets will be based upon the volume-weighted average closing sale price (“Closing VWAP”) of one share of Switchback Class A Common Stock quoted on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) or the exchange on which the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock are then traded, for any ten trading days within any twenty consecutive trading day period within the Earnout Period.

 

Representations, Warranties and Covenants

 

The Business Combination Agreement contains representations and warranties of (i) the Company and (ii) Switchback and Merger Sub that are customary for transactions of this nature. The representations and warranties of the Company, Switchback and Merger Sub will not survive the Closing.

 

The Business Combination Agreement contains certain covenants of the parties, including, among others, covenants requiring that (a) the parties will conduct their respective businesses in the ordinary course through the consummation of the Merger, (b) Switchback will use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Switchback Class A Common Stock and warrants listed for trading on the NYSE until the Closing and to cause the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Proposed Transactions to be approved for listing on the NYSE at the Closing, (c) Switchback and the Company will (x) not solicit or negotiate with third parties regarding alternative transactions and will comply with certain related restrictions and (y) cease discussions regarding alternative transactions, (d) Switchback and the Company will jointly prepare (and Switchback will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)) a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock to be issued to the Company’s stockholders in connection with the Merger (which Registration Statement will contain a joint proxy statement/consent solicitation statement/prospectus for the purpose of (i) soliciting proxies from Switchback’s stockholders to vote in favor of adoption and approval of the Required Switchback Proposals (as defined below) and certain other matters at the Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting (as defined below) and (ii) soliciting written consents from the Company’s stockholders in favor of the adoption and approval of the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby) and (e) the parties will cooperate in obtaining necessary approvals from governmental agencies.

 

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Closing

 

The Closing will occur as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than three business days following the satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions to Closing.

 

Conditions to Closing

 

Mutual

 

The obligations of the Company, Switchback and Merger Sub to consummate the Proposed Transactions, including the Merger, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:

 

(i)the written consent of the requisite stockholders of the Company (the “Written Consent Parties”) in favor of the approval and adoption of the Business Combination Agreement and the Merger and all other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Written Consent”) having been delivered to Switchback;

 

(ii)the Merger and the Business Combination Agreement, the issuance of Switchback Class A Common Stock in connection with the Merger and the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation of Switchback (the “Required Switchback Proposals”) having each been approved and adopted by the requisite affirmative vote of the Switchback stockholders at a meeting of Switchback’s stockholders (the “Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting”) in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, Switchback’s organizational documents and the rules and regulations of the NYSE;

 

(iii)no governmental authority having enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any law, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, executive order or award which is then in effect and has the effect of making the Proposed Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Proposed Transactions;

 

(iv)all required filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), having been completed and any applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of the Proposed Transactions under the HSR Act having expired or been terminated;

 

(v)the Registration Statement having been declared effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement being in effect, and no proceedings for purposes of suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement having been initiated or threatened by the SEC;

 

(vi)the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement (including the Earnout Shares) and in connection with the PIPE having been listed on the NYSE, or another national securities exchange mutually agreed to by the parties, as of the Closing; and

 

(vii)Switchback having at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets immediately following the Closing (after giving effect to the redemption of public shares by Switchback’s public stockholders, the PIPE and the other transactions contemplated to occur upon the Closing).

 

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Switchback and Merger Sub

 

The obligations of Switchback and Merger Sub to consummate the Proposed Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Effective Time of the following additional conditions:

 

(i)the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company as determined in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement;

 

(ii)the Company having performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by the Business Combination Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Effective Time;

 

(iii)no Company material adverse effect having occurred between the date of the Business Combination Agreement and the Effective Time that is continuing;

 

(iv)the sale and issuance by Switchback of Switchback Class A Common Stock in connection with the PIPE having been consummated prior to or in connection with the Effective Time; and

 

(v)the Company having delivered to Switchback the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of January 31, 2019 and January 31, 2020, in each case, audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “Audited Financial Statements”).

 

The Company

 

The obligations of the Company to consummate the Proposed Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to Effective Time of the following additional conditions:

 

(i)the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Switchback and Merger Sub as determined in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement;

 

(ii)each of Switchback and Merger Sub having performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by the Business Combination Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Effective Time;

 

(iii)no Switchback material adverse effect having occurred between the date of the Business Combination Agreement and the Effective Time that is continuing;

 

(iv)Switchback having made all necessary and appropriate arrangements with the Trustee to have all of the Trust Funds disbursed to Switchback immediately prior to the Effective Time, and all such funds released from the Trust Account being available to Switchback in respect of all or a portion of the payment obligations set forth in the Agreement and the payment of Switchback’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Business Combination Agreement and the Proposed Transactions;

 

(v)Switchback having at least $300,000,000 in available cash (including proceeds in connection with the PIPE and the funds in Switchback’s trust account) immediately prior to the Effective Time (after taking into account (x) payments required to satisfy redemptions of public shares by Switchback’s public stockholders and (y) payments of Switchback’s transaction costs); and

 

(vi)each of the covenants of Sponsor (as defined below) required under the Founders Stock Letter to be performed as of or prior to the Closing having been performed in all material respects, and Sponsor having not threatened (i) that the Founders Stock Letter is not valid, binding and in full force and effect, (ii) that Switchback is in breach of or default under the Founders Stock Letter or (iii) to terminate the Founders Stock Letter.

 

Termination

 

The Business Combination Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the consummation of the Merger by mutual written consent of the Company and Switchback and in certain other limited circumstances, including if the Merger has not been consummated by March 22, 2021 (as such date may be extended pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the “Outside Date”).

 

Either Switchback or the Company may also terminate the Business Combination Agreement if any of the Required Switchback Proposals fails to receive the requisite vote for approval at the Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting (provided that such termination right will not be available to Switchback if, at the time of such termination, Switchback is in breach of its covenants under the Business Combination Agreement). Additionally, Switchback may terminate the Business Combination Agreement if the Company does not deliver to Switchback (a) within twenty-four hours following the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, the Support Agreement (as defined below) from the Written Consent Parties, (b) within forty-eight hours of the Registration Statement becoming effective, the Written Consent from the Written Consent Parties or (c) within sixty business days of the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, the Audited Financial Statements.

 

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Effect of Termination

 

If the Business Combination Agreement is terminated, the agreement will become void, and there will be no liability under the Business Combination Agreement on the part of any party thereto, except as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement or in the case of termination subsequent to fraud or a willful material breach of the Business Combination Agreement by a party thereto.

 

A copy of the Business Combination Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Business Combination Agreement and the Proposed Transactions does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Business Combination Agreement filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Business Combination Agreement is included to provide security holders with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, Switchback or Merger Sub. In particular, the assertions embodied in representations and warranties by the Company, Switchback and Merger Sub contained in the Business Combination Agreement are subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed to by the parties in connection with negotiating such agreement, including being qualified by confidential information in the disclosure schedules provided by the parties in connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, and are subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contractive parties that may differ from those applicable to security holders. The confidential disclosures contain information that modifies, qualifies and creates exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. Moreover, certain representations and warranties in the Business Combination Agreement were used for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties, rather than establishing matters as facts. Accordingly, security holders should not rely on the representations and warranties in the Business Combination Agreement as characterizations of the actual state of facts about the Company, Switchback or Merger Sub. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Business Combination Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in Switchback’s public disclosures.

 

Support Agreement

 

Within twenty-four hours of the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company is required to deliver to Switchback a Stockholder Support Agreement (the “Support Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Written Consent Parties, whose ownership interests represent 74.7% of the outstanding Company Common Stock (voting on an as-converted basis) in the aggregate, will agree to support the approval and adoption of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, including agreeing to execute the Written Consent within forty-eight hours of the Registration Statement becoming effective. The Support Agreement will terminate upon the earlier to occur of: (i) the Effective Time, (ii) the date of the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms and (iii) the effective date of a written agreement of Switchback and the Written Consent Parties terminating the Support Agreement.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

In connection with the Closing, that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated July 25, 2019 (the “IPO Registration Rights Agreement”) will be amended and restated and Switchback, certain persons and entities holding securities of Switchback prior to the Closing (the “Initial Holders”) and certain persons and entities receiving Switchback Class A Common Stock or instruments exercisable for Switchback Class A Common Stock in connection with the Merger (the “New Holders” and together with the Initial Holders, the “Reg Rights Holders”) will enter into that amended and restated IPO Registration Rights Agreement attached as an exhibit to the Business Combination Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, Switchback will agree that, within 15 business days after the Closing, Switchback will file with the SEC (at Switchback’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of certain securities held by or issuable to the Initial Holders and the New Holders (the “Resale Registration Statement”), and Switchback will use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Resale Registration Statement become effective as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof. In certain circumstances, the Reg Rights Holders can demand up to four underwritten offerings and will be entitled to customary piggyback registration rights.

 

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Lock-Up Agreements

 

Concurrently with the Company entering into the Business Combination Agreement, certain stockholders of the Company, whose ownership interests represent 92.2% of the outstanding Company Common Stock (voting on an as-converted basis) in the aggregate, have agreed, subject to certain customary exceptions, not to effect any (a) direct or indirect sale, assignment, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, disposition, loan or other transfer, or entry into any agreement with respect to any sale, assignment, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, disposition, loan or other transfer, with respect to any shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock held by them immediately after the Effective Time, including any shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or warrants to purchase shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock held by them immediately following the Closing or (b) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a), in each case, for six months after the Closing.

 

The foregoing description of the Lock-Up Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Lock-Up Agreement, the form of which is included as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Founders Stock Letter

 

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, NGP Switchback, LLC (“Sponsor”) and the other holders of Founders Stock (such holders, together with Sponsor, the “Founder Stockholders”), entered into a letter agreement (the “Founders Stock Letter”) with Switchback pursuant to which, among other things, the Founder Stockholders will, (i) subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing set forth in the Business Combination Agreement, immediately prior to the Closing, surrender to Switchback, for no consideration and as a capital contribution to Switchback, 984,706 of Founders Stock held by them (on a pro rata basis), whereupon such shares of Founders Stock will be immediately canceled and (ii) upon and subject to the Closing, subject 900,000 shares of Founder Stock (including any Switchback Class A Common Stock issued in exchange therefor in the Merger) held by them (on a pro rata basis) to potential forfeiture if the Closing VWAP of one share of Switchback Class A Common Stock quoted on the NYSE does not satisfy the price target set forth in the Founders Stock Letter for any ten trading days within any twenty consecutive trading day period within the Earnout Period. The Founders Stock Letter also provides that the Sponsor will bear any transaction costs in excess of $20,000,000 that are allocable to Switchback in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement, excluding any costs associated with the PIPE.

 

The foregoing description of the Founders Stock Letter is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of the Founders Stock Letter, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Subscription Agreements

 

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, on September 23, 2020, Switchback entered into separate subscription agreements (collectively, the “Subscription Agreements”) with a number of investors (collectively, the “Subscribers”), pursuant to which the Subscribers agreed to purchase, and Switchback agreed to sell to the Subscribers, an aggregate of 22,500,000 shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock (the “PIPE Shares”), for a purchase price of $10.00 per share and an aggregate purchase price of $225,000,000, in a private placement (the “PIPE”).

 

The closing of the sale of the PIPE Shares pursuant to the Subscription Agreements will take place substantially concurrently with the Closing and is contingent upon, among other customary closing conditions, the subsequent consummation of the Proposed Transactions. The purpose of the PIPE is to raise additional capital for use by the combined company following the Closing.

 

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Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, Switchback agreed that, within 15 business days after the consummation of the Proposed Transactions, Switchback will file with the SEC (at Switchback’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of the PIPE Shares (the “PIPE Resale Registration Statement”), and Switchback will use its reasonable best efforts to have the PIPE Resale Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof.

 

The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of the Subscription Agreement, the form of which is included as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The disclosure set forth above under the heading “Subscription Agreements” in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein. The securities of Switchback that may be issued in connection with the Subscription Agreements will not be registered under the Securities Act in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

Item 7.01.Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On September 24, 2020, Switchback and the Company issued a joint press release announcing the execution of the Business Combination Agreement and announcing that Switchback and the Company will hold a conference call on September 24, 2020 at 8:30 am Eastern Time (the “Conference Call”). A copy of the press release, which includes information regarding participation in the Conference Call, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. A transcript of the Conference Call is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference. Such exhibits and the information set forth therein will not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor will it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 

Attached as Exhibit 99.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference is an investor presentation relating to the Proposed Transactions. Such exhibit and the information set forth therein will not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor will it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 

Important Information for Shareholders

 

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or constitute a solicitation of any vote or approval.

 

In connection with the Proposed Transactions, Switchback will file the Registration Statement with the SEC, which will include a proxy statement/prospectus of Switchback. Switchback also plans to file other documents with the SEC regarding the Proposed Transactions. After the Registration Statement has been cleared by the SEC, a definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to the shareholders of Switchback. SHAREHOLDERS OF SWITCHBACK AND THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS (INCLUDING ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS. Shareholders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents containing important information about Switchback and the Company once such documents are filed with the SEC, through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.

 

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Participants in the Solicitation

 

Switchback and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Switchback in connection with the Proposed Transactions. The Company and its officers and directors may also be deemed participants in such solicitation. Information about the directors and executive officers of Switchback is set forth in Switchback’s Annual Report on Form 10-K which was filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available.

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

The information included herein and in any oral statements made in connection herewith include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained herein are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may generally be identified by the use of words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “predict,” “potential,” “seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook,” “target” or other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding estimates and forecasts of other financial and performance metrics, projections of market opportunity and market share. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified herein, and on the current expectations of the Company and Switchback’s management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of, fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and may differ from assumptions, and such differences may be material. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of the Company and Switchback. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to the Company; the inability of the parties to successfully or timely consummate the Proposed Transactions, including the risk that any required regulatory approvals are not obtained, are delayed or are subject to unanticipated conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the Proposed Transactions or that the approval of the stockholders of Switchback or the Company is not obtained; the failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the Proposed Transactions; risks related to the rollout of the Company’s business and the timing of expected business milestones; the Company’s dependence on widespread acceptance and adoption of electric vehicles and increased installation of charging stations; the Company’s ability to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting, including the remediation of identified material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting relating to segregation of duties with respect to, and access controls to, its financial record keeping system, and the Company’s accounting staffing levels; the Company’s current dependence on sales of charging stations for most of its revenues; overall demand for electric vehicle charging and the potential for reduced demand if governmental rebates, tax credits and other financial incentives are reduced, modified or eliminated or governmental mandates to increase the use of electric vehicles or decrease the use of vehicles powered by fossil fuels, either directly or indirectly through mandated limits on carbon emissions, are reduced, modified or eliminated; potential adverse effects on the Company’s revenue and gross margins if customers increasingly claim clean energy credits and, as a result, they are no longer available to be claimed by the Company; the effects of competition on the Company’s future business; risks related to the Company’s dependence on its intellectual property and the risk that the Company’s technology could have undetected defects or errors; the amount of redemption requests made by Switchback’s public stockholders; the ability of Switchback or the combined company to issue equity or equity-linked securities or obtain debt financing in connection with the Proposed Transactions or in the future and those factors discussed in Switchback’s final prospectus dated July 25, 2019, Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and any subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in each case, under the heading “Risk Factors,” and other documents of Switchback filed, or to be filed, with the SEC. If any of these risks materialize or Switchback’s or the Company’s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that neither Switchback nor the Company presently know or that Switchback and the Company currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect Switchback’s and the Company’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date hereof. Switchback and the Company anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause Switchback’s and the Company’s assessments to change. However, while Switchback and the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Switchback and the Company specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Switchback’s and the Company’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date hereof. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning these and other factors that may impact Switchback’s expectations and projections can be found in Switchback’s periodic filings with the SEC, including Switchback’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. Switchback’s SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

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Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit

2.1*   Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of September 23, 2020, by and among Switchback, Merger Sub and the Company.
10.1   Form of Lock-Up Agreement.
10.2   Founders Stock Letter, dated September 23, 2020 by and between Switchback and the Founder Stockholders.
10.3   Form of Subscription Agreement.
99.1   Press Release, dated September 24, 2020.
99.2   Conference Call Transcript.
99.3   Investor Presentation.

 

 

*All schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished to the SEC upon request.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  SWITCHBACK Energy Acquisition CORPORATION
     
Date: September 24, 2020 By: /s/ Jim Mutrie
  Name: Jim Mutrie
  Title: Chief Commercial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

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Exhibit 2.1

 

Execution Version

 

BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

 

by and among

 

SWITCHBACK ENERGY ACQUISITION CORPORATION,

 

LIGHTNING MERGER SUB INC.

 

and

 

CHARGEPOINT, INC.

 

Dated as of September 23, 2020

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
   
Article I Definitions 3
1.01 Certain Definitions 3
1.02 Further Definitions 16
1.03 Construction 19
   
Article II Agreement and Plan of Merger 19
2.01 The Merger 19
2.02 Effective Time; Closing 20
2.03 Effect of the Merger 20
2.04 Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws; Registration Rights Agreement 20
2.05 Directors and Officers 21
   
Article III Effects of the Merger 21
3.01 Conversion of Securities 21
3.02 Exchange of Certificates 24
3.03 Earnout 26
3.04 Payment of Switchback Transaction Costs; Closing Statement 27
3.05 Stock Transfer Books 29
3.06 Appraisal and Dissenters’ Rights 29
   
Article IV Representations and Warranties of the Company 30
4.01 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries 30
4.02 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws 30
4.03 Capitalization 31
4.04 Authority Relative to this Agreement 33
4.05 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents 33
4.06 Permits; Compliance 34
4.07 Financial Statements 34
4.08 Absence of Certain Changes or Events 36
4.09 Absence of Litigation 36
4.10 Employee Benefit Plans 36
4.11 Labor and Employment Matters 39
4.12 Real Property; Title to Assets 39
4.13 Intellectual Property 40
4.14 Taxes 43
4.15 Environmental Matters 45
4.16 Material Contracts 46
4.17 Customers, Vendors and Suppliers 48
4.18 Insurance 48
4.19 Board Approval; Vote Required 48
4.20 Certain Business Practices 49

 

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4.21 Interested Party Transactions 49
4.22 Exchange Act 50
4.23 Brokers 50
4.24 Product Warranty; Products Liability 50
4.25 Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties 51
   
Article V Representations and Warranties of Switchback and Merger Sub 51
5.01 Corporate Organization 51
5.02 Organizational Documents 52
5.03 Capitalization 52
5.04 Authority Relative to This Agreement 53
5.05 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents 54
5.06 Compliance 54
5.07 SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Sarbanes-Oxley 55
5.08 Business Activities; Absence of Certain Changes or Events 56
5.09 Absence of Litigation 58
5.10 Board Approval; Vote Required 58
5.11 No Prior Operations of Merger Sub 59
5.12 Brokers 59
5.13 Switchback Trust Fund 59
5.14 Employees 60
5.15 Taxes 60
5.16 Registration and Listing 62
5.17 Interested Party Transaction 62
5.18 Investment Company Act 62
5.19 Switchback’s and Merger Sub’s Investigation and Reliance 63
5.20 Founders Stock Letter 63
   
Article VI Conduct of Business Pending the Merger 63
6.01 Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger 63
6.02 Conduct of Business by Switchback and Merger Sub Pending the Merger 67
6.03 Claims Against Trust Account 69
   
Article VII Additional Agreements 70
7.01 No Solicitation 70
7.02 Registration Statement; Consent Solicitation Statement; Proxy Statement 72
7.03 Consent Solicitation; Written Consent; Company Change in Recommendation 74
7.04 Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting; and Merger Sub Stockholder’s Approval 75
7.05 Access to Information; Confidentiality 76
7.06 Incentive Equity Plan; ESPP 77
7.07 Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification 77
7.08 Notification of Certain Matters 79

 

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7.09 Further Action; Reasonable Best Efforts 80
7.10 Public Announcements 81
7.11 Stock Exchange Listing 81
7.12 Antitrust 81
7.13 Trust Account 82
7.14 Tax Matters 83
7.15 Directors 83
7.16 Switchback Public Filings 83
7.17 FIRPTA Tax Certificates 83
7.18 Audited Financial Statements 84
7.19 Side Letter and Investor Agreements 84
   
Article VIII Conditions to the Merger 84
8.01 Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party 84
8.02 Conditions to the Obligations of Switchback and Merger Sub 85
8.03 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company 86
   
Article IX Termination, Amendment and Waiver 87
9.01 Termination 87
9.02 Effect of Termination 89
9.03 Expenses 89
9.04 Amendment 89
9.05 Waiver 89
   
Article X General Provisions 89
10.01 Notices 89
10.02 Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants 90
10.03 Severability 91
10.04 Entire Agreement; Assignment 91
10.05 Parties in Interest 91
10.06 Governing Law 91
10.07 Waiver of Jury Trial 92
10.08 Headings 92
10.09 Counterparts 92
10.10 Specific Performance 92
10.11 No Recourse 93

 

EXHIBIT A Stockholder Support Agreement
EXHIBIT B Form of Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement
EXHIBIT C Form of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Switchback
EXHIBIT D Form of Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Switchback
EXHIBIT E Directors of the Company Following the Merger
EXHIBIT F Form of Written Consent
Schedule A   Company Knowledge Parties
Schedule B Key Company Stockholders

 

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BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

 

This Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of September 23, 2020 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Switchback”), Lightning Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and ChargePoint, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

 

WHEREAS, Merger Sub is a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Switchback;

 

WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), Switchback and the Company will enter into a business combination transaction pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Switchback;

 

WHEREAS, after consultation with their respective Tax advisors, Switchback and the Company intend, for U.S. federal and applicable state income Tax purposes, that the Merger will be treated as qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and by executing this Agreement, hereby adopt a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3, and intend to file the statement required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-3(a);

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has unanimously (a) determined that the Merger is fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its stockholders, (b) approved and adopted this Agreement and declared its advisability and approved the Transactions (including the Merger) and (c) recommended that the stockholders of the Company approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions (including the Merger) and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) be submitted for consideration by the Company’s stockholders (the “Company Recommendation”);

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Switchback (the “Switchback Board”) has (a) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) are fair to and in the best interests of Switchback and its stockholders, (b) approved this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) and declared their advisability, and (c) recommended that the stockholders of Switchback approve and adopt this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger), and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger), be submitted for consideration by the stockholders of Switchback at the Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting;

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Merger Sub (the “Merger Sub Board”) has (a) determined that this Agreement and the Merger are fair to and in the best interests of Merger Sub and its sole stockholder, (b) approved this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) and declared their advisability, (c) recommended that the sole stockholder of Merger Sub approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions (including the Merger) and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions be submitted for consideration by the sole stockholder of Merger Sub;

 

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WHEREAS, it is anticipated that, within twenty-four (24) hours after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Key Company Stockholders (as defined herein), as Company Stockholders holding shares of Company Stock sufficient to constitute the Company Stockholder Approval, will enter into a Stockholder Support Agreement with Switchback in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Stockholder Support Agreement”), providing that, among other things, the Key Company Stockholders will vote their shares of Company Stock in favor of this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Closing, Switchback, certain stockholders of Switchback and certain stockholders of the Company shall enter into an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B;

 

WHEREAS, Switchback, its officers and directors, and NGP Switchback, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), are parties to that certain Letter Agreement, dated July 25, 2019 (the “Letter Agreement”), providing that, among other things, such parties will vote their shares of Switchback Founders Stock in favor of this Agreement, the Merger, and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, Switchback, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, is entering into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain investors (“PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which the PIPE Investors, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, have agreed to purchase shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock at a purchase price of $10.00 in a private placement or placements (the “Private Placements”) to be consummated immediately prior to the consummation of the Transactions;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Sponsor, Joseph Armes, Zane Arrott and Ray Kubis (collectively, the “Founder Stockholders”) have entered into a letter agreement with the Company and Switchback (the “Founders Stock Letter”), pursuant to which (i) the Founder Stockholders have agreed effective upon the Closing, to (a) forfeit 984,706 shares of Switchback Founders Stock held by them and (b) subject 900,000 shares of Switchback Founders Stock (including any Switchback Class A Common Stock issued in exchange therefor in the Merger) held by them to potential forfeiture obligations as more specifically set forth in the Founders Stock Letter and (ii) Sponsor has agreed to bear any Switchback Transaction Costs, excluding any Private Placement Transaction Costs, in excess of the Switchback Transaction Costs Cap; and

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Switchback and certain stockholders of the Company have entered into lock-up agreements, pursuant to which such stockholders have agreed, subject to certain exceptions, to not transfer the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock received by them in connection with the Merger for a period of six (6) months following the Closing Date (as defined herein).

 

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

 

Article I

Definitions

 

1.01 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:

 

2007 Company Stock Plan” means the Company’s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

2017 Company Stock Plan” means the Company’s 2017 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

affiliate” of a specified person means a person who, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified person.

 

Ancillary Agreements” means the Registration Rights Agreement, the Stockholder Support Agreement, the Founders Stock Letter and all other agreements, certificates and instruments executed and delivered by Switchback, Merger Sub or the Company in connection with the Transactions and specifically contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws” means (i) the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, (ii) the UK Bribery Act 2010, (iii) anti-bribery legislation promulgated by the European Union and implemented by its member states, (iv) legislation adopted in furtherance of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, and (v) similar legislation applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary from time to time.

 

Base Case Model” means a computer model shown in the file labeled “Project Lightning - Share Analysis (9.22.20) v04GS.xlsx” delivered by Switchback to the Company as of the date of this Agreement, showing an assumed calculation of “Company Outstanding Shares.”

 

Business Combination” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Switchback Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Business Data” means all business information and data, excluding Personal Information (whether of employees, contractors, consultants, customers, consumers, or other persons and whether in electronic or any other form or medium) that is accessed, collected, used, stored, shared, distributed, transferred, disclosed, destroyed, disposed of or otherwise processed by any of the Business Systems or otherwise in the course of the conduct of the business of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries.

 

Business Day” means any day on which the principal offices of the SEC in Washington, D.C. are open to accept filings, or, in the case of determining a date when any payment is due, any day on which banks are not required or authorized to close in New York, NY; provided, that banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or obligated to be closed due to a “shelter in place,” “non-essential employee” or similar closure of physical branch locations at the direction of any Governmental Authority if such banks’ electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) are open for use by customers on such day.

 

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Business Systems” means all Software (including Products and regardless of whether installed on premises or provided via the cloud or “as a service”), computer hardware (whether general or special purpose), electronic data processors, databases, telecommunication systems, networks, interfaces, platforms, servers, peripherals, and computer systems, including any outsourced systems and processes, that are owned or used in the conduct of the business of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries as currently conducted.

 

Change of Control” means any transaction or series of transactions (a) following which a person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) of persons (other than Switchback, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective subsidiaries), has direct or indirect beneficial ownership of securities (or rights convertible or exchangeable into securities) representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of or economic rights or interests in Switchback, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective subsidiaries, (b) constituting a merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination, however effected, following which either (i) the members of the board of directors of Switchback immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination do not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the company surviving the combination or, if the surviving company is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof or (ii) the voting securities of Switchback, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective subsidiaries immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination do not continue to represent or are not converted into fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the person resulting from such combination or, if the surviving company is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof, or (c) the result of which is a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Switchback or the Surviving Corporation to any person.

 

Closing Model means the Base Case Model updated to reflect certain information set forth therein as of the Closing Date, including (a) the number of shares of Company Stock, (b) the number of shares of Company Stock subject to Company Options and the respective per share exercise prices of Company Options, which Company Options are outstanding and vested in accordance with their respective terms, (c) the number of shares of Company Stock issuable pursuant to unexpired Company Warrants and the respective exercise prices of Company Warrants, and (d) the number of shares of Company Restricted Stock, in each of (a), (b), (c) and (d), as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, and, for the avoidance of doubt, following the Conversion.

 

Company Certificate of Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated July 29, 2020, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

 

Company Common Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

Company IP” means, collectively, all Company-Owned IP and Company-Licensed IP.

 

Company-Licensed IP” means all Intellectual Property rights owned or purported to be owned by a third party and licensed to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary otherwise has a right to use.

 

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Company Material Adverse Effect” means any event, circumstance, change or effect (collectively “Effect”) that, individually or in the aggregate with all other events, circumstances, changes and effects, would have a material adverse effect on (i) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities or operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions; provided, however, that none of the following shall be deemed to constitute, alone or in combination, or be taken into account in the determination of whether, there has been or will be a Company Material Adverse Effect: (a) any change or proposed change in or change in the interpretation of any Law or GAAP; (b) events or conditions generally affecting the industries or geographic areas in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate, or the economy as a whole; (c) any downturn in general economic conditions, including changes in the credit, debt, securities, financial or capital markets (including changes in interest or exchange rates, prices of any security or market index or commodity or any disruption of such markets); (d) any geopolitical conditions, outbreak of hostilities, acts of war, sabotage, cyberterrorism, terrorism or military actions (including any escalation or general worsening thereof), or any earthquakes, volcanic activity, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, mudslides, wild fires or other natural disasters, weather conditions, act of God or other force majeure events, including any escalation or worsening thereof; (e) any actions taken or not taken by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, or such other changes or events, in each case, (i) which Switchback has requested in writing or to which it has consented in writing or (ii) which are required by this Agreement; (f) any Effect attributable to the announcement or execution, pendency, negotiation or consummation of the Merger or any of the other Transactions (including the impact thereof on relationships with customers, suppliers, employees or Governmental Authorities) (provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to references to “Company Material Adverse Effect” in the representations and warranties in Section 4.05(a) and, to the extent related thereto, the condition in Section 8.02(a)); (g) any failure to meet any projections, forecasts, guidance, estimates, milestones, budgets or financial or operating predictions of revenue, earnings, cash flow or cash position, provided that this clause (g) shall not prevent a determination that any Effect underlying such failure has resulted in a Company Material Adverse Effect (to the extent such Effect is not otherwise excluded from this definition of Company Material Adverse Effect); or, (h) any epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including COVID-19) or any Law, directive, pronouncement or guideline issued by a Governmental Authority, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the World Health Organization providing for business closures, changes to business operations, “sheltering-in-place” or other restrictions that relate to, or arise out of, an epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including COVID-19) or any change in such Law, directive, pronouncement or guideline or interpretation thereof following the date of this Agreement, except in the cases of clauses (a) through (c), to the extent that the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are disproportionately affected thereby as compared with other participants in the industries in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate.

 

Company Merger Shares” means a number of shares equal to (i) the Company Valuation divided by (ii) $10.00.

 

Company Options” means all incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options to purchase outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, whether or not exercisable and whether or not vested, under the 2007 Company Stock Plan, the 2017 Company Stock Plan or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, “Company Options” shall not include any “Company Warrants.”

 

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Company Outstanding Shares” means the total number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, expressed on a fully-diluted and as-converted to Company Common Stock basis (other than any shares of Company Restricted Stock), and including, without duplication, (i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the Conversion, (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to Company Options that are issuable upon the net exercise of such Company Options, assuming that the fair market value of one Option Share equals (x) the Exchange Ratio multiplied by (y) $10.00, which Company Options are outstanding and vested in accordance with their respective terms as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and (iii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable pursuant to unexpired Company Warrants (with respect to each Company Warrant, determined by calculating the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the net exercise of such Company Warrant in accordance with its terms, assuming that the fair market value of one Warrant Share equals the (x) Exchange Ratio multiplied by (y) $10.00) that are issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, which, unless otherwise agreed by Switchback and the Company, shall be calculated in accordance with the Closing Model.

 

Company-Owned IP” means all Intellectual Property rights owned or purported to be owned by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries.

 

Company Preferred Stock” means the Company Series A Preferred Stock, Company Series B Preferred Stock, Company Series C Preferred Stock, Company Series D Preferred Stock, Company Series E Preferred Stock, Company Series F Preferred Stock, Company Series G Preferred Stock, Company Series H Preferred Stock and Company Series H-1 Preferred Stock.

 

Company Restricted Stock” means the unvested restricted shares of Company Common Stock granted pursuant to the Company Stock Plans upon the “early exercise” of Company Options.

 

Company Series A Preferred Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, designated as Series A Preferred Stock in the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Company Series B Preferred Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, designated as Series B Preferred Stock in the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Company Series C Preferred Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, designated as Series C Preferred Stock in the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Company Series D Preferred Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, designated as Series D Preferred Stock in the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Company Series E Preferred Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, designated as Series E Preferred Stock in the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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Company Series F Preferred Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, designated as Series F Preferred Stock in the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Company Series G Preferred Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, designated as Series G Preferred Stock in the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Company Series H Preferred Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, designated as Series H Preferred Stock in the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Company Series H-1 Preferred Stock” means the shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, designated as Series H-1 Preferred Stock in the Company Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Company Stock” means the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.

 

Company Stockholder Approval” means the affirmative vote of (i) the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock (on an as-converted basis), voting together as a single class, (ii) the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class on an as-converted basis, (iii) the holders of 2/3 of the outstanding shares of the Company Series A Preferred Stock, Company Series B Preferred Stock and Company Series C Preferred Stock (voting together as a single class on an as converted basis), (iv) the Requisite Series D Holders (as defined in the Company Certificate of Incorporation), (v) a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Series E Preferred Stock, Company Series F Preferred Stock and Company Series G Preferred Stock (voting together as a single class on an as converted basis); (vi) the Requisite Series H Holders (as defined in the Company Certificate of Incorporation); and (vii) the Requisite Series H-1 Holders (as defined in the Company Certificate of Incorporation).

 

Company Stock Plans” means the 2007 Company Stock Plan and the 2017 Company Stock Plan, in each case, as such may have been amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

 

Company Subsidiary” means each subsidiary of the Company.

 

Company Valuation” means $2,450,000,000.

 

Company Voting Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Voting Agreement, dated July 31, 2020, by and among the Company and the parties named therein.

 

Confidential Information” means any information, knowledge or data concerning the businesses or affairs of (i) the Company or the Company Subsidiaries that is not already generally available to the public, or (ii) any Suppliers or customers of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries, in each case that either (x) the Company or the Company Subsidiaries are bound to keep confidential or (y) with respect to clause (i), the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary purport to maintain as a trade secret under applicable Laws.

 

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control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, or as trustee or executor, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise.

 

COVID-19” means SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and any evolutions thereof.

 

COVID-19 Measures” means any quarantine, “shelter in place,” “stay at home,” workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester or any other Law, Governmental Order, Action, directive, guidelines or recommendations by any Governmental Authority in connection with or in response to COVID-19, including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES).

 

Disabling Devices” means Software viruses, time bombs, logic bombs, trojan horses, trap doors, back doors, or other computer instructions, intentional devices or techniques that are designed to threaten, infect, assault, vandalize, defraud, disrupt, damage, disable, maliciously encumber, hack into, incapacitate, infiltrate or slow or shut down a computer system or any component of such computer system, including any such device affecting system security or compromising or disclosing user data in an unauthorized manner, other than those incorporated by the Company or the applicable third party intentionally to protect Company IP from misuse or otherwise protect the Business Systems.

 

Earnout Period” means the time period between the Closing Date and the five-year anniversary of the Closing Date.

 

Eligible Company Equityholder” means a holder of (a) a share of Company Common Stock (after taking into account the Conversion and excluding any shares of Company Restricted Stock), (b) a vested and unexercised Company Option or (c) a Company Warrant, in each case immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

Employee Benefit Plan” means any plan that is an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, any nonqualified deferred compensation plan subject to Section 409A of the Code, bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, other equity-based compensation arrangement, performance award, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, death or disability benefit, supplemental retirement, severance, retention, change in control, employment, consulting, fringe benefit, sick pay and vacation plans or arrangements or other employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements, whether written or unwritten.

 

Environmental Laws” means any United States federal, state or local or non-United States Laws relating to: (i) releases or threatened releases of, or exposure of any person to, Hazardous Substances or materials containing Hazardous Substances; (ii) the manufacture, handling, transport, use, treatment, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances or materials containing Hazardous Substances; or (iii) pollution or protection of the environment, natural resources or human health and safety.

 

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

 

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Ex-Im Laws” means all applicable Laws relating to export, re-export, transfer, and import controls, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, the customs and import Laws administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the EU Dual Use Regulation.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Exchange Ratio” means the following ratio (rounded to four decimal places): (i) the Company Merger Shares divided by (ii) the Company Outstanding Shares.

 

Governmental Order” means any ruling, order, judgment, injunction, edict, decree, writ, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, entered by or with any Governmental Authority.

 

Hazardous Substance(s)” means (i) those substances defined in or regulated under the following United States federal statutes and their state counterparts, as each may be amended from time to time, and all regulations thereunder: the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Atomic Energy Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Clean Air Act, (ii) petroleum and petroleum products, including crude oil and any fractions thereof, (iii) natural gas, synthetic gas, and any mixtures thereof, (iv) polychlorinated biphenyls, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, asbestos and radon, and (v) any substance, material or waste regulated by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

HIPAA” means the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations, including as amended by the Health Information Technology for Clinical Health Act provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. Law No. 111-5 and its implementing regulations.

 

HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

 

Intellectual Property” means (i) patents, patent applications and patent disclosures, together with all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, revisions, extensions or reexaminations thereof, (ii) trademarks and service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, corporate names, brands, slogans, and other source identifiers together with all translations, adaptations, derivations, combinations and other variants of the foregoing, and all registrations and applications for registration of the foregoing, together with all of the goodwill associated with the foregoing, (iii) copyrights, and other works of authorship (whether or not copyrightable), and moral rights, and registrations and applications for registration of the foregoing, (iv) trade secrets, know-how (including ideas, formulas, compositions, inventions (whether or not patentable or reduced to practice)), and database rights, (v) Internet domain names and social media accounts, (vi) rights of privacy and publicity and all other intellectual property or proprietary rights of any kind or description and (vii) all legal rights arising from items (i) through (vi), including the right to prosecute, enforce and perfect such interests and rights to sue, oppose, cancel, interfere, enjoin and collect damages based upon such interests, including such rights based on past infringement, if any, in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

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Investors’ Rights Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated July 31, 2020, by and among the Company and the parties named therein.

 

Key Company Stockholders” means the persons and entities listed on Schedule B.

 

knowledge” or “to the knowledge” of a person means in the case of the Company, the actual knowledge of the persons listed on Schedule A after reasonable inquiry of the individuals with operational responsibility for the fact or matter in question, and in the case of Switchback, the actual knowledge of Scott McNeill and Jim Mutrie after reasonable inquiry.

 

Law” means any federal, national, state, county, municipal, provincial, local, foreign or multinational, statute, constitution, common law, ordinance, code, decree, order, judgment, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority.

 

Leased Real Property” means the real property leased by the Company or Company Subsidiaries as tenant, together with, to the extent leased by the Company or Company Subsidiaries, all buildings and other structures, facilities or improvements located thereon and all easements, licenses, rights and appurtenances of the Company or Company Subsidiaries relating to the foregoing.

 

Lien” means any lien, security interest, mortgage, pledge, adverse claim or other encumbrance of any kind that secures the payment or performance of an obligation (other than those created under applicable securities laws).

 

Merger Sub Organizational Documents” means the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Merger Sub, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Open Source Software” means any Software that is licensed pursuant to (i) any license that is a license approved by the open source initiative and listed at http://www.opensource.org/licenses, which licenses include all versions of the GNU General Public License (GPL), the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), the GNU Affero GPL, the MIT license, the Eclipse Public License, the Common Public License, the CDDL, the Mozilla Public License (MPL), the Artistic License, the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL), and the Sun Industry Standards License (SISL), (ii) any license to Software that is considered “free” or “open source software” by the Open Source Initiative or the Free Software Foundation, or (iii) any Reciprocal License, in each case whether or not source code is available or included in such license.

 

Option Shares” means the shares of Company Common Stock issuable pursuant to a Company Option in accordance with terms of such Company Option.

 

PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and any division or subdivision thereof.

 

PCI DSS” means the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, issued by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.

 

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Permitted Liens” means (i) such imperfections of title, easements, encumbrances, Liens or restrictions that do not materially impair the current use of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s assets that are subject thereto, (ii) materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, landlord’s and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, or deposits to obtain the release of such Liens, (iii) Liens for Taxes not yet due and delinquent, or if delinquent, being contested in good faith and for which appropriate reserves have been made, (iv) zoning, entitlement, conservation restriction and other land use and environmental regulations promulgated by Governmental Authorities, (v) non-exclusive licenses (or sublicenses) of Company-Owned IP granted in the ordinary course of business, (vi) non-monetary Liens, encumbrances and restrictions on real property (including easements, covenants, rights of way and similar restrictions of record) that do not materially interfere with the present uses of such real property, and (vii) Liens on leases, subleases, easements, licenses, rights of use, rights to access and rights of way arising from the provisions of such agreements or benefiting or created by any superior estate, right or interest.

 

person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (including a “person” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), trust, association or entity or government, political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a government.

 

Personal Information” means (i) information related to an identified or identifiable individual (e.g., name, address telephone number, email address, financial account number, government-issued identifier) and (ii) any other definition for any similar term provided by Privacy/Data Security Laws.

 

PIPE Investment Amount” means $225,000,000.

 

Privacy/Data Security Laws” means all Laws governing the receipt, collection, use, storage, processing, sharing, security, disclosure, or transfer of Personal Information, including, to the extent applicable, the following Laws: HIPAA, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the CAN-SPAM Act, Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, California Consumer Privacy Act, California Senate Bill No. 327 (Security of Connected Devices), state data security Laws, state data breach notification Laws, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, applicable Laws relating to the transfer of Personal Information, and any applicable Laws concerning requirements for website and mobile application privacy policies and practices, call or electronic monitoring or recording or any outbound communications (including outbound calling and text messaging, telemarketing, and e-mail marketing).

 

Private Placement Transaction Costs” means all out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses of Switchback or Merger Sub incurred on or before the Closing Date in connection with the Private Placements, including the sum of all outstanding deferred, unpaid or contingent underwriting, transaction, deal, brokerage, financial, accounting or legal advisory, auditor or SEC filing fees or any similar fees, commissions or expenses owed by Switchback or Merger Sub (to the extent Switchback or Merger Sub is responsible for or obligated to reimburse or repay any such amounts) to financial advisors, investment banks, data room administrators, financial printers, attorneys, accountants and other similar advisors, service providers and the SEC.

 

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Pro Rata Share” means, for each Eligible Company Equityholder, a percentage determined by dividing (i) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (after taking into account the Conversion, but excluding any shares of Company Restricted Stock), shares of Company Common Stock subject to vested and unexercised Company Options outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and shares issuable pursuant to Company Warrants issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, in each case, held by such Eligible Company Equityholder by (ii) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (after taking into account the Conversion, but excluding any shares of Company Restricted Stock), shares of Company Common Stock subject to vested and unexercised Company Options outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and shares issuable pursuant to Company Warrants issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

Products” mean any products or services, developed, manufactured, performed, out-licensed, sold, distributed or otherwise made available by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, in respect of which the Company or any Company Subsidiary (i) is currently deriving revenue from the sale or provision thereof or (ii) has undertaken manufacturing or production activities, including through any Supplier, for the future sale or provision thereof.

 

Reciprocal License” means a license of an item of Software that requires or that conditions any rights granted in such license upon (i) the disclosure, distribution or licensing of any other Software (other than such item of Software as provided by a third party in its unmodified form), (ii) a requirement that any disclosure, distribution or licensing of any other Software (other than such item of Software in its unmodified form) be at no charge, (iii) a requirement that any other licensee of the Software be permitted to access the source code of, modify, make derivative works of, or reverse-engineer any such other Software, (iv) a requirement that such other Software be redistributable by other licensees, or (v) the grant of any patent rights (other than patent rights in such item of Software), including non-assertion or patent license obligations (other than patent obligations relating to the use of such item of Software).

 

Redemption Rights” means the redemption rights provided for in Sections 9.2 and 9.7 of Article IX of the Switchback Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Registered Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property that is the subject of a registration (or an application for registration), including domain names.

 

Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement, dated July 31, 2020, by and among the Company and the parties named therein.

 

Sanctioned Person” means at any time any person (i) listed on any Sanctions-related list of designated or blocked persons, (ii) the government of, resident in, or organized under the laws of a country or territory that is the subject of comprehensive restrictive Sanctions from time to time (which includes, as of the date of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea region), or (iii) majority-owned or controlled by any of the foregoing.

 

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Sanctions” means those trade, economic and financial sanctions Laws, regulations, embargoes, and restrictive measures administered or enforced by (i) the United States (including the U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control), (ii) the European Union and enforced by its member states, (iii) the United Nations, (iv) Her Majesty’s Treasury, or (v) any other similar governmental authority with jurisdiction over the Company or any Company Subsidiary from time to time.

 

Software” means all computer programs, applications, middleware, firmware, or other computer software (in object code, bytecode or source code format).

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to a person, any corporation or other organization (including a limited liability company or a partnership), whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which such person directly or indirectly owns or controls a majority of the securities or other interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization or any organization of which such person or any of its Subsidiaries is, directly or indirectly, a general partner or managing member.

 

Supplier” means any person that supplies inventory or other materials or personal property, Software, components, or other goods or services (including, design, development and manufacturing services) that comprise or are utilized in, including in connection with the design, development, manufacture or sale of, the Products of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

 

Switchback Cash” means, as of the date or time of determination: (a) all amounts in the Trust Account (for the avoidance of doubt, prior to exercise of Redemption Rights in accordance with the Switchback Organizational Documents, if any); plus (b) all other cash and cash equivalents of Switchback (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the amounts described in the immediately preceding clause (a)); plus (c) the amount finally delivered to Switchback at or prior to the Closing in connection with the consummation of the Private Placements.

 

Switchback Certificate of Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Switchback, dated July 25, 2019.

 

Switchback Class A Common Stock” means Switchback’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

Switchback Common Stock” means Switchback’s Class A Common Stock and the Switchback Founders Stock.

 

Switchback Founders Stock” means Switchback’s Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

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Switchback Material Adverse Effect” means any Effect that, individually or in the aggregate with all other events, circumstances, changes and effects, (i) would have a material adverse effect on (i) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities or operations of Switchback or (ii) the ability of Switchback or Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions; provided, however, that none of the following shall be deemed to constitute, alone or in combination, or be taken into account in the determination of whether, there has been or will be a Switchback Material Adverse Effect: (a) any change or proposed change in or change in the interpretation of any Law or GAAP; (b) events or conditions generally affecting the industries or geographic areas in which Switchback operates, or the economy as a whole; (c) any downturn in general economic conditions, including changes in the credit, debt, securities, financial or capital markets (including changes in interest or exchange rates, prices of any security or market index or commodity or any disruption of such markets); (d) any geopolitical conditions, outbreak of hostilities, acts of war, sabotage, cyberterrorism, terrorism or military actions (including any escalation or general worsening thereof), or any earthquakes, volcanic activity, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, mudslides, wild fires or other natural disasters, weather conditions, act of God or other force majeure events, including any escalation or worsening thereof; (e) any actions taken or not taken by Switchback, or such other changes or events, in each case, which (i) the Company has requested in writing or to which it has consented in writing or (ii) are required by this Agreement; (f) any Effect attributable to the announcement or execution, pendency, negotiation or consummation of the Merger or any of the other Transactions (provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to references to “Switchback Material Adverse Effect” in the representations and warranties in Section 5.05(a) and, to the extent related thereto, the condition in Section 8.03(a)); or, (g) any epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including COVID-19) or any Law, directive, pronouncement or guideline issued by a Governmental Authority, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the World Health Organization providing for business closures, changes to business operations, “sheltering-in-place” or other restrictions that relate to, or arise out of, an epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including COVID-19) or any change in such Law, directive, pronouncement or guideline or interpretation thereof following the date of this Agreement, except in the cases of clauses (a) through (c), to the extent that Switchback is disproportionately affected thereby as compared with other participants in the industry in which Switchback operates.

 

Switchback Minimum Cash” means an amount equal to $300,000,000.

 

Switchback Organizational Documents” means the Switchback Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws of Switchback, and Trust Agreement of Switchback, in each case as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Switchback Transaction Costs” means all out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses of Switchback or Merger Sub incurred prior to and on the Closing Date in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the consummation of the Transactions, including, without duplication, (i) the sum of all outstanding deferred, unpaid or contingent underwriting, transaction, deal, brokerage, financial, accounting or legal advisory, auditor or SEC filing fees or any similar fees, commissions or expenses owed by Switchback or Merger Sub (to the extent Switchback or Merger Sub is responsible for or obligated to reimburse or repay any such amounts) to financial advisors, investment banks, data room administrators, financial printers, attorneys, accountants and other similar advisors, service providers and the SEC and (ii) the cash portion of any loan payable to the Sponsor, the proceeds from which are used by Switchback to pay any of the fees, costs or expenses set forth in clause (i), but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (w) any item set forth on Section 1.01 of the Switchback Disclosure Schedule, (x) any accounting, legal or other advisory or any similar fees, commissions or expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and not in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or the consummation of the Transactions, (y) the portion of the filing fee for the Notification and Report Forms filed under the HSR Act payable by the Company and (z) the cash portion of any loan payable to the Sponsor, the proceeds from which are used by Switchback to pay any of the fees, costs or expenses set forth in clauses (w), (x) and (y). For the avoidance of doubt, the Private Placement Transaction Costs shall be Switchback Transaction Costs.

 

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Switchback Transaction Costs Cap” means an amount equal to $20,000,000.

 

Switchback Units” means one share of Switchback Class A Common Stock and one-third of one Switchback Warrant.

 

Switchback Warrant Agreement” means that certain warrant agreement dated July 25, 2019, by and between Switchback and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

 

Switchback Warrants” means whole warrants to purchase shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock as contemplated under the Switchback Warrant Agreement, with each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Switchback Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50.

 

Tax” or “Taxes” means any and all taxes (including any duties, levies or other similar governmental assessments in the nature of taxes), including, but not limited to, income, estimated, business, occupation, corporate, capital, gross receipts, transfer, stamp, registration, employment, payroll, unemployment, withholding, occupancy, license, severance, capital, production, ad valorem, excise, windfall profits, customs duties, real property, personal property, sales, use, turnover, value added and franchise taxes, in each case imposed by any Governmental Authority, whether disputed or not, together with all interest, penalties, and additions to tax imposed with respect thereto.

 

Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto and any amendment thereof, in each case provided or required to be provided to a Tax authority.

 

Trading Day” means any day on which shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock are actually traded on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock are then traded.

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, including all Schedules and Exhibits hereto, the Company Disclosure Schedule and the Ancillary Agreements.

 

Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

 

Treasury Regulations” means the United States Treasury regulations issued pursuant to the Code.

 

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Triggering Event I” means the date on which the volume-weighted average closing sale price of one share of Switchback Class A Common Stock quoted on the New York Stock Exchange (or the exchange on which the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock are then listed) is greater than or equal to $15.00 for any ten (10) Trading Days within any twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period within the Earnout Period.

 

Triggering Event II” means the date on which the volume-weighted average closing sale price of one share of Switchback Class A Common Stock quoted on the New York Stock Exchange (or the exchange on which the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock are then listed) is greater than or equal to $20.00 for any ten (10) Trading Days within any twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period within the Earnout Period.

 

Triggering Event III” means the date on which the volume-weighted average closing sale price of one share of Switchback Class A Common Stock quoted on the New York Stock Exchange (or the exchange on which the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock are then listed) is greater than or equal to $30.00 for any ten (10) Trading Days within any twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period within the Earnout Period.

 

Triggering Events” means Triggering Event I, Triggering Event II and Triggering Event III, collectively.

 

Virtual Data Room” means the virtual data room established by the Company, access to which was given to Switchback in connection with its due diligence investigation of the Company relating to the Transactions.

 

Warrant Shares” means the shares of Company Common Stock issuable pursuant to a Company Warrant in accordance with the terms of such Company Warrant.

 

1.02 Further Definitions. The following terms have the meaning set forth in the Section s set forth below:

 

Defined Term   Location of Definition
     
2020 Balance Sheet   § 4.07(a)
Action   § 4.09
Agreement   Preamble
Alternative Transaction   § 7.01(a)
Antitrust Laws   § 7.12(a)
Assumed Warrant   § 3.01(c)
Audited Financial Statements   § 7.18
Blue Sky Laws   § 4.05(b)
Certificate of Merger   § 2.02(a)
Certificates   § 3.02(b)
Claims   § 6.03
Closing   § 2.02(b)
Closing Date   § 2.02(b)
Code   § 3.02(h)

 

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Defined Term   Location of Definition
     
Company   Preamble
Company Board   Recitals
Company Change in Recommendation   § 7.03(b)
Company Closing Statement   § 3.04(c)
Company Disclosure Schedule   Article IV
Company D&O Insurance   § 7.07(c)
Company Interested Party Transaction   § 4.21(a)
Company Permits   § 4.06
Company Recommendation   Recitals
Company Warrants   § 4.03(b)
Confidentiality Agreement   § 7.05(b)
Consent Solicitation Statement   § 7.02(b)
Contracting Parties   § 10.11
Conversion   § 3.01(a)
D&O Insurance   § 7.07(b)
Data Security Requirements   § 4.13(j)
DGCL   Recitals
Earnout Shares   § 3.03(a)
Effective Time   § 2.02(a)
Environmental Permits   § 4.15
ERISA Affiliate   § 4.10(c)
ESPP   § 7.02(b)
ESPP Proposal   § 7.02(b)
Exchange Agent   § 3.02(a)
Exchange Fund   § 3.02(a)
Exchanged Option   § 3.01(d)
Exchanged Restricted Stock   § 3.01(e)
Financial Statement Delivery Date   § 9.01(b)
Founder Stockholders   Recitals
Founders Stock Letter   Recitals
GAAP   § 4.07(a)
Go-forward D&O Insurance   § 7.07(e)
Governmental Authority   § 4.05(b)
Health Plan   § 4.10(k)
Interim Financial Statements   § 4.07(b)
IRS   § 4.10(b)
Lease   § 4.12(b)
Lease Documents   § 4.12(b)
Letter Agreement   Recitals
Letter of Transmittal   § 3.02(b)
Material Contracts   § 4.16(a)
Material Customers   § 4.17
Material Suppliers   § 4.17
Maximum Annual Premium   § 7.07(c)
Merger   Recitals

 

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Defined Term   Location of Definition
     
Merger Materials   § 7.02(b)
Merger Sub   Preamble
Merger Sub Board   Recitals
Merger Sub Common Stock   § 5.03(b)
Nonparty Affiliates   § 10.11
Omnibus Incentive Plan   § 7.02(b)
Omnibus Incentive Plan Proposal   § 7.02(b)
Outside Date   § 9.01(b)
Per Share Merger Consideration   § 3.01(b)(i)
PIPE Investors   Recitals
Plans   § 4.10(a)
PPACA   § 4.10(k)
Private Placements   Recitals
Proxy Statement   § 7.02(b)
Registration Rights Agreement   Recitals
Registration Statement   § 7.02(b)
Remedies Exceptions   § 4.04
Representatives   § 7.05(a)
Required Switchback Proposals   § 7.02(b)
Requisite Company Stockholder Approval   § 7.02(b)
SEC   § 5.07(a)
Securities Act   § 4.05(b)
Side Letter Agreements   § 4.21(b)
Sponsor   Recitals
Subscription Agreements   Recitals
Support Agreement Failure   § 7.02(a)
Surviving Corporation   § 2.01
Switchback   Preamble
Switchback Alternative Transaction   § 7.01(d)
Switchback Board   Recitals
Switchback Change in Recommendation   § 7.04(a)
Switchback Closing Statement   § 3.04(b)
Switchback D&O Insurance   § 7.07(d)
Switchback Disclosure Schedule   Article V
Switchback Interested Party Transaction   § 5.17
Switchback Preferred Stock   § 5.03(a)
Switchback Proposals   § 7.02(b)
Switchback SEC Reports   § 5.07(a)
Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting   § 7.02(b)
Switchback Tail Policy   § 7.07(d)
Terminating Company Breach   § 9.01(f)
Terminating Switchback Breach   § 9.01(g)
Trust Account   § 5.13
Trust Agreement   § 5.13
Trust Fund   § 5.13
Trustee   § 5.13
Unaudited Financial Statements   § 4.07(a)
Written Consent   § 7.03(a)
Written Consent Failure   § 7.03(a)

 

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1.03 Construction.

 

(a) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each other gender, (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, (iii) the definitions contained in this agreement are applicable to the other grammatical forms of such terms, (iv) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement, (v) the terms “Article,” “Section,” “Schedule” and “Exhibit” refer to the specified Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit of or to this Agreement, (vi) the word “including” means “including without limitation,” (vii) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive, (viii) references to agreements and other documents shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto (ix) references to any Law shall include all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and references to any Law shall be construed as including all statutory, legal, and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing such Law and (x) the phrase “made available” when used in this Agreement with respect to the Company means that the information or materials referred to have been posted to the Virtual Data Room in each case, on or prior to September 23, 2020.

 

(b) The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any party.

 

(c) Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified, and when counting days, the date of commencement will not be included as a full day for purposes of computing any applicable time periods (except as otherwise may be required under any applicable Law). If any action is to be taken or given on or by a particular calendar day, and such calendar day is not a Business Day, then such action may be deferred until the next Business Day.

 

(d) All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to them under GAAP.

 

Article II

Agreement and Plan of Merger

 

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

 

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2.02 Effective Time; Closing.

 

(a) As promptly as practicable, but in no event later than three (3) Business Days, after the satisfaction or, if permissible, waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VIII (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, it being understood that the occurrence of the Closing shall remain subject to the satisfaction or, if permissible, waiver of such conditions at the Closing), the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger (a “Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form as is required by, and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the DGCL and mutually agreed by the parties (the date and time of the filing of such Certificate of Merger (or such later time as may be agreed by each of the parties hereto and specified in such Certificate of Merger) being the “Effective Time”).

 

(b) Immediately prior to such filing of a Certificate of Merger in accordance with Section 2.02(a), a closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall be held by electronic exchange of deliverables and release of signatures for the purpose of confirming the satisfaction or waiver, as the case may be, of the conditions set forth in Article VIII. The date on which the Closing shall occur is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.

 

2.03 Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, licenses and authority of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.

 

2.04 Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws; Registration Rights Agreement.

 

(a) At the Effective Time, the Company Certificate of Incorporation, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended as provided by 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.

 

(c) At the Closing, Switchback shall amend and restate, effective as of the Effective Time, the Switchback Certificate of Incorporation to be as set forth on Exhibit C.

 

(d) At the Closing, Switchback shall amend and restate, effective as of the Effective Time, the bylaws of Switchback to be as set forth on Exhibit D.

 

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(e) At the Closing, Switchback and the stockholders of Switchback shall deliver to the Company a copy of the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by Switchback and the stockholders of Switchback party thereto.

 

2.05 Directors and Officers.

 

(a) The parties will take all requisite action such that the initial directors of the Surviving Corporation and the initial officers of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time shall be the individuals set forth on Exhibit E hereto, or as otherwise agreed in writing by the parties prior to the Closing, each to hold office in accordance with the provisions of the DGCL and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation and until their respective successors are, in the case of the initial directors, duly elected or appointed and qualified and, in the case of the initial officers, duly appointed.

 

(b) The parties shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the individuals nominated for election in the Registration Statement to comprise the Switchback Board immediately following the Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the DGCL and the Switchback Certificate of Incorporation and the bylaws of Switchback and until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.

 

Article III

Effects of the Merger

 

3.01 Conversion of Securities.

 

(a) Immediately prior to the Effective Time and subject to receipt of the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval, the Company shall cause each share of Company Preferred Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time to be automatically converted into a number of shares of Company Common Stock at the then-effective conversion rate as calculated pursuant to Article IV(C)4(a)(i) of the Company Certificate of Incorporation (the “Conversion”). After the Conversion, all of the shares of Company Preferred Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall cease to exist, and each holder of Company Preferred Stock shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such securities.

 

(b) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Switchback, Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of any of the following securities:

 

(i) each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (including shares of Company Common Stock resulting from the Conversion, but excluding shares of Company Restricted Stock) shall be canceled and converted into the right to receive (A) the number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio and (B) the contingent right to receive the Earnout Shares in accordance with Section 3.03, in each case without interest (collectively, the “Per Share Merger Consideration”);

 

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(ii) all shares of Company Stock held in the treasury of the Company shall be canceled without any conversion thereof and no payment or distribution shall be made with respect thereto; and

 

(iii) each share of Merger Sub Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation.

 

(c) Effective as of the Effective Time, each Company Warrant, to the extent then outstanding and unexercised, shall automatically, without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into (i) a warrant to acquire a number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock at an adjusted exercise price per share, in each case, as determined under this Section 3.01(c) (each such resulting warrant, an “Assumed Warrant”) and (ii) the contingent right to receive the Earnout Shares in accordance with Section 3.03. Each Assumed Warrant shall be subject to the same terms and conditions (including exercisability terms) as were applicable to the corresponding former Company Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, except to the extent such terms or conditions are rendered inoperative by the Transactions. Accordingly, effective as of the Effective Time: (a) each Assumed Warrant shall be exercisable solely for shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock; (b) the number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock subject to each Assumed Warrant shall be equal to (1) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to the applicable Company Warrant multiplied by (2) the Exchange Ratio, rounding the resulting number down to the nearest whole number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock; and (c) the per share exercise price for the Switchback Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Assumed Warrant shall be equal to (x) the per share exercise price for the shares of Company Common Stock subject to the applicable Company Warrant, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided by (y) the Exchange Ratio, rounding the resulting exercise price up to the nearest whole cent. Switchback shall take all corporate action necessary to reserve for future issuance, and shall maintain such reservation for so long as any of the Assumed Warrants remain outstanding, a sufficient number of shares Switchback Class A Common Stock for delivery upon the exercise of such Assumed Warrants.

 

(d) Each Company Option that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into (i) in the case of Company Options that are vested or unvested, an option to purchase a number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole number) (such option, an “Exchanged Option”) equal to (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio, at an exercise price per share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to (1) the exercise price per share of such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided by (2) the Exchange Ratio; provided, however, that the exercise price and the number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock purchasable pursuant to the Exchanged Options shall be determined in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code; provided, further, that in the case of any Exchanged Option to which Section 422 of the Code applies, the exercise price and the number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock purchasable pursuant to such option shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing, subject to such adjustments as are necessary in order to satisfy the requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code (including that share amounts will be rounded down to the nearest whole number and exercise prices will be rounded up to the nearest whole cent) and (ii) solely in the case of Company Options that are vested, the contingent right to receive the Earnout Shares in accordance with Section 3.03. Except as specifically provided above, following the Effective Time, each Exchanged Option shall continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions (including vesting and exercisability terms) as were applicable to the corresponding former Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, except to the extent such terms or conditions are rendered inoperative by the Merger or any related transactions; provided, that Exchanged Options resulting from the conversion of Company Options issued under the 2017 Company Stock Plan shall be exercisable only to the extent vested.

 

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(e) Each award of Company Restricted Stock that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into an award with respect to a number of restricted shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock (rounded up or down to the nearest whole number, with a fraction of 0.5 rounded up) (such award of restricted shares, “Exchanged Restricted Stock”) equal to (A) the number of shares of Company Restricted Stock subject to such award immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (B) the Exchange Ratio. Except as specifically provided above, following the Effective Time, each award of Exchanged Restricted Stock shall continue to be governed by the same terms and conditions (including vesting and repurchase terms) as were applicable to the corresponding former Company Restricted Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time, except to the extent such terms or conditions are rendered inoperative by the Merger and any related transactions.

 

(f) At or prior to the Effective Time, the parties and their boards, as applicable, shall adopt any resolutions and take any actions that are necessary to effectuate the treatment of the Company Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.01(b), the treatment of the Company Warrants pursuant to Section 3.01(c) and the treatment of the Company Options pursuant to Section 3.01(d), the treatment of the Company Restricted Stock pursuant to Section 3.01(e) or to cause any disposition or acquisition of equity securities of Switchback pursuant to Section 3.01(b), Section 3.01(c), Section 3.01(d) or Section 3.01(e), by each individual who is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, with respect to Switchback or who will (or is reasonably expected to) become subject to such reporting requirements with respect to Switchback to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. Effective as of the Effective Time or as soon thereafter as permitted under applicable Law, Switchback shall file an appropriate registration statement or registration statements with respect to the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock subject to the Assumed Warrants and Exchanged Options and shall maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement or registration statements (and maintain the current status of the prospectus or prospectuses contained therein) for so long as such awards remain outstanding.

 

(g) Pursuant to the terms of the Switchback Certificate of Incorporation, the Switchback Founders Stock will convert into Switchback Class A Common Stock at the Closing. All of the shares of Switchback Founders Stock converted into shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall cease to exist, and each holder of Switchback Founders Stock shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such securities.

 

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3.02 Exchange of Certificates.

 

(a) Exchange Agent. Prior to the Closing Date, Switchback shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited, with a bank or trust company that shall be designated by Switchback and is reasonably satisfactory to the Company (the “Exchange Agent”), for the benefit of the holders of the Company Stock, for exchange in accordance with this Article III, the number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock sufficient to deliver the aggregate Per Share Merger Consideration payable pursuant to this Agreement (such shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock, together with any dividends or distributions with respect thereto pursuant to Section 3.02(c), being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”). Switchback shall cause the Exchange Agent, pursuant to irrevocable instructions, to pay the Per Share Merger Consideration out of the Exchange Fund in accordance with this Agreement. Except as contemplated by Section 3.02(c) hereof, the Exchange Fund shall not be used for any other purpose.

 

(b) Exchange Procedures. As promptly as practicable after the date hereof, Switchback shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of Company Stock evidenced by certificates (the “Certificates”) entitled to receive the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.01: a letter of transmittal, which shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to Switchback and the Company (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and shall specify (1) that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent, and (2) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates pursuant to the Letter of Transmittal. Within two (2) Business Days (but in no event prior to the Effective Time) after the surrender to the Exchange Agent of all Certificates held by such holder for cancellation, together with a Letter of Transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefore, and Switchback shall cause the Exchange Agent to deliver the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration (other than any Earnout Shares) in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.02, each Certificate entitled to receive the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 3.01 shall be deemed at all times after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01.

 

(c) Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged Shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock. No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time with respect to the Switchback Class A Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock represented thereby until the holder of such Certificate shall surrender such Certificate in accordance with Section 3.02(b). Subject to the effect of escheat, Tax or other applicable Laws, following surrender of any such Certificate, Switchback shall pay or cause to be paid to the holder of the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock issued in exchange therefore, without interest, (i) promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days of such surrender, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time and theretofore paid with respect to such shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock, and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions, with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to surrender and a payment date occurring after surrender, payable with respect to such shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock.

 

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(d) No Further Rights in Company Common Stock. The Per Share Merger Consideration payable upon conversion of the Company Stock (including shares of Company Common Stock resulting from the conversion of Company Preferred Stock described in Section 3.01(a)) or pursuant to Section 3.03 in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been paid and issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Company Stock.

 

(e) Adjustments to Per Share Consideration. The Per Share Merger Consideration shall be adjusted to reflect appropriately the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change with respect to Switchback Class A Common Stock or the Company Stock occurring on or after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that this Section 3.01(e) shall not be construed to permit Switchback or the Company to take any actions with respect to its securities that is prohibited by this Agreement.

 

(f) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Company Stock for one year after the Effective Time shall be delivered to Switchback, upon demand, and any holders of Company Stock who have not theretofore complied with this Section 3.02 shall thereafter look only to Switchback for the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration, other than as provided in Section 3.03. Any portion of the Exchange Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Company Stock as of a date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any government entity shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of Switchback free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto.

 

(g) No Liability. None of the Exchange Agent, Switchback or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Company Stock (including shares of Company Common Stock resulting from the conversion of Company Preferred Stock described in Section 3.01(a)) for any Switchback Class A Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law in accordance with this Section 3.02.

 

(h) Withholding Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each of the Company, the Surviving Corporation, Merger Sub, Switchback and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from amounts (including shares, warrants, options or other property) otherwise payable, issuable or transferable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of a Company Warrant, a Company Option, Company Restricted Stock or Company Stock (including shares of Company Common Stock resulting from the conversion of Company Preferred Stock described in Section 3.01(a)), such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to such payment, issuance or transfer under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) or any provision of state, local or non-U.S. Tax Law. As soon as reasonably practicable prior to making any deduction or withholding pursuant to this Section 3.02(h), the Surviving Corporation, Merger Sub, Switchback or the Exchange Agent, as the case may be, shall use reasonable best efforts to (i) provide written notice to the Company of any anticipated deduction or withholding (together with the legal basis therefor), (ii) cooperate in good faith and (iii) reduce or eliminate any amounts that would otherwise be deducted or withheld. To the extent that amounts are so deducted or withheld and timely paid to the applicable Governmental Authority, such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid, issued or transferred to the holder of the Company Warrant, the Company Option, the Company Restricted Stock or the Company Stock (or intended recipients of compensatory payments) in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.

 

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(i) Lost Certificates. If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent or, solely in respect of Earnout Shares issuable pursuant to Section 3.03, Switchback, will issue or cause to be issued in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration that such holder is otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of Section 3.01 or Section 3.03, as applicable.

 

(j) Fractional Shares. No certificates or scrip or shares representing fractional shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock shall be issued upon the exchange of Company Common Stock and such fractional share interests will not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to have any rights of a stockholder of Switchback or a holder of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock. In lieu of any fractional share of Switchback Class A Common Stock to which any holder of Company Common Stock would otherwise be entitled, the Exchange Agent shall round up or down to the nearest whole share of Switchback Class A Common Stock, with a fraction of 0.5 rounded up. No cash settlements shall be made with respect to fractional shares eliminated by rounding.

 

3.03 Earnout.

 

(a) Following the Closing, and as additional consideration for the Merger and the other Transactions, within five Business Days after the occurrence of a Triggering Event, Switchback shall issue or cause to be issued to each Eligible Company Equityholder (in accordance with its respective Pro Rata Share), the following shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock (which shall be equitably adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction with respect to Switchback Class A Common Stock occurring on or after the Closing (other than the conversion of the Switchback Founders Stock into Switchback Class A Common Stock at the Closing), the “Earnout Shares”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements:

 

(i) Upon the occurrence of Triggering Event I, a one-time issuance of 9,000,000 Earnout Shares;

 

(ii) Upon the occurrence of Triggering Event II, a one-time issuance of 9,000,000 Earnout Shares; and

 

(iii) Upon the occurrence of Triggering Event III, a one-time issuance of 9,000,000 Earnout Shares.

 

(b) For the avoidance of doubt, the Eligible Company Equityholders shall be entitled to receive Earnout Shares upon the occurrence of each Triggering Event; provided, however, that each Triggering Event shall only occur once, if at all, and in no event shall the Eligible Company Equityholders be entitled to receive more than an aggregate of 27,000,000 Earnout Shares.

 

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(c) If, during the Earnout Period, there is a Change of Control pursuant to which Switchback or its stockholders have the right to receive consideration implying a value per share of Switchback Class A Common Stock (as agreed in good faith by the Sponsor and the Switchback Board) of:

 

(i) less than $15.00, then this Section 3.03 shall terminate and no Earnout Shares shall be issuable hereunder;

 

(ii) greater than or equal to $15.00 but less than $20.00, then, (A) immediately prior to such Change of Control, Switchback shall issue 9,000,000 shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock to each Eligible Company Equityholder (in accordance with its respective Pro Rata Share) and (B) thereafter, this Section 3.03 shall terminate and no further Earnout Shares shall be issuable hereunder;

 

(iii) greater than or equal to $20.00 but less than $30.00, then, (A) immediately prior to such Change of Control, Switchback shall issue 18,000,000 shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock to each Eligible Company Equityholder (in accordance with its respective Pro Rata Share) and (B) thereafter, this Section 3.03 shall terminate and no further Earnout Shares shall be issuable hereunder; or

 

(iv) greater than or equal to $30.00, then, (A) immediately prior to such Change of Control, Switchback shall issue 27,000,000 shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock to each Eligible Company Equityholder (in accordance with its respective Pro Rata Share) and (B) thereafter, this Section 3.03 shall terminate and no further Earnout Shares shall be issuable hereunder.

 

(d) The Switchback Class A Common Stock price targets set forth in the definitions of Triggering Event I, Triggering Event II and Triggering Event III, and in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Section 3.03(c) shall be equitably adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction with respect to Switchback Class A Common Stock occurring on or after the Closing (other than the conversion of the Switchback Founders Stock into Switchback Class A Common Stock at the Closing).

 

3.04 Payment of Switchback Transaction Costs; Closing Statement.

 

(a) No later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing, Switchback shall deliver to the Company a written notice setting forth the amount of estimated Switchback Transaction Costs as of the Closing (including separate line items for the Private Placement Transaction Costs) and all relevant supporting documentation used by Switchback in calculating such amounts reasonably requested by the Company. On the Closing Date following the Closing, Switchback shall pay or cause to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds (i) all Private Placement Transaction Costs that remain unpaid as of such time and (ii) all other Switchback Transaction Costs that remain unpaid as of such time; provided that in no event shall Switchback be obligated to pay any Switchback Transaction Costs (excluding any Private Placement Transaction Costs) in excess of the Switchback Transaction Costs Cap, it being understood that the Sponsor shall be obligated to bear all Switchback Transaction Costs, excluding any Private Placement Transaction Costs, in excess of the Switchback Transaction Costs Cap pursuant to the terms of the Founders Stock Letter.

 

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(b) No later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing and in any event not earlier than the time that holders of Switchback Class A Common Stock may no longer elect redemption in accordance with the Redemption Rights, Switchback shall prepare and deliver to the Company a statement (the “Switchback Closing Statement”) setting forth in good faith: (i) the amount in the Trust Account (for the avoidance of doubt, prior to exercise of Redemption Rights in accordance with the Switchback Organizational Documents, if any); plus all other cash and cash equivalents of Switchback; plus the amount finally delivered to or to be delivered to Switchback at or prior to the Closing in connection with the consummation of the Private Placements; (ii) the aggregate amount of cash proceeds that will be required to satisfy the exercise of Redemption Rights in accordance with the Switchback Organizational Documents; and (iii) the number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock to be outstanding as of the Closing after giving effect to the exercise of Redemption Rights in accordance with the Switchback Organizational Documents and the issuance of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Private Placements. The Switchback Closing Statement and each component thereof shall be prepared and calculated in accordance with the definitions contained in this Agreement. From and after delivery of the Switchback Closing Statement until the Closing, Switchback shall (x) use reasonable best efforts to cooperate with and provide the Company and its Representatives all information reasonably requested by the Company or any of its Representatives and within Switchback’s or its Representatives’ possession or control in connection with the Company’s review of the Switchback Closing Statement and (y) consider in good faith any comments to the Switchback Closing Statement provided by the Company, which comments the Company shall deliver to Switchback no later than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date, and Switchback shall revise such Switchback Closing Statement to incorporate any changes Switchback determines are reasonably necessary or appropriate given such comments.

 

(c) Two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing, the Company shall prepare and deliver to Switchback a statement (the “Company Closing Statement”) setting forth in good faith (x) a capitalization table containing the information set forth in Section 4.03(a) and, with respect to each holder of Company Options, Company Restricted Stock or Company Warrants, the information set forth on Section 4.03(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, in each case, as of the date the Company Closing Statement is delivered to Switchback. The Company Closing Statement and each component thereof shall be prepared and calculated in accordance with the definitions contained in this Agreement. From and after delivery of the Company Closing Statement until the Closing, the Company shall (i) use reasonable best efforts to cooperate with and provide Switchback and its Representatives all information reasonably requested by Switchback or any of its Representatives and within the Company’s or its Representatives’ possession or control in connection with Switchback’s review of the Company Closing Statement and (ii) consider in good faith any comments to the Company Closing Statement provided by Switchback, which comments Switchback shall deliver to the Company no later than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date, and the Company shall revise such Company Closing Statement to incorporate any changes the Company determines are reasonably necessary or appropriate given such comments.

 

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3.05 Stock Transfer Books. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates representing Company Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Company Stock, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or by Law. On or after the Effective Time, any Certificates presented to the Exchange Agent or Switchback for any reason shall be converted into the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 and Section 3.03, as applicable.

 

3.06 Appraisal and Dissenters’ Rights.

 

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary and to the extent available under the DGCL, shares of Company Common Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that are held by stockholders of the Company who shall have neither voted in favor of the Merger nor consented thereto in writing and who shall have demanded properly in writing appraisal or dissenters’ rights for such Company Common Stock in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL, and otherwise complied with all of the provisions of the DGCL relevant to the exercise and perfection of appraisal rights, shall not be converted into, and such stockholders shall have no right to receive, the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration unless and until such stockholder fails to perfect or withdraws or otherwise loses his, her or its right to appraisal and payment under the DGCL. Any stockholder of the Company who fails to perfect or who effectively withdraws or otherwise loses his, her or its rights to appraisal of such shares of Company Common Stock under Section 262 of the DGCL, shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted into, and to have become exchangeable for, as of the Effective Time, the right to receive the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration, without any interest thereon, upon surrender, if applicable, in the manner provided in Section 3.02(b), of the Certificate or Certificates that formerly evidenced such shares of Company Common Stock.

 

(b) Prior to the Closing, the Company shall give Switchback (i) prompt notice of any demands for appraisal received by the Company and any withdrawals of such demands, and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for appraisal under the DGCL. The Company shall consult with Switchback prior to making any payment with respect to demands for appraisal or offering to settle or settling any such demands.

 

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Article IV

Representations and Warranties of the Company

 

Except as set forth in the Company’s disclosure schedule delivered by the Company in connection with this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Schedule”) (provided that any matter required to be disclosed shall only be disclosed by specific disclosure in the corresponding section of the Company Disclosure Schedule (unless such disclosure has sufficient detail on its face that it is reasonably apparent that it relates to another section of this Article IV) or by cross-reference to another section of the Company Disclosure Schedule), the Company hereby represents and warrants to Switchback and Merger Sub as follows:

 

4.01 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.

 

(a) The Company and each Company Subsidiary, is a corporation or other organization duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has the requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. The Company and each Company Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation or other organization to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) A true and complete list of all the Company Subsidiaries, together with the jurisdiction of incorporation of each Company Subsidiary and the percentage of the outstanding capital stock of each Company Subsidiary owned by the Company and each other Company Subsidiary, is set forth in Section 4.01(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. The Company does not directly or indirectly own any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity or similar interest in, any other corporation, partnership, joint venture or business association or other entity.

 

4.02 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Company has, prior to the date of this Agreement, made available to Switchback a complete and correct copy of the certificate of incorporation and the bylaws or equivalent organizational documents, each as amended to date, of the Company and each Company Subsidiary. Such certificates of incorporation, bylaws or equivalent organizational documents are in full force and effect. The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or equivalent organizational documents. No Company Subsidiary is in material violation of any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or equivalent organizational documents.

 

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4.03 Capitalization.

 

(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 300,793,984 shares of Company Common Stock and 185,812,009 shares of Company Preferred Stock, consisting of (i) 29,126 shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) 133,284 shares of Company Series B Preferred Stock, (iii) 45,376 shares of Company Series C Preferred Stock, (iv) 45,900,255 shares of Company Series D Preferred Stock, (v) 22,655,554 shares of Company Series E Preferred Stock, (vi) 23,691,925 shares of Company Series F Preferred Stock, (vii) 28,630,981 shares of Company Series G Preferred Stock, (viii) 42,298,202 shares of Company Series H Preferred Stock and (ix) 22,427,306 shares of Company Series H-1 Preferred Stock. As of the date hereof, (x) 15,194,218 shares of Company Common Stock are issued and outstanding, (xi) 29,126 shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (xii) 130,590 shares of Company Series B Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (xiii) 45,376 shares of Company Series C Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (xiv) 44,458,421 shares of Company Series D Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (xv) 21,846,428 shares of Company Series E Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (xvi) 23,691,925 shares of Company Series F Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (xvii) 28,630,981 shares of Company Series G Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (xviii) 42,298,202 shares of Company Series H Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (xix) 22,427,306 shares of Company Series H-1 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding (xx) no shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock are held in the treasury of the Company, (xxi) 38,434,667 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for future issuance pursuant to outstanding Company Options granted pursuant to the Company Stock Plans (xxii) 118,443 shares of Company Restricted Stock are outstanding pursuant to the Company Stock Plans, (xxiii) 38,780,360 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for future issuance pursuant to the Company Warrants and (xxiv) 197,284,651 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for future issuance pursuant to the conversion of the Company Preferred Stock.

 

(b) Other than (i) the Company Options set forth on Section 4.03(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (ii) the Company Restricted Stock set forth on Section 4.03(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (iii) the Company Preferred Stock, (iv) the rights provided in the Investors’ Rights Agreement, (v) outstanding warrants as of the date of this Agreement to purchase an aggregate of 2,694 shares of Company Series B Preferred Stock, (vi) outstanding warrants as of the date of this Agreement to purchase an aggregate of 1,441,834 shares of Company Series D Preferred Stock, (vii) outstanding warrants as of the date of this Agreement to purchase an aggregate of 809,126 shares of Company Series E Preferred Stock, (viii) outstanding warrants as of the date of this Agreement to purchase an aggregate of 36,526,706 shares of Company Common Stock (the warrants described in the forgoing clauses (v) through (viii), collectively, the “Company Warrants”), and (ix) Company Options and Company Restricted Stock issued following the execution of this Agreement in accordance with Section 6.01(b)(iii), there are no options, warrants, preemptive rights, calls, convertible securities, conversion rights or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or obligating the Company or any Company Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of capital stock, or other equity or other voting interests in, the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise bound by, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has granted, any equity appreciation rights, participations, phantom equity, restricted shares, restricted share units, performance shares, contingent value rights or similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any capital stock of, or other securities or ownership interests in, the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Except as set forth in the Company Voting Agreement, there are no voting trusts, voting agreements, proxies, shareholder agreements or other agreements to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, or to the Company’s knowledge, among any holder of Company Stock or any other equity interests or other securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is not a party, with respect to the voting of the Company Stock or any of the equity interests or other securities of the Company.

 

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(c) Section 4.03(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the following information with respect to each Company Option, Company Restricted Stock and Company Warrant outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, as applicable: (i) the name of the Company Option or Company Restricted Stock recipient or the name of the holder of the Company Warrant; (ii) the Company Stock Plan, if any, pursuant to which such Company Option or Company Restricted Stock was granted; (iii) the number of shares of Company Stock subject to such Company Option, Company Restricted Stock or Company Warrant; (iv) the exercise or purchase price of such Company Option, Company Restricted Stock or Company Warrant; (v) the date on which such Company Option, Company Restricted Stock or Company Warrant was granted; and (vi) the date on which such Company Option or Company Warrant expires. The Company has made available to Switchback accurate and complete copies of the Company Stock Plans pursuant to which the Company has granted the Company Options or Company Restricted Stock that are currently outstanding and the form of all stock and stock-based award agreements evidencing the Company Options, Company Restricted Stock or Company Warrants. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company, no Company Option was granted with an exercise price per share less than the fair market value of the underlying Company Common Stock as of the date such Company Option was granted. All shares of Company Common Stock subject to issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

(d) Other than with respect to Company Restricted Stock, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of the Company or any capital stock of any Company Subsidiary or to provide funds to or make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any person other than a Company Subsidiary.

 

(e) (i) There are no commitments or agreements of any character to which the Company is bound obligating the Company to accelerate the vesting of any Company Option or Company Restricted Stock as a result of the proposed transactions herein, and (ii) all outstanding Company Stock, all outstanding Company Options, all outstanding shares of Company Restricted Stock, all outstanding Company Warrants and all outstanding shares of capital stock of each Company Subsidiary have been issued and granted in compliance in all material respects with (1) all applicable securities laws and other applicable Laws and (2) all preemptive rights and other requirements set forth in applicable contracts to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party and the organizational documents of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries.

 

(f) Each outstanding share of capital stock of each Company Subsidiary is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and each such share is owned 100% by the Company or another Company Subsidiary free and clear of all Liens, options, rights of first refusal and limitations on the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s voting rights, other than transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws and their respective organizational documents.

 

(g) Section 4.03(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the currently effective conversion rate for each series of Company Preferred Stock as calculated pursuant to Article IV(C)4(a)(i) of the Company Certificate of Incorporation. After the Conversion, all of the shares of Company Preferred Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall cease to exist, and each previous holder of Company Preferred Stock shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such securities (other than the right to receive the shares of Company Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Conversion with respect thereto). Subject to and upon receipt of the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval, the Conversion will have been duly and validly authorized by all corporate action and all required approvals and consents will have been obtained by the Company.

 

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4.04 Authority Relative to this Agreement. The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and, subject to receiving the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval, to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions (other than, with respect to the Merger, the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval, which the Written Consent shall satisfy, and the filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents as required by the DGCL). This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Switchback and Merger Sub, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, by general equitable principles (the “Remedies Exceptions”). The Company Board has approved this Agreement and the Transactions, and such approvals are sufficient so that the restrictions on business combinations set forth in Section 203 of the DGCL shall not apply to the Merger, this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any of the other Transactions. To the knowledge of the Company, no other state takeover statute is applicable to the Merger or the other Transactions.

 

4.05 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.

 

(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and subject to receipt of the filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents as required by the DGCL and of the consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, filings and notifications, expiration or termination of waiting periods after filings and other actions contemplated by Section 4.05(b) and assuming all other required filings, waivers, approvals, consents, authorizations and notices disclosed in Section 4.05(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, including the Written Consent, have been made, obtained or given, the performance of this Agreement by the Company will not (i) conflict with or violate the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or any equivalent organizational documents of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) conflict with or violate any Law applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) result in any breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pursuant to, any Material Contract, except, for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which, individually or in the aggregate, (x) with respect to clause (ii), have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and (y) with respect to clause (iii), have not been, and would not reasonably be expected to be, material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the performance of this Agreement by the Company will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, or expiration or termination of any waiting period by, any United States federal, state, county, municipal or other local or non-United States government, governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency, instrumentality or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body (a “Governmental Authority”), except (i) for applicable requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), state securities or “blue sky” laws (“Blue Sky Laws”) and state takeover laws, the pre-merger notification requirements of the HSR Act, and filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents as required by the DGCL, and (ii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c) No dissenters’ rights, rights of appraisal or other similar rights under Section 2115 of the Corporations Code of the State of California apply in connection with the Transactions.

 

4.06 Permits; Compliance. Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders of any Governmental Authority necessary for each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to own, lease and operate its properties in all respects and to carry on its business in all respects as it is now being conducted (each, a “Company Permit”), except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect. As of the date of this Agreement, no suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in conflict with, or in default, breach or violation of, (a) any Law applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is bound or affected, or any Company Permit or (b) any Material Contract, except for any such conflicts, defaults, breaches or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, (x) in the case of clause (a) have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and (y) in the case of clause (b) have not been, and would not reasonably be expected to be, material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

4.07 Financial Statements.

 

(a) Attached as Section 4.07(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is a true and complete copy of the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of January 31, 2020 (the “2020 Balance Sheet”), and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for the year then ended (collectively, the “Unaudited Annual Financial Statements”). The Unaudited Annual Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and for the period indicated therein.

 

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(b) Attached as Section 4.07(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule are true and complete copies of the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of July 31, 2019 and July 31, 2020, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for each of the six (6) months then ended (collectively, the “Interim Financial Statements”). The Interim Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and subject to year-end adjustments) and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as at the date thereof and for the period indicated therein, except as otherwise noted therein and subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments, which, individually or in the aggregate, have not been, and would not reasonably be expected to be, material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(c) Except as and to the extent set forth on the 2020 Balance Sheet, none of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation of a nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), except for: (i) liabilities that were incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of such 2020 Balance Sheet, (ii) obligations for future performance under any contract to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party, (iii) liabilities for transaction expenses in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions or (iv) such other liabilities and obligations which, individually or in the aggregate, have not resulted in and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d) Since February 1, 2018, (i) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or Representative of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or their respective internal accounting controls (including any significant deficiency relating thereto), including any such complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that the Company or any Company Subsidiary has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices and (ii) there have been no internal investigations regarding accounting or revenue recognition discussed with, reviewed by or initiated at the direction of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, general counsel, the Company Board or any committee thereof.

 

(e) To the knowledge of the Company, no employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has provided or is providing information to any law enforcement agency regarding the commission or possible commission of any crime or the violation or possible violation of any applicable Law. None of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any officer, employee, contractor, subcontractor or agent of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed or in any other manner discriminated against an employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the terms and conditions of employment because of any act of such employee described in 18 U.S.C. sec. 1514A(a).

 

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4.08 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since January 31, 2020 and on and prior to the date of this Agreement, except as otherwise reflected in the Unaudited Annual Financial Statements or Interim Financial Statements, or as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, (a) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course, other than due to any actions taken due to COVID-19 Measures, (b) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not sold, assigned, transferred, permitted to lapse, abandoned, or otherwise disposed of any right, title, or interest in or to any of their respective material assets (including Company-Owned IP) other than non-exclusive licenses (or sublicenses) of Company-Owned IP granted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (c) there has not been a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (d) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has taken any action that, if taken after the date of this Agreement, would constitute a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 6.01(b)(ii), Section 6.01(b)(v), Section 6.01(b)(vii), Section 6.01(b)(viii), Section 6.01(b)(xiii), Section 6.01(b)(xiv), Section 6.01(b)(xviii), Section 6.01(b)(xix) and, only with respect to the covenants in each of the foregoing subsections of Section 6.01(b), Section 6.01(b)(xxii).

 

4.09 Absence of Litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, there is no litigation, suit, claim, charge, grievance, action, proceeding, audit or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority (an “Action”) pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except for any Action that, individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary nor any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is, subject to any continuing order of, consent decree, settlement agreement or other similar written agreement with, or, to the knowledge of the Company, continuing investigation by, any Governmental Authority, or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental Authority.

 

4.10 Employee Benefit Plans.

 

(a) Section 4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, as of the date of this Agreement, all material Employee Benefit Plans (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any offer letter, consulting agreement, equity award agreement or other agreement which does not materially deviate from the applicable standard Company form and for which such form has been made available to Switchback) that are maintained, contributed to, required to be contributed to, or sponsored by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director and/or individual consultant, or under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has or could incur any liability (contingent or otherwise) (collectively, the “Plans”).

 

(b) With respect to each material Plan, the Company has made available to Switchback, if applicable (i) a true and complete copy of the current plan document and all amendments thereto and each trust or other funding arrangement, (ii) copies of the most recent summary plan description and any summaries of material modifications, (iii) a copy of the 2019 filed Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form 5500 annual report and accompanying schedules (or, if not yet filed, the most recent draft thereof), (iv) copies of the most recently received IRS determination, opinion or advisory letter for each such Plan, and (v) any material non-routine correspondence from any Governmental Authority with respect to any Plan within the past year.

 

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(c) None of the Plans is or was within the past six (6) years, nor does the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate have or reasonably expect to have any liability or obligation under, (i) a multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), (ii) a single employer pension plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) subject to Section 412 of the Code and/or Title IV of ERISA, (iii) a multiple employer plan subject to Section 413(c) of the Code, or (iv) a multiple employer welfare arrangement under ERISA. For purposes of this Agreement, “ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any entity that together with the Company would be deemed a “single employer” for purposes of Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA and/or Section s 414(b), (c) and/or (m) of the Code.

 

(d) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is nor will be obligated, whether under any Plan or otherwise, to material separation pay, severance, termination or similar benefits to any person as a result of any Transaction contemplated by this Agreement, nor will any such transaction accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount, of any benefit or other compensation due to any individual. The Transactions shall not be the direct or indirect cause of any amount paid or payable by the Company or any Company Subsidiary being classified as an “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code.

 

(e) None of the Plans provides, nor does the Company nor any Company Subsidiary have or reasonably expect to have any obligation to provide, retiree medical to any current or former employee, officer, director or individual consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary after termination of employment or service except as may be required under Section 4980B of the Code and Parts 6 and 7 of Title I of ERISA and the regulations thereunder or any analogous state law, or with respect to reimbursement of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 premiums.

 

(f) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, each Plan is and has been within the past six (6) years in compliance, in all respects, in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company and the ERISA Affiliates have performed, in all respects, all obligations required to be performed by them under, are not in any respect in default under or in violation of, and have no knowledge of any default or violation in any respect by any party to, any Plan. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, no Action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Plan (other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course) and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event exists that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Action.

 

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(g) Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code or Section 401(k) of the Code has (i) timely received a favorable determination letter from the IRS covering all of the provisions applicable to the Plan for which determination letters are currently available that the Plan is so qualified and each trust established in connection with such Plan is exempt from federal income Taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code or (ii) is entitled to rely on a favorable opinion letter from the IRS, and to the knowledge of Company, no fact or event has occurred since the date of such determination or opinion letter or letters from the IRS that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Plan or the exempt status of any such trust.

 

(h) There has not been any prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) nor any reportable events (within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to any Plan that would reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, there have been no acts or omissions by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that have given or would reasonably be expected to give rise to any fines, penalties, Taxes or related charges under Sections 502 or 4071 of ERISA or Section 511 or Chapter 43 of the Code for which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate may be liable.

 

(i) All contributions, premiums or payments required to be made with respect to any Plan have been timely made to the extent due or properly accrued on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, except as would not result in material liability to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(j) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company and each ERISA Affiliate have each complied in all respects with the notice and continuation coverage requirements, and all other requirements, of Section 4980B of the Code and Parts 6 and 7 of Title I of ERISA, and the regulations thereunder, with respect to each Plan that is, or was during any Tax year for which the statute of limitations on the assessment of federal income Taxes remains open, by consent or otherwise, a group health plan within the meaning of Section 5000(b)(1) of the Code.

 

(k) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company and each Plan that is a “group health plan” as defined in Section 733(a)(1) of ERISA (each, a “Health Plan”) is and has been in compliance, in all respects, with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“PPACA”), and no event has occurred, and no condition or circumstance exists, that would reasonably be expected to subject the Company, any ERISA Affiliate or any Health Plan to any such material liability for penalties or excise Taxes under Code Section 4980D or 4980H or any other provision of the PPACA.

 

(l) Each Plan that constitutes a nonqualified deferred compensation plan subject to Section 409A of the Code has been administered and operated, in all material respects, in compliance with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

 

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4.11 Labor and Employment Matters.

 

(a) No employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is represented by a labor union, works council, trade union, or similar representative of employees, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to, subject to, or bound by a collective bargaining agreement or any other contract or agreement with a labor union, works council, trade union, or similar representative of employees. There are no, and there have not been within the past 3 years any, strikes, lockouts or work stoppages existing or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, with respect to any employees or the Company or any Company Subsidiaries or any other individuals who have provided services with respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiaries. There have been no union certification or representation petitions or demands with respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiaries or any of their employees and, to the Company’s knowledge, no union organizing campaign or similar effort is pending or threatened with respect to the Company, any Company Subsidiaries, or any of their employees.

 

(b) There are no material Actions pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Company Subsidiary by or on behalf of any of their respective current or former employees.

 

(c) Except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are and have been since February 1, 2017 in compliance in all respects with all applicable Laws relating to labor and employment, including all such Laws regarding employment practices, employment discrimination, terms and conditions of employment, mass layoffs and plant closings (including the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 and any similar state or local Laws), immigration, meal and rest breaks, pay equity, workers’ compensation, family and medical leave and all other employee leaves, recordkeeping, classification of employees and independent contractors, wages and hours, pay checks and pay stubs, employee seating, anti-harassment and anti-retaliation (including all such Laws relating to the prompt and thorough investigation and remediation of any complaints) and occupational safety and health requirements, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is liable for any arrears of wages, penalties or other sums for failure to comply with any of the foregoing. Except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, each employee of the Company and each Company Subsidiary and any other individual who has provided services with respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiary has been paid (and as of the Closing will have been paid) all wages, bonuses, compensation and other sums owed and due to such individual as of such date.

 

4.12 Real Property; Title to Assets.

 

(a) The Company does not own any real property.

 

(b) Section 4.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists as of the date of this Agreement the street address of each parcel of Leased Real Property, and sets forth a list of each lease, sublease, and license pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary leases, subleases or licenses any real property (each, a “Lease”), with the name of the lessor and the date of the Lease in connection therewith and each material amendment to any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Lease Documents”). True, correct and complete copies of all Lease Documents have been made available to Switchback. To the knowledge of the Company, (i) there are no leases, subleases, sublicenses, concessions or other contracts granting to any person other than the Company or Company Subsidiaries the right to use or occupy any Leased Real Property, and (ii) all such Leases are in full force and effect, are valid and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the Remedies Exceptions, and there is not, under any of such Leases, any existing default or event of default (or event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or, to the Company’s knowledge, by the other party to such Leases, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(c) Other than due to any COVID-19 Measures, there are no contractual or legal restrictions that preclude or restrict the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to use any Leased Real Property by such party for the purposes for which it is currently being used, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no latent defects or adverse physical conditions affecting the Leased Real Property, and improvements thereon, other than those that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d) Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has legal and valid title to, or, in the case of Leased Real Property and assets, valid leasehold or subleasehold interests in, all of its properties and assets, tangible and intangible, real, personal and mixed, used or held for use in its business, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.13 Intellectual Property.

 

(a) Section 4.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains, as of the date of this Agreement, a true, correct and complete list of all: (i) Registered Intellectual Property constituting Company-Owned IP (showing in each, as applicable, the filing date, date of issuance, expiration date and registration or application number, and registrar), (ii) all contracts or agreements to use any Company-Licensed IP, including for the Software or Business Systems of any other person (other than (A) unmodified, commercially available, “off-the-shelf” Software with a replacement cost and aggregate annual license and maintenance fees of less than $75,000, (B) commercially available service agreements to Business Systems that have an individual service or subscription fee of less than $75,000 per annum, (C) non-exclusive licenses granted to the Company by customers or distributors in the ordinary course of business, or (D) feedback and similar licenses that are not material to the business); and (iii) any Software or Business Systems constituting Company-Owned IP that are material to the business of the Company or any Company Subsidiary as currently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted as of the date hereof. The Company IP constitutes all Intellectual Property rights used in, or necessary for, the operation of the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and is sufficient for the conduct of such business as currently conducted and contemplated to be conducted as of the date hereof.

 

(b) The Company or one of the Company Subsidiaries solely owns and possesses, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), all right, title and interest in and to the Company-Owned IP and has the right to use pursuant to a valid and enforceable written contract or license, all Company-Licensed IP. All Registered Intellectual Property (other than applications) constituting Company-Owned IP is subsisting and, to the knowledge of the Company, valid and enforceable.

 

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(c) The Company and each of its applicable Company Subsidiaries have taken and take reasonable actions to maintain, protect and enforce Company-Owned IP rights, including the secrecy, confidentiality and value of its trade secrets and other Confidential Information of the Company or any Company Subsidiary. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has disclosed any trade secrets or other Confidential Information that relates to the Products or is otherwise material to the business of the Company and any applicable Company Subsidiaries (i) to any other person other than pursuant to a written confidentiality agreement under which such other person agrees to maintain the confidentiality and protect such Confidential Information or (ii) intentionally in the ordinary course of business, through marketing materials made available by the Company or a Company Subsidiary, which such marketing materials do not contain trade secrets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any other sensitive or proprietary information of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

 

(d) (i) There have been no claims filed and served, against the Company or any Company Subsidiary in any forum, by any person (1) contesting the validity, use, ownership, enforceability, patentability or registrability of any of the Company-Owned IP, or (2) alleging any infringement, misappropriation of, or other violation by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of, any Intellectual Property rights of other persons (including any unsolicited demands or offers to license any Intellectual Property rights from any other person); (ii) the operation of the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (including the Products) (y) with respect to all Intellectual Property other than patents, has not and does not infringe, misappropriate or violate such Intellectual Property of other persons and (z) with respect to patents, to the Company’s knowledge, has not and does not infringe such patents of other persons; (iii) to the Company’s knowledge, no other person has infringed, misappropriated or violated any of the Company-Owned IP; and (iv) neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has received written notice of any of the foregoing or received any formal written opinion of counsel regarding the foregoing.

 

(e) All persons who have contributed, developed or conceived any Company-Owned IP have executed valid and enforceable written agreements with the Company or one of the Company Subsidiaries, substantially in the form(s) made available to Merger Sub or Switchback, and pursuant to which such persons assigned to the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary all of their entire right, title, and interest in and to any Intellectual Property created, conceived or otherwise developed by such person in the course of and related to his, her or its relationship with the Company or the applicable Company Subsidiary, without further consideration or any restrictions or obligations whatsoever, including on the use or other disposition or ownership of such Intellectual Property.

 

(f) The Company and Company Subsidiaries do not use and have not used any Open Source Software or any modification or derivative thereof (i) in a manner that would grant or purport to grant to any other person any rights to or immunities under any of the Company-Owned IP, or (ii) under any Reciprocal License, to license or provide the source code to any of the Business Systems or Product components for the purpose of making derivative works, or to make available for redistribution to any person the source code to any of the Business Systems or Product components at no or minimal charge.

 

(g) To the Company’s knowledge, there are, and for the past three (3) years have been, no defects in any of the Products currently offered by the Company, in each case that has had a material effect and prevented or would prevent the same from performing substantially in accordance with their specifications or functionality descriptions.

 

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(h) The Company and/or one of the Company Subsidiaries owns, leases, licenses, or otherwise has the legal right to use all Business Systems, and such Business Systems are sufficient for the immediate needs of the business of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries. Except as would not be material to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the company and the Company Subsidiaries maintain commercially reasonable disaster recovery, business continuity and risk assessment plans, procedures and facilities, including by implementing systems and procedures designed to (i) manage mobile devices, including those provided to employees or contractors by the Company or any Company Subsidiary and those provided by such individuals themselves, (ii) provide continuous monitoring and alerting of any problems or issues with the Business Systems, and (iii) monitor network traffic for threats and scan and assess vulnerabilities in the Business Systems. There has not been any material failure with respect to any of the Business Systems that has not been remedied or replaced in all material respects. The Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries have purchased a sufficient number and type of licenses for the operation of their Business Systems as currently conducted.

 

(i) The Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries since February 1, 2017, have complied in all material respects with (i) all Privacy/Data Security Laws applicable to the Company or a Company Subsidiary, (ii) any applicable privacy or other policies of the Company and/or the Company Subsidiary, respectively, concerning the collection, dissemination, storage or use of Personal Information or other Business Data, including any privacy policies or disclosures posted to websites or other media maintained or published by the Company or a Company Subsidiary, (iii) all contractual commitments that the Company or any Company Subsidiary has entered into or is otherwise bound with respect to privacy and/or data security, and (iv) PCI DSS (collectively, the “Data Security Requirements”). The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have each implemented reasonable data security safeguards designed to protect the security and integrity of the Business Systems and any Business Data. The Company’s and the Company Subsidiaries’ employees receive reasonable training on information security issues. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no Disabling Devices in any of the Business Systems or Product components. Since February 1, 2017 to the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has (x) to the Company’s knowledge, experienced any material data security breaches, material unauthorized access or use of any of the Business Systems, or unauthorized acquisition, destruction, damage, disclosure, loss, corruption or alteration of any Business Data; or (y) received written notice of any audits, proceedings or investigations by any Governmental Authority, or received any written claims or complaints regarding the collection, dissemination, storage, use, or other processing of Personal Information, or the violation of any applicable Data Security Requirements, and, to the Company’s knowledge, there is no reasonable basis for the same. Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has provided or, to the Company’s knowledge, been legally required to provide any notice to data owners in connection with any unauthorized access, use, disclosure or other processing of Personal Information.

 

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(j) The Company and/or one of the Company Subsidiaries (i) exclusively owns and possesses all right, title and interest in and to the Business Data constituting Company-Owned IP free and clear of any restrictions other than those imposed by applicable Privacy/Data Security Laws, or (ii) has the right to use, exploit, publish, reproduce, distribute, license, sell, and create derivative works of such Business Data, in whole or in part, in the manner in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries receive and use such Business Data prior to the Closing Date. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries are not subject to any contractual requirements, privacy policies, or other legal obligations, including based on the Transactions contemplated hereunder, that would prohibit the Surviving Corporation or such Company Subsidiaries, as applicable, from receiving or using Personal Information or other Business Data after the Closing Date, in the same manner in which the Company or such Company Subsidiaries receive and use such Personal Information and other Business Data prior to the Closing Date.

 

(k) All past and current employees and independent contractors of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have agreed to written obligations to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to maintain in confidence all Confidential Information acquired or contributed by them in the course of their employment or engagement.

 

(l) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is, nor has it ever been, a member or promoter of, or a contributor to, any industry standards body or similar standard setting organization that could require or obligate the Company or any Company Subsidiary to grant or offer to any other person any license or right to any Company-Owned IP.

 

4.14 Taxes.

 

(a) The Company and each of its Company Subsidiaries: (i) have duly filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all material Tax Returns they are required to file as of the date hereof and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects; (ii) have timely paid all Taxes that are shown as due on such filed Tax Returns and any other material Taxes that they are otherwise obligated to pay, except with respect to current Taxes that are not yet due and delinquent or otherwise being contested in good faith, and no material penalties or charges are due with respect to the late filing of any Tax Return required to be filed by or with respect to them; (iii) with respect to all material Tax Returns filed by or with respect to them, have not waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency which such waiver or extension remains in effect; and (iv) do not have any deficiency, assessment, claim, audit, examination, investigation, litigation or other proceeding in respect of a material amount of Taxes or material Tax matters pending, asserted or proposed or threatened in writing, for a Tax period which the statute of limitations for assessments remains open.

 

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(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to, is bound by or has an obligation under any material Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnification agreement, Tax allocation agreement or similar contract or arrangement (including any agreement, contract or arrangement providing for the sharing or ceding of credits or losses) with any person (other than the Company or any Company Subsidiary) or has a potential liability or obligation to any such person (other than the Company or any Company Subsidiary) as a result of or pursuant to any such agreement, contract, arrangement or commitment, in each case other than an agreement, contract, arrangement or commitment the primary purpose of which does not relate to Taxes.

 

(c) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary will be required to include any material item of income in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any Tax period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) adjustment under Section 481(c) or Section 482 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax law) by reason of a change in method of accounting or otherwise prior to the Closing; (ii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax law) executed prior to the Closing; (iii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made prior to the Closing; (iv) intercompany transaction or any excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Tax law) entered into or created prior to the Closing; or (v) prepaid amount received prior to the Closing outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

(d) Each of the Company and its Company Subsidiaries has withheld and paid to the appropriate Tax authority all material Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any current or former employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder or other third party and has complied in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to the reporting, payment and withholding of Taxes.

 

(e) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated, combined or unitary U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Return (other than a group of which the Company was the common parent).

 

(f) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any material liability for the Taxes of any person (other than the Company or any Company Subsidiary) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. law), or as a transferee or successor.

 

(g) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has (i) any request for a ruling in respect of material Taxes pending between the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any Tax authority, on the other hand or (ii) entered into any closing agreements, private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda or similar agreements with a Taxing authority in respect of material Taxes, in each case, that will be in effect after the Closing.

 

(h) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has, within the last two years, distributed stock of another person, or has 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 or Section 361 of the Code.

 

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(i) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has engaged in or entered into a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

 

(j) There are no Tax liens upon any assets of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries except for Permitted Liens.

 

(k) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received written notice from a non-United States Tax authority that it has a permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty) or otherwise has an office or fixed place of business in a country other than the country in which it is organized.

 

(l) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received written notice of any claim from a Tax authority in a jurisdiction in which the Company or such Company Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns stating that the Company or such Company Subsidiary is or may be subject to material Tax in such jurisdiction.

 

(m) As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that any conditions or facts exist that would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

 

4.15 Environmental Matters. (a) Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has violated since February 1, 2018, nor is in violation of, applicable Environmental Law; (b) to the knowledge of the Company, none of the properties currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Company Subsidiary (including soils and surface and ground waters) is contaminated with any Hazardous Substance which requires reporting, investigation, remediation, monitoring or other response action by the Company or any Company Subsidiary pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws, or which could give rise to a liability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary under Environmental Laws; (c) to the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is actually, potentially or allegedly liable pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws for any off-site contamination by Hazardous Substances; (d) each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary has all permits, licenses and other authorizations required under applicable Environmental Law (“Environmental Permits”); (e) each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary, and their Products, are in compliance with Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits; and (f) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is the subject of any pending or threatened Action alleging any violation or, or liability under, Environmental Laws, in each of the foregoing clauses (a)-(f), except in each case as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has provided all environmental site assessments, reports, studies or other evaluations in its possession or reasonable control relating to any properties currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

 

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4.16 Material Contracts.

 

(a) Section 4.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each of the following types of contracts and agreements (whether written or oral) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or bound (such contracts and agreements as are required to be set forth Section 4.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, excluding any Plan listed on Section 4.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, being the “Material Contracts”):

 

(i) all contracts and agreements with consideration paid or payable to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries of more than $1,000,000, in the aggregate, over any 12-month period since February 1, 2019;

 

(ii) all contracts and agreements with Suppliers to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, including those relating to the design, development, manufacture or sale of Products of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, for expenditures paid or payable by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of more than $1,000,000, in the aggregate, over any 12-month period since February 1, 2019;

 

(iii) all management contracts and contracts with other consultants, in each case, excluding Plans, that are not terminable without further monetary liability on 60 days’ or less notice (except for notice or severance to the extent required under applicable Law for non-U.S. employees, and where further potential monetary liability is less than $100,000);

 

(iv) all broker, distributor, dealer, manufacturer’s representative, franchise, agency, sales promotion, market research, marketing consulting and advertising contracts and agreements (excluding reseller agreements in the ordinary course of business) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party that provide for payments by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or to the Company or any Company Subsidiary in excess of $1,000,000, in the aggregate, over any 12-month period since February 1, 2019;

 

(v) all contracts or agreements involving the payment of royalties or other amounts calculated based upon the revenues or income of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or income or revenues related to any Product of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party;

 

(vi) all contracts and agreements evidencing indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount greater than $1,000,000, and any pledge agreements, security agreements or other collateral agreements in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary granted to any person a security interest in or lien on any of the property or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and all agreements or instruments guarantying the debts or other obligations of any person;

 

(vii) all partnership, joint venture or similar agreements;

 

(viii) all contracts and agreements with any Governmental Authority to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party that involve payments to the Company or any Company Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000;

 

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(ix) all contracts and agreements that materially limit, or purport to materially limit, the ability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to compete in any line of business or with any person or entity or in any geographic area or during any period of time, excluding customary confidentiality agreements and agreements that contain customary confidentiality clauses;

 

(x) all contracts or arrangements that result in any person or entity holding a power of attorney from the Company or any Company Subsidiary that relates to the Company, any Company Subsidiary or their respective business;

 

(xi) all contracts and agreements relating to the purchase of engineering or design services that involve more than $1,000,000, other than those contracts and agreements under which no further services are due;

 

(xii) all leases or master leases of personal property reasonably likely to result in annual payments of $1,000,000 or more in a 12-month period;

 

(xiii) all contracts involving use of any Company-Licensed IP required to be listed in 4.13(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule;

 

(xiv) all contracts which involve the license or grant of rights by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to a third party of Company-Owned IP (other than non-exclusive licenses granted to customers or distributors in the ordinary course of business);

 

(xv) all contracts or agreements under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has agreed to purchase goods or services from a vendor, Supplier or other person on a preferred supplier or “most favored supplier” basis;

 

(xvi) all agreements for the development of material Company-Owned IP that is embodied in or distributed with a Product or otherwise material Company-Owned IP for the benefit of the Company (other than employee invention assignment and confidentiality agreements and consulting agreements entered into on the Company’s standard forms of such agreements made available to Switchback);

 

(xvii) all contracts and agreements that relate to the direct or indirect acquisition or disposition of any securities or business (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise);

 

(xviii) all contracts and agreements relating to a Company Interested Party Transaction; and

 

(xix) all contracts and agreements involving any resolution or settlement of any actual or threatened Action or other dispute which require payment in excess of $1,000,000 or impose continuing obligations on the Company or any Company Subsidiary, including injunctive or other non-monetary relief.

 

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(b) (i) each Material Contract is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries (as applicable) and, to the knowledge of the Company, the other parties thereto, subject to the Remedies Exceptions, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in material breach or violation of, or material default under, any Material Contract nor has any Material Contract been canceled by the other party; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, no other party is in material breach or violation of, or material default under, any Material Contract; and (iii) as of the date of this Agreement, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any notice or claim of any such breach, violation or default under any such Material Contract, in each of the foregoing clauses (i)-(iii), except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Company has made available to Switchback true and complete copies of all Material Contracts, including any amendments thereto.

 

4.17 Customers, Vendors and Suppliers. Section 4.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth as of the date of this Agreement (i) the top 25 customers of the Company as of September 1, 2020 (based upon aggregate consideration paid to the Company for goods or services rendered since February 1, 2020) (collectively, the “Material Customers”), and (ii) the top 25 suppliers of the Company as of September 1, 2020 (based upon the aggregate consideration paid by the Company for goods or services rendered since February 1, 2020) (collectively, the “Material Suppliers”). To the knowledge of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, there is no present intent, and the Company has not received written notice that, any Material Customer or Material Supplier will discontinue or materially alter its relationship with the Company.

 

4.18 Insurance.

 

(a) Section 4.18(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth as of the date of this Agreement, with respect to each material insurance policy under which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is an insured, a named insured or otherwise the principal beneficiary of coverage as of the date of this Agreement (i) the names of the insurer, the principal insured and each named insured, (ii) the policy number, (iii) the period, scope and amount of coverage and (iv) the premium most recently charged.

 

(b) With respect to each such insurance policy: (i) the policy is legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to the Remedies Exceptions) and, except for policies that have expired under their terms in the ordinary course, is in full force and effect; (ii) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in material breach or default (including any such breach or default with respect to the payment of premiums or the giving of notice), and no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default, or permit termination or modification, under the policy; and (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, no insurer on the policy has been declared insolvent or placed in receivership, conservatorship or liquidation.

 

4.19 Board Approval; Vote Required. The Company Board, by resolutions duly adopted by unanimous vote of those voting at a meeting duly called and held and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, or by unanimous written consent, has duly (a) determined that this Agreement and the Merger are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (b) approved and adopted this Agreement and declared its advisability and approved the Transactions (including the Merger), and (c) recommended that the stockholders of the Company approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions (including the Merger) and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) be submitted for consideration by the Company’s stockholders. The Company Stockholder Approval is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock or other securities of the Company necessary to adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions. The Written Consent, if executed and delivered, would qualify as the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval and no additional approval or vote from any holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Company would then be necessary to adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions.

 

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4.20 Certain Business Practices.

 

(a) Since February 1, 2017, none of the Company, any Company Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers, or employees, or to the Company’s knowledge, agents, has: (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to political activity; (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated any provision of any applicable Anti-Corruption Law; or (iii) made any payment in the nature of criminal bribery, in each of the foregoing clauses (i)-(iii) except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company.

 

(b) Since February 1, 2017, none of the Company, any Company Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers, or employees, or to the Company’s knowledge, agents (i) is or has been a Sanctioned Person; (ii) has transacted business with or for the benefit of any Sanctioned Person or has otherwise violated applicable Sanctions; or (iii) has violated any Ex-Im Laws, in each of the foregoing clauses (i)-(iii) except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company.

 

(c) There are no, and since February 1, 2017, there have not been, any internal or external investigations, audits, actions or proceedings pending, or any voluntary or involuntary disclosures made to a Governmental Authority, with respect to any apparent or suspected violation by the Company, any Company Subsidiary, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, or agents with respect to any Anti-Corruption Laws, Sanctions, or Ex-Im Laws, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Company.

 

4.21 Interested Party Transactions; Side Letter Agreements.

 

(a) Except for employment relationships and the payment of compensation, benefits and expense reimbursements and advances in the ordinary course of business, no director, officer or other affiliate of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, to the Company’s knowledge, has or has had, directly or indirectly: (i) an economic interest in any person (other than the Company) that has furnished or sold, or furnishes or sells, services or Products that the Company or any Company Subsidiary furnishes or sells, or proposes to furnish or sell; (ii) an economic interest in any person (other than the Company) that purchases from or sells or furnishes to, the Company or any Company Subsidiary, any goods or services; (iii) a beneficial interest in any contract or agreement disclosed in Section 4.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule; or (iv) any contractual or other arrangement with the Company or any Company Subsidiary, other than customary indemnity arrangements (each, a “Company Interested Party Transaction”); provided, however, that ownership of no more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding voting stock of a publicly traded corporation shall not be deemed an “economic interest in any person” for purposes of this Section 4.21; provided further, that for clarity, no disclosure shall be required under this Section 4.21 with respect to any portfolio company of any venture capital, private equity, angel or strategic investor in the Company (except to the extent such venture capital, private equity, angel or strategic investor is an affiliate of the Company, has actual knowledge of any Company Interested Party Transaction and such Company Interested Party Transaction would be disclosable pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act.) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not, since February 1, 2018, (x) extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit or renewed an extension of credit in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer (or equivalent thereof) of the Company, or (y) materially modified any term of any such extension or maintenance of credit. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no contracts or arrangements between the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries and any family member of any director, officer or other affiliate of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries.

 

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(b) Section 4.21(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of all transactions, contracts, side letters, arrangements or understandings between the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any other person, on the other hand, which grant or purport to grant any board observer or management rights (collectively, the “Side Letter Agreements”).

 

4.22 Exchange Act. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is currently (nor has it previously been) subject to the requirements of Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

 

4.23 Brokers. Except for BofA Securities, Inc., no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company. The Company has provided Switchback with a true and complete copy of all contracts, agreements and arrangements including its engagement letter, between the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., other than those that have expired or terminated and as to which no further services are contemplated thereunder to be provided in the future.

 

4.24 Product Warranty; Products Liability.

 

(a) To the knowledge of the Company, all of the Products conform with all applicable contractual commitments and express and implied warranties. To the knowledge of the Company, all Products comply in all material respects with all industry and trade association standards and legal requirements, if any, applicable to such Products, including consumer product, manufacturing, labeling, quality and safety Laws of the United States and each state in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary makes the Products available and each other jurisdiction (including foreign jurisdictions) in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary makes the Products available, in each case directly or indirectly through any reseller or distributor. None of the Products currently offered by the Company or in use has been subject to a recall and, to the knowledge of the Company, no facts or circumstances exist which, given the passage of time, would reasonably be expected to result in a recall.

 

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(b) There are no existing or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened product liability claims against the Company for Products which are defective and, to the Company’s knowledge, no facts or circumstances exist which, given the passage of time, would reasonably be expected to result in a material product liability claim against the Company for Products currently offered by the Company or in use which are defective. The Company has not received any Governmental Order stating that any Product is defective or unsafe or fails to meet any standards promulgated by any such Governmental Authority.

 

4.25 Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Article IV (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule) or in the corresponding representations and warranties contained in the certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 8.02(c), the Company hereby expressly disclaims and negates, any other express or implied representation or warranty whatsoever (whether at Law or in equity) with respect to the Company, its affiliates, and any matter relating to any of them, including their affairs, the condition, value or quality of the assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations, or with respect to the accuracy or completeness of any other information made available to Switchback, its affiliates or any of their respective Representatives by, or on behalf of, the Company, and any such representations or warranties are expressly disclaimed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule) or in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, neither the Company nor any other person on behalf of the Company has made or makes, any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, with respect to any projections, forecasts, estimates or budgets made available to Switchback, its affiliates or any of their respective Representatives of future revenues, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows or future financial condition (or any component thereof) of the Company (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying any of the foregoing), whether or not included in any management presentation or in any other information made available to Switchback, its affiliates or any of their respective Representatives or any other person, and any such representations or warranties are expressly disclaimed.

 

Article V

Representations and Warranties of Switchback and Merger Sub

 

Except as set forth in the Switchback SEC Reports or Switchback’s disclosure schedule delivered by Switchback in connection with this Agreement (the “Switchback Disclosure Schedule”) (to the extent the qualifying nature of such disclosure is readily apparent from the content of such Switchback SEC Reports, but excluding disclosures referred to in “Forward-Looking Statements,” “Risk Factors” and any other disclosures therein to the extent they are of a predictive or cautionary nature or related to forward-looking statements) (it being acknowledged that nothing disclosed in such a Switchback SEC Report will be deemed to modify or qualify the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.01 (Corporate Organization), Section 5.03 (Capitalization) and Section 5.04 (Authority Relative to This Agreement)), Switchback hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

5.01 Corporate Organization.

 

(a) Each of Switchback and Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. Each of Switchback and Merger Sub is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation or other organization to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so qualified or licensed and in good standing that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Switchback Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b) Merger Sub is the only subsidiary of Switchback. Except for Merger Sub, Switchback does not directly or indirectly own any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture or business association or other person.

 

5.02 Organizational Documents. Each of Switchback and Merger Sub has heretofore furnished to the Company complete and correct copies of the Switchback Organizational Documents and the Merger Sub Organizational Documents. The Switchback Organizational Documents and the Merger Sub Organizational Documents are in full force and effect. Neither Switchback nor Merger Sub is in violation of any of the provisions of the Switchback Organizational Documents and the Merger Sub Organizational Documents.

 

5.03 Capitalization.

 

(a) The authorized capital stock of Switchback consists of (i) 200,000,000 shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock, (ii) 20,000,000 shares of Switchback Founders Stock and (iii) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Switchback Preferred Stock”). As of the date of this Agreement (iv) 31,411,763 shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock are issued and outstanding, all of which are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to any preemptive rights, (v) 7,852,941 shares of Switchback Founders Stock are issued and outstanding, all of which are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to any preemptive rights, (vi) no shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock or Switchback Founders Stock are held in the treasury of Switchback, (iv) 15,992,155 Switchback Warrants are issued and outstanding, and (vii) 15,992,155 shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock are reserved for future issuance pursuant to the Switchback Warrants. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no shares of Switchback Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. Each Switchback Warrant is exercisable for one share of Switchback Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50, subject to the terms of such Switchback Warrant and the Switchback Warrant Agreement. The Switchback Founders Stock will convert into Switchback Class A Common Stock at the Closing pursuant to the terms of the Switchback Certificate of Incorporation.

 

(b) As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists of 10,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Merger Sub Common Stock”). As of the date hereof, 10,000 shares of Merger Sub Common Stock are issued and outstanding. All outstanding shares of Merger Sub Common Stock have been duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and are non-assessable and are not subject to preemptive rights, and are held by Switchback free and clear of all Liens, other than transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws and the Merger Sub Organizational Documents.

 

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(c) All outstanding Switchback Units, shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock, shares of Switchback Founders Stock and Switchback Warrants have been issued and granted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable securities laws and other applicable Laws.

 

(d) The Per Share Merger Consideration being delivered by Switchback hereunder shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and each such share or other security shall be issued free and clear of preemptive rights and all Liens, other than transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws and the Switchback Organizational Documents.

 

(e) Except for the Subscription Agreements, this Agreement, the Switchback Warrants and the Switchback Founders Stock, Switchback has not issued any options, warrants, preemptive rights, calls, convertible securities or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of Switchback or obligating Switchback to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests in, Switchback. All shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock subject to issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Neither Switchback nor any subsidiary of Switchback is a party to, or otherwise bound by, and neither Switchback nor any subsidiary of Switchback has granted, any equity appreciation rights, participations, phantom equity or similar rights. Except for the Letter Agreement, Switchback is not a party to any voting trusts, voting agreements, proxies, shareholder agreements or other agreements with respect to the voting or transfer of Switchback Common Stock or any of the equity interests or other securities of Switchback or any of its Subsidiaries. Except with respect to the Redemption Rights and the Switchback Warrants and pursuant to the Founders Stock Letter, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of Switchback to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Switchback Common Stock. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of Switchback to make any investment (in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in, any person.

 

5.04 Authority Relative to This Agreement. Each of Switchback and Merger Sub have all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Switchback and Merger Sub and the consummation by each of Switchback and Merger Sub of the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Switchback or Merger Sub are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions (other than (a) with respect to the Merger, the approval and adoption of this Agreement by the holders of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Switchback Common Stock and by the holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of Merger Sub Common Stock, and the filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents as required by the DGCL, and (b) with respect to the issuance of Switchback Class A Common Stock and the amendment and restatement of the Switchback Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to this Agreement, the approval of a majority of the then-outstanding shares of Switchback Common Stock). This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Switchback and Merger Sub and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Switchback or Merger Sub, enforceable against Switchback or Merger Sub in accordance with its terms subject to the Remedies Exceptions. The Switchback Board has approved this Agreement and the Transactions, and such approvals are sufficient so that the restrictions on business combinations set forth in the Switchback Certificate of Incorporation shall not apply to the Merger, this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any of the other Transactions.

 

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5.05 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.

 

(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Switchback and Merger Sub do not, and the performance of this Agreement by each of Switchback and Merger Sub will not, (i) conflict with or violate the Switchback Organizational Documents or the Merger Sub Organizational Documents, (ii) assuming that all consents, approvals, authorizations, expiration or termination of waiting periods and other actions described in Section 5.05(b) have been obtained and all filings and obligations described in Section 5.05(b) have been made, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to Switchback or Merger Sub or by which any of their properties or assets are bound or affected, or (iii) result in any breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any property or asset of Switchback or Merger Sub pursuant to, any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which Switchback or Merger Sub is a party or by which Switchback or Merger Sub or any of their properties or assets are bound or affected, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Switchback Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Switchback and Merger Sub do not, and the performance of this Agreement by each of Switchback and Merger Sub will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, or expiration or termination of any waiting period by, any Governmental Authority, except (i) for applicable requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act, Blue Sky Laws and state takeover laws, the pre-merger notification requirements of the HSR Act, and filing and recordation of appropriate merger documents as required by the DGCL and (ii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay consummation of any of the Transactions or otherwise prevent Switchback or Merger Sub from performing its material obligations under this Agreement.

 

5.06 Compliance. Neither Switchback nor Merger Sub is or has been in conflict with, or in default, breach or violation of, (a) any Law applicable to Switchback or Merger Sub or by which any property or asset of Switchback or Merger Sub is bound or affected, or (b) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which Switchback or Merger Sub is a party or by which Switchback or Merger Sub or any property or asset of Switchback or Merger Sub is bound, except, in each case, for any such conflicts, defaults, breaches or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Switchback Material Adverse Effect. Each of Switchback and Merger Sub is in possession of all material franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exceptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders of any Governmental Authority necessary for Switchback or Merger Sub to own, lease and operate its properties or to carry on its business as it is now being conducted.

 

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5.07 SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Sarbanes-Oxley.

 

(a) Switchback has filed all forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents, including any exhibits thereto, required to be filed by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) since July 25, 2019, together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto (collectively, the “Switchback SEC Reports”). As of their respective dates, the Switchback SEC Reports (i) complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (ii) did not, at the time they were filed, or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the case of any Switchback SEC Report that is a registration statement, or include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in the case of any other Switchback SEC Report.

 

(b) Each of the financial statements (including, in each case, any notes thereto) contained in the Switchback SEC Reports was prepared in accordance with GAAP (applied on a consistent basis) and Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K, as applicable, throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC) and each fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations, changes in stockholders equity and cash flows of Switchback as at the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein, (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal and recurring year-end adjustments which, individually or in the aggregate, have not been, and would not reasonably be expected to be, material). Switchback has no off-balance sheet arrangements that are not disclosed in the Switchback SEC Reports.

 

(c) Except as and to the extent set forth in the Switchback SEC Reports, neither Switchback nor Merger Sub has any material liability or obligation of a nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), except for liabilities and obligations arising in the ordinary course of Switchback’s and Merger Sub’s business.

 

(d) Switchback is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(e) Switchback has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act). Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to Switchback and other material information required to be disclosed by Switchback in the reports and other documents that it files or furnishes under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to Switchback’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications required pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting Switchback’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer to material information required to be included in Switchback’s periodic reports required under the Exchange Act.

 

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(f) Switchback maintains systems of internal control over financial reporting that are sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including policies and procedures sufficient to provide reasonable assurance: (i) that Switchback maintains records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect, in all material respects, its transactions and dispositions of assets; (ii) that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP; (iii) that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and its board of directors; and (iv) regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of its assets that could have a material effect on its financial statements.

 

(g) There are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by Switchback to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director of Switchback, and Switchback has not taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(h) Neither Switchback (including, to the knowledge of Switchback, any employee thereof) nor Switchback’s independent auditors has identified or been made aware of (i) any material weakness or significant deficiency in the system of internal accounting controls utilized by Switchback, (ii) any fraud that involves Switchback’s management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by Switchback or (iii) as of the date hereof, any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.

 

(i) As of the date hereof, there are no outstanding comments from the SEC with respect to the Switchback SEC Reports. To the knowledge of Switchback, none of the Switchback SEC Reports filed on or prior to the date hereof is subject to ongoing SEC review or investigation as of the date hereof.

 

5.08 Business Activities; Absence of Certain Changes or Events.

 

(a) Since its incorporation, Switchback has not conducted any business activities other than activities directed toward the accomplishment of a Business Combination. Except as set forth in the Switchback Organizational Documents, there is no agreement, commitment or Governmental Order binding upon Switchback or to which Switchback is a party which has had or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or impairing any business practice of Switchback or any acquisition of property by Switchback or the conduct of business by Switchback as currently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted as of the Closing other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Switchback Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b) Switchback does not own or have a right to acquire, directly or indirectly, any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any corporation, partnership, joint venture, business, trust or other entity. Except for this Agreement and the Transactions, Switchback has no interests, rights, obligations or liabilities with respect to, and is not party to, bound by or has its assets or property subject to, in each case whether directly or indirectly, any Contract or transaction which is, or could reasonably be interpreted as constituting, a Business Combination.

 

(c) Except for (i) this Agreement and the agreements expressly contemplated hereby, (ii) with respect to fees and expenses of Switchback’s legal, financial and other advisors and (iii) any loan from the Sponsor or an affiliate thereof or certain of Switchback’s officers and directors to finance Switchback’s transaction costs in connection with the Transactions or other expenses unrelated to the Transactions, Switchback is not, and at no time has been, party to any contract with any other person that would require payments by Switchback in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate with respect to any individual contract or when taken together with all other contracts (other than this Agreement and the agreements expressly contemplated hereby).

 

(d) Except as set forth on Section 5.08(d) of the Switchback Disclosure Schedule, there is no liability, debt or obligation against Switchback or its Subsidiaries, except for (i) liabilities and obligations (x) reflected or reserved for on Switchback’s consolidated balance sheet for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2020 or disclosed in the notes thereto (other than any such liabilities not reflected, reserved or disclosed as are not and would not be, in the aggregate, material to Switchback and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) or (y) that have arisen since the date of Switchback’s consolidated balance sheet for the quarterly period June 30, 2020 in the ordinary course of business of Switchback and its Subsidiaries or (ii) any loan from the Sponsor or an affiliate thereof or certain of Switchback’s officers and directors to finance Switchback’s transaction costs in connection with the Transactions or other expenses unrelated to the Transactions.

 

(e) Since its organization, Merger Sub has not conducted any business activities other than activities directed toward the accomplishment of the Merger. Except as set forth in Merger Sub’s organizational documents, there is no agreement, commitment, or Governmental Order binding upon Merger Sub or to which Merger Sub is a party which has had or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or impairing any business practice of Merger Sub or any acquisition of property by Merger Sub or the conduct of business by Merger Sub as currently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted as of the Closing other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Switchback Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f) Merger Sub does not own or have a right to acquire, directly or indirectly, any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any corporation, partnership, joint venture, business, trust or other entity.

 

(g) Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of effecting the Merger and has no, and at all times prior to the Effective Time except as contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, will have no, assets, liabilities or obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever other than those incident to its formation and the Transactions.

 

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(h) Since January 31, 2020 and prior to the date of this Agreement, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, (i) Switchback has conducted its business in all material respects in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past practice, other than due to any actions taken due to any COVID-19 Measures, (ii) Switchback has not sold, assigned, transferred, permitted to lapse, abandoned, or otherwise disposed of any right, title, or interest in or to any of its material assets, (iii) there has not been a Switchback Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) Switchback has not taken any action that, if taken after the date of this Agreement, would constitute a material breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section 6.02.

 

5.09 Absence of Litigation. There is no material Action pending or, to the knowledge of Switchback, threatened against Switchback, or any property or asset of Switchback, before any Governmental Authority. Neither Switchback nor any material property or asset of Switchback is subject to any continuing order of, consent decree, settlement agreement or other similar written agreement with, or, to the knowledge of Switchback, continuing investigation by, any Governmental Authority.

 

5.10 Board Approval; Vote Required.

 

(a) The Switchback Board, by resolutions duly adopted by majority vote of those voting at a meeting duly called and held and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has duly (i) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions are fair to and in the best interests of Switchback and its stockholders, (ii) approved this Agreement and the Transactions and declared their advisability, (iii) recommended that the stockholders of Switchback approve and adopt this Agreement and the Merger, and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger), be submitted for consideration by the stockholders of Switchback at the Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting.

 

(b) The only vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of Switchback necessary to approve the Transactions is the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Switchback Common Stock.

 

(c) The Merger Sub Board, by resolutions duly adopted by written consent and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has duly (i) determined that this Agreement and the Merger are fair to and in the best interests of Merger Sub and its sole stockholder, (ii) approved this Agreement and the Merger and declared their advisability, (iii) recommended that the sole stockholder of Merger Sub approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions be submitted for consideration by the sole stockholder of Merger Sub.

 

(d) The only vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of Merger Sub necessary to approve this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement is the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Merger Sub Common Stock.

 

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5.11 No Prior Operations of Merger Sub. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has not engaged in any business activities or conducted any operations or incurred any obligation or liability, other than as contemplated by this Agreement.

 

5.12 Brokers. Except for Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Switchback or Merger Sub. Switchback has provided the Company with a true and complete copy of all contracts, agreements and arrangements, including its engagement letters, with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., other than those that have expired or terminated and as to which no further services are contemplated thereunder to be provided in the future.

 

5.13 Switchback Trust Fund. As of the date of this Agreement, Switchback has no less than $317,439,598 in the trust fund established by Switchback for the benefit of its public stockholders (the “Trust Fund”) (including, if applicable, an aggregate of approximately $10,924,117 of deferred underwriting discounts and commissions being held in the Trust Fund) maintained in a trust account at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Trust Account”). The monies of such Trust Account are invested in United States Government securities or money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and held in trust by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”) pursuant to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2019, between Switchback and the Trustee (the “Trust Agreement”). The Trust Agreement has not been amended or modified and is valid and in full force and effect and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the Remedies Exceptions. Switchback has complied in all material respects with the terms of the Trust Agreement and is not in breach thereof or default thereunder and there does not exist any event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default by Switchback or the Trustee. There are no separate contracts, agreements, side letters or other agreements or understandings (whether written or unwritten, express or implied): (i) between Switchback and the Trustee that would cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the Switchback SEC Reports to be inaccurate in any material respect; or (ii) that would entitle any person (other than stockholders of Switchback who shall have elected to redeem their shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Switchback Organizational Documents) to any portion of the proceeds in the Trust Account. Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account may be released except: (1) to pay income and franchise Taxes from any interest income earned in the Trust Account; and (2) upon the exercise of Redemption Rights in accordance with the provisions of the Switchback Organizational Documents. To Switchback’s knowledge, as of the date of this Agreement, following the Effective Time, no stockholder of Switchback shall be entitled to receive any amount from the Trust Account except to the extent such stockholder is exercising its Redemption Rights. There are no Actions pending or, to the knowledge of Switchback, threatened in writing with respect to the Trust Account. Upon consummation of the Merger and notice thereof to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement, Switchback shall cause the Trustee to, and the Trustee shall thereupon be obligated to, release to Switchback as promptly as practicable, the Trust Funds in accordance with the Trust Agreement at which point the Trust Account shall terminate; provided, however, that the liabilities and obligations of Switchback due and owing or incurred at or prior to the Effective Time shall be paid as and when due, including all amounts payable (i) to stockholders of Switchback who shall have exercised their Redemption Rights, (ii) with respect to filings, applications and/or other actions taken pursuant to this Agreement required under Law, (iii) to the Trustee for fees and costs incurred in accordance with the Trust Agreement, and (iv) to third parties (e.g., professionals, printers, etc.) who have rendered services to Switchback in connection with its efforts to effect the Merger. As of the date hereof, Switchback has no reason to believe that any of the conditions to the use of funds in the Trust Account will not be satisfied or funds available in the Trust Account will not be available to Switchback at the Effective Time.

 

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5.14 Employees. Other than any officers as described in the Switchback SEC Reports, Switchback and Merger Sub have no employees on their payroll, and have not retained any contractors, other than consultants and advisors in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. Other than reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Switchback’s officers and directors in connection with activities on Switchback’s behalf in an aggregate amount not in excess of the amount of cash held by Switchback outside of the Trust Account, Switchback has no unsatisfied material liability with respect to any officer or director. Switchback and Merger Sub have never and do not currently maintain, sponsor, or contribute to any Employee Benefit Plan.

 

5.15 Taxes.

 

(a) Switchback and Merger Sub: (i) have duly filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file) all material Tax Returns they are required to file as of the date hereof and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects; (ii) have timely paid all Taxes that are shown as due on such filed Tax Returns and any other material Taxes that they are otherwise obligated to pay, except with respect to current Taxes that are not yet due and delinquent or otherwise being contested in good faith, and no material penalties or charges are due with respect to the late filing of any Tax Return required to be filed by or with respect to them; (iii) with respect to all material Tax Returns filed by or with respect to them, have not waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency which such waiver or extension remains in effect; and (iv) do not have any deficiency, assessment, claim, audit, examination, investigation, litigation or other proceeding in respect of a material amount of Taxes or material Tax matters pending, asserted or proposed or threatened in writing, for a Tax period which the statute of limitations for assessments remains open.

 

(b) Neither Switchback nor Merger Sub is a party to, is bound by or has an obligation under any material Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnification agreement, Tax allocation agreement or similar contract or arrangement (including any agreement, contract or arrangement providing for the sharing or ceding of credits or losses) with any person (other than Switchback or Merger Sub) or has a potential liability or obligation to any person (other than Switchback or Merger Sub) as a result of or pursuant to any such agreement, contract, arrangement or commitment, in each case, other than an agreement, contract, arrangement or commitment the primary purpose of which does not relate to Taxes.

 

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(c) Neither Switchback nor Merger Sub will be required to include any material item of income in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any Tax period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) adjustment under Section 481(c) or Section 482 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax law) by reason of a change in method of accounting or otherwise prior to the Closing; (ii) “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. income Tax law) executed prior to the Closing; (iii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made prior to the Closing, (iv) intercompany transaction or any excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Tax law) entered into or created prior to the Closing, or (v) prepaid amount received prior to the Closing outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

(d) Each of Switchback and Merger Sub has withheld and paid to the appropriate Tax authority all material Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any current or former employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder or other third party and has complied in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to the reporting, payment and withholding of Taxes.

 

(e) Neither Switchback nor Merger Sub has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated, combined or unitary U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. income Tax Return (other than a group of which Switchback was the common parent).

 

(f) Neither Switchback nor Merger Sub has any material liability for the Taxes of any person (other than Switchback or Merger Sub) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. law), or as a transferee or successor.

 

(g) Neither Switchback nor Merger Sub has (i) any request for a ruling in respect of material Taxes pending between Switchback or Merger Sub, on the one hand, and any Tax authority, on the other hand or (ii) entered into any closing agreements, private letter rulings, technical advice memoranda or similar agreements with a Taxing authority in respect of material Taxes, in each case, that will be in effect after the Closing.

 

(h) Neither Switchback nor Merger Sub has, within the last two years, distributed stock of another person, or has 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 or Section 361 of the Code.

 

(i) Neither Switchback nor Merger Sub has engaged in or entered into a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

 

(j) There are no Tax liens upon any assets of Switchback or Merger Sub except for Permitted Liens.

 

(k) Neither Switchback nor Merger Sub has received written notice from a non-United States Tax authority that it has a permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty) or otherwise has an office or fixed place of business in a country other than the country in which it is organized.

 

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(l) Neither Switchback nor Merger Sub has received written notice of any claim from a Tax authority in a jurisdiction in which Switchback or Merger Sub does not file Tax Returns stating that Switchback or Merger Sub is or may be subject to material Tax in such jurisdiction.

 

(m) As of the date of this Agreement, neither Switchback nor Merger Sub has any reason to believe that any conditions or facts exist that would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

 

5.16 Registration and Listing. The issued and outstanding Switchback Units are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SBE.U.” The issued and outstanding shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SBE.” The issued and outstanding Switchback Warrants are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SBE WS.” As of the date of this Agreement, there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of Switchback, threatened in writing against Switchback by the New York Stock Exchange or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the Switchback Units, the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock, or Switchback Warrants or terminate the listing of Switchback on the New York Stock Exchange. None of Switchback or any of its affiliates has taken any action in an attempt to terminate the registration of the Switchback Units, the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock, or the Switchback Warrants under the Exchange Act.

 

5.17 Interested Party Transaction. Except as described in the Switchback SEC Reports, in connection with the Private Placements or in connection with any loan from the Sponsor or an affiliate thereof or certain of Switchback’s officers and directors to finance Switchback’s transaction costs in connection with the Transactions or other expenses unrelated to the Transactions, there are no transactions, contracts, side letters, arrangements or understandings between Switchback or Merger Sub, on the one hand, and any director, officer, employee, stockholder, warrant holder or affiliate of Switchback or Merger Sub, on the other hand (each, a “Switchback Interested Party Transaction”).

 

5.18 Investment Company Act. Neither Switchback nor Merger Sub is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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5.19 Switchback’s and Merger Sub’s Investigation and Reliance. Each of Switchback and Merger Sub is a sophisticated purchaser and has made its own independent investigation, review and analysis regarding the Company and any Company Subsidiary and the Transactions, which investigation, review and analysis were conducted by Switchback and Merger Sub together with expert advisors, including legal counsel, that they have engaged for such purpose. Switchback, Merger Sub and their Representatives have been provided with full and complete access to the Representatives, properties, offices, plants and other facilities, books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary and other information that they have requested in connection with their investigation of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and the Transactions. Neither Switchback nor Merger Sub is relying on any statement, representation or warranty, oral or written, express or implied, made by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective Representatives, except as expressly set forth in Article IV (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule) or in the corresponding representations and warranties contained in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 8.02(c). Neither the Company nor any of its respective stockholders, affiliates or Representatives shall have any liability to Switchback, Merger Sub or any of their respective stockholders, affiliates or Representatives resulting from the use of any information, documents or materials made available to Switchback or Merger Sub or any of their Representatives, whether orally or in writing, in any confidential information memoranda, “data rooms,” management presentations, due diligence discussions or in any other form in expectation of the Transactions, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule) or in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement. Switchback and Merger Sub acknowledge that, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement (as modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule) or in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its stockholders, affiliates or Representatives is making, directly or indirectly, any representation or warranty with respect to any estimates, projections or forecasts involving the Company and/or any Company Subsidiary.

 

5.20 Founders Stock Letter. Switchback has delivered to the Company a true, correct and complete copy of the Founders Stock Letter. No withdrawal, termination, amendment or modification of the Founders Stock Letter is contemplated by Switchback and, to the knowledge of Switchback, the Founders Stock Letter is in full force and effect and has not been withdrawn or terminated, or otherwise amended or modified, in any material respect. The Founders Stock Letter is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Switchback and, to the knowledge of Switchback, the other Founder Stockholders. To the knowledge of Switchback, neither the execution nor delivery by the Founder Stockholders of, nor the performance of any of the Founder Stockholders’ obligations under, the Founders Stock Letter violates any provision of, or results in the breach of or default under, or requires any filing, registration or qualification under, any applicable Law (other than as required under applicable securities laws and as otherwise contemplated herein or in the other Transaction Documents). No event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or breach on the part of Switchback under any material term or condition of the Founders Stock Letter.

 

Article VI

Conduct of Business Pending the Merger

 

6.01 Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger.

 

(a) The Company agrees that, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time or the earlier termination of this Agreement, except as (A) expressly contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, (B) set forth in Section 6.01 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and (C) required by applicable Law, unless Switchback shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

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(ii) the Company shall use reasonable best efforts, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries to use reasonable best efforts to, conduct their business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (including, for the avoidance of doubt, recent past practice in light of COVID-19; provided that, any action taken, or omitted to be taken, that (A) relates to, or arises out of, COVID-19 and (B) (1) is required by applicable Law or (2) is determined by the Company in good faith to be in its best interests, shall be deemed to be in the ordinary course of business); and

 

(iii) the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to preserve substantially intact the business organization of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, to keep available the services of the current officers, key employees and consultants of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and to preserve the current relationships of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries with customers, suppliers and other persons with which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has significant business relations.

 

(b) By way of amplification and not limitation, except as (i) expressly contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement, including any subclause of this Section 6.01(b), or any Ancillary Agreement, (ii) set forth in Section 6.01 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and (iii) required by applicable Law, the Company shall not, and shall cause each Company Subsidiary not to, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time or the earlier termination of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, do any of the following without the prior written consent of Switchback (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):

 

(i) amend or otherwise change the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any material Company Subsidiary;

 

(ii) adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or any material Company Subsidiary;

 

(iii) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant or encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant or encumbrance of, (A) any shares of any class of capital stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock, or any other ownership interest (including any phantom interest), of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, provided that (1) the exercise or settlement of any Company Options or Company Warrants in effect on the date of this Agreement and (2) the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock (or other class of equity security of the Company, as applicable) pursuant to the terms of the Company Preferred Stock and the Company Warrants, in each case, in effect on the date of this Agreement, in each case, shall not require the consent of Switchback; or (B) any material assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary;

 

(iv) form any Subsidiary (other than any wholly-owned Subsidiary formed in the ordinary course of business) or acquire any equity interest or other interest in any other entity or enter into a joint venture with any other entity;

 

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(v) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its capital stock, other than any dividends or other distributions from any wholly owned Company Subsidiary to the Company or any other wholly owned Company Subsidiary;

 

(vi) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock;

 

(vii) (1) acquire (including by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of stock or substantially all of the assets or any other business combination) any corporation, partnership, other business organization or any division thereof for consideration in excess of $500,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate; or (2) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money having a principal or stated amount in excess of $1,000,000, or issue any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise become responsible for, the obligations of any person, or intentionally grant any security interest in any of its assets;

 

(viii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other person (including to any of its officers, directors, agents or consultants), make any material change in its existing borrowing or lending arrangements for or on behalf of such persons, or enter into any “keep well” or similar agreement to maintain the financial condition of any other person, except (A) advances to employees or officers of the Company or any Company Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (B) prepayments and deposits paid to suppliers of the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or (C) trade credit extended to customers of the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ix) make any material capital expenditures (or commit to making any capital expenditures), other than any capital expenditure (or series of related capital expenditures) consistent in all material respects with the Company’s annual capital expenditure budget for periods following the date of this Agreement, made available to Switchback;

 

(x) acquire any fee interest in real property;

 

(xi) enter into, renew or amend in any material respect any Company Interested Party Transaction (or any contractual or other arrangement, that if existing on the date of this Agreement, would have constituted a Company Interested Party Transaction);

 

(xii) other than in the ordinary course of business or pursuant to the terms of any Plan in effect on the date of this Agreement, (1) grant any increase in the compensation, incentives or benefits payable or to become payable to any current or former director or officer, (2) enter into any new, or materially amend any existing, employment, retention, bonus, change in control, severance or termination agreement with any current or former director or officer, (3) accelerate or commit to accelerate the funding, payment, or vesting of any compensation or benefits to any current or former director or officer, (4) establish or become obligated under any collective bargaining agreement or other contract or agreement with a labor union, trade union, works council, or other representative of employees;

 

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(xiii) make any material change in any method of financial accounting or financial accounting principles, policies, procedures or practices, except as required by a concurrent amendment in GAAP or applicable Law made subsequent to the date hereof, as agreed to by its independent accountants;

 

(xiv) (1) amend any material Tax Return, (2) change any material method of Tax accounting, (3) make, change or rescind any material election relating to Taxes, or (4) settle or compromise any material U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. Tax audit, assessment, Tax claim or other controversy relating to Taxes;

 

(xv) (A) materially amend, or modify or consent to the termination (excluding any expiration in accordance with its terms) of any Material Contract or amend, waive, modify or consent to the termination (excluding any expiration in accordance with its terms) of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s material rights thereunder, in each case in a manner that is adverse to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, taken as a whole, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (B) enter into any contract or agreement (w) described in Section 4.16(a)(v), Section 4.16(a)(vi) or Section 4.16(a)(viii), in each case, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (x) described in Section 4.16(a)(vii), Section 4.16(a)(ix), Section 4.16(a)(xv), Section 4.16(a)(xvii) or Section 4.16(a)(xviii), or (y) that the Company would be required to disclose under Item 601 Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act if it were subject to such disclosure requirements, in each case had such contract or agreement been entered into prior to the date of this Agreement;

 

(xvi) enter into any contract, agreement or arrangement that obligates the Company or any Company Subsidiary to develop any Intellectual Property related to the business of the Company or the Products, other than in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xvii) permit any material item of Company-Owned IP to lapse or to be abandoned, invalidated, dedicated to the public, or disclaimed, or otherwise become unenforceable or fail to perform or make any applicable filings, recordings or other similar actions or filings, or fail to pay all required fees and Taxes required or advisable to maintain and protect its interest in each and every material item of Company-Owned IP;

 

(xviii) waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any Action, other than waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises that are solely monetary in nature and do not exceed $1,000,000 individually or $2,000,000 in the aggregate, in each case in excess of insurance proceeds;

 

(xix) enter into any material new line of business outside of the business currently conducted by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement;

 

(xx) voluntarily fail to maintain, cancel or materially change coverage under any insurance policy in form and amount equivalent in all material respects to the insurance coverage currently maintained with respect to the Company and any Company Subsidiaries and their assets and properties;

 

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(xxi) fail to keep current and in full force and effect, or to comply in all material respects with the requirements of, any Company Permit that is material to the conduct of the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or

 

(xxii) enter into any formal or informal agreement or otherwise make a binding commitment to do any of the foregoing.

 

Nothing herein shall require the Company to obtain consent from Switchback to do any of the foregoing if obtaining such consent might reasonably be expected to violate applicable Law, and nothing contained in this Section 6.01 shall give to Switchback, directly or indirectly, the right to control the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date. Prior to the Closing Date, each of Switchback and the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions hereof, complete control and supervision of its respective operations, as required by Law.

 

6.02 Conduct of Business by Switchback and Merger Sub Pending the Merger. Except as expressly contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (including entering into various Subscription Agreements and consummating the Private Placements) and except as required by applicable Law, Switchback agrees that from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement and the Effective Time, unless the Company shall otherwise consent in writing, Switchback shall use reasonable best efforts to, and shall cause Merger Sub to use reasonable best efforts to, conduct their respective businesses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (including, for the avoidance of doubt, recent past practice in light of COVID-19; provided that, any action taken, or omitted to be taken, that (A) relates to, or arises out of, COVID-19 and (B) (1) is required by applicable Law or (2) is determined by Switchback in good faith to be in its best interests, shall be deemed to be in the ordinary course of business solely for purposes of the foregoing sentence). By way of amplification and not limitation, except as expressly contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (including entering into various Subscription Agreements and consummating the Private Placements) and as required by applicable Law, neither Switchback nor Merger Sub shall, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time or the earlier termination of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, do any of the following without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):

 

(a) amend or otherwise change the Switchback Organizational Documents or the Merger Sub Organizational Documents or form any subsidiary of Switchback other than Merger Sub;

 

(b) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise, with respect to any of its capital stock, other than redemptions from the Trust Fund that are required pursuant to the Switchback Organizational Documents;

 

(c) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem, or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the Switchback Common Stock or Switchback Warrants except for redemptions from the Trust Fund and conversions of the Switchback Founders Stock that are required pursuant to the Switchback Organizational Documents;

 

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(d) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant or encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant or encumbrance of, any shares of any class of capital stock or other securities of Switchback or Merger Sub, or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of such capital stock, or any other ownership interest (including any phantom interest), of Switchback or Merger Sub, except in connection with conversion of the Switchback Founders Stock pursuant to the Switchback Organizational Documents and in connection with a loan from the Sponsor or an affiliate thereof or certain of Switchback’s officers and directors to finance Switchback’s transaction costs in connection with the Transactions or other expenses unrelated to the Transactions;

 

(e) acquire (including by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of stock or assets or any other business combination) any corporation, partnership, other business organization or enter into any strategic joint ventures, partnerships or alliances with any other person;

 

(f) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness of another person or persons, issue or sell any debt securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt securities of Switchback, as applicable, enter into any “keep well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement condition or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing, in each case, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or except a loan from the Sponsor or an affiliate thereof or certain of Switchback’s officers and directors to finance Switchback’s transaction costs in connection with the Transactions or other expenses unrelated to the Transactions;

 

(g) make any change in any method of financial accounting or financial accounting principles, policies, procedures or practices, except as required by a concurrent amendment in GAAP or applicable Law made subsequent to the date hereof, as agreed to by its independent accountants;

 

(h) (1) amend any material Tax Return, (2) change any material method of Tax accounting, (3) make, change or rescind any material election relating to Taxes, or (4) settle or compromise any material U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. Tax audit, assessment, Tax claim or other controversy relating to Taxes;

 

(i) liquidate, dissolve, reorganize or otherwise wind up the business and operations of Switchback or Merger Sub;

 

(j) amend or modify the Trust Agreement or any other agreement related to the Trust Account;

 

(k) enter into, renew or amend in any material respect any Switchback Interested Party Transaction (or any contractual or other arrangement, that if existing on the date of this Agreement, would have constituted a Switchback Interested Party Transaction) except in connection with any loan from the Sponsor or an affiliate thereof or certain of Switchback’s officers and directors to finance Switchback’s transaction costs in connection with the Transactions or other expenses unrelated to the Transactions;

 

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(l) waive, release, assign, settle or compromise any Action, other than waivers, releases, assignments, settlements or compromises that are solely monetary in nature and do not exceed $1,000,000 individually or $2,000,000 in the aggregate, in each case in excess of insurance proceeds;

 

(m) adopt or enter into any Employee Benefit Plan; or

 

(n) enter into any formal or informal agreement or otherwise make a binding commitment to do any of the foregoing.

 

Nothing herein shall require Switchback to obtain consent from the Company to do any of the foregoing if obtaining such consent might reasonably be expected to violate applicable Law. Prior to the Closing Date, each of the Company and Switchback shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions hereof, complete control and supervision of its respective operations, as required by Law.

 

6.03 Claims Against Trust Account. The Company agrees that, notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement, the Company does not now have, and shall not at any time prior to the Effective Time have, any claim to, or make any claim against, the Trust Fund, regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, the business relationship between the Company on the one hand, and Switchback on the other hand, this Agreement, or any other agreement or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to in this Section 6.03 as the “Claims”). Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement, the Company hereby irrevocably waives any Claim it may have, now or in the future and will not seek recourse against the Trust Fund for any reason whatsoever in respect thereof; provided, however, that the foregoing waiver will not limit or prohibit the Company from pursuing a claim against Switchback, Merger Sub or any other person (a) for legal relief against monies or other assets of Switchback or Merger Sub held outside of the Trust Account or for specific performance or other equitable relief in connection with the Transactions or (b) for damages for breach of this Agreement against Switchback (or any successor entity) or Merger Sub in the event this Agreement is terminated for any reason and Switchback consummates a business combination transaction with another party. In the event that the Company commences any action or proceeding against or involving the Trust Fund in violation of the foregoing, Switchback shall be entitled to recover from the Company the associated reasonable legal fees and costs in connection with any such action, in the event Switchback prevails in such action or proceeding.

 

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Article VII

Additional Agreements

 

7.01 No Solicitation.

 

(a) From the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01, the Company shall not, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries not to and shall direct its and their respective Representatives acting on its or their behalf not to, directly or indirectly, (i) enter into, solicit, initiate, knowingly facilitate, knowingly encourage or continue any discussions or negotiations with, or knowingly encourage or respond to any inquiries or proposals by, or participate in any negotiations with, or provide any information to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, any person or other entity or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, concerning any sale of any material assets of the Company or any of the outstanding capital stock or any conversion, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries other than with Switchback and its Representatives (an “Alternative Transaction”), (ii) amend or grant any waiver or release under any standstill or similar agreement with respect to any class of equity securities of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, (iii) approve, endorse or recommend, or propose publicly to approve, endorse or recommend, any Alternative Transaction, (iv) approve, endorse, recommend, execute or enter into any agreement in principle, confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, term sheet, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other written arrangement relating to any Alternative Transaction or any proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction, (v) commence, continue or renew any due diligence investigation regarding any Alternative Transaction, or (vi) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing or otherwise authorize or permit any of its Representatives acting on its behalf to take any such action. The Company shall, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries to and shall direct its and their respective affiliates and Representatives to, immediately cease any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any person conducted heretofore with respect to any Alternative Transaction. The Company also agrees that it will promptly request each person (other than the parties hereto and their respective Representatives) that has prior to the date hereof executed a confidentiality agreement in connection with its consideration of an Alternative Transaction to return or destroy all confidential information furnished to such person by or on behalf of it prior to the date hereof.

 

(b) The Company shall notify Switchback promptly (but in no event later than twenty-four (24) hours) after receipt by the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives of any inquiry or proposal with respect to an Alternative Transaction, any inquiry that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Alternative Transaction or any request for non-public information relating to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or for access to the business, properties, assets, personnel, books or records of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries by any third party. In such notice, the Company shall identify the third party making any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request with respect to an Alternative Transaction and provide the details of the material terms and conditions of any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request. The Company shall keep Switchback informed, on a reasonably current and prompt basis, of the status and material terms of any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request with respect to an Alternative Transaction, including the material terms and conditions thereof any material amendments or proposed amendments.

 

(c) If the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or any of its or their respective Representatives receives any inquiry or proposal with respect to an Alternative Transaction at any time prior to the Closing, then the Company shall promptly (and in no event later than twenty-four (24) hours after the Company becomes aware of such inquiry or proposal) notify such person in writing that the Company is subject to an exclusivity agreement with respect to the Alternative Transaction that prohibits them from considering such inquiry or proposal. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties agree that any violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 7.01 by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or its or their respective affiliates or Representatives shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 7.01 by the Company.

 

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(d) From the date of this Agreement and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01, each of Switchback and Merger Sub shall not, and shall direct their respective Representatives acting on their behalf not to, directly or indirectly, (i) enter into, solicit, initiate, knowingly facilitate, knowingly encourage or continue any discussions or negotiations with, or knowingly encourage or respond to any inquiries or proposals by, or participate in any negotiations with, or provide any information to, or otherwise cooperate in any way with, any person or other entity or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, concerning any merger, consolidation, or acquisition of stock or assets or any other business combination involving Switchback and any other corporation, partnership or other business organization other than the Company and Company Subsidiaries (a “Switchback Alternative Transaction”), (ii) approve, endorse or recommend, or propose publicly to approve, endorse or recommend, any Switchback Alternative Transaction, (iii) approve, endorse, recommend, execute or enter into any agreement in principle, confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, term sheet, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other written arrangement relating to any Switchback Alternative Transaction or any proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to a Switchback Alternative Transaction, (iv) commence, continue or renew any due diligence investigation regarding any Switchback Alternative Transaction, or (v) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing or otherwise authorize or permit any of its Representatives acting on its behalf to take any such action. Each of Switchback and Merger Sub shall, and shall direct their respective affiliates and Representatives acting on their behalf to, immediately cease any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any person conducted heretofore with respect to any Switchback Alternative Transaction. The parties agree that any violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 7.01 by Switchback or Merger Sub or their respective affiliates or Representatives shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 7.01 by Switchback and Merger Sub.

 

(e) Switchback shall notify the Company promptly (but in no event later than twenty-four (24) hours) after receipt by Switchback or any of its Representatives of any inquiry or proposal with respect to a Switchback Alternative Transaction, any inquiry that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Switchback Alternative Transaction or any request for non-public information relating to Switchback or for access to the business, properties, assets, personnel, books or records of Switchback by any third party. In such notice, Switchback shall identify the third party making any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request with respect to a Switchback Alternative Transaction and provide the details of the material terms and conditions of any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request. Switchback shall keep the Company informed, on a reasonably current and prompt basis, of the status and material terms of any such inquiry, proposal, indication or request with respect to a Switchback Alternative Transaction, including the material terms and conditions thereof any material amendments or proposed amendments.

 

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7.02 Registration Statement; Consent Solicitation Statement; Proxy Statement.

 

(a) The Company will use reasonable best efforts to cause each of the Key Company Stockholders to execute and deliver in accordance with Section 10.01 to the Company and Switchback the Stockholder Support Agreement within twenty-four (24) hours after the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto. If the Stockholder Support Agreement is not executed and delivered in accordance with Section 10.01 within such twenty-four (24) hour period after the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parties (a “Support Agreement Failure”), Switchback shall have the right to terminate this Agreement as set forth in Section 9.01.

 

(b) As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, subject to the terms of this Section 7.02, Switchback (with the assistance and cooperation of the Company as reasonably requested by Switchback) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Registration Statement”) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock to be issued to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, which shall include a proxy statement / consent solicitation statement prospectus containing (i) a consent solicitation statement in preliminary form (as amended or supplemented, the “Consent Solicitation Statement”) in connection with the solicitation by the Company of written consents from the stockholders of the Company, to approve, by the requisite consent of the Company Stockholders under the DGCL and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or any equivalent organizational documents) of the Company (the “Requisite Company Stockholder Approval”), this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (ii) a proxy statement in preliminary form (as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement”) relating to the meeting of Switchback’s stockholders (including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting”) to be held to consider (A) approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger, (B) approval of the issuance of Switchback Class A Common Stock as contemplated by this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements, (C) approval of the second amended and restated Switchback Certificate of Incorporation as set forth on Exhibit C, (D) the election of the individuals identified by the Company to Switchback following the date of this Agreement, but prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to serve as members of the board of directors of Switchback (which individuals, solely to the extent they are not members of the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement, shall be reasonably acceptable to Switchback), (E) approval and adoption of a customary equity incentive plan (the “Omnibus Incentive Plan”) in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Switchback and the Company (the “Omnibus Incentive Plan Proposal”), (F) approval of a customary employee stock purchase plan (the “ESPP,” and such proposal, the “ESPP Proposal”) in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Switchback and the Company, and (G) any other proposals the parties deem necessary to effectuate the Merger (clauses (A), (B), (C), and (G) collectively, the “Required Switchback Proposals,” and together with clauses (D), (E) and (F), the “Switchback Proposals”). Each of the Company and Switchback shall furnish all information concerning such party as the other party may reasonably request in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Merger Materials (as defined below). Switchback and the Company each shall use their reasonable best efforts to (w) cause the Registration Statement, when filed with the SEC, to comply in all material respects with all legal requirements applicable thereto, (x) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to and resolve all comments received from the SEC concerning the Merger Materials, (y) cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective as promptly as practicable and (z) keep the Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Transactions. Prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement, each of the Company and Switchback shall take all actions necessary to cause the Merger Materials to be mailed to their respective stockholders as of the applicable record date as promptly as practicable (and in any event within three (3) Business Days) following the date upon which the Registration Statement becomes effective. Each of the Company and Switchback shall otherwise reasonably assist and cooperate with the other party in the preparation of the Merger Materials and the resolution of any comments received from the SEC. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company (i) agrees to promptly provide Switchback with all information concerning the business, management, operations and financial condition of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, in each case, reasonably requested by Switchback for inclusion in the Merger Materials and (ii) shall cause the officers and employees of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to be reasonably available to Switchback and its counsel in connection with the drafting of the Merger Materials and to respond in a timely manner to comments on the Merger Materials from the SEC. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Merger Materials” means the Registration Statement, including the prospectus forming a part thereof, the Consent Solicitation Statement, the Proxy Statement, and any amendments thereto.

 

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(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Merger Materials will be made by Switchback without the approval of the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Switchback will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Switchback Class A Common Stock to be issued or issuable to the stockholders of the Company in connection with this Agreement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction. Switchback will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any request by the SEC for amendment of the Merger Materials or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information and shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, supply the Company with copies of all written correspondence between it or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC, on the other hand, or, if not in writing, a description of such communication, with respect to the Merger Materials or the Merger. No response to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC relating to the Merger Materials will be made by Switchback without the prior consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and without providing the Company a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon unless pursuant to a telephone call initiated by the SEC.

 

(d) Switchback represents that the information supplied by Switchback for inclusion in the Merger Materials shall not, at (i) the time the Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time the Merger Materials are mailed to their respective stockholders and (iii) the time of the Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to Switchback or Merger Sub, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by Switchback which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Merger Materials, Switchback shall promptly inform the Company.

 

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(e) The Company represents that the information supplied by the Company for inclusion in the Merger Materials shall not, at (i) the time the Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time Merger Materials are mailed to their respective stockholders and (iii) the time of the Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or its officers or directors, should be discovered by the Company which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Merger Materials, the Company shall promptly inform Switchback.

 

7.03 Consent Solicitation; Written Consent; Company Change in Recommendation.

 

(a) As promptly as practicable following the date upon which the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Company shall solicit the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval via written consent in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL. In connection therewith, prior to the date upon which the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Company Board shall set a record date for determining the stockholders of the Company entitled to provide such written consent. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause each Key Company Stockholder to duly execute and deliver a stockholder written consent substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Written Consent”) in respect of the shares of Company Stock beneficially owned by such Key Company Stockholder (which Key Company Stockholders hold shares of Company Stock sufficient constitute Company Stockholder Approval) in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL within forty-eight (48) hours of the Registration Statement becoming effective. As promptly as practicable following the execution and delivery of the Written Consent by the Key Company Stockholders to the Company, the Company shall deliver to Switchback a copy of such Written Consent in accordance with Section 10.01. Promptly following the receipt of the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval via the Written Consent and delivery to Switchback of a copy of such Written Consent in accordance with Section 10.01, the Company will prepare (subject to the reasonable approval of Switchback) and deliver to the stockholders of the Company who have not executed and delivered the Written Consent the notice required by Section 228(e) of the DGCL and include a description of the appraisal rights of the stockholders of the Company available under Section 262 of the DGCL along with such other information as is required thereunder and pursuant to applicable Law. If the Key Company Stockholders fail to deliver the Written Consent to the Company within forty-eight (48) hours of the Registration Statement becoming effective (a “Written Consent Failure”), Switchback shall have the right to terminate this Agreement as set forth in Section 9.01.

 

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(b) The Consent Solicitation Statement shall include the Company Recommendation. Neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall: (i) withdraw, modify, amend or qualify (or propose to withdraw, modify, amend or qualify publicly) the Company Recommendation, or fail to include the Company Recommendation in the Consent Solicitation Statement; (ii) approve, recommend or declare advisable (or publicly propose to do so) any Alternative Transaction; (iii) fail to publicly announce, within ten (10) Business Days after a tender offer or exchange offer relating to the equity securities of the Company shall have been commenced by any third party other than Switchback and its affiliates, a statement disclosing that the Company Board recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer (for the avoidance of doubt, the taking of no position or a neutral position by the Company Board in respect of the acceptance of any such tender offer or exchange offer as of the end of such period shall constitute a failure to publicly announce that the Company Board recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer); or (iv) if requested by Switchback, fail to issue, within ten (10) Business Days after an Alternative Transaction (other than any tender offer or exchange offer) is publicly announced, a press release reaffirming the Company Recommendation (any action described in clauses (i) through (iv) being referred to as a “Company Change in Recommendation”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company Board, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, determines in good faith that failure to effect a Company Change in Recommendation would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law, then the Company Board may effect a Company Change in Recommendation so long as the Company (to the extent lawful and reasonably practicable) first provides Switchback with at least 48 hours advance written notice of such withdrawal or modification.

 

(c) Notwithstanding (i) any Company Change in Recommendation, (ii) the making of any inquiry or proposal with respect to an Alternative Transaction or (iii) anything to the contrary contained herein, unless this Agreement has been earlier validly terminated in accordance with Section 9.01, (A) in no event shall the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries execute or enter into any agreement in principle, confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, term sheet, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other written arrangement relating to any Alternative Transaction or terminate this Agreement in connection therewith and (B) the Company shall otherwise remain subject to the terms of this Agreement, including the Company’s obligation to use reasonable best efforts to cause each Key Company Stockholder to duly execute and deliver the Written Consent and to otherwise solicit the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval in accordance with Section 7.03(a).

 

7.04 Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting; and Merger Sub Stockholder’s Approval.

 

(a) Switchback shall call and hold the Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting as promptly as practicable after the date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective for the purpose of voting solely upon the Switchback Proposals, and Switchback shall use its reasonable best efforts to hold the Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting as soon as practicable after the date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective; provided, that Switchback may (or, upon the receipt of a request to do so from the Company, shall) postpone or adjourn the Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting on one or more occasions for up to 45 days in the aggregate to the extent that such postponement or adjournment is reasonably necessary to solicit additional proxies to obtain approval of the Switchback Proposals or otherwise take actions consistent with Switchback’s obligations pursuant to Section 7.09. Switchback shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the approval of the Switchback Proposals at the Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting, including by soliciting from its stockholders proxies as promptly as possible in favor of the Switchback Proposals, and shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the required vote or consent of its stockholders. The Switchback Board shall recommend to its stockholders that they approve the Switchback Proposals (the “Switchback Recommendation”) and shall include the Switchback Recommendation in the Proxy Statement. Neither the Switchback Board nor any committee thereof shall: (i) withdraw, modify, amend or qualify (or propose to withdraw, modify, amend or qualify publicly) the Switchback Recommendation, or fail to include the Switchback Recommendation in the Proxy Statement; or (ii) approve, recommend or declare advisable (or publicly propose to do so) any Switchback Alternative Transaction (any action described in clauses (i) through (ii) being referred to as a “Switchback Change in Recommendation”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Switchback Board, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, determines in good faith that failure to effect a Switchback Change in Recommendation would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to the stockholders of Switchback under applicable Law, then the Switchback Board may effect a Switchback Change in Recommendation so long as Switchback (to the extent lawful and reasonably practicable) first provides the Company with at least 48 hours advance written notice of such withdrawal or modification.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding (i) any Switchback Change in Recommendation, (ii) the making of any inquiry or proposal with respect to a Switchback Alternative Transaction or (iii) anything to the contrary contained herein, unless this Agreement has been earlier validly terminated in accordance with Section 9.01, (A) in no event shall Switchback or Merger Sub execute or enter into any agreement in principle, confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, term sheet, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint venture agreement, partnership agreement or other written arrangement relating to any Switchback Alternative Transaction or terminate this Agreement in connection therewith and (B) Switchback and Merger Sub shall otherwise remain subject to the terms of this Agreement, including Switchback’s obligation to use reasonable best efforts to obtain the approval of the Switchback Proposals at the Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with Section 7.04(a).

 

(c) Promptly following the execution of this Agreement, Switchback shall approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub.

 

7.05 Access to Information; Confidentiality.

 

(a) From the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Company and Switchback shall (and shall cause their respective subsidiaries to): (i) provide to the other party (and the other party’s officers, directors, employees, accountants, consultants, legal counsel, agents and other representatives, collectively, “Representatives”) reasonable access at reasonable times upon prior notice to the officers, employees, agents, properties, offices and other facilities of such party and its Subsidiaries and to the books and records thereof; and (ii) furnish promptly to the other party such information concerning the business, properties, contracts, assets, liabilities, personnel and other aspects of such party and its Subsidiaries as the other party or its Representatives may reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor Switchback shall be required to provide access to or disclose information where the access or disclosure would jeopardize the protection of attorney-client privilege or contravene applicable Law (it being agreed that the parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause such information to be provided in a manner that would not result in such jeopardy or contravention).

 

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(b) All information obtained by the parties pursuant to this Section 7.05 shall be kept confidential in accordance with the confidentiality agreement, dated August 3, 2020 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), between Switchback and the Company.

 

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each party (and its respective Representatives) may consult any Tax advisor as is reasonably necessary regarding the Tax treatment and Tax structure of the Transactions and may disclose to such advisor as if reasonably necessary, the intended Tax treatment and Tax structure of the Transactions and all materials (including any Tax analysis) that are provided relating to such treatment or structure, in each case in accordance with the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

7.06 Incentive Equity Plan; ESPP. The Omnibus Incentive Plan Proposal shall provide that a number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock, which number shall be mutually agreed upon between Switchback and the Company, shall be reserved for issuance pursuant to the Omnibus Incentive Plan. The ESPP Proposal shall provide that a number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock, which number shall be mutually agreed upon between Switchback and the Company, shall be reserved for issuance pursuant to the ESPP. Subject to approval of the Omnibus Incentive Plan Proposal and/or the ESPP Proposal, following the Effective Time Switchback shall cause the issuance of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock under the Omnibus Incentive Plan and/or the ESPP, as applicable, to be registered with the SEC on a Form S-8 Registration Statement.

 

7.07 Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification.

 

(a) The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, exculpation, advancement or expense reimbursement than are set forth in the charter or bylaws of the Company, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries or agents of the Company, unless such modification shall be required by applicable Law. Switchback further agrees that with respect to the provisions of the charter, bylaws or limited liability company agreements of the Company Subsidiaries relating to indemnification, exculpation, advancement or expense reimbursement, such provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries or agents of such Company Subsidiary, unless such modification shall be required by applicable Law. For a period of six years from the Effective Time, Switchback agrees that it shall indemnify and hold harmless each present and former director and officer of the Company or any Company Subsidiary against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent that the Company would have been permitted under applicable Law, the Company Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Company, the charter, bylaws or limited liability company agreements of the Company Subsidiary, or any indemnification agreement in effect on the date of this Agreement to indemnify or exculpate such person (including the advancing of expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law).

 

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(b) The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Switchback shall contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, exculpation, advancement or expense reimbursement than are set forth as of the date hereof in the charter or bylaws of Switchback and the Merger Sub, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries or agents of Switchback, unless such modification shall be required by applicable Law. Switchback further agrees that with respect to the provisions of the charter or bylaws of Switchback as of the date hereof relating to indemnification, exculpation, advancement or expense reimbursement, such provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries or agents of Switchback, unless such modification shall be required by applicable Law. For a period of six years from the Effective Time, Switchback agrees that it shall indemnify and hold harmless each present and former director and officer of Switchback against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent that Switchback would have been permitted under applicable Law, the Switchback certificate of incorporation or the bylaws of Switchback or the Merger Sub, or any indemnification agreement in effect on the date of this Agreement to indemnify or exculpate such person (including the advancing of expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law).

 

(c) For a period of six years from the Effective Time, Switchback shall maintain in effect directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (“D&O Insurance”) covering those persons who are currently covered by the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (true, correct and complete copies of which have been heretofore made available to Switchback or its agents or Representatives) (the “Company D&O Insurance”) on terms not less favorable than the terms of such current insurance coverage, except that in no event shall Switchback be required to pay an annual premium for such insurance in excess of 300% of the aggregate annual premium payable by the Company for such insurance policy for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “Maximum Annual Premium”). If the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed the Maximum Annual Premium, then Switchback will be obligated to obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding the Maximum Annual Premium from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance carrier. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company may purchase a prepaid “tail” policy with respect to the Company D&O Insurance from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance carrier so long as the aggregate cost for such “tail” policy does not exceed the Maximum Annual Premium. If the Company elects to purchase such a “tail” policy prior to the Effective Time, Switchback will maintain such “tail” policy in full force and effect for a period of no less than six years after the Effective Time and continue to honor its obligations thereunder. If the Company is unable to obtain the “tail” policy and Switchback is unable to obtain the insurance described in this Section 7.07(b) for an amount less than or equal to the Maximum Annual Premium, Switchback will instead obtain as much comparable insurance as possible for an annual premium equal to the Maximum Annual Premium.

 

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(d) Prior to the Effective Time, Switchback may purchase a prepaid “tail” policy (a “Switchback Tail Policy”) with respect to the D&O Insurance covering those persons who are currently covered by Switchback’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies (the “Switchback D&O Insurance”). If Switchback elects to purchase such a Switchback Tail Policy prior to the Effective Time, Switchback will maintain such Switchback Tail Policy in full force and effect for a period of no less than six years after the Effective Time and continue to honor its obligations thereunder.

 

(e) With respect to any claims that may be made under the Company D&O Insurance or the Switchback D&O Insurance or any applicable “tail” policies, (i) prior to the Effective Time, Switchback and the Company shall cooperate with the other party as reasonably requested by such other Party, and (ii) after the Effective Time, Switchback shall cooperate with any person insured by such policies as reasonably requested by such Person. For the avoidance of doubt, any D&O Insurance intended to cover claims arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring after the Effective Time (the “Go-forward D&O Insurance”) shall be a post-Closing expense of Switchback.

 

(f) On the Closing Date, Switchback shall enter into customary indemnification agreements reasonably satisfactory to each of the Company and Switchback with the post-Closing directors and officers of Switchback, which indemnification agreements shall continue to be effective following the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification agreements with the pre-Closing directors and officers of Switchback in effect as of the date hereof and listed on Section 7.07(f) of the Switchback Disclosure Schedule shall continue to be effective following the Closing, and Switchback shall continue to honor its obligations thereunder.

 

(g) For the avoidance of doubt, any costs incurred by Switchback pursuant to this Section 7.07 shall not constitute a Switchback Transaction Cost.

 

7.08 Notification of Certain Matters. The Company shall give prompt notice to Switchback, and Switchback shall give prompt notice to the Company, of any event which a party becomes aware of between the date of this Agreement and the Closing (or the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article IX), the occurrence, or non-occurrence of which causes or would reasonably be expected to cause any of the conditions set forth in Article VIII to fail. For clarity, unintentional failure to give notice under this Section 7.08 shall not be deemed to be a breach of covenant under this Section 7.08 and shall constitute only a breach of the underlying representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or condition, as the case may be.

 

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7.09 Further Action; Reasonable Best Efforts.

 

(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, appropriate action, and to do, or cause to be done, such things as are necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws or otherwise, and each shall cooperate with the other, to consummate and make effective the Transactions, including using its reasonable best efforts to obtain all permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders of, and the expiration or termination of waiting periods by, Governmental Authorities and parties to contracts with the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as set forth in Section 4.05 necessary for the consummation of the Transactions and to fulfill the conditions to the Merger. In case, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, the proper officers and directors of each party shall use their reasonable best efforts to take all such action.

 

(b) Each of the parties shall keep each other apprised of the status of matters relating to the Transactions, including promptly notifying the other parties of any communication it or any of its affiliates receives from any Governmental Authority relating to the matters that are the subject of this Agreement and permitting the other parties to review in advance, and to the extent practicable consult about, any proposed communication by such party to any Governmental Authority in connection with the Transactions. No party to this Agreement shall agree to participate in any meeting, or video or telephone conference, with any Governmental Authority in respect of any filings, investigation or other inquiry unless it consults with the other parties in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority, gives the other parties the opportunity to attend and participate at such meeting or conference. Subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the parties will coordinate and cooperate fully with each other in exchanging such information and providing such assistance as the other parties may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing. Subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the parties will provide each other with copies of all material correspondence, filings or communications, including any documents, information and data contained therewith, between them or any of their Representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement and the Transactions contemplated hereby. No party shall take or cause to be taken any action before any Governmental Authority that is inconsistent with or intended to delay its action on requests for a consent or the consummation of the Transactions.

 

(c) Except to the extent provided in writing by the Company, Switchback shall not permit any amendment or modification to be made to, permit any waiver (in whole or in part) of or provide consent to (including consent to termination), any provision or remedy under any of the Subscription Agreements in a manner adverse to the Company. Switchback shall take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to (i) consummate the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements on the terms and conditions described therein, including maintaining in effect the Subscription Agreements and enforcing the terms thereof, (ii) satisfy in all material respects on a timely basis all conditions and covenants applicable to Switchback in the Subscription Agreements and otherwise comply with its obligations thereunder, (iii) in the event that all conditions in the Subscription Agreements (other than conditions that Switchback or any of its affiliates control the satisfaction of and other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing) have been satisfied, consummate the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements at or prior to Closing; (iv) confer with the Company regarding timing of the Closing (as defined in the Subscription Agreements); and (v) deliver notices to counterparties to the Subscription Agreements sufficiently in advance of the Closing to cause them to fund their obligations as far in advance of the Closing as permitted by the Subscription Agreements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Switchback shall give the Company, prompt written notice: (A) of any amendment to any Subscription Agreement; (B) of any breach or default (or any event or circumstance that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, could give rise to any breach or default) by any party to any Subscription Agreement known to Switchback; (C) of the receipt of any written notice or other written communication from any party to any Subscription Agreement with respect to any actual, potential, threatened or claimed expiration, lapse, withdrawal, breach, default, termination or repudiation by any party to any Subscription Agreement or any provisions of any Subscription Agreement; and (D) if Switchback does not expect to receive all or any portion of the PIPE Investment Amount on the terms, in the manner or from the PIPE Investors as contemplated by the Subscription Agreements.

 

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7.10 Public Announcements. The initial press release relating to this Agreement shall be a joint press release the text of which has been agreed to by each of Switchback and the Company. Thereafter, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date (or the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article IX) unless otherwise prohibited by applicable Law or the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange, each of Switchback and the Company shall each use its reasonable best efforts to consult with each other before issuing any press release or otherwise making any public statements (including through social media platforms) with respect to this Agreement, the Merger or any of the other Transactions, and shall not issue any such press release or make any such public statement (including through social media platforms) without the prior written consent of the other party. Furthermore, nothing contained in this Section 7.10 shall prevent Switchback or the Company and/or its respective affiliates from furnishing customary or other reasonable information concerning the Transactions to their investors and prospective investors that is substantively consistent with public statements previously consented to by the other party in accordance with this Section 7.10.

 

7.11 Stock Exchange Listing. Switchback will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Switchback Class A Common Stock issued in connection with the Transactions (including the Earnout Shares) to be approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange at Closing. During the period from the date hereof until the Closing, Switchback shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Switchback Units, Switchback Class A Common Stock and Switchback Warrants listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

7.12 Antitrust.

 

(a) To the extent required under any Laws that are designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade, including the HSR Act (“Antitrust Laws”), each party hereto agrees to promptly make any required filing or application under Antitrust Laws, as applicable, and with respect to the HSR Act make any required filings no later than ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement. The parties hereto agree to supply as promptly as reasonably practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to Antitrust Laws and to take all other actions necessary, proper or advisable to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods or obtain required approvals, as applicable under Antitrust Laws as soon as practicable, including by requesting early termination of the waiting period provided for under the HSR Act.

 

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(b) Switchback and the Company each shall, in connection with its efforts to obtain all requisite approvals and expiration or termination of waiting periods for the Transactions under any Antitrust Law, use its reasonable best efforts to: (i) cooperate in all respects with each other party or its affiliates in connection with any filing or submission and in connection with any investigation or other inquiry, including any proceeding initiated by a private person; (ii) keep the other reasonably informed of any communication received by such party from, or given by such party to, any Governmental Authority and of any communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private person, in each case regarding any of the Transactions, and promptly furnish the other with copies of all such written communications (with the exception of the filings, if any, submitted under the HSR Act); (iii) permit the other to review in advance any written communication to be given by it to, and consult with each other in advance of any meeting or video or telephonic conference with, any Governmental Authority or, in connection with any proceeding by a private person, with any other person, and to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority or other person, give the other the opportunity to attend and participate in such in person, video or telephonic meetings and conferences; (iv) in the event a party is prohibited from participating in or attending any in person, video or telephonic meetings or conferences, the other shall keep such party promptly and reasonably apprised with respect thereto; and (v) use reasonable best efforts to cooperate in the filing of any memoranda, white papers, filings, correspondence or other written communications explaining or defending the Transactions, articulating any regulatory or competitive argument, and/or responding to requests or objections made by any Governmental Authority; provided, that materials required to be provided pursuant to this Section 7.12(b) may be restricted to outside counsel and may be redacted (vi) to remove references concerning the valuation of the Company, and (vii) as necessary to comply with contractual arrangements.

 

(c) No party hereto shall take any action that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect or materially delay the approval of any Governmental Authority, or the expiration or termination of any waiting period under Antitrust Laws, including by agreeing to merge with or acquire any other person or acquire a substantial portion of the assets of or equity in any other person. The parties hereto further covenant and agree, with respect to a threatened or pending preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, decree or ruling or statute, rule, regulation or executive order that would adversely affect the ability of the parties to consummate the Transactions, to use reasonable best efforts to prevent or lift the entry, enactment or promulgation thereof, as the case may be.

 

7.13 Trust Account. As of the Effective Time, the obligations of Switchback to dissolve or liquidate within a specified time period as contained in the Switchback Certificate of Incorporation will be terminated and Switchback shall have no obligation whatsoever to dissolve and liquidate the assets of Switchback by reason of the consummation of the Merger or otherwise, and no stockholder of Switchback shall be entitled to receive any amount from the Trust Account. At least 48 hours prior to the Effective Time, Switchback shall provide notice to the Trustee in accordance with the Trust Agreement and shall deliver any other documents, opinions or notices required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement and cause the Trustee prior to the Effective Time to, and the Trustee shall thereupon be obligated to, transfer all funds held in the Trust Account to Switchback (to be held as available cash for immediate use on the balance sheet of Switchback, and to be used (a) to pay the Company’s and Switchback’s unpaid transaction expenses in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions and (b) thereafter, for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the business following the Closing) and thereafter shall cause the Trust Account and the Trust Agreement to terminate.

 

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7.14 Tax Matters. This Agreement is intended to constitute, and the parties hereto hereby adopt this Agreement as, a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a). Each of Switchback, Merger Sub and the Company shall use its respective reasonable best efforts to: (a)(i) cause the Merger to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code (including, if the Company and Switchback jointly determine it is advisable after consultation with their respective tax advisors, considering a merger of the Company with and into Switchback, or an entity disregarded as separate from Switchback for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, promptly after Closing to qualify such merger and the Merger, taken together, as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Code in accordance with IRS Rev. Rul. 2001-46), and (ii) not (and not permit or cause any of their affiliates, subsidiaries or Representatives to) take any action which to its knowledge could reasonably be expected to materially prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, (b) report the Merger as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code unless otherwise required pursuant to a change in applicable law, including attaching the statement described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-3(a) on or with its Tax Return for the taxable year of the Merger, and (c) cause the Surviving Corporation to continue the Company’s historic business or use a significant portion of the Company’s historic business assets in a business, in each case, to the extent required pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-1(d). For the avoidance of doubt, except as otherwise required pursuant to this Agreement, no party (or its respective affiliates and owners) shall be required to satisfy its obligations pursuant to this Section 7.14 by altering the consideration payable pursuant to Article III. To the extent the parties reasonably determine the Transactions qualify as a tax-free incorporation pursuant to Section 351 of the Code, either in addition to or in lieu of the “reorganization” treatment discussed above, the parties agree to undertake similar obligations as set forth in this Section 7.14 in respect of such tax-free incorporation treatment.

 

7.15 Directors. Switchback shall take all necessary action so that immediately after the Effective Time, the board of directors of Switchback is comprised of the individuals nominated for election in the Registration Statement.

 

7.16 Switchback Public Filings. From the date hereof through the Closing, Switchback will keep current and timely file all reports required to be filed or furnished with the SEC and otherwise comply in all material respects with its reporting obligations under applicable securities laws.

 

7.17 FIRPTA Tax Certificates. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Switchback in a form reasonably acceptable to Switchback, a properly executed certification that shares of Company Common Stock are not “United States real property interests” in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(c)(3), together with a notice to the IRS (which shall be filed by Switchback with the IRS at or following the Closing) in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.897-2(h)(2) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

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7.18 Audited Financial Statements. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to deliver true and complete copies of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as of January 31, 2019 and January 31, 2020, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries for each of the years then ended, each audited in accordance with the auditing standards of the PCAOB (collectively, the “Audited Financial Statements”) not later than 30 days from the date of this Agreement.

 

7.19 Side Letter and Investor Agreements. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to, and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries to use reasonable best efforts to, (a) terminate (i) each Side Letter Agreement, other than those Side Letter Agreements that expire on their own terms, and (ii) each of the Company Voting Agreement and the Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement at or prior to the Closing and (b) terminate, or amend and restate in form reasonably satisfactory to Switchback, the Investors’ Rights Agreement.

 

Article VIII

Conditions to the Merger

 

8.01 Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party. The obligations of the Company, Switchback and Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions, including the Merger, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:

 

(a) Written Consent. The Written Consent, constituting the Requisite Company Stockholder Approval, shall have been delivered to Switchback.

 

(b) Switchback Stockholders’ Approval. The Required Switchback Proposals shall have been approved and adopted by the requisite affirmative vote of the stockholders of Switchback in accordance with the Proxy Statement, the DGCL, the Switchback Organizational Documents and the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(c) No Order. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law or Governmental Order which is then in effect and has the effect of making the Transactions, including the Merger, illegal or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger.

 

(d) HSR. All required filings under the HSR Act shall have been completed and any applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of the Transactions under the HSR Act (and any extension thereof, or any timing agreements, understandings or commitments obtained by request or other action of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice or the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, as applicable) shall have expired or been terminated.

 

(e) Registration Statement. The Registration Statement shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceedings for purposes of suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been initiated or be threatened by the SEC.

 

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(f) Stock Exchange Listing. The shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement (including the Earnout Shares) and the Subscription Agreements shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, or another national securities exchange mutually agreed to by the parties, as of the Closing Date, subject only to official notice of issuance thereof.

 

(g) Switchback Net Tangible Assets. Switchback shall have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following the exercise of Redemption Rights in accordance with the Switchback Organizational Documents.

 

8.02 Conditions to the Obligations of Switchback and Merger Sub. The obligations of Switchback and Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions, including the Merger, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to the Effective Time of the following additional conditions:

 

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in (i) Section 4.01(a), Section 4.03 (other than clauses (a), (b), (c) and (g) thereof, which are subject to clause (iii) below), Section 4.04 and Section 4.23 shall each be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such specified date), (ii) Section 4.08(c) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and the Effective Time, (iii) Section 4.03(a), Section 4.03(b), Section 4.03(c) and Section 4.03(g) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent of any changes that reflect actions permitted in accordance with Section 6.01 and except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such specified date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in more than an immaterial additional cost, expense or liability to the Company, Switchback, Merger Sub or their affiliates and (iv) the other provisions of Article IV shall be true and correct in all respects (without giving effect to any “materiality,” “Company Material Adverse Effect” or similar qualifiers contained in any such representations and warranties) as of the date hereof and the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such earlier date), except where the failures of any such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) Agreements and Covenants. The Company shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Effective Time.

 

(c) Officer Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to Switchback a certificate, dated the date of the Closing, signed by an officer of the Company, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 8.02(a), Section 8.02(b) and Section 8.02(d).

 

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(d) Material Adverse Effect. No Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time and be continuing.

 

(e) Private Placements. The sale and issuance by Switchback of Switchback Class A Common Stock in connection with the Private Placements shall have been consummated prior to or in connection with the Effective Time.

 

(f) Financial Statements. The Company shall have delivered to Switchback the Audited Financial Statements.

 

8.03 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the Transactions, including the Merger, are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) at or prior to Closing of the following additional conditions:

 

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Switchback and Merger Sub contained in (i) Section 5.01, Section 5.03(b), Section 5.03(c), Section 5.04, Section 5.12 and Section 5.16 shall each be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such specified date), (ii) Section 5.03(d) and Section 5.07(h)(iii) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and the Effective Time, (iii) Section 5.03(a) and Section 5.03(e) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent of any changes that reflect actions permitted in accordance with Section 6.02 and except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such specified date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in more than an immaterial additional cost, expense or liability to the Company, Switchback, Merger Sub or their affiliates and (iv) the other provisions of Article V shall be true and correct in all respects (without giving effect to any “materiality,” “Switchback Material Adverse Effect” or similar qualifiers contained in any such representations and warranties) as of the date hereof and the Effective Time as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly is made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be so true and correct as of such earlier date), except where the failures of any such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Switchback Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) Agreements and Covenants. Switchback and Merger Sub shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all other agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Effective Time.

 

(c) Officer Certificate. Switchback shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated the date of the Closing, signed by the Chief Executive Officer of Switchback, certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 8.03(a), Section 8.03(b) and Section 8.03(d).

 

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(d) Material Adverse Effect. No Switchback Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time and be continuing.

 

(e) Trust Fund. Switchback shall have made all necessary and appropriate arrangements with the Trustee to have all of the Trust Funds disbursed to Switchback immediately prior to the Effective Time, and all such funds released from the Trust Account shall be available to Switchback in respect of all or a portion of the payment obligations set forth in Section 7.13 and the payment of Switchback’s fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions.

 

(f) Switchback Cash. The amount of Switchback Cash, minus (x) the aggregate amount of cash proceeds that will be required to satisfy the exercise of Redemption Rights in accordance with the Switchback Organizational Documents, if any, minus (y) the amount of Switchback Transaction Costs that remain unpaid immediately prior to the Closing (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Switchback Transaction Costs payable by Sponsor in accordance with Section 3.04), shall equal or exceed the Switchback Minimum Cash.

 

(g) Founders Stock Letter. Each of the covenants of the Sponsor required under the Founders Stock Letter to be performed as of or prior to the Closing shall have been performed in all material respects, and the Sponsor shall not have threatened (orally or in writing) (i) that the Founders Stock Letter is not valid, binding and in full force and effect, (ii) that Switchback is in breach of or default under the Founders Stock Letter or (iii) to terminate the Founders Stock Letter.

 

Article IX

Termination, Amendment and Waiver

 

9.01 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger and the other Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, notwithstanding any requisite approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Transactions by the stockholders of the Company or Switchback, as follows:

 

(a) by mutual written consent of Switchback and the Company;

 

(b) by either Switchback or the Company if the Effective Time shall not have occurred prior to the date that is 180 days after the date hereof (the “Outside Date”); provided, however, that this Agreement may not be terminated under this Section 9.01(b) by or on behalf of any party that either directly or indirectly through its affiliates is in breach or violation of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation contained herein and such breach or violation is the principal cause of the failure of a condition set forth in Article VIII on or prior to the Outside Date; provided, further, that (x) in the event that any Law is enacted after the date hereof extending the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act, the Outside Date shall automatically be extended by the length of any such extension and (y) in the event that the Company shall have failed to deliver the Audited Financial Statements to Switchback within thirty (30) Business Days of the execution of this Agreement (the “Financial Statement Delivery Date”), the Outside Date shall automatically be extended by one Business Day for each Business Day elapsing from the Financial Statement Delivery Date until the date the Audited Financial Statements shall have been delivered by the Company to Switchback, up to a total of thirty (30) additional Business Days;

 

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(c) by either Switchback or the Company if any Governmental Order has become final and nonappealable and has the effect of making consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting consummation of the Transactions, the Merger;

 

(d) by either Switchback or the Company if any of the Required Switchback Proposals shall fail to receive the requisite vote for approval at the Switchback Stockholders’ Meeting (subject to any adjournment, postponement or recess of such meeting); provided that the right to terminate this Agreement shall not be available to Switchback if, at the time of such termination, Switchback is in breach of its covenants and agreements hereunder;

 

(e) by Switchback, in the event of a Support Agreement Failure or a Written Consent Failure;

 

(f) by Switchback upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Company shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Sections 8.02(a) and 8.02(b) would not be satisfied (“Terminating Company Breach”); provided, that Switchback has not waived such Terminating Company Breach and Switchback and Merger Sub are not then in material breach of their representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in this Agreement; provided, further, that, if such Terminating Company Breach is curable by the Company, Switchback may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.01(f) for so long as the Company continues to exercise its reasonable efforts to cure such breach, unless such breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after notice of such breach is provided by Switchback to the Company;

 

(g) by the Company upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Switchback or Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of Switchback or Merger Sub shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Sections 8.03(a) and 8.03(b) would not be satisfied (“Terminating Switchback Breach”); provided, that the Company has not waived such Terminating Switchback Breach and the Company is not then in material breach of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements in this Agreement; provided, further, that, if such Terminating Switchback Breach is curable by Switchback and Merger Sub, the Company may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.01(g) for so long as Switchback and Merger Sub continue to exercise their reasonable efforts to cure such breach, unless such breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after notice of such breach is provided by the Company to Switchback; or

 

(h) by Switchback if the Company shall have failed to deliver the Audited Financial Statements to Switchback within sixty (60) Business Days of the execution of this Agreement.

 

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9.02 Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01, this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and there shall be no liability under this Agreement on the part of any party hereto, except as set forth in Article X and any corresponding definitions set forth in Article I, or in the case of termination subsequent to fraud or a willful material breach of this Agreement by a party hereto.

 

9.03 Expenses. Except as set forth in this Section 9.03 or elsewhere in this Agreement (including in Section 3.04), all expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses, whether or not the Merger or any other Transaction is consummated; provided that Switchback and the Company shall each pay one half of the filing fee for the Notification and Report Forms filed under the HSR Act.

 

9.04 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended in writing by the parties hereto at any time prior to the Effective Time. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.

 

9.05 Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, (a) Switchback may (i) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of the Company, (ii) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or in any document delivered by the Company pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance with any agreement of the Company or any condition to its own obligations contained herein and (b) the Company may (i) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of Switchback or Merger Sub, (ii) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of Switchback or Merger Sub contained herein or in any document delivered by Switchback and/or Merger pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance with any agreement of Switchback or Merger Sub or any condition to its own obligations contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby.

 

Article X

General Provisions

 

10.01 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by email or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 10.01):

 

if to Switchback or Merger Sub:

 

Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation
5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1010

Dallas, TX 75225

Attention: Jim Mutrie
Email: jmutrie@switchback-energy.com

 

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with a copy to:

 

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
1001 Fannin St.
Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Douglas McWilliams; Ramey Layne
Email: dmcwilliams@velaw.com; rlayne@velaw.com

 

if to the Company:

 

ChargePoint, Inc.
240 East Hacienda Avenue

Campbell, CA 95008
Attention: Rex Jackson
Email: rex.jackson@chargepoint.com

 

with copies to:

 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10153
Attention: Michael Aiello; Amanda Fenster
Email: michael.aiello@weil.com; amanda.fenster@weil.com

 

and

 

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
550 Allerton Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
Attention: David Young; Andrew Luh
Email: dyoung@gunder.com; aluh@gunder.com

 

10.02 Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants. None of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements in this Agreement or in any certificate, statement or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, including any rights arising out of any breach of such representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, agreements and other provisions, shall survive the Closing and all such representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements shall terminate and expire upon the occurrence of the Closing (and there shall be no liability after the Closing in respect thereof), except for (a) those covenants and agreements contained herein that by their terms expressly apply in whole or in part after the Closing and then only with respect to any breaches occurring after the Closing and (b) this Article X and any corresponding definitions set forth in Article I.

 

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10.03 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the Transactions be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

 

10.04 Entire Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede, except as set forth in Section 7.05(b), all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof, except for the Confidentiality Agreement. This Agreement shall not be assigned (whether pursuant to a merger, by operation of Law or otherwise) by any party without the prior express written consent of the other parties hereto.

 

10.05 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement, other than Section 7.07 and Section 3.03(c) (each of which is intended to be for the benefit of the persons covered thereby and may be enforced by such persons).

 

10.06 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State. All legal actions and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in any Delaware Chancery Court; provided, that if jurisdiction is not then available in the Delaware Chancery Court, then any such legal Action may be brought in any federal court located in the State of Delaware or any other Delaware state court. The parties hereto hereby (a) irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for themselves and with respect to their respective properties for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party hereto, and (b) agree not to commence any Action relating thereto except in the courts described above in Delaware, other than Actions in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce any judgment, decree or award rendered by any such court in Delaware as described herein. Each of the parties further agrees that notice as provided herein shall constitute sufficient service of process and the parties further waive any argument that such service is insufficient. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Transactions, (c) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in Delaware as described herein for any reason, (d) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (e) that (i) the Action in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such Action is improper or (iii) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.

 

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10.07 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law any right it may have to a trial by jury with respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions. Each of the parties hereto (a) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce that foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other hereto have been induced to enter into this Agreement and the Transactions, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 10.07.

 

10.08 Headings. The descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

10.09 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile or portable document format (pdf) transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

10.10 Specific Performance.

 

(a) The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof, and, accordingly, that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof (including the parties’ obligation to consummate the Merger) in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, County of Newcastle, or, if that court does not have jurisdiction, any court of the United States located in the State of Delaware without proof of actual damages or otherwise, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at Law or in equity as expressly permitted in this Agreement. Each of the parties hereby further waives (i) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at Law would be adequate and (ii) any requirement under any Law to post security or a bond as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if prior to the Outside Date any party initiates an Action to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, then the Outside Date will be automatically extended by: (1) the amount of time during which such Action is pending plus 20 Business Days; or (2) such other time period established by the court presiding over such Action.

 

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10.11 No Recourse. All claims, obligations, liabilities, or causes of action (whether in contract or in tort, in Law or in equity or otherwise, or granted by statute or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company veil or any other theory or doctrine, including alter ego or otherwise) that may be based upon, in respect of, arise under, out or by reason of, be connected with, or relate in any manner to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, or the negotiation, execution, or performance or non-performance of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents (including any representation or warranty made in, in connection with, or as an inducement to, this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents), may be made only against (and such representations and warranties are those solely of) the persons that are expressly identified as parties to this Agreement or the applicable Transaction Document (the “Contracting Parties”) except as set forth in this Section 10.11. In no event shall any Contracting Party have any shared or vicarious liability for the actions or omissions of any other person. No person who is not a Contracting Party, including any current, former or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, manager, stockholder, affiliate, agent, financing source, attorney or Representative or assignee of any Contracting Party, or any current, former or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, manager, stockholder, affiliate, agent, financing source, attorney or Representative or assignee of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Nonparty Affiliates”), shall have any liability (whether in contract or in tort, in Law or in equity or otherwise, or granted by statute or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company veil or any other theory or doctrine, including alter ego or otherwise) for any obligations or liabilities arising under, out of, in connection with, or related in any manner to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or their negotiation, execution, performance, or breach, except with respect to willful misconduct or common law fraud against the person who committed such willful misconduct or common law fraud, and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law; and each party hereto waives and releases all such liabilities, claims, causes of action and obligations against any such Nonparty Affiliates. The parties acknowledge and agree that the Nonparty Affiliates are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 10.11. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, none of the Contracting Parties or any Nonparty Affiliate shall be responsible or liable for any multiple, consequential, indirect, special, statutory, exemplary or punitive damages which may be alleged as a result of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any other agreement referenced herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder, or the termination or abandonment of any of the foregoing.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Switchback, Merger Sub, and the Company have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

  SWITCHBACK ENERGY ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By: /s/ Jim Mutrie
  Name: Jim Mutrie
  Title: Chief Commercial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
   
  LIGHTNING MERGER SUB INC.
     
  By: /s/ Jim Mutrie
  Name: Jim Mutrie
  Title: Chief Commercial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
   
  CHARGEPOINT, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Pasquale Romano
  Name:  Pasquale Romano
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature Page to Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

STOCKHOLDER SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

[Intentionally Omitted]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

[Intentionally Omitted]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION Of SWITCHBACK

 

[Intentionally Omitted]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

AMENDED AND
RESTATED BYLAWS Of SWITCHBACK

 

[Intentionally Omitted]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

Directors of The Company following the merger

 

[Intentionally Omitted]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT F

Chargepoint, INC.

WRITTEN CONSENT IN LIEU OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

[Intentionally Omitted]

 

 

 

 

Schedule A

Company Knowledge Parties

 

[Intentionally Omitted]

 

 

 

 

Schedule B

Key Company Stockholders

 

[Intentionally Omitted]

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

This Lock-Up Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of September 23, 2020, by and among Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Switchback”), the undersigned stockholders (each, a “Lock-Up Party” and, collectively, the “Lock-Up Parties”) of ChargePoint, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and the Company. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, on September 23, 2020, Switchback, Lightning Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Switchback (“Merger Sub”), and the Company, entered into a Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into ChargePoint, with ChargePoint surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Switchback (the “Merger”);

 

WHEREAS, each Lock-Up Party agrees to enter into this Agreement with respect to all Lock-Up Securities (as defined below) that such Lock-Up Party now or hereafter owns, beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) or of record;

 

WHEREAS, each of Switchback, the Company and each Lock-Up Party has determined that it is in its best interests to enter into this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, each Lock-Up Party understands and acknowledges that Switchback and the Company are entering into the Business Combination Agreement in reliance upon such Lock-Up Party’s execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth below and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions. When used in this Agreement, the following terms in all of their tenses, cases and correlative forms shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1 or elsewhere in this Agreement.

 

Affiliate” of a specified person means a Person who, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person (provided that if a Lock-Up Party is a venture capital, private equity or angel fund, no portfolio company of such Lock-Up Party will be deemed an Affiliate of such Lock-Up Party).

 

Beneficially Own” has the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 

Expiration Time” shall mean the earliest to occur of (a) the effective date of the Merger (the “Closing Date”), (b) such date as the Business Combination Agreement shall be validly terminated in accordance with Article IX thereof and (c) the effective date of a written agreement of the parties hereto terminating this Agreement.

 

Family Member” means with respect to any individual, a spouse, lineal descendant (whether natural or adopted) or spouse of a lineal descendant of such individual or any trust created for the benefit of such individual or of which any of the foregoing is a beneficiary.

 

Governmental Authority” means any United States federal, state, county, municipal or other local or non-United States government, governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency, instrumentality or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body.

 

Law” means any federal, national, state, county, municipal, provincial, local, foreign or multinational, statute, constitution, common law, ordinance, code, decree, order, judgment, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority.

 

Lock-Up Securities” means any Switchback Securities Beneficially Owned by a Lock-Up Party as of immediately following the Closing Date, other than (i) any security received pursuant to an incentive plan adopted by Switchback on or after the Closing Date, or (ii) any Switchback Securities acquired in open market transactions.

 

Permitted Transferee” means with respect to any Person, (a) any Family Member of such Person, (b) any Affiliate of such Person or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by such Person, (c) any Affiliate of any Family Member of such Person, (d) if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity, its stockholders, partners, members or other equityholders, and (e) the Company or Switchback in connection with the repurchase of shares of Switchback Common Stock issued pursuant to equity awards granted under a stock incentive plan or other equity award plan.

 

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, syndicate, person (including a “person” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), trust, association or entity or government, political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a government.

 

Switchback Common Stock” means Switchback’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

Switchback Securities” means (a) any shares of Switchback Common Stock, (b) any shares of Switchback Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any warrant or other right to acquire shares of such Switchback Common Stock and (c) any equity securities of Switchback that may be issued or distributed or be issuable with respect to the securities referred to in clauses (a) or (b) by way of conversion, dividend, stock split or other distribution, merger, consolidation, exchange, recapitalization or reclassification or similar transaction.

 

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Transfer” shall mean any direct or indirect sale, assignment, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, disposition, loan or other transfer, or entry into any agreement with respect to any sale, assignment, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, disposition, loan or other transfer, excluding entry into this Agreement and the Business Combination Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

2. Lock-Up.

 

2.1 Lock-Up. Each Lock-Up Party severally, and not jointly, agrees with Switchback not to effect any Transfer, or make a public announcement of any intention to effect such Transfer, of any Lock-Up Securities Beneficially Owned or otherwise held by such Lock-Up Party during the Lock-Up Period (as defined below); provided, that such prohibition shall not apply to Transfers permitted pursuant to Section 2.2. The “Lock-Up Period” shall be the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is six (6) months following the Closing Date.

 

2.2 Permitted Transfers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, during the Lock-Up Period, each Lock-Up Party may Transfer, without the consent of Switchback, any of such Lock-Up Party’s Lock-Up Securities (i) to any of such Lock-Up Party’s Permitted Transferees, upon written notice to Switchback or (ii) (a) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (b) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; or (c) pursuant to any liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of Switchback’s stockholders having the right to exchange their Switchback Securities for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the Merger; provided, that in connection with any Transfer of such Lock-Up Securities, the restrictions and obligations contained in Section 2.1 and this Section 2.2 will continue to apply to such Lock-Up Securities after any Transfer of such Lock-Up Securities and such transferee shall execute a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of this Agreement for the balance of the Lock-Up Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.2, a Lock-Up Party may (i) not make a Transfer to a Permitted Transferee if such Transfer has as a purpose the avoidance of or is otherwise undertaken in contemplation of avoiding the restrictions on Transfers in this Agreement (it being understood that the purpose of this provision includes prohibiting the Transfer to a Permitted Transferee (A) that has been formed to facilitate a material change with respect to who or which entities Beneficially Own the Lock-Up Securities, or (B) followed by a change in the relationship between the Lock-Up Party and the Permitted Transferee (or a change of control of such Lock-Up Party or Permitted Transferee) after the Transfer with the result and effect that the Lock-Up Party has indirectly made a Transfer of Lock-Up Securities by using a Permitted Transferee, which Transfer would not have been directly permitted under this Article II had such change in such relationship occurred prior to such Transfer), or (ii) enter into a written plan meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement relating to the sale of the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities, provided that (A) the securities subject to such plan may not be sold until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and (B) the Company shall not be required to effect, and the undersigned shall not effect or cause to be effected, any public filing, report or other public announcement regarding the establishment of the trading plan.

 

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3. Additional Agreements.

 

3.1 Confidentiality. Until the Expiration Time, each Lock-Up Party will and will direct their Affiliates to keep confidential and not disclose any non-public information relating to Switchback or the Company and their respective subsidiaries, including the existence or terms of, or transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, except to the extent that such information (i) was, is or becomes generally available to the public after the date hereof other than as a result of a disclosure by such Lock-Up Party in breach of this Section 3.1, (ii) is, was or becomes available to such Lock-Up Party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Switchback or the Company, or (iii) is or was independently developed by such Lock-Up Party after the date hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such information may be disclosed to the extent required to be disclosed in a judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise required to be disclosed by applicable Law (including complying with any oral or written questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process to which such disclosing party is subject), provided that such Lock-Up Party gives Switchback or the Company, as applicable, prompt notice of such request(s) or requirement(s), to the extent practicable (and not prohibited by Law), so that the Switchback or the Company may seek, at its expense, an appropriate protective order or similar relief (and such Lock-Up Party shall reasonably cooperate with such efforts it being understood that such obligation to reasonably cooperate does not require a Lock-Up Party to itself commence litigation regarding such protective order or similar relief).

 

3.2 Switchback Board Release. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it is understood and agreed that, from and after the Closing Date, the Board of Directors of Switchback shall be entitled to release any Lock-Up Party from any or all of its obligations hereunder, in each case on behalf of Switchback and the Company, provided, however, if one Lock-Up Party is released, the other Lock-Up Parties shall also be similarly released to the same relative extent as the released Lock-Up Party.

 

4. Representations and Warranties of the Lock-Up Parties. Each Lock-Up Party hereby represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, to the Company and Switchback as follows:

 

4.1 Due Authority. Such Lock-Up Party has the full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder. If such Lock-Up Party is an individual, the signature to this agreement is genuine and such Lock-Up Party has legal competence and capacity to execute the same. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Lock-Up Party and, assuming due execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Lock-Up Party, enforceable against such Lock-Up Party in accordance with its terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, by general equitable principles.

 

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4.2 No Conflict; Consents.

 

(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Lock-Up Party does not, and the performance by such Lock-Up Party of the obligations under this Agreement and the compliance by such Lock-Up Party with any provisions hereof do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any Law applicable to such Lock-Up Party, (ii) if such Lock-Up Party is an entity, conflict with or violate the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or any equivalent organizational documents of such Lock-Up Party, or (iii) result in any breach of, or constitute a default (or an event, which with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a material default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a lien on any of the securities of the Company owned by such Lock-Up Party pursuant to any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument or obligation to which such Lock-Up Party is a party or by which such Lock-Up Party is bound, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to materially impair the ability of such Lock-Up Party to perform its obligations hereunder or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Lock-Up Party does not, and the performance of this Agreement by such Lock-Up Party will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing or notification to, or expiration of any waiting period by any Governmental Authority or any other Person with respect to such Lock-Up Party, other than those set forth as conditions to closing in the Business Combination Agreement.

 

4.3 Absence of Litigation. As of the date hereof, there is no litigation, suit, claim, charge, grievance, action, proceeding, audit or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority (an “Action”) pending against, or, to the knowledge of such Lock-Up Party after reasonable inquiry, threatened against such Lock-Up Party that would reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of such Lock-Up Party to perform its obligations hereunder or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

4.4 Absence of Conflicting Agreements. Such Lock-Up Party has not entered into any agreement, arrangement or understanding that is otherwise materially inconsistent with, or would materially interfere with, or prohibit or prevent it from satisfying, its obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

 

5. Fiduciary Duties. The covenants and agreements set forth herein shall not prevent any designee of any Lock-Up Party from serving on the Board of Directors of the Company or from taking any action, subject to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement, while acting in such designee’s capacity as a director of the Company. Each Lock-Up Party is entering into this Agreement solely in its capacity as the anticipated owner of Switchback Securities following the consummation of the Merger.

 

6. Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement, none of the parties hereto shall have any further obligations or liabilities under this Agreement; provided, that nothing in this Section 6 shall relieve any party hereto of liability for any willful material breach of this Agreement prior to its termination.

 

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7. Miscellaneous.

 

7.1 Severability. In the event that any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement, or the application thereof, is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under any present or future Law: (a) such provision will be fully severable; (b) this Agreement will be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof; (c) the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance herefrom; and (d) in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible.

 

7.2 Non-survival of Representations and Warranties. None of the representations or warranties in this Agreement or in any schedule, instrument or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Expiration Time.

 

7.3 Assignment. No party hereto may assign, directly or indirectly, including by operation of Law, either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the other parties hereto, except with respect to a Transfer completed in accordance with Section 2.2. Subject to the first sentence of this Section 7.3, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any assignment in violation of this Section 7.3 shall be void ab initio.

 

7.4 Amendments and Modifications. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto at any time by execution of an instrument in writing signed by (1) Switchback, (2) the Company and (3), if prior to the Closing Date, by Lock-Up Parties holding 75% of the shares of the Company (measured by shares of Company common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Company Common Stock”), and assuming the exercise and conversion of all then-outstanding Company securities into shares of Company Common Stock) then held by Lock-Up Parties, and, if after the Closing Date, by Lock-Up Parties holding 75% of the Lock-Up Securities (assuming the exercise of all then-outstanding warrants and options that are Lock-Up Securities) that are then subject to this Agreement. Any such amendment shall be binding on all the Lock-Up Parties, but in no event shall the obligation of any Lock-Up Parties hereunder be materially increased, except upon the written consent of such Lock-Up Parties.

 

7.5 Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof, and, accordingly, that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, County of Newcastle, or, if that court does not have jurisdiction, any court of the United States located in the State of Delaware without proof of actual damages or otherwise, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at Law or in equity as expressly permitted in this Agreement. Each of the parties hereby further waives (1) any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at Law would be adequate and (2) any requirement under any Law to post security or a bond as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief.

 

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7.6 Notices. All notices, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally or by a nationally recognized courier service guaranteeing overnight delivery, or sent via email to the parties hereto at the following addresses, and such communications, to be valid, must be addressed as follows:

 

(i) if to Switchback prior to the Merger, to:

 

Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation
5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1010

Dallas, TX 75225

Attention: Jim Mutrie
Email: jmutrie@switchback-energy.com

 

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

 

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
1001 Fannin St.
Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77002
Attention: Douglas McWilliams; Ramey Layne
Email: dmcwilliams@velaw.com; rlayne@velaw.com

 

(ii) if to the Company or Switchback following the Merger, to:

 

ChargePoint, Inc.
240 East Hacienda Avenue

Campbell, CA 95008
Attention: Rex Jackson
Email: rex.jackson@chargepoint.com

 

with copies to:

 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10153
Attention: Michael Aiello; Amanda Fenster
Email: michael.aiello@weil.com; amanda.fenster@weil.com

 

and

 

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
550 Allerton Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
Attention: David Young; Jeffrey R. Vetter
Email: dyoung@gunder.com; jvetter@gunder.com

 

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(iii) if to a Lock-Up Party, to the address for notice set forth on such Lock-Up Party’s signature page to this Agreement,

 

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

 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
Attention: Michael Aiello; Amanda Fenster
Email: michael.aiello@weil.com; amanda.fenster@weil.com

 

and

 

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
550 Allerton Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
Attention: David Young; Jeffrey R. Vetter
Email: dyoung@gunder.com; jvetter@gunder.com

 

unless otherwise specified herein, such notices or other communications will be deemed given (a) on the date established by the sender as having been delivered personally; (b) one business day after being sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier guaranteeing overnight delivery; (c) upon transmission, if sent by email (provided no “bounceback” or notice of non-delivery is received); or (d) on the fifth business day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid.

 

7.7 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State. All legal actions and proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in any Delaware Chancery Court; provided, that if jurisdiction is not then available in the Delaware Chancery Court, then any such legal Action may be brought in any federal court located in the State of Delaware or any other Delaware state court. The parties hereto hereby (a) irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for themselves and with respect to their respective properties for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any party hereto, and (b) agree not to commence any Action relating thereto except in the courts described above in Delaware, other than Actions in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce any judgment, decree or award rendered by any such court in Delaware as described herein. Each of the parties further agrees that notice as provided herein shall constitute sufficient service of process and the parties further waive any argument that such service is insufficient. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (a) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts in Delaware as described herein for any reason, (b) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (c) that (i) the Action in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such Action is improper or (iii) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.

 

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7.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law any right it may have to a trial by jury with respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. Each of the parties hereto (a) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce that foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other hereto have been induced to enter into this Agreement and the Transactions CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 7.8.

 

7.9 Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and is not intended to confer upon any other Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies.

 

7.10 Counterparts. This Agreement and each other document executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and the consummation thereof, may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same document and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties hereto, it being understood that all parties hereto need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery by electronic transmission to counsel for the other party of a counterpart executed by a party shall be deemed to meet the requirements of the previous sentence.

 

7.11 Effect of Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

7.12 Legal Representation. Each of the parties hereto agrees that it has been represented by independent counsel of its choice during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and each party hereto and its counsel cooperated in the drafting and preparation of this Agreement and the documents referred to herein and, therefore, waive the application of any Law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party hereto drafting such agreement or document. Each Lock-Up Party acknowledges that Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP are acting as counsel to the Company in connection with the Business Combination Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, and that neither of such firms is acting as counsel to any Lock-Up Party.

 

7.13 Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party hereto incurring such expenses.

 

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7.14 Further Assurances. At the request of Switchback or the Company, in the case of any Lock-Up Party, or at the request of the Lock-Up Parties, in the case of Switchback, and without further consideration, each party shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered such additional documents and instruments and take such further action as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

7.15 Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of either party to exercise 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. Neither party shall be deemed to have waived any claim available to such party 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 waiving party; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.

 

7.16 Several Liability. The liability of any Lock-Up Party hereunder is several (and not joint). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in no event will any Lock-Up Party be liable for any other Lock-Up Party’s breach of such other Lock-Up Party’s representations, warranties, covenants, or agreements contained in this Agreement.

 

7.17 No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or otherwise, but without limiting any provision in the Business Combination Agreement, this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claims or causes of action that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, may only be made against the entities and Persons that are expressly identified as parties to this Agreement in their capacities as such and no former, current or future stockholders, equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, general or limited partners, members, managers, agents or affiliates of any party hereto, or any former, current or future direct or indirect stockholder, equity holder, controlling person, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, agent or affiliate of any of the foregoing (each, a “Non-Recourse Party”) shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of the parties to this Agreement or for any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated hereby or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith. Without limiting the rights of any party against the other parties hereto, in no event shall any party or any of its affiliates seek to enforce this Agreement against, make any claims for breach of this Agreement against, or seek to recover monetary damages from, any Non-Recourse Party.

 

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In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  SWITCHBACK ENERGY ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By:  
  Name:  Jim Mutrie
  Title: Chief Commercial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

 

Signature Page to

Lock-Up Agreement

 

 

 

 

  Chargepoint, Inc.
     
  By:                  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Signature Page to

Lock-Up Agreement

 

 

 

 

In witness whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

 

  LOCK-UP PARTIES:
     
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  By:      
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

     
  [●]  
     
  Address:   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Email Address:   

 

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Lock-Up Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

Execution Version

 

September 23, 2020

 

Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation

5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1010

Dallas, TX 75225

Attention: Jim Mutrie, Chief Commercial Officer

 

RE:Surrender and Potential Forfeiture of Switchback Class B Common Stock and Sponsor Transaction Costs

 

Reference is made to that certain Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “BCA”), to be dated as of the date hereof, by and among ChargePoint, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Switchback”), and Lightning Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Switchback. This letter agreement (this “Letter Agreement”) is being entered into and delivered by Switchback and each of NGP Switchback, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), Joseph Armes, Zane Arrott and Ray Kubis (together with the Sponsor, the “Founder Stockholders”) in connection with the transactions contemplated by the BCA. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the BCA.

 

In consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Switchback and each Founder Stockholder hereby agree as follows:

 

1.Each Founder Stockholder represents and warrants that such Founder Stockholder holds the number of shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Switchback (the “Switchback Class B Common Stock”) set forth opposite such Founder Stockholder’s name on Exhibit A under the heading “Total Shares,” which shares collectively constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of Switchback Class B Common Stock as of the date hereof. As of the date hereof, there are 7,852,941 shares of Switchback Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding.

 

2.During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of the BCA pursuant to Article IX thereof, each Founder Stockholder agrees not to (a) transfer any shares of Switchback Class B Common Stock held by such Founder Stockholder or (b) deposit any shares of Switchback Class B Common Stock held by such Founder Stockholder into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or any similar agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to such shares of Switchback Class B Common Stock or grant any proxy (except as otherwise provided herein), consent or power of attorney with respect thereto (other than pursuant to this Letter Agreement); provided, that each Founder Stockholder may transfer shares of Switchback Class B Common Stock, as contemplated by clauses (a) through (f) of Section 7(c) of the Prior Letter Agreement (as defined below), if and only if, the transferee of such shares of Switchback Class B Common Stock evidences in a writing reasonably satisfactory to Switchback such transferee’s agreement to be bound by and subject to the terms and provisions hereof to the same effect as such Founder Stockholder.

 

 

 

 

3.Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions to Closing set forth in Sections 8.01 and 8.02 of the BCA, immediately prior to the Closing, each Founder Stockholder shall surrender, for no consideration and as a capital contribution to Switchback (including for purposes of Section 118 of the Internal Revenue Code), the number of shares of Switchback Class B Common Stock set forth opposite such Founder Stockholder’s name on Exhibit A under the heading “Forfeited Shares” (collectively, the “Forfeited Shares”), which Forfeited Shares will be immediately cancelled.

 

4.Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions to Closing set forth in Sections 8.01 and 8.02 of the BCA, effective immediately prior to the Closing, each Founder Stockholder hereby waives any and all rights such Founder Stockholder has or will have under Section 4.3(b)(ii) of Switchback’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to receive, with respect to each share of Switchback Class B Common Stock held by such Founder Stockholder, more than one (1) share of Switchback Class A Common Stock upon automatic conversion of such shares of Switchback Class B Common Stock in accordance with Switchback’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in connection with the consummation of the Transactions. Without limitation of the foregoing, upon the consummation of the Transactions, each Founder Stockholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that pursuant to Section 4.3(b) of Switchback’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, each share of Switchback Class B Common Stock held by such Founder Stockholder (for the avoidance of doubt, not including Forfeited Shares) shall automatically convert into one (1) share of Switchback Class A Common Stock.

 

5.Upon and subject to the Closing, the number of shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock to be owned by each Founder Stockholder set forth opposite such Founder Stockholder’s name on Exhibit A under the heading “Earnout Shares” (which represent shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock to be issued in exchange for an equal number of shares of Switchback Class B Common Stock upon completion of the Merger, the “Earnout Shares”) shall become subject to potential forfeiture if the Triggering Event (as defined below) does not occur during the time period between the Closing Date and the five-year anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Earnout Period”), with such Earnout Shares no longer being subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event pursuant to the terms of this Letter Agreement. Certificates or book entries representing the Earnout Shares shall bear a legend referencing that they are subject to forfeiture pursuant to the provisions of this Letter Agreement, and any transfer agent for Switchback Common Stock will be given appropriate stop transfer orders with respect to the Earnout Shares until the occurrence of a Triggering Event (subject to the ability of each Founder Stockholder to transfer any Earnout Shares in accordance with the terms of the Prior Letter Agreement); provided, however, that upon a Triggering Event in accordance with the terms herein, Switchback shall immediately cause the removal of such legend and direct such transfer agent that such stop transfer orders are no longer applicable.

 

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6.One-hundred percent (100%) of the Earnout Shares shall no longer be subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event during the Earnout Period. In the event no Triggering Event occurs during the Earnout Period, such Earnout Shares shall immediately be forfeited to Switchback for no consideration as a contribution to the capital of Switchback (including for purposes of Section 118 of the Internal Revenue Code) and immediately cancelled. “Triggering Event” means the date on which the volume-weighted average closing sale price of one (1) share of Switchback Class A Common Stock quoted on the New York Stock Exchange (or the exchange on which the shares of Switchback Class A Common Stock are then listed) is greater than or equal to $12.00 for any ten (10) Trading Days within any twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period; provided, that, if, during the Earnout Period, there is a Change of Control pursuant to which Switchback or any of its stockholders have the right to receive consideration implying a value of Switchback Class A Common Stock (as determined in good faith by the Switchback Board) of greater than or equal to $12.00, then the Triggering Event shall be deemed to have occurred. The number of Earnout Shares and Switchback Class A Common Stock price targets set forth in this Section 6 shall be equitably adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combinations, exchanges of shares or other like changes or transactions with respect to Switchback Class A Common Stock occurring on or after the Closing (other than the conversion of the Switchback Class B Common Stock into Switchback Class A Common Stock at the Closing).

 

7.Holders of the Earnout Shares shall be entitled to vote such Earnout Shares and receive dividends and other distributions in respect thereof prior to the occurrence of a Triggering Event in accordance with the terms herein.

 

8.Subject to the Closing, the Sponsor has agreed to bear all Switchback Transaction Costs (excluding Private Placement Transaction Costs) in excess of the Switchback Transaction Costs Cap upon the terms set forth in Section 3.04 of the BCA, such that on the Closing Date following the Closing, the Sponsor shall pay or cause to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds, all Switchback Transaction Costs, excluding any Private Placement Transaction Costs, in excess of the Switchback Transaction Costs Cap (the “Sponsor Transaction Costs”); provided, however, that in the event any Sponsor Transaction Costs include the cash portion of any loan payable by Switchback to the Sponsor where the proceeds have been spent on Switchback Transaction Costs already, the Sponsor shall forgive such portion of such loan in lieu of making any additional payment in respect of such Sponsor Transaction Costs. No later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing, Switchback shall deliver to the Sponsor a written notice setting forth the amount of Switchback Transaction Costs as of the Closing (including separate line items for the Private Placement Transaction Costs) and all relevant supporting documentation used by Switchback in calculating such amounts reasonably requested by the Sponsor.

 

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9.Following the Closing, to the extent that Switchback desires to expand the size of the Switchback Board to add directors, the Switchback Board shall consult with the Sponsor regarding the appointment of one such director; provided, that the Sponsor shall not have any veto, approval or appointment right in respect of any directors to be nominated or appointed to the Switchback Board following the Effective Time.

 

10.The parties have previously entered into that certain letter agreement dated July 25, 2019 in connection with the initial public offering of Switchback (as amended, the “Prior Letter Agreement”). The parties acknowledge and agree that the Prior Letter Agreement shall survive the consummation of the Transactions in accordance with its terms, and each Founder Stockholder shall comply with, and fully perform all of such Founder Stockholder’s obligations, covenants and agreements set forth in, the Prior Letter Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the lock-up provisions in paragraph 7).

 

11.During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of the BCA pursuant to Article IX thereof, no Founder Stockholder shall modify or amend this Letter Agreement or the Prior Letter Agreement.

 

12.Switchback acknowledges and agrees that, from and after the date hereof, subject to the terms and conditions of the BCA, any Insider (as defined in the Prior Letter Agreement) may participate in the formation of, or become an officer or director of, any blank check company in accordance with the terms of the Prior Letter Agreement. Upon the prior written request of the Sponsor, Switchback agrees to assign to any Insider designated by the Sponsor all right, title and interest in and to the trademarks, trade names, service marks, logos, corporate names, domain names and other source identifiers held by Switchback as of the date hereof, including any and all goodwill related to the foregoing (the “Switchback Marks”) (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any right, title or interest in or to the trademarks, trade names, service marks, logos, corporate names, domain names or other source identifiers held by the Company immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger), and from and after the Closing Switchback shall cease and discontinue all use of such Switchback Marks, including any mark or term confusingly similar thereto or derivative thereof.

 

13.Each Founder Stockholder hereby acknowledges that such Founder Stockholder has read the BCA and this Letter Agreement and has had the opportunity to consult with such Founder Stockholder’s tax and legal advisors. Each Founder Stockholder shall be bound by and comply with Section 7.05 (Access to Information; Confidentiality) of the BCA (and any relevant definitions contained in any such Sections) as if such Founder Stockholder was an original signatory to the BCA with respect to such provisions, mutatis mutandis.

 

14.Subject to the terms and conditions of this Letter Agreement, Switchback and each Founder Stockholder agrees to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Letter Agreement.

 

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15.Each Founder Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Switchback as follows:

 

(a)Such Founder Stockholder has all necessary power and authority to execute and deliver this Letter Agreement and to perform such Founder Stockholder’s obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Letter Agreement by each of such Founder Stockholder has been duly and validly authorized and no other action on the part of such Founder Stockholder is necessary to authorize this Letter Agreement. This Letter Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Founder Stockholder and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other Founder Stockholders and Switchback, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Founder Stockholder, enforceable against such Founder Stockholder in accordance with its terms, subject to the Remedies Exceptions.

 

(b)As of the date of this Letter Agreement, the Founder Stockholders collectively hold 7,852,941 shares of Switchback Class B Common Stock (with individual holdings set forth opposite each such Founder Stockholder’s name on Exhibit A under the heading “Total Shares”), free and clear of any and all Liens, other than those (i) created by this Letter Agreement, the Prior Letter Agreement and the Switchback Organizational Documents or (ii) arising under applicable securities Laws. Each Founder Stockholder has and will have until the earlier of the Closing and the valid termination of the BCA pursuant to Article IX thereof, sole voting power, power of disposition and power to issue instructions with respect to the Switchback Class B Common Stock held by such Founder Stockholder in accordance with this Letter Agreement and power to agree to all of the matters applicable to such Founder Stockholder set forth in this Letter Agreement.

 

(c)The execution and delivery of this Letter Agreement by such Founder Stockholder does not, and the performance of this Letter Agreement by such Founder Stockholder will not: (i) conflict with or violate any applicable Law applicable to such Founder Stockholder, (ii) contravene or conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, any provision of any charter, articles of association, operating agreement or similar formation or governing documents and instruments of such Founder Stockholder, or (iii) result in any breach of or constitute a material default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a material default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any of shares of Switchback Class B Common Stock owned by such Founder Stockholder pursuant to any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument (whether written or oral) to which such Founder Stockholder is a party or by which such Founder Stockholder is bound, except, in the case of clause (i) or (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of such Founder Stockholder to perform such Founder Stockholder’s obligations hereunder or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(d)The execution and delivery of this Letter Agreement by such Founder Stockholder does not, and the performance of this Letter Agreement by such Founder Stockholder will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, or expiration or termination of any waiting period by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person.

 

(e)There is no material Action pending or, to the knowledge of such Founder Stockholder (after reasonable inquiry), threatened against such Founder Stockholder, which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of such Founder Stockholder to perform such Founder Stockholder’s obligations hereunder or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(f)Except for this Letter Agreement and the Prior Letter Agreement, such Founder Stockholder has not: (i) entered into any voting agreement, voting trust or any similar agreement, arrangement or understanding, with respect to the Switchback Class B Common Stock owned by such Founder Stockholder or (ii) granted any proxy, consent or power of attorney with respect to any Switchback Class B Common Stock owned by such Founder Stockholder (other than as contemplated by this Letter Agreement). Such Founder Stockholder has not entered into any agreement, arrangement or understanding that is otherwise inconsistent with, or would interfere with, or prohibit or prevent such Founder Stockholder from satisfying such Founder Stockholder’s obligations pursuant to this Letter Agreement.

 

(g)Such Founder Stockholder understands and acknowledges that the Company is entering into the BCA in reliance upon the execution and delivery of this Letter Agreement by the Founder Stockholders.

 

16.The Company is an express third party beneficiary of this Letter Agreement entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and to enforce the provisions hereof as if the Company was a party hereto.

 

17.This Letter Agreement, together with the BCA to the extent referenced herein, the Prior Letter Agreement and the other agreements entered into by the Founder Stockholders in connection with the initial public offering of Switchback constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

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18.No party hereto may assign either this Letter Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, and any purported assignment in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void ab initio. This Letter Agreement shall be binding on the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

 

19.This Letter Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the provisions of the BCA. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Letter Agreement and the BCA, the terms of the BCA shall govern. The provisions set forth in Sections 10.09 (Counterparts), 10.03 (Severability) 10.10 (Specific Performance), 10.06 (Governing Law), 10.07 (Waiver of Jury Trial), 9.04 (Amendment) and 9.05 (Waiver) of the BCA, as in effect as of the date hereof, are hereby incorporated by reference into, and shall be deemed to apply to, this Letter Agreement, mutatis mutandis.

 

20.Any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Letter Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent in the same manner as provided in the BCA, with (a) notices to Switchback being sent to the addresses set forth therein, in each case with all copies as required thereunder and (b) notices to each Founder Stockholder being sent to the address set forth opposite such Founder Stockholder’s name on Exhibit A under the heading “Address.”

 

21.This Letter Agreement shall terminate, and have no further force and effect, if the BCA is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the Effective Time.

 

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Please indicate your agreement to the terms of this Letter Agreement by signing where indicated below.

 

  Very truly yours,
     
  NGP SWITCHBACK, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Jim Mutrie
  Name: Jim Mutrie
  Time: Chief Commercial Officer, General Counsel
    and Secretary
     
  FOUNDER STOCKHOLDERS
     
  By: /s/ Joseph Armes
  Name: Joseph Armes
     
  By: /s/ Zane Arrott
  Name: Zane Arrott
     
  By: /s/ Ray Kubis
  Name: Ray Kubis

 

Acknowledged and agreed

as of the date of this Letter Agreement:

 

SWITCHBACK ENERGY ACQUISITION

CORPORATION

 

By: /s/ Jim Mutrie  
Name: Jim Mutrie  
Title: Chief Commercial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary  

  

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EXHIBIT A

 

Founder Stockholder  Address  Total Shares   Forfeited Shares   Earnout Shares 
Joseph Armes  5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1010
Dallas, TX 75225
   40,000    5,015    4,584 
Zane Arrott  5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1010
Dallas, TX 75225
   40,000    5,015    4,584 
Ray Kubis  5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1010
Dallas, TX 75225
   40,000    5,015    4,584 
NGP Switchback, LLC  5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1010
Dallas, TX 75225
   7,732,941    969,661    886,248 
Total      7,852,941    984,706    900,000 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

Execution Version

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

This SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Subscription Agreement”) is entered into this 23rd day of September, 2020, by and among Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), ChargePoint, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ChargePoint”), and the undersigned (“Subscriber”).

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, the Issuer is entering into that certain Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of the date of this Subscription Agreement (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Combination Agreement”), among the Issuer, Lightning Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer, and ChargePoint, pursuant to which the Issuer will acquire ChargePoint, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (the “Transaction”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Transaction, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Subscription Agreement, Subscriber desires to subscribe for and purchase from the Issuer the number of shares of the Issuer’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Shares”), set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Acquired Shares”) for a purchase price of $10.00 per share (the “Share Purchase Price”), or the aggregate purchase price set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Purchase Price”), and the Issuer desires to issue and sell to Subscriber the Acquired Shares in consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price by or on behalf of Subscriber to the Issuer at or prior to the Closing Date; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Transaction, certain other institutional “accredited investors” (as such term is defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act,” and each such institutional “accredited investor,” an “Other Subscriber”)), have entered into subscription agreements with the Issuer substantially similar to this Subscription Agreement, pursuant to which such Other Subscribers have agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and the Issuer has agreed to issue and sell to such Other Subscribers, on the Closing Date, Class A Shares at the Share Purchase Price (the “Other Subscription Agreements”).

 

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

 

1. Subscription. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Subscriber hereby agrees to subscribe for and purchase, and the Issuer hereby agrees to issue and sell to Subscriber, upon the payment of the Purchase Price, the Acquired Shares (such subscription and issuance, the “Subscription”).

 

 

 

 

2. Closing.

 

a. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Sections 2(c) and 2(d), the closing of the Subscription contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall occur substantially concurrently with the closing of the Transaction (such date, the “Closing Date”) and is contingent upon the subsequent occurrence of the closing of the Transaction. Not less than five (5) business days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, the Issuer shall provide written notice to Subscriber (the “Closing Notice”) of the anticipated Closing Date.

 

b. On the Closing Date (unless otherwise provided below), subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Sections 2(c) and 2(d) (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at Closing, but without affecting the requirement that such conditions be satisfied or waived at Closing):

 

(i) Subscriber shall deliver to the Issuer the Purchase Price for the Acquired Shares one business day in advance of Closing (unless otherwise agreed by the Issuer) by wire transfer of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Issuer in the Closing Notice; and

 

(ii) The Issuer shall deliver to Subscriber the Acquired Shares in book-entry form, free and clear of any liens or other restrictions whatsoever (other than those arising under state or federal securities laws), in the name of Subscriber (or its nominee in accordance with its delivery instructions) or to a custodian designated by Subscriber, as applicable. Each book entry for the Acquired Shares shall contain a notation in substantially the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

 

c. The Issuer’s obligation to effect the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction on the Closing Date, or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the waiver by the Issuer, of each of the following conditions:

 

(i) all representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Subscriber Material Adverse Effect (as defined herein), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date;

 

(ii) Subscriber shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing;

 

(iii) no governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is then in effect and has the effect of making consummation of the Subscription illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting consummation of the Subscription; and

 

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(iv) all conditions precedent to the Issuer’s obligation to effect the Transaction set forth in the Combination Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that (x) may only be satisfied at the closing of the Transaction, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions as of the closing of the Transaction or (y) will be satisfied by the Closing and the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Other Subscription Agreements).

 

d. Subscriber’s obligation to effect the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction on the Closing Date, or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the waiver by Subscriber, of each of the following conditions:

 

(i) no suspension of the listing on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), or another national securities exchange, of the Acquired Shares to be issued or issuable to Subscriber in connection with this Subscription Agreement shall have occurred;

 

(ii) all representations and warranties of the Issuer contained in this Subscription Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than representations and warranties that are qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect (as defined herein), which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) at and as of the Closing Date;

 

(iii) the Issuer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Subscription Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing, except where the failure of such performance, satisfaction or non-compliance would not or would not reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the ability of the Issuer to consummate the Closing;

 

(iv) no governmental authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any judgment, order, law, rule or regulation (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is then in effect and has the effect of making consummation of the Subscription illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting consummation of the Subscription;

 

(v) the Combination Agreement (as the same exists on the date of this Subscription Agreement) shall not have been amended to, and there shall have been no waiver or modification to the Combination Agreement (as the same exists on the date of this Subscription Agreement) that would, materially adversely affect the economic benefits that Subscriber would reasonably expect to receive under this Subscription Agreement without having received Subscriber’s prior written consent;

 

(vi) all conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction set forth in the Combination Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that (x) may only be satisfied at the closing of the Transaction, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions as of the closing of the Transaction or (y) will be satisfied by the Closing and the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Other Subscription Agreements); and

 

(vii) no Company Material Adverse Effect or Switchback Material Adverse Effect (each as defined in the Combination Agreement) shall have occurred and be continuing on the Closing Date.

 

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

 

f. In the event the Transaction does not occur within four (4) business days of the Closing, the Issuer shall promptly (but not later than two (2) business days thereafter) return the Purchase Price to Subscriber, and any book entries shall be deemed cancelled.

 

3. Issuer Representations and Warranties. The Issuer represents and warrants that:

 

a. The Issuer has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.

 

b. The Acquired Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to Subscriber against full payment for the Acquired Shares in accordance with the terms of this Subscription Agreement, the Acquired Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights created under the Issuer’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws or under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

c. This Subscription Agreement, the Other Subscription Agreements and the Combination Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer and the Transaction Documents constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

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

 

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e. There are no securities or instruments issued by or to which the Issuer is a party containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of (i) the Acquired Shares or (ii) the Class A Shares to be issued pursuant to any Other Subscription Agreement, in each case, that have not been or will not be validly waived on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

f. The Issuer is not in default or violation (and no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or violation) of any term, condition or provision of (i) the organizational documents of the Issuer, (ii) any loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease or other agreement, permit, franchise or license to which the Issuer is now a party or by which the Issuer’s properties or assets are bound or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Issuer or any of its properties, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for defaults or violations that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

g. The Issuer is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority, self-regulatory organization or other person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of this Subscription Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance of the Acquired Shares), other than (i) the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of the Registration Statement (as defined below), (ii) filings required by applicable state or federal securities laws, (iii) the filings required in accordance with Section 9(m), (iv) those required by the NYSE, including with respect to obtaining stockholder approval, and (v) the failure of which to obtain would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect of the Issuer’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the sale and issuance of the Acquired Shares.

 

h. The authorized capital stock of the Issuer consists of (i) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”), (ii) 200,000,000 Class A Shares and (iii) 20,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B Shares”). As of the date hereof and as of immediately prior to the Closing: (A) no shares of Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, (B) 31,411,763 Class A Shares are issued and outstanding, (C) 7,852,941 Class B Shares are issued and outstanding and (D) 15,992,155 warrants, each entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per Class A Share, are outstanding.

 

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i. The Issuer has not received any written communication from a governmental entity that alleges that the Issuer is not in compliance with or is in default or violation of any applicable law, except where such non-compliance, default or violation would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

j. The issued and outstanding Class A Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and are listed for trading on the NYSE. There is no suit, action, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened against the Issuer by the NYSE or the Commission with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the Class A Shares or prohibit or terminate the listing of the Class A Shares on the NYSE. The Issuer has taken no action that is designed to terminate the registration of the Class A Shares under the Exchange Act.

 

k. Assuming the accuracy of Subscriber’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4, no registration under the Securities Act is required for the offer and sale of the Acquired Shares by the Issuer to Subscriber in the manner contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.

 

l. Neither the Issuer nor any person acting on its behalf has engaged or will engage in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D of the Securities Act) in connection with any offer or sale of the Acquired Shares.

 

m. Neither the Issuer nor NGP Switchback, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”) has entered into any subscription agreement, side letter or other agreement with any Other Subscriber or any other investor in connection with such Other Subscriber’s or investor’s direct or indirect investment in the Issuer other than (i) the Combination Agreement, (ii) the Other Subscription Agreements, (iii) that certain letter agreement, dated July 25, 2019, by and among the Sponsor, the Issuer and the other parties thereto and (iv) that certain founders stock letter agreement, to be dated the date hereof, by and among the Sponsor, the Issuer and the other parties thereto. The Other Subscription Agreements have not been amended in any material respect following the date of this Subscription Agreement and reflect the same Share Purchase Price and terms that are no more favorable to any such Other Subscriber thereunder than the terms of this Subscription Agreement.

 

n. The Issuer has made available to Subscriber (including via the Commission’s EDGAR system) a copy of each form, report, statement, schedule, prospectus, proxy, registration statement and other document, if any, filed by the Issuer with the Commission since its initial registration of the Class A Shares (the “SEC Documents”), which SEC Documents, as of their respective filing dates, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to the SEC Documents and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents. None of the SEC Documents filed under the Exchange Act (except to the extent that information contained in any SEC Document has been superseded by a later timely filed SEC Document) contained, when filed any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in the case of any SEC Document that is a registration statement, or included, when filed any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in the case of all other SEC Documents; provided, that, with respect to the proxy statement to be filed by the Issuer with respect to the Transaction or any of its affiliates included in any SEC Document or filed as an exhibit thereto, the representation and warranty in this sentence is made to the Issuer’s knowledge. The Issuer has timely filed each report, statement, schedule, prospectus and registration statement that the Issuer was required to file with the Commission since its inception. There are no material outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the Staff of the Commission with respect to any of the SEC Documents.

 

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o. Except for such matters as have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, there is no (i) proceeding pending, or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened against the Issuer or (ii) judgment, decree, injunction, ruling or order of any governmental entity or arbitrator outstanding against the Issuer.

 

p. Except for placement fees payable to Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., in their capacity as placement agents for the offer and sale of the Acquired Shares (in such capacity, the “Placement Agents”), the Issuer has not paid, and is not obligated to pay, any brokerage, finder’s or other commission or similar fee in connection with its issuance and sale of the Acquired Shares.

 

4. Subscriber Representations and Warranties. Subscriber represents and warrants that:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

e. Subscriber understands that the Acquired Shares are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the Acquired Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act. Subscriber understands that the Acquired Shares may not be resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by Subscriber absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, except (i) to the Issuer or a subsidiary thereof, (ii) to non-U.S. persons pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, provided that all of the applicable conditions thereof have been met, or (iv) pursuant to another applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and that any certificates or book-entry records representing the Acquired Shares shall contain a legend to such effect. Subscriber acknowledges that the Acquired Shares will not be eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. Subscriber understands and agrees that the Acquired Shares will be subject to transfer restrictions and, as a result of these transfer restrictions, Subscriber may not be able to readily resell the Acquired Shares and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the Acquired Shares for an indefinite period of time. Subscriber understands that it has been advised to consult legal counsel prior to making any offer, resale, pledge or transfer of any of the Acquired Shares.

 

f. Subscriber understands and agrees that Subscriber is purchasing the Acquired Shares directly from the Issuer. Subscriber further acknowledges that there have been no representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made to Subscriber by the Issuer or any of its officers or directors, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements included in this Subscription Agreement.

 

g. Subscriber’s acquisition and holding of the Acquired Shares will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or any applicable similar law.

 

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h. In making its decision to subscribe for and purchase the Acquired Shares, Subscriber represents that it has relied solely upon its own independent investigation, the investor presentation provided to Subscriber and the Issuer’s representations and warranties in Section 3. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Subscriber has not relied on any statements or other information provided by the Placement Agents or any of their respective affiliates, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or representatives, concerning the Issuer or the Acquired Shares or the offer and sale of the Acquired Shares. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that Subscriber has received such information as Subscriber deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the Acquired Shares, including with respect to the Issuer and the Transaction. Subscriber represents and agrees that Subscriber and Subscriber’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as Subscriber and such Subscriber’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Acquired Shares.

 

i. Subscriber became aware of this offering of the Acquired Shares solely by means of direct contact between Subscriber and the Issuer or the Placement Agents, and the Acquired Shares were offered to Subscriber solely by direct contact between Subscriber and the Issuer or the Placement Agents. Subscriber did not become aware of this offering of the Acquired Shares, nor were the Acquired Shares offered to Subscriber, by any other means. Subscriber acknowledges that the Issuer represents and warrants that the Acquired Shares (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws.

 

j. Subscriber acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to the purchase and ownership of the Acquired Shares. Subscriber has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Acquired Shares, and Subscriber has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as Subscriber has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision.

 

k. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that neither the Placement Agents nor any affiliate of any of the Placement Agents (nor any officer, director, employee or representative of any of the Placement Agent or any affiliate thereof) has provided Subscriber with any information or advice with respect to the Acquired Shares nor is such information or advice necessary or desired. Subscriber acknowledges that none of the Placement Agents, any affiliate of any of the Placement Agents or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or representatives (i) has made any representation as to the Issuer or the quality of the Acquired Shares, (ii) may have acquired non-public information with respect to the Issuer which Subscriber agrees need not be provided to it, (iii) has made an independent investigation with respect to the Issuer or the Acquired Shares or the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any information supplied to Subscriber by the Issuer, (iv) has acted as Subscriber’s financial advisor or fiduciary in connection with the issue and purchase of the Acquired Shares and (v) has prepared a disclosure or offering document in connection with the offer and sale of the Acquired Shares.

 

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l. Alone, or together with any professional advisor(s), Subscriber represents and acknowledges that Subscriber has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of an investment in the Acquired Shares and determined that the Acquired Shares are a suitable investment for Subscriber and that Subscriber is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of Subscriber’s investment in the Issuer. Subscriber acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

 

m. Subscriber understands and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Acquired Shares or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of an investment in the Acquired Shares.

 

n. Subscriber is not (i) a person or entity named on the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, the Executive Order 13599 List, the Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, or the Sectoral Sanctions Identification List, each of which is administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) (collectively “OFAC Lists”), (ii) owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, a person, that is named on an OFAC List, (iii) organized, incorporated, established, located, resident or born in, or a citizen, national, or the government, including any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, of, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, the Crimea region of Ukraine, or any other country or territory embargoed or subject to substantial trade restrictions by the United States, (iv) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515 or (v) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank (collectively, a “Prohibited Investor”). Subscriber represents that if it is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. section 5311 et seq.) (the “BSA”), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”), and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), that Subscriber maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. Subscriber also represents that, to the extent required, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with OFAC-administered sanctions programs, including for the screening of its investors against the OFAC Lists. Subscriber further represents and warrants that, to the extent required, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the funds held by Subscriber and used to purchase the Acquired Shares were legally derived.

 

o. If Subscriber is or is acting on behalf of (i) an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), (ii) a plan, an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to section 4975 of the Code, (iii) an entity whose underlying assets are considered to include “plan assets” of any such plan, account or arrangement described in clauses (i) and (ii) (each, and “ERISA Plan”), or (iv) an employee benefit plan that is a governmental plan (as defined in section 3(32) of ERISA), a church plan (as defined in section 3(33) of ERISA), a non-U.S. plan (as described in section 4(b)(4) of ERISA) or other plan that is not subject to the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) but may be subject to provisions under any other federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are similar to such provisions of ERISA or the Code (collectively, “Similar Laws,” and together with the ERISA Plans, “Plans”) Subscriber represents and warrants that (i) neither the Issuer, nor any of its respective affiliates (the “Transaction Parties”) has provided investment advice or has otherwise acted as the Plan’s fiduciary, with respect to its decision to acquire and hold the Acquired Shares, and none of the Transaction Parties is or shall at any time be the Plan’s fiduciary with respect to any decision to acquire and hold the Acquired Shares, and none of the Transaction Parties is or shall at any time be the Plan’s fiduciary with respect to any decision in connection with Subscriber’s investment in the Acquired Shares; and (ii) its purchase of the Acquired Shares will not result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the Code, or any applicable Similar Law.

 

p. Subscriber has, and at the Closing will have, sufficient funds to pay the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 2(b)(i).

 

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5. Additional Subscriber Agreement. Subscriber hereby agrees that, from the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, neither Subscriber nor any person or entity acting on behalf of Subscriber or pursuant to any understanding with Subscriber will engage in any Short Sales with respect to securities of the Issuer. For purposes of this Section 5, “Short Sales” shall include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges (other than pledges in the ordinary course of business as part of prime brokerage arrangements), forward sale contracts, options, puts, calls, swaps and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) nothing herein shall prohibit other entities under common management with Subscriber that have no knowledge of this Subscription Agreement or of Subscriber’s participation in the Transaction (including Subscriber’s controlled affiliates and/or affiliates) from entering into any Short Sales and (ii) in the case of a Subscriber that is a multi-managed investment vehicle whereby separate portfolio managers manage separate portions of such Subscriber’s assets and the portfolio managers have no knowledge of the investment decisions made by the portfolio managers managing other portions of such Subscriber’s assets, the representation set forth above shall only apply with respect to the portion of assets managed by the portfolio manager that made the investment decision to purchase the Acquired Shares covered by this Subscription Agreement.

 

6. Registration Rights.

 

a. The Issuer agrees that, within fifteen (15) business days after the consummation of the Transaction (the “Filing Date”), the Issuer will file with the Commission (at the Issuer’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”), registering the resale of the Acquired Shares, which Registration Statement may include shares of the Issuer’s common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants or those held by the Sponsor, and the Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (i) the 60th calendar day (or 90th calendar day if the Commission notifies the Issuer that it will “review” the Registration Statement) following the Closing and (ii) the 10th business day after the date the Issuer is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review (such earlier date, the “Effectiveness Date”); provided, however, that the Issuer’s obligations to include the Acquired Shares in the Registration Statement are contingent upon Subscriber furnishing in writing to the Issuer such information regarding Subscriber, the securities of the Issuer held by Subscriber and the intended method of disposition of the Acquired Shares as shall be reasonably requested by the Issuer to effect the registration of the Acquired Shares, and Subscriber shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Issuer may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations, including providing that the Issuer shall be entitled to postpone and suspend the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement during any customary blackout or similar period or as permitted hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission prevents the Issuer from including any or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Acquired Shares by the applicable stockholders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of Acquired Shares which is equal to the maximum number of Acquired Shares as is permitted by the Commission. In such event, the number of Acquired Shares to be registered for each selling stockholder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders. Upon notification by the Commission that the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, within two (2) business days thereafter, the Issuer shall file the final prospectus under Rule 424 of the Securities Act. The Issuer will provide a draft of the Registration Statement to Subscriber for review at least two (2) business days in advance of filing the Registration Statement. In no event shall Subscriber be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement unless requested by the SEC; provided, that if the SEC requests that Subscriber be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, Subscriber will have an opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement. For purposes of clarification, any failure by the Issuer to file the Registration Statement by the Filing Date or to effect such Registration Statement by the Effectiveness Date shall not otherwise relieve the Issuer of its obligations to file or effect the Registration Statement as set forth above in this Section 6.

 

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b. In the case of the registration effected by the Issuer pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, the Issuer shall, upon reasonable request, inform Subscriber as to the status of such registration. At its expense the Issuer shall:

 

(i) except for such times as the Issuer is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such registration continuously effective with respect to Subscriber, and to keep the applicable Registration Statement or any subsequent shelf registration statement free of any material misstatements or omissions, until the earlier of the following: (i) Subscriber ceases to hold any Acquired Shares or (ii) the date all Acquired Shares held by Subscriber may be sold without restriction under Rule 144, including without limitation, any volume and manner of sale restrictions which may be applicable to affiliates under Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Issuer to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) or Rule 144(i)(2), as applicable, and (iii) two years from the Effectiveness Date of the Registration Statement.

 

(ii) advise Subscriber within two (2) business days:

 

(1) when a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;

 

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(2) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to any Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information;

 

(3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose;

 

(4) of the receipt by the Issuer of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Acquired Shares included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

 

(5) subject to the provisions in this Subscription Agreement, of the occurrence of any event that requires the making of any changes in any Registration Statement or prospectus so that, as of such date, any Registration Statement does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or does not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any prospectus does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or does not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Issuer shall not, when so advising Subscriber of such events, provide Subscriber with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Issuer other than to the extent that providing notice to Subscriber of the occurrence of the events listed in (1) through (5) above constitutes material, nonpublic information regarding the Issuer;

 

(iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable;

 

(iv) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated above, except for such times as the Issuer is permitted hereunder to suspend, and has suspended, the use of a prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, the Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as soon as reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Acquired Shares included therein, such prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(v) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Acquired Shares to be listed on each securities exchange or market, if any, on which the Class A Shares issued by the Issuer have been listed;

 

(vi) use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Acquired Shares contemplated hereby and to enable Subscriber to sell the Acquired Shares under Rule 144; and

 

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(vii) subject to receipt from Subscriber by the Issuer and its transfer agent of customary representations and other documentation reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and the transfer agent in connection therewith, including, if required by the transfer agent, an opinion of the Issuer’s counsel, in a form reasonably acceptable to the transfer agent, to the effect that the removal of such restrictive legends in such circumstances may be effected under the Securities Act, Subscriber may request that the Issuer remove any legend from the book entry position evidencing its Acquired Shares following the earliest of such time as such Acquired Shares (A) are subject to or have been or are about to be sold or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement or (B) have been or are about to be sold pursuant to Rule 144. If restrictive legends are no longer required for such Acquired Shares pursuant to the foregoing, the Issuer shall, in accordance with the provisions of this section and within two (2) business days of any request therefor from Subscriber accompanied by such customary and reasonably acceptable representations and other documentation referred to above establishing that restrictive legends are no longer required, deliver to the transfer agent irrevocable instructions that the transfer agent shall make a new, unlegended entry for such book entry Acquired Shares. The Issuer shall be responsible for the fees of its transfer agent and all DTC fees associated with such issuance.

 

c. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Subscription Agreement, the Issuer shall be entitled to delay or postpone the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and from time to time to require Subscriber not to sell under the Registration Statement or to suspend the effectiveness thereof, if the negotiation or consummation of a transaction by the Issuer or its subsidiaries is pending or an event has occurred, which negotiation, consummation or event the Issuer’s board of directors reasonably believes, upon the advice of legal counsel, would require additional disclosure by the Issuer in the Registration Statement of material information that the Issuer has a bona fide business purpose for keeping confidential and the non-disclosure of which in the Registration Statement would be expected, in the reasonable determination of the Issuer’s board of directors, upon the advice of legal counsel, to cause the Registration Statement to fail to comply with applicable disclosure requirements (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, however, that the Issuer may not delay or suspend the Registration Statement on more than two occasions or for more than sixty (60) consecutive calendar days, or more than ninety (90) total calendar days, in each case during any twelve-month period. Upon receipt of any written notice from the Issuer of the happening of any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any related prospectus includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, Subscriber agrees that (i) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Acquired Shares under the Registration Statement until Subscriber receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Issuer agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Issuer that it may resume such offers and sales and (ii) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Issuer unless otherwise required by law or subpoena. If so directed by the Issuer, Subscriber will deliver to the Issuer or, in Subscriber’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Acquired Shares in Subscriber’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Acquired Shares shall not apply (A) to the extent Subscriber is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (x) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (y) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (B) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.

 

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d. Subscriber may deliver written notice (an “Opt-Out Notice”) to the Issuer requesting that Subscriber not receive notices from the Issuer otherwise required by this Section 6; provided, however, that Subscriber may later revoke any such Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of an Opt-Out Notice from Subscriber (unless subsequently revoked), (i) the Issuer shall not deliver any such notices to Subscriber and Subscriber shall no longer be entitled to the rights associated with any such notice and (ii) each time prior to Subscriber’s intended use of an effective Registration Statement, Subscriber will notify the Issuer in writing at least two (2) business days in advance of such intended use, and if a notice of a Suspension Event was previously delivered (or would have been delivered but for the provisions of this Section 6(d)) and the related suspension period remains in effect, the Issuer will so notify Subscriber, within one (1) business day of Subscriber’s notification to the Issuer, by delivering to Subscriber a copy of such previous notice of Suspension Event, and thereafter will provide Subscriber with the related notice of the conclusion of such Suspension Event immediately upon its availability.

 

e. The Issuer shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Subscription Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless Subscriber (to the extent a seller under the Registration Statement), its directors, officers, agents and employees and each person who controls Subscriber (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all out-of-pocket losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, that arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or in any amendment or supplement thereto, required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any prospectus included in the Registration Statement or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements, alleged untrue statements, omissions or alleged omissions are based upon information regarding Subscriber furnished in writing to the Issuer by Subscriber expressly for use therein or Subscriber has omitted a material fact from such information or otherwise violated the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any state securities law or any rule or regulation thereunder; provided, however, that the indemnification contained in this Section 6 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Losses if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Issuer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), nor shall the Issuer be liable for any Losses to the extent they arise out of or are based upon a violation which occurs (A) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by Subscriber, (B) in connection with any failure of such person to deliver or cause to be delivered a prospectus made available by the Issuer in a timely manner or (C) in connection with any offers or sales effected by or on behalf of Subscriber in violation of Section 6(c) hereof. The Issuer shall notify Subscriber reasonably promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Section 6 of which the Issuer receives notice in writing. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of the Acquired Shares by Subscriber.

 

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f. Subscriber shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, its directors, officers, agents and employees, and each person who controls the Issuer (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, (i) arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or in any amendment or supplement thereto or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii) arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any prospectus included in the Registration Statement or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, with respect to (i) and/or (ii), to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue or alleged untrue statements or omissions or alleged omissions are based upon information regarding Subscriber furnished in writing to the Issuer by Subscriber expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the indemnification contained in this Section 6(f) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Losses if such settlement is effected without the consent of Subscriber (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). In no event shall the liability of Subscriber be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by Subscriber upon the sale of the Acquired Shares giving rise to such indemnification obligation. Subscriber shall notify the Issuer promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Section 6(f) of which Subscriber is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of the Acquired Shares by Subscriber.

 

7. Termination. This Subscription Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earliest to occur of (a) such date and time as the Combination Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with its terms, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of each of the parties hereto to terminate this Subscription Agreement, (c) at the election of Subscriber upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Issuer set forth in this Subscription Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Issuer shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Section 2(d) are not capable of being satisfied by the End Date (as defined below) and (d) at the election of Subscriber, on or after the date that is 240 days after the date hereof (the “End Date”) if the Closing has not occurred on or prior to such date; provided, that nothing herein will relieve any party from liability for any willful breach hereof prior to the time of termination, and each party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from such breach. The Issuer shall promptly notify Subscriber of the termination of the Combination Agreement promptly after the termination of such agreement.

 

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8. Trust Account Waiver. Subscriber acknowledges that the Issuer is a blank check company with the powers and privileges to effect a merger, asset acquisition, reorganization or similar business combination involving the Issuer and one or more businesses or assets. Subscriber further acknowledges that, as described in the Issuer’s prospectus relating to its initial public offering dated July 25, 2019 (the “Prospectus”), available at www.sec.gov, substantially all of the Issuer’s assets consist of the cash proceeds of the Issuer’s initial public offering and private placements of its securities, and substantially all of those proceeds have been deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of the Issuer, its public stockholders and the underwriters of the Issuer’s initial public offering. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Issuer to pay its tax obligations, if any, the cash in the Trust Account may be disbursed only for the purposes set forth in the Prospectus. For and in consideration of the Issuer entering into this Subscription Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Subscriber, on behalf of itself and its representatives, hereby irrevocable waives any and all right, title and interest, or any claim of any kind they have or may have in the future arising out of this Subscription Agreement, in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, and agrees not to seek recourse against the Trust Account as a result of, or arising out of, this Subscription Agreement; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 8 shall be deemed to limit any Subscriber’s right, title, interest or claim to the Trust Account by virtue of such Subscriber’s record or beneficial ownership of securities of the Issuer acquired by any means other than pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, including but not limited to any redemption right with respect to any such securities of the Issuer.

 

9. Miscellaneous.

 

a. Subscriber acknowledges that the Issuer, the Placement Agents and others will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Subscription Agreement. Prior to the Closing, Subscriber agrees to promptly notify the Issuer if any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties made by Subscriber as set forth herein are no longer accurate in all material respects. Subscriber further acknowledges and agrees that the Placement Agents are third-party beneficiaries of the representations and warranties of Subscriber contained in Section 4.

 

b. Each of the Issuer and Subscriber is irrevocably authorized to produce this Subscription Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby to the extent required by law or by regulatory bodies.

 

c. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Subscription Agreement, prior to the Closing, Subscriber may not transfer or assign all or a portion of its rights under this Subscription Agreement other than to a fund or account managed by the same investment manager as Subscriber, without the prior consent of the Issuer; provided that such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Subscription Agreement, makes the representations and warranties in Section 4 and completes Schedule A hereto. In the event of such a transfer or assignment, Subscriber shall update Schedule B to provide the information required therein.

 

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d. All the agreements, representations and warranties made by each party hereto in this Subscription Agreement shall survive the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, if for any reason the Closing does not occur prior to the consummation of the Transactions, all representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the parties hereunder shall survive the consummation of the Transactions and remain in full force and effect.

 

e. The Issuer may request from Subscriber such additional information as the Issuer may reasonably deem necessary to evaluate the eligibility of Subscriber to acquire the Acquired Shares, and Subscriber shall provide such information as may be reasonably requested, to the extent readily available and to the extent consistent with its internal policies and procedures; provided, that the Issuer agrees to keep any such information provided by Subscriber confidential.

 

f. This Subscription Agreement constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

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

 

(i) Each of the Issuer and Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that (A) this Subscription Agreement is being entered into in order to induce ChargePoint to execute and deliver the Combination Agreement and without the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Issuer and Subscriber hereunder, ChargePoint would not enter into the Combination Agreement, (B) each representation, warranty, covenant and agreement of Subscriber hereunder is being made also for the benefit of ChargePoint and (C) ChargePoint may directly enforce (including by an action for specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable relief) each of the covenants and agreements of each of the Issuer and Subscriber under this Subscription Agreement.

 

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

 

i. This Subscription Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts (including by electronic means), all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart.

 

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j. Each party shall pay all of its own expenses in connection with this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein.

 

k. Notices. Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed or telecopied, sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed to be given and received (a) when so delivered personally, (b) upon receipt of an appropriate electronic answerback or confirmation when so delivered by telecopy (to such number specified below or another number or numbers as such person may subsequently designate by notice given hereunder), (c) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email or (d) five (5) business days after the date of mailing to the address below or to such other address or addresses as such person may hereafter designate by notice given hereunder:

 

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

 

(ii) if to the Issuer, to:

 

Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation
5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1010

Dallas, TX 75225
Attention: Jim Mutrie
Email: jmutrie@switchback-energy.com

 

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

 

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

1001 Fannin St.

Suite 2500

Houston, TX 77002

Attention: Douglas E. McWilliams; E. Ramey Layne

Email: dmcwilliams@velaw.com; rlayne@velaw.com

 

ChargePoint, Inc.

240 East Hacienda Avenue

Campbell, CA 95008

Attention: Rex Jackson

Email: rex.jackson@chargepoint.com

 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10153

Attention: Michael Aiello; Amanda Fenster

Email: Michael.aiello@weil.com; Amanda.fenster@weil.com

 

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Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP

550 Allerton Street

Redwood City, CA 94063

Attention: David Young; Jeffrey R. Vetter

Email: dyoung@gunder.com; jvetter@gunder.com

 

and

 

(iii) if to the Placement Agents, to:

 

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

200 West Street

New York, NY 10282

Attn: Olympia McNerney
Email: Olympia.McNerney@gs.com

 

BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Attn: Patrick Hamer

Email: Patrick.Hamer@bofa.com

 

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

85 Broad Street

New York, NY 10004

Attn: Lewis Silberman

Email: Lewis.Silberman@opco.com

 

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

 

THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK SOLELY IN RESPECT OF THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND IN RESPECT OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY WAIVE, AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT, AS A DEFENSE IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING FOR INTERPRETATION OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT THAT IS NOT SUBJECT THERETO OR THAT SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING MAY NOT BE BROUGHT OR IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN SAID COURTS OR THAT VENUE THEREOF MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE OR THAT THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY SUCH DOCUMENT MAY NOT BE ENFORCED IN OR BY SUCH COURTS, AND THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY SUCH A NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT. THE PARTIES HEREBY CONSENT TO AND GRANT ANY SUCH COURT JURISDICTION OVER THE PERSON OF SUCH PARTIES AND OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER OF SUCH DISPUTE AND AGREE THAT MAILING OF PROCESS OR OTHER PAPERS IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN THE MANNER PROVIDED IN SECTION 9(k) OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY LAW SHALL BE VALID AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE THEREOF.

 

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EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (II) SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOREGOING WAIVER; (III) SUCH PARTY MAKES THE FOREGOING WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9(l).

 

m. The Issuer shall, by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first (1st) business day immediately following the date of this Subscription Agreement, issue one or more press releases or file with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K (collectively, the “Disclosure Document”) disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, the Transaction and any other material, nonpublic information that the Issuer has provided to Subscriber at any time prior to the filing of the Disclosure Document. From and after the issuance of the Disclosure Document, to the Issuer’s knowledge, Subscriber shall not be in possession of any material, nonpublic information received from the Issuer or any of its officers, directors or employees. Notwithstanding anything in this Subscription Agreement to the contrary, the Issuer shall not publicly disclose the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates, or include the name of Subscriber or any of its affiliates in any press release or in any filing with the Commission or any regulatory agency or trading market, without the prior written consent of Subscriber, except (i) as required by the federal securities law in connection with the Registration Statement, (ii) in a press release or marketing materials of the Issuer in connection with the Transaction to the extent any such disclosure is substantially equivalent to the information that has previously been made public without breach of the obligation under this Section 9(m) and (iii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, at the request of the Staff of the Commission or regulatory agency or under the regulations of the NYSE, in which case the Issuer shall provide Subscriber with prior written notice of such disclosure permitted under this subclause (iii).

 

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n. Modifications and Amendments. This Subscription Agreement may not be amended, modified, supplemented or waived (i) except by an instrument in writing, signed by the party against whom enforcement of such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver is sought and (ii) without the prior written consent of ChargePoint (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided that any rights (but not obligations) of a party under this Agreement may be waived, in whole or in part, by such party on its own behalf without the prior consent of any other party.

 

o. Remedies. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Subscription Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof, and accordingly, that the parties hereto shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Subscription Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement in an appropriate court of competent jurisdiction as set forth in Section 9(l), in addition to any other remedy to which any party is entitled at law or in equity.

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Issuer, ChargePoint and Subscriber has executed or caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date first written above.

 

  SWITCHBACK ENERGY ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By:          
    Name:
    Title:

 

Signature Page to
Subscription Agreement

 

 

 

 

  CHARGEPOINT, INC.
     
  By:          
    Name:
    Title:

 

Signature Page to
Subscription Agreement

 

 

 

 

SUBSCRIBER:

 

Name of Subscriber:

                                                                    

 

Signature of Subscriber:


 

By:                                                                     
Name:
Title:

 
   
                                                                      
Name in which securities are to be registered
(if different):
 
   
Email Address:                                                                       
Subscriber’s EIN: _______________  

Address:

 

                                                                    

 

                                                                    

Attn: _______________________________

 

 

Telephone No.: __________________________

 
   
Facsimile No.: __________________________  
   
Aggregate Number of Acquired Shares subscribed for: _________  
   
Aggregate Purchase Price: $_________

 

You must pay the Purchase Price by wire transfer of United States dollars in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Issuer in the Closing Notice.

 

Signature Page to
Subscription Agreement

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A
ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF SUBSCRIBER

 

This Schedule must be completed by Subscriber and forms a part of the Subscription Agreement to which it is attached. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Schedule have the meanings given to them in the Subscription Agreement. Subscriber must check the applicable box in either Part A or Part B below and the applicable box in Part C below.

A. QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS
(Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

Subscriber is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB”)).

 

Subscriber is subscribing for the Acquired Shares as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, and each owner of such accounts is a QIB.

 

*** OR ***

 

B. INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS
(Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

Subscriber is an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) and has checked below the box(es) for the applicable provision under which Subscriber qualifies as such:

 

Subscriber is an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, a corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership that was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities of the Issuer being offered in this offering, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000.

 

Subscriber is a “private business development company” as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

 

Subscriber is a “bank” as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

Subscriber is a “savings and loan association” or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act, whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity.

 

Subscriber is a broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act.

 

Subscriber is an “insurance company” as defined in Section 2(a)(13) of the Securities Act.

 

Subscriber is an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

Subscriber is a “business development company” as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

Schedule A-1

 

 

 

 

Subscriber is a “Small Business Investment Company” licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under either Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.

 

Subscriber is a plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, and such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000.

 

Subscriber is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such act, which is one of the following.

 

☐ A bank;

 

A savings and loan association;

 

A insurance company; or

 

A registered investment adviser.

 

Subscriber is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 with total assets in excess of $5,000,000.

 

Subscriber is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 that is a self-directed plan with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors.

 

Subscriber is a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered by the Issuer in this offering, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) under the Securities Act.

 

*** AND ***

 

C. AFFILIATE STATUS
(Please check the applicable box)

SUBSCRIBER:

 

is:

 

is not:

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

 

Schedule A-2

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE B
SCHEDULE OF TRANSFERS

 

Subscriber’s Subscription was in the amount of ____________ shares of Class A Shares. The following transfers of a portion of the Subscription have been made:

 

Date of Transfer or Reduction Transferee Number of Transferee Acquired Shares Transferred or Reduced Subscriber Revised Subscription Amount
       
       
       
       
       
       

 

Schedule B as of ______________, 20__, accepted and agreed to as of this ____ day of ____________, 20__ by:

 

SWITCHBACK ENERGY ACQUISITION CORPORATION  
     
By:            
  Name:  
  Title:  

 


Name of Subscriber:

 

                                                                       

 

Signature of Subscriber:

 

By:            
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 

Schedule B-1

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

ChargePoint, Inc. to Become Public Company, Advancing EV Charging Network’s Reach Across North America and Europe

Business Combination with Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation Valued at $2.4 Billion

 

Public listing milestone broadens market leadership and builds on over a decade of innovation with more than 4,000 businesses and organizations participating in ChargePoint’s new fueling network

 

Approximately $493 million in net proceeds will advance ChargePoint, Inc.’s commercial, fleet and residential businesses

 

Transaction includes $225 million upsized PIPE at $10.00 per share anchored by institutional investors, including Baillie Gifford and funds managed by Neuberger Berman Alternatives Advisors

 

ChargePoint President and CEO Pasquale Romano and existing leadership team to lead combined company

 

Investor call scheduled for Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 8:30am ET

 

Campbell, Calif. & Dallas, Texas – September 24, 2020 – ChargePoint, Inc., (the “Company” or “ChargePoint”) a leading electric vehicle (“EV”) charging network, and Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: SBE) (“Switchback”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company with a strategic focus on the energy sector, today announced the signing of a definitive business combination agreement. ChargePoint expects to use transaction proceeds to expand its reach in North America and Europe, further enhance its technology portfolio and significantly scale its commercial, fleet and residential businesses ahead of the anticipated introduction of an increasing number of new EV models and rising EV penetration.

 

“For thirteen years we have been singularly focused on our vision to move all people and goods on electricity, and that has never been more relevant than it is today,” said Pasquale Romano, President and CEO, ChargePoint. “We’ve pioneered networked charging and are resolute in our aim to usher in the transition to mass EV adoption by electrifying one parking spot at a time. Today, we are a charging market leader thanks to a winning business model, a complete portfolio and thousands of brands that have realized that EV charging is essential, good for business and aligned with their corporate and sustainability goals. Our technology charges all EVs – from passenger vehicles to delivery fleets – so there is no need to choose winners in electric mobility. We see ourselves as an index for the entire category.”

 

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Scott McNeill, CEO, CFO and Director of Switchback said, “The EV charging industry is accelerating and it is expected that charging infrastructure investment will be $190 billion by 20301. As a first mover in the space, ChargePoint has distinguished itself as the number one EV charging network and is well positioned to deliver mission-critical charging infrastructure as the expected transition to electric mobility accelerates. ChargePoint has a proven and capital-light business model that combines hardware and high-margin, recurring software subscriptions and services with extensive and strong customer relationships. As a result, we believe ChargePoint will continue to grow its strong market position as the EV industry evolves. Switchback and our investors are excited to partner with the talented ChargePoint team to advance their vision.”

 

Founded in 2007, ChargePoint is a category creator in EV charging, helping to make the mass adoption of electric mobility a reality. It operates in every segment, from commercial to fleet to residential. ChargePoint has created one of the world’s largest charging networks with a capital-light model by selling individual organizations and businesses, known as site hosts, everything they need to electrify their parking spaces – networked charging hardware, software subscriptions and associated support services. Charging is matched to parking duration, from energy-managed AC level 2 to DC fast charging. The parking spaces owned by ChargePoint’s site hosts are seamlessly integrated into one network available to the driver in a top-rated mobile app. ChargePoint’s winning operating model and high-quality solutions foster loyal site hosts who expand their charging footprint as EV penetration rises, creating a virtuous loop of brand awareness, satisfied drivers, organic networked charging hardware and recurring SaaS revenue.

 

ChargePoint serves customers through its software-defined hardware portfolio, comprehensive suite of software solutions and robust network and services designed for a wide range of use cases. ChargePoint’s offerings have attracted a growing customer base of more than 4,000 organizations and businesses, building a network of more than 115,000 public and private places to charge. ChargePoint also offers access to an additional 133,000 public places to charge through network roaming integrations across North America and Europe. Drivers plug into the ChargePoint network approximately every two seconds and have completed more than 82 million charging sessions to date.

 

Upon the transaction closing, ChargePoint will continue to be led by President and CEO, Pasquale Romano and the existing management team. Romano brings more than 30 years of executive leadership experience with technology companies including 2Wire, Inc. and Polycom, Inc. During Romano’s nearly ten-year tenure at ChargePoint, it has emerged as a leading EV charging network.

 

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Transaction Overview

 

The business combination values ChargePoint at an implied $2.4 billion enterprise value. Upon transaction closing, and assuming no redemptions by Switchback stockholders, ChargePoint will have approximately $683 million in cash, resulting in a total pro forma equity value of approximately $3.0 billion. Cash proceeds raised in the transaction will be used to repay debt, fund operations, support growth and for general corporate purposes. The proceeds will be funded through a combination of Switchback’s approximately $317 million cash in trust, assuming no redemptions by Switchback stockholders, and a $225 million PIPE of common stock valued at $10.00 per share led by institutional investors including Baillie Gifford and funds managed by Neuberger Berman Alternatives Advisors. In addition, Switchback’s sponsor and certain other of its founder stockholders have agreed that a portion of their equity will vest only if following the closing the share price of ChargePoint exceeds $12.00 per share for any ten trading days within any twenty consecutive trading day period prior to the fifth anniversary of the closing of the transaction.

 

Upon the transaction closing, the combined company will be named ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”).

 

The boards of directors of both Switchback and ChargePoint have unanimously approved the proposed transaction. The closing is subject to the approval of ChargePoint’s stockholders and Switchback’s stockholders and other customary closing conditions, including Switchback’s registration statement being declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the expiration of the HSR Act waiting period. It is currently anticipated that the transaction will close, assuming satisfaction of such closing conditions, by the end of the fourth quarter of 2020.

 

Advisors

 

BofA Securities is serving as exclusive financial advisor, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. is serving as capital markets advisor, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP are serving as legal advisors to ChargePoint. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is serving as exclusive financial advisor and Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. is serving as legal advisor to Switchback. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is serving as lead placement agent with BofA Securities and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. serving as co-placement agents on the PIPE. Financial Profiles, Inc. is serving as investor relations advisor for ChargePoint.

 

Investor Conference Call and Webcast Information

 

ChargePoint and Switchback will host a joint investor conference call to discuss the proposed transaction today, September 24, 2020 at 8:30 am ET. To listen to the call via telephone, dial (877) 407-4018 for domestic callers or (201) 689-8471 for international callers using conference ID: 13710723. A telephone replay will be available from 11:30 am ET on Thursday September 24, 2020 to 11:59 pm ET on Thursday, October 8, 2020. The telephone replay may be accessed by dialing (844) 512-2921 for domestic callers or (412) 317-6671 for international with the same conference ID.

 

The investor conference call may also be accessed via a live webcast. To view the webcast, please click here. On the call, the presenters will be reviewing an investor presentation, which will be available on Switchback and ChargePoint’s websites and filed with the SEC as an exhibit to Switchback’s Current Report on Form 8-K prior to the call, and available on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.

 

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About ChargePoint

 

Since 2007, ChargePoint has been committed to making it easy for businesses and drivers to go electric. The Company has built the largest EV charging network and most complete portfolio of charging solutions available today. ChargePoint’s cloud subscription platform and software-defined charging hardware are designed to include options for every charging scenario from home and multifamily to workplace, parking, hospitality, retail and transport fleets of all types. Today, one ChargePoint account provides access to hundreds-of-thousands of places to charge in North America and Europe. To date, drivers have logged more than 82 million charging sessions, with drivers plugging into the ChargePoint network approximately every two seconds. ChargePoint is creating the new fueling network to move all people and goods on electricity. For more information, visit the ChargePoint pressroom or contact the North American and European press offices.

 

About Switchback

 

Switchback is a special purpose acquisition company and was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses in the energy value chain. Switchback is sponsored by NGP Switchback, LLC, which is owned by a private investment fund advised by NGP Energy Capital Management, L.L.C. and the management team of Switchback. Switchback began trading on the NYSE in July 2019 and its common stock, units and warrants trade under the ticker symbols SBE, SBE.U and SBE.WS, respectively. For more information, please visit www.switchback-energy.com.

 

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Forward Looking Statements

 

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact included in this presentation, regarding Switchback’s proposed acquisition of ChargePoint, Switchback’s ability to consummate the transaction, the benefits of the transaction and the combined company’s future financial performance, as well as the combined company’s strategy, future operations, estimated financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the words “could,” “should,” “will,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” the negative of such terms and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, Switchback and ChargePoint disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release. Switchback and ChargePoint caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of either Switchback or ChargePoint. In addition, Switchback cautions you that the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are subject to the following factors: (i) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could delay the business combination or give rise to the termination of the agreements related thereto; (ii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Switchback or ChargePoint following announcement of the transactions; (iii) the inability to complete the business combination due to the failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of Switchback, or other conditions to closing in the transaction agreement; (iv) the risk that the proposed business combination disrupts Switchback’s or ChargePoint’s current plans and operations as a result of the announcement of the transactions; (v) ChargePoint’s ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition and the ability of ChargePoint to grow and manage growth profitably following the business combination; (vi) costs related to the business combination; (vii) risks related to the rollout of ChargePoint’s business and the timing of expected business milestones; (viii) ChargePoint’s dependence on widespread acceptance and adoption of electric vehicles and increased installation of charging stations; (ix) ChargePoint’s ability to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting, including the remediation of identified material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting relating to segregation of duties with respect to, and access controls to, its financial record keeping system, and ChargePoint’s accounting staffing levels; (x) ChargePoint’s current dependence on sales of charging stations for most of its revenues; (xi) overall demand for electric vehicle charging and the potential for reduced demand if governmental rebates, tax credits and other financial incentives are reduced, modified or eliminated or governmental mandates to increase the use of electric vehicles or decrease the use of vehicles powered by fossil fuels, either directly or indirectly through mandated limits on carbon emissions, are reduced, modified or eliminated; (xii) potential adverse effects on ChargePoint’s revenue and gross margins if customers increasingly claim clean energy credits and, as a result, they are no longer available to be claimed by ChargePoint; (xiii) the effects of competition on ChargePoint’s future business; (xiv) risks related to ChargePoint’s dependence on its intellectual property and the risk that ChargePoint’s technology could have undetected defects or errors; (xv) changes in applicable laws or regulations; and (xvi) the possibility that ChargePoint may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors. Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described in this press release materialize or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning these and other factors that may impact the operations and projections discussed herein can be found in Switchback’s periodic filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. Switchback’s SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

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Important Information and Where to Find it

 

In connection with the proposed business combination, Switchback will file a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Form S-4”) with the SEC. The Form S-4 will include a proxy statement/prospectus of Switchback. Additionally, Switchback will file other relevant materials with the SEC in connection with the business combination. Copies may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Security holders of Switchback are urged to read the proxy statement/prospectus and the other relevant materials when they become available before making any voting decision with respect to the proposed business combination because they will contain important information about the business combination and the parties to the business combination. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the websites referenced in this press release is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this press release.

 

Participants in the Solicitation

 

Switchback and its directors and officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies of Switchback’s shareholders in connection with the proposed business combination. ChargePoint and its officers and directors may also be deemed participants in such solicitation. Security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of certain of Switchback’s executive officers and directors in the solicitation by reading Switchback’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, and the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials filed with the SEC in connection with the business combination when they become available. Information concerning the interests of Switchback’s participants in the solicitation, which may, in some cases, be different than those of their stockholders generally, will be set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the business combination when it becomes available.

 

No Offer or Solicitation

 

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or constitute a solicitation of any vote or approval.

 

Contacts

 

ChargePoint, Inc.

Media

Darryll Harrison
Senior Director, Global Communications and Social Media

669-237-3380

Darryll.harrison@chargepoint.com

media@chargepoint.com

 

Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation

Media and Investors

Scott McNeill and Jim Mutrie

info@switchback-energy.com

 

Investors

Financial Profiles, Inc.

Dan Oppenheim

310-622-8235

Jessica Serra

310-622-8232

chargepoint@finprofiles.com

 

1 Source: BloombergNEF Electric Vehicle Outlook 2020

 

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C O R P O R A T E P A R T I C I P A N T S

 

Scott McNeill, Energy Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Switchback Energy

 

Jim Mutrie, Director, Chief Commercial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary, Switchback Energy

 

Pasquale Romano, President and Chief Executive Officer, ChargePoint

 

Rex Jackson, Chief Financial Officer, ChargePoint

 

P R E S E N T A T I O N

 

Operator

 

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation and ChargePoint Investor Call.

 

At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star, zero on your telephone keypad.

 

I would like to first remind everyone that this call may contain forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, ChargePoint and Switchback Energy expectations or predictions of financial and business performance and conditions, competitive and industry outlook and the timing and completion of the transaction. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, and they are not guarantees of performance. I encourage you to read the press release issued today, the accompanying presentation and Switchback Energy’s filings with the SEC for a discussion of the risks that can affect the business combination, our business and the business of the combined company after completion of the proposed business combination.

 

Switchback Energy and ChargePoint are under no obligation and expressly disclaim any obligation to update, alter or otherwise revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

I will now turn the call over to Mr. Scott McNeill, Director, CEO and CFO of Switchback Energy. Please go ahead, sir.

 

Scott McNeill

 

Good morning and thank you everyone for joining us. This is Scott McNeill of Switchback, and with me today are Jim Mutrie, Director, Chief Commercial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary of the Switchback team, and Pasquale Romano, President and CEO of ChargePoint, and Rex Jackson, CFO of ChargePoint.

 

First, on behalf of Switchback, we are thrilled to be partnering alongside the ChargePoint team to realize this important milestone for the company. Over the past 13 years, ChargePoint has built the dominant position in the emerging EV charging market and we recognize the pivotal role that ChargePoint will continue to play as EV adoption leads to an estimated $190 billion investment in charging infrastructure by 2030. Equally important, we are totally aligned with ChargePoint’s business model and strategy to expand its charging network across the U.S. and Europe. The company also has a talented and proven management team with a strong track record, building both private and public technology related companies and an experienced public-ready Board of Directors.

 

Furthermore, ChargePoint has a robust and scalable platform and the largest workforce in the EV charging industry that will continue to drive the company’s innovation and future growth.

 

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For public investors, we believe this is the best opportunity to invest in and own the megatrend of the electrification of vehicles. With ChargePoint, investors can participate in the rapid growth of EV adoption made possible by the market leader who is ushering in a new era of EV charging.

 

The combination with Switchback and the growth capital the transaction provides firmly positions ChargePoint to meet the next level of anticipated growth.

 

I will now turn the call over to my colleague Jim Mutrie, for a few transaction-related points.

 

Jim Mutrie

 

Thank you, Scott. I would also like to convey my enthusiasm to partner with ChargePoint, a company I have followed for nearly a decade through my relationship with their largest shareholder, and I have admired as they have built their dominant market position.

 

Slide 4 provides an overview of the transaction. With the cash from Switchback’s trust account and the $225 million upsize PIPE, we will add approximately $450 million to ChargePoint’s balance sheet after paying off outstanding debt and transaction fees and expenses. Although the demand for the PIPE far exceeded $225 million, ChargePoint limited the upsize to $225 million because of the company’s capital-light business model and strong balance sheet.

 

The cash proceeds from the transaction will be used to further expand ChargePoint’s business in Europe for ongoing R&D efforts and for ChargePoint as a Service, which Pasquale will describe later.

 

Scott mentioned ChargePoint’s public-ready Board and the Board is a reflection of the company’s best-in-class investors which include Siemens, Daimler, BMW, CPPIB, Chevron and others. Notably, no existing shareholders are selling any shares in this transaction. They are rolling 100% of their equity. They all believe in the upside of the stock and remain committed partners of the company.

 

Scott will review valuation later, but at a $2.4 billion enterprise valuation, you will see this is an extremely attractive entry point compared to ChargePoint’s peer group and recent EV related deals.

 

Finally, before handing off to Pasquale and Rex, I want to say again it is a privilege for Switchback and our sponsor NGP to partner alongside ChargePoint and its team. Pasquale?

 

Pasquale Romano

 

Thank you, Jim. Before I begin, I want to thank everyone for joining the call today. This has been a fantastic journey and we’re all very appreciative of the help and support we received along the way.

 

In terms of my background, I’m an engineer by trade. I have spent my career focused on early markets in technology, both as a founder of companies with successful exits and an executive in later stage companies.

 

I joined ChargePoint nearly 10 years ago because the science was clear that large battery electric vehicles would win and the addressable market was enormous.

 

Rex, please introduce yourself.

 

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Rex Jackson

 

Thank you, Pat.

 

I’m Rex Jackson, CFO of ChargePoint. I’ve held CFO and General Counsel roles at public and private companies for the last 29 years. I joined ChargePoint two years ago to help the company scale through the next phase of growth.

 

Pasquale Romano

 

At ChargePoint, we have not only created the new fueling network for electric mobility, we’ve created a category for the EV industry.

 

Thirteen years ago, our vision was that all people and goods could move around the planet on electricity, doing away with the compromises associated with liquid fuels. Since then, every major automaker has committed to electrification.

 

With ChargePoint, you don’t have to bet on choosing the next winning EV brand because we charge it all, both passenger cars and fleet vehicles. We’re an index for the basket of all the auto brands in the markets that are adopting electrification.

 

The electrification of mobility is happening at record rates and that presents a huge addressable market for us. Vehicles spend the majority of their lives parked. Every business that has parking places is a potential ChargePoint customer, in North America and Europe.

 

We sell businesses everything they need to electrify their parking spaces, hardware in the form of charging stations, software subscriptions that connect them to a network and associated services. We don’t monetize energy or drivers, we let our customers to do that, and we only sell our hardware in conjunction with our software subscriptions.

 

Since our customers purchase and install our EV charging stations, our business model scales the creation of large networks of charging infrastructure in a capital light way.

 

ChargePoint offers a tremendous investment opportunity. Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates that by 2030 EVs will be nearly 29% of vehicles sold and the charging infrastructure category will be $190 billion in our markets.

 

Our growth is attached to rising EV penetration, and we have a complete and vertically integrated product portfolio wrapped with all the turnkey support services required.

 

Our differentiation has been fueled by a significant amount of capital raised from high quality investors. This has powered R&D and a go-to-market engine for over a decade. We identified a winning business model 13 years ago and it has garnered us over 4,000 customers to date.

 

We need minimal Capex to scale. Our recurring revenue streams and new sales attached to future EV penetration will continue to provide strong financial visibility.

 

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Revenue grew 60% year-over-year in 2019. We are projecting similar growth ahead with a 60% CAGR from 2021 to 2026. Given the size of the addressable market, we have a unique opportunity for outsized growth for many years to come.

 

Consumers have spoken and large battery EVs are winning the day, but fueling an EV is different than what you’re used to. For as long as we can remember, we’ve driven around until the little yellow light comes on. However, the new fueling paradigm is markedly different.

 

Let’s start with the fact that a vehicle spends 96% of its life parked, which means EV fueling happens while parked, where drivers live, work and play. We refer to this as top-up behavior.

 

There are two components to the ChargePoint revenue model. The first is the revenue generated by the incremental sales of charging to electrify additional parking spaces to support the increased fueling demand driven by new EV sales.

 

The second component of our revenue is the recurring subscription payments generated from the installed base of our activated charging ports.

 

We are not the only industry to see the undisputed reality of electrification. Multiple sectors are committing to electric drive, including high tech, transit network companies, automotive OEMs, electric utilities, oil and gas companies, and fleets. Based on our proven model, many choose us as their charging platform partner.

 

We are an index for the electrification of mobility, and our revenues are proportional to EV penetration. We have more than 10 years of history on this. There are additional tailwinds propelling us, including fossil fuel bans, looming transit electrification dates, utility incentive programs, and more.

 

So, how did we get to where we are today? We got our start long before you could buy an EV at a dealership. Since 2007, we have been disciplined stewards of capital. For the first five years, we operated in the United States, focusing on Level 2 charging for workplace, retail and hospitality businesses. We established a core business and refined the operating model. With 116,000 EVs on the road during that period, we sold nearly 2,000 ports in the U.S.

 

From 2013 to 2016 we expanded into Canada, added DC fast charging, and added our Assure support products which includes parts and labor warranty program; layered on new Commercial verticals including commercial properties, education, fueling and convenience stores; added Fleet, including sales fleets, service fleets and motorpools; added Residential, including single family and multifamily homes; and with EVs climbing to 1.2 million on the road in this period, we sold 36,000 ports.

 

From 2017 to today, ChargePoint has expanded into 16 European markets, added subsegments in Fleet for delivery, logistics and shared mobility with more comprehensive solutions and design/build services. With 3.4 million EVs on the road today, we have sold 114,000 ports to date, and going forward we plan to accelerate new products, invest more in Marketing and Sales, and expand our European footprint.

 

Both our business model and investment level are unique. We sell charging to businesses; our customers own the parking lot and the gear. We’re not in the business of owning charging sites or selling drivers subscriptions. Our capital is used for product development, go-to-market execution and policy to shape a healthy industry.

 

Our model generates significant network effects. We see drivers preferring us because of our network reach, reliability and innovative features. The superior experience we offer makes us a preferred partner by our Commercial customers, whom we refer to as site hosts.

 

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We sell hardware, recurring software subscriptions and services in three lines of business. Our Commercial customers already have parking, at offices, medical complexes, schools, shopping centers, recreation centers and more, and the world’s top brands see electrifying these assets as essential and aligned with their goals. They choose us for superior hardware, subscription software and support and warranty services that deliver a high-quality charging experience to their tenants, customers and employees.

 

In addition to the traditional model of buying the charging station up front and subsequently paying for subscription services, our customers can opt to add the charging station to the subscription payment via the ChargePoint as a Service product.

 

Our Fleet customers count on us to help them manage the rapid transition to battery electric fueling from internal combustion engine-powered vehicles. This segments into delivery, logistics, motorpool, transit and shared mobility. We provide the charging hardware, subscription software, professional services, support, monitoring, parts and labor warranty, all needed to run a single electric pilot or a set of fully electrified depots at scale.

 

Our Residential customers are often drivers living in single family homes. They choose our award-winning home charger together with a lifetime Cloud subscription alongside integrations to utility plans and personal assistants to manage use.

 

For drivers in multifamily properties, such as apartments and condos, we provide property managers a turnkey, direct-billed service offering for their tenants. Both enjoy 24/7 support in multiple languages.

 

The reasons Commercial customers buy are as varied as their business models: reducing expenses, generating income, attracting people to their brand, attracting and retaining employees, or achieving environmental or sustainability targets are among the many reasons. Fleet operators have many reasons to adopt electric drive as well; these include reducing total operating costs and complying with government sustainability mandates. Drivers rely on the convenience and efficiency of fueling up where they sleep, and seeing all their charging activity and expenses at home and away from home, in one app.

 

This one product portfolio is deployed globally across two continents, three business lines, and many verticals, giving us significant operating leverage.

 

For 13 years, we have been perfecting our winning formula that combines high quality hardware with a 100% attached software subscription and what we believe is the most comprehensive support and parts and labor warranty on the market. This unique approach creates significant network effects and when combined with our first-mover advantage, fosters long-term customer loyalty.

 

Our quality generates high driver satisfaction and keeps site hosts coming back for more. This creates a virtual cycle of brand awareness, recurring software as a service revenue and meaningful charging footprint growth with existing customers, all supported by rising EV penetration.

 

Let’s talk about our products in more detail. We have the best network in the business; it is sold as a recurring software subscription that accompanies 100% of our hardware sales. Our hardware portfolio includes solutions for every use case and is designed from the ground up with the software subscription in mind. It delivers our differentiated features and high efficiency in power and footprint with a modular and scalable architecture that is created for high availability, easy expansion and serviceability.

 

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Thanks to product vision and R&D execution, ChargePoint is a recognized leader in powering the charging scale needed to accommodate both the rapid penetration of EVs and the growing expectations of businesses and drivers.

 

Our network, sold as a software subscription, enables site hosts to control who uses the stations; adjust the rate at which vehicles are being charged to match the natural parking duration of the site; allow multiple EVs to share power; queue drivers in line when the ports are taken; determine when stations are available; track energy dispensed, and much, much more

 

For drivers, the network means they can find and access public charging stations via our mobile app; they can roam across networks using their ChargePoint account; they benefit from preferential pricing and loyalty programs; they can track their environmental savings, and much, much more.

 

Our software integrations put us front and center across mobility scenarios: in-vehicle infotainment systems, consumer apps, today’s preferred payment systems, mapping tools such as Google and Apple Maps, personal assistants like Alexa and fleet fuel cards. We also enable a great driver experience with network roaming.

 

We have over 4,000 business customers using our products to provide charging services in their parking lots. They are from a highly diversified set of industries. These include commercial properties, healthcare, delivery fleets, convenience stores, airports, parking operators and many more. Charging spots at these independent businesses are seamlessly integrated into one platform available to the driver.

 

We have a sophisticated marketing and sales engine. We have the scale to reach the business first, and we benefit when those customers increase their charging footprint as EV adoption rises.

 

Our solutions are available with customizable video and signage options for customers who want to promote their brand.

 

Winning new logos leads to account expansion. A typical customer who invests initially in the first year will expand charging in subsequent years. We grow with customers over time as EV penetration rises.

 

Using a seven-year period as the analysis window, half of the revenue generated by a single port of charging is annual subscription revenue, with the balance being the upfront hardware investment. ChargePoint as a Service is an alternative purchase option that bundles the hardware into the annual subscription payment. There’s no upfront.

 

In North America, where our business is most established, we have a strong position in the market in networked Level 2 charging. We entered Europe more recently and now operate in 16 markets. The European market is experiencing significant growth, thanks to the converging forces of consumer preference, wide EV model availability, and aggressive climate and transportation policies. We have partnerships with vehicle leasing solution providers, which happens to be the largest estimated source of EV adoption, energy retailers, channel and roaming partners.

 

Our more than 750 ChargePointers, inspired by our visionary founders, are applying their deep category and technical experience to help the world shift to electric drive. Our Senior Management Team hails from leading public companies and venture-funded start-ups. They have successfully scaled mass market businesses and, collectively, have nearly 30 years of EV charging experience.

 

We have a strong Board of Directors comprised of leaders from the technology, automotive and energy sectors.

 

Now I’ll turn it over to Rex to share more on our financial models.

 

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Rex Jackson

 

Thank you, Pat. As Pat indicated earlier, port growth in our core North American Commercial business has been closely correlated to passenger EV sales over the past nine years. Here we show port growth across our three main business lines of North America Commercial, EU Commercial and Fleet. In Commercial, we believe the historical correlation will continue in North America and be replicated in the EU over time, factored by lower initial but then steadily increasing market share.

 

Fleet becomes a significant driver of our growth in the next several years. All industry growth estimates are tied to an external resource, Bloomberg NEF, which is adjusted slightly down in the near term. The port growth translates, as you can see, to comparable revenue growth.

 

One thing to note is that 2020 revenue is expected to dip due to the slowdown in EV sales caused by COVID-19. We’ve been pleased to see resilience in our business this year despite COVID, which is due to the fact that we play across multiple geos and all verticals.

 

Here we provide revenue by vertical, type and geography. North America Commercial remains fundamentally strong and has been supplemented by growth in EU Commercial and significant penetration in Fleet as that sector evolves.

 

As I mentioned a moment ago, our geographical and solution breadth has provided good resilience this year and we expect this to be key to our success going forward as EV vehicle sales expand.

 

In terms of breakdown by revenue type, at a high level revenue is approximately 80% network charging stations and 20% recurring software and warranty. Given we expect to continue rapid growth in the networked station side, this breakdown should be fairly steady in its short term and trend over time towards 70/30.

 

Twenty-seventeen gross margin of 38% reflected the performance of our North America Commercial business, which was entirely AC, and continues to be a strong contributor to margin. Over the next two years, gross margin was impacted by three factors, all tied to key business and expansion decisions.

 

First, we recognized we needed to add DC fast charging to our portfolio. To get faster entry to market, we white labeled a third-party DC product which depressed margin. As part of our DC strategy and our launch in the European market, we also entered into an aggressively priced relationship with a large EU fast-charge network customer.

 

Secondly, we launched our own DC product in early 2019. Low initial volume, design evolutions, in-house manufacturing and a series of one-time charges impacted gross margin.

 

Third, again as part of our European launch in 2018, we also white labeled an AC product for the EU necessary due to different requirements in that market.

 

We are now 100% on our own DC platform, optimizing our supply chain and moving to contract manufacturing. Next year, we’ll also be 100% on our own AC products in Europe with a new global platform launch. As you can see, gross margin is improving as we expect with Q1 this year at 20%, and Q2 with a year-end target of 24%, both notwithstanding lighter absorption due to COVID.

 

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Next, regarding operating expenses, as you can see, we expect significant operating leverage over time. R&D is front loaded as we focus on evolving our DC platform generally, particularly towards Fleet, over the next 18 months, and drive to the release of our next generation AC platform next year.

 

Those marketing investments will continue to be significant as we focus on winning customers up front as part of our land and expand strategy.

 

All three lines land had solid percentages versus benchmarks.

 

Finally, we bring the prior financial slides together here into a multiyear financial model summary. The key additional thing to note here is that we expect to have our first quarter of full-company Adjusted EBITDA positive performance by the end of calendar 2023, and to be Adjusted EBITDA positive for calendar 2024 with good leverage thereafter.

 

Thank you and I’ll turn it over to our partners at Switchback.

 

Jim Mutrie

 

Thank you, Rex.

 

Scott and I will move quickly through the remaining slides and hit the highlights. Turning to Slide 33 post transaction, ChargePoint will be completely debt-free and have pro forma approximately $650 million of cash. This will create a total equity value of a little over $3 billion or $2.4 billion enterprise valuation after netting down the cash on the balance sheet.

 

As I mentioned earlier, ChargePoint’s shareholders are rolling 100% of their equity and will hold approximately 80% of the pro forma equity. Switchback shareholders will own about 10%, PIPE investors approximately 7%, and Switchback’s sponsor 2%.

 

Now I will hand it over to Scott.

 

Scott McNeill

 

Thanks, Jim. Turning to Page 34, there is not a standalone, direct public comparable in the EV charging space, so we compared ChargePoint to companies that have similar businesses or business models and where each have large total addressable markets, have similar growth rates and margins, and that all are being propelled by similar megatrends in EV or ESG.

 

The first comp is Tesla, which covers the entire spectrum of the EV ecosystem. The next group of comps are Peloton and Alarm.com, which are software powered subscription based models and each have recurring high margin revenues driven by hardware sales and growing subscriber revenues. The final comp grouping is the solar tech companies Enphase and SolarEdge which also have enormous total addressable markets and comparable margins and growth rates to ChargePoint. We also listed in the appendix a comp analysis with ChargePoint compared to select recent EV related transactions.

 

Turning to Page 35, this is a discounted future enterprise value calculation. On the far left, we applied the comps one-year forward EV to revenue multiple of 4 to 9 times, which calculates an $8 billion to $18 billion enterprise value for ChargePoint. We discounted that value back to today at a 15% discount rate and arrived at a $4 billion to $9 billion enterprise valuation range, or a 180% premium at a midpoint valuation to our $2.4 billion transaction value.

 

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On Page 36, we have included operational benchmarking metrics and ChargePoint compares favorably to its comps with mid-40% revenue growth rate in ’25 and ’26, compared to a current forward growth rate of 36% for the comp group.

 

On gross margins, ChargePoint also compares favorably at low-40s gross margins compared to the peer group average of upper 30s.

 

Finally, on EBITDA, margins are growing nicely as scale increases to the high teens in ’26 and beginning to approach the comp group forward average.

 

Now, turning to Page 37, I won’t go through each valuation metric in detail, but you can see that across EV to revenue, EV to revenue to growth, and EV to EBITDA valuation multiples that ChargePoint in ’25 and ’26 compares favorably to the comp group’s forward multiples.

 

To sum it up, looking across the board at discounted enterprise valuation, the comparable multiples, as well as the recent EV transactions we listed in the appendix, ChargePoint’s valuation is compelling at our $2.4 billion transaction value.

 

I will now turn it back over to Jim. Jim?

 

Jim Mutrie

 

Thank you, Scott.

 

To wrap up, from Switchback’s perspective, this transaction hits all of our investment objectives. It is an exciting growth story with a huge runway ahead of it. ChargePoint is a market leader supported by a fully integrated software, hardware and services platform. There are enormous tailwinds pushing EV adoption and ChargePoint is the established EV charging leader with blue chip customers and current revenues, and a proven and de-risked business plan.

 

In conclusion, it is a privilege for Switchback to partner with ChargePoint and its team on this important milestone for ChargePoint as it becomes a public company.

 

Operator

 

Thank you, Jim. Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes our investor call today. Thank you for tuning in.

 

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Exhibit 99.3

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Driving the Electrification of Mobility

 

 

Disclaimer FORWARD - LOOKING STATEMENTS All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this presentation (this “Presentation”) are forward - looking statements. Forward - looking statements may generally be identified by the use of words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “predict,” “potential,” “seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook,” “target” or other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding estimates and forecasts of other financial and performance metrics, projections of market opportunity and market share. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this Presentation, and on the current expectations of ChargePoint, Inc.’s (“ChargePoint”) and Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation’s (“Switchback”) management and are not predictions of actual performance. These forward - looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and may differ from assumptions, and such differences may be material. Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of ChargePoint and Switchback. These forward - looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to ChargePoint; the inability of the parties to successfully or timely consummate the potential business combination between ChargePoint and Switchback and related transactions (the “Proposed Business Combination”), including the risk that any required regulatory approvals are not obtained, are delayed or are subject to unanticipated conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the Proposed Business Combination or that the approval of the stockholders of Switchback or ChargePoint is not obtained; the failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the Proposed Business Combination; risks related to the rollout of ChargePoint’s business and the timing of expected business milestones; ChargePoint’s dependence on widespread acceptance and adoption of electric vehicles and increased installation of charging stations; ChargePoint’s ability to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting, including the remediation of identified material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting relating to segregation of duties with respect to, and access controls to, ChargePoint’s financial record keeping system, and ChargePoint’s accounting staffing levels; ChargePoint’s current dependence on sales of charging stations for most of its revenues; overall demand for electric vehicle charging and the potential for reduced demand if governmental rebates, tax credits and other financial incentives are reduced, modified or eliminated or governmental mandates to increase the use of electric vehicles or decrease the use of vehicles powered by fossil fuels, either directly or indirectly through mandated limits on carbon emissions, are reduced, modified or eliminated; potential adverse effects on ChargePoint’s revenue and gross margins if customers increasingly claim clean energy credits and, as a result, they are no longer available to be claimed by ChargePoint; the effects of competition on ChargePoint’s future business; risks related to ChargePoint’s dependence on its intellectual property and the risk that ChargePoint’s technology could have undetected defects or errors; the amount of redemption requests made by Switchback’s public stockholders; the ability of Switchback or the combined company to issue equity or equity - linked securities or obtain debt financing in connection with the Proposed Business Combination or in the future and those factors discussed in Switchback’s final prospectus dated July 25, 2019, Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and any subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10 - Q, in each case, under the heading “Risk Factors,” and other documents of Switchback filed, or to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). If any of these risks materialize or Switchback’s or ChargePoint’s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward - looking statements. There may be additional risks that neither Switchback nor ChargePoint presently know or that Switchback and ChargePoint currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward - looking statements. In addition, forward - looking statements reflect Switchback’s and ChargePoint’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this Presentation. Switchback and ChargePoint anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause Switchback’s and ChargePoint’s assessments to change. However, while Switchback and ChargePoint may elect to update these forward - looking statements at some point in the future, Switchback and ChargePoint specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward - looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Switchback’s and ChargePoint’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this Presentation. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward - looking statements. Neither ChargePoint, Switchback, nor any of their respective affiliates have any obligation to update this Presentation. USE OF PROJECTIONS This Presentation contains projected financial information with respect to ChargePoint. Such projected financial information constitutes forward - looking information and is for illustrative purposes only and should not be relied upon as necessarily being indicative of future results. The assumptions and estimates underlying such financial forecast information are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic, competitive and other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the prospective financial information. See “Forward - Looking Statements” paragraph above. Actual results may differ materially from the results contemplated by the financial forecast information contained in this Presentation, and the inclusion of such information in this Presentation should not be regarded as a representation by any person that the results reflected in such forecasts will be achieved. Neither Switchback’s nor ChargePoint’s independent auditors have audited, reviewed,

 

 

3 compiled or performed any procedures with respect to the projections for the purpose of their inclusion in this Presentation, and accordingly, neither of them expressed an opinion or provided any other form of assurance with respect thereto for the purpose of this Presentation. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS In connection with the Proposed Business Combination, Switchback will be required to file a registration statement (which will include a proxy statement/prospectus of Switchback) and other relevant documents with the SEC. Stockholders and other interested persons are urged to read the proxy statement/prospectus and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC when they become available because they will contain important information about Switchback, ChargePoint and the Proposed Business Combination. Stockholders will be able to obtain a free copy of the proxy statement/prospectus (when filed), as well as other filings containing information about Switchback, ChargePoint and the Proposed Business Combination, without charge, at the SEC’s website located at www.sec.gov . PARTICIPANTS IN SOLICITATION Switchback, ChargePoint, and their respective directors and executive officers and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitations of proxies from Switchback’s stockholders in respect of the Proposed Business Combination and the other matters set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus. Information regarding Switchback’s directors and executive officers is available under the heading “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance” in its Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020. Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the Proposed Business Combination when it becomes available. FINANCIAL INFORMATION; NON - GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES The financial information and data contained in this Presentation is unaudited and does not conform to Regulation S - X promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Accordingly, such information and data may not be included in, may be adjusted in or may be presented differently in, any proxy statement/prospectus or registration statement to be filed by Switchback with the SEC. Some of the financial information and data contained in this Presentation, such as EBIT, EBITDA and EBITDA Margin, have not been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Switchback and ChargePoint believe these non - GAAP measures of financial results provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to ChargePoint’s financial condition and results of operations. ChargePoint’s management uses these non - GAAP measures for trend analyses, for purposes of determining management incentive compensation and for budgeting and planning purposes. Switchback and ChargePoint believe that the use of these non - GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating projected operating results and trends in and in comparing ChargePoint’s financial measures with other similar companies, many of which present similar non - GAAP financial measures to investors. Management does not consider these non - GAAP measures in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The principal limitation of these non - GAAP financial measures is that they exclude significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in ChargePoint’s financial statements. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgments by management about which expense and income are excluded or included in determining these non - GAAP financial measures. In order to compensate for these limitations, management presents non - GAAP financial measures in connection with GAAP results. INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA Although all information and opinions expressed in this Presentation, including market data and other statistical information, were obtained from sources believed to be reliable and are included in good faith, ChargePoint and Switchback have not independently verified the information and make no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to its accuracy or completeness. Some data is also based on the good faith estimates of ChargePoint and Switchback, which are derived from their respective reviews of internal sources as well as the independent sources described above. This Presentation contains preliminary information only, is subject to change at any time and, is not, and should not be assumed to be, complete or to constitute all the information necessary to adequately make an informed decision regarding your engagement with ChargePoint and Switchback. TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES ChargePoint and Switchback own or have rights to various trademarks, service marks and trade names that they use in connection with the operation of their respective businesses. This Presentation also contains trademarks, service marks and trade names of third parties, which are the property of their respective owners. The use or display of third parties’ trademarks, service marks, trade names or products in this Presentation is not intended to, and does not imply, a relationship with ChargePoint or Switchback, or an endorsement or sponsorship by or of ChargePoint or Switchback. Solely for convenience, the trademarks, service marks and trade names referred to in this Presentation may appear with the ®, TM or SM symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that ChargePoint or Switchback will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, their rights or the right of the applicable licensor to these trademarks, service marks and trade names. Disclaimer Cont’d

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Transaction Summary 4 Summary of Proposed Transaction + Founded in 2007, ChargePoint has built one of the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) charging networks – Delivers a fully integrated EV charging solution, with a comprehensive portfolio of hardware, software and services + ChargePoint to be capitalized with cash necessary to bolster positions in existing markets and to fund European growth, ChargePoint as a Service ™ and Hardware and Software R&D + Switchback (NYSE:SBE) has $317M of cash in trust account + Transaction expected to fully fund business model through cash flow positive Capital Structure + ChargePoint shareholders rolling 100% of their equity + >$450M proceeds net of debt elimination and transaction fees to fund growth (assuming no redemptions) + PIPE size of $ 225 M 1 Valuation + Enterprise value of $2.4B + Attractive entry multiple relative to EV ecosystem Switchback has identified ChargePoint, the #1 brand in EV charging, as the company best positioned to continue leading the growth in charging infrastructure required by the world’s transition to electric mobility Rex Jackson CFO Pasquale Romano Director President & CEO Scott McNeill Director CEO & CFO Jim Mutrie Director CCO & GC Leadership (1) Together, Scott McNeill and Jim Mutrie will purchase $2.0M of stock in the PIPE on the same terms as the PIPE investors, in addition to the $2.0M of stock purchased o n the same terms as the public in SBE’s IPO.

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Meet the New Fueling Network Site Host: Fortune 10 Workplace

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. 6 Passenger Fleet …and more. Move All People and Goods on Electric Power The Index for the Electrification of Mobility VISION INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. The Trend The electrification of mobility is undisputed, with consumers and fleets adopting at record rates The Market Our addressable market is massive… every place vehicles park, in North America and Europe The Product We sell charging software, stations and services. S oftware attach = 100%. We do not monetize energy or driver utilization. The Business Model Selling to businesses makes for capital - light growth . We expect significant revenue and margin expansion ahead. Executive Summary 7 Site Host: Public Library

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Investment Highlights 8 Winning Business Model + As EV penetration grows, we grow. Monetization not tied to energy or utilization. + Vertically integrated, complete portfolio of networked solutions + Platform technologies provide major advantages in fleet applications Strong Capital - Light Growth + Continued EV adoption across segments + Minimal capex required to scale + Recurring revenue streams provide strong financial visibility + Company revenue grew 60% YOY in 2019 and projected at 60% CAGR from 2021 to 2026 Market Model Moats Growth 1 Source: BloombergNEF Electric Vehicle Outlook 2020 (Passenger Vehicles) 2 Source: BloombergNEF Electric Vehicle Outlook 2020 Massive Total Addressable Market + EVs projected to be 9.9% of new vehicles sold in 2025 and 29.2% in 2030 in the U.S. and Europe (compared to 2.6% in 2019) 1 + EV charging infrastructure investment projected to be ~$190B by 2030 2 Strong Competitive Moats + Significant level of capital raised to date has powered differentiation (R&D and go to market engine) + >4K customers; high switching costs + Deep ecosystem integrations, open network with broad reach

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. At Home, At Work and Around Town 9 PREFERENCE Large Battery EVs LOCATION Where Drivers Live, Work and Play PARADIGM Mostly Top Up While Parked MONETIZATION Businesses ( Site Hosts) in Control (set price/free) Market Model Moats Growth CHARGEPOINT REVENUE POTENTIAL OF ELECTRIFICATION = Total Vehicles x EV % x Port Attach % x Market Share x ASP CHARGEPOINT RECURRING REVENUE = Installed Base x Annual Subscriptions Site Host: Apartment Complex, 2 Ports of Charging Shown Fueling Fundamentals

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Major Markets Committed to Electrification 10 Automotive Energy Oil & Gas Technology TNCs Essential Charging Platform Partner Fleet Systems Market Model Moats Growth

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. ChargePoint Growth Directly Proportional to EV Penetration 11 Source: Historical EV sales from InsideEVs and Baum. Future EV sales projections from BNEF. Additional Tailwinds + Fossil fuel bans + Transit electrification dates + Incentive programs + All major auto OEM brands committed to electric + Further EV cost reductions with advances in battery technology 10% EVs COVID - 19 Impact Market Model Moats Growth Passenger EV Sales Commercial Ports ChargePoint Annual NA Port Sales ChargePoint Estimated $1B Revenue at 3% EV Penetration

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Positioned to Continue to Scale 12 2007 – 2012 1.9K Ports (116K EVs) Commercial - Workplace - Retail & Hospitality 36K Ports (1.2M EVs) Commercial - Workplace - Retail & Hospitality - Commercial Properties - Education - Fueling & Convenience Fleet - Sales Service & Motorpool Residential - Single Family - Multi Family 2013 – 2016 114K Ports (3.4M EVs) Commercial - Workplace - Retail & Hospitality - Commercial Properties - Education - Fueling & Convenience Fleet - Sales Service & Motorpool - Delivery & Logistics - Shared Mobility Residential - Single Family - Multi Family 2017 – 2020 1 + Accelerate new products + Invest incrementally in Marketing & Sales + Fund more CPaaS (Commercial and Fleet) + Expand European footprint + Enable strategic acquisitions Forward Corporate Timeline 1 EV Source: European Alternative Fuels Observatory, North America and Europe. Ports and EVs sold through Dec 2019. Market Model Moats Growth

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Charging Is Essential Businesses and fleets are investing in charging solutions ChargePoint Capital Is Focused on Winning Free of monetizing energy or drivers, our capital is focused on + Research & Development: Complete solutions, all use cases; investment keeps us steps ahead + Marketing & Sales Engine: Enables us to reach site hosts first + Policy: Ensures competition, innovation, choice Network Effects Are Significant A superior experience makes us preferred by site hosts and drivers + Hosts expand as adoption grows + Strong channel established + Drivers rely on us as the largest and highest quality network Business Model and Investment Level Set Us Apart Market Model Moats Growth Site Host: Fortune 10 Workplace

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. We Sell Hardware, Recurring Software and Services 14 Commercial Products Assure ™ Annual Subscription (Parts & Labor Warranty) Charging Stations Software as a Service (SaaS) Annual Subscriptions ChargePoint as a Service ™ (Bundles SaaS, Charging Stations and Assure Subscription) Traditional CapEx Purchase or OpEx Purchase Professional Services for Design/Build & Construction Assure Pro Annual Subscription (Parts & Labor Warranty) SaaS Annual Subscriptions SaaS Energy Management Subscriptions SaaS Vehicle Scheduling & Fueling Optimization Subscriptions Charging Stations Fleet Products ChargePoint ® Home Charger + Sold with Lifetime Subscription + Utility Plans for Managing Home Use Multi Family Charging Solution + Monthly Fee Billed to Tenant + Additional Charges for Power Consumed (Property Owner Sets Pricing) Residential Products Single Family and Multi Family 1 3 5 Market Model Moats Growth 3 Lines of Business

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Site Hosts Buy to Reach Business Goals 15 Commercial Fleet Residential Workplace & Commercial Properties | Education | Fueling & Convenience Healthcare | Hospitality & Retail | Parking Single Family | Multi Family Delivery & Logistics | Sales Service & Motorpool Shared Mobility Reduce expenses Generate direct and indirect income Attract employees, tenants, customers and visitors Achieve ESG objectives Manage operating costs (fueling and maintenance) Meet government mandates and regulations Minimize risk and future - proof operations Achieve sustainability goals Increase convenience with app - controlled, at - home charging (Single Family) Gain control and visibility with software controlled smart charging Reduce cost by charging at off - peak hours Achieve sustainability goals + Easily find, view and access charging stations + Roam across networks + View all activity and cost (for both at home and public charging) in one place …and Drivers Rely on Us 62% of Fortune Top 50 Use ChargePoint Market Model Moats Growth Fortune Top 50 Companies 2018

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Commercial Business Fleet Business Residential Business One Portfolio Serves Many Geos and Segments North America + Proven model, de facto leader + Expected gross margin in the 40s North America and Europe + Largest contributor to growth + Stabilization of new products expected to yield improved gross margin + Excess commercial capacity available to fleet (off - hours charging) Europe + Large addressable market + Billings growth > North America as we capture share + Global product in 2021 expected to drive up margin + Leasing Company path to market North America + Scaling Multi Family and direct - to - consumer channels + Utilities expanding their residential programs + Common product powers Fleet and residential Europe + Leasing Company path to market includes home and work charging solutions One comprehensive portfolio deployed globally, with modest regional variations as needed [ ] + + Product Portfolio Leverage Market Model Moats Growth 16

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Our Winning Formula = 17 + Recurring SaaS model, 100% attach to hardware + Revenue recognized ratably during contract periods + Minimums with annual renewal + Upfront payment for initial purchase + High land - and - expand pattern consistent with electric vehicle penetration + Long term expected life + Parts & labor warranty + Recurring model + Revenue recognized ratably during contract periods Services Hardware Software Market Model Moats Growth + +

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Complete Hardware Portfolio Powered by Software 18 Market Model Moats Growth Software Enables + Control of who can use stations and when + All vehicles to get charged on time + Multiple vehicles to share power + Drivers to get in line when ports are occupied + Proactive and remote diagnosis + Power management to avoid demand charges Comprehensive Hardware Portfolio Delivers + Solutions for every use case, all vehicle types and brands + High efficiency in power and footprint + Modular, scalable, secure architecture designed for serviceability + Unparalleled quality; advanced testing (vehicle, functional, climate, environment) for long - term reliability + Options for site hosts to use custom branding

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Already Integrated to the Ecosystem 19 Market Model Moats Growth Automotive Platforms Consumer Platforms Fleet Platforms “Alexa, ask ChargePoint if my car is plugged in.” Roaming Integrations with Other Charging Networks

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Select Customers Participating in the New Fueling Network 20 Workplace & Commercial Properties Commercial Thousands of Brands Choose ChargePoint Fleet Residential Education Fueling & Convenience Healthcare Hospitality & Retail Parking Delivery & Logistics Multi Family Sales Service & Motorpool Shared Mobility Go - to - Market Partners Market Model Moats Growth

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. One Network , Many Branding Opportunities 21

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Source: Management Data. Cumulative spend expansion rates calculated by dividing cumulative billings (FY2017 – FY2020) by FY2017 billings. 5.7X Cumulative Spend $1,548 $1,779 $2,276 $3,149 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 $234 $1,252 $1,579 $3,429 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 $33 $146 $108 $506 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 Fortune 50 Company Annual Spend $1,548 Year 1 $1.5M $1.8M $2.3M $3.1M $1.3M $1.6M $3.4M $146K $108K $506K $0.2M $33K Fortune 50 Company Annual Spend Fortune 500 Company Annual Spend Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 27.8X Cumulative Spend 24.1X Cumulative Spend Proven Account Expansion Lifetime Value 22 Quarter 1 Quarter 12 14.0X Cumulative Spend Top 25 Customers Market Model Moats Growth Customer expansion reflects ongoing software and warranty subscriptions as well as increased hardware purchases as EV penetration grows

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Revenue Ratio 23 Market Model Moats Growth ~1:1 Upfront and Recurring Revenue Illustrative Unit Economics: CT4000 Dual - Port Station with Software and Assure Recurring Upfront Source: Management data. Actual station lifetime can vary. 13% 36% 51%

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Winning North America, Expanding in Europe 24 #1 Brand in North America, A Blueprint for Growth + De facto North America leadership in all - purpose AC charging – Operating across all verticals – Integrated into where people live, work, play + Operating in 16 European markets – Partnerships with energy retailers and leasing solution providers – 133,868 ports accessible via roaming integrations 73 % 10 % 8 % 4 % 3 % 2 % ChargePoint SemaConnect Blink EV Connect Shell Volta 7X Closest Competitor Market Share Networked L2 Charging * Market Model Moats Growth *Refers to connected charging of certain specifications (208 – 240 Volt, 40 Amp circuit. 6.2 – 7.6 kW), 4 - 5 hours to charge a 100m i range battery, typically serving 3+ drivers per day Source: AFDC (North America). Excludes single - family residential charging ports.

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Unparalleled Leadership Team + Seasoned leadership team with years of tech and category skills + 750+ employees including 40% technical staff + Diversified talent base with operations in US, NL, UK, DE, MX, CN 25 Pasquale Romano Christopher Burghardt Europe Lawrence Lee Operations & Services Michael Hughes Commercial & Revenue Rex Jackson Finance, HR, & IT Rex Jackson CFO Michael Hughes CRO Eric Sidle SVP, Engineering Chris Burghardt MD, Europe Lawrence Lee SVP, Operations & Services Bill Loewenthal SVP, Product Pasquale Romano President & CEO Colleen Jansen CMO Michael Linse Managing Director, Linse Capital Jeffrey Harris Venture Partner, Quantum Energy Partners Axel Harries Head of CASE/EVA, Daimler AG Bruce Chizen Former CEO, Adobe Senior Advisor, Permira Funds Mark Leschly Managing Partner, Rho Capital Partners, Rho Ventures Roxanne Bowman Operating Executive, NMS Capital Richard Lowenthal Co - Founder, ChargePoint Pasquale Romano President and CEO, ChargePoint Neil Suslak Managing Partner, Braemar Energy Ventures Rick Wagoner Former Chairman and CEO, General Motors Board of Directors

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Financial Models Site Host: Port of Stockton, With Yard Tractor Shown

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Scaling With EV Penetration 27 COVID - 19 Impact ChargePoint Revenue ChargePoint Ports Shipped (Annual) COVID - 19 Impact Notes + Port counts include Multi Family home charging (part of Commercial business) ports but exclude single family home charging po rts + ChargePoint FY runs 2/1 - 1/31. CY reflected for simplicity; financials do not reflect CY adjustments. + Historical numbers are unaudited and subject to change $M

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. 28 Revenue Diversity By Vertical By Type By Geography NA Commercial EU Commercial Global Fleet & Other Networked Charging Stations Subscriptions & Support Other Services North America Europe Note: ChargePoint FY runs 2/1 - 1/31. CY reflected for simplicity; financials do not reflect CY adjustments. $M

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Gross Margin Improves as Product Releases Stabilize and Software Revenue Grows 29 Notes + Historical numbers are based on GAAP. Forecast does not include stock - based compensation. + ChargePoint FY runs 2/1 - 1/31. CY reflected for simplicity; financials do not reflect CY adjustments. + Historical numbers are unaudited and subject to change. Actuals Q1 ’20: 20% Q2 ’20: 24%

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. 30 Substantial OpEx Leverage Acceleration Operating Expenses $140 Notes + *Temporary COVID cost reductions include salary cuts and bonus elimination. + Historical numbers are based on GAAP. Forecast does not include stock - based compensation. + ChargePoint FY runs 2/1 - 1/31. CY reflected for simplicity; financials do not reflect CY adjustments. + Historical numbers are unaudited and subject to change. OpEx Incl. Cost Reductions OpEx Excl. Cost Reductions Temporary COVID Cost Reductions * $M

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Fiscal Year FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27 Approximate Calendar Year 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Revenue $135 $198 $346 $602 $984 $1,427 $2,069 YoY Growth 46% 75% 74% 63% 45% 45% Gross Profit $33 $62 $124 $225 $400 $591 $878 Gross Margin % 24% 31% 36% 37% 41% 41% 42% Total Operating Expenses $140 $192 $226 $268 $321 $417 $542 Adjusted EBITDA $(97) $(121) $(93) $(36) $86 $178 $340 Adjusted EBITDA Margin % NM NM NM NM 9% 12% 16% 31 Long - term Financial Summary Contemplated transaction expected to fully fund business model through cash flow positive ~60% revenue CAGR between 2021 and 2026 Strong Growth and Long - term Profitability Note: Dollars in millions s6 s7 s8 s10 s11 s16 s17 s27

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. 32 Transaction Summary Site Host: Dealership, Fast Charging in Europe

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Detailed Transaction Overview 33 $2.4B Enterprise Value | $225M PIPE Transaction Highlights (1) Equity value to ChargePoint’s existing shareholders is calculated as 245 . 0 million Switchback shares, using a $ 10 . 00 pro forma share price, on a fully diluted basis (excluding unvested options and restricted stock, and assuming a net share settlement calculation for ChargePoint’s outstanding warrants and vested options) . Certain ChargePoint equityholders also will receive an earnout at the closing of the transaction for shares that will vest upon the occurrence of certain triggers, including three separate share price achievements ( 9 . 0 million shares would be payable based on achievement of each of $ 15 . 00 , $ 20 . 00 , and $ 30 . 00 weighted average closing sale prices over a period of at least 10 days within any 20 consecutive trading day period in the 5 years following closing) . At closing, Switchback will issue approximately 211 . 8 million shares and will assume (a) warrants to acquire approximately 39 . 2 million shares of its common stock, with a weighted average purchase price of $ 6 . 74 , (b) approximately 21 . 6 million vested options, with a weighted average exercise price of $ 0 . 61 and (c) approximately 18 . 2 million unvested equity awards, with a weighted average exercise price of $ 0 . 72 . (2) Pro forma ownership structure based on PIPE of $ 225 million, assuming no redemptions . Excludes public and private warrants and ChargePoint unvested equity awards and restricted stock . (3) Excludes 900 thousand founders’ shares subject to earnout based on achievement of $ 12 . 00 price per share over a period of at least 10 days within any 20 consecutive trading day period within 5 years of the closing of the transaction . Pro Forma Ownership at $10.00 / Share (2) Cash Sources + Switchback has ~$317M in cash held in the trust account + PIPE size of $225M Valuation + $2.4B EV with strong balance sheet + Attractive valuation versus EV ecosystem Capital Structure + ~$650M in cash on balance sheet (assuming no redemptions) to fund growth and expansion (3) (1) (1) Sources and Uses Sources $M Uses $M SBE Shares $2,450 Equity Consideration to ChargePoint Shareholders $2,450 SBE Cash in Trust 317 Cash to Balance Sheet 458 PIPE 225 Debt Repayment 35 Transaction Fees 49 Total Sources $2,992 Total Uses $2,992 Pro Forma Capitalization Cash and Cash Equivalents (from de-SPAC) $458 (+) ChargePoint Cash on Balance Sheet 190 Net Cash $648 Equity Value $3,049 Enterprise Value $2,401 Pro Forma Ownership Ownership Breakdown Shares (M) % Existing ChargePoint Shareholders 245.0 80.4% SBE Investors 31.4 10.3 PIPE Investors 22.5 7.4 Founders' Shares 6.0 2.0 Equity Ownership 304.9 100.0% SBE Investors 10.3 % PIPE Investors 7.4 % Existing ChargePoint Shareholders 80.4 % Founders' Shares 2.0 % k40 k41s40 k42 k43 k44k45k46 s41s42s43s44s45 s46 s47s48

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. 34 Public Comparable Universe Software Powered Solutions Energy Technology EV Ecosystem + Pure - play EV exposure + CapEx heavy business model + ESG - friendly category + Attracts premium valuation + Ecosystem player with defensible moats + Recurring revenue streams provide visibility $40B+ Current Market Value of Recent Select SPAC Transactions 1 (1) Market data as of 21 - Sep - 2020 .

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. $ 8,276 $ 4,115 $ 2,400 $ 18,622 $ 9,258 4.0x - 9.0x 2026E Revenue Discounted 5 Periods at 15% Enterprise Value ~460 % Midpoint Premium ~180 % Midpoint Premium 35 Discounted Future Enterprise Value Transaction Expected to Fully Fund to EBITDA Positive Post - Money Discounted Future Note: Dollars in millions

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. 41 % 42 % 21 % 43 % 66 % 38 % 33 % 2025E 2026E Tesla Peloton Alarm.com Enphase SolarEdge Median: 38 % 12 % 16 % 17 % 8 % 20 % 26 % 21 % 2025E 2026E Tesla Peloton Alarm.com Enphase SolarEdge Median: 20 % 45 % 45 % 39 % 54 % 8 % 51 % 23 % 2025E 2026E Tesla Peloton Alarm.com Enphase SolarEdge Median: 39 % 36 Revenue Growth Gross Margin EBITDA Margin Operational Benchmarking EV Ecosystem Software Powered Solutions Energy Technology Source: Bloomberg, CapIQ and company disclosures; market data as of 21 - Sep - 2020 CY 2021E Financials

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. 1.7 x 1.2 x 11.8 x 6.1 x 4.5 x 8.1 x 5.3 x 2025E 2026E Tesla Peloton Alarm.com Enphase SolarEdge Median: 6.1 x 0.05 x 0.04 x 0.42 x 0.17 x 0.60 x 0.24 x 0.28 x 2024-25E 2025-26E Tesla Peloton Alarm.com Enphase SolarEdge Median: 0.28 x 13.5 x 7.1 x 69.6 x NM 23.0 x 31.3 x 24.9 x 2025E 2026E Tesla Peloton Alarm.com Enphase SolarEdge Median: 28.1 x 37 EV / Revenue EV / Revenue / Growth EV / EBITDA Valuation Benchmarking 1 Source: Bloomberg, CapIQ and company disclosures; market data as of 21 - Sep - 2020 Note: Growth adjusted multiples reflect 2020E – 2021E financials unless noted otherwise. (1) Based on ChargePoint enterprise value of $2.4B EV Ecosystem Software Powered Solutions Energy Technology CY 2021E Financials

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Switchback Investment Thesis Criteria 38 Objective as energy specialists with deep industry expertise to partner with a leading disruptive technology company, to fuel the company’s growth strategy and offer attractive risk - adjusted returns High Growth Dominant Market Share Megatrend Industry Tailwinds Validated Valuation Supported by Operating Business

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Early Market, Large Market Leading Share Attractive Model, Recurring Revenue, Margin Expansion Continued Capital - light Growth Ahead 39

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Thank You For further information, please contact 40 Rex Jackson CFO re x.jackson@chargepoint.com Scott McNeill Director CEO & CFO smcneill@switchback - energy.com

 

 

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© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Unaudited GAAP Income Statement ($ in thousands) 42 Year Ended January 31, 2020 Revenues 147,007$ Cost of Revenue 127,696 Gross Profit 19,311 Operating expenses Research and development 69,301 Sales and marketing 56,862 General and administrative 25,411 Total operating expenses 151,574 Loss from operations (132,263) Interest income 3,268 Interest expense (3,544) Other income (expense), net (582) Net loss before income taxes (133,121) Provision for income taxes 188 Net loss (133,309)$ Numbers are unaudited and subject to change. s13

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Unaudited GAAP Balance Sheet ($ in thousands) 43 As of January 31, 2020 Assets Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents 120,190$ Accounts receivable, net 40,443 Inventory 22,619 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 6,902 Total current assets 190,154 Property and equipment, net 27,941 Operating lease right-of-use assets 10,269 Goodwill 1,215 Other assets 4,462 Total assets 234,041$ Liabilities, Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Deficit Current liabilities: Accounts payable 21,372$ Accrued liabilities 37,659 Deferred revenue - short term 31,462 Total current liabilities 90,493 Deferred revenue - long term 37,966 Term debt - long term 34,261 Operating lease liabilities 8,230 Other long term liabilities 1,838 Total liabilities 172,788 Convertible preferred stock: $0.0001 par value; 163,384,703 shares authorized; 161,131,049 shares issued and outstanding 520,364 Stockholders' deficit: Common stock: $0.0001 par value; 241,000,000 shares authorized; 11,958,349 shares issued and outstanding 1 Additional paid-in capital 19,779 Accumulated deficit (478,891) Total stockholders' deficit (459,111) Total liabilities, convertible preferred stock and stockholders' deficit 234,041$ Numbers are unaudited and subject to change. s14

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Unaudited GAAP Cash Flow Statement ($ in thousands) 44 Year Ended January 31, 2020 Cash flows from operating activities Net loss (133,309)$ Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash 14,571 Changes in operating assets and liabilities 30,828 Net cash used in operating activities (87,910) Cash flows from investing activities Net cash used in investing activities (14,868) Cash flows from financing activities Net cash provided by financing activities 17,158 Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash 112 Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash (85,508) Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period 205,698 Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period 120,190$ Numbers are unaudited and subject to change. s15

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. 13.5 x 7.1 x 45.6 x 28.9 x 26.5 x 12.7 x 11.9 x 7.2 x 1.9 x 2025E 2026E Nikola Luminar Velodyne Hyliion Canoo Lordstown Fisker Median: 12.7 x 1.7 x 1.2 x 8.7 x 5.8 x 3.6 x 3.0 x 1.6 x 0.8 x 0.4 x 2025E 2026E Luminar Velodyne Hyliion Nikola Canoo Lordstown Fisker Median: 3.0 x Valuation Benchmarking 45 EV / Revenue EV / EBITDA 1 Source: Bloomberg, CapIQ and company disclosures; market data as of 21 - Sep - 2020. Note: Valuations pro forma of announced SPAC transactions. Multiples based on management projections at transaction announce men t. (1) Based on ChargePoint enterprise value of $2.4B Recent EV Ecosystem SPACs CY 2024E Financials

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. ESG: ChargePoint for Good + 2.4B Electric Miles Enabled to Date − 81M charges; drivers plug in every 2.0 seconds − Avoidance of 98M gallons of gas − Avoidance of 312M kgs of CO 2 emissions − Avoidance of 329M kgs of GHG emissions + Selected Awards − 2019: Acterra Award for Environmental Innovation, and London Business Awards: Social Impact International − 2018: Global Cleantech Hall of Fame − 2017: Architizer Smart Home Category, and Electrek Best of CES − 2016: Edison Award, Climate Change Business Journal 46 2019 Impact Source: Management data, as of August 2020.

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. Software Powers Scale 47 How Do Site Hosts… + Control who can use stations and when? + Ensure all vehicles get charged on time? + Allow multiple vehicles to share power? + Let drivers get in line when all ports are taken? + Track how much energy they’ve dispensed? + Diagnose issues proactively and remotely? + Report environmental savings? Software Solves All of This and More. How Do Drivers… + Find and access public charging stations? + Roam across different charging networks? + Get preferential pricing/access based on employment or loyalty programs? + View all charging activity and cost (for both home and public charging) in one place? + Track their environmental savings?

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. + Need : Address company’s carbon emissions associated with employee commutes + Solution : 223 networked ports, automated sustainability reporting – Non - constrained parking powered by waitlist and idle time pricing features – Constrained parking powered by cord sharing, valet and power management features – Reporting to increase employee awareness of carbon footprint from transportation + Results : Avoided over 3,000 MT greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the equivalent of ~46,000 trees growing for 10 years – 27% increase in charging sessions – 54% * of ports highly utilized during work week – Recognized as 2019 Best Workplaces for Commuters 48 Watch the Video Testimonial > “Our vendor partners are amazing. ChargePoint gives us great sustainability reporting every month and we try to share that out with employees, so they understand their impact.” Danielle Glaser Head of Bay Area Transportation, LinkedIn Case Study Workplace: LinkedIn *As reported by LinkedIn

 

 

© 2020 ChargePoint, Inc. + Need : Fuel and manage electric county fleet vehicles and measure progress toward published climate goals + Solution : 126 networked ports with Power Management and automated sustainability reporting – Software tools to manage charging needs across fleet drivers, county employees and visitors – Power Management to increase charging capacity without infrastructure upgrades – Real - time data informs parameters to ensure that electrical demand doesn’t exceed capacity (avoiding demand charges) + Results : Avoided 464 MT greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – 44% YoY session growth, 2018 - 2019 – 35 - 54% * savings compared to gas vehicles 49 Watch the Video Testimonial > “Having internet - connected charging stations has been instrumental for us to track energy consumption and utilization for grant compliance and internal fleet metrics.” Phillip Kobernick Logistics Services, Alameda County Case Study Fleet: Alameda County *As reported by Alameda County